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The Hatton family, a typical old
English family, is recorded in Cheshire (English) records beginning with the
Norman Conquest in 1066 with many marriages and
relationships extending down to the families of old Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It
seems they came to America before Ellis Island opened, but just kept moving
back and forth between England, Canada and the United States until the late 19th
and early 20th century when they stayed put here in the good old
U.S.A. and started to spread out. This genealogical tale is a
combination of letters, and personal thoughts from family members, with Ernest
Hatton Jr.’s personal reflections. The Hattons, the Potters, the Exleys,
the Orloskys, the Munsons, the Henleys and many, many more families entangle their way
into this exposition contributed by Ernie Hatton Jr. and enhanced
by Carol Brotzman. It is a labor of love on Ernie’s part, and the Sullivan County Genealogical Web Project thanks him for it.
The following is an ancestor chart for Dawn Ann Marie Hatton, which depicts the intermingling of the families.
Hatton Family History Chart
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.
JOHN1 HATTON1 was born 1774 in Hereford, England. He married MARY HATTON2, daughter of THOMAS HATTON and MARY NELMES. She was born April 02, 1786 in Ruardean Parish, Forest of
Dean, Gloucester, England.
JOHN HATTON
According
to family records, all of which have been correct to date, we are related to
Sir John Hatton who wrote hymns in 1793 period. This is not the "John" mentioned at later
dates.
The family chart covers from Cornelius of Hereford to
John Hatton. Since I know the family personally back to all the children of
Cornelius, I know that to be correct. From that point, I have the family chart
that runs to a very early Sir John Hatton, based on the fact that everything
was correct long before the LDS records were available and that they proved to
be exactly as the family chart states. I can only state that the chart is
correct and that we descend from a Sir John Hatton, as previously noted.
Old Stone Markers
Ruardean Parish Church
Ruardean Village
Gloucester, England
Photo Taken June 1999
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.
These are old
markers placed against the wall. Because of space requirements, family headstones that have been neglected are placed here. The graves, apparently, have been used again. This is the church in Ruardean Village, Gloucester where hundreds of Hattons are listed in the records. There appears to be three branches of one family that goes back to
John Hatton in the early 1600s. I haven't connected to the main branch yet, but have
been able to go back a few more generations. The family of Cornelius Hatton
appears to have also been a part of the Hatton family of Hereford and Wales. In
fact, they were. Our family may have arrived from elsewhere. A good guess is
Hereford and Shopshire, where the name Cornelius is found. Isaac is a name found
more often in the family, and more closely connected to that of the Sir Christopher
Hatton’s. If you do a search you will find "Isaac" in the locations of
a few family members at Holburn. The more you research, the more apparent it is
that these Hatton families all descend from Ivon (also known as Ivo) and Emma (Emme). .
The
father of Cornelius Hatton appears to be John Hatton, a cousin of Mary Hatton,
from Hereford, a short distance from the Hatton home. I would say that it's
quite possible that we are of the same family [cousins, generations
removed] as John Hatton of 1585 who sailed to America and was one of
the " Ancient Planters." The names Cornelius and
Ernest Arthur Hatton are found in Shopshire where John Hatton was born.
Child of JOHN HATTON and MARY HATTON is:
2.i.CORNELIUS2 HATTON, b. June
19, 1808, Ruardean, Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucester, England; d. October 14,
1888, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., PA.
Generation
No. 2
2. CORNELIUS2 HATTON (JOHN1)2,3,4 was born June 19, 1808 in Ruardean,
Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucester, England, and died October 14, 1888 in
Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., PA. He
married JEMIMA DAVIS December 24, 1842 in Ruardean, England, daughter of JAMES DAVIS and MARY. She was
born July 29, 1813 in East Dean, Gloucester, England, and died December 14,
1891 in Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., PA.
They were married in the Churchyard at Ruardean Parish Church. Cornelius
lived in the Forest of Dean as a free miner. A
free miner was one who owned his own mine and would pass it on to the next
generation. When the reference to "collier" is used, it refers to a
Coal Miner. Other references to miners are usually those who were not coal
miners. Refer to the notes regarding the Forest of Dean. In the census of 1881,
Charles William Hatton was the only child living with Cornelius at Bailey
Brook, Lea Bailey. Cornelius gave his age as 72, Jemima 67, Charles 26. Charles
had not yet married Alice Ann Walby at the time of the census, as he is listed
as unmarried. He was a Collier at that time. The census place was Westbury On
Severn. Cornelius was an exceptional man. He adopted his sister-in-law’s child,
he took in his wife's ill sister, provided for both, and he raised a large
family.
Bailey Brook
Census of 1881: Cornelius was still living at Bailey
Brook, Lea Bailey, age 72. Census place-Westbury on Severn, East Dean,
Gloucester, England.
This is a letter sent to me (Ernie Hatton) from a
professional English genealogist, Ron Neep. Comments from Ernie Hatton Jr. are at the end of the letter.
Well !! ..what can I say?
Those Americans who think that a visit to London is
coming to England are missing so much!! The Forest of Dean is backwoods and
beautiful, but this afternoon I have been to a place so out of the way and so
beautiful that it brought a lump to my throat.
The lane from Bailey end lane direct to Bailey brook
is now closed off and is a forest track so I took the road to Dancing Green, a
single track road through the woodlands, and then turned off back towards
Bailey Brook an even narrower road through the forest, past old cottages…onto a
dirt track through the forest.
Bailey Brook is a loose collection of about six
cottages right on the very edge of the woodland. The woodlands are behind, and
rolling green fields in front down to the hamlet of Hope Mansel, with its
church a few hundred yards away. Two of the cottages are now derelict. These
are probably the oldest two, literally one room on the ground floor and one
bedroom above. All except one of these bunches of cottages were built in the
late 1700s or early 1800s, at a time when it was illegal to build houses here.
There was a loophole, it was that if you could erect a cottage in one day and
get a roof on, then it could stand. The old woodsmen knew the law!
It appears that one old house was built in the fields,
probably even in the early 1700s, and then the other on the edge of the wood
added later.
The setting is so idyllic! You are not going to believe
your eyes when you see it! I doubt if this setting has changed since the houses
were first built. This is our England at its best!
The above refers to the fact that Hatton’s
were also woodsmen. Keepers of the forest
Cottage of Cornelius Hatton
Ruardean Village
Gloucester, England
L to r: Ernest Hatton (our contributor), Wife Noreen and Daughter Dawn
Photo Taken June 1999
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.
I doubt that Cornelius ever dreamed that
his GGG-Grand-daughter, Dawn Ann-Marie Hatton, would one day stand in front of his home. This home is one of five on
the lane. The home is made of stone and, like in Colonial America, was covered
over by white plaster, which is now being removed by most. It was extremely
hard to find. We traveled quite a distance along a small, narrow road until we
came to the most beautiful place of Bailey Brook. Just before leaving England
Cornelius, Jemima, Charles William, and Alice Ann Walby were living here. They
left after the 1881 census and Charles and Alice, my Great-grandparents were
married just prior to leaving. The home of Richard Hatton is in beautiful
condition and very much like that seen at the Forest of Dean Museum. The Crown
did not want anyone living within the Royal Hunting Forest, but declared that
if a man could build a home in ONE day and have smoke rising from the chimney
by nightfall he could stay within the forest. Apparently Cornelius succeeded.
Those in the photo are Ernie, Noreen and Dawn. Cornelius lived at Joys Green
and son Isaac, now married, at Dancing Green, all at Bailey Brook. The home of
Philip Hatton, much larger, is within sight. The area reminds me very much of
the red clay mountains of Pennsylvania and they must have felt very much at
home in Sullivan County. Three lost their lives in the mines. My
great-grandfather Charles Hatton died from a mining car running over his legs,
George, his son age 17, and my grandfather Charles's brother died from a cave
in. My grandfather, Charles
Hatton, known as William or Bill Hatton died from black lung. My father took me into the mines at about 10 years old. You
couldn't stand once in, and had to work within a area no higher than three feet.
It was cold even in the summer. The question my father posed was,” Is this how
you want to live?" my answer was, "no". He replied, "then
you had better study and prepare yourself for a better life." He had
already become quite successful. My father designed the factory in Bernice and
my mother's family built it. My grandfather, though a coal miner, was able to
put his children through college and even lend them money to purchase their
first home. Not a down payment, but the entire amount. I was the only one with
my great grandmother Alice Ann "WALBY" Hatton when she died. I was
always asking questions about where she lived. I was talking to her upstairs as
she was resting, in the home that my grandfather built in Sullivan County, when
she just closed her eyes and passed away. I quietly went downstairs and told my
grandfather. She was a petite woman about 5' 1" or so, thin and always
very neatly dressed. I never thought much about the mines but remember the
terror on my grandmother's face when the sirens went off indicating a accident.
My grandfather was a strict man and had a catty nine tails [not sure of the
spelling] behind the coal stove. It was a small whip with nine straps and
looked well used. That was what deterred a
lot of possible mischief on our part. He never used it and my brother burned it
one day in the coal stove. However, it showed that our particular family was
trained to behave. I guess some would claim child abuse. Well, I think that
certainly isn't the case or I wouldn't have traveled so far to see the home of
Cornelius!! They did keep track of the family tree and if not for that I could
not have so easily found our roots. I have to believe the story that prior to
Cornelius [no generation named] we descend from a Sir John Hatton of London. I
still have that old chart and it has been correct in every manner.
My grandfather, for as long as I can remember, could not walk more than 10 feet
without stopping and grasping for breath. He had a strong heart and actually
"worked" during those times. We never went to a doctor because there
weren't any close by. Home care was given and we survived a pretty hardy bunch.
There were a few rules that could
not be broken; you must never lie, you must attend church, no curse words,
present yourself as a gentleman always. That was it. There were three brothers
Ernest [me], Gordon, and Paul. If I had to give one family trait, I would have to
say that we would rather die then give in to an injustice.
I had a look around the little old church
Saint Michael's at Hope Mansel. It is a Church of England, which was
built around 1100 and is in wonderful condition and still very much in
use. Of course it is stone. It is so tiny, and absolutely beautiful! The small
gravel road is well tended, and the old church still has many old headstones, although unfortunately,
there are no HATTON headstones there. That is to be expected as the family was not there for over one
hundred years and those headstones are usually moved, and often are lost. There is no doubt that
many Hatton’s attended church there, as the parish registers arefull of baptisms and marriages of your
Hatton family. We found that at Hereford. What you are going to see is the very ancient baptismal font
where your ancestors were baptized. I think that it would be a nice thing to attend the service there on
Sunday morning when you are here if you are interested in doing that. There is something very special about
sitting where your ancestors did.
A second later…… Success!I just got a message from my office, they
have checked the census reports, and there were five households in Bailey Brook
Lane!
The first was home to people called Ansley, the second
to a large family called Holmes and the third was the residence of Cornelius
and Jemima HATTON. Next were the Rudges and lastly the Brains. I then went back
and there they were the five houses. Since the Hatton home was the third home
it made it easy to know which one it was. It would have to be the middle home!
Well, it is still in perfect condition. I took a photo of it. I can't wait to
see your faces. It is so beautiful here. The large home at the end of the lane
would no doubt be that of Richard Hatton, your direct line from the late 1700s.
Rod Neep
Comment From Ernie:
We, of course went to the old homestead and it was
absolutely beautiful. It seemed like we traveled for a very long time down a
very narrow road, Bailey Brook Lane. In the days that our family lived there it
must have taken them taken quite a while to get to the cluster of cottages. It
reminded me of the forests of Pennsylvania, but there was an ancient feel about
it. You wouldn't be surprised to see a Knight on horseback charge from out of
that deep forest. Cornelius had picked a beautiful spot and there was a
beautiful spring hidden about fifty feet from the stone home. It was an old
spring as it was made from stones carefully placed with a large stone as a
cover, or roof. The water was crystal clear and there wasn't a soul in sight.
As you looked over the meadow there were sheep grazing, but that is found
through out the Forest of Dean. The forest is so ancient nobody really knows
when it was named. There have been some changes. Several hundred years ago it
was called The Forest of Dene. I have the history and will write about it
later. On Sunday we attended the church at Hope Mansel, by the way the correct
spelling is with one L, but only the families that live there spell it that
way. Hope Mansel would be the name of the parish. The name of the church is St.
Michael. There was a beautiful Manor home across the small lane from the church
called Armada. I couldn't help but think of Sir Christopher Hatton and their
home Armada. I wanted so badly to get someone's attention at the home and ask
why they named their home the Armada. Time wouldn't allow me to stay any longer
as we were on a tight schedule and our guide had other Hatton parish Churches
to show us. One was the church in Ruardean parish were Hatton records go back into
the early 1600s.
You must remember that Church records were not
required to be kept until 1585. It was then that Queen Elizabeth and no doubt
Lord Christopher Hatton demanded that all parishes keep records of all baptisms and marriages. Although England has
excellent records, most did not start prior to 1585. Hatton records are
found though, back to the Conquest because the family was of nobility.
They arrived with William, seven Knights in all. A father and six
sons. That lineage is discussed under the descendant charts.
During our stay we roomed at the oldest Inn in England, the Malt Shovel in Ruardean
where a large group of our ancestors lived. No one visits, because the people
speak an old English dialogue, and it is just beautiful there. Nothing to do but look at the beautiful
forests and meadows. You can
see Wales, just a short distance away and it is just breathtaking. The food was
wonderful and especially cooked for us. They would ask what we wanted to eat
each morning, and then go to the market and buy fresh foods for
the evening meal. The room we dined in was filled with furniture that dated
into easily the early 1600’s with leather high back embossed worn chairs and a
table that could seat 30 to 40 people easily. The table was made of one large
timber. There were several
candelabras and with the wine and steak dinners it was out of this world. We
always had dinner by candlelight.
A large old wooden beam loomed above us supporting the second story.
Note: According to family notes "Cornelius"
was Cornelius Hatton's middle name? Also family notes state that Cornelius was
descended from Sir John Hatton, buried at Westminster Abby, but I could not
find record of that, although I haven’t done much research to date.
The following Hatton/Hattens were married at Hope
Mansell, indicating a relationship; John Hatton married. Elizabeth Powell 9,
April 1798, Hannah Hatton married. Henry Eddy 16, March 1833, Sally Hatton
married. John Self 29, May 1831, Elizabeth Hatton married. William Tingle 27,
January 1827, Mary Hatton married. William Robbins 9, March 1833. Thomas Hatton
married. Sophia Baldwin 31, October 1829 and Jonathan Hatton married. Sarah
Hodges 5, November 1831.
CORNELIUS HATTON: Baptism: June 19, 1808, Ruardean Parish Church.
Hospital or Edgeworth VFD.
Census: 1851, Nr. Bailey Barn. Age 40.
General Laborer
Census (2): 1881, Ruardean, Gloucester,
England
Hannah Davis: 1840, Step Daughter
Parents: Base Son of Mary Hatton
Religion: Episcopalian
Regarding JEMIMA DAVIS:
Census One should check date of Jemima
Davis death. Could have been 28 November 1891. Jemima sister is also residing
with them in 1851 described as being mentally disturbed. There is a conflict as
to the death of Jemima. She is reported to have died in 1871. However, she
appears in the 1881 census as living with Cornelius at Bailey Brook. Her age is
reported as 67. Living at Bailey Brook, Lea Bailey at that time were Cornelius
age 72, Jemima age 67, Charles, my great grandfather, age 26 unmarried. Ann
Walby was a visitor during the census and reported to be 20 years old. FHL Film
134608 Pro ref RG11 Piece 2521 Folio 60 Page 3.
JEMIMA DAVIS: Baptism: July 29, 1813, Hope Mansell, Hereford,
England
Census: 1851, Nr. Bailey Barn. Age 36
Hannah Davis: 1840, sister in-law's daughter
CORNELIUS HATTON and JEMIMA DAVIS were married at Ruardean Church on
December 24, 1842; Banns were read on the 13th ,20th & 27th of November.
Marriage Register: Cornelius described as Bachelor,
Laborer of Ruardean. His father's name is NOT quoted.
Jemima Davis described as Spinster of the Forest of
Deane. Father - James Davis.
Witnesses: James Hatton and Marianne Probyn.
There is a pencil note on Register: See Duplicate
Register No. 33
Children of CORNELIUS HATTON and JEMIMA DAVIS are:
i. JOANNA 3 DAVIS, b. 1840, East Dean, England.
Hannah is the child of Ann Davis, sister of Jemina. She is not a
child of Cornelius Hatton.
Adopted by Cornelius and Jemima
3.ii. MARY ANN HATTON, b. October 20, 1843, Ruardean, Forest of Dean, England; d. June 03,
1928, Higham, Forest of Dean, England.
4.iii.ISAAC HATTON, b. November 14, 1846, Lea Bailey, Forest
of Dean, Gloucester England; d. June 16, 1905, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania..
iv.EMMA HATTON, b. April 29, 1849, East Dean,
Gloucester, England.
Baptism: April 29,
1849, Hope Mansell
Census: 1851, Nr.
Bailey Barn. Age 2
v. JAMES HATTON, b. June 08, 1851, Hope Mansell5.
Baptism: June 08,
1851, Hope Mansell Parish Church
5. vi. CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON, b. May 11, 1853, East Dean, Bailey Brook, Gloucester,
England; d. October 26, 1917, Died from
Mine Accident, Mildred,
Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania..
vii. ALFRED HATTON, b. October 12, 1856, Hope Mansell; d.
August 22, 1860, Hope Mansell.
M.I. at Hope
Mansell Church:
Sacred to the
Memory of Alfred Hatton, son of Cornelius and Jemimah Hatton who died August
the 22nd 1860 Aged 4 years.
Baptism: October
12, 1856, Hope Mansell
Death Date/M.I.:
August 22, 1860, Hope Mansell Parish Church. Aged 4 years
Generation
No. 3
3. MARY ANN3 HATTON (CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)6,7 was born October 20, 1843 in Ruardean,
Forest of Dean, England, and died June 03, 1928 in Higham, Forest of Dean,
England. She married HENRY GREENING8,9,10 April 23, 1867 in Higham, Forest of Dean, England11, son of DANIEL GREENING and CHARLOTTE POOLE. He was born January 11, 1844 in
Lassington, Gloucestershire, England, and died March 08, 1916 in Higham, Forest
of Dean, England.
In
regards to MARY ANN HATTON
Please look at the correspondence with Miss C. M.
Greening, which includes family tree and copy certificates. Letter Carrier.
Hi Ernest....6-10-2000
Well, Christine [Greening] and I have worked our way
back to Thomas Greening b.21 March 1664...tentatively, but of course, we need
to get documentation. I talked to
my dad in England this morning and he told me that Mary Ann Hatton was the post
mistress in Lassington and would walk miles every day delivering the mail....
you may already have known that. Do you know anyone else who may be researching
the Greening family? It would be helpful if I could be in touch with someone
else who may have common ancestors on the Greening side. Janet
Note: Ernest Hatton 6-25-2003
Mary Ann "Hatton" GREENING and Henry
Greening were living on Newent Road., Lassington, Gloucester, England at the
time of the 1881 census. They are listed as 37 years old with six children;
Blanche age 12 born at Lea Bailey, Hester 11, Henry 8, William 4, Alfred 3, and
James 3 all born at Higham, Gloucester, England with the exception of Blanche.
I find it interesting that Blanche was born at Lea Bailey where the Hatton’s
were born.
MARY ANN HATTON:
Baptism: November 01, 1843, Ruardean Parish Church
Census: 1851, Nr. Bailey Barn. Age 7. Scholar
Occupation: Spinster, Upton St. Leona Roads
HENRY GREENING:
Occupation: Thatcher at Higham Ag. Lab. Sub Postmaster.
Dear Ernest
Good
to hear from you, yes I would be interested in the lady you talk about. My
daughter gave me some info that was given to her by our cousins, and in it was
an 1881 census surname index, county: Gloucestershire found a Henry Greening
aged 37 yrs of age married, census place: Lassington, but says born in
Lassington, I found two children Alfred, 11mths old, born at Higham and Henry
also born at Higham aged 8 yrs old Father being a Henry Greening both children
living at Lassington don't know if this is anything to do with your Henry, but
time will tell. We will just keep working on it. The age is the thing in common your Henry would have been
about 37 at the time. My Greenings
came from Gloucester, the areas being, Thornbury, Stone, Morteon Vallance,
Standish, Saul, Wheatenhurst, Bisley, Stroud, Frocester, Fretherne, Frampton on
the severn, and Stepney, Chepstow, the Greenings, were clock and watch makers
also ministers, here are some of them, Benjamin Greening 1 clock and watch maker,
born 1756 in Fretherne , Gloucester, started business in Frampton in 1780 ,
clock and watch maker in CHEPSTOW in 1801 or earlier moved from St. Mary street to High St. where
he died on April 6th 1854 , a number of his long case clocks with decorated enamel dials are owned in the Chepstow district, Chepstow museum
has one. Benjamin greening (11) 1787 - 1852 son of Benjamin
Greening
(1)Married Ann Edmonds a straw bonnet maker April 1807, he was also a Chepstow watch and
clockmaker at castle parade then moved to high st in1813, chapel lane, now
Oxford St. 1832. Joseph GREENING (1) my ggggg.. Grandfather 1791- 1852 clock
and watch maker, son of Benjamin Greening (1) married in Bristol in 1814 and
emigrated to Australia in 1841, where he was a clock and watch maker, also a
minister, I HOPE I HAVE'NT BORED YOU TO DEATH, there are another three
greenings who were the last of the Chepstow watch and clockmakers the last being in 1892, my
address is 151 Fortescue Avenue., Seafood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia post
code 3198 I hope to hear from you best wishes Janine Bramley.
Note from Ernest Hatton: This is, indeed, the same
family of Greenings. Henry married Mary Ann Hatton and their family is still in
England. See the information on my Web Site "Hatton-Exley Family
Tree." I think this is further evidence that the Hattons of Chepstow are
also related to those of Gloucestershire, although I have not listed those.
Mary Ann Hatton, of course, is a direct relationship.
Children of MARY HATTON and HENRY GREENING are:
6. i. BLANCHE EMMA4 GREENING, b. June 28, 1868, Lea Bailey, Hereford, England.
7. ii. HESTER GREENING, b. April 24, 1870, Higham, Gloucester,
England.
8. iii. HENRY GREENING, b. July 28, 1873, Lassington, England.
iv. WILLIAM GREENING, b.
October 25, 1874, Higham, Gloucester, England.
v. WILLIAM CHARLES GREENING, b. June 1876.
9. vi. JAMES GREENING, b. 1881.
10. vii. ALBERT GREENING, b. 1884, Higham, England; d. February
25, 1958, Risca, Gwent.
viii. ALFRED GREENING, b. September 06, 1884.
Alfred may have been born 1877. However, this is the
correct Alfred.
4. ISAAC3 HATTON (CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)12 was born November 14, 1846 in Lea
Bailey, Forest of Dean, Gloucester England, and died June 16, 1905 in
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.. He
married SARAH TRANTER13,14,15 November 14, 1871 in Hereford, England,
daughter of JOHN TRANTER and ESTHER POWELL.
She was born August 08, 1849 in Aston, (Aston, Ingham, Gloucester),
England, and died 1926 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania..
In the census of 1881 Isaac Hatton was living at
Dancing Green, Lea Bailey. He was the head of the house and his wife is stated
as Sarah age 31. Census; Westbury on Severn, East Dean, Gloucester, England.
States Sarah was born at Ashton, Ingham, Gloucester, England.
NO.354 of 1905 Will of Isaac Hatton. I, Isaac Hatton,
of the City of Nanticoke, Luzerne County, PA. do make this my last will and
testament, revoking all others. It is my will that my just debts and all
charges be paid out of my estate. I give and devise my lot no. 705 to my wife
Sarah Hatton to do, as she likes to with it. And, the home I leave to my son
Bertram after his mother's death after paying his brother Charley 40 forty
dollars and each of his sisters then living 20 twenty dollars each and the rest
of my personal belongings I leave to my wife for her to use then disposed of as
she likes. I appoint and make the said Sarah Hatton and my son Charles James
Hatton executors of this my last will and testament.
Signed the 19th. Day of May AD. 1905 Isaac Hatton
Signed published and declared by the said testator
Isaac Hatton as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who
at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other here with
subscribed our names as witnesses.
George Stanaway
Rev. R.H. Shaw
Date of death 16th. of June at 6:20 O'clock A.M.
The will was proved on the 24th. of June 1905 at the
Registers Office in Wilkes Barre by
John Mainwaring, Register [signature on this name is
hard to read?]
A.P.Robinson, Deputy
Submitted by: Ernest Arthur Hatton 2nd AKS Jr.
COLLIER in the Forest of Dean. Later in Nanticoke,
Luzerne County, PA.
NOTE: Other Isaac Hattons arrived later from the same
area of England. There is little doubt that they are related.
ISAAC HATTON: Baptism: December 25, 1846, Ruardean Parish Church
Burial: Nanticoke Cemetery, Nanticoke, PA
Census: 1851, Nr. Bailey Barn. Age 4.
Immigration: February 16, 1884, Port of New York
Naturalization: October 02, 1888
Occupation: Miner, Laborer
Religion: Primitive Methodist
Stillborn child: 1887, Child died Nanticoke,
Pennsylvania.
Will: May 19, 1905, Written June 19th., proved 24th.
1905
Census 1880
Name Relation
Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Isaac HATTON
Head M Male 34
Lea Bailey, Gloucester, England Collier
Sarah HATTON
Wife M Female 31
Aston Ingham, Gloucester, England
Charles J. HATTON
Son
Male 8 Lea Bailey, Gloucester,
England Scholar
Kate HATTON
Daur
Female 7 CinderfoRoad, Gloucester, England Scholar
Nellie HATTON
Daur
Female 1 Lea Bailey, Gloucester,
England
Dwelling
Dancing Green Lea Bailey
Census Place Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucester, England
Family History Library Film
1341608
Public Records Roads Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 2521 /
60
Page Number 4
SARAH TRANTER: Burial: Nanticoke Cemetery, Nanticoke, PA
Census: 1910, Luzerne County-head of household
Children of ISAAC HATTON and SARAH TRANTER are:
11. i. CHARLES JAMES SR.4 HATTON, b.
September 20, 1872, Ruardean, Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England; d. September 03, 1960,
Edgeworth, Pennsylvania..
ii. KATE HATTON, b. October 18, 1873; d. 1950; m. FREDERICK RUDDICK, January
02, 1891.
Ernest,
I would like to thank you for replying to my e-mail.
The Frederick Ruddick and Kate Hatton I am referring to is the Kate that is
daughter to Sarah Tranter and Isaac Hatton. Her husband Frederick is my husband’s great-grandfather
through William John. Kate and
Frederick had several children Charles 7-31-1892-5-6-1968, William John
12-14-1908 - 04-28-1982, Bertram 02-14-1902 - 02-1969, Margaret Morgan, Sarah
Niemann and I'm sure there are more but I am not aware of their names. I know that there was a family dispute
about inheritance and the name was changed from Ruddick to Redick. Half stayed with the original name and
the others changed it. I'm not
sure if you would have the information about the Ruddick's but I you do would
you mind very much sharing some sibling names of Frederick married to
Kate. I am new at this and really!
Don’t have the knowledge of where to look for the information nor do I have
much time with a family. How do
you fit into the family history? If there is any information I can share with
you on what I have from my husband's family to Frederick I would be happy to
share it with you. Once again thank you.
I hope that once I have completed much of the family history my children
and theirs will appreciate their history.
iii. AMBROSE " AMMIE TRANTER" HATTON, b. December 24, 1876, Hope Mansell, Hereford,
England.
Ambrose John Tranter and Ambrose "
Ammie " Hatton are the same person. Sarah Tranter, his aunt, and Isaac
Hatton brought him to the United States and raised him as Ambrose"
Ammie" Hatton. He was Ambrose John Tranter and was witness to the marriage
of Charles Hatton and Johannah Truscott. Lillian Hatton was concerned that
Ambrose used the name Hatton because she thought that the marriage may not
be legal since there seemed to be no formal adoption and he was, in fact,
really Ambrose Tranter. They settled in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Of course he
was simply a witness who truly believed he was Ambrose Hatton. He may have been
adopted we really don't know. We do know that he was the son of Sarah's
brother. He was very young when they arrived and no doubt for the purpose of
keeping things simple he was listed as Ambrose Hatton, which means that is
probably the name he used through out his life.
Note: Ambrose later changed his last name
to Tranter when he married.
12. iv. NELL "NELLY" HATTON, b.
December 13, 1879, England; d. November 15, 1950, Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania..
13. v. LIL HATTON, b. February 08, 1889, Nanticoke,
Pennsylvania.; d. Brielle, NEW JERSEY.
14. vi. BERTRAM CORNELIUS HATTON, b. April 18, 1891, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.; d. 1946,
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania..
vii. JAMES HATTON, b. March 26, 1895, Nanticoke,
Pennsylvania.; d. October 1981, Detroit, Michigan.
5. CHARLES WILLIAM3 HATTON (CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)16,17,18 was born May 11, 1853 in East Dean,
Bailey Brook, Gloucester, England, and died October 26, 1917 from a Mine Accident, Mildred, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.. He married ALICE ANN [WALBY] WALBY19,20,21 June 06, 1881 in Westbury on Severn,
daughter of GEORGE WALBY and ANN MILES. She was born January 24,
1861 in Ryeford, Gloucester, England, and died December 16, 1945 in Mildred,
Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania
Alice Ann Walby
1861-1945
Wife of Charles William Hatton
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.
CHARLES WILLIAM (Hatton) HATTON Sr.
My
great-grandfather died at 6:10 P.M on the evening of October 26, 1917 as a result
of a mining accident, which occurred in Sullivan County, PA. Both legs had been
run over by a coal car and were badly fractured. The accident occurred on the
12th of October and he was first placed in Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA.
Apparently there was little doubt that he would live without his legs and it
appears he chose to die instead. The medical report indicates death was from
the result of the accident. I think he had made the choice to die at home. My
great-grandmother would live to 1945. Their son, George Hatton, was killed in
the mines at age 16. He, of course, was my grandfather's brother.
My
great grandfather was born in Bailey Brook within a short distance from the
parish church of St. Michael's in Hereford, England. St. Michael's is an
Episcopal Church and Charles was baptized and raised in that parish. In June of
1999 I visited the home that my great grandfather was born in. The setting was
absolutely beautiful and
photographs were placed in the Forest of Dean museum of our
family visiting the "Forest of Dean." I didn't know my
great grandfather but I remember being in my great grandparent's home in
Mildred, on Sugar Hill, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA, when I was a boy and my
gg-grandmother Alice Ann Walby Hatton was still living. The home adjoined the
Potter farm and my great grandparents allowed the Potter’s and Exley’s to use a
portion of the land for farming etc. The Potter farm eventually became the
Exley farm, known as the Sunny Side Farm, after my great grandmother Mertie Cecilia
Potter married Henry Exley. This is where my father Ernest Sr. 1st. met my
mother Anna Marie Exley.
I
believe that my great grandparents, Charles and Alice, were Primitive
Methodists for a short time while living in Nanticoke, PA., but joined with the Orlowski family to
build Trinity Lutheran Church and thus became Lutherans. My father's mother was
Louisa Lena Orlowski. She married my grandfather Charles William Hatton
Jr. Charles Sr. and Jr. were
charter members and helped to build the church. They also paid for stained
glass windows, as well, and the windows still remain. The Orlowski family paid
for the remaining stained glass windows. Soon after the church was completed my
grandparents, Charles William Hatton Jr. and Louisa Lena Orlowski (also spelled
Orlousky) were the first couple to be married in the new church. Most of this
branch of the Hatton family are buried at Trinity, now known as Shepherd of the
Hills.
While
we were in England we, I, my wife Noreen and daughter Dawn, attended the church
of my ancestors. Our home, while visiting the Forest of Dean was the Malt
Shovel Pub in Ruardean.Ruardean
is a small village in Gloucester where my great great grandfather Cornelius
Hatten/Hatton was baptized in 1808 in Ruardean parish. The parish churches are
filled with Hatton and Hattens all from the same root.
Note: Birth date in family Bible is May 11, 1853.
(Baptismal date in England shows November 17, 1853). Death Certificate appears
to give birth of May 11, 1852. Family Bible states he was 64 years, 5 months
and 15 days old at the time of his death. Many of the very early dates shown
are baptismal dates. Birth dates, and registration, can be obtained for a fee
of $7.00 as of 1999. Because of the cost of purchasing the actual birth
certificates, if available, most genealogist use the baptismal records which
also show the relationship between the parents and other siblings, thus showing
very clearly that you are in the correct family. When researching a large
number of family members it is prohibitive to obtain all certificates of birth.
I would suggest that only those in your direct line be purchased. Most dates
shown are the baptismal dates. Charles was a collier in the Forest of Dean. He
also worked as a woodsman.
After
arriving in the United States they first appeared to have lived in Nanticoke,
PA, but may have, for a short time, lived elsewhere, most likely Canada. They
eventually moved to Bernice and Mildred and were living in Mildred when my
Grandfather died. The towns are small and seem to connect. The town of Bernice,
Pennsylvania where Charles and Alice settled was named in honor of Mrs.,
Bernice Jackson. It was the wife of the Honorable George D. Jackson who was
responsible for the railroad into Bernice. One of the Potter daughters lived with
the Jackson’s at one time. The town of Mildred was originally called Birch
Creek.
Obituary for Charles Hatten: Here we see again the
spelling with an E; that is because most Hattons pronounce the name as Hatten
instead of Hatton and again it is written as Hatten. It's easy to see that Hatton and Hatten are both the same.
Sullivan Review
Dushore, PA
OBITUARY
October 1917, reads: Last week, Charles Hatten of Mildred, who for a number of years has been in the employ of the Connell Coal Co. at Bernice, was fatally injured
in the mines at this place. He was taken to the hospital at Sayre where he died
Friday, October 26. Mr. Hatten was born in England 64 years ago coming to this
country with his wife when a young man they settled at Nanticoke. About 12
years ago he came to Mildred where he has since lived. He is survived by his
wife, four daughters and five sons,. Funeral services were held Tuesday at
Trinity Lutheran church with interment in the adjoining cemetery.
[Notice how the name is spelled with an
E. This happens often and is printed in various documents. The Hatton family of
England and the Hattens’ are the same. It's just a matter of someone
transcribing the name as they hear it.]
CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON:
Baptized: June 04, 1854, Hope Mansell, Gloucester England22
Burial: 1917, Mildred, PA
Census (2): 1881, Westbury on Severn 26 years old
Religion: Bet. 1854 - 1890, Episcopalian, England
ALICE ANN WALBY
Note:
The date shown here is a birth date. Alice was still in England at the time of
the 1881 census. She was visiting in Gloucester at the time of the census,
listed as 20 years old. Her mother had died and her father was living alone in
Hereford. Registration of marriage shows January 24, 1862. I was the only one at the bedside of my great
grandmother when she died. I hold the certificates of birth and marriage. My
great-grandmother Alice Ann " Walby" Hatton died with just me
present at 2:00 P.M. on the afternoon of December 16, 1945. I remember the wake
that was held in my grandparent’s home. I had been in my
great-grandmother's bedroom talking to her when she just closed her eyes and
passed on just as if she went to sleep. Even though I was only eight years old
I knew she has passed away and I went downstairs and told the rest of the
family. It didn't have a great affect on me because she went so gently.
Her
death certificate states she was a resident of the United States for 62 years
meaning that she arrived about 1882-1883, which agrees with the census records
in England. Her father and mother are stated on her birth registration as
George Walby, farmer, and the former Ann Miles was her mother.
Many of the family members found their mates in Wales.
Other family marriages included the Morgan, Tevitt, Warlow, Truscott, Ingrahm,
Lloyd, and Thomas. Many of these were from Wales. The families appear in the
United States living next to, or near, the Hatton’s, so I think it's safe to
assume these are the same families from Wales.
Ernest 2nd.
Note:
The birth certificate is not clear and the name could be Walbey. George Morgan
was a witness. The marriage Certificate is spelled Wallbe. George Wallbe was
living at, what appears to be James Place, and he is a farm laborer. Witnesses
were William Wallbe and Caroline Meek.
My great grandmother's mother, Ann Miles, I have not
been able to trace the family back any further. However, the Miles family does
appear often in the parish records and are an old family in the church at Hope
Mansell. I think it's possible that some of the Wallby’s left England first and
may be related to those near the Potter family in New York. I noticed Walbys in
that area that might just fit, but time has not allowed me to research further.
My
great grandmother was laid out in the house, which was the custom of the time.
Family members came from all parts of the country and meals were served and
everyone brought up to date on each, and every, family. I couldn't quite
understand it as it wasn't all that somber, once respects were paid. I was much
too young to ask my great grandmother about her family. I don't remember what I
talked to her about, only that I was the only one with her. She talked to me
for a while and then just closed her eyes.
She was a small petite woman with a very English look.
She looked like the old English ladies you see with a thin face and sort of a
pointed and slightly hooked nose. She had lived on Cherry Hill next to our
Exley and Potters. I remember she kept a very clean home and had an old Edison
Record Player, which I now own. My great grandfather Charles and her had bought
it new. It still plays and I have quite a few of the records. I will give it to
my daughter.
ALICE ANN [ WALLBY] WALBY:Burial: 1945, Mildred, PA
Census: 1881, Ryeford, visitor, Gloucester, England
Religion: Lutheran in United States
Children of CHARLES HATTON and ALICE WALBY are:
15. i. CLARA ALICE J.4 HATTON, b. June
04, 1882, Bernice, Pennsylvania.; d. March 13, 1937, Hendy Creek,
Pennsylvania..
16. ii. CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON, b. November 17, 1884, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co.,
Pennsylvania.; d. July 29, 1959, Mildred, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania..
17. iii. ALFRED JOHN HATTON, b. March 18, 1887, Bernice, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. October
22, 1931, Orange Park, Florida.
iv. GEORGE HATTON, b. August 24, 1889, Nanticoke,
Pennsylvania.; d. June 04, 1906, Bernice, Sullivan Co., PA.
George Hatton was
killed in the mines at 18 years old in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Tombstone reads
son of Charles and Alice Hatton age 16. George was injured on June 1, 1906 in a
mining accident and died on June 4th. 1906.
Burial: 1906, Bahr
Cemetery, Sullivan County, PA
v. HENRY HATTON, b. April 25, 1892; d. August 1970,
Dearborn, Michigan; m. CLARA [ RODKI ] RODKA; b. February 1894; d. February 1894.
Henry donated the Organ
for Trinity Lutheran Church, Mildred.
Occupation: Ford
Motor Company
18. vi. ALICE ANN HATTON, b. October 25, 1898, Mildred, Pennsylvania.; d. April 1979, Lopez,
Pennsylvania..
vii. JAMES HATTON, b. January 08, 1901, Mildred,
Pennsylvania.; d. March 1967, Michigan.
James " Jim
" Hatton married a woman from Canada. In fact the three Hatton brothers.
Alfred, Henry and Jim according to my father married women from Canada. Jim, as
he recalls adopted a boy that may have been a child of from a first marriage of
his wife.
viii. BLANCHE HATTON, b. March
24, 1902; d. July 16, 1959; m. WILLIAM LYNCH.
Blanche donated the
silver for Trinity Lutheran Church in Mildred.
Burial: Fairview
Cemetery. Dushore, Sullivan, PA
ix. VIOLET ANNELLA HATTON, b. October 25, 1904, Bernice, Sullivan Co., PA; d. January 26, 1934,
Troy, Michigan; m. CARL CARLSON, September 26, 1928.
Died at age 29
years, 3 months 1 or 2 days. Married for 5 years and four months. Here is her Death Certificate.
Burial: Fairview Cemetery. Dushore, Sullivan, PA
Generation
No. 4
6. BLANCHE EMMA4 GREENING (MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 28, 1868 in Lea Bailey, Hereford,
England. She married JOBLIN.
BLANCHE EMMA GREENING:
Baptized: 1868, Hope Mansell, Hereford, England
Child of BLANCHE GREENING and JOBLIN is:
i. RALPH5 JOBLIN.
7. HESTER4 GREENING (MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born April 24, 1870 in Higham, Gloucester,
England. She married JAMES BESTWETHERICK.
Children of HESTER GREENING and JAMES BESTWETHERICK are:
i. MOLLY5 BESTWETHERICK.
ii. DAISY BESTWETHERICK, b. October 1908.
iii. FREDERICK BESTWETHERICK,
b. January 1911.
8. HENRY4 GREENING (MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born July 28, 1873 in Lassington, England. He married ANNIE.
Children of HENRY GREENING and ANNIE are:
i. FREDERICK5 GREENING.
ii. FREDA GREENING.
iii. HENRY GREENING.
9. JAMES4 GREENING (MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born 1881.
He married LOTTIE.
Children of JAMES GREENING and LOTTIE are:
i. JAMES5 GREENING.
ii. EDITH GREENING.
iii. RHODA GREENING.
iv. HENRY GREENING.
10. ALBERT4 GREENING (MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born 1884 in Higham, England, and died February
25, 1958 in Risca, Gwent. He
married MARY FARMER April 20, 1908 in Higham, England. She was born November 30, 1879 in Quedgley, England, and
died November 07, 1964 in Risca, Gwent.
In the 1881 British Census Albert is listed as ALFRED.
Children of ALBERT GREENING and MARY FARMER are:
19. i. FREDERICK HENRY5 GREENING, b. June 16, 1909, Pontymister, England; d. September
27, 1975, Newport, Gwent, England.
20. ii. IVOR GREENING, b. September 30, 1910, Pontymister,
England; d. April 15, 1996, Kendal, Cumbia, England.
21. iii. REGINALD THOMAS GREENING, b. July 1913, Pontymister, England; d. October 12, 2001,
Queen Mary's Hospital. Sicup, Kent, England.
22. iv. PHILIP GREENING, b. January 22, 1919, Pontymister,
England.
11. CHARLES JAMES SR.4 HATTON (ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 20, 1872 in Ruardean, Little Dean,
Gloucestershire, England, and died September 03, 1960 in Edgeworth,
Pennsylvania.. He married (1) JOHANNA TRUSCOTT June
03, 1896 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania., daughter of FRANCIS TRUSCOTT and MARY ANN. She was born January 25, 1875 in
Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, and died June 29, 1924 in Edgeworth, PA. He married (2) HELEN GRAHAM
1931. She was born in Lock Haven,
Pennsylvania..
:
The Obituary for Charles James Hatton:
Charles James Hatton, in his 88th
year, of 409 Chestnut Street, Edgeworth, died at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, September
3, 1960, following a long illness. Friends were received at the Gray-Cole
Funeral Home, 328 Beaver Street. Where the Reverend Samuel Odam of St.
Stephen’s Episcopal Church conducted funeral services on Tuesday afternoon.
Interment was in Sewickley Cemetery. Born in Little Dean, Gloucestershire,
England, a son of the late Isaac and Sarah Hatton, he was a direct descendant
of Sir John Hatton, an English statesman who is buried in Westminster Abbey.
His parents brought him to this country in 1882 and settled in Nanticoke, Pa.
He came to the valley in 1900 and was with A.C. Dryman and Sons, a plumbing
firm, until he started his own business, Charles J. Hatton and Sons. He was a
charter member and oldest member of the Edgeworth Volunteer Fire Company, which
was organized in 1903. A member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church since 1900,
he also served for twenty-five years as secretary of the Edgeworth School
Board. He was a member of the Sewickley Knights of Pythias and was active in
Civil Defense in Edgeworth Borough. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen
Graham Hatton; five sons, Jo T. Hatton and Tobias I. Hatton both of Edgeworth;
Milton Hatton of Leetsdale; Charles Hatton of Ontario, California and Arthur
Hatton of Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters, Mrs. Edith Freehan of St. Albans,
N.C. and Mrs. Lily Lindeblom of Olympia, Washington; a sister, Mrs. Lilly
Gilbert of Pt. Pleasant, NEW JERSEY; thirty-one grandchildren and eighteen
great-grandchildren.
Family notes:
Charles James owned a plumbing shop in Edgeworth,
Pennsylvania. His shop was at the end of a driveway that ran between his home
and his son Jo and family. The men who worked for the family were treated like
an extended family.
April 19, 2001from Patty Hefner: Hi Ernie: I am still stumbling my way through
this scanner business: I believe I
need my more computer literate eldest here to guide me through (And make snide
comments on my lack of competency.
He insists on singing that memorable line from the Rolling Stones: "What a drag it is getting olllldddd.")
Anyway, I am trying to send this photo of my grandfather, Charles James Hatton,
am anxious to hear if you see a resemblance to your Grandfather.
Charles James Hatton
1872-1960
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.
This was
taken in our backyard in Edgeworth PA, April 1958. He is sitting with his second wife, Helen Graham Hatton. She
was a nurse in his doctor's office.
She graduated from St. Christopher's in Philadelphia in 1913, I
believe. Used to love telling me
stories about things she did, including delivering babies as a senior nursing
student. However, the docs in the
hospital were *outraged* to see the nurses were learning how to take blood
pressures
Federal Census Pennsylvania 1910 (Ernest
A. Hatton 2nd,)
Charles J Hatton
Age: 36 State: PA
Color: W Enumeration District: 0112
Birth Place: England Visit: 0019
County: Allegheny
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents: Wife ??oanna 35, England
Daughter Frances 13, Pennsylvania
Son Isaac 11, Pennsylvania
Son Tobias S 09, Pennsylvania
Son Charles J 07, Pennsylvania
Son Milton 05, Pennsylvania
Daughter Lily 03, Pennsylvania
Son Arthur NR, Pennsylvania
From: Ann Marie Josephine Feehan September 17, 2001.
According to my oral history from my mother he came
over from England to marry his sweetheart Johanna Truscott. (They were
introduced by brother Francis Truscott E. Hatton )
My grandfather was to be an Anglican Priest at Oxford
University but decided to come to America. He became a Plummer (the first week
of the Susquehanna River). He raised his eight children in Sewickley,
Pennsylvania. He was very civic minded. My mother said he was the Fire Chief,
the President of the School board and was one of the Founder's of St Stephen's
Episcopal Church. I have clippings and pictures of my grandfather and grandmother
despite them being dead before I was born. Interestingly, my mother took my
sisters and I over to England in 1969. I visited Westminster Abbey with my
girlfriends. I asked a deacon to direct me to the Hatton burial area. It is
located in
Islip Chapel, which...(added by E. Hatton) is on the
first floor left side, near center.)
Children of CHARLES HATTON and JOHANNA TRUSCOTT are:
i. FRANCIS TRUSCOTT5 HATTON, b. April 04, 1897, Nanicoke, PA; d. January 12, 1923, Cresant, PA.
ii. ISAAC HATTON, b. October 10, 1898; d. October 01,
1915.
iii. TOBIAS" TOBIE "INGRAM [ INGHRAM] HATTON, b. September 16, 1900, Sewickley, Pennsylvania.; d.
1985; m. MARGARET SCHWARTZBACHER, February 20, 1922; b. July 13, 1902, Budapest,
Hungary.
Tobias and Margaret
were childless. Tobias Ingram Hatton is most likely named after Tobias Ingram
of Cornwall, England or nearby.
23. iv. CHARLES JAMES JR. HATTON, b.
September 16, 1902, Edgeworth, PA; d. May 26, 1971, Ontario, CA.
24. v. MILTON HATTON, b. September 03, 1904, Edgeworth, PA; d.
May 07, 1977, LeHigh Acres, Florida.
25. vi. LILY HATTON, b. September 15, 1906, Nanticoke,
Pennsylvania; d. February 18, 1989, Olympia, Washington.
26. vii. ARTHUR HATTON, b. October 29, 1909, Pennsylvania.; d.
March 03, 1995.
27. viii. JO TRUSCOTT HATTON, b. September 24, 1911, Sewickley, Pennsylvania.; d. March 19, 1997,
Sewickley Pennsylvania..
28. ix. EDITH TRUSCOTT HATTON, b. October 25, 1913; d. July 31, 1979.
12. NELL "NELLY"4 HATTON (ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 13, 1879 in England, and died
November 15, 1950 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.. She married (1) EZRA ENGLER. She married (2) DAVID JOHN THOMAS June 24, 1903 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania., son of DAVID REESE THOMAS. He was
born August 28, 1876 in Wales, and died March 26, 1929 in Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania..
Nell Hatton was also known as Nellie. Burial: 1950, Hanover Green Cemetery.
Cause of Death (Facts Pag: 1929, Lung Disease?
Children of NELL HATTON and DAVID THOMAS are:
29. i. SARAH HELEN5 THOMAS, b.
December 15, 1903, Pennsylvania.; d. Hanover, Pennsylvania..
ii. LILLIAN HATTON THOMAS, b. July 06, 1906; d. November 1969; m. HARRY SASSANY.
iii. DAVID ROBERT THOMAS, b. April 21, 1910; d. December 09, 1970; m. IRENE JONES.
iv. FREDERICK SPURGEIN THOMAS, b. February 01, 1915; d. October 18, 1995; m. HELEN HOLMES.
13. LIL4 HATTON (ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born February 08, 1889 in Nanticoke,
Pennsylvania., and died in Brielle, NEW JERSEY. She married (1) THOMAS E. GILBERT. He was
born 1886, and died 1957 in Brielle, NEW JERSEY. She married (2) VEIRLHEM ROTH June 10,
1908, son of JACK ROTH and CATHARINE.
He was born May 1890 in Bernice, Sullivan County, PA.
Moved to Oregon. Unheard of every since. Also known as
Lily. Lill and Thomas lived in
Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Their son Al, I believe was Alfred.
Hi Ernie
I just got off the phone with my Mom. She said that Aunt Lill Hatton Gilbert
b. 1889 is most definitely buried in Greenwood Cemetery along side her husband
Thomas E. Gilbert. Mom said she
couldn’t remember exactly when Lill came to Point Pleasant, NJ but is sure she
is buried there. She said Lill was first married to a Roth. They had one son.
Her first husband died (Roth) Lill married Thomas E. Gilbert. They had a son Bobby and a daughter
Louise. Lill sang in the church
choir at Harvey Memorial Methodist Church in Pt. Pleasant and sang at my Mom
and Dad's wedding in 1937.
Her children went through school in Pt. Pleasant,
NJ. I remember her myself as she
was always at my Grandmother’s. She took care of my Grandmother when she was
very ill back in the early l940's. My Mom is fairly sure Aunt Lill was still
alive in 1945 and is trying to remember the year Aunt Lill died. Mom thinks
Aunt Lill was still living when her husband Tom died in 1957.
Will let you know if she remembers more. She has no recollection of Lill having
been in Oregon. Could you be
thinking of a different Lill in the family?
My Mom said Charles J.'s daughter Lillian used to come
and visit them in Point Pleasant.
I'm going to ask Patty if there is any mention of the
Point Pleasant family in here info.
Thanks so much for giving me Patty's e-mail.
Talk soon, Sandy
Note of Ernest Hatton, researched Roth's: Lil's first
marriage was to a Roth of Bernice. The Roth family was from Hungary. I have
Veirlhem as her husband but it could have been one of the other brothers. The
father noted as Jack Roth entered the U.S. in 1888 and was a farm laborer. His
name was probably not Jack, but that's the name he used...Americanized for something
else.
His sister Mary Spithe entered the U.S. in 1889 with
her son Andrew born August 1889. She was most likely pregnant at the time.
Husband or father doesn't appear in the census of 1900, but may have arrived
later. She lived with her brother Jack Roth in Bernice. She worked as a
servant.
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Brielle, New Jersey
Alfred and Pearl Hatton were living in Orange Park,
Florida with Thomas Gilbert.
Note:
Another grave we found was that of Thomas E. Gilbert and Lily Hatton Gilbert.
Thomas E. Gilbert was born in 1886 and died 1957 his wife Lily Hatton Gilbert
was born 1888..This headstone has no death date. My notes say that "Aunt
Lil Gilbert was a Hatton...sister of Uncle Charles Hatton and Aunt Nell of
Nanticoke.
Aunt Lil's first Marriage was to a Roth.... her second
marriage was to Thomas Gilbert.
There was a Thomas Gilbert visiting with Alfred and
Pearl during the census in Florida.
THOMAS E. GILBERT:
Burial: 1957, Greenwood Cemetery, Brielle, New Jersey
Children of LIL HATTON and THOMAS GILBERT are:
i. LOUISE5 GILBERT.
ii. AL GILBERT.
iii. ROBERT GILBERT.
14. BERTRAM CORNELIUS4 HATTON (ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born April 18, 1891 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.,
and died 1946 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.. He married ELLEN WARLOW23, daughter of WILLIAM WARLOW and MARY VIVIAN. She was born 1893 in Pennsylvania, and
died 1965 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania..
Living next to Bertram Hatton was John T. Davis age 30
born PA and wife May age 30, also son Will ? age 3, and Mary age 1 1/2.
Boarding with the Davis family was John Trevitt age 55 born 1864 on the census
and Russell Trevitt age 16. These families are most definitely connected to the
Hatton family and John Davis must somehow be related to Jemima
"Davis" Hatton, the wife of Cornelius Hatton, father of Isaac, father
of Bertram Hatton. All are working in the mines except for John Trevitt who is
working as a salesman in a grocery store. BERTRAM CORNELIUS HATTON: Burial: Nanticoke Cemetery, Nanticoke, PA
ELLEN WARLOW: Burial: Nanticoke Cemetery. Nanticoke, PA
Children of BERTRAM HATTON and ELLEN WARLOW are:
i. VIVIAN5 HATTON24, b. March 28, 1916, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co.,
Pennsylvania.; d. September 10, 1996, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania..
Vivian died a
spinster. She did furnish the family history as told to her by her father Isaac
Hatton. This information was sent to my father, Ernest Sr., aks 1st. It is
absolutely accurate. Vivian did not know the period of Sir John, only that we
were descended from him. She did state that he wrote hymns in the 1700s. If not
him than an earler Sir John.
30. ii. DOROTHY HATTON, b. 1921,
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.; d. 1957, Eugene, Oregon.
31. iii. BERTRAM CORNELIUS HATTON, b. March 23, 1924, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co.,
Pennsylvania.; d. February 1977, Bensalem, Pennsylvania..
15. CLARA ALICE J.4 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)25 was born June 04, 1882 in Bernice,
Pennsylvania., and died March 13, 1937 in Hendy Creek, Pennsylvania.. She married JOHN SIMS HENLEY26,27,28,29 November 04, 1903 in Dushore, Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania., son of EDMUND HENLEY and SARAH TUBBS. He was born May 25, 1880 in Bernice,
Sugar Hill, Mildred, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania., and died 1938 in Probably
Orange Park, FL..
In regards to CLARA HATTON
Family Bible states she was 54 years, 4 months and 9
days at the time of her death. Clara raised her three children alone. Clara was
married in Dushore, Sullivan
County.
The Sullivan Review, May 19, 1937
Obituary: Note there are mistakes in
this obituary; Mrs. Clara Jane [middle name was Alice after her mother] died
Wednesday evening, May 12, 1937, at the home of her son, John, at Hendy Creek.
She leaves two sons, John and George, of Elmira; a daughter, Miss Clara Alice
Henley, of Endicott, three brothers, James and Henry Hatton of Detroit and
William Hatton of Bernice, two sisters, Mrs. Alice Gardner, Lopez, and Miss
Blanche Hatton, Mildred, six grandchildren. Also survived by mother, Mrs. C.
Alice Hatton of Mildred. [This is not correct; her mother was Alice Ann
Hatton].
The body was taken to the Holly funeral
home, where Rev. Frederick Hemstridge held the funeral Saturday at 11 A.M.
Burial was at Dushore.
The Sullivan Review
November 5, 1903
Mr. John Henley and Miss Clara Hatton,
both of Mildred, were united in marriage Wednesday morning, November 4, in the
United Evangelical church at Dushore, By Rev. W.J. Campbell.
In regards to JOHN SIMS HENLEY
John Henley," (aks John S. Henley) left the
family and was never heard from again," (based on family history). Their
mother Clara Alice Hatton raised the children, though they bore the Henley
name.
Note: Bernice is in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.
John Henley disappeared and was never heard of again. Records I have found
indicate that he or his brother did show up in Florida at the home of Alfred
Hatton, then retired. In that census he is listed as a guest. Alfred and wife
Pearl had retired from Michigan. Alfred was born in Bernice which connected to
Mildred. Bernice is now a part of Mildred Pennsylvania. (Alfred was Clara
Hatton's brother and my granduncle).
Note: Oh, what the computer age does uncover!
A letter written to me by Sarah Henley Haas 20,
February 2001 from 4465 Main Street, Slatington, Lehigh Valley, PA 18080.I
phoned Sara on March 26th., 2001 after the 1900 census for Bernice was
published.
She writes; Dear Sir, you do not know me but I am the
4th daughter born to John Jim Henley of Mildred, Sullivan County, PA. John was
born in May of 1880. (Here we go again) "There is a mystery concerning his
death which has never been solved, as to when, where or how?" (Seems like
John left this family also) "There is no record of death." (John, of
course appeared in Orlando, Florida at the home of the brother of the wife he
never divorced, but left with three children, that was my granduncle and
Clara's brother, Alfred Hatton. Fortunately there was a census being conducted
and he was listed as living with them. Apparently he was suffering from TB.)
The letter continues; John married Sarah Jane Shingler of Leighton, PA. (All
indications are that he never divorced Clara, but we do not know for sure)
John was a coal miner by trade. When work was scarce
he followed the coal miners into Leighton, PA. They had 10 children in all,
some died at a very young age during the depression. I am one of the younger
children. My mother died in 1931. I do not recall her or my father at all as I
was very young at the time.
I have searched for at least 50 years to locate the
family. After our mother's death a few women from Monroe Co., Court House came
and took the children away from my father, saying that he could not care for
us. The baby was 6 months old at the time. (This means born in 1930-31). These
women were from the children's Aid Society of Monroe County, PA. We were the first
children ever taken in.
They separated us one from another and placed us in
foster homes and we had to earn our keep, and taught to work.
After diligently searching for the brothers and
sisters. I located all but the baby when finally found her-she had passed away.
I learned she had married and raised a family, but it was too late for her, she
died in her 40's and is buried in Florida.
After learning about her death I pondered about for
some time.
Taking the bull by the horns decided that before any
more of us pass away I should have a family reunion, which was in July 1996.
We are all in our 70's and 80's now. Some found
excuses not to come, but they came anyway out of curiosity, seven different
states were represented. I told them this was our first and last reunion I
would have. She goes on to state that in her father's family there were 8 boys
and 8 girls. Then she ends with, my grandfather was Edwin Henley, his wife
Marie Tubbs. They are buried at Bears Cemetery at Dushore, PA. (Census records
of 1900 indicate 10 children.)
Sincerely, Sarah Henley Hass
Note: Sarah and I talked at length one night in
February as stated above. She is a delightful and wonderful woman who wondered
what had happened to her father. It appears that he left these children as he
did the others and did show up in Florida where he is most likely buried. At
least one of his children settled in the Orlando area. She had married a
Burgess. She died in the area. It's possible that other children also settled
in the area, perhaps being told by Alfred Hatton that their father (whom they
had no contact) was living. A noble gesture on Alfred’s part, knowing what his
feelings where.
Wonderful Sarah has more family than she thought. She
has another two brothers and a sister from the marriage of Clara Hatton and
John Henley. They were older of course, so the challenge is to find their
children and grandchildren.
Sarah, will write to me and fill in the gaps for
future generations, the two half brothers and one half sister of the marriage
of Clara Hatton and John Henley should do whatever they can do to put this
family in order and to know present generations.
The mystery of John S. Henley is over.... the computer
age has solved the mystery. Based on his second marriage license. (There is no
indication that he ever was divorced from the first. In fact, the same thing
happened he disappeared. John later, according to Florida records appeared as a
boarder of Clara's brother Alfred Hatton in Florida where he apparently died of
T.B.) His ss#, Marriage license to Sarah J. Shindler match John Henley of
Sullivan County. Also conversations and letters from Sarah Henley Haas conclude
that he was indeed the same John who disappeared from both families.
NOTE: I will print the letters sent from Sarah less any
information that she, or I, feel is best not to disclose. At this time I am
free to pass this information along but choose not to do so at this time. I am
so very proud of Sarah for her effort in trying to put together her family
genealogy. When I talked to her she was wonderful and very open. Future
generations should regard her highly for what she has done.
April 4, 2001 letter from Sarah in her own words;
" John Henley, from Mildred, and wife Sarah moved from Lehighton to
Kunkletown, bought a home in 1921, the home was sold for taxes in 1936. John
signed the papers at that time. SS# 175-10-9481(Sarah was 16 when John married
her) I (Sarah Henley Haas) had found the home years ago. At that time it was
well taken care of, but today it is another story, as it has gone to pot.
Snakes and wild life live there now.
I decided that if the Henley children ever got
together that it would be up to me, as none of the rest would do it. I am the
one that will jump in with both feet instead of sitting back and talk about it,
so I did it. Everyone is glad I did it, although I had to do a lot of talking.
They were afraid that it would amount to nothing.
The Henley children were affected in one way or
another as to what happened to us in our young life, not knowing what was going
to happen to us. We were scared to death, not having parents to help us.
Because of that we were known as the scum of the earth. Today (she is in her
70s) people still say I was picked up out of the gutter. They are not as old as
I am and had nothing to do with it. I tell them to go fly a kite.
I have a lot of tid bits to tell, but this will keep
you busy for a while. I could not UNDERSTAND why my father was BANNED from ever
going home (Bernice, Mildred, Dushore). I made a trip to Williamsport, Dushore,
Bernice, Mildred and Towanda etc. searching for information. I was told that my
mother was CLARA (Clara Hatton) from Towanda (Clara had moved her children and
finally settled just outside of Elmira. They may also have been talking about
Clara Henley, the half sister she didn't know she had. The daughter of Clara
Hatton and John Henley). I told them no my mother came from Leighton and was
SARAH. I was also told that they knew of an uncle John, but when he was spoken
of it was in hush tones, and no one knew where he was or what happened to him,
his name was not mentioned in the house. (Here Sarah is being told about "
her father " because the towns people know of no other John Henley and it
is obvious that they don't want to discuss the matter further). I wondered what
he ever done to be treated as a black sheep. There was no police records
concerning him, never killed anyone etc. No one would give me the
answers." (Here is where I fault the family, which to this day must know
the truth yet they will now give these children or the other children the
satisfaction of knowing the truth from their lips.( The remaining family who
know) They are so proud as to let their own go to their deaths never to give
them their name.
[Note of Ernest Hatton...
(I knew what's she talking about). Well Sarah, although we
are only tied together through two marriages, and no record of the first of a
divorce, I applaud you and welcome you into our family circle. Though there is
no bloodline between us. What a terrible thing to search for a family that will
not accept you. You are far too good for them Sarah.]
I know what's she talking about. Well Sarah, although we are
only tied together through two marriages, and no record of the first of a
divorce, I applaud you and welcome you into our family circle. Though there is
no bloodline between us. What a terrible thing to search for a family that will
not accept you. You are far too good for them Sarah.) Brother Dick told me to forget it that I would be sorry. He
said that I should leave it alone, that he did not care and that it was best
not to know. They blame computers today for all the mistakes but I blame this
old typewriter. It is an old one and it is not me it is this old typewriter
that I have used hard thru these many years. There is more that I must tell you
and warn you about. (From here I am giving the gist of much more, preserving
her privacy)* I was told that there was money in the Henley family that was
never claimed by others. It is quite a story and I have no interest in it at
all. As far as I know we were as poor as Church mice. To be descended from
English Kings or Queens is not possible in my mind.* end of the summation.
Sarah then included the documentation showing her descendent as described.
[ Note; Ernest Hatton, Sarah then included
the documentation showing her descendent as described].
1910 Pennsylvania Census:
John Henley
Age: 29 State: PA
Color: W Enumeration District: 0126
Birth Place: Pennsylvania Visit: 0125
County: Sullivan
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents: Wife Clara 27, England
Son John 05, Pennsylvania
Son George 03, Pennsylvania
Children of CLARA HATTON and JOHN HENLEY are:
i. CLARA ALICE5 HENLEY, b. March
05, 1904, Lopez, Sullivan County.
Death Date/M.I.:
North Carolina, reported by Medicare
ii. GEORGE HENLEY, b. August 02, 1907, Elmira, New York; d.
February 1985, Elmira, New York.
iii. JOHN HENLEY, b. January 05, 1909, Elmira, New York;
d. August 1959, Freeport, New York.
16. CHARLES WILLIAM4 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)30,31,32 was born November 17, 1884 in Nanticoke,
Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania., and
died July 29, 1959 in Mildred, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.. He married LOUISA LENA "ORLOUSKY" ORLOWSKI33 May 20, 1913 in Lutheran Church, Mildred,
Pennsylvania., daughter of HEINRICH ORLOWSKI and LUISE MELCHER.
She was born March 12, 1894 in LaPorte, Sullivan Co. Pennsylvania., and
died December 14, 1978 in Binghamton N.Y. buried Mildred, Pennsylvania..
CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON Jr.
My grandfather was known as Bill Hatton. He used only
the name " William" as not to be confused with his father who used
Charles. So as not to be confused he is listed in census records and other
records as William C. Hatton. I
knew him well. My father was born in the home I visited every summer in
Bernice, Sullivan County, PA. My brother Gordon and I stayed with my
grandparents every summer from the time school was out until we went back in
the fall. During World War II my father was drafted into the army and then
transferred into the Air Force. He had an I.Q. of 148 and it was decided that
he be placed in the Air Force. During his time in the service our family, which
included my mother and two brothers, lived with my grandparents. Gordon and I
attended Cherry Twp. School. My brother Paul now owns the old homestead as of
August 2001. I enjoyed my time in Bernice. It was quite different then living
in Philadelphia. Most of our extra time was spent picking Huckle Berries,
Raspberries, Black Berries etc. Theyall grew wild in the forest in back of my
grandparents home. There were also wild apple trees. [In the 1920 census of
Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA he is listed as William Charles Hatton.]
My great grandfather Charles Sr. had brought seeds
from the Beech Nut trees of the Forest of Dean in England and we had one large
Beech Nut tree in the yard with a wooden swing. Beside the tree there was a
horseshoe pit and a small baseball field for the family. My grandmother kept
large flower gardens and also a large vegetable garden, which we would tend.
There wasn't any running water and the only well was a community well about 100
yards from the house. I hated washday, as I had to make trip after trip to the
well to fetch water for washing. At that time a large metal tub was used. I
would carry the water back from the well
with a yoke my grandfather carved. I still have that original yoke above our
fireplace, completely intact. I never dreamed that God would bless me with so
much as I look around my beautiful home and watch my wonderful family.
My brother Gordon and I spent most of our time building places to sleep in
the woods. We also spent a great deal of time shooting. In fact, we target shot
so much that we really could hit anything that was visible. We first started with
shooting at pennies and then to the top of a match. We did the entire things
kids do living in the mountains. The school was small and we were required to
bring a pad, pencil, bowl and spoon. Fresh, wonderful lunches were prepared at
school and we all had our bowl and spoon.
I always went to Schaad's Dam during recess or lunch
and seldom returned to school. I got caught up in swimming or looking for
frogs, all kinds of interesting things. When I returned to school it was over.
One day my teacher, Mrs. Doyle, told me to go out and cut a switch. The teacher
would often switch you in front of the class for not behaving. I cut a very
small switch and Mrs. Doyle made me go out and cut a bigger one. The switching
wasn't too bad, as I don't remember that as much as having to cut two switches.
When my brother and I first attended school we had to
fight several other boys in order to be accepted, but that wasn't a problem for
us and soon we were well respected and accepted. I had a girl friend in third
grade by the name of Ruth Sheer. I think that's how her name was spelled. My
cousin Bob Exley's wife to be (many years later) Joan Vogel was a classmate.
Back to my grandfather for whom this page is supposed to be about; he had
miner’s asthma and couldn't walk very far without stopping for a breath. When I
was young he was still working in
the mines. He started at age 11. I remember waiting for him to come home. We
would open his lunch bucket and my brother Gordon and I
would finish what was left sitting on the lawn with my
grandfather. My grandmother added a little more to make it a respectable meal.
After, we would talk to my grandfather and look for four leaf clovers.
One of the things I remember most were
sirens when there was a mine accident and my grandmother would just wait and
worry until she knew my grandfather was safe. My grandfather was a very
intelligent man and somehow managed to save enough money to pay for college for his children and even lend my father
the entire amount of money to buy his first house. My grandparents managed to
manage their affairs very well without the need from any outside sources.
I remember the " Catty-nine-tails" (not sure
of the spelling) but it had a wooden handle and nine straps that were attached.
It hung just behind the coal stove in full view and that is what we dreaded!
The Catty-nine-tails was never used that I can remember, but regardless it was
terrible thought. One day my brother Gordon took it down and threw it in the
coal stove and that was the end of the Catty-nine-tails. I remember it was old.
My grandfather was probably keeping it as a collectible item from England or
something. Well, nonetheless, it was destroyed by fire. He didn't say much
about it maybe he realized that it was really creating a bit of fear in us thinking
that he may use it. We were whipped by the belt when we didn't do as we should
and it was usually a bad whipping. We had to drop our draws and expose
ourselves. It didn't happen very often. It was always clear to us that our
grandfather loved us very much and that this is the way he was raised. The good
far out weighed those few times. When he was young, working away in a city
elsewhere, when there wasn't any work nearby, we would wait by the window
looking out over the meadows towards the road just waiting the time we would
see his car would approach the house. It was always in the evening so we were
looking for headlights. When he finally arrived home for the weekend he would
always have something for us, usually a candy bar. He loved the holidays and so
did we. At that time all the families would come home to the grandparent's home
with their children and so we had a house full. My grandfather at Christmas
would go outside and run across the front porch with bells ringing pretending
he was Santa. (I did the same for my daughter) We would cut our own Christmas
tree from the woods in back of the house. There were two stoves in the house for
heating. The one in the kitchen was also used for cooking, baking and heating
and the other for washing. The pot bellied stove was in the parlor and was used
for heating only. At Christmas after midnight church service, we would all
gather in the parlor, there were about 15 to 20 of us through the years who
were together for the holidays. My aunt Edna would play Christmas carols on the
piano and we would all sing, then open presents, except the ones Santa would
leave later in the evening. It was a wonderful life.
In Later years my grandfather couldn't do much work
because of his Black Lung disease so he began working as a night watchman in
the factory my family built. My brother and I would stay with him and even
punch the clock, making the rounds at night checking the factory. It was safe,
as no body in that small town would bother the place in that time era.
My grandfather was like a father to me. I had lived
with him for much of the time. When he died it was very hard on me and that was
the beginning of a change in our lives. The families weren't together as often,
and today, even though the very cousins live within 15 miles of my home we
never see each other.
He was the glue that kept us together.
It was from this experience that I tried to raise our
daughter. I have been fortunate to have a wife with the same values. Our
Christmases are wonderful and the experiences learned from generations passed
are well instilled in our daughter who looks forward to those wonderful family
gatherings. It's a different family now and maybe I'm the glue, and one day
maybe my daughter will be the glue.
Whatever happens the true value of life and family are
deeply rooted. The love of God and family is the root. With God's help may we
always continue with the same family values, generation after generation.
Note by Ernest Hatton Jr. June 2000: Charles William Hatton and Louise Lena
Orlowski were the first couple to be married in Trinity Lutheran Church, since
renamed The Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Mildred Pennsylvania. They
were married by Reverend Arthur L. Smith. The families purchased three stained
glass windows that still remained in the church as of February 28, 1999.
Charles William and father both purchased windows. Windows were also purchased
by the bride’s parents Heinrich and Louise Orlowski. I spent a great deal of
time with my grandparents and even lived with them during World War two while
my father served in the Air Force. They were extremely close to me. They are
buried in the cemetery of the church where they were married.
The Obituary published in the Sullivan
Review, Friday morning, July 31, 1959 reads;
Charles William Hatton Dies...Charles
William Hatton of Mildred died suddenly at his home on Wednesday night after
suffering a heart attack. A retired miner, Mr. Hatton was born in Nanticoke on
November 17, 1884, the son of Charles and Alice Walby Hatton. He has resided in
Mildred for 57 years and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Surviving are
his wife, Louise; two sons, Ernest A. of Philadelphia. and Charles Wm. Jr. of
Binghamton, N.Y., one daughter Mrs. Edna Erhardt of Syracuse N.Y, eight
grandchildren; two brothers; James and Henry of Detroit, Michigan, One sister,
Mrs. Alice Gardner of Lopez. Funeral Services will be held at Holcombe Funeral
Home on Saturday morning at 10:30 with services at Trinity Lutheran Church in
Mildred at 11:00, The Rev.H.Joseph Slusser officiating.
More About CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON:
Cause of Death (Facts Pag: 1959, Black Lung Disease
Census: 1920, Gives name as William C. Hatton
Occupation: Miner
Religion: Lutheran
LOUISA LENA ORLOWSKI HATTON
My grandmother was born in LaPorte,
Sullivan County, PA. Her parents were Heinrich Orlowski (also spelled Orlousky) and Louisa
"Melcher " Orlowski. They were from Prussia and my great grandfather
Heinrich (Henry) was in the Prussian Army. My grandmother's favorite thing was
her flower garden, which I mentioned on previous pages. Some things I have repeated when
writing about my grandfather.
My brother Gordon and I lived with my grand parents
during World War two and each summer we stayed until school started. I have the
yoke that my grand father made for caring water above my fireplace. I used to
hate washday because we had to carry water from the well, which was about a
hundred yards from the house. It was hard for little guys. My grandmother and
mother would can all kinds of things and my grand father would make wine. We
had sour krout in large crocks in the dirt basement under the house. It was
just a hole. They used to can carrot juice..ugh! We had no running water and an
outhouse with a Sears catalog. You could do two things with the catalog...read
it and used it to wipe your.... There was a large beechnut tree in the yards
that I now know the seeds came from the "Forest of Dean" in
Gloucester England. We had two things to do there. Shoot a BB gun and get in
trouble. My brother and I became wonderful shots. If we could see it, we could
shoot it. One day we decided it was time to fly. Why not, birds do it? So we
fashioned some wings out of cardboard and other odds and ends. I climbed up the
beechnut tree to about twenty feet, started flapping my arms and jumped out of
the tree. The only thing I remember is the ground seemed awfully close. Well, I
thought, I needed a runway. So, I got up on the out house roof, ran across it
and the coalhouse, flapped my wings and let it rip...crashed right into the
wire chicken yards fence. That was the end of my aviation career. My brother,
who I thought was dumber than me, just watched. I might have been wrong about
him. He did have a puzzled look on his face about my flying and there was a
certain glee when I crashed! The only other really interesting event was the
time we set the woods on fire. We were coming home from school lighting matches
and throwing them up in the air...all of the sudden we were surrounded by
fames. We got out of there and it wasn't but a short time when the whole town
was fighting the fire. School was okay, because I wasn't there much. I would go
to the creek at lunchtime and get interested in frogs, snakes and other stuff,
next thing you know it was time to go home. The teachers used to make us get
our own switch out of the woods when we didn't behave. I had to do it just one
time. I went out got a really small switch, was sent out again. Got a really
small switch etc, finally she got a paddle and that was that. At least I didn't
furnish the weapon. That's the way I looked at it. Getting ready for school was
real simple, not like today. This is what you got for school. One pad with
lines, one pencil, a bowl for all your food and a spoon...that's it! When lunch
was ready it all went into the bowl, you ate it with the spoon and bingo that
was lunch country style.
My grandmother had a wonderful laugh. She had always
wanted running water in the house. It really wasn't practical because the water
had too much sulphur. We used to catch rainwater, which we used for washing
etc. My grandfather got an old sink and placed it in the house with a drain
going to the outside. Of course you had to go out and get the water, then fill
the basin. It wasn't practical and my grandmother had a good laugh and never
asked for an indoor water supply again.
The Saturday wash is a reality for those who are not
familiar with that time in the country. Each Saturday night a big tub was
filled with hot water in the kitchen and my brothers and I took turns getting
our baths...no privacy.
In those days, and in that place, everyone lived in
the kitchen. There wasn't any heat elsewhere. When we went to bed at night in
the winter we would take a heated brick from the oven and placed it in a sack
that we placed in our beds. It was almost like sleeping outside. As soon as you
got up in the morning you would make a run for the kitchen. The stove was
usually started about 6:00 in the morning or sooner. My grandfather sat in his
old mission rocking chair by the old stove. We used mostly coal but also wood
to get it started. The coal after it was used was placed outside and we, the
kids, would shift through it and get any coal that was not burned. There was
little waste.
Our food was wonderful. There was always a good meal
with fresh vegetables in the summer and our own canned in the winter. The mail
was delivered to a small post office in town. There weren’t very many people.
My grandfather Exley had designed a Movie Theater, so we had that until it
burned down and was never replaced.
During my years the town was much smaller than when
the mines were in full operation. At the times of full work there were hotels
and lots of people in town. Today the entire population of the county is only
6200 people. The winters were really hard and it was not a pleasure to go out
to use the outhouse during that time. There was a pot under each bed in case
you needed it during the night, but almost always we would just face the
weather and go outside to the out house. It was bitter cold most of the winter.
The old Sears catalog was the tissue of those times.
The line up was the outhouse, the coal shed, and then
the chicken coup. We had a garden as I mentioned before and a rhubarb patch.
My family, which included both my father and mother's
families lived in the same towns and attended the same church. My mother's
family was Exley’s and Potter’s. The Potters arrived in 1635. They were
Puritans. So, there is a lot of family history. They are also buried in the
area as well as in Otsego, N.Y. and New Haven CT, which they founded with other
Puritan families. They were mostly farmers to begin with but did become well
known. (More on that elsewhere)
My grandmother died in Binghamton, N.Y. My brother Paul
bought the old homestead and has it till this day august 2001. He uses it for
hunting, fishing and visiting the folks that we are related to in the area.
The thing I remember most about my grandmother was the
respect shown to her by everyone. She was so well liked. She tried to learn the
language of the various people and would speak to them in their language. She
spoke German very well as it was spoken in the house while she was growing up.
Some of her siblings, as noted, were born in Prussia. My grandmother taught me
German but I never used it much so there is little I remember. It was she that
introduced the name Ernest into our English family. She insisted there be a
German first name and so my grandfather settled with one and that was Ernest.
However, the middle name was Arthur. The first Ernest, of course, was my
father. There's a lot of history in our names and I'll try to explain the names as I write. Knowing our family
history so far back gives us the opportunity to explain our heritage. My
grandfather didn't tell her about Ernest Arthur Hatton’s of England.
Like so many families it is mixed, but I do think that the Religious root is stronger
than many others. Not so pious, but still strong and tolerant. It's the deeds
that count. My grandmother always
found a way to get to church.
We spent so much time with my grandparents, picking
Berries and selling them by the side of the road. My grandmother always had
fresh pies. The pies were Huckle Berry, Wild Apple, blackberry, Raspberry,
rhubarb and lemon, and oh so good! My grandfather would make the wine from all
of those plus dandelions, which we also ate as a salad.
LOUISA LENA "ORLOUSKY"
ORLOWSKI:
Birth - Civil Reg.: April 10, 1894, No Certificate at
court house, just card record
Occupation: Homemaker
Religion: Lutheran
Children of CHARLES HATTON and LOUISA ORLOWSKI are:
i. HENRY JOHN5 HATTON, b. July
08, 1913, Mildred, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. July 09, 1913, Mildred,
Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania..
Born July 8, 1918
at 2:15 A.M., 8 bs., died July
9th., 1918.
ii. CHARLES RALPH HATTON, b. March 05, 1914, Mildred, Sullivan Co.,
Pennsylvania.; d. July 19, 1914, Mildred, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania..
Born March 5th.
1914, Thursday at 4:20 A.M., died July 19th., age 4 months, 14 days.
32. iii. ERNEST ARTHUR SR. HATTON, b. October 02, 1915, Bernice, Mildred,
Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. November 25, 2002, Moses Taylor Hospital,
Scranton, PA.
33. iv. EDNA MAE HATTON, b. July 02, 1921, Mildred, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. February
02, 1982, Syracuse, New York.
34. v. CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON, b. July 06, 1925, Mildred, Sullivan Co.,
Pennsylvania.; d. April 05, 1995, Binghamton, New York.
17. ALFRED JOHN4 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)34 was born March 18, 1887 in Bernice,
Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania., and died October 22, 1931 in Orange Park,
Florida. He married PEARL WIFE OF ALFRED. She was born February 12, 1893 in
Michigan, and died August 1973 in Orlando, Florida.
Alfred was gassed in the First World War resulting in
an early death.
Family Bible states he dies at 44 years, 7 months and
4 days.
Note: Alfred's residence is given as Dearborn,
Michigan while working for Ford Motor Company. He retired to Florida and died
in Orange Park, Florida.
ALFRED JOHN HATTON:
Military service: WW l
Occupation: Began with Ford Motor Co.
It is believed that both Alfred's and James Hatton's
wives were from Canada.
Children of ALFRED HATTON and PEARL ALFRED are:
i. GEORGE5 HATTON.
35. ii. LUCILLE DAWN HATTON, b. February 24, 1919, Detroit, Michigan; d. April
1978, Detroit, Michigan.
iii. CLIFFORD DUANE HATTON, b.
January 09, 1923, Michigan35;
d. December 10, 1996, Farmington, Oakland, Michigan36.
18. ALICE ANN4 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 25, 1898 in Mildred, Pennsylvania.,
and died April 1979 in Lopez, Pennsylvania.. She married John Gardner, son of ANDREW Gardner and ANNA. He was
born January 30, 1896 in Lopez, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania., and died January
17, 1949 in Lopez, Sullivan Co.,
Pennsylvania..
Note: Also have a birth date of 1893 for Alice Hatton.
Burial: 1979, Mildred, PA. John Gardner's nickname was
Porker. My father said that he had
caught quite a few wildcats that he kept.
Children of ALICE HATTON and JOHN GARDNER are:
36. i. ESTHER5 GARDNER, b. Lopez, Pennsylvania..
37. ii. MARY GARDNER.
iii. ALICE ANN GARDNER, b. April 29, 1924, Lopez,
Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. September 29, 1933, Lopez, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania..
She burned herself
removing boiling water from wood stove at age 9 years, 5 months.
The Sullivan Review
October 4, 1933
Obituary for ALICE ANN GARDNER
Miss Alice Ann Gardner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Gardner of Lopez died Friday evening in the Packer Hospital at
Sayre at the age of 9 years and 5 months.
She is survived by her parents, two
sisters Mary and Esther and one brother Jacob.
The death of Alice Gardner came as a
shock to the people residing in Lopez. She had gone out early on Friday morning
to start the fire and help her mother in getting breakfast.
Taking up a two-galloon can of kerosene
she poured some of the fluid into the stove, when the can exploded, covering
her body with the burning oil. Her clothing was burned from her body before the
fire could be extinguished. She was given first aid and rushed to the Packer
Hospital at Sayre, where she died at six o'clock the same evening.
The body was brought to her late home
where funeral services were held Monday afternoon, with further service in the
Evangelical Church at Lopez.
Rev. A.L. Smith, pastor of Trinity
Lutheran Church at Mildred officiated, assisted by Rev. G. R. Mergenthaler of
Dushore. Interment was made in the Lutheran cemetery at Mildred.
The pupils and teachers of the Lopez
schools attended in a body. The floral offerings were profuse and were carried
by twenty-eight little girls, schoolmates of the deceased.
The attendance at the funeral was the
largest seen in many years in Lopez.
Among those who attended the funeral from
out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Archie Doddona and daughter Dawn Marie, Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Young and daughter June, Paul and Ernest Brougham of Sayre; Mr.
and Mrs. Sterling Brown of Athens; Mrs. Clara Henley Elmira; Mr. and Mrs.
William Hatton and children Ernest, Edna and William of Bernice, Mrs. Alice
Hatton and daughter Blanche Hatton of Mildred and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carlson of
Dushore.
38. iv. JAMES JOHN GARDNER, b. May 26, 1928.
Generation
No. 5
19. FREDERICK HENRY5 GREENING (ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 16, 1909 in Pontymister, England, and
died September 27, 1975 in Newport, Gwent, England. He married ETHEL GERTRUDE ROBERTS November 10, 1935 in Risca, Gwent. She was born November 23, 1912 in
Risca, Gwent.
Child of FREDERICK GREENING and ETHEL ROBERTS is:
39. i. ROGER6 GREENING, b.
September 26, 1935, Risca, Gwent.
20. IVOR5 GREENING (ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 30, 1910 in Pontymister, England,
and died April 15, 1996 in Kendal, Cumbia, England. He married SARAH ELIZABETH COYLE March 23, 1940 in England.
She was born December 23, 1909 in Arwfield Plain, Co. Durham, and died
December 24, 1972 in Rochester, Kent, England.
Child of IVOR GREENING and SAEAH COYLE is:
i. CHRISTINE MARY6 GREENING37, b. December 31, 1945, Chatham, Kent, England;
d. July 20, 2002, England.
21. REGINALD THOMAS5 GREENING (ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born July 1913 in Pontymister, England, and died
October 12, 2001 in Queen Mary's Hospital. Sicup, Kent, England. He married LILLIAN COX.
Notes for REGINALD THOMAS GREENING:
Dear Mr. Hatton.... Imagine my surprise and utter
delight. In accidentally stumbling across part of my family tree as part of
your family tree I find my great grandparents were Henry Greening and Mary Ann
Hatton. I thought you should know
that it was Albert Greening (not Alfred as stated) who married Mary Farmer.
Albert Greening was my grandfather.
My father is Reginald
Greening (married Lillian Cox) and is alive and well
and living in England...he is 87 years old. I am Janet (Greening) Peters.... came to the USA in
l960. There are several other
errors in the Greening side of the family tree, which I would be happy to
correct if you would like. Again, let me say how astonishing it was to simply
type in the name Henry Greening and come up with all this information. Thanks to you!
During World War II, my mother (Lillian Cox) and I
lived with my grandparents Albert and Mary (Farmer) Greening because my father
(Reginald) was serving in the Merchant Navy. I vividly remember a very large
framed photograph hanging in their parlour....a photograph of Henry Greening
and Mary Ann (Hatton) Greening. I
understand from my father, that his grandfather Henry Greening
was employed as the estate manager for Higham Court,
home of Sir Hubert Parry. I hope I haven't rambled on too much! I am now interested in tracing the
Greening family tree back beyond Henry Greening, and if you have any tips on
how I can start doing that, I
would appreciate it very much. I am very new at this!! Thank you once again for the
opportunity to learn so much about the Hatton side of the Greening family. Hoping to hear from you.. Janet
Ernie....It is with a great deal of sadness that I
must tell you that my father passed away today, October 12 at Queen Mary's
Hospital, Sicup, Kent. He was 88
years old and his health has deteriorated for the past year or so. I will be going to England as soon as
funeral arrangements have been made.
I hope all is well with you, Noreen and Dawn....Janet
Note by Ernest Hatton: The Greenings are
related to the famous English Composer.
Children of REGINALD GREENING and
LILLIAN COX are:
40. i. JANET6 GREENING, b.
1939.
41. ii. ELIZABETH GREENING, b.
February 10, 1946.
22. PHILIP5 GREENING (ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born January 22, 1919 in Pontymister,
England. He married MARGORY GOSLING May 12,
1945 in England. She was born
November 09, 1924 in Pontymister, England, and died April 20, 2002 in England.
Children of PHILIP GREENING and MARGORY GOSLING are:
42. i. ANTHONY6 GREENING, b.
July 06, 1946.
43. ii. PETER GREENING, b. August 25, 1953.
23. CHARLES JAMES JR.5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 16, 1902 in Edgeworth, PA, and
died May 26, 1971 in Ontario, CA.
He married ANN SKRABUT November 17, 1927 in California, daughter of ANTHONY SKRABUT and MARY HANULAK. She was born December 23, 1908 in
Pittsburgh, PA, and died June 23, 1972 in Ontario, CA.
Arthur's daughter Honey Ann was named after Charles
aka Honey and his wife Ann.
Children of CHARLES HATTON and ANN SKRABUT are:
44. i. CHARLES JAMES 6 HATTON the 3rd , b. June 03, 1928, Sewickley, PA.
45. ii. JO ALBERT HATTON, b. December 23, 1930, Sewickley, PA; d. January 01, 2002, San
Bernadino, Ontario, CA.
46. iii. ARTHUR JEAN HATTON, b. December 23, 1930, Sewickley, PA.
24. MILTON5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)38 was born September 03, 1904 in
Edgeworth, PA, and died May 07, 1977 in Lehigh Acres, Florida. He married CATHERINE ELIZABETH MESSMER February 15, 1925 in Pittsburgh, PA, daughter of GEORGE MESSMER and ANNA MILLER. She was born July 13, 1909 in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., and died March 31, 1998 in Ross Twp., PA.
There are other sons to be found.
Death Certificate: May 07, 1977, 38458, Lee Co., FL
Children of MILTON HATTON and CATHERINE MESSMER are:
47. i. ELIZABETH JOHANNA "BETTY JO"6 HATTON, b. October 20, 1926, Leetsdale, Allegheny, PA.
48. ii. CATHERINE " TINNIE " HATTON, b.
August 08, 1928, Leetsdale, Allegheny, PA.
49. iii. JOSEPH FRANCIS "RAYMOND BUDDY" HATTON, b. December 30, 1930, Leetsdale, Allegheny, PA; d.
January 25, 1999, Phoenix, AZ.
50. iv. GEORGE HATTON, b. June 16, 1936, Sewickley, PA; d.
October 19, 1962, South of Lyons Georgia.
51. v. MILTON THOMAS HATTON, b. July 30, 1938, Sewickley, PA.
52. vi. RICHARD " RICKY" HATTON, b.
December 25, 1944, Sewickley, PA; d. May 14, 1967, Sewickley, PA.
vii. SARA "SALLY" HATTON, b.
September 17, 1952; m. (1) ROBERT J. FULLERTON, April
27, 1974; m. (2) DONALD WILLIAM BLOSSER,
February 29, 2000, Ls Vegas, Nevada; b. September 09, 1952.
25. LILY5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 15, 1906 in Nanticoke,
Pennsylvania, and died February 18, 1989 in Olympia, Washington. She married MARTIN ALBERT LINDEBLOM September 20, 1934 in Olympia, Washington. He was born January 10, 1906 in New
Stockholm, Saskatchewan, Canada, and died February 18, 1989 in Olympia,
Washington.
Lily married Albert in Salem, Oregon in 1934. She, and
Albert, moved to Olympia, Washington in 1939 where she resided for 50 years.
She was active in professional nursing associations, garden clubs and her
Lutheran Church. Lily was raised in Edgeworth, PA.
Education: 1934, Bellevue School of Nursing, New York City
Notes for MARTIN ALBERT LINDEBLOM:
Albert was Chief Construction Engineer for Bridges for
the State of Washington by the time of his retirement in 1969. He attended
State College Washington, which is now Washington State University. He received
a B.S. in Civil Engineering, with many engineering honoraries. His first
bridgework was the Lower Maumee River Bridge in Toledo, Ohio, a railroad bridge
that still serves the area. He later worked on the Empire State Building
project. He also worked for American Bridge Company in Ambridge, PA, where he
met Lily (Hatton) while rooming in Edgeworth, PA. The depression caused him to
return to Oregon and the Washington State area. He was born in 1906 in New
Stockholm, Saskatchewan, Canada of Swedish immigrant parents.
MARTIN ALBERT LINDEBLOM’s degree:
1929, B.S. State College of Washington
Children of LILY HATTON and MARTIN LINDEBLOM are:
53. i. JOANNA6 LINDEBLOM, b.
November 30, 1935, Salem, Oregon.
ii. HARVEY ALBERT LINDEBLOM, b. May 25, 1939, Olympia, Washington; m. CHRISTINE TEENA; b. South
Africa.
Harvey was raised
in Olympia, Washington from 1939-1957. He attended PLU and served in the U.S.
Army in Fort Hood, Texas, 1st. Armored Division, specializing in Nuclear
Demolition. He worked for various airlines, all finally merged into Delta, from
which he retired. He married Christine (Teena) in 1989, his soul mate for the
previous 20 plus years. He is self-trained in sailing and once navigated by the
stars a four-person boat from San Francisco to Hawaii. He owned his own boat in
Seattle, Washington, where he lived for many years before moving to Sarasota,
Florida.
Education: Pacific
Lutheran University
54. iii. DAVID CHARLES LINDEBLOM, b. September 13, 1944, Olympia, Washington.
26. ARTHUR5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 29, 1909 in Pennsylvania., and died
March 03, 1995. He married (1) FRANCES BERKY about
1938. She was born about 1908 in
Pennsylvania., and died August 22, 1977 in Sewickley, PA. He married (2) MICHEALINA "PAULA" CHOLODUIK Aft.
1942 in Phoenix Arizona, daughter of WALECO CHOLODUIK and KATHERINE. She was
born October 10, 1920 in Beaver Falls, PA, and died March 01, 1982. He married (3) FRANCES FRANKLIN Aft.
1982.
Three other children unknown at this time.
Occupation: Plumber
Children of ARTHUR HATTON and FRANCES BERKY are:
55. i. ARTHUR JEFFREY "
SONNY "6 HATTON, b.
February 02, 1936, Sewickley, PA.
56. ii. EDITH JO HATTON, b. August 13, 1940; d. July 11, 1970, Sewickley, PA.
iii. JUDITH LAVENUERNE HATTON, b. August 05, 1942; m. BRODISH.
Note from Patty
Hatton Hefner; Speaking about the children of Arthur and his first wife: These
were the cousins I grew up with. Judy was enough older than me that I
practically worshipped the ground she walked on. Edie Jo died of complications
of heart disease in the late 60's. Maybe 1967. If I find the note that was
written about her I will try to send it to you. She was loved throughout our
neighborhood, lived across from the playground and was always bandaging up
" booboos" and calling moms, taught me to can tomatoes, volunteered
for anything. When she was in the hospital, she would visit those who had no
family. When she died, I went to the funeral home then couldn't go in, I was so
angry that she had died. I don't know when uncle Art left, I don't ever
remember him being around.
Children of ARTHUR HATTON and MICHEALINA CHOLODUIK are:
57. iv. ARLENE KAY6 HATTON, b. May
05, 1946.
58. v. MICHAEL PETER HATTON, b. November 11, 1947.
vi. JEANNE MARIE HATTON, b. June 06, 1949; m. ROY WHENDT.
A Note from Jeanne
to Ernie: My Mother's maiden name was Chiloquin....I was born 5 days after my
Mother's Mother died. I do not
know their first names, but she had a brother named Peter Choloduik. Her parents and her brother escaped
from Ukraine and came to America.
My Mother was born in America; her brother was 20 yrs older than
her. I will try to find out
her Parents names. I am actually excited; I met almost all of my Father's
family when they would come to Phoenix to visit. I never met his children, which is sad, since they are my
family, but they do not want to know us.
It is sad, but hopefully, with your help, I will learn more about my
family. Thank you again, and
I will send you all the information I can find.
Jeanne
59. vii. CATHERINE LYNNE HATTON, b. August 13, 1951.
viii. TERRANCE JAY " TERRY " HATTON, b.
January 10, 1953
ix. HONEY ANN HATTON, b. March 17, 1955; m. ALAN WYMER.
27.
JO TRUSCOTT5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 24, 1911 in Sewickley,
Pennsylvania., and died March 19, 1997 in Sewickley Pennsylvania.. He married OLIVIA NELL LINDSEY April 04, 1945 in Ft. Stockton, Texas, daughter of CHARLES LINDSEY and RUBY SPRAGGINS. She was born February 15, 1927 in
Williamson, Co., Texas.
Jo T. Hatton, 85, of Edgeworth died March 19, 1997, at
Swickley Valley Hospital. He was born September
24, 1922, to the late Charles James and Johannah
Truscott Hatton. He was a self-employed plumber and
member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Mr. Hatton
was a veteran of World War II, having served with
the U.S. Army Air Force. He was a member of the
Edgeworth Volunteer Fire Department for 62 years, a
member of the Sewickley American Legion and Ambridge
Sportsmen Club. Surviving are his wife Nell
Lindsey Hatton; daughters and sons in law Patty and
Ron Hefner of Md., Debby and Mike Lord of
Kittanning and Carol Ruckert of Freedom; a son, Jim
Hatton and his wife Clare, of Coraopolis; 12
Grandchildren, Lee, Tim and Travis Hefner, Jacob and
Kenny Ruckert, Joseph Hatton, Lindsey Ruckert
Sarah, Emily and Devyn Lord, Elizabeth and Sarah
Hatton; and one great-granddaughter, Hope
Elizabeth Ruckert. Funeral was held at Richard D. Cole
Funeral Home.
Elizabeth Scwickley, with the Rev. Kevin Clementson of
Berkley Hills Lutheran Church officiating. Interment was at Sewickley Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the Transition Care Dept. of Sewickley Valley Hospital or Edgeworth VFD.
Note: Jo Truscott met his wife Nell while stationed
near Ft. Stockton, Texas.
Children of JO HATTON and OLIVIA LINDSEY are:
60. i. PATRICIA JO6 HATTON, b. August 28, 1948, Sewickley, Pennsylvania..
61. ii. DEBORAH LEE HATTON, b. April 10, 1950, Sewickley, Pennsylvania..
62. iii. CAROL DIANE HATTON, b. December 21, 1954, Sewickley, Pennsylvania..
63. iv. JAMES WALLACE HATTON, b. November 04, 1960, Sewickley, Pennsylvania..
28. EDITH TRUSCOTT5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 25, 1913, and died July 31,
1979. She married JOSEPH RICHARD FEEHAN May 01, 1938 in Manhattan, New York, son of RICHARD FEEHAN and EMMA O'BRIAN. He was
born December 03, 1903 in Queens, New York, and died October 25, 1957 in N.Y..
Blockley Nursing School is now a part of the
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Edith was a nurse in 1934.
Occupation: Reg. Nurse, Blockley Nursing School
Children of EDITH HATTON and JOSEPH FEEHAN are:
i. EDITH " EDIE" ANN DORIS6 FEEHAN, b.
August 22, 1946; m. ROBERT PHILLIP LEFKOWITZ, June
03, 2001; b. June 02, 1946, N.Y..
64. ii. JOSEPH RICHARD" RICHIE" FEEHAN JR., b. June 07, 1949; d. November 23, 2000.
65. iii. MARYBETH THERESA FEEHAN, b. December 12, 1951.
66. iv. ANMARIE JOSEPHINE FEEHAN, b. September 08, 1953, St. Alban's N.Y..
67. v. SUSAN CATHERINE FEEHAN, b. April 30, 1955.
29. SARAH HELEN5 THOMAS (NELL "NELLY"4 HATTON, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 15, 1903 in Pennsylvania., and died
in Hanover, Pennsylvania.. She
married (1) ANDREW WILLIAM SINNOTT 1922 in
Pennsylvania., son of PETER SINNOTT and JULIA DORAN. She married (2) WARREN HEIMS May 1948.
SARAH HELEN THOMAS:
Occupation: 1920, Winder-Silk Mill, Luzerne Co. Pennsylvania.
Residence: 1965, 206 E. Bringhurst, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
ANDREW WILLIAM SINNOTT:
Immigration: May 10, 1919, SS Griessenfield, Port of
New York-Ellis Island
Military service: Enlisted in British Navy
Naturalization: November 13, 1951, U.S. Citizenship
#6661794
Occupation: AFL/CIO Union organizer for coal workers
Residence: 1944, 250 Inman Park, Wilkes Barre,
Pennsylvania.
Children of SARAH THOMAS and ANDREW SINNOTT are:
i. STACIA CATHERINE6 SINNOTT, b. May
19, 1923; d. November 03, 1997; m. (1) EDDIE ROSE; m. (2) A. WALLY EICHINGER, May 09, 1959.
ii. HELEN PATRICIA SINNOTT, b. May 28, 1924; m. WALTER KASCHER, April 25, 1942.
iii. JOAN SINNOTT, b. November 05, 1928; m. WILLIAM LEYRER, July 17,
1948.
68. iv. WILLIAM ANDREW SINNOTT, b. August 20, 1932, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania..
v. MAUREEN SINNOTT, b.
November 21, 1935; m. FRANK LUPINO, September 04, 1954.
30. DOROTHY5 HATTON (BERTRAM CORNELIUS4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born 1921 in Nanicoke, Pennsylvania., and died
1957 in Eugene, Oregon. She
married WILLIAM R. RILEY.
There is one daughter believed to be named Helen in
Oregon. I have found a Lill also.
Burial: Eugene, Oregon
Child of DOROTHY HATTON and WILLIAM RILEY is:
i. MARY ELLEN6 RILEY.
31. BERTRAM CORNELIUS5 HATTON (BERTRAM CORNELIUS4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born March 23, 1924 in Nanticoke, Luzerne Co.,
Pennsylvania.39, and
died February 1977 in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.. He married WINIFRED THOMAS40 May 25, 1949 in Elton, Maryland, daughter of GOMER THOMAS and ELLEN JONATHAN. She was born December 29, 1931 in
Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., PA.
BERTRAM CORNELIUS HATTON 2nd.
Obit: Reads, Bertram C. Hatton, a supervisor
for the Philadelphia Rubber Waste C., Richmond and Allegheny Avenues.,
collapsed and died at work yesterday. He was 52 and lived at 6245 Nathan Hale
Court, Cornwell Heights, Pa. Mr. Hatton had been with the rubber firm for the
past two weeks. Prior to that he had worked for the B.F. Goodrich Co., 26th.
And Girard Avenue., for 25 years. Services will be at 11 A.M. Friday at the
William Davis Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, Pa. NOTE: This not the
full contents of the obituary.
In October of 2002-I received a
photograph of Bertram from his wife Winifred and I was really taken back by the
how very much he resembled Charles William Hatton, my grandfather. I will post
both photographs. There can be no doubt of the relationship!
Burial: February 1977, Nanticoke,
Pennsylvania.
Military service: about 1942, World War
Two Army Veteran
Children of BERTRAM HATTON and WINIFRED THOMAS are:
69. i. VIVIAN " BUNNY "6 HATTON, b. March
25, 1950, Philadelphia, PA.
70. ii. BERTRAM THOMAS HATTON, b. September 26, 1952, Philadelphia, PA.
32. ERNEST ARTHUR SR.5 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)41,42,43 was born October 02, 1915 in Bernice,
Mildred, Sullivan Co.,
Pennsylvania., and died November 25, 2002 in Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton,
PA. He married (1) ANNA MARIE EXLEY44,45,46,47 May 01, 1937 in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Catholic Parish, daughter of GORDON EXLEY and ANNA GALLAGHER.
She was born September 13, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., and was living in
May 02, 1980 in Sterling, Pennsylvania when she died. (She actually died in a hospital in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania). He married (2) EVA MARIE STORTINI48 October 13, 1981 in St. Peter's Lutheran
Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania, daughter of SEBASTIAN STORTINI and ANNA PAGANNUCCI. She was born May 22, 1919 in Mildred,
Pennsylvania..
Charles William Hatton and Family
1951
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.
ERNEST ARTHUR HATTON Sr. aks 1st.
Ancestry seems quite certain to John de Hatton 1359
thus far based on research of Edwin Hatton of Hereford. John de Hatton,
Chaplain to Vicarage of Ledbury.
Ernest Arthur Hatton Sr. aks 1st.
Monday morning November 25th, 2002. Last night my
brother Paul called from Pennsylvania to inform me that our father was in
serious condition in the Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, PA. Dad's doctor
had called him that day to tell him he didn't think Dad would survive this
time. I called my stepmother Eva last night to see if there was anything I
could do for her. She said that Dad was taken to the hospital on the
twenty-third and is very ill. She said she doesn't fully understand what the
problem is and, apparently, the condition developed while he was in the nursing
home. She informed me, as did my brother Paul, that Paul and family would be
arriving from Philadelphia today the 25th.of November 2002, and they would keep
me informed. Dad reached his 87th. Birthday on October 2nd. of this year 2002.
Dad passed away at 2:45 P.M. November 25th. 2002 at
Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA.
He will be buried next to my mother at Shepherd of the
Hills Lutheran Church in Mildred, Sullivan County, PA. His marker was made with
both names. He thought that he would not live to 2000 so he had 19...placed on
the marker with room to add just the last two years. However, he lived much
longer than he expected. I am writing this just a few hours after I heard from
Paul. It is 5:00 P.M. It's strange because around 3:00 o'clock I became ill and
couldn't shake it.
God Bless him he did well for a coal miner's son.
Struggled through college, raised three boys and became a successful engineer.
It wasn't easy. During that time he was drafted into WW II and our family lost
everything we had managed to achieve, our car, our home, our furniture. My
mother could not afford to remain in the home my father had provided. After the
war he had to start all over again. I remember the day my father came home from
the war. I could see his figure about a block away. He must have hitch hiked
many miles, as there was no transportation to our area. Well, another WWII
veteran is gone and I am the next generation that will go.
(Please understand these are my
notes and feelings as I write as
his son, Ernie)
God Bless you Dad, all my love, your son, Ernie [ Jr.]
Born noon October 2, 1915 on a Saturday.
A TRIBUTE
TO ERNEST HATTON SR.
Daily Review
Towanda, PA
November 27, 2002
Ernest Arthur Hatton, Sr., 87, of Sterling,
Pa., formerly of Philadelphia, passed away on Monday, Nov. 25, 2002 at Moses
Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pa.
He was born on Oct. 2, 1915 in Bernice,
Sullivan County, PA.., a son of the late Charles William and Louise Orlowski
Hatton.
Mr. Hatton is a veteran of the United States Army.
Having served during World War II. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as
a Civil Engineer for the City of Philadelphia water division.
He has been a resident of Sterling, Pa.
since 1973, moving from Philadelphia.
On May 5, 1980, his first wife, Anna M.
Exley Hatton, preceded him in death.
On Oct. 2, 1981, he married the former Eva
M. Stortini Hatton.
Surviving him are two sons and
daughter-in-laws, Ernest A. and Noreen Hatton II, of Winterpark, FL, Paul and
Kathleen Hatton, of South Hampton, Pa., 10 grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents and his first
wife, Anna M. Hatton, he was preceded in death by a son, Gordon Hatton, and by
a brother C. William, and a sister Edna Mae.
Funeral services will be held on Friday,
Nov. 29, 2002, at 3 p.m. in the Russell P. McHenry Funeral Home, 119 Carpenter
Street, Dushore, PA, with the Rev. Robert W. Brown. pastor officiating.
Interment will be in Trinity Lutheran
Cemetery, Mildred. PA.
Friends and family are invited to call on
Friday, Nov. 29, 2002 at McHenry Funeral Home in Dushore from 2 p.m. until the
time of funeral service.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests that
memorials be made to the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Trinity Chapel,
of Mildred, Pa. 18632, in Mr. Hatton's memory.
MY FATHER by ERNEST A. HATTON JR. aka 2nd.
The Card at the viewing reads; I will lift up mine
eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord,
which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that
keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither
slumber nor sleep. The Lord is they keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon the
right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The
Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. The Lord
shall preserve thy going out and they coming in from this time forth, even
forever more.
Ernest aks 1st., Civil Engineer City of Philadelphia
37 years 4 months. Attended and received degrees from Temple University and
Dexel Institute. Served in United States Air Force World War Two. He
volunteered for Citizens Military Training Corps for three years. After the war
he returned to his position with the city of Philadelphia. After several years
he was offered a position with the city of Paris, France, to improve their Air
Port water system, he declined. He was offered Director of City Parks,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, declined. He was offered a position with the City
of New York but declined due to my mother’s illness. During his college years
he worked for the Sears Company Main office building, then called Sears and
Roebuck, in Philadelphia., were he supervised 25 persons. He was in charge of
the fourth floor which handled Dry Goods and Catalog sales. He also was
employed by Albright and Freel Engineering in Philadelphia., PA., during this
period he did a theses on the construction of the Endicott-Johnson factory;
which was signed and approved by his engineering Professor, W.N. Seminar. The
factory was constructed from those engineering plans. Best remembered by his
children as never using profane language and wonderful Christmas Seasons.
My greatest recollections of my father are the
wonderful Christmas Seasons we always had. The vacations, which were always
enjoyable and educational. My greatest respect is for something I don't even
think he thought much about, but I have. My father never used profane language.
So, I salute him, and I am happy that I can tell him, in this book, that I did
notice, and I do respect him deeply.
Note: My father's recollections as a young boy
delivering the "Grit" newspaper. Dictated to me on January 28, 2001,
his age 85. Little did he know he would marry into the Exley family? He had a
black dog-named Jack and with Jack and his shed he would deliver the newspapers
during the winter. It would be snowing heavily but Henry Exley would always
say, " don't worry little Ernie Hatton will deliver that newspaper! ( This
was told to me by my great grandmother Mertie Potter Exley also). He remembers
delivering the Grit to Caroline Coleman. He would usually get there about 11:00
in the morning everyday. Mrs. Coleman would always ask if he was hungry and
he'd answer yes, because he had started out early and it was quite a trip. She
would fix him an entire breakfast, eggs, pancakes, bacon, just about
everything. He loved arriving there because it was so cold and she was so nice
to him. He also remembers the older Henley’s down in Lopez. Doesn't remember
which ones but Mr. Henley chewed tobacco and when he spit it out he would spit
it on the stove and it would just burn away. Mrs. Henley smoked a corncob pipe.
They were always kind and he had a chance to warm up again. One of the Henley
boys from Cherry Hill married Clara Hatton.
Various notes received over the years:
Note from Emy:
I grew up in Binghamton and am therefore well familiar
with the history of these factories and who came and worked there. For one
thing, Endicott, which with Binghamton and Johnson City, makes up the Triple
Cities, was virtually a one-industry town for the workers at the big
"EJ" shoe factories there throughout the early and mid-twentieth
century. Many Italian and eastern European families came to Endicott and
Johnson City to work at EJ.
Other families, apparently like yours, emigrated to
the southern tier of New York and the northern tier of Pennsylvania for
opportunity. For example, the Sammons** family into which my Kelly ancestors on
my father's mother's side married came to Luther Mills, Bradford County from Poughkeepsie, NY. The
Potter family, of which Ernie Hatton, one of our premier contributors, is a
descendant, came from New England to Sullivan County. The movement from the
Hudson Valley to the Susquehanna Valley was a process lasting over 100 years.
**Editor's Note: In August 2005, Ken Beirne told us more about the Sammons family from which he is descended. They actually went to Luther Mills from East Fishkill, NY. Ken's great-grandmother, Emma Edith Luther Sammons Granger, was involved with a very messy divorce in the 1870s, about the time the Molly McGuire executions were being carried out around Pottsville, PA. The Sammons clan set up in Luther MIlls before becoming citizens in Towanda. They were non-Catholics, so there was "much to-do" when Ken's grandfather, Charles Sammons, married Josephine "Josie" Kelly. Charles never spoke to his father William again after the 1870 marital conflict, even though they both worked for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. William eventually died and was buried in Sayre, PA. In Ken's view, much of the information about the Sammons family in H. C. Bradsby's History of Bradford County (Chicago, IL: S. B. Nelson, 1891) is inaccurate because the author relied on biased family lore instead of checking it out. That wouldn't be the first time!
Incidentally, Ernie's father, Ernest Hatton Sr., and
uncle, Gordon Rudolphus Exley, grandson of Mertie Potter and nephew of Leo
Exley, son of Mertie Potter, were responsible for building an EJ factory in
Bernice in Sullivan County, PA after World War Two to create job opportunities
there to replace mining. Leo Exley played an important part in arranging the
placement of the factory in Bernice. He was an executive of Endicott
Johnson.
Bob Sweeney
Note by Ernest 2nd. : August 6th. 2001. Making
preparations to visit my father for his " 86th. Birthday."
Hi Ernest,
I'm having real problems this end trying to tie our families together. I
am finding my entire branch in North Hereford, and yours appear to be the
branch in South Hereford, but I haven't got far enough back yet to find the
common ancestor.
The earliest mention so far is 1359 - John de Hatton,
Chaplain to the Vicarage of Ledbury.- Potent Rolls. This I'm sure is your
branch as Ledbury is so close to the Ross area.
Anyway, as soon as I get something I'll shout!
Cheers for now,
Eddie.
(This is Edwin Hatton of Hereford, England)
Note: January 24, 2002. Dad had a stroke January 17th.
He seems to be making a come back. His speech is not good and he has numbness
in his right arm, but his spirits are high and he likes to talk even though
it's hard to understand him. I had a card sent from Laura Bush, the First Lady,
which he rec'd a few days before his stroke. He really enjoyed the card. I had
asked that they send it immediately and not wait until his next birthday. Many
of our new found family members wrote to me and expressed their concerns.
Notes of Ernest Arthur Hatton 2nd. aka Jr. : There are
a number of Ernest Arthur Hatton's of England. One of which attended Oxford two
others could be related along the line, one born 1876 Chelsea, another 1894
Westbourne. Both would be from a related branch that remained in England.
ERNEST ARTHUR SR. HATTON:
Degree: Temple Univ., Philadelphia. PA Engineering
Education: Drexel Institute, Philadelphia., PA
Military service: 1943, World War Two
Religion: Lutheran
Will: December 02, 1987, Honesdale, Wayne Co., PA
In regards to ANNA MARIE EXLEY
Anna Hatton
1917 - 1980
Anna Hatton died in May 1980. Born September 13, 1917,
Anna Hatton was 62 years old. The last known place of residence for Anna Hatton
was Sterling, PA.
(Source: Social Security Administration)
My mother, your grandmother Dawn, is buried at
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Trinity Chapel. Most of the families are
buried at Trinity Lutheran. A few are buried with ten miles at Peace Lutheran
and Bahr cemetery. Gordon William Hatton Sr. was cremated but his urn is buried
with my mother. Church records indicate that he is there.
Our mother was dearly loved by all her sons. She had a
difficult time with her health but she always maintained her faith in God and
passed it on to us. My mother was so close to me that her death was extremely
difficult and I have not mentioned it until this time. She was a wonderful
loving mother. When I was young, and misbehaved, she would make me read the
Bible. I then had to explain what it meant. The result was that I learned many
valuable lessons.
My mother had such a wonderful heritage. Her family
history is well known. Her Potter family arrived in 1635 and were first
settlers of New Haven Connecticut. She was from Puritan ancestry. John Potter
being the first to arrive in America. The family had many Revolutionary and
Civil War soldiers as well as preachers. My mother was very easy to be around
and very well liked. She thought her sons were the best and often embarrassed
us. The thing she disliked most was when we would start to giggle in church and
then could not control ourselves. The more the three of us (brothers) tried the
harder it was and the more we laughed. Mom did not like that at all.
JUST A STORY
I remember one Sunday. Mom and Dad could not make it
to church so I drove the three of us Boys. I was just sixteen. On the way home
Gordon asked Paul for a stick of gum. Paul wouldn't give him one. He used to
try and save his things. Gordon kept asking and Paul kept saying no. Finally,
we reached home and as we were walking up the front walk Gordon punched Paul
right in the mouth. Well, I thought Paul should have given him the gum, but I
could not stand for that. So I hit Gordon and we were all fighting there in the
front yards. My mother was so embarrassed. We would get a Pepsi from our
parents and Gordon and I would drink ours. Paul would take a little sip and put
it back in the refrigerator. One day Gordon drank it and replaced it with tea.
What a fight that created.
My mother was never well so we, the boys, would do the
dishes, wash floors, anything that needed to be done. Her health is one of the
reasons two of us had to stay elsewhere during the summer months. I have to say
though that it did create a feeling on the part of Gordon and myself as being a
little bit removed since Paul remained always. We never said anything to our
parents but just to each other. I think it would have been better if when Paul
reached a certain age he joined us or one of the older stayed with our parents.
Of course, that is hindsight and no one thought much
about it I guess. The relationship between my father and Paul though was always
much stronger and we knew it. Gordon was next and I at the end. I think I
favored my mother's family too much.
My grandmother Exley, I think, felt it because she
seemed to favor me, or tried to fill the gap. Nonetheless it is not all that
relative considering everything.
My mother enjoyed shopping in downtown Philadelphia,
especially at Christmas. She would take me with her and we would but roasted
chestnuts and go to all the grand stores. It was very much like New York City
then. My grandfather was in the Mayor's Cabinet at that time and I believe we
stopped by his office once or twice. My greatest thrill though was visiting
Santa Claus who was on the eight or ninth floor of Strawbridge Clothier as I
recall. I noticed though that there were a lot of Santa Clauses and I asked my
mother which one was the real one? She said the one at Strawbridge, the others
were just helpers dressed up to give a hand. That made sense to me...
When I was very young and Dad had to attend college
at, night or to work, he held down a few jobs, Mom would be a little frightened
by herself so she would get me out of bed and while she ironed we listed to the
radio and have potato clips and Pepsi. That was a great time for a little guy
and a really big deal as it was a treat to have potato chips and a Pepsi. One
was lucky to have such a treat once a week. Ice cream was a major treat and we
may be treated to a cone possibly once every two weeks.
As I got older 7 to 10 years old I would gather empty
bottles for the deposit and give the money to my mother. Joe Talarico was my
buddy for many years and we did a lot together. At 11years I got my first job,
a newspaper route, and worked from that time on. I would give the money I
earned to my mother and she would give me a little change back to have a soda
each day I worked.
Mom always had a great meal on the table. We would eat
a whole loaf of bread every evening. There were some great favorites like her
beef stew, crab cakes, fried chicken, meat loaf and on Sundays we always had
roast beef and sometimes a roast chicken or turkey. Dad like fresh oyster stew
and mom would prepare that for him, but my brothers and I, at that time didn't
care for it.
Once in a while we would go out to eat at the Casa
Conti in Willow Grove area. We loved the place. That, of course, was a major
treat.
Mom needed a lot of help because of her heart so we
did a lot around the house as kids. I learned a lot from my father, as he never
hired anyone to prepare/fix anything at all. He fixed everything including the
car. So, I scraped wall paper, hung wall paper, tiled walls, repaired pipes,
electric, put down tile floors, took engines apart........everything.
In later years mom couldn't climb the stairs so the
dinning room had to be converted into a bedroom so that she would not have to
leave one floor. I had just left when my father made the change. They had the
summer/year-round house then at Lake Wallenpaupack where they eventually moved.
My mother loved that home. It had a great view out over the lake. She was very
happy there. My father retired a little early so that they could move into that
home. My daughter had a chance to visit and pick Huckle berries (Blue Berries)
in the woods out back and to do a little fishing. My daughter having been born
in Florida knew nothing about the
woods of Pennsylvania, which I love dearly. She caught a fish and was very excited but then became
concerned that it would die. She started crying and asked me to please save the
fish and put it back into the lake. I will never love anyplace as much as my
Pennsylvania woods.
While we were there we went out to see the
deer at night and the fields were full. Some fields had close to a hundred. The wild turkeys were
in abundance also. Deer often are in yards next to the house in the morning and
evening and even brown bears will make an appearance once in a while. I
remember my dad telling me he had a mother and three cubs in the yards one
morning. It wasn't all that uncommon to see bear. My mother was a dear woman
who we loved very deeply. Her death was really too much for me at the time. I
had a hard time dealing with it. She had always relied on me, being the oldest,
and we had a deep loving relationship.
ANNA MARIE EXLEY:
Birth - Civil Reg.: September 25, 1917, Date filed
25th.11339161 copy 4-25-2002
Member: First Families of America
Religion: Catholic, during youth
EVA MARIE STORTINI:
Eva is such a sweet lady. We were blessed to have her
come into our lives, and my fathers, after the death of our dear mother. Her
desire is to please and to be pleasant, and we respect her for those qualities
and her desire to be apart of our family. She is a wonderful person. Eva was
raised in Mildred and Bernice in Sullivan County and she knew both my father
and mother's families so she knew a great deal about us. Our daughter Dawn
really only has known Eva as her grandmother. The story that often is repeated
is the manner in which Eva, grand mom to Dawn, treats everyone who visits. If
you are hungry than it certainly is not Eva's fault. She wants everyone to be
comfortable and well fed. If there is something you want to do, Eva always
seconds the motion. As I was writing this book I often asked her to check it
out as I knew she would find my mistakes regarding many of the family members
that she knew and I would have the opportunity to correct them. I remember one
winter when Dawn, her friends, and I visited. Dawn and her friends thought they
had just finished breakfast only to find it was the prelude to the real
breakfast. No complaints as the breakfasts were delicious. She is a master at
crossword puzzles.
EVA MARIE STORTINI:
Occupation: Work with father also in the
shoe factory in Mildred
Religion: Catholic/Lutheran
Children of ERNEST HATTON and ANNA EXLEY are:
71. i. ERNEST ARTHUR JR.6 HATTON, b.
October 15, 1937, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..
72. ii. GORDON WILLIAM SR. HATTON, b. November 24, 1939, Temple Hospital, Philadelphia.,
Pennsylvania.; d. August 14, 1994, Scranton, Lackawanna Co., Pennsylvania..
73. iii. PAUL RAYMOND HATTON, b. August 07, 1942, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..
33. EDNA MAE5 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born July 02, 1921 in Mildred, Sullivan Co.,
Pennsylvania., and died February 02, 1982 in Syracuse, New York. She married RICHARD ERHARDT SR. March 16, 1946 in Columbia, South Carolina, son of JACOB ERHARDT and CLARA OLIVER. He was born May 12, 1916 in New York,
and died February 21, 1996 in Syracuse, New York.
EDNA MAE HATTON
Born July 2, 1921 4:30 A.M., Saturday, 5lbs.
My aunt loves us deeply. The day she died I wrote my
first Christian song for her called " The Life of Christ ". I wanted
to put the entire Life of Christ into one song and dedicate it to her. She was
active in the church and choir. She was a wonderful vocalist and could play the
piano beautifully. She played every Christmas. We always had Christmas at my
grand parents home. Everyone came and stayed. We would go into the woods and
cut our tree, sing Christmas carols. My aunt would play the piano. Always went
to midnight Christmas service. We would open presents after church and the
kids, that's includes me, were allowed to stay up. The men always got the same
old thing "Old Spice" stuff. They were gracious and acted like it was
a really big surprise. The kids got some good stuff and underwear, or pajamas,
maybe socks. We got something that was priceless though and we knew it. We got
lots of love and attention. Kids would give up a lot today for that kind of
gift. Oh, almost forgot, my grand father would run across the front porch
ringing bells pretending he was Santa and the reindeer (I repeat myself). I
thought he was........ It was nice to think that way. Boy, it was hard to let
Santa go. Whew, what a bummer. But my wife said I got to let go, there isn't
any Santa Claus!! Only kidding, it was hard.
Marriage of EDNA MAE HATTON
Sullivan Review
Dushore, PA
April 18, 1946
On Saturday evening at 6 p.m. March 16,
Miss Edna Mae Hatton of Mildred, Pa. became the bride of Private Richard B.
Erhardt of ASF Personnel Replacement Depot, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The
double ring ceremony took place in the Episcopal church of the Good Shepherd,
in Columbia, with Reverend Lewis N. Taylor officiating. The bride wore a white
crepe gown, Juliet Cap, with fingertip veil and carried a large bouquet of
Ester Lilies. Mrs. Bryan H. Lumpkin of Columbia was at the organ. The
traditional wedding music played was the " Processional " from the
opera " Lohengrin " bt Wagner, and the " Recessional " from
" A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Mendelssohn. The altar was decorated
with gladiolas and lighted candelabra. First Lt. John Sage, Assistant Adjutant
of ASF PROAD, gave the bride in marriage, while Lt. Ina E. Peterson, WAC, of
Personnel attended as bridesmaid. T-5 Doran Sickler, also of Personnel, acted
as best man. Mrs. Erhardt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hatton of
Mildred, Pa. The bride was graduated from Dushore High School in Pennsylvania.,
and from Elmira Business Institute in New York. The bride was formerly employed
by the Veterans Administration, Branch Office No. 7, in Chicago, Illinois.
Private Erhardt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob A. Erhardt of 364 Clairmonte
Avenue, in Syracuse, N.Y. He graduated from Vocational High School in Syracuse
and Junior College at Morrisville, N.Y. Prior to his entry in the service he
was employed with General Electric in Syracuse, N.Y. Pvt. Erhardt now works
with the Casual Files of Special Orders Section in Personnel and intends to
remain in the regular army. A reception was held at the Mullis and Riley
Restaurant in Columbia, after which, the bridal couple left for their wedding
trip to Silver Springs, Florida. Private and Mrs. Erhardt will make their home
at 1717 Hampton Street in Columbia, South Carolina. (Full-length photograph of
the Bride)
Edna Mae Hatton
1921-1982
Daughter of Charles Hatton and Louisa Orlowski
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.
Children of EDNA HATTON and RICHARD SR. are:
i. RICHARD ALLEN ERHARDT6 JR., b. January
24, 1947.
74. ii. RONALD KEVIN ERHARDT, b. February 19, 1950, Syracuse, N.Y..
75. iii. JANICE LOUISE ERHARDT, b. December 29, 1959.
34. CHARLES WILLIAM5 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born July 06, 1925 in Mildred, Sullivan Co.,
Pennsylvania., and died April 05, 1995 in Binghamton, New York. He married VIVIAN JUNE BAUMUCK in the Baumuck Home, Forksville, Pa., a daughter of HARLAN BAUMUCK. She was born May 25, 1930 in
Forksville, Pennsylvania..
CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON Jr. " Bill "
Born July 6, 1925 on a Monday at 12:25 A.M. 81/4 lbs.
My uncle lived with us when I was a kid. We were
living on McMahon Street in Germantown, Philadelphia. We spent a lot of time
with him. He was younger than my father and wasn't married at the time. He
would play pretty rough with Gordon and I.
These were the years of great holiday get togethers
and family reunions. We had a large family and people would come to Bernice
from New York State as well. There was at least 30-40 of us each year. We
always had the reunions at Worlds End. That was the first time I met Aunt June,
or my aunt to be. At this writing my cousin Robert Hatton now lives in the area
but I haven't seen him more than twice. August 24, 2001.
Uncle Bill attended Penn State University later and
studied Mechanical Engineering. He received his degree and moved to
Williamsport, PA after marrying Aunt June. He later worked on the very first
Space Craft at Cape Kennedy. Had much to do with window design among other
things. He, my aunt June, and cousins had moved to Binghamton, N.Y. His
brother, my father, Ernest was best man at wedding.
He would visit me in Florida while doing work at the
Cape.
My uncle Bill was a good guy. He liked to play
baseball, football, any sport at all. He would always be at my grand parents
for Christmas along with his family. Gosh, would we eat. He had a hearty laugh
and always liked having a good time. I remember going to the fair and watching
him polka. He was good. They had everything at the church fair until the state
police raided them. One armed bandits, boxing, spinning wheels, cards and good
food. That went on for years. They got the one armed bandits from the Catholic
Church, I think, not sure. The town had a baseball team and everybody attended
those games. There wasn't a lot to do. We did have a movie theater, but that
burned down. So it was up to us to find entertainment. We would fish, swim and
pick berries. Almost forgot, we always had a family reunion. It was the last
two weeks in August so that we could have fresh corn. That's when I learned to
swim. My Dad said it was real simple only two steps were necessary. So off we
went. We were at a place called Worlds End. That's where we always had our
unions. Well we got to the water and my Dad showed me the two steps they were.
Number one, he picked up. Number two, he threw me in the deep water.....That’s it,
two steps to learn how to swim. Those two steps can also apply to... how to
drown in two steps. Either way it's a fast track to learning.
CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON:
Occupation: Engineer
Children of CHARLES HATTON and VIVIAN BAUMUCK are:
76. i. CHARLES RAYMOND6 HATTON, b. February 06, 1952, New York.
77. ii. BARBARA LOUISE HATTON, b. March 06, 1954.
78. iii. ROBERT ALAN HATTON, b. May 14, 1959, Binghamton, N.Y..
79. iv. WILLIAM HARLAN HATTON, b. October 23, 1960, New York.
v. JAMES EDWARD HATTON, b. June 23, 1963.
80. vi. GERALD LEE HATTON, b. April 21, 1965, New York.
35. LUCILLE DAWN5 HATTON (ALFRED JOHN4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born February 24, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, and
died April 1978 in Detroit, Michigan.
She married (1) FRANCIS VON MUELLER 1943 in California, son of VON MUELLER and MISS TOMKO. He was born May 24, 1907 in Ohio, and
died December 14, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, 53 years old. She married (2) CHARLES LEE CAPPA about 1948 in Michigan. He was born December 21, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan, and died
February 11, 1989 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
LUCILLE DAWN HATTON:
Note as per letter from Shannon LaPine, Lucille's
grand-daughter.......Lucille Dawn Hatton and Francis Von Mueller moved to
Vacarille, California. They had a son Eric Alfred Von Mueller on December 3,
1943. Eric had a daughter Shannon, now Shannon LaPine. Lucille and Eric had
returned to Detroit, Michigan where she married again. I don't know whether
Francis and Lucille were divorced or whether he died.
FRANCIS VON MUELLER:
Note: His granddaughter has him as being born in 1914,
but California records show the precise 1907 date and only one Francis
Vonmueller having died in the 1900s from Ohio.
Child of LUCILLE HATTON and FRANCIS VON MUELLER is:
81. i. ERIC ALFRED6 VON MUELLER, b. December 03, 1943, Solano, California.
Child of LUCILLE HATTON and CHARLES CAPPA is:
82. ii. MICHAEL6 CAPPA, b. 1950.
36. ESTHER5 GARDNER (ALICE ANN4 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born in Lopez, Pennsylvania.. She married WILLIAM BOHENSKY SR..
Children of ESTHER GARDNER and WILLIAM SR. are:
83. i. WILLIAM BOHENSKY6 JR..
84. ii. KATHLEEN BOHENSKY, b.
Mildred, Pennsylvania..
85. iii. DAWN BOHENSKY, b. Mildred, Pennsylvania..
37. MARY5 GARDNER (ALICE ANN4 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) She
married STANLEY POTUCK, SR. February
19, 1949 in Maryland.
Children of MARY GARDNER and STANLEY POTUCK are:
i. STANLEY POTUCK6 JR., m. KATHY VANDERPOOL.
ii. LINDA POTUCK, m. DENNIS FRIES.
iii. DEBBIE POTUCK, m. KEVIN MCKERROW.
iv. WILLIAM KEVIN.
38. JAMES JOHN5 GARDNER
(ALICE ANN4 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born May 26, 1928. He married JOSEPHINE ANGELO January
28, 1949 in Mildred, Pennsylvania..
Children of JAMES GARDNER and JOSEPHINE ANGELO are:
86. i. ROSEMARY6 GARDNER.
ii. CYNTHIA GARDNER, m. J. MATZIA.
Three children by
this marriage
87. iii. PATRICIA GARDNER.
88. iv. RICHARD GARDNER.
89. v. JOHN GARDNER, b. June 11, 1949.
Generation
No. 6
39. ROGER6 GREENING (FREDERICK HENRY5, ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 26, 1935 in Risca, Gwent. He married DOTOTHY TAYLOR March
09, 1958. She was born January 13,
1936 in Rogerstone, Gwent.
Children of ROGER GREENING and DOTOTHY TAYLOR are:
i. GEOFFREY7 GREENING.
ii. BARRINGTON GREENING.
40. JANET6 GREENING (REGINALD THOMAS5, ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born 1939.
She married JOHN PETERS in United States.
Child of JANET GREENING and JOHN PETERS is:
i. LAWRENCE7 PETERS.
41. ELIZABETH6 GREENING (REGINALD THOMAS5, ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born February 10, 1946. She married JOHN STARLING.
Elizabeth and John Starling are divorced.
Children of ELIZABETH GREENING and JOHN STARLING are:
i. ANDREW7 STARLING.
ii. MARK STARLING.
iii. PAUL STARLING.
42. ANTHONY6 GREENING (PHILIP5, ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born July 06, 1946. He married PAULINE ERICA CONYERS. She was
born 1937.
Children of ANTHONY GREENING and PAULINE CONYERS are:
i. DARREN7 GREENING, m. SUSANNA RACHEL PASCOE.
ii. ALISA GREENING.
43. PETER6 GREENING (PHILIP5, ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born August 25, 1953. He married CHRISTINE LAYLOCK.
Children of PETER GREENING and CHRISTINE LAYLOCK are:
i. JOANNE7 GREENING.
ii. SUSANNA GREENING.
44. CHARLES JAMES 3ROAD.6 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES JR.5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 03, 1928 in Sewickley, PA. He married MARGARET MARY PRICE February 05, 1964, daughter of FRANKLIN PRICE and MARY SPANSEL. She was born July 18, 1934 in New
Orleans, LA.
Children of CHARLES HATTON and MARGARET PRICE are:
90. i. JULIE ANN7 HATTON, b.
October 11, 1965, New Orleans, LA.
ii. MICHAEL CHARLES HATTON, b. December 23, 1966, New Orleans, LA.
iii. CHRISTOPHER JAMES HATTON, b. March 27, 1972, New Orleans, LA.
45. JO ALBERT6 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES JR.5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 23, 1930 in Sewickley, PA, and died
January 01, 2002 in San Bernardino, Ontario, CA. He married (1) MARILYN KIPP. She died January 27, 2000. He married (2) URUSALYN LEE " LYNN" MYFOROAD
November 04, 1954.
JO ALBERT HATTON:
Art and Jo Hatton are twins. Art was in California.
Both were Highway Patrolmen. Jo, may have been baptized Joseph. Arthur's middle
name may have been Gene. However according to the family the correct names were
Arthur Jean Hatton and Jo Albert Hatton. Apparently because they were twins the
idea was to have an A.J.Hatton and a J.A. Hatton.
Children of JO HATTON and URUSALYN MYFOROAD are:
91. i. CURTIS JAMES7 HATTON, b.
November 14, 1954.
92. ii. JODY LYNN HATTON, b. November 04, 1956.
46. ARTHUR JEAN6 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES JR.5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 23, 1930 in Sewickley, PA. He married DELIGHT DEIROADRE " DEE" MCELWANEY August 08, 1953.
Children of ARTHUR HATTON and DELIGHT MCELWANEY are:
93. i. PRECIOUS ANNE7 HATTON, b. November 26, 1956, Upland, CA.
94. ii. DARLING RACHEL HATTON, b. March 29, 1959, Upland, CA.
47. ELIZABETH JOHANNA "BETTY JO"6 HATTON (MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 20, 1926 in Leetsdale, Allegheny,
PA. She married FRED RALPH ROLLINS, son of WILLIAM ROLLINS and BUELAH YEATER. He was born July 14, 1927 in
Meadowbrook, WV.
Children of ELIZABETH HATTON and FRED ROLLINS are:
95. i. FREDERICK JAMES7 ROLLINS, b. March 10, 1951.
96. ii. WILLIAM MILTON ROLLINS, b. September 18, 1952.
iii. LOUISE ROLLINS, b. September 08, 1953.
97. iv. MARIELLEN ROLLINS, b. July
10, 1955.
98. v. GEORGE DAVID ROLLINS, b. October 05, 1957.
48. CATHERINE " TINNIE "6 HATTON (MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born August 08, 1928 in Leetsdale, Allegheny, PA. She married JOSEPH FREDERICK EAST July 07, 1951, son of JOSEPH EAST and CATHERINE JONES. He was born October 26, 1924 in
Bellevue, PA.
Children of CATHERINE HATTON and JOSEPH EAST are:
99. i. DIANA LYNN7 EAST, b. January
09, 1960.
100. ii. DONNA LOUISE EAST, b. May 07, 1963.
49. JOSEPH FRANCIS "RAYMOND BUDDY"6 HATTON (MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 30, 1930 in Leetsdale, Allegheny,
PA, and died January 25, 1999 in Phoenix, AZ. He married NAOMI RUTH ANGELMAYER August 07, 1952.
JOSEPH FRANCIS "RAYMOND BUDDY" HATTON:
Military service: At age 17
Children of JOSEPH HATTON and NAOMI ANGELMAYER are:
101. i. LINDA M.7 HATTON.
102. ii. JUDITH HATTON.
103. iii. JOHN HATTON.
iv. MILTON " LITTLE BUDDY" HATTON.
50. GEORGE6 HATTON (MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 16, 1936 in Sewickley, PA, and died
October 19, 1962 in South of Lyons Georgia. He married LINDA DAVIS in 1957, daughter of JACK DAVIS. She was born January 28, 1942.
Children of GEORGE HATTON and LINDA DAVIS are:
i. CATHY LEIGH7 HATTON, b.
September 02, 1958.
104. ii. KELLEY HATTON, b. January 27, 1960.
105. iii. KIMALYN LOUISE HATTON, b. June 01, 1961.
51. MILTON THOMAS6 HATTON (MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born July 30, 1938 in Sewickley, PA. He married ELAINE PATRICIA LORDO November 01, 1969.
Killed in a motorcycle accident. Also known as
"Butch."
Child of MILTON HATTON and ELAINE LORDO is:
106. i. JAYSON LAURENCE7 HATTON.
52. RICHARD " RICKY"6 HATTON (MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 25, 1944 in Sewickley, PA, and died
May 14, 1967 in Sewickley, PA. He
married BARBARA CHRISTINE SEAVER October 22, 1965, daughter of CHARLES ZEHNDER and GLADYS.
Killed in motorcycle accident in Sewickley,
Pennsylvania. (1967)
Child of RICHARD HATTON and BARBARA SEAVER is:
i. CHRISTINE7 HATTON, b. May
07, 1966.
53. JOANNA6 LINDEBLOM (LILY5 HATTON, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born November 30, 1935 in Salem, Oregon. She married WILLIAM MAZZA. He was born about 1934.
Joanna was raised in Salem and Olympia, Washington
1935-1953. She received her B.S. in Nursing from Pacific Lutheran College, now
PLU in 1957. Joanna is head nurse at a Kirkland Hospital, 1999, in Kirkland,
Washington.
JOANNA LINDEBLOM: Degree: 1957, B.S. Pacific Lutheran College
WILLIAM MAZZA: Bill served in the U.S. Army in Mineral Wells,
Texas. He was a Chief Estimator for various architectural firms, now retired.
Children of JOANNA LINDEBLOM and WILLIAM MAZZA are:
107. i. DEBORAH7 MAZZA, b. June
25, 1960, Mineral Wells, Texas.
ii. KATHY MAZZA, b. January 20, 1963; m. MARK DERKS.
54. DAVID CHARLES6 LINDEBLOM (LILY5 HATTON, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 13, 1944 in Olympia,
Washington. He married GAYLE EVELYN TIEDEMAN August 05, 1967 in Washington, State, daughter of GERHARD TIEDMAN and BERNICE SUDDS. She was born October 02, 1943 in
Everett, Washington.
David taught in the public school system for 32 years,
31 years for Yelm Community Schools, Yelm Washington, and grades 3 to adult. He
received award for elementary science teacher of the year in 1966. David is
active in his Lutheran Church, having held many offices and chaired many
committees, currently, 1999; he is Chairman, board of Directors of Faith
Lutheran School in Lacy, Washington. He was an adult leader in Boy Scouts of
America. David is retired now and lives in Lacy, Washington. He is his family
historian. Retired, but not retired as he is still very much involved with
Faith Lutheran School. Having received his degree from Washington State
University he would be a "Cougar." David was raised in Olympia,
Washington 1944-1966. David and I (Ernest 2nd.) met over the Internet, both
noticing similar ancestors.
DAVID CHARLES LINDEBLOM:
Degree: B.A. Social Studies, Washington State
Education: 1966, Washington State University
Gayle has been married to David since 1867. She was
raised in Lake Stevens, Washington, 1943-1962. Gayle met David at Washington
State University, she later graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a
B.S. in Medical Technology, is certified MT (ASCP), has worked in this field
for 32 years and is currently, 1999, Chief Technologist at Regional Olympia
Arthritis Clinic. Since 1993 she has trained for (University of Wisconsin and
other workshops) and has been a professional clown. Gayle has been, and is, an
active leader in her Lutheran Church all her life.
GAYLE EVELYN TIEDEMAN:
Degree: 1967, B.S. Lutheran Pacific University
Children of DAVID LINDEBLOM and GAYLE TIEDEMAN are:
i. ERIK DAVID7 LINDEBLOM, b.
April 20, 1971.
Erik was raised in
Lacy, Washington during the period 1971-1989. He received his degree in 1994 in
Police Science and has worked as a Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor and
Juvenile Probation Officer. He is currently, 1999, a computer consultant and
trainer with the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration for the State of
Washington in Olympia, Washington. Erik is also a Police Reserve Officer. He
was in Boy Scouts of America and was an Eagle Scout, loves to camp out with his
friends. He is currently single and lives in Gig Harbor, Washington.
ERIK DAVID LINDEBLOM: Degree: 1994, B.S. Washington State University
108. ii. KIERSTIN GAYLE LINDEBLOM, b. October 08, 1973.
Arthur Jeffrey Hatton
At Ten Years of Age in 1946
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.
55. ARTHUR JEFFREY " SONNY "6 HATTON (ARTHUR5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born February 02, 1936 in Sewickley, PA. He married LYNNE RAE EVANS April 27, 1962 in Edgewood, PA, daughter of HAROLD EVANS and HELEN STEWART. She was born June 25, 1938 in
Rochester, PA, and died August 23, 1999 in Woodland Place, Mercer, PA.
Arthur was living in Hermitage, PA as of
March 1, 2002.
Children of ARTHUR HATTON and LYNNE EVANS are:
109. i. LAUREL JO7 HATTON, b.
February 26, 1965.
110. ii. JEFFREY REED HATTON, b. November 25, 1967.
56. EDITH JO6 HATTON (ARTHUR5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born August 13, 1940, and died July 11, 1970 in
Sewickley, PA. She married WILLIAM L. DIMARZIO.
EDITH JO HATTON:
Teacher To Miss Neighbor
Letter to the Editor.
I have been away. My return was saddened because of
the loss to our community created by the death of Edith Jo Hatton DiMarzio. I
feel that I must pay tribute to the short life unselfishly lived. I have known
Edie Jo since she was a little girl, fun loving and shy, growing up in
Edgeworth. She married William L. DiMarzio and accepted the responsibilities of
homemaker and motherhood. I began knowing her as a responsible citizen interested
in school and community when Billy, her only child, enrolled in four year old
kindergarten. During Billy's five year old year, she was Home Room P.T.A.
Mother. She did many thoughtful things for the children and me that were far
beyond her basic duties. We all loved her.
Edie Jo was one of the finest of the many fine young
mothers I am privileged to work with. Edie Jo had a natural gift for working
with children. This gift was freely given in her work with the Edgeworth Cub
Scouts. She worked tirelessly for the Pack and her Den. Little boys were always
knocking on the door with questions or help on a project. She always had time
for them. Her home was across from the Edgeworth school playground. After
school and during the summer many a bump was soothed. Mommy was called and
comfort was given during the waiting time for mommy. Her sphere was not only
children; she had time to help adult friends and participated in church and
community activities. Edie Jo loved her family, home, church and this community
without thought of award accepted the obligation that such love
demands..............She will be missed.
Sincerely, Elizabeth B. Johnson, Kindergarten Teacher,
Q,V, Edgeworth
Edgeworth Newspaper, Edgeworth, PA
Child of EDITH HATTON and WILLIAM DIMARZIO is:
i. WILLIAM "BILLY "7 DIMARZIO.
57. ARLENE KAY6 HATTON (ARTHUR5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born May 05, 1946. She married THOMAS JACOBSON.
Child of ARLENE HATTON and THOMAS JACOBSON is:
i. TWO DAUGHTERS7 JACOBSON.
58. MICHAEL PETER6 HATTON (ARTHUR5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born November 11, 1947. He married VIRGINIA.
Child of MICHAEL HATTON and VIRGINIA is:
i. TWO DAUGHTERS7 HATTON.
59. CATHERINE LYNNE6 HATTON (ARTHUR5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born August 13, 1951. She married (1) DAVID LYNN TEAQUE, son of LYNN TEAQUE and JUANITA WINNINGHAM. He was
born April 20, 1942 in IL, and died May 31, 1997 in Gilbert, Arizona. She married (2) FLOYD EUGENE ADDICOTT, son of ADDICOTT and EFFIE MAE.
He was born July 31, 1951 in PA.
Widowed. Now living in Texas.
Child of CATHERINE HATTON and DAVID TEAQUE is:
i. KEVIN PHILLIP7 TEAQUE, b. July
14, 1992.
Child of CATHERINE HATTON and FLOYD ADDICOTT is:
111. ii. JILL LYNEE7 ADDICOTT, b.
September 26, 1970.
60. PATRICIA JO6 HATTON (JO TRUSCOTT5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born August 28, 1948 in Sewickley,
Pennsylvania.. She married RONALD LEE HEFNER September 25, 1971 in St. Stephen's Church, Swickley,
Pennsylvania.. He was born January
28, 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..
Patti Jo remembers living next door to her grand
parents and only moving once three blocks away!
Children of PATRICIA HATTON and RONALD HEFNER are:
i. LEE RONALD7 HEFNER, b.
December 10, 1975, McCandless, Pennsylvania..
ii. TIMOTHY ALAN HEFNER, b. August 19, 1978, McCandless, PA.
iii. TRAVIS JO HEFNER, b. May 31, 1987, Johnson City, New York.
61. DEBORAH LEE6 HATTON (JO TRUSCOTT5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born April 10, 1950 in Sewickley,
Pennsylvania.. She married MICHAEL LORD July 03, 1986.
Michael Lord had two children from a previous
marriage, Sarah 23 and Emily 20 as of 1999. Sarah married June, 1998.
Children of DEBORAH HATTON and MICHAEL LORD are:
i. SARAH MICHELLE7 LORD, b. February 09, 1976, Natrona Heights,
Pennsylvania.
ii. EMILY ELIZABETH LORD, b. July 20, 1978, Marshall,
Michigan.
iii. DEVYN KATHLEEN LORD, b. May 15, 1991, Kittanning,
Pennsylvania..
62. CAROL DIANE6 HATTON (JO TRUSCOTT5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 21, 1954 in Sewickley,
Pennsylvania.. She married LESTER SKIP RUCKERT July 1974.
He was born in Freedom, Pennsylvania..
Carol Hatton and Lester Ruckert were divorced about
1998.
Children of CAROL HATTON and LESTER RUCKERT are:
112. i. JACOB CARL7 RUCKERT, b. June
05, 1977, Rochester, Pennsylvania..
ii. LINDSEY REBECCA RUCKERT, b. October 12, 1980, Beaver, Pennsylvania..
iii. KENNETH JO RUCKERT, b. August 08, 1991, Beaver, Pennsylvania..
63. JAMES WALLACE6 HATTON (JO TRUSCOTT5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born November 04, 1960 in Sewickley,
Pennsylvania.. He married CLAIRE ELLEN MIKULA April 20, 1985.
She was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania..
Children of JAMES HATTON and CLAIRE MIKULA are:
i. ELIZABETH JAMES7 HATTON, b. May 08, 1989, Sewickley Pennsylvania..
ii. SARAH KATHLEEN HATTON, b. August 18, 1990, Sewickley Pennsylvania..
iii. JOSEPH INGRAM HATTON, b. August 28, 1993, Sewickley Pennsylvania..
Middle name may be Ingraham.
64. JOSEPH RICHARD" RICHIE" FEEHAN6 JR. (EDITH TRUSCOTT5 HATTON, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 07, 1949, and died November 23,
2000. He married KATHLEEN ANN JENNINGS September 29, 1969 in St, Paul's Lutheran Church, New
Port Jefferson, N.Y., daughter of WILLIAM JENNINGS and EDNA. She was
born July 05, 1951.
Children of JOSEPH JR. and KATHLEEN JENNINGS are:
i. JOSEPH RICHARD7 FEEHAN, b. March
03, 1973.
JOSEPH RICHARD FEEHAN: Education: 2001, Final year Albany Law School
ii. WILLIAM PATRICK JENNINGS FEEHAN, b.
February 02, 1976.
WILLIAM PATRICK JENNINGS FEEHAN:
Education: Graduated from SUNY at Buffalo 5-2000
65. MARYBETH THERESA6 FEEHAN (EDITH TRUSCOTT5 HATTON, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 12, 1951. She married (1) ROBERT FRENG January 1970. She married (2) SANDFORD GRAY March 03,
1981. He died June 1997. She married (3) WILLIAM STOVER February
14, 2001.
Presently living in Henderson, Tenn. September 2001.
Occupation: Nurse Director for Favorite Nurses
WILLIAM STOVER: Occupation: Master Mechanic for Plymouth/Dodge
Child of MARYBETH FEEHAN and ROBERT FRENG is:
i. BENJAMIN OSCAR7 FRENG, b. January 15, 1976.
Child of MARYBETH FEEHAN and SANDFORD GRAY is:
ii. ELIZABETH MAGARET7 GRAY, b. June 16, 1982.
More About ELIZABETH MAGARET GRAY:
Education: 2001,
Currently at Memphis State
66. ANMARIE JOSEPHINE6 FEEHAN (EDITH TRUSCOTT5 HATTON, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 08, 1953 in St. Alban's N.Y.. She married JEFFREY LEONARD PFEIFER August 09, 1975 in Infant Jesus Catholic Church, Port
Jefferson, N.Y., son of VIRGIL PFEIFER and DARLENE HAVERSON. He was born March 09,
1952.
Occupation: 2001, Nurse Clinician practicing in
Electro physiology
JEFFREY LEONARD
PFEIFER Occupation: 2001, Attorney, San Antonio,
Texas
Children of ANMARIE FEEHAN and JEFFREY PFEIFER are:
i. EMILY HATTON7 PFEIFER, b.
August 04, 1980, San Antonio, Texas.
EMILY HATTON PFEIFER: Education: 2001, Senior Vanderbilt University
ii. THERON JOSEPH CRITTENDEN PFEIFER, b.
March 28, 1983, San Antonio, Texas.
More About THERON JOSEPH CRITTENDEN PFEIFER:
Education: 2001,
4th. Class midshipman, Marine Maritime Academy
67. SUSAN CATHERINE6 FEEHAN (EDITH TRUSCOTT5 HATTON, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born April 30, 1955. She married GLEN DALE SANBORN March 11, 1989 in Shreveport, LA. He was born August 14, 1952.
In 2001, she was a Registered Nurse, Amarillo, Texas
GLEN DALE SANBORN:
Occupation: 2001, Attorney, Amarillo, Texas
Child of SUSAN FEEHAN and GLEN SANBORN is:
i. TIMOTHY PATRICK7 SANBORN, b. May 16, 1990, Shreveport, LA.
68. WILLIAM ANDREW6 SINNOTT (SARAH HELEN5 THOMAS, NELL "NELLY"4 HATTON, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born August 20, 1932 in Wilkes Barre,
Pennsylvania.. He married MARGARET JEANETTE WILDER November 25, 1953 in Savannah, Georgia.
Child of WILLIAM SINNOTT and MARGARET WILDER is:
i. NANCY7 SINNOTT, b. May
13, 1960, Tarrent County, Texas.
69. VIVIAN " BUNNY "6 HATTON (BERTRAM CORNELIUS5, BERTRAM CORNELIUS4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born March 25, 1950 in Philadelphia, PA. She married WALTER JACKLE.
Vivian " Bunny " and Thomas "
Tommy" Hatton moved to Philadelphia.
Child of VIVIAN HATTON and WALTER JACKLE is:
i. MATTHEW THOMAS7 JACKLE, b. October 04, 1981.
70. BERTRAM THOMAS6 HATTON (BERTRAM CORNELIUS5, BERTRAM CORNELIUS4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 26, 1952 in Philadelphia, PA. He married SHARON GEARY.
Children of BERTRAM HATTON and SHARON GEARY are:
i. ANDREW THOMAS7 HATTON.
ii. DANIEL EDWARD HATTON.
71. ERNEST ARTHUR JR.6 HATTON (ERNEST ARTHUR SR.5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)49,50,51 was born October 15, 1937 in Chestnut
Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..
He married (1) JULIA ANN GRAVISS November 24, 1956 in Baltimore,
Maryland, daughter of EUGENE GRAVISS and OLGA LOEBNER.
She was born November 15, 1937 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.. He married (2) NOREEN MARIE VICE52,53,54 October 22, 1978 in Winter Park,
Florida, daughter of RICHARD VICE and DOROTHY YOUNGLOVE. She was
born June 01, 1951 in Union City, Pennsylvania..
ERNEST ARTHUR HATTON Jr. aks 2nd.
Born October 15, 1935 at 1:43 A.M., 8lbs., 12 ozs.
THE
FAMILY WILL
Ernest Hatton Sr. died on November 25, 2002. Will to
be probated after 90 days from time of death.
DESCENDED FROM PURTIAN ANCESTORS
Descended from Puritan ancestors, Civil War,
Revolutionary War and General Assembly of 1776 to Ancient Families of New Haven
Conn. and First Colonial Families.
Ernest Jr. aks 2nd. was born in Chestnut Hill Hospital
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Germantown and Chestnut Hill,
Philadelphia. Lived in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. and in Los Angeles, California.
He finally settled in Winter Park Florida. He was on the Board of Publication
Lutheran Church in America. Owned Hatton and Associates Real Estate Inc.,
mortgage, building. Formed recording company, music publishing and record
company. Held over 200 copyrights and had many songs recorded. Co-produced
Album with Paul Anka, David Foster and Frank Sinatra's producer Don Costa on
EMI Records, London. Music was performed on Star Search television show, Disney
and Universal studios, plus radio. Served, and was appointed to many
governmental boards. Board of Realtors, Boy Scouts of America, Elected 2nd Vice
President, Vice President and President of all 300 Seminole County Homeowners
Associations, served four years 1983-89. President of Cedar Ridge Homeowners
Association 13 years. Served on Sheriff's Advisory Board 1998. Head of Downtown
Operational Buildup,1961, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania., National Homebuilders
Award 1975. Seminole County Citizen award 1997. President of Concerned Citizens
of Central Florida 1987. Chairman of Highway Landscaping Committee 1995-97.
Elected to Board of Transportation Central Florida 1980. Founded "Arbor
Month" in April 1985. Wrote weekly Sunday newspaper column under his own
name and drew the Sunday newspaper political cartoon under the name of Grandpa
Papke, 1997-1999.
Served on Board of Directors of the International
Council of Central Florida, United States State Department, as membership
chairman 1997. Nominated and elected again in December 3,1999 for another two
years as Board Member to served as representative of the Board in matters of
funding and Public Relations, and to speak before government representatives.
Contributed to the restoration of the Statue of Liberty. There is a Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest A. Hatton plate in the Statue of Liberty.
Greatest achievement...... daughter "Dawn
Ann-Marie."
Note: Member of "Sons of Union Veterans of the
Civil War."
Note: Ernest your, SAR and DAR file is under DAR ID
#35922. Filed by Miss Grace Osborne. You are also directly descended from
Captain Titus Hinman and his fifth son Ebenezer Hinman who was appointed to the
General Assembly in 1776. Purpose to audit all Colony accounts and report
thereon. I will send you the rest, as there is much too much to retype. I will
make copies and send all the information to you.
Letter:
Greetings,
Your generous donations have placed your name,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Hatton, on the database at The
Statue of Liberty. That computer can be found on the floor of the base of the
Statue. The foundation began
soliciting contributions in 1983 and continues with membership solicitations.
Thank you for your support and we hope we can count on
you in the future. (Answer to the message below.)
From: Hatton [mailto:telcon@gdi.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 2:48 PM
To: pr@ellisisland.org
Subject: Restoration of the Statue of Liberty
Greetings,
During President Ford's administration I was contacted to make a
contribution to the restoration of the Statue of Liberty. I received the
notification of the donation and was told a small plaque would be placed. Today
for the first time, with the letter in hand, I decided to see if it was there.
Apparently, it is not! However it has been corrected.
Can you tell me why not? It should be listed as Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest A. Hatton. I was about to make another donation, but it seems
that there is no record of the first except the letter sent to me.....Ernest
Hatton
Ernest Jr. aka 2nd. Donated the Cross-, candlesticks,
offering plates and Bible to Trinity Lutheran Church, Mildred, Pennsylvania.
Ernest and Noreen Hatton donated the stain glass window in St. Luke’s Lutheran
Church in Oviedo, Florida in honor of Anna Marie Exley Hatton and Dorothy
Younglove Vice, their mothers.
Note: Ernest became a member of the " Sons of
Union Soldiers of the Civil War " through his gg-grandfather George
Gilbert Potter who served with the 58th. PA Vols. For more information about George Gilbert Potter, see George Whitefield Potter and the New England Migration.
Hello Ernest,
Excuse me for this late answer.
HATTON: Origine Sarthe (France) XIII° century.
"HATH" is the Germanic roots and stands for fight. I'm now studying
this patronym in Lorraine, a region of the east France.
I have found a lot of HAT(T)ON since the 16° century.
There used to be many religious and military men among them. There were 2
bishops born within 760 and 800 a.c. The last one was a friend and a confidant
of the Emperor Lothaire the first, grandson of Charlemagne.
It is more likely that some HAT(T)ON, coming from Lorraine
in France, have moved into other countries such as England, U.S.A. and Quebec
where the patronym can sometimes be found. Though, I haven't already brought
out a link.
If you have some clues about your own forbears, please
let me know. I will study all this and search for the possible parallels.
Sincerely,
Jean-Claude HATON
Le Bahia - 39, Av. Princesse Grace
MC 98000 MONACO
Utilisateur Hérédis Pro
Ma généalogie et les Hat(t)on de Lorraine:
SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 (writing to Bob Sweeney)
Bob, I didn’t remember writing that to you. I'm happy
that you feel the same way. I would hope that those that read it understand
it's really all about them. One of the reasons I didn't restrict my genealogy.
I guess I wanted to pass something on that I could
identify with... and many others could also. I really think it's time to talk
about the heroes of this nation that had so much in common with the heroes of
September 11th. I had a difficult time finding much to be proud of in these
last years and then they came along, our heroes of September 11th. It wasn't
just the firemen, police meter yen and medics either. It was the complete
dignity of the American people. When you looked at television on that horrible
day one thing stood out. It was the faces of people who came from everywhere.
They were from Europe, Asia, Africa and so many places throughout the world.
Some new, others a few generations removed from their original immigrant
families and lastly, the familiar names of our Pilgrim Fathers. Most, when they
spoke,
Sounded like the rest of us. It was just their origin
that was visible. What you heard was different and over a telephone they would
sound very much the same. I thought about the Irish cop that we so often, and
with great admiration talk about. A traditional job in so many families. We
knew what he was made of, unfortunately our enemies didn't. The same is true
for the Italian guy, not the mobsters we all hear about, but the guy we grew up
with. I have to tell you that on that day I was horrified at the slaughter
Brought on by people obsessed with hate, yet at the
same time my heart was filled with a pride that cannot be measured. I can
remember sitting there and saying to myself, " God, we are still alive and
strong..... Willing to go into burning, falling buildings to save whoever are
there. No time to hate or wonder. Time was short and people needed help. There
wasn't even time to think about their lives, they were there to save others at
all cost. Where in the history of the world can you find such noble people? I
often think about the crests we place in our homes to identify ourselves with
the nobleman who first earned them. Just think about the children left behind
from the coward deeds of September 11th. They are a first generation of real
nobleman and women and should be so proud of their family members, I am. If one
good thing came from that day it was the pride instilled in all of us by those
people who proved, beyond a doubt, that we are truly a nation of great and
noble people and not a nation falling from the grace of God. That day replaced
all the indignities thrust upon us by people who hide behind what they perceive
as freedom of speech while they fill the air waves with trash.
Whatever, whoever, God is I don't know, nor have I
bothered to pick a path chosen by others to walk. I know I believe in a God and
that God tells me personally not to judge, not to think I only know what he
wants from us, I don't. And, there are others, who it appears to me worship the
same God, or
Possibly another who gives us the very same message.
No matter, whatever was in the hearts of those people who gave us hope again in
so many ways, they knew something, or felt something that captured us all and
instilled in us a great pride again. And, they weren't trying to do that, they
were just being
Themselves. Certainly every single one of them will
find peace and they will remain embedded forever in the history of this nation,
today's Pilgrims, miners, factory worker, police meter yen, firemen, all
citizens, men and women who just reacted to do something for their fellowman. I
don't know, what else I can say. I'm so very proud of my fellow Americans who
died and risked their lives with such dignity. How is it possible that the
world could not see that the American spirit is alive and well, and more
importantly filled with love as well as a resolve to preserve our nation, a
symbol of what is truly right in a world gone mad. I think God wanted some of
the ashes of that day to forever remain, but I don't know. These are just my
thoughts. I have learned to appreciate the individual person who I come upon
each day.
Every now and then I see a hero who isn't noticed, or
appreciated. Still they do what they seemed destined to do and that is to serve
their communities as best they can. We, as a people, need to elevate our
thinking to the understanding of the deeds our neighbors who do so many little
things each day. They are usually the same people. I wish I knew a way to
convey this message, so that we thank those people. For you see, should the
time come when we need heroes again.... it will likely be those very people
that we take for granted everyday. Isn't it befitting to say thank you now?
I didn't mean to go on like that! The answer to your
question is yes; I’m honored that you would like to ad what I wrote.
Thanks Bob, for all that you do, you are greatly
appreciated, Ernie
A mistake between my father and a kind compliment, but I greatly
appreciates.
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: Mrs. Hatton, Thank you for your husband’s
knowledge
Mrs. Hatton,
I wanted to thank you for the information your husband
has left to the genealogy world!
I just found out today of the passing of your husband.
My Sympathies to your family.
He was a great man and his work in the family history
area is such a tribute!
Krissy Merrill
ERNEST ARTHUR JR. HATTON:Education: 1969, Real Estate
Elected: Bet. 1965 - 1999, Various Government,
Community Boards
Inducted: March 25, 2003, Seminole Co., Plumbers
Examining Board
Member: November 2001, America's First Families 1635
Occupation: Bet. 1969 - 1999, Real Estate, Writer
Religion: Lutheran, St. Luke's
Notes for JULIA ANN GRAVISS:
JULIA ANN GRAVIS
Julia Ann Graviss was named after her
Great-Great-Grandmother Julia [Julie] Cline born in Kentucky.
Julia married Victor Gravis. The father of Victor
Gravis [ spelled with one S in 1880 census ] was born in Begium. Victor was
born in France. The children of Victor and Julia were all born in the United
States. The French name was changed to Graviss, see the last ancestor for the
correct spelling. Follow pedigree.
JULIA ANN GRAVISS:
Occupation: Admissions Rollins College
Religion: Catholic during youth
NOREEN MARIE VICE
Noreen was born in Union City, Pennsylvania., near
Erie. She spent her first eight years on a large diary farm. The family then
moved to Bear Lake, Florida near Orlando. She loved water skiing and living on
a lake. She attended St. Charles Catholic School in Orlando and Lyman High
School in Longwood, FL. After a short time working in a Real Estate office
Noreen attended Seminole Community College for Real Estate Law and became a
Real Estate Broker. She formed her own company and still maintains that
company. She became Manager of Transportation for the Orange County Schools,
thirteen years. Because of her knowledge of transportation she was offered a
position with the Disney Company. She was, temporarily, the Jobs administrator
for Disney Company and then became the Business manager of Disney
Transportation. She received the" Life Time Achievement Award" and
"Partners in Excellence" award from Disney Company in November 1998.
Noreen received countless recognition and awards from the Orange County School
System. One of five Employees of the year Orange County School District. Real
Estate Broker, Noreen Hatton Real Estate Company. Extensive knowledge in music
contracts, copyrights, music publishing and artist’s contracts. An excellent
knowledge of music law. Noreen wrote all music contracts for various music
enterprises. Noreen is a most gifted, intelligent woman. A wonderful wife and
mother. Member of the Board of Realtors, on Mayor Hood's Board of "Keep
Orlando Beautiful." She is the reader of the family. Her husband and
daughter's interpreter of the written woRoad. The one who fills out the
paperwork we cannot understand. The one who has the patience to read the
instructions, and most of all understand them. The test-taker who passes with
flying colors. She loves the Holiday Seasons, fireplace, cup of coffee and fall
football games. Her favorite team is, of course Florida State University number
one at this writing and undefeated. Noreen remains with the Disney Company and
will no doubt retired from Disney.
Note: Noreen' cousin and granddaughter of Nelson
Franklyn Younglove.
Lois Krobusek 440-543-4801
Note:Stated that Gairey is entered in thr family Bible
as GARY and was never addressed otherwise. Tall, handsome man, brown hair. She
knew Gary well as they both lived on the same street. Krobusek is her married
name. She mentioned that Dorothy, Noreen's mother was mentioned in different
land abstracts but that she or her mother signed off on those properties. That
lost track of Dorothy and had no way of contacting her. They remained in the
same area so it would have been easy for Dorothy to contact, three families, at
least, lived within a block of each other in Cleveland.
She will try to send copies of family photographs of
Noreen's grandfather, great grandfather and seven of the children.
Note: Vice family from Wales: The English Vice Coat of
Arms is described as White background meaning Peace and Loyalty, Stag Head, a
person who sought a solitary life. Black Cross-, Christian Faith and Stability.
This poem unsigned came to me by way of the Internet
and Mom, Noreen loved it so I saved here..
Love, Ernie
If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it
would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in
praise,
I would videotape each action and Road,
so I could play them back day after
day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
Instead of assuming you would KNOW I
do.
If I knew it
would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can
do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last
wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me,"
"Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
More About NOREEN MARIE VICE:
Degree: Real Estate, Seminole Community College
Education: St. Charles Catholic Grades 1-8
Inducted: 1985, Make Orlando Beautiful, Mayor's Board
Occupation: Business Manager Disney Company
Religion: Catholic during youth
Children of ERNEST HATTON and JULIA GRAVISS are:
113. i. ERNEST ARTHUR " RUSTY " 3ROAD.7 HATTON, b.
January 07, 1958, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..
ii. MICHAEL EUGENE HATTON, b. October 10, 1961, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
iii DEBORAH KIM HATTON, b. July 03, 1964, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania..
Child of ERNEST HATTON and NOREEN VICE is:
iv. DAWN ANN-MARIE7 HATTON55,56,57, b. October 09, 1980, Orlando, Orange Co., Florida.
Dawn was born in Florida Hospital, Orlando, Orange Co,
Florida. Baptized November 9, 1980. Godparents are Darlene Griffin [formerly
Darlene Ann Vice, aunt] and Sandy Contella, father's friend. She attended St.
Luke’s Lutheran School from kindergarten to through the eight grades. She then
spent her four years in high school at Lake Howell High. She graduated as a
National Honor Society student and received a scholarship to Florida State
University. Dawn grew up in our house on Hounds lake Drive. She has two dogs
Toby, a Pomeranian and Chase, a Maltese. We lost one, Lucky, of old age, a
Pomeranian. She has given me two caps from F.S.U. to send to her grandparents.
Note: Dawn married
Gavin William Hall, January 28th, 2012 in Orlando, Florida at Disney World
Dawn Ann-Marie is a delightful young lady.
She has a wonderful smile, full of enthusiasm and wit, a great student, who
also enjoys sports and extra activities. She has always been on the National
Honor Society, in leadership classes and peer mediation, and she was on the
cross-country track team. Dawn loves New York City and Broadway Plays. She has
been a loving daughter. I, and her mother, have great respect for this fine
daughter. As I write this we are about to go on an adventure by train to
Pennsylvania from Winter Park, Florida..... Home again, and the trip was
terrific.
Dawn and friends went to a play in New York City. We saw her
grandparents, visited Mildred and Dushore. Visited Bobby Exley, Hatton’s and
Beavers. Warmed the house in Mildred with coal and firewood. Paul was with us
and I was glad Dawn could see the old house. It seemed small to me now. What a
wonderful time we had as kids in that house. It was there that the traditions
of the Holidays, that Dawn loves so much, came from. My grandfather running
across the porch ringing bells pretending to be Santa Claus. All the family
together and Christmas Eve Church Service. Cutting the tree from the woods, the
snow and the warm fireplace. I was glad Paul and I could be there together.
This books my last endeavor. It won't be perfect, but there's enough here to
give that foundation of who we are and who we can be. It all comes down to God
and Love. That's what a real life is all about? God has to be in your heart, if
so, you can create a sort of temporary heaven on earth, at least for your
family. Each generation has to give to the next their best wisdom, love, and
all the joy they can. Enjoy the unknown, keeps the secrets of Christmas, the
mystery, while keeping Christ in your heart. Let Santa and Rudolph come to
town. You can have it all! So remember Christ, keep the fireplace glowing,
treat Santa and the reindeer to cookies and milk, put lights outside the house,
sing, have the family over, think about the poor and do something for them. Oh,
and if you can run across the porch and ring the bells!
Dawn was accepted to Florida State University June 1999. She was elected
President of Broward Hall in her freshman year 1999. Her desire is to serve her
country in the Congress of the United States. Her favorite thing is, of course,
the Holidays, fireplace blazing, football season, plays, shopping with her Mom,
discussing deep subjects with her Dad, and doing something every single moment.
She has had a lifetime of experiences. Favorite thing to shout...Go Noles!! for
the F.S.U. football team. As I write this she will be coming home for
Thanksgiving 1999. Tomorrow is the last game for our undefeated Noles football
team, but they're playing the University of Florida number 3 at the moment. So,
a phone call will come from the dorm either way. Hope it's a happy call.
Tickets were sold out!! Christmas is just around the corner and Dawn wants me
to really decorate outside. Lots of lights. She loves this house.
This research includes birth, baptismal, marriage and death
certificates. Professional Hatton, Potter genealogist reports, IGIs, Church of
the Latter Day Saints, Court records, deeds, wills, census records, actual
written historical facts and reports. Town meetings, letters, recorded Pilgrim
accounts, Quaker records, numerous data reports from genealogists. Library
books are noted elsewhere in separate document. Twenty-five years and thousands
of pages of private research materials not listed. All historical research
materials, documents, wills, deeds, letters and copies of any, and all,
materials are willed to Dawn Ann-Marie Hatton. Copyright 1999 by Ernest Arthur
Hatton 2nd. Copies cannot be made from original without written consent.
Dawn was inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, College National
Honor Society, with a 4.0 on March 30, 2000. This is a lifetime membership. She
was also inducted into Delta Zeta Sorority on April 3, 2000.
Dawn was a member of the International Council of Florida, State
Department International Visitor's Program in 2001, when the program was
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
She
became a member of the Daughter's of Union Veterans of the Civil War in May 21,
2001. She was inducted in the Julia Dent Grant tent 57, Oil City, Franklin,
Pennsylvania. Ms. Frances Bridges, secretary, has been wonderful in helping
with the induction, hoping we could get it done before Dawn left for
Washington. She joined the Franklin tent because of two reasons. First, her
ggg-grandfather was from Pennsylvania. When he enlisted. Secondly, because
Franklin is near her mother's early home in Union City, and I must add that Ms.
Bridges had a profound influence. Dawn liked her so very much right from the
beginning.
She leaves for Washington for the summer in two days
and has been asked to return again next year. I hope that politics doesn't turn
her off. She will be working for the RNC this summer of 2001.
Well, she is home from Washington and has now left us
to start new years at Florida State University. She had a successful internship
in Washington and a very brief one-week vacation. She just called 12:15 August
13 to say she arrived safely.
September 23. 2001. Dear Dawn, too bad about our football loss tonight.
I guess we never thought we would lose. I was just making a few notes, as I
couldn't sleep. I made a slide show of the events of September 11th. 2001 for
you and your family. I also put the family tree on a CD. Added more about your
GGG-Grandfather's Civil War battles and noted that it seems like he was the
only one who wrote about Chapin's [Chaffin’s] Farm, or at least at the time.
Enough of that stuff. I was really happy that Speaker Feeney could find a place
for you. I hope whatever you do, in the office, will be of value in the future.
I was really pleased that arrangements could be made and am grateful to the
Speaker for doing so. I have been watching the news too much lately, but the
attack on our country is so terrible. I hope that you will enjoy life as much
as possible and always keep your family close. Never let disagreements turn
into something that cannot be repaired within the family. Teach your children
to have faith and always keep God in their hearts. May God Bless our nation in
these terrible times.
I
hope you enjoyed the trip even though we lost. God Bless, Dad
SOME DIRECT ANESTORS
John Potter, Puritan settler and a founder of New Haven
CT., Segt. Edward Hinman early settler, New England, Guard for King Charles1,
Moses Rowley, early settler, New England, Thomas Bliss, early settler, New
England, Younglove family, early settlers, New England. Just a few..These are
G-Grandfathers all arrived 1630s. Edward Fuller of the Mayflower arrived 1620
also a G-Grandfather{ several generations removed}. Captain Thomas Munson, a
founder of New Haven, CT.
Member of the National Society of the " Daughters
of the American Revolution" #814785 through Deacon Daniel Potter who
served through the entire Revolutionary War. Dawn is the GGGGG-Grand-daughter
of Daniel Potter.
DAWN ANN-MARIE HATTON:
Baptized: November
09, 1980, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Ch., Winter Park, FL.
Education: St.
Luke's Lutheran Grades K-8
Elected: Bet. 1999
- 2000, President, Broward Hall FSU, FL
Event: November 1999,
F.S.U. Student of the month
Graduation: May 02,
2003, Magna cum laude two degrees, FSU
Inducted: February
2000, Spirit Hunters F.S.U.
Member: May 22,
2001, Daughters of Union Veterans Civil War
Religion: Lutheran
Married: Gavin William Hall, January 28th., 2012 in Orlando, Florida at Disney World.
72. GORDON WILLIAM SR.6 HATTON (ERNEST ARTHUR SR.5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born November 24, 1939 in Temple Hospital,
Philadelphia., Pennsylvania., and died August 14, 1994 in Scranton, Lackawanna
Co., Pennsylvania.. He married (1)
DOROTHY NOLAN June 18, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. She was born November 18, 1942 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. He
married (2) MARGARET WEISS about 1969 in Probably Huston, Texas. She was born in North Dakota.
Notes for GORDON WILLIAM SR. HATTON:
GORDON WILLIAM HATTON Sr.
Gordon was best known for his kind heart. His ashes
buried with our mother that we so dearly loved. Gordon the adventurer, who
traveled and lived through out the United States, but came home to spend his
remaining years, not far from the mines that our ancestors once worked. The
first Hatton’s to come to the United States were re-united with Gordon who died
in Scranton, Pennsylvania just minutes from Nanticoke and the mines that
Hatton’s worked and died in.
My brother was married twice. He didn't have much
contact with his children from his first marriage. However, I have gotten to
know my nephew Gordon Jr. He lives just a short distance from our home and we
have a very nice relationship. I talk to him about his father and try to
explain the faults and also the good. I think it has been good for him to hear
about his father from someone who knew him so well.
We were very close brothers although very different.
However, we enjoyed each other and had spent so much time together without our
parents and brother Paul that we had a special relationship. Gordon seemed to
have given up on life at about 50 years old. He wasn't depressed, just didn't
have the zest for life. I think all of the difficulties had burdened him so
that he just couldn't find anything that really interested him. His son is
quite intelligent and well mannered. He seems to want to belong and of course
he is most welcome.
I see a lot of his father in him and I don't know of
anyone more able than I to make such a statement for no one knew my brother
better than I.
Notes for DOROTHY NOLAN:
Dorothy Nolan and her children presently living in
Florida in 1999. Gordon Junior has visited his uncle Ernest 2nd. Several times.
He and the rest of the family are living near New Smyrna Beach Florida about
one hour's drive from Winter Park, Florida.
Notes for MARGARET WEISS:
Gordon met Margaret Weiss while he was living in
California.
Children of GORDON HATTON and DOROTHY NOLAN are:
Gordon William Hatton, Jr.
1961-2017
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.
Originally published on their online site
by Midwest Cremation & Funeral Services, Springfield MO
i. GORDON WILLIAM JR.7 HATTON, b. January 03, 1961, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia., PA; d. August 1, 2017 in Springfield, MO.
Gordon seemed to be
a intelligent young man. He was living in the area of New Smyrna
Beach, Florida as of 1999.
SERGEANT GORDON WILLIAM JR. HATTON: Degree: May 1992, Temple University, Philadelphia. ,
PA B.B.A.
Military service:
Bet. September 1980 - 1984, 101st. Airborne Div. U.S. Army
115. ii. CHERYL LYNN HATTON, b. November 14, 1962.
iii. THOMAS ARTHUR HATTON, b. February 16, 1964, Philadelphia, PA; d. August 1980, Upper Darby,
Delaware Co., PA.
My brother often
wondered about Tom. I was able to talk to him one Christmas. Other than that I
simply did not know where he was, or the other children.
THOMAS ARTHUR HATTON: was cremated
Child of GORDON HATTON and MARGARET WEISS is:
iv. GREGORY WILLIAM7 HATTON, b. May 20, 1970, living in Pearlman, Texas.
I have searched for
Gregory but can't find him. He has not contacted my father, his grandfather,
except on one occasion
when he was in need
of funds for school. So, Gregory we have searched for you and you certainly
know where your grandfather is...August 2001
73. PAUL RAYMOND6 HATTON (ERNEST ARTHUR SR.5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born August 07, 1942 in Chestnut Hill,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.. He
married KATHLEEN JOAN TROBICH, daughter of MICHAEL TROBICH and LILLIAN CILINGIN. She was born March 04, 1947 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..
PAUL RAYMOND HATTON
Paul, the woodsman, is much like his ancestor Philip
Hatton who lived in the Forest of Dean in England. The Royal Hunting Forest, in
the late 1600s. Paul, the bow and arrow hunter, who never failed to find his
game. We enjoyed the wild turkey, deer sausage, and venison, over the open fire
in his " Forest of Dean" in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. My brother's
hunting forest is like the Hatton's Forest of Dean of England. Paul belongs to
the past. He would be, the" Sir Knight of the Bow." England should
have waited for him. In fact, he is descended from a "Sir Knight of the
Bow." Quite interesting isn't it?
Paul graduated from Germantown High School and Spring
Garden Institute. For many years he worked as a master technician for various
General Motors dealerships. He married Kathleen Joan Trobich (creating a
Kathleen Hatton to match Kathleen Hatton in England) and they have two
daughters, Jill Lynn Hatton and Holly Lynn Hatton. Paul and Kathy purchased
their home in Southampton, Pennsylvania. when they married and they continue to
live. For many years Paul was a softball coach and officer of the Southampton
Girls Club, earning community recognition for his tireless work with the girls.
His work often written about in the local newspapers. Today Paul spends his
time on the twenty-acre farm, mentioned, that he and Kathy purchased several
years ago where he continues to hunt and fish. After the death of his
grandmother, Louise Hatton, Paul purchased the old home site in Mildred, PA,
and continues to use it as a hunting cabin. He enjoys going there several times
a year and visits with our relatives Exley’s (Potters) Beavers, Orlowsky’s and
Hatton’s.
Paul's photograph has appeared in the Sullivan Review
numerous times showing his hinting results: Deer, Wild turkey etc. I'll just
note these two recent ones. Thursday 24, May 2001. Paul Hatton of Southampton
and Bernice with a 21 lb. turkey he shot in Cherry Township. With him is Jeff
Stroup also from Southampton, PA. There's another photograph of a turkey one
week before bagged by Jeff. Both were shot with bow and arrow. Paul photograph
and game appear every year.
Letter of February 2002 makes reference to Paul. This
family lived across the road from the Bernice house of my Hatton grandparents.
Hi,
Thank you for replying so quickly! I called Mom to read her your note and
see what she remembered. I must
have referred to you as "Mr. Hatton" and she said she remembered an
Ernest, which obviously is your Dad.
Mom and Dad lived in the house I described with Grandpa Dubenko and Aunt
Irene for about
three months after they were married in 1946. Off the top of her head Mom's first
memory was of your mother, whose name she couldn't remember (Mom is 79 and said
it will take a little while for her brain to get in gear). She remembered how hard your mother
would work when one of her grandchildren
(she didn't remember who, but it was a boy) would come
to visit. He had a terrible case
of asthma. She remembers your
mother bought special pillows for him and would work like crazy so the house
would be as clean as possible for him.
We really miss Dad, for many reasons, of course, but
Mom was just saying how he would have been able to tell you so much more. That's why I'm working as quickly as I
can now. I've lost a good number
of sources. Besides my dad, Father John Polinsky, who lived with his mother
Frances Evanchesky until she died was a good source. He was one of my grandfather's (Joseph Polinsky) nephews.
It's wonderful your dad is still alive.
Shortly before my dad died, there was a ceremony in our town to raise
money for the Veteran's Memorial to be built in Washington. Dad was a part of it, of course. We all bought red, white, and blue
balloons for $10.00 each and that contribution was sent to Washington. The speaker at the event mentioned the
tremendous number of veterans that die everyday and how we
really need to move on building it or none of them
will ever see it -- I'm finding that to be so true. Recently a number of vets that we knew in this area have
passed on. I hope your Dad lives
to see it built!! I'm not even certain of the status of it with all that's
happening in the country.
Since your dad is only two years younger than my dad,
who would have been 88 last August, there's a chance your dad might recognize
the picture or remember dad or possibly his younger sisters, Irene (who died
suddenly in 1950), Clara, Frances, and Julia. My maternal grandmother (Mary Dubosh
Polinsky) was the daughter of Mary Haraksin and Andrew
Dubosh. The family story is that
Andrew was the head of a union for the coal mines (or was held some position
supporting the union) and was chased by non-union workers, causing him to fall
and have a limp for the rest of his life. It probably
was then that he moved to Syracuse, NY. The house where dad grew up was a
duplex. At one time the Vicki
family lived on the other side of the duplex and Mom believes that the
Pretician family lived on the other side at one time. Mom said that the house next to the duplex on one side was
where the
Barsavage family lived and Mrs. Barsavage really
raised the Dubenko children since Clara was only 2 months old when her mother
died. My father quit school to
help as well. On the other side of
the duplex was Mr. Monahan who lived in a new house and was the head of the
mines. Across the street from
the duplex was the house of Susan Polinsky (my
mother's paternal grandmother), next was the Tropani family, then the Strabilla
(not sure of the spelling) family, and then the Minarsky family. The names other than Hatton in your
family are familiar to my mother, but she can't recall anything in particular
about them at the moment. What is
your stepmother's name? I hope I
gave you enough information that might ring a bell for your dad.
Many thanks for taking the time to do this!
Anne Dubenko Sheffer
PAUL RAYMOND HATTON:
Education: Spring Garden Institute, Philadelphia., PA
Religion: Lutheran
Notes for KATHLEEN JOAN TROBICH:
Kathy was born in Philadelphia and grew up in the
Hunting Park and Somerton sections of the city. She graduated from Little
Flower Catholic High School and began working for the Telephone Company. When Paul
and Kathy had the two girls, Kathy became a stay-at-home mother for several
years. During that time she was active in community service with the junior's
Women's Club of Southampton. She was also active in The Southampton Girls Club
as well as the Girl Scouts and school-related activities for the Girls. Kathy
returned to work, again with the Telephone Company, Presently Kathy works from
her office in Philadelphia but does a lot of traveling throughout the north
Atlantic states. She recently returned to school and in January 1999 earned her
Associate in Science degree graduating magna cum laude in her major of Business
Administration. Kathy has taught Sunday school for many years at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church where she and Paul have been members for over 25 years.
Currently she is teaching adult courses after working many years with the
children. Kathy is a wonderful mother and wife devoted wife. She is extremely
intelligent and very apt in business matters. She has conquered both the
ability of raising her children and succeeding in the business world.
Children of PAUL HATTON and KATHLEEN TROBICH are:
i. JILL LYNN7 HATTON, b. July
28, 1973, Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania..
Notes for JILL LYNN HATTON:
Jill was born in Chestnut Hill Hospital-the same
hospital as her father, in Philadelphia. She grew up in Southampton,
Pennsylvania attending local schools and graduating from the University of
Delaware in 1994. With hard work and large course loads, she graduated with her
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science in just three years. She then earned a
degree as a certified Para-legal and began working for various Philadelphia law
forms. After several years, Jill decided to change careers and studied computer
software customization specializing in human resources. Today she is a
consultant with a major company and travels to different cities to customize
software for her companies' clients. When she is not traveling, Jill has a home
in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. She is an avid dog lover and is proud of her own two
dogs, Lady, a Golden Retriever who was saved from a local animal shelter and
Nikki, a high spirited German Shepherd. Whenever possible, they travel with
Jill to her various assignments.
JILL LYNN HATTON:
Degree: 1994, Bachelor's Degree Political Science
Education: 1994, The University of Delaware
Religion: Lutheran, Good Shepherd
ii. HOLLY LYNN HATTON, b. December 18, 1976, Chestnut Hill Hospital Philadelphia.,
Pennsylvania..
Notes for HOLLY LYNN HATTON:
Holly, like her father and sister Jill, was born in
Philadelphia at Chestnut Hill Hospital. She grew up in Southampton,
Pennsylvania. Attending local schools and graduated cum laude from Millersville
University with dual degrees in International Relations and Spanish. During her
school years, Holly was a fast pitch softball pitcher for several area travel
teams as well as the starting pitcher for her school teams including her
college team. Holly studied during an intensive summer course in Europe, in
Austria, Hungary and Croatia. She also spent half a year studying at The
University of the Americas in Pueblo, Mexico. Today she works for a renowned
immigration law firm as a legal assistant in Philadelphia. She is continuing
her studies and is presently expanding her linguistics with a course in
Italian. Holly loves to travel and visit the various countries of the world.
She also volunteers her time tutoring in Spanish. She recently moved into her
own home in the Northeast section of Philadelphia. Holly and her Dad formed a
winning combination in softball, Holly pitching and her Dad coaching. The
softball titles belong to the Hatton’s for several seasons. I remember how
proud her father was of her accomplishments, and softball was the main topic
for many years. Her Dad would send me the newspaper articles of each
championship. I think there were four.
HOLLY LYNN HATTON:
Degree: International Relations and Spanish
Education: Millersville University
74. RONALD KEVIN6 ERHARDT (EDNA MAE5 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born February 19, 1950 in Syracuse, N.Y.. He married ANNE M. REISBACK March 17, 1979 in New York State. She was born August 15, 1953 in
Corning, N.Y..
Ron's interests are running and traveling. In running
he won Masters over 40, US 50 mile trail race championship 1999, won Waukesha
marathon, over 40, March 1999, and a number of top five marathons finish over
the last 10 years.
Education: 1972, BS Cornell University
Occupation: January 2000, Director-Cooperate
Operations, Miller Brewing Company
ANNE M. REISBACK:
Occupation: January 2000, Administrative Assistant,
Human Relations for Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI.
Children of RONALD ERHARDT and ANNE REISBACK are:
i. AMY L.7 ERHARDT, b. June
23, 1983, Milwaukee. WI..
Amy lettered in
Cross Country 10/99 (looks like we have two girl cousins who have lettered in
Cross Country, Dawn Hatton as well). She likes science and art and is starting
her college search this year January 2,000.
AMY L. ERHARDT: Education: January 02, 2000, Jr. at Brookfield East,
High School
ii. DANIEL P. ERHARDT, b. August 16, 1986, Milwaukee. WI..
Daniel enjoys
soccer, Volleyball and computers. He spends much time on the internet, games,
CD burning; aware of Internet/.com business trends and looks to be part of it (
College, future profession)
DANIEL P. ERHARDT:
Education: January
02, 2000, 8th. Grade, St. Mary's School, Elm Grove
75. JANICE LOUISE6 ERHARDT (EDNA MAE5 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 29, 1959. She married EDWARD HARTWELL May 21, 1983 in Syracuse, N.Y.. He was born April 20, 1959 in Syracuse,
New York.
Janet was 4 lbs. 13 ozs., at he time of her birth.
Baptized: April 24, 1960
Children of JANICE ERHARDT and EDWARD HARTWELL are:
i. JIM EDWARD7 HARTWELL, b.
January 16, 1989.
ii. MICHAEL WILLIAM HARTWELL, b. January 22, 1992.
76. CHARLES RAYMOND6 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born February 06, 1952 in New York. He married CATHERINE MARY RICE.
Endwell Methodist Church Newsletter, N.Y.:
Youth are invited to "act " in Christian
drama with the "Puppet Power Puppeteers." The group, led by Howard
and Cheryl Champlain, and Chuck and Cathy Hatton, performs at the Church School
opening and in other churches.
CATHERINE MARY RICE:
Rice family goes back to Daniel Rice born between 1808
and 1811, Strabane, Ireland, married Catharine Murray. They had a son John born
1853.
Children of CHARLES HATTON and CATHERINE RICE are:
i. JEFFREY7 HATTON.
ii. PETER HATTON.
iii. BENJAMIN HATTON.
Endwell United
Methodist Church Newsletter.
By Ben Hatton May
11, 1999
Ben is a ninth
grade student in the Senior High Sunday School class. He sings in the Senior
Choir with his parents, Chuck and Cathy Hatton. Ben is the youth member to
Annual Conference. This poem is reprinted with his permission.
How shall we teach the
children now,
In this time of Grief and Pain.
We ask ourselves, "How just How?"
What was going on in the killers brain.
He plots his plan so very well
In his head clear as a bell.
Just because he had a grudge
He
gave his school "the fatal smudge."
We need to teach the children NOW,
How to forgive and not to "pow."
We ask ourselves how can this be done?
They respond,
"It shall be fun."
As this was said the wars raged on.
Some say "war is how the world works."
Whoever said this was a jerk.
We shall someday live
in peace,
but for this all war must cease.
For when the wars are gone and done
we shall finally see the clear sun.
This is for the children dead,
every Jack and Jane, Bartholomew and Fred.
And for the killers too,
Forgive them God, and let them through.
77. BARBARA LOUISE6 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born March 06, 1954. She married DAVID GAMBLE.
Children of BARBARA HATTON and DAVID GAMBLE are:
i. EMILY7 GAMBLE.
ii. MOLLY GAMBLE.
iii. JOHN DAVID GAMBLE.
78. ROBERT ALAN6 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born May 14, 1959 in Binghamton, N.Y.. He married PATRICA BUDDIE August
01, 1987 in Binghamton, N.Y.. She
was born November 29, 1962 in Albany, N.Y..
Children of ROBERT HATTON and PATRICA BUDDIE are:
i. MARK ALAN7 HATTON, b.
September 11, 1989.
ii. MITCHELL CODY HATTON, b. April 10, 1991.
79. WILLIAM HARLAN6 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 23, 1960 in New York. He married BRENDA LARAWAY.
Child of WILLIAM HATTON and BRENDA LARAWAY is:
i. CYNTHIA LOUISE7 HATTON.
80. GERALD LEE6 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born April 21, 1965 in New York. He married TERESA LYNCH.
Child of GERALD HATTON and TERESA LYNCH is:
i. TESSIE7 HATTON.
81. ERIC ALFRED6 VON MUELLER (LUCILLE DAWN5 HATTON, ALFRED JOHN4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)58 was born December 03, 1943 in Solana,
California. He married (1) DONNA MAY. He married (2) PATRICIA ANN BIEHL in Charleston, South Carolina, daughter of HOWARD BIEHL and ALBERTA BROWN. She was born August 28, 1943 in
Belleview, IL, and died July 16, 1978 in Charleston, South Carolina. He married (3) GRACE in Virginia Beach, VA.
Note: The McPhee children would not be related, as
they are not descended from Lucille Hatton. Shannon, their half sister, is and
she will have the rest of her chart, which includes the McPhee’s and others.
PATRICIA ANN BIEHL: Burial:
Holy Cross Cemetery.
Children of ERIC VON MUELLER and DONNA MAY are:
116. i. ALICIA A.7 VON MUELLER, b. October 02, 1966, California.
117. ii. ANDREA VON MUELLER, b. January 26, 1967, Detroit, Michigan.
iii. LEANNA VON MUELLER, b. October 24, 1971, Detroit, Michigan.
Child of ERIC VON MUELLER and PATRICIA BIEHL is:
118. iv. SHANNON KELLY7 VON MUELLER, b. August 14, 1972, Charleston, South
Carolina.
Child of ERIC VON MUELLER and GRACE is:
v. JAMES7 VON MUELLER, b. June 06, 1985.
82. MICHAEL6 CAPPA (LUCILLE DAWN5 HATTON, ALFRED JOHN4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born 1950.
He married DOLLY.
Living in Wendover, Nevada as of January 2001.
Children of MICHAEL CAPPA and DOLLY are:
i. BRANDY7 CAPPA.
ii. CHRISTOPHER CAPPA.
83. WILLIAM BOHENSKY6 JR. (ESTHER5 GARDNER, ALICE ANN4 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) He
married LAURNA GAVITT.
Children of WILLIAM JR. and LAURNA GAVITT are:
i. SHEENA7 BOHENSKY.
ii. CHRISTINA BOHENSKY.
84. KATHLEEN6 BOHENSKY (ESTHER5 GARDNER, ALICE ANN4 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born in Mildred, Pennsylvania.. She married JUSTIN SODEN. He was born in Mildred, Pennsylvania..
Child of KATHLEEN BOHENSKY and JUSTIN SODEN is:
i. TREVOR7 SODEN.
85. DAWN6 BOHENSKY (ESTHER5 GARDNER, ALICE ANN4 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born in Mildred, Pennsylvania.. She married REVEREND REESER.
Children of DAWN BOHENSKY and REVEREND REESER are:
i. GRETCHEN7 REESER.
ii. ABIGAIL REESER.
86. ROSEMARY6 GARDNER (JAMES JOHN5, ALICE ANN4 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) Rosemary married JOHN MINARSKY.
Child of ROSEMARY GARDNER and JOHN MINARSKY is:
i. KRISTY7 MINARSKY.
87. PATRICIA6 GARDNER (JAMES JOHN5, ALICE ANN4 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) She
married BRAINAROAD ( HUSBAND OF PATRICIA.
One daughter by this marriage.
Child of PATRICIA GARDNER and BRAINAROAD PATRICIA is:
i. DAUGHTER7 PATRICIA.
88. RICHARD6 GARDNER (JAMES JOHN5, ALICE ANN4 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)
Child of RICHARD GARDNER is:
i. SON7 GARDNER.
89. JOHN6 GARDNER (JAMES JOHN5, ALICE ANN4 HATTON, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 11, 1949. He married MARION BARNOSKY.
Child of JOHN GARDNER and MARION BARNOSKY is:
i. PAMELA7 GARDNER.
Generation
No. 7
90. JULIE ANN7 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES 3rd
ROAD.6, CHARLES JAMES JR.5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 11, 1965 in New Orleans, LA. She married DAVID THOMAS ROLAND.
Children of JULIE HATTON and DAVID ROLAND are:
i. MATTHEW DAVID8 ROLAND.
ii. STEVEN MICHAEL ROLAND.
91. CURTIS JAMES7 HATTON (JO ALBERT6, CHARLES JAMES JR.5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born November 14, 1954. He married (1) PATTY WILLIAMS. He married (2) PATRICIA GRUMPH CLEMENS.
Child of CURTIS HATTON and PATRICIA CLEMENS is:
i. DANA CLEMENS8 HATTON, b. April
29, 1976.
92. JODY LYNN7 HATTON (JO ALBERT6, CHARLES JAMES JR.5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born November 04, 1956. She married (1) JAMES F. FINNAN. She married
(2) CLIFFORD HOHHAWAY.
Children of JODY HATTON and JAMES FINNAN are:
119. i. AMY MARIE8 FINNAN, b.
December 04, 1976.
ii. JOSHUSA JO FINNAN, b. June 30, 1978.
Child of JODY HATTON and CLIFFORD HOHHAWAY is:
iii. BUTCH8 HOHHAWAY, b.
July 15, 1970.
93. PRECIOUS ANNE7 HATTON (ARTHUR JEAN6, CHARLES JAMES JR.5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born November 26, 1956 in Upland, CA. She married GUY HALLIDAY.
Children of PRECIOUS HATTON and GUY HALLIDAY are:
i. EMILY LOUISE8 HALLIDAY, b.
September 17, 1975.
ii. GABRIEL JUSTIN HALLIDAY, b. May 11, 1980.
94. DARLING RACHEL7 HATTON (ARTHUR JEAN6, CHARLES JAMES JR.5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born March 29, 1959 in Upland, CA. She married JAMES VILLANUEVA.
Rachel is divorced; her son is Anthony Gene "
Max" Hattton.
Child of DARLING HATTON and JAMES VILLANUEVA is:
i. ANTHONY GENE " MAX"8 HATTON, b.
November 21, 1975.
95. FREDERICK JAMES7 ROLLINS (ELIZABETH JOHANNA "BETTY JO"6 HATTON, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born March 10, 1951. He married KAREN MARIE RYNEER.
Children of FREDERICK ROLLINS and KAREN RYNEER are:
i. MARY JO8 ROLLINS, b.
December 02, 1975.
ii. CHARLES PAUL ROLLINS, b. September 23, 1977.
96. WILLIAM MILTON7 ROLLINS (ELIZABETH JOHANNA "BETTY JO"6 HATTON, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 18, 1952. He married JANET ANN FREDERICK November 25, 1972.
Children of WILLIAM ROLLINS and JANET FREDERICK are:
i. RICHARD MILTON8 ROLLINS, b. May 16, 1977.
ii. EDWARD SCOTT " AMOS" ROLLINS, b. August 22, 1979.
97. MARIELLEN7 ROLLINS (ELIZABETH JOHANNA "BETTY JO"6 HATTON, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born July 10, 1955. She married DENNIS BOSH May 15, 1976. He was born May 28, 1947.
More About MARIELLEN ROLLINS:
Divorced: February 28, 1996, took back her maiden name
of Rollins
Children of MARIELLEN ROLLINS and DENNIS BOSH are:
i. RICHARD JASON8 BOSH, b. June 22, 1976.
ii. NICKLAS BOSH, b. June
26, 1980.
iii. STACY LOUISE BOSH, b. August 08, 1981.
98. GEORGE DAVID7 ROLLINS (ELIZABETH JOHANNA "BETTY JO"6 HATTON, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 05, 1957. He married SANDRA TILLERY.
She was born January 29, 1946.
Children of GEORGE ROLLINS and SANDRA TILLERY are:
i. PORCELAIN ELIZABETH8 ROLLINS, b. July 19, 1980.
ii. CHRISTIAN BRITAIN ROLLINS, b. July 17, 1982.
99. DIANA LYNN7 EAST (CATHERINE " TINNIE "6 HATTON, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born January 09, 1960. She married KIM DOUGLAS HYDE 1979, son of CURTIS HYDE and GLORIA HOLMQUEST. He was
born September 15, 1953 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Children of DIANA EAST and KIM HYDE are:
i. LYNN ANN8 HYDE, b. July
11, 1982.
ii. JEAN HYDE, b. November 08, 1987.
iii. CURTIS JOSEPH HYDE, b. November 02, 1988.
100. DONNA LOUISE7 EAST (CATHERINE " TINNIE "6 HATTON, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born May 07, 1963. She married JOHN MICHAEL GRAHAM May 07, 1983. He was born
December 14, 1960 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Children of DONNA EAST and JOHN GRAHAM are:
i. JULIE LYNN8 GRAHAM, b. April
14, 1985, Pittsburgh, PA.
ii. JONATHAN MICHAEL GRAHAM, b. October 29, 1987, Wheeling, West VA.
101. LINDA M.7 HATTON (JOSEPH FRANCIS "RAYMOND BUDDY"6, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) She
married ROBERT MACNEIL.
Children of LINDA HATTON and ROBERT MACNEIL are:
i. AMANDA8 MACNEIL.
ii. MICHAEL FRANCIS MACNEIL, b.
November 08, 1976.
102. JUDITH7 HATTON (JOSEPH FRANCIS "RAYMOND BUDDY"6, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) She
married (1) EDWARD SULKOWSKI. She married (2) HENRY " HANK" BERGMAN.
Child of JUDITH HATTON and EDWARD SULKOWSKI is:
i. APRIL8 SULKOWSKI.
103. JOHN7 HATTON (JOSEPH FRANCIS "RAYMOND BUDDY"6, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) He married KATT.
Children of JOHN HATTON and KATT are:
i. MATTHEW8 HATTON.
ii. JEFFREY " JEFF" HATTON.
iii. JENA HATTON.
104. KELLEY7 HATTON (GEORGE6, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born January 27, 1960. She married EDWARD GARCIA 1984.
Children of KELLEY HATTON and EDWARD GARCIA are:
i. MILLISSA RENEE8 GARCIA, b. 1985.
ii. RAEOUL GARCIA, b. 1987.
105. KIMALYN LOUISE7 HATTON (GEORGE6, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 01, 1961. She married RONALD " RONNIE" ROBERTS.
Children of KIMALYN HATTON and RONALD ROBERTS are:
i. RUBY ROSE8 ROBERTS, b. May
04, 1983.
ii. RONNIE JEAN ROBERTS, b. April 01, 1984.
106. JAYSON LAURENCE7 HATTON (MILTON THOMAS6, MILTON5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) He
married
Children of JAYSON HATTON and UNKNOWN Wives' names are:
i. UNKNOWN8 HATTON.
ii. UNFKNOWN HATTON.
107. DEBORAH7 MAZZA (JOANNA6 LINDEBLOM, LILY5 HATTON, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 25, 1960 in Mineral Wells, Texas. She married SCOTT MONLUX.
Child of DEBORAH MAZZA and SCOTT MONLUX is:
i. BRIANNE8 MONLUX, b.
February 27, 1993.
108. KIERSTIN GAYLE7 LINDEBLOM (DAVID CHARLES6, LILY5 HATTON, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 08, 1973. She married RALPH EDWARD JR. PRICE.
Notes for KIERSTIN GAYLE LINDEBLOM:
Kierstin was raised in Lacey Washington during
1973-1997. She attended Concordia University in Portland, Oregon, has worked in
retail sales, restaurants and childcare. She is, 1999, a cashier and in phone
sales for Home Depot. Kierstin, and her husband, spend most of their spare time
in their church, Church of Christ in Thurston County, and Radio Watch where
they help coordinate everything from community parades to search and rescue.
They live in Olympia, Washington.
KIERSTIN GAYLE LINDEBLOM:
Education: Concordia University
Ed, is currently, 1999, a manager for Radio Shack. He
has also worked in construction and security.
Child of KIERSTIN LINDEBLOM and RALPH PRICE is:
i. RALPH EDWARD PRICE, b. May 20, 1999, Olympia, WA.
Notes for RALPH EDWARD PRICE:
Today, as I type
the family genealogy, a new member is born into the family.
His name is Ralph
Edward Price 3Road.May 20th., 1999 12:19 PM PDT 7lbs. 5 oz. 19.5 inches.
November 14, 1999
and Eddie is
training to be an active kid, as reported by his loving and caring
Grandparents, with the help of his parents.
Currently wears a
size 2 WSU Cougar outfit, though his Dad wants equal time with UW Huskies (ugh)
said grandpa.
He loves to kick
and is learning to roll over and sit up.
109. LAUREL JO7 HATTON (ARTHUR JEFFREY " SONNY "6, ARTHUR5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born February 26, 1965. She married PETER ENGLISH July 25, 1987.
LAUREL " Laurie" JO Hatton ENGLISH
Laurie and Peter are living in Bloomsburg, PA as of
March 1, 2002.
E-mail received on March 1, 2002:
My
parents were married April 27, 1962...We resided in Edgeworth, PA, and then
moved 50 miles north of Pittsburgh, where my brother and I both graduated from
high school. Then my parents lived in several different locals over the next 15
years, and finally returned to Grove City, PA in 1998. My mom was then
terminally ill with cancer and wanted to come " home". She hung on
until August 23, 1999 and passed away at Woodland Place in Mercer, PA. My dad
currently lives in Heritage, PA. He is retired but works part time for a friend
at a used car lot. I have been married since July 25, 1987 to Peter English,
and have resided in Bloomsburg, PA, only about 20 miles from Nanticoke, PA. I
am a store accountant for Giant Foods; my husband also works for Giant Foods
part time and has his own lawn care business. Our son is currently in the sixth
grade at Central Columbia Middle School. My brother is married to the former
Melissa Reynolds, and has a son and daughter. Laurie
Child of LAUREL HATTON and PETER ENGLISH is:
i. JEFFREY ROBERT8 ENGLISH, b. May 30, 1990.
110. JEFFREY REED7 HATTON (ARTHUR JEFFREY " SONNY "6, ARTHUR5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born November 25, 1967. He married MELISSA REYNOLDS.
Children of JEFFREY HATTON and MELISSA REYNOLDS are:
i. EVAN SMITH8 HATTON.
ii. ALEXANDRA LYNN HATTON.
111. JILL LYNEE7 ADDICOTT (CATHERINE LYNNE6 HATTON, ARTHUR5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 26, 1970. She married SHANE DANIEL EDWARDS. He was
born February 03, 1969.
More About JILL LYNEE ADDICOTT:
Adoption: By David Lynn Teaque
Children of JILL ADDICOTT and SHANE EDWARDS are:
i. ARTHUR DAVID SODA8 EDWARDS, b. September 28, 1990, Phoenix, AZ.
ii. DAVID JOSHUA TEAQUE EDWARDS, b. August 04, 1992, Phoenix, AZ.
iii. SHAWN ANTHONY EDWARDS, b. June 19, 1996, Phoenix, AZ.
112. JACOB CARL7 RUCKERT (CAROL DIANE6 HATTON, JO TRUSCOTT5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 05, 1977 in Rochester,
Pennsylvania.. He married AMANDA" MANDY" LEIGH LEWIS May 16,
1998, daughter of HENLEY.
She was born April 23, 1978.
Children of JACOB RUCKERT and AMANDA" LEWIS are:
i. HOPE ELIZABETH8 RUCKERT, b.
March 06, 1997, Beaver, Pennsylvania..
ii. HANNAH RAE RUCKERT, b. February 13, 2000.
113. ERNEST ARTHUR " RUSTY " 3ROAD.7 HATTON (ERNEST ARTHUR JR.6, ERNEST ARTHUR SR.5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born January 07, 1958 in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.. He married LYVONNE DAVENUENPORT.
Religion: Lutheran
Residence: Orlando, Florida 1999
Children of ERNEST HATTON and LYVONNE DAVENUENPORT
are:
i. LINDSAY8 ANN, b.
September 09, 1987.
ii. KEVIN, b. 1990.
114. DEBORAH KIM7 HATTON (ERNEST ARTHUR JR.6, ERNEST ARTHUR SR.5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born July 03, 1964 in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.. She married LARRY CARRERA.
Residence: Casselberry, FL. In 1999
Child of DEBORAH HATTON and LARRY CARRERA is:
i. CHELSEA8 CARRERA, b.
August 24, 1992.
115. CHERYL LYNN7 HATTON (GORDON WILLIAM SR.6, ERNEST ARTHUR SR.5, CHARLES WILLIAM4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born November 14, 1962. She married (1) THEODORE NEMETZ. She married (2) MATTHEW BERGEN
1982.
I (Ernie Hatton Jr.) have only met Cheryl once as of October 2000. She is married
and lives near her mother and brother.
Children of CHERYL HATTON and THEODORE NEMETZ are:
i. APRIL8 NEMETZ.
ii. THEODORE JOHN NEMETZ, b. January 21, 1999, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Child of CHERYL HATTON and MATTHEW BERGEN is:
iii. CHRISTINE8 BERGEN, b.
February 02, 1983.
116. ALICIA A.7 VON MUELLER (ERIC ALFRED6, LUCILLE DAWN5 HATTON, ALFRED JOHN4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 02, 1966 in California. She married (1) MICHAEL BYRN. He was born December 09, 1977. She married (2) DARREN CLOUSER. He was born October 26, 1964.
Child of ALICIA VON MUELLER and MICHAEL BYRN is:
i. JASMINE8 BYRN, b.
September 22, 1999.
Children of ALICIA VON MUELLER and DARREN CLOUSER are:
ii. JONATHAN8 CLOUSER, b.
December 15, 1986, Virginia Beach, VA.
iii. ADAM M. CLOUSER, b. December 08, 1991, Virginia Beach, VA.
117. ANDREA7 VON MUELLER (ERIC ALFRED6, LUCILLE DAWN5 HATTON, ALFRED JOHN4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born January 26, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan. She married ROBERT RUMSEY in
Virginia Beach, VA, son of RICHARD RUMSEY and RITA. He was born October 24,
1963 in Virginia Beach, VA.
Child of ANDREA VON MUELLER and ROBERT RUMSEY is:
i. ROBBIE ALLEN8 RUMSEY, b. June
08, 1984, Virginia Beach, VA.
118. SHANNON KELLY7 VON MUELLER (ERIC ALFRED6, LUCILLE DAWN5 HATTON, ALFRED JOHN4, CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born August 14, 1972 in Charleston, South Carolina. She married (1) RAYMOND A. HART October 24, 1992 in Norfolk, VA, son of LLOYD HART and HANNELORE GRENEL. He was born March 08, 1960 in Hudson,
New York. She married (2) WILLIAM LAPINE August 07, 1999 in Mass., son of KARL LAPINE and THERESA CHENAIL. He was born August 08, 1954 in North
Adams, Mass..
Children of SHANNON VON MUELLER and RAYMOND HART are:
i. SAMUEL RAY8 HART, b.
February 13, 1994, Virginia Beach, VA.
ii. AUSTIN LLOYD HART, b. July 17, 1996, Virginia Beach, VA.
Generation
No. 8
119. AMY MARIE8 FINNAN (JODY LYNN7 HATTON, JO ALBERT6, CHARLES JAMES JR.5, CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 04, 1976. She married CHARLES CLIFFORD.
Children of AMY FINNAN and CHARLES CLIFFORD are:
i. ONE9 CLIFFORD.
ii. ONE CLIFFORD.
Please check out the family site of Hatton
Exley where more genealogy can be found!
http://hattonexley.homestead.com/index.html
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Thomas Jackson Keeler
(1840-1919)
As an Older Man
Contributed by Deb Wilson, his great-granddaughter
THE FAMILY OF THOMAS JACKSON KEELER
by Deb Wilson
Montgomery County, PA
2004
T. J. Keeler (Thomas Jackson Keeler) was born July 14, 1840 in Davidson Township, Nordmont, PA
and died March 29, 1919
in Laporte, PA. He was the son of John Keeler, Jr. (1796-1861) and Sarah Jane Bartleson (1803-1882).
They were among the earliest settlers of the
Elk Lick community in Sullivan County. The father of John Keeler, Jr., also John Keeler, was born Dec. 11,
1764 in Goshen, Orange County, NY and died Nov. 22, 1849 in Nordmont, Davidson Township, PA. This John Keeler was
a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving as a Ranger and Private. He enlisted from Walkill Township, Ulster County,
NY on Apr 1, 1782, in Capt. John Hornbeck's Company: Colonel Weissenfel's Regiment, NY Militia. He spent
9 months scouting for potential Indian attacks on the "frontier", near Minisink, New York. He applied for and
received a pension on November 5, 1782. After the War, John settled near Benton, PA near current routes 239 and
487, just north of Benton. He died in Penn Township, Lycoming County (which is now Nordmont, Sullivan County). There are pictures of his tombstone
on the Cherry Grove Cemetery page for this site.
The Sullivan County Democrat
Laporte, PA
May 10, 1861
Died in Davidson Township, on the 28th of April 1861, Mr. John Keeler, aged 64 years, 10 months and 16 days.
Mr. Keeler was the fourth settler that formed the “Elk-Lick” settlement. He settled on the 13th of December,
A.D., 1826; thus he was a resident 34 years.
As he was returning from Columbia County, with his team on the 28th ult., he fell from the wagon, and the
hind wheel passing over his neck caused instantaneous death.
He was well known as a good neighbor and kind friend, who would deprive himself
to assist another; and he was never known to speak harshly to, or of, any one. His loss will be much
felt and regretted amongst his family and circle of numerous acquaintances, and he will
forever be cherished in memory of many.
With a heart ever forgiving and free,
And a kind word for all that he’d meet;
In haste, he passed over the troublesome sea,
And it is hoped with his Savior he has taken a seat.
“Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs XXVII.1.
Incidentally, on February 19, 2007, Deb sent us the following comments about her Bartleson ancestry:
I've been trying to dig back further into my Keeler and Bartleson research. Have to admit I've been inspired by the link you put up on the Helen Gammon Smith and the Peterman Heritage. I regret deeply that I never had the pleasure of meeting with Helen or exchanging correspondence with her. It would have been a privilege. --- But here is where it leads me --
Helen's and my common ancestor was Sarah Bartleson (married to John Keeler b.1796- d.1861),,,,,, it turns out that Sarah's father, Cephas Bartleson, was from the county where I live - Montgomery County, Pa. In fact, I believe I have located the cemetery where he is buried and taken the family back another generation or two; they appear to have been Quakers who originally came to Philadelphia in the early 1700's. How I wish I could share it all with Helen, but I'm sure where she is, she is busy doing family trees for everyone in Heaven.
As far as I know, the Bartleson link stops with Cephas Bartleson's father, Bartle Bartleson. So I am going to work on that -- I have talked to someone who runs the Montgomery County, Pa. Tombstone project for Plymouth Meeting Friends Cemetery, and it seems that Cephas and Bartle may be buried there. I paid a visit to the cemetery this past Saturday but there was too much snow and it was frigid outside..... way too cold to be tromping around cemeteries..... The puzzle in my mind was how a gal from southern Montgomery County Pa. met a guy (John Keeler), from Nordmont, way back in the early 1800's. But it seems that line of the Bartleson family relocated to Fishing Creek Twp. in Northumberland Co., so it may not have been that much of a stretch.
Thomas is buried at Mt. Ash Cemetery in Laporte. I have been there many times and have photos of the grave.
In the summer of 2003, I spent some time searching microfilm at the Sullivan Review office in Dushore,
but was unable to find any written record of his death. Many of the Keelers and their spouses are buried at
Cherry Grove Cemetery in Nordmont, PA. For
example, two of T. J. Keeler's older sisters were
Elizabeth Ann Keeler and Nancy R. Keeler. They are in the 1880 Federal census for Davidson Township.
Elizabeth Ann (1828-1903) is living with her husband, Daniel Keeler (1820-1897), also her first cousin.
Daniel's father, James Keeler (1791-1865), was the brother of Elizabeth's father, John Keeler, Jr. Nancy (1825-1904) is living with her husband, Henry
Kokensparger (1822-1904). All of these Keelers and spouses are buried at
Cherry Grove.
In 2010, the Daniel Keeler tool set was donated to the Sullivan County Historical Society and Museum, and made a part of the Barn Exhibit at the
Museum. Daniel both donated and sawed much of the timber for the United Evangelical Church of Nordmont, today known as St. Paul
Nordmont United Methodist Church. He died March 26, 1897 and his funeral was the first held in this church. He is buried at
Cherry Grove Cemetery. Here is a photo displaying his collection:
Tool Set of Daniel B. Keeler
(1820-1897)
Part of Barn Exhibit
Sullivan County Historical Society and Museum
Laporte, PA
Contributed by Deb Wilson
Nancy Keeler was born 20 May 1825 in Davidson Township, Sulivan County, and died 16 March 1904 in Athens,
Bradford County. She married Henry ("Heinrich" in German) Kokensparger in 1843. My records show his dates as born in April 1822 in
Germany and died 17 Dec 1904. Henry and Nancy werre living in Columbia County, PA in the 1850 census. He was the lumberjack who cut down the trees on the site of what is now Laporte, PA, which became the county seat of the new Sullivan County in 1847. Henry Kokensparger was one of the town founders. Nancy Keeler was the first born of eight children to Sarah Jane Bartleson and John Keeler Jr. My great-grandfather, T. J. Keeler was Nancy's brother.
The children of Henry Kokensparger and Nancy Keeler were:
Margaret Jane, born August 1850, married Elliott Cook
Thomas Jefferson, born August 24, 1851, died September 16, 1903
Angeline, married William Heim
Nancy Keeler
Grave Marker
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Nordmont, PA
Contributed by Deb Wilson
T.J. (Thomas Jackson) was the sixth
born of the eight children to Sarah and John Keeler. The entire geneology of the Keeler Family can be accessed
on Ancestry.com. You can either (1) do a direct search for "Thomas Jackson Keeler", then click on
Trees & Community, then click on Ancestry World Tree entries: there are three for Thomas Jackson
Keeler and all three will bring up the complete history; or (2) go to The Descendants of
Ralph Keeler. The second option is part of the Conner file on Ancestry.com and traces the Keelers back to Connecticut and to England in the sixteenth century before that.
Thomas Jackson Keeler
On the front porch of his house in Laporte
Photo taken between 1910 and 1919
Contributed by Deb Wilson
T. J. Keeler was my great-grandfather on my mother's side. My mother's mother was Olive Keeler, his daughter by his second wife, Mary Ellen (Ballard) Keeler.
I am in possession of two of his diaries (1894 and 1904). I have been working
on transcribing them and will provide the contents to the Rootsweb Sullivan County Web Site when finished.
A friend of mine from Laporte, Judy Mathe Foley, has shared an earlier copy of his
diary with me, which she transcribed from a copy at the Sullivan County Historical Museum in Laporte.
I also have photos of him and family which I am including here. The large group
photograph shown below was taken in front of his house in Laporte, which used to stand next to
the General Store but has now been torn down. The house was built by Dr. Fleischut,
then was owned by the Keelers, and then last by the McCarty family. This photo was taken in 1896.
T.J. is standing next to his horse. My Grandmother, who was two years old at the time, is the
little girl standing in front of the man with dark hair and a moustache. Other known persons
in the picture are his wife, Mary Ellen; older daughters Mary L. ("Molly"), Ida and Winifred (standing together on the right toward the front of the yard);
and some schoolteachers that he was renting rooms to. The Keelers evidently took in boarders.
Incidentally, Mary L. Keeler, known as "Molly", was the second eldest daughter to T. J. Keeler and his
first wife, Sarah Ann Walters. She was born on June 10, 1867 and died on May 28, 1946. Molly graduated as a
Registered Nurse from Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA in 1890. She served
as a Contract Nurse in the U. S. Army and spent 5 years in Australia. She served in the Spanish American War at
Fort Monroe, Cuba and in Puerto Rico. She is buried at Mountain Ash Cemetery in Laporte, PA. The photo just after the group Keeler family
photo below shows Molly in nursing attire at For Monroe. The base hospital, Josiah Simpson General Hospital, treated wounded and ill
soldiers and sailors from the Caribbean campaigns. To handle the overflow, a set of large tents was constructed next to the hospital itself, and that is
where she appears to be standing in the photo. The interested reader might look for a copy of this out
of print publication: Thrilling Stories of the War by Returned Heroes, by the Honorable James Rankin Young, 1899, for descriptions of the nursing duties in the
war. In fact, that source contains an interview with a nurse with a name very similar to Molly Keeler, to the point where one wonders if it is the same
person, but with her name misspelled:
Interview of a Pennsylvania Regular Nurse.
Thomas Jackson and Sarah (Walters) Keeler
His first wife, she died in 1879
Source: Scrapbook of Jessie Wrede, page 16
Property of the Sullivan County Historical Museum;
reproduced here with their permission.
Laporte, PA
Contributed by Deb Wilson, his great-granddaughter
The Keeler Family at Home in Laporte, PA
Photo Taken in 1896
Contributed by Deb Wilson
Mary Louise "Molly" Keeler
With Hospitalized Troops
Fort Monroe, VA
During the Spanish American War
Contributed by Deb Wilson
An Old Postcard Photo of Hy-Top House
Laporte, PA
T.J. Keeler built it around 1898. His daughters Molly and Ida lived in it for many years and later so did Deb's grandmother. Her family used to stay
there during summers in the late 1950's and early 60's. The house is now owned by someone else.
Contributed by Deb Wilson
Mary Ellen Ballard Keeler
Second Wife of Thomas Jackson Keeler
Contributed by Deb Wilson, her great-granddaughter
Thomas Jackson and Grandchildren
1919
These were three of his grandchildren: Grace, Cy and
Winifred Conner. Winifred is the little girl at right. She was our contributor's mother.
This picture was
taken in West Grove, Pa. where T.J.'s daughter Olive and her husband, George F. Conner, were living.
T.J. died
shortly after this picture was taken.
Source: Scrapbook of Jessie Wrede, page 16
Property of the Sullivan County Historical Museum;
reproduced here with their permission.
Laporte, PA
Contributed by Deb Wilson, his great-granddaughter
Mary Ellen was the daughter of John and Maria (nee Mead) Ballard
and was born in Starrucca, Pa. John Ballard enlisted (in 1862) in
Company F, 141st Reg. Pa. Vol. Infantry. While he was
fighting in the Civil War, his wife Maria died. Shortly after her death, he
was killed fighting in the Battle of the Wilderness. At that time,
their children were divided up between relatives to be
raised. Mary Ellen (who was about 3 or 4 yrs old) was adopted by
her mother's brother, Salathiel Mead, and his wife Electa (White). In 1878,
Salathiel, Electa, Jane A. Roberts (Electa's sister), Salathiel's son Charles,
and Mary Ellen settled on a farm north of Laporte. Thomas Jackson Keeler's
first wife Sarah died in 1879 and I assume he met Mary Ellen shortly
after that, as they were married in May 1885.
Salathiel and Electa Mead
Husband and Wife
Taken Before 1905
Contributed by Deb Wilson, his great-granddaughter
Yet another individual who lived with Salathiel and Electa was David White, Electa's father. David (1803-1888) was born in Delaware County, NY, and married Jane Vanvalkenburg (1801-1860) in 1827. After Jane died in 1860, he married Mrs. Margaret Bowman, the daughter of Jasper Gardner, in April 1862. Both David and Jane are buried at Mountain Ash Cemetery in Laporte, PA. Here is David's obituary:
WHITE - David White was born in Roxbury Township, Delaware County, NY, on July 1, 1803, and died at Laporte, Sullivan County, PA., Feb. 12, 1888. He married Miss Jane Vanvalkenburg in 1827 and lived with her happily more than thiry years, when God took her. He married Mrs. Martha Bowman, daughter of Jasper Gardner in April 1862, and lived with her until March 5, 1876, when she died. But she was ready. Brother White was converted and joined the Baptist Church when about 35. He moved to Pennsylvania in 1839. In 1858 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and remained a member. After the death of his second wife he made his home with his daughter and son-in-law, Salathiel Mead and wife Electa, of Laporte, Pa. Though deprived of all church privileges during the last two or three years by old age and infirmities, his faith was strong. During the last few months, he longed to join the dear ones gone before. His presence was a contant benediction. The writer preached his funeral sermon to a large congregation.
We are attaching a copy of Salathiel's obituary from Deb's family records. We do not know for sure what
newspaper published it; however, the style suggests The Sullivan Review.
Death of Salathiel S. Mead
(Died Aug. 27, 1905
Salathiel Mead, one of Laporte's most substantial citizens, a kind and loving husband, a pillar of the Church of which he was a faithful attendant and to which organization his sudden demise is almost an irretrievable loss, passed to the home of eternal rest on Sunday evening, August 27, at eight minutes of ten o'clock.
The subject of this sketch was born at Abington, Lackawanna County, Pa. on February 17, 1833. He was the eighth in a family of eleven children of whom Eleazer and Elizabeth Mead were the parents.
When a young man he learned the trade of a blacksmith and in the course of time built up a large and substantial trade. On August 19, 1854, he married Electa (Elizabeth by some accounts) White, of Clarkes Green. To this union was born Charles D. and Priscilla Mead, and one dying in infancy, both of whom preceded him. In the spring of 1855, he (on account of failing health), moved to Lemon, Wyoming County. After regaining his health, he returned to Clarkes Green and resumed his trade as blacksmith. Early in the year 1878, in company with his wife Electa, Mrs. Roberts (a sister of Mrs. Mead) and son Charles, Mr. S. Mead moved to Laporte Township, where in 25 years of tireless energy, a beautiful home supplanted what was almost a trackless wilderness.
In December 1903, on account of failing health, he decided to leave his farm and move into the town of Laporte. In accordance with this decision, he purchased a home on West Main Street and remodeled according to his taste. A gradual breaking down in his health was noticed since the early part of last March. In the last few weeks of his life, a very marked decline in health was evident. Death was due to a complication of diseases, mostly affecting the heart.
Mr. Mead is survived by his widow Electa, Mrs. J.A. Roberts (sister of Mrs. Mead), Mrs. Mary E. Keeler (foster daughter) and Charley Mead - a grandson, all of Laporte. Three brothers survive him, Benjamin, Merritt and Sylvester.
The funeral was held from his late residence at two o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, with a few appropriate passages of scripture, by Rev. S. B. Bidlack of Muncy Valley and Rev. Thos. F. Ripple of Laporte, and closed with prayer by Rev. S. H. Engler of Medix Run. Services were continued in the M. E. Church of which Mr. Mead was a member for 42 years. Rev. Thos. F. Ripple having charge of the services.
Rev. S. B. Bidlack read a scripture lesson from 1 Cor. 15, 45:58, followed by Rev. Thos. F. Ripple with Ninth Psalm and prayer by Rev. S. B. Bidlack. Appropriate singing was redered by a quartette of Messrs. R. A. Conklin, L. R. Gumble, Mrs. A. S. Bradley and Mrs. Agnes Upman. The funeral sermon was delivered by Rev. S. H. Engler, who took for his text these words: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course. I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me the Crown Of Righteousness, which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give to me at the last day." (2 Timothy 4, 7-8).
Revs. Ripple, Bidlack and Engler each followed with a brief sketch of the life of the deceased and a eulogy of his Christian character and integrity. The pall bearers were Messrs. E. M. Dunham, F. J. Ingham, A. J. Hackley, J. V. Finkle, W. J. Higley and J. L. Smyth. Interment was made in Mountain Ash Cemetery.
The out of town relatives who were present at the funeral were, Mrs. Floyd Ballard of St. Marys, Pa, and Miss Mary E. Mead, - nieces of the deceased, and Ira H. Mead, a nephew of deceased. The floral tributes were profuse, completely filling the chancel of the church.
Mary Ellen Keeler
She is standing by the Keeler barn.
The barn stood behind the Keeler
house on Main Street in Laporte.
The house used to stand to the left of the store in Laporte
on a space now occupied by
an empty lot.
Contributed by Deb Wilson, her great-granddaughter
In 1903, due to failing health, Salathiel sold the farm and
moved into the town of Laporte on West Main Street. His son Charles
married Rosa Karge. Rosa Finkle (1872-1950), actually Rosa Karge Mead Finkle, was known by all as "Rosie". A daughter of Philip Karge,
she lived on the Karge farm in a house built in 1871 by T.J. Keeler. The Karge and Mead families supplied
vegetables, cord wood and maple syrup to the town of Laporte. Rosa Karge married Charles Mead. In 1896, they
had a son, Charles Mead Jr. The son was born two days before her husband Charles Sr. died. In 1908, Rosa
remarried. Her second husband was John Finkle. In her later years as a widow, she lived in a house right
outside of Laporte on the road to Eagles Mere. You can read more about Rose Karge, the Meads and Keelers, Harry Mahaffey and other
characters in the every day life of Laporte in the early twentieth century at Judy Foley's Collection.
Salathiel, Electa, Charles, Rosie and Jane Roberts are all buried in Mountain Ash Cemetery in Laporte.
The Keeler Children
This photo was taken in front of what used to be the general store
in Laporte.
The photo was probably taken about 1910. At that time,
the store occupied the building on
Main Street which is today known as Blasi's Tavern.
The elderly woman, sitting at the center with her hand
on a dog, is Mary Ellen Keeler.
Her youngest daughter, Olive Electa, is standing at the left corner (wearing a kerchief
and white dress).
The other children in the photo have not yet been identified.
Olive Electa Keeler, the grandmother of Deb Wilson, our contributor, was born in 1894
and she appears to be about 16 or 17 in the photo.
Contributed by Deb Wilson, her great-granddaughter
Olive married George Conner, a traveling preacher, and gave birth to Winifred Louise Conner, the mother of
our contributor, Deb Wilson, in 1915. Here is the obituary for Winifred,
who died in 2005.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
June 26, 2005
Winifred Louise (Conner) Zwicker, of Oreland, formerly of Wyndmoor, passed away on June 21, 2005. Beloved wife of the late Edward C., Jr. and dearest mother of Edward C. III (Muriel), George C., Robert E. (Lorraine), and Deborah C. Wilson (David); also survived by 10 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, one great great grandchild; and her brothers Herman and Richard Conner. Winifred was born in Laporte on November 10, 1915, and is the granddaughter of Laporte's renowned carpenter and diarist T. J. Keeler. Her parents met when her father, George Conner, a circuit-riding preacher, passed through Laporte and was introduced to Olive Electa Keeler. Winifred and her extended family have continued to return to Laporte and Lake Mokoma almost every year and have made many happy family memories there. She has now come home, and her beautiful spirit will walk the mountains forever.
Burial will be at Cherry Grove Cemetery in Nordmont on Saturday, July 2, at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name may be sent to the Free Library of Springfield Township, 1600 Paper Mill Road, Wyndmoor, PA 19038.
Winifred (Conner) Zwicker
Daughter of George and Olive Electa (Keeler) Conner
Granddaughter of T. J. Keeler
Contributed by Deb Wilson, her great-granddaughter
And here are George and Olive:
George and Olive (Keeler) Conner
Far left and second from right, respectively
"With Mr. and Mrs. Emler"
Taken Between 1925-1930
Pottstown, Chester County, PA
Where George was Minister to First Methodist Church
Contributed by Deb Wilson, her granddaughter
One child, not shown in the family picture above, because she had tragically died before it was taken, was Winifred Iola Keeler, daughter of T. J. Keeler and his second
wife, Mary Ellen Keeler. At the time of her death at age 17 in 1904, Winifred was visiting her sister Mrs. B. S. Karns
(Carrie), in Benton, PA. She was taken ill suddenly with "brain fever" and died within a week's time. My
grandmother Olive Keeler, Winifred's sister, said that today she would probably have been diagnosed with meningitis. Upon
being informed of Winifred's death, Olive remembers her father,taking his horse drawn sled over the mountain, from
Laporte to Benton, to bring her body back to Laporte. It was January with a full snow cover and he described
the ride back over the mountain from Benton as perilous. She died on Monday, January 25, and her funeral and
burial in Mountain Ash Cemetery was on January 27, two days later. One can imagine making the round-trip
journey from Laporte, Sullivan County, to Benton, Columbia County, on snow and ice by horse-drawn sled in two days. Here is a photo of Winifred.
Winifred Iola Keeler (1886-1904)
Daughter of T. J. and Mary Ellen (Mead) Keeler
The photo was probably taken about 1903 as she appears to be about 16 or 17 in the photo.
Contributed by Deb Wilson, her great niece
As I just indicated, my Grandmother, Olive Keeler Conner, was a daughter (born 1894) of T.J. and Mary Ellen (Ballard) Keeler. In the summer of 2003, when I was staying with relatives at Lake Mokoma, we tried to find the Mead farm or at least the property
where the house stood. Wilson Ferguson from the Sullivan County Historical Society ecently sent me a copy of an old map which shows the location, so next time I'm up I'll search it out.
I am indebted to my cousin, Maureen Scanlon, also a great-granddaughter of T. J. Keeler, for information from the Keeler family tree.
Addendum
September 2016
In late September 2016, Deb Wilson posted a biographical sketch of her grandmother, Olive Electa (Keeler) Conner
o Facebook. We reproduce this testimonial here with several photos, courtesy of
the Contributor.
Olive Electa (Keeler) Conner (1894-1990)
With Grandchildren Deborah and Dean
September 1954
Photo courtesy of Deb Wilson
In Memoriam
September 29, 1894, is the day my maternal Grandmother, Olive Electa Keeler Conner, was born. I have
written a brief biography of her life here so that she may always be remembered by those who loved her.
Olive Electa (Keeler) Conner
About 1900
Photo courtesy of Deb Wilson
OLIVE ELECTA KEELER CONNER was born September 29, 1894, in the town of Laporte, Sullivan County, PA.
She was the last born child of Thomas Jackson Keeler and his second wife, Mary Ellen Ballard Keeler.
Olive's father, Thomas Jackson, or "T.J.", was 54 years old at the time of Olive's birth and he
had three older daughters by his first marriage; Ida, Molly and Caroline. T.J. and Mary Ellen had three children together; Herbert, Winifred and Olive.
At the time of Olive's birth, Laporte was a busy town with a population of about 500 with about another
400 folks below the hill outside of town, known as Tannerytown. Tannerytown grew up around the
Laporte Tannery, a booming industry from about 1890-1910. When Olive was a little girl,
Laporte had 4 hotels, 2 grocery and dry goods stores, two schools, 5 churches, a railroad station (just out of town near the Tannery on the Dushore Road), a lumberyard, a blacksmith shop, the Sullivan County Courthouse and a resort industry which grew up around Lake Mokoma which was just outside of town. A horse-drawn stage wagon travelled between the town and the Williamsport & North Branch Railroad Station. Olive lived in a large home on Main Street in the center of town. Her father had lived in the house since the 1860s. In fact T.J. Keeler, a master carpenter, was responsible for building many of the houses in the town as well as a Church or two. T.J. held various offices in local government as well. T.J. also owned and operated a General Store on Main Street that sold groceries, dry goods, material, and even china and glassware. There was also a huge garden on the family property where vegetables were grown. Mary Ellen was busy as well. In addition to raising her family, helping with the store and large garden, she gave music lessons and entertained the ladies of the town at teas in her home. The entire family was active in their church.
Olive attended her early years of school in the "Brick Schoolhouse" (which her father built in 1883). She later attended the Laporte Borough School (also built by T.J.), which was on the edge of town across from Mountain Ash Cemetery. She was one of seven students to graduate 12th grade from this school in the year 1912.
The Keeler house on Main Street was large with many bedrooms. T.J. and Mary Ellen opened their
house on occasion to boarders, mostly teachers who were living in town for the school semester
and also to seminary students serving the local churches. This may have been how young Olive Keeler,
fresh out of high school, met her future husband, a young minister named George Francis Conner.
What we know for sure is that in September, 1912, as a student minister, George was sent to Sullivan County to assist the Circuit-Rider Methodist Minister in Sullivan County. Some of the churches he served in 1912-1913 were in Laporte, Eagles Mere, Nordmont and Picture Rocks. Olive recounted a memory to her daughter Winifred from this time. She told Winifred that "Daddy" rode his Sullivan County circuit on an Indian Motorcycle and that one day while riding down the mountain after leaving Cherry Grove Chapel in Nordmont, the brakes failed and he went careening down the steep road. He managed to ride the cycle up a slope on the hillside and jump off. Olive told Winifred; "None of you children would be here if Daddy hadn't jumped!"
Toward the end of 1913, Rev. George F. Conner was assigned to a Methodist Church in Howard, New York and it was here that George and Olive were married on December 4, 1913. The following year in 1914, George and Olive lived for a short time in Picture Rocks, Lycoming County, PA, while George was assigned to the Methodist Church there. Olive returned home to Laporte in October, 1914, to give birth to their first child, Herman G. Conner. In November, 1915, the couple's second child was born, also in Laporte. This time it was a daughter and she was given the name Winifred, in memory of Olive's sister who died of Meningitis at the age of 17.
Olive's family would continue to grow and moving from parsonage to parsonage became part of their lives. In 1916, the family moved to Chester County, PA, as George was assigned to Coventryville Methodist Church. George Conner was serving this Church and continuing his studies at Franklin & Marshall College, that Olive gave birth to a third child. Grace Pauline Conner was born in April, 1917, in Nantmeal Village, Chester County.
By this stage of Olive's life, her husband George was a graduate of Dickinson College, Franklin and Marshall Theological Seminary and an ordained Minister. After his graduation the Methodist Conference selected George for a rural assignment known as the Safe Harbor Circuit in Lancaster County. It was composed of the following Churches; Safe Harbor, Conestoga, Colemanville and Marticville. And so the family moved again, this time to a parsonage in Conestoga, southern Lancaster County, PA. Their house was across the street from the Safe Harbor Methodist Church on River Road in Conestoga. The Conner's would live here from 1918 to 1921. A fourth child, Richard Jackson Conner was born in Conestoga in September, 1918. Olive and her family would travel home to Laporte in May 1919 when her father T.J. Keeler died at the age of 79. Tragedy befell the family again in 1920 when Olive gave birth to a fifth child, Yvonne, who was born with Spina Bifida. Olive was advised by the doctor not to feed the baby and to let it die but Olive could not heed that advice and coaxed the infant to take nourishment. Sadly Yvonne lived only two weeks and was buried in the cemetery behind Conestoga Methodist Church, in May 1920.
In June 1921, Olive had to pack her family up again as George was assigned to a circuit in Chester County again. This time he served West Grove, Kemblesville, London Grove and New London Methodist Churches. The family lived in the parsonage next to the West Grove Methodist Church. At this time George was 29 and Olive was 27. Their children were 6, 5, 4 and 2 1/2 years of age. That September, Olive gave birth to her sixth and last child, a daughter Caroline "Tootie" Conner. This was a difficult birth for Olive and her mother Mary Ellen Keeler came to stay to care for the children while Olive convalesced and cared for Caroline who had been born premature.
It was while living in West Grove that Olive's daughter Winifred recalled the night the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross in the field across from the parsonage. This was to let Rev. Conner know they disapproved of his views on religion and that he sought out occasions to interact with Priests and Rabbis. George Conner was also a deputy sheriff while living in West Grove and kept a gun locked up in his study.
Olive's mother came to visit the family again in 1923 and it was during this stay that Mary Ellen became
ill with pneumonia. Olive's half-sister Molly Keeler was an RN and she came to nurse her stepmother
but Mary Ellen died at the West Grove Methodist Parsonage in January 1924. Mary Ellen Keeler's body was
taken back to Laporte by train for burial next to her husband in Mountain Ash Cemetery in Laporte.
In 1925 it was time for Olive to pack up her family and move from the rural community of West Grove to the large town of Pottstown in Montgomery County, PA. Rev. George F. Conner was assigned to Pottstown Methodist Church. The parsonage was next to the church on busy Main Street. These were busy years for the family. As a minister's wife, Olive was responsible not only for her own family but was expected to be active socially with the church congregation. She taught Sunday School and attended Sunday service and evening services during the week.
The boys, Cy and Dick, were always involved in some mischief. One Sunday morning they strung invisible fishing line on the bushes lining the sidewalk leading up to the church doors. Rev. George Conner stood at the church door waiting to greet his parishioners. Cy and Dick found a vantage point to watch (out of view of their father). As the ladies approached, one by one, their hats came flying off their heads. Another prank involved the brothers finding their way into the ductwork of the church. They crawled and banged their way through the ductwork, making as much noise as possible until finally they emerged, covered with soot and cobwebs - and dropped out of the ducts into the church hall where a Girl Scout Troop was meeting, scaring the daylights out of the girls. ~ I don't know what the Conner girls were getting into at this time but clearly Grandmother had her hands full with the boys!
It was during her time living in Pottstown that the Ku Klux Klan was active and actually had parades that went down High Street in Pottstown. My Mom, Winifred Conner recounted a vivid memory from the Pottstown years; "The janitor of the church (who had a distinctive limp), lived in a house behind the church. I used to play with his daughter and one day she showed me something in their closet. It was her father's Klansman costume, a white pointed hat and robe. One evening the Ku Klux Klan was having a march down High St. in Pottstown. As the group marched past the parsonage in their white robes, a man with a limp marched along. George Conner was standing on the porch of the parsonage and yelled out for all to hear: "Hi ya Jake!" Jake turned to see who called out his name. Daddy seemed pleased by the opportunity to expose him".
In October, 1930, George Francis Conner took his first assignment in Delaware County as Pastor of the Norwood Methodist Church and the Conner family moved to 311 Chester Pike in Norwood, PA. As usual the parsonage was next to the church. George was 38, Olive was 35 and the children were ages 15, 14, 12, 11 and 8. Olive's family would live here until 1935. During these years Cy, Winifred and Grace would all graduate from Glen-Nor High School. In 1934 Winifred would be the first to leave home when she went to live in the Nursing Dormitory of Pennsylvania Medical College Hospital. Also during these Norwood years, George Conner served as Chaplain of the House of Representatives in Harrisburg, PA.
The next ministerial assignment would take the Conner family to live in a major city for the first time. Near the end of 1935 Rev. George F. Conner was assigned as pastor of the Berry-Long Memorial Church at 58th & Springfield Ave. in southwest Philadelphia. It was during the time at Berry-Long that the three oldest Conner children would marry - all in 1937; Winifred and Edward C. Zwicker in April, Cy and Ruth Weidman in June, Grace and Franklin Boudwin in October.
In 1939 Rev. Conner accepted the assignment as Pastor of Sellers Memorial Methodist Church in Upper Darby, Delaware County. This Church was also referred to as Bywood, which was the name for that neighborhood. The parsonage was on Sellers Ave. behind the Church, while the Church faced State Road. George and Olive moved in here with their son Richard and daughter Tootie. They would remain here until 1942. Richard Conner would only live here with his parents a short time as he would marry Andrea Flock and enter the Navy. There were many family gatherings here with Olive's growing family that now included grandchildren. Edward Zwicker III was born in 1937, Janet Boudwin in 1938, Maureen Conner and Dianne Conner in 1941, George Zwicker and Bill Conner in 1942. Olive and George's remaining grandchildren would come along after the Bywood years; Robert Zwicker in 1944, Barbara Conner in 1946, Greg Conner in 1949, Craig Fear in 1953 and finally Dean Fear & Deborah Zwicker in 1954.
George and Olive took an extended trip to Nova Scotia during the summer of 1941. They travelled by
automobile from Upper Darby to their destination. In a letter sent home to the five children, Olive described their adventure as the experience of a lifetime. She described the Halifax Harbor, Lunnenburg, the "Ovens" which were caves washed out of the cliffs by the sea, New Brunswick, fishing for tuna and watching the fishing schooners come in from the Grand Banks.
The year 1942 brought Rev. George Conner and Olive back to Philadelphia. Berry-Long Memorial Methodist Church requested he return to them as pastor. Tootie moved back to Philadelphia with her parents but the other Conner children were married with growing families of their own.
Throughout all of these changes and moves, Olive always returned to Laporte. The Keeler house where she
spent her childhood passed out of the family shortly after her mother died but Hy-Top, a house
on the edge of town that her father owned, remained in the family and eventually ownership of Hy-Top
passed onto Olive. Her half-sisters Molly and Ida also lived in the house for many years. All of the
grandchildren have special memories of spending summer vacations in that house.
Olive's roots in Sullivan County were deep as her great grandfather, John Keeler, was one of the original
settlers, making his home in the Nordmont area in 1826 when it was an unbroken wilderness.
In June 1948, Reverend George F. Conner would accept his final assignment. George, Olive and their daughter
Tootie moved to Chester where he became pastor of Trinity Methodist Church at Eighth & Butler St. George
Conner had reached the pinnacle of his career. Widely respected and admired, he was now on the Methodist
Conference Committee and was responsible for interviewing seminary graduates before their ordination.
George, Olive and their daughter Tootie, had been living in Chester for only a few short months when
tragedy struck. Rev. Conner's last public appearance was in the pulpit of Trinity Methodist Church
on Sunday, September 12, 1948. That Sunday morning he preached on the subject of
"The Tragedy of Being Lost" and in the evening his sermon was "God's Well of Salvation." The next
day, Monday, September 13, was to be his last. That Monday evening George was working in his study of
the parsonage, next to Trinity Methodist Church. Family members recall he was listening to one of
his favorite operas; Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni. His son Cy was visiting his parents that
evening and he saw his father come into the living room of the parsonage, evidently in distress.
Cy telephoned for a physician at 11:30 p.m. and shortly afterwards Rev. Conner was admitted to
Crozer Hospital where he was pronounced dead soon afterwards. He was 56 years of age.
Olive Keeler Conner, at the age of 54, was suddenly and without warning, a widow.
By the end of September, George Conner's funeral had taken place and his ashes were spread over the Delaware River. Olive and Tootie could not remain in the parsonage as the new minister's family would be moving in. Olive bought a small brick twin house on Roosevelt Drive in Havertown, Delaware County, PA. Her daughter Tootie lived here with her for a short time. Tootie married Harry Albert Fear in 1950 and moved to nearby Broomall. It was the first time in 35 years that Olive wasn't living in a parsonage. I remember the house as warm and welcoming, full of houseplants with framed pictures of her children and grandchildren hanging on the walls. I remember a spare bedroom upstairs with a bed that was covered with gifts that would be wrapped in tissue paper and stuffed into "Christmas Boxes" that she made for her daughters and daughters-in-law. She didn't have money for expensive gifts so all year she purchased little stocking stuffer type gifts like kitchen implements and the like. By Christmas each box would be stuffed.
Olive had to reinvent her life. She didn't drive or own a car so she walked or took a bus to get where she needed to go. And she needed to go to work, so for the first time in her life, Olive sought employment. She was hired as a cafeteria cook in the local school district and worked her way up to Food Service Manager at Drexel Hill Elementary School. Those lucky children were treated to her homemade cooking for many years - those were the days when the school lunches were cooked from scratch and served with love. When she retired at the age of 70 she received a letter from the Upper Darby School District that stated;
"Olive Conner, through her gracious and understanding leadership and quiet humor has welded her area of the school closely into the lives of the children and faculty. With a delicate touch; deep love for all persons, particularly for children; she delights in preparing and serving attractive, nutritious food to her school family. Always kind and willing to help. she has endeared herself to everyone that knows her. Careful planning, able management and willing cooperation with all levels have earned for her the respect of employees and employers alike."
Olive's life after retirement revolved around her children and grandchildren. She continued to
spend time during the summers at Hy-Top until she finally sold it to her two sons in the early
seventies. Cy and Dick eventually sold it to a local Laporte resident and it passed out of
the family. It was around that same time that Olive sold the house on Roosevelt Drive and
moved into an apartment further up Westchester Pike. A small space with a living room, dining area, small kitchen, one bedroom and a bathroom. Small but as usual, warm and inviting and filled with the smells of homemade cookies and her delicious chicken casseroles. Olive would make several trips to Colorado to visit her sons Cy and Dick who had moved there. She fell in love with the Rockies and said she felt closer to God there.
During the early 1980s as Olive's eyesight began to fail and the steps up to her second
level apartment became unmanageable, she decided to move to Florida to be near her daughter
Tootie and her husband Harry. She had some happy years there but when Tootie became ill
and passed away in 1986, it was necessary for her to move back up north. At that time, she had some
difficult years ahead. Olive lived with her daughter Winifred and her husband Ed in Wyndmoor
for a short time but sadly Winifred was having her own health issues and was unable to care for her
mother. Then Olive moved in with her daughter Grace and husband Bud in Collingdale but
once again it became evident that Olive needed more care and the sad decision was made
for her to go into the Methodist Home in Philadelphia. Olive Electa Keeler Conner passed
away in the Methodist Home on March 10, 1990 at the age of 95.
Her ashes were scattered on her son Cy's land near Mt. Princeton in Buena Vista,
Colorado, far from the little town in the mountains of Pennsylvania where she was born.
Here are several more photos of Electa and various familiy members:
Thomas Jackson Keeler Family 1895
Thomms and Wife Mary Ellen (Ballard) Mead
With Winifred, Olive Electa (on father's knee) and Herbert Keeler
Photo courtesy of Deb Wilson
Olive Conner and Family 1915
Olive is on the left and husband George Conner on the right.
Her parents, Thomas and Mary, are in the middle.
Thomas is holding Herman "Cy" Conner.
Olive is pregnant with Winifred Conner at this time.
Photo courtesy of Deb Wilson
Olive Conner and Great-Granddaughter Molly
Photo courtesy of Deb Wilson
POWELL AND LYDIA HANNANT BIRD
This historical overview was presented at the dedication of the Bird Plaque on Saturday July 12, 1997 at 2:30 PM at the
Bird Cemetery at the Bird Homestead on the grounds of the William Shaffer Homestead in Forksville, PA. It was prepared by
Grace Ann Toothaker DeLong.
Our
forefathers, Powell and Lydia Hannant Bird were married September 5, 1773 in the
Dilham Anglican Church, Norfolk County, England by John P. Jones, Curate. Both
of them signed their own names rather than making a mark.
Dilham
was the home town of Lydia and was located 4 miles east of Worstead, the home
town of Powell. Worstead and Dilham were both in the area known as the Norfolk
Broads which was famous for over 500 years for the hand-weaving of cloth. Powell
was trained as both a weaver and a carpenter along with the usual skills of
gardening, farming and hunting. This is based on Powell's will which mentions
the weaving loom he made and willed to his son, George Bird.
Powell's
parents were George and Mary Bird. George's Will, dated July 1, 1787, lists
Powell as an only child and mentions a granddaughter, Phillis Bird. George lists
himself as a Carpenter and it is signed with his Mark. This will was prov'd on
August 22, 1787 in Norwick, England with Mary as Executrix and Powell as
Executor.
The
family was probably encouraged to come to the New World in the early 1790's for
two reasons. First by the continued religious persecution of those who did
not belong to the State Church of England (Anglican). Powell had joined the
Worsted Baptist Church by 1776. Second, by the advertisements made in the nearby
Birmingham area by Joseph Priestly, Jr. as he tried to interest English men with
a variety of skills and their families to come to the New World to form an
English Settlement in Northumberland, PA with freedom of religion
guarantied.
As
the family prepared to come to the New World, they packed a tool box with the
metal pieces needed to make the basis tools they would need there, knowing they
could add new wooden parts when they got there. The following were included:
1.
Clock Works with one hand and one weight
2.
Smooth bore rife
3.
Grain Sickle
4.
Hand - made hunting knife
5.
Candle Snuffer
6.
Glazing hammer
7.
Spur for horseback riding
8.
Reflector oven
9.
Small tons to pick up coals
10.
Draw knife
11.
Bark spur
12.
Wolf Trap
13.
Augers
14.
Brass Bed Warming Pan
15.
Old rife, bullet molds & pouch
16.
Razor & hone
17.
Candle molds
18.
Awl & tweezers for candles
19.
Flatting hammer
20.
Shoemakers hammer & Awls
21.
Flax Hatchel
22.
Trap for turning spindles
23.
Otter Trap
24.
Wood Plane
We
know that they also brought over some English China since they gave a 3 piece
set of this black and white English China to their youngest daughter, Rebecca
Bird Molyneux and it is on display along with many of the above tools at the
Sullivan County Museum in Laporte, PA
The
English ship passenger records for 1776 to 1800 have not yet been published to
my knowledge. Family history tells of a 6 week journey by sailboat from London,
England to America, probably New York City in the early 1790's. It also tells of
there being 21 children twice, meaning that the 21st child died and then another
child was born later. I have so far only been able to trace 12 children - Girls
- Phillipi (Phillis), Mary, Sarah,, Ruth, Lydia, Eleanor, Hester, Elizabeth,
Naomi (Iona), and Rebecca (born after they arrived) and the boys, Robert and
George. During the boat trip, the oldest son, Robert, became sick, died, and was
buried at sea. George was thought to be about 3 years old when they
came.
The
family first came to Northumberland for a year or two until the Samuel Wallis
land sale to Joseph Priestly, Jr. was completed. Then in 1794, Joseph Priestly,
Jr. hired Powell Bird, John Warren, and William Molyneux to survey some of the
land known as Beech Woods in what was then Northumberland County during that
summer. (In 1795 this section became Lycoming County, and then in
1847 it became present day Sullivan County where we are now celebrating
its Sesquicentennial) As part of the men's wages for this job, they were
each to receive 50 acres of this land of their choice to build their homes on
located somewhat together so that a new settlement could be begun. Each would
also have the option of buying one full track of land for a total of up to 400
acres each. While doing this survey, the three men also worked together to build
a log cabin and clear an area of land around it for Joseph Priestly, Jr’s use
near the Forks of the Loyalsock. This cabin was also to be used by each family
as the men brought their families to this new land while they built their own
cabins on their own land. The men then returned to Northumberland to their
families and passed the winter of 1794 -95 preparing to move to their new
homes.
According to Mr. Thomas Ingham, "it was thought that this wilderness by union of industry
and capital would soon by cleared and made equal to any other part of the
country in everything necessary to the enjoyment of life."
There
are a variety of family stories passed around and recorded on how the three
families came to the new settlement. It is generally agreed that John Warren was
the first to bring his family in the spring of 1795. His wife was expecting
their 2nd child and they hoped to make the new settlement before the baby was
born, since, as I was told by Kermit Bird to whom it had been told to many years
ago by his Uncle, Robert Molyneux, that there was to be a bonus of either $300
or $500 given to the family of the first child born in the new settlement. The
baby did not wait, though, and Jane Warren was born May 24, 1795 according to
the Warren Family Bible, on the way up at Abram Webster's on the old Genesee
Road between Muncy and Hillsgrove. Mary Warren and the new baby remained there
for a few weeks while the father, John Warren, and their oldest child, Sarah,
went on to the new settlement. (M - 2) where they lived in the existing cabin
while they were building their own cabin on their own land.
The
Powell Bird Family with 9 children, (Robert having died & Phillipi having
married) began their trek to their new homestead the summer of 1795 by traveling
first by dug-out canoes up the West Branch of the Susquehanna River from
Northumberland to Muncy. Then they packed everything on horse back and their own
backs to get over the mountain from Muncy, past Abram Webster's and on up to the
Loyalsock Creek arriving at or below Hillsgrove on the Wallis Road. This was
merely a foot path or at best a pack-horse road cut out in 1793 so Samuel Wallis
could carry supplies to his surveyors. (#7 -Pg. 220-221). Then the family
followed the Loyalsock up to the Forks of the Loyalsock where they turned &
followed the Little Loyalsock to their new land on the sharp turn in the creek
above present day Forksville, Pa. This was just above the Molyneux & Warren
lands. It is said that they forded the Loyalsock Creek 13 times traveling up
from Hillsgrove.
One
of the family stories tells about, little 5 year old George Bird, who one night
while they were traveling up the Loyalsock after they had camped on a large flat
rock on the northwest side of the Loyalsock between Forksville, and what is
known as the "Wolf Trap," said that this would be a good place to build the
house and they didn't need to go any further. This place is still known as
George's Rock. (#9 - Pg. 3)
It
is unclear whether William Molyneux returned to England for his 'family in 1794
or if he spent a year or so on the homestead first preparing it for his family.
He had come to America originally after being seized by a press gang in
Manchester, England, and forcibly conveyed on board a man-of-war vessel from
which he had escaped in America and made his way to the English settlement of
Northumberland. He returned to England sometime between 1794 and 1797 for his
family and found that his wife and newborn daughter had died. He brought his
sons, John and Thomas plus his daughter, Elizabeth, back to America to the new
settlement in 1797. His one son, Edward, is thought to have been indentured to a
neighbor's farm, and therefore did not come to America to join his father until
he reached his majority which would have been about 1810. (#9- Pg.
6)
By
the fall of 1795, the Warrens and Birds & possibly William Molyneux, were
living on their own land, in their own log cabins preparing for their first
winter in the wilderness. The original Bird log cabin was situated on the other
side of the mountain brook compared to the present house and down where Rt. 87
goes past. It was closer to what in 1894 was known as Bird's
Creek.
The
family had brought with them all they could carry and would use plus that which
they found available at the new homestead to survive the first winter. Game was
plentiful. Trout, deer, wild turkey, & bear meat could be had for the
hunting. Hunting was done with flint-lock rifles requiring the hunter to be in
close quarters with the hunted animal. (#10 - Vol. 7, No 7 , pg. 174) They could
go out before breakfast and catch all the trout they could eat, some of them
(the fish) being 18 inches in length. (#9 - Pg. 3). Cooking was done in
fireplaces once the cabin was built. The baking was done using a reflector oven,
an iron bake kettle, or later on stone bake-ovens. Johnny cakes were baked in
long handled frying pans. Fire was produced with steel, flint, & punk, while
pine knots & splints were used for lights. Floors were swept with splint
brooms. Browned grain & nuts were used for coffee. (#10 - Vol. 7, No.7, Pg.
174)
From
Ingham's History of Sullivan Co., Pa. (#2 - Pg. ) we are told that
"as
horses were scarce, they frequently had to go on foot to Muncy, their nearest
trading place (only thirty miles) and bring back what few store goods they were
compelled to use. The mortar and pestle was the only mill they had for
years."
After
providing his family with the basics, Powell Bird continued to develop and clear
his land so he could raise the necessities of life. "Being a weaver by trade, he
built a loom and wove all of the cloth for his own family and neighbors." #1-
Pg. 145
Egle's
Notes & Queries-4th Series, Vol. 2 (1894-1895) Pg. 145
states:
"Mr.
(Powell) Bird seems to have been a man remarkably well adapted to open a new
settlement, possessing energy and forethought, he by all accounts surrounded his
home with the comforts and to an extent the luxuries of life. Morally and
socially he stood high and by his example gave an enterprising and healthful
tone to society." Again on Pg. 152- "The family...was well provided with the
rude comforts of life, with all the charm that intelligence and industry could
bring to bear upon the wild surroundings." They learned to make most of their
own needs and to create them in both a practical useful way yet still with their
own beauty.
On
January 1, 1797, the first white child was born in what is now Sullivan County.
It was Powell & Lydia's youngest child, Rebecca. It should have qualified
them for the promised bonus but I have not been able to find any record of that
yet. The family was now complete.
In
1797 the Huckell family arrived and within the year the husband had
died.
With
these 4 families having a number of children of schooling age among them, and
other families with their children moving into the area, the parents were
concerned that the children receive a proper education. John Bull was hired in
the early 1800's, at least by 1804, to teach them in the kitchen of the old John
Warren home which was located between the Bird & Molyneux homesteads. Later
Sarah Huckell conveyed one-half acre of land for a school house then built and
opened Dec.1, 1816 with John Warburton as the 1st teacher there. Powell Bird was
one of the trustees of this Loyalsock school.
The
family records show the following marriages. On Dec. 15, 1797 Mary Bird was
married to Edward Jones at Muncy On March 11, 1810, Joel Bennett and Sarah Bird
were married. Then on October 9, 1810 John Bull and Eleanor Bird were married.
Lydia Bird married Jonas Uras (Urous or Yours) date presently unknown. George
Bird married Sally King in 1813. Rebecca Bird married Edward Molyneux on July
11, 1814 after Edward's arrival probably in 1810 or 1811.
Powell
Bird continued his Baptist Church connections when he came to the New World. In
Egle's Notes & Queries--4th Series, Vol. 1. Pg. 246: we
read:
"The
English families located on the Loyalsock were mostly Baptists, and were
connected with what was known as the "Little Muncy Baptist Church" organized in
] 8] 7. Powell Bird & Samuel Rogers were known to be among the most
prominent members of that church, and were likely to have exerted their
privileges to the surrounding settlers. A few members are known to have been
gathered at an early date, but no record can be found showing the time when the
Baptist first commenced occupying the field, but it is be1ieved to have been
several years prior to that of any other denomination."
The
following is quoted from the 46th Session held in Muncy in 1866 from Brother
Worden's History of the Little Muncy...Loyalsock & Forksville
Churches.... [see pages 168-171]
"In
the early settlement of what was and is now the northeastern part of Lycoming
and southwestern part of Sullivan Co. a common route for passing between the
West Branch and the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, there was a part of
Muncy and a part of the Loyalsock creeks. On these streams and especially on the
Plunkets and Bear creeks tributaries of Lycoming County, there has been, for
over 40 years, an "organized witness for the truth" under unfavorable
circumstances. The lands are not the most profitable for farming and the
population is small and unstable. But among its early settlers were 2 English
families named Rogers and Bird. Some of them - the fathers at least- were
religious in the Old World, and their wives and some of their children were
converted in the New World......
On
the Lord's Day, 7th of October, 1822 at the Forks, Elders Thomas Smiley &
Henry Clark recognized the "Forks of the Loyalsock Particular Baptist Church" as
an independent body. It was composed of ten constituents, viz, Elder Henry Clark
& Rebekah his wife, Samuel Rogers, & Nancy (Gaunt) his wife, Powell Bird
& Lydia, his wife, Richard Rogers & Harriet (Stanley) his wife, Gittyann
(Bowne) Rogers, * Isaac Rogers, born in Forksville. Richard and Isaac Rogers
were baptized that day. Gittyann was wife of Benjamin Rogers, & came from
New Jersey. Harriet came from Maine. Six of the eight were dismissed from the
Little Muncy Church.......
The
territory originally covered by this church, was perhaps 40 miles long by 15 or
20 miles broad, extending from Bradford Co. on the north to the West Branch on
the south. It has had preaching stations at Forksville, at Birds above the
Forks, at Elkland, Hillsgrove, at Warner's & other points on Plunket's
Creek, at Barbaur's mill, at then "Jerusalem" or Rogers factory, on Bear Creek,
at Woodley's near Hughesville, at W. Rogers factory by Muncy, and at other
places, in mills, school & private homes, groves, etc., etc., wherever
meetings could best accommodate the people.
The
first Deacons of this church were Samuel Rogers the 1st, and Powell Bird. At the
August 19 & 20 , 1825 Northumberland Baptist Particular Association Meeting,
the Forks of the Loyalsock Baptist Particular Church was received into
membership."
We
find in the 1820 Census of Shrewsbury Township, Lycoming Co. Pa. #107 which was
the first census record to include the settlement at the Forks of the Loyalsock
where Powell Bird is shown with a wife and 2 children, probably Hester and maybe
grandson, Job Summers, while his son, George Bird is shown with a wife & 5
children.
In
Egle's Notes and Queries, Pg. 222, we find reference to the Bird Sawmill
built on the Little Loyalsock Creek by 1820. This was the first of eventually 4
sawmills built and run on the Bird Homestead. The original sawmill built by
Powell and George Bird is described by a great, great grandson, H. Delbert Bird,
in 1951 of Vol. 10, No.1 Pg. 4 & 5 of Now & Then (#10) as
follows:
"My
great grandfather (George) Bird's saw-mill on the 'Sock, cut timbers and planks,
which were built into rafts and floated down the stream to the Susquehanna and
thence on to Harrisburg and points below. This sawmill was the usual type of the
times, an "up-and-down' affair. That is, the saw was made like a great hand saw,
but was run by a pitman, connected with a large wheel. A portion of this old
mill still stood, when I was a boy, and was visited by myself. The old slip,
up
which
the logs were pulled from the pond; the Bull-Wheel, around which the rope wound,
to pull up the logs, and some of the gearing and shafting, was still there. The
shafting was made of wood with iron gudgeons in the ends, which ran in wooden
boxings."
Let
us now sum up what is known of the children of this family by this
point.
1.
Robert - the oldest son, died during the sea crossing from England to
America.
2.
Hester - the spinster daughter, some times called Ester, was possibly born in
1770, but I doubt it, that was 3 years before Powell & Lydia were married
and I have found no record of this date. She was frequently a witness at various
weddings and events in the neighborhood. She is thought to have died in 1862 and
is buried in Lot # 6 in the Bird Family Cemetery on the homestead She is
probably one of the children listed still at home for the 1820
census.
3.
Naoma - or lona as sometimes called, seems to have died young on the homestead
and is buried also in Lot 6 of the Bird Family Cemetery.
4.
Phillipi - also called Phillipa and maybe Phyllis - She had married Richard
Cropley after coming with her parents to America and they had lived in
Georgetown, DC (Since there was not yet to my knowledge, any Washington,
DC, it is unclear where this was. Kermit Bird has found in some of his work that
at one time the area at or near present day Muncy Valley was called Georgetown.
This would make more sense location-wise but I haven't yet been able to verify
this.) Family history tens us that she had the family Bible and Powell's
win tells us that she had returned to England by 1818 to live. There has been
no found record so far to indicate where in England she returned to although I
have guessed she might have returned to claim the property that was her
inheritance from her grandfather, George Bird, father of Powell
Bird
5.
Mary - had married Edward .Jones on Dec.15, 1797 in Muncy, Pa. and had by around
1810 moved with her husband & family of 7 or 8 children out of the 11 they
eventually had, to near Geneva, N. Y. where Edward was a pot maker at the Geneva
glass works. Edward's dates are: born Feb.17, 1770 in Woolston, England and died
on January 9, 1823. We think he is buried in Geneva, N. Y. Mary's dates are:
born Oct. 12, 1775 in England and died in 1843. She is buried in Clyde, NY,
where she and some of her children moved after Edward died.
6.
Sarah - was married to Joel Bennett on March 11, 1810 by Justice
Eldred.
Joel
& his brother Thomas had come from Shrewsbury N.J. about 1809. Joel &
Sarah lived on a farm in Elkland for several years. Selling their farm to Joseph
Pardoe, they moved to Lewis Lake where Joel worked for Mr. Lewis for several
years. He then bought land from Lewis and cleared a farm that they lived on
until Joel died in 1867. Sarah may have gone to live with a daughter near Lewis
Lake until her death on Nov. 16, 1874. They were the parents of 10
children.
7.
Eleanor - was married to John Bull, the 1st school teacher in Sullivan Co. They
later made their home in Lycoming Co. She is thought to have died in 1862. They
are known to have had at least one son, John Bull, Jr. - since l found a deed
at the Lycoming County Court House dated December 27, 1847 for land
bought by the son from John & Eleanor which was recorded on February
4, 1848 on Pg. 163 -164, Deed Book 1, I
think.
8. Elizabeth - had a son, Job Summers, out of wedlock in 1800 and was
known locally as Elizabeth Summers
before she married Fred Rowe. She had married Fred Row(e) by 1818 and they moved
to Ohio.
9. Ruth - is said to have married Nimrod Bennett and lived in the
Sonestown, Pa. area. I have not yet been able to trace anyone in this line. I
do know that she is buried in the Bird Family Cemetery, Lot
#.6.
10.
Lydia - married Jonas Uras (other spellings of this name are Urous & Yours).
By 1818, they were both dead but had had a son, Richard Yours, who had not yet
reached his majority and was living on the Bird homestead with Powell and
Lydia.
11.
Rebecca - born January 1, 1797 on the homestead and married July 11, 1814 to
Edward Molyneux, the last of William Molyneux's children to arrive from England.
They had 13 children. Edward was born April 16, 1789, in Warrington, England and
died on March 2, 1872. Rebecca died July 24, 1882. They are buried in the
original Molyneux cemetery on the original Molyneux Homestead. Their branch
of the family history has been extensively researched through the years and
recently it was updated by Louise Molyneux Woodhead.
12.
George - born about 1790 in England, traveled to the New World when only 3 years
old, and at 5 years of age journeyed to their new home in the wilderness. He
married Sally King in 1813. They had 11 children, 5 of them by 1820. Sally King
Bird was born on August 3, 1788 in England and died on August 3, 1867. George
died on July 14, 1872, at the age of 83. They are both buried in marked graves
in the Bird Family Cemetery. George was known as a great hunter of wolves,
panthers, & bears. He always had several hounds on the place. He was a
farmer throughout his life, had been trained also by his father to weave on the
loom, and ran a sawmill on the Homestead.
Powell
Bird died in 1829 at the age of 80 yrs and his wife Lydia died 3 years later in
1932 at the age of78. They are both buried here in the Bird Family Cemetery and
we are here today to dedicate this plaque in their memory so their graves will
now be properly marked. This has been talked about in the various Bird Reunions
for the past 100 years and now we are accomplishing it. I wish to thank everyone
who has helped to make this come true either through their contributions,
encouragement, willingness to assist however possible, and especially the Bill
Shaffer Family for the actual installing of this plaque here in the cemetery.
The plaque arrived later than expected and they will put in the permanent
foundation for it following today.
THE KRATCOSKI FAMILY
This historical overview was compiled by Pat and Frank Kratcoski and submitted to the
Sullivan County Genealogical Web Page by Leonard Kratcoski. Please note that
the name is occasionally spelled by some descendants as "Kracoski"; both versions are
used below. Formatting for this history was provided by Bob Sweeney,
to whom all questions, corrections and suggestions should be directed. Family members can also contact Pat Kratcoski. We are
thankful to all parties for their contributions and assistance in providing this family
history for preservation.
PETER KRATCOSKI born June 28, 1876 in Povesniki Russia Poland;He came to American on the boat SS California from Hamburg on July 20, 1894 the name was spelled Kroczkowsky; died January 6, 1928.
Married Martha Witkowski on January 23, 1900 in Pittston, Pa. She died November 19, 1957.
Children of Peter and Martha Witkowski Kratcoski:
- Peter J. Kratcoski 1900-1978
- Anna Kratcoski 1902-1991
- Joseph A. Kratcoski 1904-1983
- Margaret Kratcoski 1908-1990
- Edward Kratcoski 1913-1944
The Sullivan Review
January 11, 1928
Peter Krakowski, miner, died at his home in Bernice Friday morning, January 6th. He leaves a wife, three sons, and two daughters.
Funeral was held 9 a.m. Monday January 9th. Burial in St. Francis cemetery at Mildred, Pa.
The Sullivan Review
November 21, 1957
Mrs. Martha Kracoski, widow of Peter Kracoski, died at her home in Mildred Tuesday afternoon. She was stricken with pneumonia Sunday. She had been active until then.
She was born in Austria and settled in Kingston 60 years ago moving to Mildred where she resided for 50 years.
Mrs. Kracoski was a Gold Star Mother. A son , Edward was killed in Italy in World War II.
She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Mildred.
Survivors are two sons, Peter of Mildred and Joseph of Lopez; two daughters, Mrs. John Gohrig and Mrs. Stanley Zaydell, both of Williamsport; 13 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 8:45 at the Tubach Funeral Home; and High Requiem mass at 9:30 at St. Francis Church. Burial will be in the parish cemetery, Mildred.
PETER JAMES KRATCOSKI (Peter Kratcoski) born May 7, 1900 in Duryea, Pa., Luzerne Co.; died July 30, 1978.
Married Frances Mary Novinski on January 16, 1923 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She was born September 10, 1905 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; daughter of Leon and Julia Murawski Novinski.
Children of Peter and Frances Novinski Kratcoski:
- Joseph Kratcoski 1924-
- Leonard Kratcoski 1925-2011
- Delores Kratcoski 1927-
- Genevieve Kratcoski 1929-1933
- Eugene Kratcoski 1932-1974
- John Kratcoski 1934-1989
- Peter Kratcoski 1936-
- Francis Leonard Kratcoski 1938-
- Elizabeth Kratcoski 1942-1942
The Sullivan Review
August 3, 1978
Peter J. Kratcoski, 78, of Mildred, died July 30, 1978 in Estella.
He was born in Kingston May 7, 1900, the son of Peter and Martha Withowski Kratcoski. He came to Mildred in 1921 where he worked as a miner employed by Connell's Mines and the White Ash Coal Company. He also worked for Rynveld Wreath Factory in New Albany until his retirement.
Mr. Kratcoski was very proud that five of his sons served in the armed forces.
He was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church of Mildred and the United Mine Workers.
Preceding him in death were one son, Eugene, who died in 1974; two daughters, Genevieve and Betty Ann Kratcoski; one brother, Edward who died in 1944 at Anzio Beach Italy.
Surviving are his wife, the former Frances Novinsky; five sons, Joseph of Oceanside, CA; Leonard J. of Mildred, John E. of Southampton, PA, Peter C. of Tallmadge, OH, Frank L. of Tarpon Springs, FL; one daughter, Mrs. Donald (Delores) Papke of Mildred; one brother, Joseph of Lopez; two sisters, Mrs. Anne Gohrig and Mrs. Margaret Zadyell of Newbury, PA; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held August 2, at the Regina Tubach Homer Funeral Home, Dushore. The Mass of Christian Burial followed at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Mildred. The Rev. John Polinsky officiated.
Interment was in the parish cemetery.
The Sullivan Review
December 24, 1981
Mrs. Frances Kratcoski, 76, of Mildred, died Dec. 16, 1981 at the Darway Nursing Home in Estella.
She was born in Wilkes-Barre, on Sept. 10, 1905, daughter of the late Leon and Julia Murowski Novinsky. She came to Mildred at an early age and married the late Peter J. Kratcoski, who died July 30, 1978.
She lived in Mildred most of her life and was a member of the St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in Mildred.
Surviving are five sons, Joseph P. of Oceanside, CA, Leonard J. of Mildred, John C. of Southampton, PA, Peter C. of Talmadge, OH, and Frank L. of Tarpon Springs, FL, Another son, Eugene died in 1974.
She is also survived by one daughter, Mrs. Donald (Delores) Papke of Mildred; a daughter, Genevieve, died in 1933, and another daughter, Betty Ann, died in 1944; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Tabaka of Somerville, NJ, Mrs. Victoria Hicks of Hudson, PA, and Mrs. Stephanie Philkosky of Parsons, PA; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Saturday at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, Dushore, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Mildred with the Rev. John R. Polinski officiating. Interment was held in the parish cemetery.
JOSEPH KRATCOSKI (Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born February 19, 1924 in Mildred, Pa.
Married Mary Hartman on October 13, 1945. She was born October 6, 1925; a daughter of Alex and Margaret Smith Hartman.
Children of Joseph and Mary Hartman Kratcoski:
- Elizabeth Kratcoski 1946-
- Joseph Kratcoski 1950-
- Richard Kratcoski 1955-
Elizabeth Kratcoski (Joseph, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born December 2, 1946 in Hackensack, N.J.
Joseph Kratcoski (Joseph, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born August 13, 1950 in Washington D.C.
Married Kim Fitzpatrick on July 14, 1973.
Children of Joseph and Kim Fitzpatrick Kratcoski:
- Brandyn Kratcoski 1974-
Brandyn Kratcoski (Joseph, Joseph, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born January 2, 1974
Married Scott Christopher Nelson on August 8, 1998
Children of Brandyn and Scott Nelson:
- Cole Christopher Nelson 2000-
>LI>Bailey Nelson 2002
Cole Christopher Nelson (Brandyn, Joseph, Joseph, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born April 6, 2000
Bailey Nelson (Brandyn, Joseph, Joseph, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born August 11, 2002
Richard Kratcoski (Joseph, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born January 24, 1955 in Camp Pendleton, CA
Married Cindy Martinex on June 1, 1996. She was born October 24, 1960. They were divorced. Richard subsequently married Christine Crossman on August 10, 2003.
LEONARD KRATCOSKI (Peter, Peter, Kratcoski) born November 13, 1925 in Mildred, Pa; died April 26, 2011.
Married Stephania Yoko Agnes Sugimura on July 28, 1955 She was born December 2, 1928 in Kokura, Japan; died
September 21, 1999
No children
Daily Review
Towanda, PA
April 27, 2011
Leonard J. Kratcoski, renowned local veteran who served with the Marine Corps, Navy, Army and Air Force,
age 85, of Mildred, Pa., passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Leonard was born Nov. 13, 1925 in Old
Bernice, a son of the late Peter and Frances Novinsky Kratcoski.
Leonard enlisted in the U.S. Navy on May 18,
1943. He completed his training at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and was assigned to the Third Battalion
29th Marine Engineers 4th U.S. Marine Corps Division 121st Sea Bees. He was badly wounded in the battle
of Saipan in 1944, got his first Purple Heart, and was evacuated to a hospital ship where he spent three months.
Following his recovery, he returned to the Third Battalion on Tinian Island. Leonard was engaged
in building the runways on Tinian from which the planes that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan took
off. Leonard then returned to Saipan. When the Pacific War ended, he returned to the states
in Dec of 1945 and served in the US Navy on the USS New York.
After being discharged from the Navy,
Leonard attended machinery school, but there were few jobs available at the time, so he joined the Army
Air Corps. Len wanted to try the Army and wanted to fly. He took basic training at Scott Field,
Texas and three months later was promoted to sergeant. He was discharged after 11 months as his
mother was very ill.
He worked in the coal mines in Bernice for three years. He then hitchhiked
to California with only $3.25 in his pocket. Hearing stories about soldiers who parachuted,
he decided to join the U.S. Army, as a private again. He took basics at Fort Ord, Calif.,
and advanced infantry training at Fort Banning, Ga. Len went to Japan with the 8081 549th Aerial Supply Co.
He was assigned to fly the C-119 during the Korean War and earned his second Purple Heart
after a mechanical accident on the plane.
Leonard was later stationed in Japan and met a lovely
young Japanese woman named Yoko. They fell in love and were married on July 18, 1955. Yoko took
the name Stephania. She later became a U.S. citizen. Stephania predeceased him on Sept. 21, 1999. After
three years in Japan, and being promoted to sergeant, Leonard went to Fort Bragg, N.C. where he served with
the famed 82nd Airborne. In 1958 he returned to Japan as part of the 549th Aerial
Supply Unit which trained the Taiwanese. He later got transferred to Fort Carson,
Colo. and moved on to Fort Bragg and then France where he served with NATO 557th Aerial Supply Unit.
Then Leonard got new orders — plague immunizations were required in Vietnam. He served
with the Fifth Special Forces, the famed Green Berets, dropping supplies to his fellow
Berets. He was based at HQ and met General Westmoreland. Later he was transferred to the Valley
Forge Military Hospital, then to Fort Dix, N.J., to work in supplies. Finally it was time for one
last assignment which took him to Korea to serve in a military advisory group. Then in 1970 he retired.
Leonard brought home with him more than a few souvenirs. With the Navy and Marines, he earned
the Pacific Theater Ribbon with two stars, American Theater Ribbon, Commendation Ribbon,
Victory Medal, Purple Heart, and Presidential Unit Citation with one star. In the Army he
was awarded the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, with silver clasp and six awards; Korean
Service Medal (two bronze stars); Vietnam Service Medal (two bronze stars); Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal (two bronze stars); Parachute Badge Senior Wings; RVCM w/Dev/60;
National Defense Service Medal with Oak Leaf; National Defense Service Medal; and Republic of
Korea Presidential Unit Citation. He also received the United Nations Service Medal.
Returning to Sullivan County, Leonard worked for 13 ½ years as a ranger at Worlds End State
Park overseeing security. He worked until midnight and for 9 and ½ years never had a Fourth
of July off. He enjoyed it and said that during his service there 3 million people visited
the park. In retirement Leonard attended numerous unit reunions and volunteered at the Endless
Mountains War Memorial Museum in Sonestown. He was also active with local military ceremonies.
(Information from article by Nancy Coleman [Sharer].)
Leonard was a member of St. Francis of Assisi
Church in Mildred, Pa., and a member of McDermott Post No. 452 American Legion, Mildred,
Pa. Surviving are two brothers, Peter C. and Lucille Kratcoski of Tallmadge, Ohio and Frank
and Patricia Kratcoski of Olathe, Kansas; and a sister, Delores Papke of Mildred, Pa.; two sisters-in-law,
Gertrude Laux of North Potomac, Md. and Mary Kratcoski of Oceanside, Calif. and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by two sisters, Genevieve and Elizabeth; and by three brothers, Joseph Kratcoski of Oceanside,
Calif., Eugene Kratcoski of Gaithersburg, Md., and John Kratcoski of Palmyra, N.J.
A transferal service will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 29, from the P. Dean Homer
Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore, Pa., and will be followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at
10 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Mildred, Pa., with the Rev. Joseph R. Hornick,
his pastor, presiding. Interment will be in the adjoining parish Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-4 p.m.
and from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, at the Homer Funeral Home. Military graveside services
will be accorded by members of McDermott Post No, 452 American Legion, Mildred, Pa.,
and members of the active armed services. Members are asked to assemble and pass in review
at 7 p.m. on Thursday evening at the funeral home. To send condolences or sign the e-guestbook,
please go to homerfuneralhome.com
DELORES KRATCOSKI (Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born October 10, 1927 in Mildred, Pa.
Married Donald Papke on June 30, 1951. He was born December 31, 1927; died March 27, 1999
Children of Delores and Donald Papke:
- Donna Marie Papka 1952-
- Daniel Papke 1956-
Donna Marie Papka (Delores, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born May 18, 1952
Married 1st Wiley Samuel Norton on August 18, 1973
Married 2nd Daniel Sweeney
Married 3rd Chris Sherwood
Children of Donna and Wiley Norton:
- Kelly Norton 1976-
Kelly Norton (Donna, Delores, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born January 2, 1976
Married
Children of Donna and Daniel Sweeney:
- Michael Sweeney. He was adopted by Chris Sherwood Oct. 2, 2003
Daniel Papke (Delores, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born September 28, 1956
Married Glenda Ellen Leech on May 21, 1994
Children of Daniel and Glenda Leech Papke:
1. Sean Daniel Papke, born 07/11/2004.
Sean Daniel Papke (Daniel, Delores, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born July 11, 2004
GENEVIEVE KRATCOSKI (Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born December 16, 1929; died August 29, 1933 in Mildred, Pa. Buried in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Mildred, Pa.
The Sullivan Review
August 30, 1933
Genevieve Kracoske, aged 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Krasoske, of Bernice at nine o'clock Tuesday morning following a brief illness. Besides her parents she is survived by three brothers and one sister; Joseph, Leonard, Eugene and Dolores, all at home.
The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 9:30 with a requiem mass at St. Francis Church, Mildred. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.
EUGENE KRATCOSKI (Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born November 18, 1932 in Mildred, Pa; died May 23, 1974 in Dale City, VA.
Married Ellanor G. Tobiassen, of Norwegian descent, on June 13, 1955 in New Rochelle, NY. She was born June 25, 1932
Children of Eugene and Ellanor Kratcoski:
- Francis Kratcoski 1957-1974
- Stephen Kratcoski 1960-
- Robert Kratcoski 1964-
The Sullivan Review
June 6, 1974
Eugene L. Kratcoski 41, of Gaithersburg, MD, died May 24, 1974.
Born November 23, 1932, in Mildred, he was a son of Peter and Frances Lavinsky Kratcoski, Mildred.
Mr. Kratcoski enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at age 17. He received his basic training at Parris Island, S.C. and Camp Lejeune, N.C. From there, his assignment was to the Inspector Instructor Staff at New Rochelle, N.Y.
As gunnery sergeant, he saw service in Japan, returning to the United States to serve as social secretary to the Commandant at 8th and I Sts., Washington, D.C. serving with the U.S. state Department in Teheran, Iran, he received his commission as a second lieutenant.
After serving in Vietnam as a adjutant with the 4th Marine Regiment from 1965-67 he was returned to Washington, D.C. During 1968-69 he revised the U.S. Marine Corps accounting system, which is still being used by the USMC. He saw service in Okinawa as an adjutant with the 3rd Marine Division
In 1972 he retired with the rank of major after 21 years of Marine Corps service.
Besides his mother and father he is survived by his widow, Gerd; three sons, Francis, Stephen and Robert, all at home; five brothers, Joseph of Oceanside, Calif; Leonard of Mildred; Peter, JR. of Talmadge, O; Jack of S. Hampton, Pa; Frank of Lincolnshire, Ill; one sister Mrs. Donald (Delores) Papke, Mildred; nieces and nephews.
Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery with military honors and escorts.
JOHN (Jack) KRATCOSKI (Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born September 23, 1934; died January 14, 1989.
Married 1st Myrna Long on August 12, 1961
Married 2nd Linda Patterson on December 29, 1985
Children of John and Myrna Long Kratcoski:
- Amy Kratcoski 1966-
Amy Kratcoski (John, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born October 7, 1966
Married Sig Johnson on August 18, 2001.
Children of Amy and Sig Johnson:
- Kayla Faith Johnson 2003-
- Connor Johnson 2004
Kayla Faith Johnson (Amy, John, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born May 20, 2003
Connor Johnson Amy, John, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born October 29, 2004
PETER KRATCOSKI (Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born November 25, 1936 in Mildred, Pa.
Married Lucille Dunn on June 11, 1960. She was born January 17, 1937
Children of Peter and Lucille Dunn Kratcoski:
- Deborah Lee Kratcoski 1961-
- Peter Kratcoski 1963-
Deborah Lee Kratcoski (Peter, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born April 25, 1961
Married Bernard A. Ricker on August 4, 1984
Children of Deborah and Bernard Ricker:
- Allie Ricker 1989-
- Chelsea Elizabeth Ricker 1992-
- Madison Christine Ricker 1997-
Peter Kratcoski (Peter, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born October 26, 1963
Married Annette Louise Manning on July 16, 1994. She was born April 14, 1963.
Children of Peter and Annette Manning Kratcoski:
- Peter Kratcoski III 1996-
- Michael Thomas Kratcoski 1999-
FRANCIS LEONARD KRATCOSKI (Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born September 21, 1938
Married Patricia Genevieve Ann Lotsman on April 22, 1961. She was born December 5, 1939
Children of Francis and Patricia Lotsman Kratcoski:
- Francis Leonard Kratcoski 1963-
- Karen Louise Kratcoski 1966-
Francis Leonard Kratcoski (Francis, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born February 4, 1963
Married Leslie Anne Hendrickson on September 3, 1988. She was born February 6, 1967.
Children of Francis and Leslie Hendrickson Kratcoski:
- Francis Alexander Kratcoski 1997-
- Max Kratcoski 2000-
Francis Alexander Kratcoski (Francis, Francis, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born January 24, 1997
Max Kratcoski (Francis, Francis, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born July 21, 2000
Karen Louise Kratcoski (Francis, Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born March 21, 1966
Married Jimmie Green Tolar on March 12, 1994. He was born November 9, 1967.
Children of Karen and Jimmie Tolar:
- Megan Tolar 1997-(twin)
- Zachary Tolar 1997-(twin)
- Emily Brianne Tolar 1999-
ELIZABETH KRATCOSKI (Peter, Peter Kratcoski) born August 28, 1942; died November 14, 1942; buried in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery; Mildred, Pa.
The Sullivan Review
November 19, 1942
Stricken with whooping cough, Betty Jean, two-month-old infant daughter of MR. and Ms. Peter Kracoski of Bernice, succumbed to the illness at her home Friday night. She had been ill for two weeks.
Besides her parents she is survived by seven brothers and sisters Dorothy, Leonard, Eugene, John, Peter Jr. and Francis, all at home Also Joseph who is on active duty with the U.S. Marines.
The funeral was held from the family home in Bernice, Sunday afternoon at 2 with burial in the family plot in St. Francis cemetery Mildred.
ANNA KRATCOSKI (Peter Kratcoski) born January 13, 1902; died July 15, 1991
Married John Gohrig
Children of Anna & John Gohrig:
- Jack Gohrig
- Genevieve Gohrig
JOSEPH A. (Skeeter) KRATCOSKI (Peter Kratcoski) born September 12, 1904; died March 16, 1983; buried in St. Basil's Cemetery; Dushore, Pa.
Married Mary D. Zondory on February 20, 1924. She was born January 4, 1905; died November 25,, 1994
Children of Joseph and Mary Zondory Kratcoski:
- Marjorie J. Kracoski 1924-
- Dorothy Kracoski 1927-
- Marian Kracoski 1932-
- Joan Kracoski
The Sullivan Review
March 24, 1983
Joseph A. (Skeeter) Kracoski, 78, of Lopez, died March 16, 1983, at Memorial Hospital, Towanda. He had been in the skilled nursing unit since early last summer.
He was born Sept 12, 1904 in Kingston, PA, a son of Peter and Martha Wycoski Kratcoski. He used a different spelling of the family name.
His parents moved to Mildred when he was about seven years old, and by the time he was 11, he was working in the mines, and worked in the mines for about 40 years. When the mines weren't busy, he worked on the surrounding farms. When he wasn't working "out" he worked at home in the family's garden.
In 1924 he was married to Mary D. Zondorak of Murraytown and in 1925 moved to Lopez.
There he continued his gardening, both flowers and vegetables. His attention to details made his garden the "best" in the neighborhood," according to neighbors. As with most families in Lopez, the Kratcoski's had a cow and a few chickens, which Joe cared for.
During World War II, he left the mines for a while and went to work in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. While in Philadelphia he was a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, an interest he held the rest of his life. After the war, and until a few weeks before his illness last year, he made regular trips to Philadelphia to see a game or two. He was seldom seen without his "Phillies" cap.
As a younger man in Lopez, he managed the American Legion sponsored adult baseball team and also the midget league team.
He as a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Mildred.
After retiring from the mines about 20 years ago, he was employed as a custodian at the then new Sullivan County High School in Laporte. He retired from this job and then devoted his time to gardening and landscaping yards for his children.
Surviving are his wife, and four daughters, Mrs. Andrew (Marjorie) McDonald of Dushore; Mrs. Leo (Marion) McMahon of Laporte; Mrs. James (Dorothy) Deegan of Tunkhannock, Mrs. Walter (Joan) Ammerman of Clarks Summit; also nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. John Gohrig and Mrs. Stanley Zaydell, both of Williamsport.
Funeral services were held March 19 from the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, Dushore, and from St. Francis of Assisi Church in Mildred. A Mass of Christian Burial was concelebrated by Rev. Eugene R. Carr, Rev. John R. Polinsky of St. Basil's Church, Dushore, and Rev. Anthony Urgan, pastor of Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church of Tunkhannock. Interment was in the parish cemetery.
Marjorie J. Kracoski (Joseph, Peter Kratcoski) born in 1924
Married 1st Andrew L. McDonald. He was born December 2, 1919; died December 4, 1983
Married 2nd John Yonkin He was born April 11, 1926; died December 12, 2000
Children of Marjorie and Andrew McDonald:
- Marie McDonald
- Michael McDonald
- Richard McDonald
- Mark McDonald
- Thomas M. McDonald
The Sullivan Review
December 8, 1983
Andrew L. McDonald, 64, of South German St., Dushore died Dec. 4, 1983 at the Williamsport Hospital, Williamsport.
He was born in Wilkes-Barre on December 2, 1919, the son of the late Laurence A. and Elizabeth Cowley McDonald.
He graduated from Coughlin High School and came to Dushore to work for the Thaddeus Litzelman Electric Company of Dushore. From 1941 to 1943, he worked for the U.S. Government and then entered the Merchant Marines where he served until December 1945. He returned to Dushore to the Thaddeus Litzelman Electric Company until September 1946 when he and his brother, Robert, purchased the business and changed the name to McDonald Radio and Electric.
They operated the electrical contracting business until 1972. He then worked for the Bechtel Corporation in Berwick until retiring in 1979.
Mr. McDonald married the former Marjorie Kracoski of Lopez on April 26, 1945.
He was a member of St. Basil’s Roman Catholic Church, Dushore and a member of the Holy Name Society.
Also, he held membership in the Dushore Lions Club for 37 years. The Dushore fire company; and IBEW Local 163 of Wilkes-Barre.
Surviving are his wife, Marjorie, at home; three sons, Michael J. of Leesburg, VA and Dushore; Mark J. of Williamsport; and Richard L. of Harrisburg; a daughter Mrs. Marie Pedro of Dushore; a brother, Robert E. of Plantation, FL; a sister, Mrs. Helen Groth of Bremerton, WA; two granddaughters Laura and Domani; and several nieces and nephews. A son, Thomas, predeceased him on August 23, 1978.
The Funeral was Dec. 6 from the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Basil’s Church with the Rev. Eugene R. Carr and Rev. John R. Polinsky officiating.
Interment was in the Parish cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to the Dushore Ambulance Association or St. Basil’s Church.
The Sullivan Review
August 24, 1978
Thomas M. McDonald, 19, of Dushore, died in an automobile accident Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1978.
He was born April 19, 1959, in Williamsport, a son of Andrew L. and Marjorie Kracoski McDonald.
He attended St. Basil’s and Turnpike elementary schools and graduated from Sullivan County High School in 1977. He was a student at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, where he was a sophomore in an engineering curriculum.
Thomas was a member of St. Basil’s Church, Dushore, and was an altar boy for 10 years.
He was also a member of the Dushore Volunteer Fire Company and was a certified emergency medical technician.
While at Penn State he was employed as a lifeguard and water safety instructor.
In addition to his parents he is survived by one sister, Marie B. Pedro; three brothers, Michael J. and Mark J. both at home, and Richard L. of Camp Hill, PA a niece, Domani Pedro; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Kracoski of Lopez; and several aunts and uncles.
Friends may call at the Regina Tubach Homer Funeral Home in Dushore on Friday from 2 to 9 p.m. A mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Basil’s Church on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Joseph T. Conboy officiating.
Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Basil’s church or the Sullivan-Bradford Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Dorothy Kracoski (Joseph, Peter Kratcoski) born November 11, 1927
Married James Deegan on October 8, 1947. He was born December 28, 1924.
Marian Kracoski (Joseph, Peter Kratcoski) born January 15, 1932
Married Leo McMahon on October 2, 1950. He was born March 15, 1931; died October 23, 1993
Children of Marian and Leo McMahon:
- Carol A. McMahon 1952-
- Lisa McMahon 1959-
Carol A. McMahon (Marian, Joseph, Peter, Kratcoski) born July 3, 1952;
Married 1st William J. Berry on May 4, 1974
Married 2nd William Smith on October 19, 1992
Lisa McMahon (Marian, Joseph, Peter, Kratcoski) born November 25, 1959
Married F. Mitchell Alban on October 9, 1982. He was born December 13, 1952
Joan Kracoski (Joseph, Peter Kratcoski) born
Married John Ammerman
MARGARET KRATCOSKI (Peter Kratcoski)born May 20, 1908; died March 27, 1990.
Married Stanley Zaydell
EDWARD J. KRATCOSKI (Peter Kratcoski) born September 27, 1913; died February 28, 1944
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