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" >