Hi all, I am parting with some items out of my local history collection and listing them on eBay. I have an original 1876 Caldwell's Atlas for Sale, and an original 1893 Beers Biographical History for sale. I thought I would post a link to them here in case anyone was interested. http://www.ebay.com/sch/trajanmax/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hboydston Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3554.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you know where they are buried? That is the information that I need. Thanks so much. Helen Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cozmo71 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3554.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This was my great grand father. His grand son, Wesley L Jones is still alive in Ohio. I am named after another one of his sons, James T. Jones. Albert, william, Donald were my great uncles. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

OLD RUSSIAN BELIEVERS I have no idea who the Rutherians are but the Greek Orthodox is basically where the Russian Orthodox came from in 988 AD. The Russian Orthodox then splits in modern Russian Orthodox and the Old Believers. Still searching Russian names: > > Yevlampii (nick name LIMPO) Chelpanov / Chelpanoff (He Americanized his > name > to JOSEPH WILLIAMS wife: MARY WILLIAMS, He built The Old Belivers Russian > Church in Marianna, Pa. > > Children: 1. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, JR.(Guidra) born: 1886 in Vestaburg, Pa. > 2. MARY WILLIAMS-STEVENS-WASSIL - born: 30 Oct. 1889 - 06 > June 6, 1927. Vestaburg, Pa. and buried: Horns Cemetery in Marianna, Pa > > 3. LARRY WILLIAMS - born: ? in Vestaburgh, Pa. died: ? > > was a Pit boss in the coal mines in Marianna, Pa. or Vestaburg, Pa. > > 4. MARTHA WILLIAMS - born: Aug. 2, 1897, in Vestaburg, > Pa. > married: HARRY PETROFF and she died May 20, 1955 buried: St Nicholas > Cemetery > in Marianna, Pa. > 5. CHARLES WILLIAMS - born: 1897 or 1891, in Vestaburg, Pa > > married FRANCIS ? and he died in Detroit, Mich. in 1968. > > 6. PHILLIP WULLIAMS - born: Nov. 11, 1902 Vestaburg, Pa. > married PEARL PHILLIPS, and died: Oct. 1968. He & wife were the Operators > of > the Marianna Hotel in Marianna, Pa. after retiring from the mines. > 7. WILLIAM WILLIAMS - born Vestaburg, Pa. May 13, 1903, > or > Mar. 2, 1903, he was a saxaphone player, died: Nov. 1960 and is buried in > Detroit, Mich. Do not know where? > > 1910 Census show the WILLIAM's living in Centerville, Pa. > 1920 Census show the WILLAIM's living Cokeburg, Pa. and gives year of > Immigration as 1886 for JOSEPH WILLIAMS and 1887 for MARY WILLIAMS. > > Other Russian names: > > Goloboff > Romanoff > Trefanoff /trefanov > > Happy New Year..................and thank you, > > Lori :) Arizona > > Relatives have lived in Erie, Pa., Marianna, Pa., Cokeburg, Pa. > Centerville, > Pa. and surrounding coal mining Patch Towns. Many belonging to "The Old > Belivers Orthodox Russian Church" >

____________________________________ From: LJSLumpy@aol.com To: LJSLUMPY@AOL.COM Sent: 3/28/2011 11:54:54 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time Subj: PRESERVING OUR FAMILY & RUSYN GENEALOGY PRESERVING YOUR FAMILY & RUYSN GENEALOGY Ref. by: Loretta Jean Sitka (Szczotka) Selway 5346 W. Port Au Prince Ln. Glendale, AZ. From The Monessen Daily Independent - - - - July 20, 1910 on page 2. MY G-GRANDFATHER HELPED BUILT THIS CHURCH, JOSEPH WILLIAMS,,,,,,,, Russian name: YEVLAMPII LANOVLES CHELPANOVA nicked named "LIMPO" THE FIRST CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS "The First Russian Church of St. Nicholas" for which a charter is asked at Marianna, PA., will be an object of great interest in the religious world. The Church of the Czar has but a mere foothold in this land and a little band of children who are striving to build them selves a home are determined that it shall stand as a fitting monument to their efforts. A number of Greek-Catholic churches whose members are Russians, are in existence, but Marianna expects to have what the name implies, the first CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS in the country. They are "THE OLD BELIVERS" A colony of about 75 Russians is keeping the church spirit alive at Marianna. They like the place, are content with their work and the reports they sent to their friends and relatives will soon increase the colony to several hundreds. Some of these not yet there are ready to send a little money to help build a church in their future home. Among the leaders in the Russian Colony are JOHN MOX, "JOSEPH WILLIAMS" (our G-Grandfather) and LOUIS PEDEROFF. They have bought 80 x 120 feet on the most beautiful location in East Marianna, where nearly all the future members will live within sight of the new structure. Some of the Marianna members attempted to organize a congregation at McKees Rocks, but on account of the labor troubles there and the certainly of employment, these Peaceable Russian New-comers abandoned the effort, but they were not discouraged. What relations they will establish with the Mother Church, and to what extenet they will observe the Ancient Cermonies, will attract the interest of all interest . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marianna PA. is a "Coal Patch" town. The owner of the coal patch town & coal mine gave to our Russian men all the bricks needed to build the new church. And it is absolutely beautiful the bricks are sandy yellow color, it has a cupola on top. We stopped there to look up some of the last "old" remaining Russian relatives & families hoping to get a glimpse into our past. This is how I discovered about the brinks for the church, findinga beautiful Russian woman in her 80's, her name was Norma Pryor and she knew of our Russian relatives. She is the historian of Marianna, PA. and she knew & remembered our Russian kin. The "Old Believers" were called White Russians. Belarusan translates to "White Russian" WHERE DID THE RUSYNS COME FROM AND FROM WHOM DID THEY RECIEVE CHRISTIANITY? Article from: "OUR PEOPLE - CARPATHO-RUSYNS and their Descendants in North America" 1995, by: Dr. Paul Robert Magocse. The study of eastern European scholars it was generally felt that the Carpathian region was the original home of all the Slavs. Today, however it is felt that original Slavic homeland was just north of the Carpathians in what is today eastern POLAND, southwestern BELARUS and northwestern UKRAINE. Archaeological remains indicate the the human settlement in the RUSYN region south in the Car[athians goes back for centuries before CHRIST, but it is still not certain when our ancestors the RUSYNS first made their appearance. Some support the so called autochonous theiry argue that the RUSYNS were already in the Carpathians in the fifth & sixth centuries AD and that they had a state ruled by a PRINCE LABOREC' which was "independant" until it destruction by their Magyars at the end of the thirteenth century. Most likely Rusyns first settled in the Carpathians as part of the great migration of Slavs during the sixth & seventh centuries AD. They were know at the time as "WHITE CROATS" and came from regions immediately to the north & east like Galicia, Volhynia and Podolia, later Prince ofMukachevo and the legendary founder of the near by Monastery of ST. NICHOLAS on Monk's Hill (Chernecha Hora) Traditionally, Rusyn historians argue that their people received Christianity fro the "Aposties to the Slavs" Cyril and Mathofius as part of their mission from the BYZANTINE EMPIRE to the state known as Greater Maravia in 863.. Although based in formaer central Czechoslovia )Moravia, eastern Bohemia, and western Slovakia. It should be mentioned that although the Cyyil-Methodian mission brought Christianty according to the eastern Byzantine Rite, it came "from the west" and was recognized by the Pope. The Universal Church had , of course, not yet become divided into "western Roman "and" eastern ORTHODOX" Christian spheres. The arival of RUSYNS (that is the Rus' people or those of the Orthodox faith. As for the Carpathpo-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (Johnstown Diocese) excepts both the "western " and "eastern" views, that is it recognizes the importance of the Cynl-Methodian mission as well as the Kievan Prince Vladimir's conversion for Capathp-Rusyn religions tradition. On the other hand the Orthodox Church in America and the Patriarchal Exarchate (in whch Carpatho-Rusyns are members) emphasize the "eastern theory" and therefore they participated fully.

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History The Early Years The parish of the Church of the Nativity of Christ was originally chartered in 1916 by Russian Old Believer immigrants who had come to the United States during the latter part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century. The Old Believers who made up the founders of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Erie came from those priestless Old Believers who emigrated to the shores of the Northern Lakes, and thus became known as the pomortsi, or shore-dwellers. At some point, they then emigrated to an area now in Poland, then a part of Russia’s western outskirts known as suvalki-sezhny. Upon arriving in America, many of these Old Believer immigrants chose to move to Erie, where work on the ore and pulp docks was available. These docks were located on the Erie bayfront, directly north of the current location of the church. By 1916, scores of Old Believer families were located in the area, and the community’s leaders decided to build a church. The first church was dedicated on the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God in 1919, and the first full-time nastavnik (or “teacher”), Father Nikon Pancerev, assumed the role of spiritual leader in 1923. In the parish’s early years, the Old Believer traditions remained completely intact, and the members of the community retained their Russian ways. However, the arrival of World War II led to the “Americanization” of the parish. Men shaved their beards; women cut their hair; children began to speak only English. Thus, by the time Father Vladimir Smolakov assumed the role of nastavnik in 1952, the parish had undergone serious changes. Although the arrival of the “baby boomer” generation meant that the church was packed during Saturday Vespers and religious education was at an all-time high, the Old Believers often saw their attention drawn to social activities instead of church services. When Fr. Vladimir retired in 1972, he was essentially keeping his finger in a crack, trying to prevent the floodwaters of Americanization from drowning the community. © 2011 _Church of the Nativity_ (http://www.churchofthenativity.net/) _Suffusion theme by Sayontan Sinha_ (http://www.aquoid.com/news/themes/suffusion/)

Subj: WHITE RUSSIAN & OLD BELIEVERS PAERIE-L Archives_Archiver_ (http://news.rootsweb.com/) > _PAERIE_ (http://news.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAERIE) > _2007-07_ (http://news.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAERIE/2007-07) > 1184100148 ____________________________________ From: _LJSLumpy@aol.com_ (mailto:LJSLumpy@aol.com) Subject: [PAERIE] WHITE RUSSIANS & OLD BELIEVERS Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:42:28 EDT This is an old e-mail as I was seeking information, perhaps some of you will remember these? Hi, I have no idea who the Rutherians are but the Greek Orthodox is basically where the Russian Orthodox came from in 988 AD. The Russian Orthodox then splits in modern Russian Orthodox and the Old Believers. Cheers, Max ----- Original Message ----- From: < _mary_zanetakos@adp.com_ (mailto:mary_zanetakos@adp.com) > To: < _RUSSIAN-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:RUSSIAN-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com) > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:11 PM Subject: RE: [Rus-Sur] ROLL CALL RUSIAN NAMES > Hi Lori, > > Are the Old Believers the same as the Rutherians or the Greek Orthodox? I'm > confused -- I do Research on the name "Waraksa" (Polish version) or Varaksa > (Belarus) > > -----Original Message----- > From: _LJSLumpy@aol.com_ (mailto:LJSLumpy@aol.com) [mailto: _LJSLumpy@aol.com_ (mailto:LJSLumpy@aol.com) ] > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:09 PM > To: _RUSSIAN-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:RUSSIAN-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com) > Subject: [Rus-Sur] ROLL CALL RUSIAN NAMES > > Hello Geni Friends, > > Still searching Russian names: > > Yevlampii (nick name LIMPO) Chelpanov / Chelpanoff (He Americanized his > name > to JOSEPH WILLIAMS wife: MARY WILLIAMS, He built The Old Belivers Russian > Church in Marianna, Pa. > > Children: 1. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, JR.(Guidra) born: 1886 in Vestaburg, Pa. > 2. MARY WILLIAMS-STEVENS-WASSIL - born: 30 Oct. 1889 - 06 > June 6, 1927. Vestaburg, Pa. and buried: Horns Cemetery in Marianna, Pa > > 3. LARRY WILLIAMS - born: ? in Vestaburgh, Pa. died: ? > > was a Pit boss in the coal mines in Marianna, Pa. or Vestaburg, Pa. > > 4. MARTHA WILLIAMS - born: Aug. 2, 1897, in Vestaburg, > Pa. > married: HARRY PETROFF and she died May 20, 1955 buried: St Nicholas > Cemetery > in Marianna, Pa. > 5. CHARLES WILLIAMS - born: 1897 or 1891, in Vestaburg, Pa > > married FRANCIS ? and he died in Detroit, Mich. in 1968. > > 6. PHILLIP WULLIAMS - born: Nov. 11, 1902 Vestaburg, Pa. > married PEARL PHILLIPS, and died: Oct. 1968. He & wife were the Operators > of > the Marianna Hotel in Marianna, Pa. after retiring from the mines. > 7. WILLIAM WILLIAMS - born Vestaburg, Pa. May 13, 1903, > or > Mar. 2, 1903, he was a saxaphone player, died: Nov. 1960 and is buried in > Detroit, Mich. Do not know where? > > 1910 Census show the WILLIAM's living in Centerville, Pa. > 1920 Census show the WILLAIM's living Cokeburg, Pa. and gives year of > Immigration as 1886 for JOSEPH WILLIAMS and 1887 for MARY WILLIAMS. > > Other Russian names: > > Goloboff > Romanoff > Trefanoff > > Happy New Year..................and thank you, > > Lori :) Arizona > > Relatives have lived in Erie, Pa., Marianna, Pa., Cokeburg, Pa. > Centerville, > Pa. and surrounding coal mining Patch Towns. Many belonging to "The Old > Belivers Orthodox Russian Church" > ************************************** See what's free at _http://www.aol.com_ (http://www.aol.com/) . ____________________________________ This thread: * _[PAERIE] WHITE RUSSIANS & OLD BELIEVERS_ (http://news.rootsweb.com/th/read/PAERIE/2007-07/1184100148) by _LJSLumpy@aol.com_ (mailto:LJSLumpy@aol.com)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DianneMelnyk31 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The family seems interesting!! It is fantastic that you can find all this information. If only I could find out how exactly we are related! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: franny01 Surnames: Monessen Ukrainians Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Charleroi Mail ( Charleroi, Pa) Dec 28, 1929 Nab 14 year old Burglar in home Admits 3 Robberies Frank Kalakewich, 14 son of Local Taxicab owner, Corralled in Crest Avenue Home by House dog Part of Loot is returned today One important chapter in Charleroi series of robberies was successfully concluded last night with the capture of Frank Kalakewich, Jr. aged 14 years, son of Frank Kalakewich of 1214 Meadow Avenue owener of the Yellow Cab Taxi Company here. The boy was trapped at 7:30 last night by a fox terrier while about to loot a bedorom in the apartment of F. J. Bezy at 511 Crest Avenue. The Bezy family was not at home when the boy broke in. The John Mancha family lives in the ground floor apartment.......... The Charleroi Mail (charleroi, Pa April 14, 1932 $1,000 Damage at Frank kalakewich Home Where family is Forced to Flee flames; clothing burned in Blaze Firemen prevent Bad Conflagrations Two homes in this community were visited by fire early this morning and damage to the extent of $1,500 was reported. At the first blaze the home of John Snowski at Wilson Heights, North Charleroi, was damaged to extent of $500 and at 4 o'clock, flames broke out in the Frank Kalakewich home in Meadow Avenue. No one ws injured at either home, all members of the families escaping to safety Fire believed to have been due to an explosion of gas, caused approximately $1,000 damage this morning Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DianneMelnyk31 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.2.1.1.1.3.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The original Frank Kalakewich died July 1932. Marriage to Teresa Fedorko May 5 1915 in PIttsburgh. Apparently they lived in Pittsburgh and then moved to Charleroi. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DianneMelnyk31 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.2.1.1.1.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The senior Frank was born March 10,1891 in Radozyoc, Galicia, austria,His world war 1 Draft Registation1917-1918 has him living on Brownsville Rd. in Pittsburgh and he had 2 Children at the time.........His petition for Naturalization has him living in Charleroi on Meadow ave. and he was a coal miner I can`t read what year he applied for it but it would have been after his Daughter Mary was Born in December 1924 His wife was born in Hungary Eleanor Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DianneMelnyk31 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.2.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I noticed that it said he was going to his sister Nastia . The only way to figure this all out is to locate the marriage record in Pittsburgh 1915 or wait for maybe 6 months or longer for a reply from Poland. I need to find the name of the parents of the original Frank(Fedor) Kalakewich who went as an immigrant. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: franny01 Surnames: Monessen Ukrainians Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.2.1.1.1.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ok, I was losing track. Now when did the orginal Frank died? bye franny Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DianneMelnyk31 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.2.1.1.1.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Frank and Teresa Kalakewich who were the originals. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: franny01 Surnames: Charleroi PA Ruthenians/Ukrainians/Lemkos Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4002.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Monessen St. Michael's Antiochian Orthodox in Monessen Holy Trinity Orthodox - Auditorium in Charleroi Holy Resurrection Orthodox - Rectory in Belle Vernon ( not far from either city) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: franny01 Surnames: Monessen Ukrainians Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.2.1.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am getting confused now. Frank died 1984 is who you think is your grandmothers's brother? So you also need Frank's father and mother ? correct? bye Franny Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: eking Surnames: Kalakewich Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.2.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Diane The petition for Naturalization says that he arrived in NewYork Feb.26,1907 on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. Have you checked Ellis Island records to see if any family memebers immigrated with him? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: franny01 Surnames: kalakewich Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Allegheny county marriage license/records think phone Number is 412-350-4232 have from 1885 to current date you might want to call them first. Wonder if you pay them if they will look it up for you? That is in downtown Pittsburgh the records are on microfilm bye Franny Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DianneMelnyk31 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4003.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Frank is for sure a relative of my grandmother. She was also born in Radoczyce and was a Kalakewich(original spelling Kowalkewich/Kawlkiewicz. Now I just need to find out the parents of Frank because I know the parents of my grandmother. I traveled to the village of Radoczyce etc last year and this year and found some information from the church records. But,the information was not complete. I have written a letter to the archive office in Poland and will have to wait for a reply. They might not have the years I search for. The LDS films end in 1850's for births and marriages. How could I find out the church and where to search for the marriage records if I only know they were married in Pittsburgh in May?,1915? I need a township. Please let me know if you have any advice for where to search for marriage records for Frank and Teresa Kalakewich. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.