>From 1920 Mrs. Barbara Lenhert Date of Death- 01/24 Place of Death- Denver, Col. Place of Funeral- Latrobe Date of Burial- 01/27 Where interred- St. mary's Age 59 years Vittonio Maffi Date of Funeral- 01/24 Date of Death- 01/22 Place of Death- Loyalhanna #8 Date of Burial- 01/24 Where interred- St. Mary's Father's name- Jos. Maffi Elizabeth Pauhk ? Date of Funeral- 01/27 Date of Death- 01/25 Place of Death- #70 Whitney Date of Burial- 01/27 Where interred- St. Vincents Age 15 Father's name- Nick Annie E. Bravis Date of Funeral- 01/27 Date of Death- 01/25 Place of Death- #1 School House Date of Burial- 01/27 Age 16 years Father's name- Alex Victoria Abusio Date of Funeral- 02/02/1920 Date of Death- 02/01 Place of Death- #25 Bradenville Date of Burial- 02/02 Where interred: St. Mary's Location of Grave: #166 6 years old Father's name: Nick Abusio Mrs. Mary A. Blaine Date of Funeral- )2/06 Date of Death- 02/03 Place of Death- Irving Ave. Date of Burial- 02/06 Where interred- St. Mary's Location of Grave- #371 Age 41 years Husband's name- Stephen Blaine Jennie (middle initial written over) Galiarde Date of Death- 02/03 Place of Death- Latrobe Date of Burial- 02/06 Where interred- St. Mary's Location of Grave- #145, Sec. B Age 30 years Father's name- Ed Tate Louis Reale Date of Funeral- 02/07 Date of Death- 02/05 Place of Death- 117 Leather Alley Date of Burial- 02/07 Where interred- St. Mary's Location of Grave- #372 Age 42 years Jacob Banner Date of Funeral- 02/07 Date of Death- 02/02 Place of Death- Homestead, Pa. Date of Burial- 02/07 Where interred- St. Mary's Age 78 years Birthplace: Ireland Mrs. Larah F. Colbrun Date of Death- 02/15 Place of Death- Hospital Date of Burial- 02/17 Where interred- St. Vincents Age 25 years Birthplace- Scottdale Father's name- Geo C. Downs

I was staffing the Chestnut Ridge Historical Society today and saw an old ledger type book and decided to see what it was. There was no official title but from the correspondence within it seems to be a record book of a funeral director, John F. Stader of Latrobe PA. This book lists information about the deceased and the costs of the funeral. There are many children listed in this book as well as adults. I copied a very small portion of the book and will list those that I did copy here. This time period is from late 1919 tp the early 1920s. The book in its entirety can be seen at the Chestnut Ridge Historical Society in Stahlstown. Dawne Temple Paul Rozo (Razo?) Date of Death 12/23 (I am assuming from the book that this is in 1919) Date of Burial 12/23 Where interred- St. Vincents Father's Name- Paul Razo Bro. Fortneuf Date of Death 12/25 (1919?) Place of Death- St Vincents Date of Burial- 12/26 Where interred- St. Vincents Thomas Gallo Date of Funeral- 1/03/1920 Date of Death- 12/31/1919 Place of Death- New York City Date of Burial- 1/03/1919 (this has to be an error) Where interred- St. Vincents Cause of Death- Accident in Auto Stephen Vilka Date of Funeral- 1/05/1920 Date of Death- 1/02 Place of Funeral- Youngstown Where interred- St. Vincents Father's Name- Stephen Vilka Adam Skovich Date of Funeral-1/06/1920 Date of Death- 1/04 Place of Death #13 Baggeley Date of Burial- 1/06 Where interred- Greek Father's name- John Peter McCormick Date of Funeral- 1/06/1920 4:30 pm Date of Death- 1/06 Place of Death- Hospital Place of Funeral- Morgue Date of Burial- 1/06 Where interred- St. Mary's Father's name- Peter Sister M. Alhaus Date of Death- 1/06 Place of Death- St. Xaviers Date of Burial- 1/06 Where interred- St. Xaviers Katherine Rorella (Rarella?) Date of Death- 1/08 Place of Death- #38 Whitney Date of Burial- 1/10 Where interred- St. Vincents Father's name- Jos. Mary Macy Date of Funeral- 01/14 Date of Death- 01/13 Place of Death- Loydsville (sic) Date of Burial- 01/14 Where interred- St. Vincents 7 years old Father's name- John Macy Ida M. Bitz Date of Funeral- 01/20 9:30 Date of Death- 01/17 Place of Death- Jefferson St. Date of Burial- 01/20 Where interred- St. Mary's Single 50 years old Birthplace- Penna.

Dear Listees: I am requesting any help, clues, suggestions regarding the Philip Alwine family who resided in the Census of 1850 in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County. Philip was 32, a shoemaker, Martha was 33, keeping house, and Sarah, 7, Eliza (later Louisa), 5, and Samuel, 1 were their children. Did Philip die? Did the family move?Martha's maiden name? In 1860, Martha is married to Levi Hammond and living in Antis Twp., Blair Co., PA, also in 1870 and 1880 and then I cannot locate anyone from this family. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Edna

Cheaper yearbook http://www.careysantiques.com/pennsylvania/475-latrobe-high-school-1951-year booka.html Alumni http://www.alumniclass.com/greaterlatrobe Dawne -----Original Message----- From: pawestmo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pawestmo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kelsey Rudy Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 1:19 AM To: Inquiry Subject: [PAWESTMO] Wright/Rudy family of Latrobe Hello all, I am looking for any information on/newspaper clippings/school photos (senior or club pictures? --have no yearbooks)/everyday photos of the Wright family and of the Rudy family, both of Latrobe, PA. E-mailed is wonderful! Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! What I have written here is what I know. The people that I know of and am namely looking for: Marilyn Ann Wright-- born in 1933, Latrobe High School Class of 1951, died in 1963, daughter of William W. Wright and Hazel Herminzeck, granddaughter of B. A. Wright, dentist of Latrobe for 63 years, (he was the "dean" of latrobe dentists?), married to... John J. Rudy-- born in 1931, Latrobe High School Class of 1951, died in 2005. I do not know of his parents or if he even had siblings, but remember someone telling me that his parents came to America from Poland and that his mother's name might have been a variation of Mary (or just Mary). Hazel Herminzeck-- born in 1901, mother of Marilyn A. Wright, wife o! f William W. Wright. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------All of the above persons were residents of Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. Thank you all for taking the time to read this and possibly helping me out! I truly appreciate it! Respectfully, kels_90210@hotmail.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Expensive! I would check with the libaray or historical society first http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Greater-Latrobe-High-School/62188 Dawne -----Original Message----- From: pawestmo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pawestmo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kelsey Rudy Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 1:19 AM To: Inquiry Subject: [PAWESTMO] Wright/Rudy family of Latrobe Hello all, I am looking for any information on/newspaper clippings/school photos (senior or club pictures? --have no yearbooks)/everyday photos of the Wright family and of the Rudy family, both of Latrobe, PA. E-mailed is wonderful! Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! What I have written here is what I know. The people that I know of and am namely looking for: Marilyn Ann Wright-- born in 1933, Latrobe High School Class of 1951, died in 1963, daughter of William W. Wright and Hazel Herminzeck, granddaughter of B. A. Wright, dentist of Latrobe for 63 years, (he was the "dean" of latrobe dentists?), married to... John J. Rudy-- born in 1931, Latrobe High School Class of 1951, died in 2005. I do not know of his parents or if he even had siblings, but remember someone telling me that his parents came to America from Poland and that his mother's name might have been a variation of Mary (or just Mary). Hazel Herminzeck-- born in 1901, mother of Marilyn A. Wright, wife o! f William W. Wright. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------All of the above persons were residents of Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. Thank you all for taking the time to read this and possibly helping me out! I truly appreciate it! Respectfully, kels_90210@hotmail.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

These people may have something for you too. http://www.greaterlatrobe.net/history/history.htm Dawne -----Original Message----- From: pawestmo-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pawestmo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kelsey Rudy Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 1:19 AM To: Inquiry Subject: [PAWESTMO] Wright/Rudy family of Latrobe Hello all, I am looking for any information on/newspaper clippings/school photos (senior or club pictures? --have no yearbooks)/everyday photos of the Wright family and of the Rudy family, both of Latrobe, PA. E-mailed is wonderful! Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! What I have written here is what I know. The people that I know of and am namely looking for: Marilyn Ann Wright-- born in 1933, Latrobe High School Class of 1951, died in 1963, daughter of William W. Wright and Hazel Herminzeck, granddaughter of B. A. Wright, dentist of Latrobe for 63 years, (he was the "dean" of latrobe dentists?), married to... John J. Rudy-- born in 1931, Latrobe High School Class of 1951, died in 2005. I do not know of his parents or if he even had siblings, but remember someone telling me that his parents came to America from Poland and that his mother's name might have been a variation of Mary (or just Mary). Hazel Herminzeck-- born in 1901, mother of Marilyn A. Wright, wife o! f William W. Wright. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------All of the above persons were residents of Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. Thank you all for taking the time to read this and possibly helping me out! I truly appreciate it! Respectfully, kels_90210@hotmail.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello all, I am looking for any information on/newspaper clippings/school photos (senior or club pictures? --have no yearbooks)/everyday photos of the Wright family and of the Rudy family, both of Latrobe, PA. E-mailed is wonderful! Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! What I have written here is what I know. The people that I know of and am namely looking for: Marilyn Ann Wright-- born in 1933, Latrobe High School Class of 1951, died in 1963, daughter of William W. Wright and Hazel Herminzeck, granddaughter of B. A. Wright, dentist of Latrobe for 63 years, (he was the "dean" of latrobe dentists?), married to... John J. Rudy-- born in 1931, Latrobe High School Class of 1951, died in 2005. I do not know of his parents or if he even had siblings, but remember someone telling me that his parents came to America from Poland and that his mother's name might have been a variation of Mary (or just Mary). Hazel Herminzeck-- born in 1901, mother of Marilyn A. Wright, wife of William W. Wright. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------All of the above persons were residents of Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. Thank you all for taking the time to read this and possibly helping me out! I truly appreciate it! Respectfully, kels_90210@hotmail.com

Here is an article from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette about the discontinuation of scanning newspapers. In the article there is a link to the archives that will still be available. In the past I have gotten obituaries and other interesting things from these newspapers. The Allegheny Co. Mailing List Volunteers also indexed thousands of names extracted from these newspapers. JoAnn Cupp http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11254/1173461-28.stm

The early-bird registration deadline is rapidly approaching for the North Hills Genealogists' Fall Conference. The conference will be held on Saturday, 22 October 2011 from 9 am to 4 pm at Ingomar United Methodist Church, 1501 W. Ingomar Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237. This new, larger venue will host a great program featuring Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS, a well known author, lecturer, and researcher. Dr. Jones is co-editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, one of the premier scholarly journals in genealogy. His lectures will include "Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing Ancestor," "Inferential Genealogy: Deducing Ancestors' Identities Indirectly," "Five Proven Techniques for Finding Your Ancestor's European Origins," and "Organizing Evidence to Overcome Record Shortages." The conference registration fee includes a continental breakfast, hot lunch, and door prizes. The early bird registration deadline is 20 September 2011. Parking is free at the conference which is located just 3 miles from the Wexford exit of I-79. For more information and a mail-in registration form, or to register with a credit card, please visit http://www.NorthHillsGenealogists.org Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who may be interested.

Hello, I am looking for the Obit for William Carnes death date 10/11/1907 and was published in the Latrobe Bulletin on 10/12/1907. Can anyone look it up and email me the content of the obit? I would appreciate it. Thank you Christine Williams

Linda -- I suggest that you try contacting Chuck Gustafson, email Chasgustaf@aol.com . If anyone can help you, it is likely him. I also have "some" Brenneman data at http://worldconnect.generalogy.rootsweb.com under the ID of jkw2. Use that in the 2nd search window, click on B, seach for Brenneman. They are not my ancestors, but I did do alot of work on the early families in Westmoreland Co. Janet Warter, Huntington Beach, CA ---- Linda Holley <ljholley@gmail.com> wrote: > Is anyone researching the surname Brenaman. My ggg great grand uncle, John Burnside is suppose to have maried an Elizabeth Brenaman in Beaver Co. about 1823 - just trying to prove that is her correct maiden name as I find no Brenaman families living in Beaver. Know the Aiken family moved through Westmorland and they are connected to my Burnsides. > > Thanks so much, > > Linda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is anyone researching the surname Brenaman. My ggg great grand uncle, John Burnside is suppose to have maried an Elizabeth Brenaman in Beaver Co. about 1823 - just trying to prove that is her correct maiden name as I find no Brenaman families living in Beaver. Know the Aiken family moved through Westmorland and they are connected to my Burnsides. Thanks so much, Linda

Export is celebrating its 100 yr anniversary this year. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_729078.html In the 1900 and 1910 census, I think it is listed as Franklin Twp. 1920 it is Export. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nesbitt" <jcnesbitt@comcast.net> To: <pawestmo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO] Exejart PA question for GEIGER or WILMOT > How about Export in Westmoreland County PA. Lots of Geigers in the area. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <acmbjc@aol.com> > To: <PAARMSTR@rootsweb.com>; <PAWESTMO@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:36 AM > Subject: [PAWESTMO] Exejart PA question for GEIGER or WILMOT > > >> >> I found a listing of a burial in the Vandergrift cemetery, for an Ella >> Catherine WILMOT, d. Oct 1933. It gives her place of birth as Exejart, >> PA. Anyone know this location? Or name of the county? I believe her >> maiden name was GEIGER, married to William Henry WILMOT. Anyone >> researching these names? >> >> >> TIA >> >> Marybeth C. >> acmbjc@aol.com >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My thanks to "Nesbitt" and " Richard Heckman" who answered the question about Exejart PA. I did a Google maps search, and did not locate this name, so undoubtedly the answer is Export, Westmoreland Co., PA. Marybeth ================== July 20, 2011 12:36 PM > > > I found a listing of a burial in the Vandergrift cemetery, for an Ella > Catherine WILMOT, d. Oct 1933. It gives her place of birth as Exejart, > PA. Anyone know this location? Or name of the county? I believe her > maiden name was GEIGER, married to William Henry WILMOT. Anyone > researching these names? > > > TIA > > Marybeth C. > acmbjc@aol.com >

MaryBeth, I looked at the Ancestry.com census records and "Ellen" and William were in the 1920 census for Westmoreland Co. Also 1910, 1900, and 1880. Could not find them on a simple search of the 1920, although if I gave it more time, I probably could have found them. I looked in the "Pennsylvania Line" publication in the section that has 1900 town listings and found nothing that came close to "Exejart", however, my best guess is that it could be "Export" PA. There is a family tree in the Ancestry.com listings that includes William H and Ellen C. Wilmot. It lists Ellen's parents as Painter. That matches one of the census records where a Hannah Painter, "mother" is listed in their household. I would have thought Hannah Painter was Henry's mother in that usually the relationship shown is the relationship to the head of household. But this Lessard-Taylor Family Tree calls it differently. I would suggest that you contact either the Vandergrift or Apollo Libraries. One of them has microfilmed newspapers of their local newspaper, althought I don't know what years, or the name of the paper. Sorry I could not be more specific, but perhaps they can supply an obit. Bella On 07/20/11, acmbjc@aol.com wrote: I found a listing of a burial in the Vandergrift cemetery, for an Ella Catherine WILMOT, d. Oct 1933. It gives her place of birth as Exejart, PA. Anyone know this location? Or name of the county? I believe her maiden name was GEIGER, married to William Henry WILMOT. Anyone researching these names? TIA Marybeth C. [1]acmbjc@aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [2]PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. mailto:acmbjc@aol.com 2. mailto:PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com

How about Export in Westmoreland County PA. Lots of Geigers in the area. ----- Original Message ----- From: <acmbjc@aol.com> To: <PAARMSTR@rootsweb.com>; <PAWESTMO@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:36 AM Subject: [PAWESTMO] Exejart PA question for GEIGER or WILMOT > > I found a listing of a burial in the Vandergrift cemetery, for an Ella > Catherine WILMOT, d. Oct 1933. It gives her place of birth as Exejart, > PA. Anyone know this location? Or name of the county? I believe her > maiden name was GEIGER, married to William Henry WILMOT. Anyone > researching these names? > > > TIA > > Marybeth C. > acmbjc@aol.com > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I found a listing of a burial in the Vandergrift cemetery, for an Ella Catherine WILMOT, d. Oct 1933. It gives her place of birth as Exejart, PA. Anyone know this location? Or name of the county? I believe her maiden name was GEIGER, married to William Henry WILMOT. Anyone researching these names? TIA Marybeth C. acmbjc@aol.com

Losie Kermesh 2011 WHEN: Sunday, August 28, 2011 Noon to 6:00 p.m. WHERE: Campground 70, one mile north of Bentleyville, PA (between Washington and Belle Vernon, PA) Exit 32-B off of I-70 & follow Kermesh signs WHAT: The Losie Kermesh (picnic/celebration) is for Lemko descendants representing villages from the Northern slope of the Carpathian Mountains in present-day southeastern Poland and formerly (until 1918) the province of Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Villages include: Bielanka, Blechnarka, Brunary, Czarna, Dolina, Hanczowa, Jaszkowa, Klimkowka, Kunkowa, Leszczyny, Losie, Nowica, Petna, Pryslop, Ropki, Snietnica, Stawisza, Uscie Ruskie, Wawrzka, Wysowa Past representation by surnames: BARNA, CHOMA, DOLINSKY, DUDYK, FEKULA, GAL, GYZA, KAREL, KARPIAK, KRILL, KRUTILLA, MALECKI, MITUS, MONITA, NOWAK, PAWLACK, PERUN, POPOVICH, ROGOTS, SHLANTA, SZMONCHAK, TELECH, TREMBACH, WACHNOWSKI, WOYTOVECH, WOZNIAK, YEWUSIAK, YOUSHOCK, ZURO, ZURAW ADMISSION: Bring a covered dish & any genealogical info or old photos you would like to share. There will be a Chinese auction, half the take, etc., and a group photo will be taken. MORE INFO on the downloadable flyer (.pdf) at <http://www.checheche.com/LosieKermesh2011.pdf> Please pass on this info to anyone you think may be interested!!! Thank you from the Losie Kermesh 2011 coordinators. ....... An article from the Valley Independent in 2004: By Emma Jene Lelik For The Valley Independent Wednesday, September 1, 2004 In September 1941, The Daily Independent printed an account of the first kermesh (reunion) held by Lemko Rusyns who had emigrated to the Mid-Mon Valley from the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe. Attended by some 500 persons, it was held at the Russian Club in Pricedale. This was the first formal gathering since the immigrants began coming to the area 65 years earlier and they intended to stage the reunions annually. Ironically, with the outbreak of World War II and the untimely death of one of the organizers, John P. Yewusiak of Charleroi, that was the first and last gathering. That is until 57 years later, in August 1998, when descendants of the 1941 kermesh held the second one at Campground 70, near Bentleyville. The reunions are now annual and Joe Perun, one of the promoters, said there were about 100 present for the kermesh conducted during the past weekend at the campgrounds. In 1941, there were 55 families from the town of Losha, Galicia, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire before World War I, living in Pricedale. These Lemko Rusyns, whose homeland is present-day South Eastern Poland, are part of a larger group of Rusyns who inhabit the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Slovakia and Western Ukraine. The Rusyns are an ethnic minority who do not have their own country. They have been called Russians, Ruthenians, Rusnaks, Ukrainians and Rusyns. Some have taken the nationality of the country of their origin. Their faith is either Orthodox or Byzantine Catholic. Mary Visniski and Morris Maksemetz had original pictures of the 1941 kermesh, taken by the former Rehula Studio of Charleroi, and Perun had additional copies made. Family members were able to identify many relatives. In 1998 Walter Trembach, who was in the original picture, showed it to his cousin, Audrey Deitz of McKees Rocks, and she started doing genealogy on her grandparents, the Yewusiak and Trembach families. Soon others were tracing roots and what started with a handful of names has grown to over 7,000. Some of the surnames represented are: Barna, Basilwich, Chowansky, Digon, Dolinsky, Dudra, Dudick, Dutka, Fekula, Furtak, Gal, Geeza/Gezzer, Gornik, Homa/Choma, Hubiak, Karel, Karpiak, Kostecki, Krill, Krutilla, Jurila, Malecki, Mitus, Monita, Moskwa, Nowak, Olesniewich, Paluch, Pawlak, Popovich, Rogots, Shlanta, Spulnik, Swist, Telech, Trembach, Wachnowsky, Wozniak, Yewusiak/Youshock, Yuschak, Zak, Zawislak and Zuraw. Che Zuro Whiting

(sorry about the cross post - trying to include all surnames in SUBJECT!) Losie Kermesh 2011 WHEN: Sunday, August 28, 2011 Noon to 6:00 p.m. WHERE: Campground 70, one mile north of Bentleyville, PA (between Washington and Belle Vernon, PA) Exit 32-B off of I-70 & follow Kermesh signs WHAT: The Losie Kermesh (picnic/celebration) is for Lemko descendants representing villages from the Northern slope of the Carpathian Mountains in present-day southeastern Poland and formerly (until 1918) the province of Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Villages include: Bielanka, Blechnarka, Brunary, Czarna, Dolina, Hanczowa, Jaszkowa, Klimkowka, Kunkowa, Leszczyny, Losie, Nowica, Petna, Pryslop, Ropki, Snietnica, Stawisza, Uscie Ruskie, Wawrzka, Wysowa Past representation by surnames: BARNA, CHOMA, DOLINSKY, DUDYK, FEKULA, GAL, GYZA, KAREL, KARPIAK, KRILL, KRUTILLA, MALECKI, MITUS, MONITA, NOWAK, PAWLACK, PERUN, POPOVICH, ROGOTS, SHLANTA, SZMONCHAK, TELECH, TREMBACH, WACHNOWSKI, WOYTOVECH, WOZNIAK, YEWUSIAK, YOUSHOCK, ZURO, ZURAW ADMISSION: Bring a covered dish & any genealogical info or old photos you would like to share. There will be a Chinese auction, half the take, etc., and a group photo will be taken. MORE INFO on the downloadable flyer (.pdf) at http://www.checheche.com/LosieKermesh2011.pdf Please pass on this info to anyone you think may be interested!!! Thank you from the Losie Kermesh 2011 coordinators. ....... An article from the Valley Independent in 2004: By Emma Jene Lelik For The Valley Independent Wednesday, September 1, 2004 In September 1941, The Daily Independent printed an account of the first kermesh (reunion) held by Lemko Rusyns who had emigrated to the Mid-Mon Valley from the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe. Attended by some 500 persons, it was held at the Russian Club in Pricedale. This was the first formal gathering since the immigrants began coming to the area 65 years earlier and they intended to stage the reunions annually. Ironically, with the outbreak of World War II and the untimely death of one of the organizers, John P. Yewusiak of Charleroi, that was the first and last gathering. That is until 57 years later, in August 1998, when descendants of the 1941 kermesh held the second one at Campground 70, near Bentleyville. The reunions are now annual and Joe Perun, one of the promoters, said there were about 100 present for the kermesh conducted during the past weekend at the campgrounds. In 1941, there were 55 families from the town of Losha, Galicia, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire before World War I, living in Pricedale. These Lemko Rusyns, whose homeland is present-day South Eastern Poland, are part of a larger group of Rusyns who inhabit the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Slovakia and Western Ukraine. The Rusyns are an ethnic minority who do not have their own country. They have been called Russians, Ruthenians, Rusnaks, Ukrainians and Rusyns. Some have taken the nationality of the country of their origin. Their faith is either Orthodox or Byzantine Catholic. Mary Visniski and Morris Maksemetz had original pictures of the 1941 kermesh, taken by the former Rehula Studio of Charleroi, and Perun had additional copies made. Family members were able to identify many relatives. In 1998 Walter Trembach, who was in the original picture, showed it to his cousin, Audrey Deitz of McKees Rocks, and she started doing genealogy on her grandparents, the Yewusiak and Trembach families. Soon others were tracing roots and what started with a handful of names has grown to over 7,000. Some of the surnames represented are: Barna, Basilwich, Chowansky, Digon, Dolinsky, Dudra, Dudick, Dutka, Fekula, Furtak, Gal, Geeza/Gezzer, Gornik, Homa/Choma, Hubiak, Karel, Karpiak, Kostecki, Krill, Krutilla, Jurila, Malecki, Mitus, Monita, Moskwa, Nowak, Olesniewich, Paluch, Pawlak, Popovich, Rogots, Shlanta, Spulnik, Swist, Telech, Trembach, Wachnowsky, Wozniak, Yewusiak/Youshock, Yuschak, Zak, Zawislak and Zuraw. ** Che Zuro Whiting

LOSIE KERMESH 2011 WHEN: Sunday, August 28, 2011 Noon to 6:00 p.m. WHERE: Campground 70, one mile north of Bentleyville, PA (between Washington and Belle Vernon, PA) Exit 32-B off of I-70 & follow Kermesh signs WHAT: The Losie Kermesh (picnic/celebration) is for Lemko descendants representing villages from the Northern slope of the Carpathian Mountains in present-day southeastern Poland and formerly (until 1918) the province of Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Villages include: Bielanka, Blechnarka, Brunary, Czarna, Dolina, Hanczowa, Jaszkowa, Klimkowka, Kunkowa, Leszczyny, Losie, Nowica, Petna, Pryslop, Ropki, Snietnica, Stawisza, Uscie Ruskie, Wawrzka, Wysowa Past representation by surnames: BARNA, CHOMA, DOLINSKY, DUDYK, FEKULA, GAL, GYZA, KAREL, KARPIAK, KRILL, KRUTILLA, MALECKI, MITUS, MONITA, NOWAK, PAWLACK, PERUN, POPOVICH, ROGOTS, SHLANTA, SZMONCHAK, TELECH, TREMBACH, WACHNOWSKI, WOYTOVECH, WOZNIAK, YEWUSIAK, YOUSHOCK, ZURO, ZURAW ADMISSION: Bring a covered dish & any genealogical info or old photos you would like to share. There will be a Chinese auction, half the take, etc., and a group photo will be taken. MORE INFO on the downloadable flyer (.pdf) at <http://www.checheche.com/LosieKermesh2011.pdf> Please pass on this info to anyone you think may be interested!!! Thank you from the Losie Kermesh 2011 coordinators. ....... An article from the Valley Independent in 2004: By Emma Jene Lelik For The Valley Independent Wednesday, September 1, 2004 In September 1941, The Daily Independent printed an account of the first kermesh (reunion) held by Lemko Rusyns who had emigrated to the Mid-Mon Valley from the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe. Attended by some 500 persons, it was held at the Russian Club in Pricedale. This was the first formal gathering since the immigrants began coming to the area 65 years earlier and they intended to stage the reunions annually. Ironically, with the outbreak of World War II and the untimely death of one of the organizers, John P. Yewusiak of Charleroi, that was the first and last gathering. That is until 57 years later, in August 1998, when descendants of the 1941 kermesh held the second one at Campground 70, near Bentleyville. The reunions are now annual and Joe Perun, one of the promoters, said there were about 100 present for the kermesh conducted during the past weekend at the campgrounds. In 1941, there were 55 families from the town of Losha, Galicia, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire before World War I, living in Pricedale. These Lemko Rusyns, whose homeland is present-day South Eastern Poland, are part of a larger group of Rusyns who inhabit the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Slovakia and Western Ukraine. The Rusyns are an ethnic minority who do not have their own country. They have been called Russians, Ruthenians, Rusnaks, Ukrainians and Rusyns. Some have taken the nationality of the country of their origin. Their faith is either Orthodox or Byzantine Catholic. Mary Visniski and Morris Maksemetz had original pictures of the 1941 kermesh, taken by the former Rehula Studio of Charleroi, and Perun had additional copies made. Family members were able to identify many relatives. In 1998 Walter Trembach, who was in the original picture, showed it to his cousin, Audrey Deitz of McKees Rocks, and she started doing genealogy on her grandparents, the Yewusiak and Trembach families. Soon others were tracing roots and what started with a handful of names has grown to over 7,000. Some of the surnames represented are: Barna, Basilwich, Chowansky, Digon, Dolinsky, Dudra, Dudick, Dutka, Fekula, Furtak, Gal, Geeza/Gezzer, Gornik, Homa/Choma, Hubiak, Karel, Karpiak, Kostecki, Krill, Krutilla, Jurila, Malecki, Mitus, Monita, Moskwa, Nowak, Olesniewich, Paluch, Pawlak, Popovich, Rogots, Shlanta, Spulnik, Swist, Telech, Trembach, Wachnowsky, Wozniak, Yewusiak/Youshock, Yuschak, Zak, Zawislak and Zuraw. ******* Che Zuro Whiting