Dot - in the 1920 census I found 3 Appleton families - see below: Karen Name: David H Appleton Age: 58 years Estimated birth year: 1861 Birthplace: England Race: White Home in 1920: Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania Home owned: View Image Sex: View Image Marital status: View Image Year of immigration: View Image Able to read & write: View Image Roll: T625_1597 Page: 6A ED: 251 Image: 0826 all born England Appleton, David H., head, 58, immigrated 1867, NA - 1880, Laborer, Sewer Work Appleton, Anna M., wife, 56, immigrated 1869, NA - 1880 Greenwood, George, brother in law, 51, single, immigrated 1869, NA - 1880, Switchman, Railroad right below David on same page is Name: George S Appleton Age: 33 years Estimated birth year: 1886 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Home in 1920: Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania Home owned: View Image Sex: View Image Marital status: View Image Year of immigration: View Image Able to read & write: View Image Roll: T625_1597 Page: 6A ED: 251 Image: 0826 Appleton, George S., head, 33, born PA, parents England, Box Packer, Railroad Appleton, Katie S., wife, 29, born PA, father Germany, mother PA a couple of pages after the above 2 theres: Name: Howard W Appleton Age: 30 years Estimated birth year: 1889 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Home in 1920: Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania Home owned: View Image Sex: View Image Marital status: View Image Year of immigration: View Image Able to read & write: View Image Roll: T625_1597 Page: 10B ED: 251 Image: 0835 Appleton Howard W., head, 30, he/father born PA, mother England, Clerk, Coal Co. Lena E., wife, 31, PA/PA/PA Kenneth, son, 8, PA/PA/PA Robert, son, 5, PA/PA/PA ----- Original Message ----- From: "dorothy weir" <neildotweir@yahoo.co.uk> To: <PENNSYLVANIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 2:09 PM Subject: [PA] Appleton Family > Hi. Does anyone know anything about a family named Appleton, possibly > lived in the Wilkes Barre area around the turn of the 1900's. > They are reputedly started up a jelly/jam/preserves company around the > same time. They were immigrants from England, Father, Mother and five > children. We think company may have been called Appleton's Jams, any > info. on this company would be interesting. > > Dot. > > > --------------------------------- > Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger > > > ==== PENNSYLVANIA Mailing List ==== > If your Pennsylvania ancestor was German or Swiss, check out the > Pennsylvania Dutch Family History website at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/padutch/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >