This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kem012402 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4000.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Below are both of the obits. Hope they help. Kathy The Valley Independent Aug. 14, 1962 Page 5 J. Clare Emler J. Clare Emler, 64, of 105 Bertha Ave., Donora, died yesterday at his late home. He was born in Homestead on October 9, 1897, a son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Kerr Emler. Mr. Emler was a member of the First Methodist Church of Donora, the Methodist Men's Association of the church, and was a past chairman of the board of trustees of the church. He also belonged to the Donora Blue Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons 626, and the Donora Historical Society. A resident of Donora since 1907, Mr. Emler was formerly employed as foreman of the open hearth dept. at American Steel and Wire in Donora, retiring recently after 47 years of service. Surviving are his widow, Martha B.; two sons, J. Fred of Charlotte, N.C., and James C. Jr. of Bethel Park; a daughter, Mrs. William (Peggy) Copeland of Mt Lebanon; two brothers, Albert R. of Gaithersbury, Md., and Richard H. of Livonia, Mich; two sisters, Mrs. Chester Brooks of Webster, and Mrs. James Fast of New Geneva, Pa. Friends are being received at the Richard E. Lawson Funeral Home, Donora, during hours of 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memoriams may be sent to the American Cancer Society. The Valley Independent March 30, 1991 Page 4 Martha B. Emler Martha B. Emler, 92, of 685 Meldon Ave., Donora, died Friday, March 29, 1991, in the Leader of Bethel Park Convalescent Center. Mrs. Emler was born April 29, 1898, in Washington County, a daughter of the late George M. and Isabelle Myers Mitchell. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Donora; the Donora Chapter No. 94, Order of Eastern Star; the Donora Historical Society, the Donora Women's Club, and the Friends of the Donora Public Library. Her husband, J. Clare Emler, died in 1962. A daughter, Margaret Copeland, and two sons, J. Fred and James C. Emler, are deceased. Surviving are eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the James A. Rabe Funeral Home, 701 Thompson Ave., Donora. 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: Relative Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4001.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Did the family live in Washington county, Pa? 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/4003.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Any Family? Do you have names? 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: lnelson53 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4000.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The SSDI has a James Emler, born 9 Oct 1897 who died in Aug 1962 (no exact date). If this sounds like your guy, you can check the Washington Reporter and the Washington Observer newspapers for an obit. Both are online in the Google News Archive: http://news.google.com/newspapers#W . No luck on finding a possible death date for Martha. Of the four Martha Mitchells listed in the SSDI with an 1898 birth year, none had a SS# issued in PA or a last residence/last benefit in PA. 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/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for family that settles in early 1900s. 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/4002/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Searching for family that settled in Charleroi in the early 1900s 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: SandeeTrasport Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4001/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for Great Uncle George Mould, born Aug of 1886 in St Louis,MO one sibling Sister Delia Catherine Mould, orphaned at the age of 2yrs. In 1890 when both parents within 2weeks of ea other. went to live with maternal grandmother and Step grand father George W Thompson and Janne Thompson..in Pierce,Mo.. any help would be appreicated... 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: kdm56 Surnames: myers ,Meyer,Mitchell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/4000/mb.ashx Message Board Post: looking for obits for family nenbers Martha B Mitchell and husband James Clare Emler of Donora,PA 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.

List,   The link below is the February 1, 1893, edition of the Washington Reporter Newspaper.  Page 2, cols 2-3 contain a wonderful list of all the Wash County students who were promoted!!!    http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=f1xuXVtw34IC&dat=18930201&printsec=frontpage&hl=en   Carole

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kdm56 Surnames: mitchell,myers,meyer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3998/mb.ashx Message Board Post: looking for obits in new haven,new york can any body help with this? 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: kdm56 Surnames: mitchell,myers,meyer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3999/mb.ashx Message Board Post: looking for obits in new haven,new york can any body help with this? 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.

Hi all, a contributor has just posted over 2,650 tombstones pictures for the following cemeteries Maple Creek Horseshoe Baptist Old West Episcopal Mt Tabor You can find them at (make sure you get the entire URL) http://www.pa-roots.org/gallery3/index.php/Washington-County-Pennsylvania/Washington-County-Cemeteries or try http://tinyurl.com/738ryao Nathan

I’m pretty sure I asked earlier but thought I’d toss out my query again. A child died in the Washington Hospital in the mid 1930s – Father Stephen Talaji – Mother Nettie Gosnell of Wolfdale. I know Stephen and Nettie were married as I saw their divorce record. The death notice in Washington Co indicated John Talaji’s mother was Nettie Gosnell (no father listed) The death notice in the Pittsburgh paper indicated John Talaji’s father was Stephen Talaji (no mother listed). Just hoping someone might be connected to those Gosnell’s. Stephen was from McKees Rocks PA and that’s where the child’s body was taken for burial (no site found...yet). Thank you Barbara Sacramento CA

List, The link below is for the Wash Reporter Newspaper, January 17, 1893, edition.  On page 2, col 4 - Burials in Beallsville Cemetery during 1892 forwarded primarily for Debbie Day and her site. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=f1xuXVtw34IC&dat=18930117&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Carole

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Not_A_Relative Surnames: Criegh, West, Gibbs, English, Ashbaugh, Dunn, Cummins Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3997/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Washington, PA High School 1920 Track Team http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/25057/washington-pa-high-school-1920-track-team On the team and probably in the photograph: Herbert Creigh, Charles West, Paul Gibbs, Byrnes English, Ashbaugh, Dunn, Cummins The names of the rest of the players are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them. More Pennsylvania Old Photos http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/category/united-states/pennsylvania 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: jpmgjhg Surnames: Sackett,DeSmet,Desmet Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/736.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Leonard Desmet/DeSmet her first name was Marie she is buried beside her husband Leonard on her daughter Mrs Mellenna Sackett she also went by Mary or Melanie and her husbands first name was William information from the Desmet family Her sons Oscar and Leonard are also buried also in Robinson Run cemetery in McDonald,Pennsylvania 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: neptuneklm Surnames: Moore Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/1524.64/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hello, i am looking for birth info on John William Moore born oct. 7, 1862 in washington county, penn. mother: phoebe wise (1841-1887) also born in washington co. father: samuel moore (1830-?) also born in washington co. samuel moore's parents were also born in wash. co, they are abraham moore (1800-1880) susanna garber (1800-1850) if you have any birth/death/marriage info for the above, it would be very helpful. I do have a marriage record for john william moore and clara j young as well as a death record for john william moore. 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.

Dear List,   My distant cousin, Lisa, sent me the article below.  I'm forwarding it to the list for Ruth Sprowls and anyone else researching that surname.   Carole       <http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/story11/11-21-2011-SPROWLS-HARDWARE-ANNIVERSARY-w-PIX---MON-BIZ> A Main Street staple At 120, Claysville's Sprowls Hardware has drawn farmers, homeowners and a president By Michael Bradwell Business editor mbradwell@observer-reporter.com This article has been read 807 times When George B. Sprowls Sr. decided to quit his job as a schoolteacher in February 1891, he already had a plan for launching what would become one of the area's most successful businesses for more than a century. Over the past 120 years, everyone from farmers to homeowners across Washington County's southwestern corner and as far away as Wheeling, W.Va., would come to depend upon what is known today as Sprowls Country Hardware as the supply hub for their projects, their pastimes and holiday gifts. It even hosted a brief visit by a U.S. president who stopped by to thank the owner for his political help. Sprowls' entrepreneurial efforts, which would for a time grow into three separate businesses, were passed on to his three sons, George Jr., Harry and Wray, and continues today with George Jr.'s son, Dick Sprowls, and Dick's two sons, Chris and Nick. When George Sprowls opened the store bearing his name with a $50 investment, agriculture was the big industry in Washington County, and farmers were the first customers he targeted with buggies and carriages. "For 60 years, a third of the people who came through the door were farmers," said Dick, 83, during a recent interview in his Donegal Township home. He noted that when his grandfather began offering hardware, a plowshare was $2 and a pound of nails was a nickel. An entrepreneur's touch But George Sprowls Sr. was also adept at attracting other customers. "He was a promoter par excellence," Dick said, recalling a decades-long tradition of the annual "Sprowls Big Party" when everyone from the area was invited to the store for food, beverages and prizes - an early way of rewarding loyal customers and attracting new ones. Sprowls followed in the 1900s with a separate Claysville business, Sprowls City Garage, that offered some of the area's first automobiles, and for a while held the mantle as the region's oldest Buick dealer. Back at the hardware store, he continued to build his farm implement and general merchandise offerings, including International Harvester machines, sporting goods, toys and household appliances. There was a shooting range in the basement for sighting in guns that were purchased there. When his three sons began joining the business, Sprowls changed its name to George B. Sprowls & Sons. His son George Sprowls Jr. joined the hardware business in 1921, and took over the business in 1941 when his father died. George Sr.'s son, Harry Sprowls, ran Sprowls City Garage, a dealership that in addition to Buicks also sold Fords and Pontiacs. A third son, Wray Sprowls, opened Washington Appliance, specializing in home appliances and commercial refrigeration. Sprowls also operated a store in Washington near the site of the present Vineyard Church from the early 1930s until 1941, when World War II broke out. A famous visitor While his promotional efforts and product lines grew, George Sprowls Sr. also served a term as a state legislator in the 1920s, and in the 1930s, was a Pennsylvania Democratic delegate, helping President Franklin D. Roosevelt win a nomination for a second term in 1936. Dick said his grandfather and Roosevelt became acquaintances, with a familiarity strong enough that in the fall of 1936, as FDR made his way across Pennsylvania on his re-election campaign, he made a singular stop in front of his grandfather's store. "He didn't stop anywhere else in the state," Dick said, recalling that Claysville schools were dismissed so students could see the president. Dick, who was 8 at the time, stood along Main Street to watch FDR's arrival. "The motorcade came into Claysville, and FDR was riding in an open touring car that stopped in front of the store," he said. "My grandfather came out and he and FDR shook hands and they stood at the front bumper of the car and talked for a few minutes, then the motorcade went on to Wheeling." After high school, Dick joined the Navy, and later enrolled in college in Illinois. "I never thought I'd see Claysville again," he said. But in his sophomore year in 1950, he was called home to run the hardware store when his father died. For decades, Dick said Sprowls Hardware considered Sears and Coen Oil to be its biggest competitors, until the advent of big box stores. The store has shifted along with consumer trends over the years, from offering television and radio repairs to providing insulation services during the energy crisis of the 1970s. Today, a major focus is chain saws and other outdoor power tools as well as wood stoves. Dick said the biggest challenge for a small-town business today is the sheer mobility of people. "The highway out there is our biggest competitor," he said, motioning in the direction of Interstate 70. Today, the hardware store is managed by his son Nick, while his son Chris runs Sprowls City Appliance in Washington. Dick said Sprowls tries to counter the big box stores through service. "We wait on customers as soon as they walk in the door, find out what they're looking for, and then let them browse," he said. "There's no waiting around for someone to wait on you."

Ruth Thanks for the help. Dee in Fl

Looking for a family connection – Stephen Talaji was married to a Nettie Gosnelll of Wolfdale, Washington Co in about 1931. They had a child, John, who died at about 3 yrs of age and the parents divorced a year or two after his death. In the child’s obit in a Washington Paper it provided the mother’s name as MRS. Nettie Gosnell of Wolfdale and didn’t mention the father’s name but showed the child’s last name was Talaji. In a Pittsburgh paper the child’s death included the name of the father with no mention of the mother. I found their divorce record so I know they were married. I can’t see anything on a Gosnell family from that area. Have tried variations on her first name thinking that Nettie was a nickname but interestingly Nettie is the name on the divorce. The more I learn the less I know and also the more people I have who were in Washington County! Thanx Barbara Sacramento CA