Hello All: Here's a new line of TEMPLEs in PA. Anyone recognize this crowd? Descendants of John TEMPLE - 10 May 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST GENERATION 1. John TEMPLE1 was born about 1850 in Wiconisco, Dauphin, PA. He died about 1886.2 He was married to Mary BOTTEIGER. John TEMPLE and Mary BOTTEIGER had the following children: +2 i. Oscar Redford TEMPLE. 3 ii. George TEMPLE3 was born about 1880 in Wiconisco, Dauphin, PA. He resided in Elizabethville, Dauphin, PA.4 Placed in an orphanage in Harrisonburg, PA, after the death of his father. SECOND GENERATION 2. Oscar Redford TEMPLE5 was born on 14 Oct 1879 in Wiconisco, Dauphin, PA. He served in the military in 1898.6 Served in the Army Coast Artillery during the Spanish AMerican War. He was a Trapper about 1900 in NE.7 Earned the nickname "Prairie Dog Jack" as a government trapper. He Moved about 1919 in Elizabethville, Dauphin, PA.8 He died on 9 Aug 1957 in Elizabethville, Dauphin, PA. Died of a coronary thrombosis, and buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabethville, PA. He was a Munitions worker for DuPont. Attempted to homestead in Nebraska, but also worked for Dupont at Louviers in Colorado, and in Deep Water, NJ. Placed in an orphanage in Harrisburg, PA after the death of his father. He was married to Sarah Grace PERRY on 6 Jun 1913 in Denver, Denver, CO.9 Sarah Grace PERRY10 was born on 18 Jul 1886 in Sedalia, Douglas, CO. She was a Teacher before 1913 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO.11 She died on 6 Dec 1974 in Norfolk, Norfolk, VA. Died of a cerebral thrombosis. Buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabethville, PA. Oscar Redford TEMPLE and Sarah Grace PERRY had the following children: 4 i. Ralph Oscar TEMPLE12 was born on 23 Sep 1914 in Louviers, Douglas, CO. He died on 22 May 1977 in Tampa, Hillsborough, FL. +5 ii. Sidney James TEMPLE. THIRD GENERATION 5. Sidney James TEMPLE13 was born on 1 Apr 1917 in Louviers, Douglas, CO. He was married to Elsie Mae NOBLIT (daughter of Albert Luther NOBLIT and Eva Ellen WERTZ) on 29 Dec 1935 in Dallastown, York, PA.14 Elsie Mae NOBLIT15 was born on 10 Mar 1919 in Dauphin Co., PA. She died on 22 Oct 1966 in Lakehurst, Ocean, NJ. Sidney James TEMPLE and Elsie Mae NOBLIT had the following children: 6 i. Shirley Grace TEMPLE16 was born on 29 Jun 1936 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. He was married to Kathleen Elizabeth AMICK on 16 Sep 1967 in Norfolk, Norfolk, VA.17 Kathleen Elizabeth AMICK18 was born on 30 Oct 1923 in Horse Shoe, NC. SOURCES 1. The Colorado Genealogical Society, Inc.. Colorado Families: A Territorial Heritage. Denver, CO, 1981. p. 425. 2. Ibid. p. 425. 3. Ibid. p. 425. 4. Ibid. p. 425. 5. Ibid. p. 425. 6. Ibid. p. 425. 7. Ibid. p. 425. 8. Ibid. p. 425. 9. Ibid. p. 425. 10. Ibid. p. 425. 11. Ibid. p. 425. 12. Ibid. p. 425. 13. Ibid. p. 425. 14. Ibid. p. 426. 15. Ibid. p. 426. 16. Ibid. p. 426. 17. Ibid. p. 426. 18. Ibid. p. 426. -- L. Parker Temple Researching the branches of the TEMPLE family See my home page at http://www.erols.com/lptemple/house.htm