Many Italians were brought to this area in the late 1800's to early 1900's to work at the Westvaco paper mill in Luke, Maryland, which is not very far from Keyser, WV. I say brought to this country, because from the reading I have done on immigrants (in general) in the late 1800's & early 1900's, I have found that many industries paid the passage of the immigrants in order to get cheap labor. Of course this was illegal, but it was done. I'm not saying that the Luke mill did this, but many industries did. Also, sometimes the men came over first and then brought the children and wives over after they established themselves. Established families would then bring brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. I found my husband's great grandfather's naturalization papers at the Rochester, NY, court house where he received his naturalization. I believe the rule at that time was that one filed an application of intent and after 5 years, he would receive naturalization. The application from Rochester has the birth dates and birth locations of every family member. Some of the children were born in Italy some in Rochester. The application also named the ship he arrived on, the date of his departure from Naples and his arrival in NY harbor. In 1902, when my husband's ancestor was naturalized, the law was that if the head of the family received his naturalization then his wife and children received it, automatically. Hope this is helpful, Lonny ----- Original Message ----- From: Buddy Cooper <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 1:01 AM Subject: [WVMINERA] OBITS AND BURIAL SITES > Posted on: Mineral County Queries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Mineral~/215 > > Surname: Leatherman, Climico, Carmico > ------------------------- > > I am seeking information on the above surnames, for possilbe sources of > information, on the newspapers, funeral > homes, or possible grave yards, that would have been in use in the 1880's > on for the area on Mineral County. Preferably Oakmont, Elk Garden, Keyser, > area. I have death dates, but no place of burials, or obits. Any information > would be greatly appreciated. Amos Leatherman was my GGrandfather, he was > born 1n 1861 in Mineral County, and died Sept 13, 1897 in Elk Garden from > some sort of accident. He was the son of Charles and Rebecca (Mahew) Leatherman, > and the husband of Laura (Shears) Leatherman, who died in 1932, in Keyser, > by a train. I would also like to talk with someone who can translate Italian > into English, I have a picture of a child, > and no idea who he is, only he was someone in my Grandpa Climico's family, > and the writing on it is in Italian. > I also have a copy of his Naturalization Papers, that were > granted to him by the Circuit Court of Mineral County in Keyser,in April > 1920. Is there somewhere these records would be on file, where I could > get a copy of his application. Any help will be greatly appreciated. > >