Hi Debra, Thanks very much. Thats them ! Alma (if this is the right couple) was Alma Mason, My Gt Uncle's daughter, born in Philly in 1901. What I need to find out now is IF the marriage was between Irwin & Alma MASON Best wishes Tony R Burton. Scotland. Protected by F.Secure Anti Virus, frequently updated. Outgoing mail checked for viruses No attachments opened unless prior warning received

Tony, I saw your query about a Dietrick family. I am looking for one also. I have a ggrandmother Catherine Dietrich who was born abt. 1848 and lived in Pa. in Indiana and also Allegheny County. Any chance she is related to the ones you are looking for? Virginia [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Burton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 6:56 AM Subject: Re: [PA] Dietrick > Hi Debra, Thanks very much. Thats them ! Alma (if this is the right > couple) was Alma Mason, My Gt Uncle's daughter, born in Philly in 1901. > What I need to find out now is IF the marriage was between Irwin & Alma > MASON > Best wishes > Tony R Burton. Scotland. > Protected by F.Secure Anti Virus, frequently updated. > Outgoing mail checked for viruses > No attachments opened unless prior warning received > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! ---

Hi Virginia, Many thanks for your contact. I'm afraid I know nothing about the Ancestors of Irwin Dietrick other than, according to the 1930 Census, he and both his parents were all born in Pennsylvania. Sorry to say it but I find the American records far more difficult to work through than English ones - and the English ones aren't a patch on the Scottish records, which are superb! I have written to five Dietricks in Philly, looking for descendants, with one negative response so far. Best wishes, Tony R Burton. Scotland. Protected by F.Secure Anti Virus, frequently updated. Outgoing mail checked for viruses No attachments opened unless prior warning received

Hi, Tony: You're quite welcome. Was your great-uncle's name Frank (or Francis)? Here's an Alma Mason in Philadelphia...age and birth places seem to work with the 1930 info I sent previously... Year: 1910; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 45, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1414; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1154; Image: 936. 4/23/1910 - 3252 Emerald St. Mason, Frank - head - m - w - 32 - 1st marriage/11 yrs. - England/ England/England - 1896/Al - Oiler/paper mill - rent/house --- Rose - wife - f - w - 33 - 1st marriage/11 yrs. - 4 children/3 living - PA/Ireland/Ireland --- Alma - dau. - f - w - 9 - single - PA/England/PA --- Francis - son - m - w - 8 - single - PA/England/PA --- Doris - dau. - f - w - 4 - single - PA/England/PA Year: 1920;Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 33, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1625; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 1106; Image: 1057. 1/12/1920 - 859 Westmoreland St. Mason, Frank - head - own/mortgage - m - w - 42 - married - 1895/Na/ 18...0 - England/England/England - engineer/paper mill --- Rose - wife - f - w - 42 - married - PA/Ireland/Ireland --- Alma - dau. - f - w - 19 - single - PA/England/PA - stenographer/.... --- Francis - son - m - w - 17 - single - PA/England/PA - apprentice/export ...mist --- Annie - dau. - f - w - 6 - single - PA/England/PA Hope this is helpful. Debra On Nov 2, 2006, at 7:56 AM, Tony Burton wrote: > Hi Debra, Thanks very much. Thats them ! Alma (if this is the right > couple) was Alma Mason, My Gt Uncle's daughter, born in Philly in > 1901. > What I need to find out now is IF the marriage was between Irwin & > Alma > MASON > Best wishes > Tony R Burton. Scotland. > Protected by F.Secure Anti Virus, frequently updated. > Outgoing mail checked for viruses > No attachments opened unless prior warning received > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http:// > archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PENNSYLVANIA > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PENNSYLVANIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hello again Debra, Thanks for the latest one. My Gt Uncle was both Frank and Francis. He was born in Nottingham, UK., as Frank Mason, emigrating to Philly in 1895. Married Rose Hammill 1899. Naturalised 1910. On his wartime registrations in 1918 & 1942 he calls himself Francis Joseph Mason - but place of birth and date of birth make it certain that this is our 'Frank' You may have noticed that his wife, Roses' parents, were both of Irish extraction and we suspect that she may have been Catholic and that Frank turned Catholic himself and adopted Saints names - common practice I understand. I now have them on all Censuses from 1900 - 1930 inc., I have his registrations in 1918 & 1942 as well as his immigration in 1895 on the SS Ohio from Liverpool, UK. We also have what is possibly the death of the Son, Francis Mason in 1955. What we don't have are any documents re death of Frank/Francis or Rose nee Hamill. Nor do we have anything on the marriage of Irwin Dietrick and the daughter, Alma Mason, about 1922. I have been having fun finding their various addresses on the net and looking at satelite photos of were they lived. Its both fascinating and scary in a way. When we were kids during the War doing things like that would have seemed like Magic - literally ! Thanks again for your help. Best wishes, Tony R Burton. Scotland. Protected by F.Secure Anti Virus, frequently updated. Outgoing mail checked for viruses No attachments opened unless prior warning received