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1 NAME Francis H. Bearer
1 ADDR 85 Bogastow Brook Road
2 CONT Holliston Ma. 01746
1 PHON (508) 429-4051
1 _EMAIL fbearer@aol.com
0 @I1@ INDI
1 NAME Francis Henry /BEARER/
2 GIVN Francis Henry
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 NOTE In the paragraphs ahead I will attempt to describe who I am by telling
2 CONC you about the things I did when I was growing up and about those
2 CONC people who most affected my life.
2 CONT
2 CONT Name:
2 CONT Francis Henry Patrick Bearer
2 CONT Birthday:
2 CONT June 6th, 1941
2 CONT Place of birth:
2 CONT Spangler Hospital, Spangler, Pennsylvania
2 CONT Mother:
2 CONT Stella Josephine Kane, Born July 18 1900, Died 29 August, 1978
2 CONT Father:
2 CONT Francis Edwin Bearer, Born March 3 1900, Died 7 October, 1963
2 CONT Hometown:
2 CONT Carrolltown, Pennsylvania
2 CONT Baptized:
2 CONT St. Benedict Catholic Church Carrolltown, Pennsylvania
2 CONT Confirmed:
2 CONT St. Benedict Catholic Church Carrolltown, Pennsylvania
2 CONT Married:
2 CONT September 19th, 1965 St. Mary's Church Wellesley Ma.
2 CONT Spouse:
2 CONT Marcia Devlin, Born December 21, 1944 Norfolk Va.
2 CONT Son:
2 CONT James Francis Bearer, Born December 23,1966, Newton/Wellesley
2 CONC Hospital, Wellesley Ma.
2 CONT Son:
2 CONT Matthew John Bearer, Born October 31,1968, Newton/Wellesley Hospital,
2 CONC Wellesley Ma.
2 CONT Son:
2 CONT Luke Andrew Bearer, Born March 14, 1973, Leanord Morse Hospital,
2 CONC Natick Ma.
2 CONT
2 CONT The story begins in Carrolltown Pa. I was the last of seven children;
2 CONC Clara Rose-1926, James Francis-1927, Edwin Joseph-1930, Dale
2 CONC Frederick-1932 , Ann Theresa- 1935 and Sara Jane-1939. Clara died
2 CONC several hours after her birth. I still pray to her today to ask her
2 CONC for assistance, I'm currently 52 years old. This prayer to her was
2 CONC instilled in all of us from my mother. As you can see I came latter in
2 CONC the life of my parents. They were 41 years old when I was born.
2 CONT
2 CONT Carrolltown is a small town of approximately 1200-1500 residents. It's
2 CONC located in western Pa. in the mountains and was a wonderful place for
2 CONC a young boy to grow up. My dad was a carpenter, however, the major
2 CONC industries related to the mining of coal, the production of steel  and
2 CONC farming. The town had one church, St. Benedicts Catholic Church, to
2 CONC support the predominant catholic population. My memories, although
2 CONC faded over the years, of this town are all very wonderful. Hopefully,
2 CONC I've been able to transplant some of those to my family so that they
2 CONC will live on after I'm gone from this earth. We lived about a half
2 CONC mile from the center of town on approximately 5 acres of ground. Our
2 CONC house had the typical downstairs rooms of a kitchen, eating area,
2 CONC family and dinning rooms. The upstairs had bedrooms for mom and dad,
2 CONC "The girls room" and "The boys room". The "Boys room" had tight
2 CONC quarters at times. We had one bathroom with a bathtub. It was nice to
2 CONC take the first bath, since that person got the clean water. The water
2 CONC was boiled on the coal stove down in the kitchen.
2 CONT
2 CONT Around the house we had a variety of fruit trees which mom turned into
2 CONC great pies as well as canning them for the long winter months. The
2 CONC garden was large since it had to provide the majority of the
2 CONC vegetables for the summer and for the winter canning. You name it and
2 CONC if it could be grown in that climate we had it in our garden. As any
2 CONC kid growing up, I didn't appreciate the garden. It just represented a
2 CONC great deal of work since it had to be weeded by hand all too often. At
2 CONC berry picking time we would head to the woods or to wherever we could
2 CONC find them. Sometimes we could sell them to get some money but mostly
2 CONC the would go back to the house so that mom could turn them into those
2 CONC wonderful pies or can them for the winter. We usually picked
2 CONC blueberries, blackberries, elderberries and wild strawberries (they
2 CONC were the best). The yard itself provided food for the table,
2 CONC dandelion. I'll always remember when I first took Marcia home to meet
2 CONC the family. Just before we were to eat dinner mom had the potato's
2 CONC boiling on the stove and went outside to the yard with bucket in hand.
2 CONC When Marcia looked out the window, she was alarmed to see mom weeding
2 CONC the grass while her son was sitting in the house. Marcia, although she
2 CONC didn't understand why mom was weeding the grass just before dinner
2 CONC recommended that I go out and help her. It was only then that she was
2 CONC informed that she was about to eat a Carrolltown specialty.
2 CONT
2 CONT Between the house and the garden we had a three story barn. I can
2 CONC never begin to tell you all of the enjoyment that it provided to me
2 CONC and my imagination. Since my next oldest brother was nine years older
2 CONC than me, I spent most of my time by myself or with my friends. My
2 CONC sister Sally (Sara) and I didn't get along too well in those days. We
2 CONC were forever fighting over something. That barn was a refuge from my
2 CONC father, who at times was a bit hard on me. The barn housed Ted, our
2 CONC quarter horse, a cow, chickens and pigeons. I'll have stories to tell
2 CONC you about all of those inhabitants in awhile.
2 CONT
2 CONT In the back yard we also had a brick fireplace. We had great times at
2 CONC it, since it usually brought the family or friends together for
2 CONC cookouts. We would roast hot-dogs, marshmallows and roastenerrs (corn
2 CONC on the cob for city folks). In addition to the back yard and garden we
2 CONC had a few acres where we grew Christmas trees. This provided dad and
2 CONC mom with another source of income. If your are beginning to get the
2 CONC idea that we were living off of what mother nature provided to us
2 CONC you're getting the drift.
2 CONT
2 CONT Since Carrolltown was a small town, we not only lived near the center
2 CONC of town, we also lived near the out skirts of town where there was
2 CONC woods and large farms. There were plenty of opportunities to allow a
2 CONC young boy to drift away and be with himself and his own imagination. I
2 CONC took great advantage of it. Thank you god.
2 CONT
2 CONT Before I get back to myself I want to tell you more about my Mother,
2 CONC Dad and brothers and sisters. Since this is being left to my family
2 CONC and they have been able to know my brothers and sisters as aunts and
2 CONC uncles I'll  spend less time on them.
2 CONT
2 CONT Our Mother ( Mom, Stella, Mrs. Bearer ) was adored, respected and
2 CONC loved by everyone who came in contact with her. I never heard anyone
2 CONC say anything but nice things about her. I'm sure that my brothers and
2 CONC sisters all have different memories of her since we came along at
2 CONC different times of her life. However, the one common thing she did for
2 CONC all of us was to develop in all of us respect for our fellow man and a
2 CONC love of god.  Maybe I can get each of them to write a paragraph about
2 CONC her for insertion into this autobiography. Mom was that safe haven
2 CONC that we always want. When there was a storm she would always come by
2 CONC during the night a sprinkle holy water on each of us while we were in
2 CONC bed. When we were sick she could somehow make us feel not so bad by
2 CONC giving each of us her undivided attention. There was no medicine only
2 CONC old fashion remedies. I always thought she wanted me to become a
2 CONC priest; however she never pushed me. She was kind to everyone. I
2 CONC remember the time a "Bum" came to the door for a handout. She asked
2 CONC him to take a seat on the front porch while she went to the garden and
2 CONC picked some lettuce and tomatoes and together with her homemade bread
2 CONC and a glass of milk  gave this person the best sandwich he probably
2 CONC ever had.
2 CONT
2 CONT Mom was a religious person. Mass was very important to her. All of the
2 CONC boys became servers at the mass. I enjoyed one of the priest very
2 CONC much. He was approachable whereas the rest of them put themselves
2 CONC above the rest of the people. We would just love it when Father
2 CONC Brimston would come and play ball with us. He would even let us sneak
2 CONC a drink of the alter wine  ( unblessed of course ). She would always
2 CONC have us taking some of her cooking up to the priest and sisters. She
2 CONC would have the family say the rosary together in the living room at
2 CONC least once a week. Mom and I would go to the cinch card games and the
2 CONC chicken dinners in the church basement when I was the only one left at
2 CONC home. She was so very popular with everyone.
2 CONT
2 CONT As I understand it mom had a hard life growing up. She was orphaned at
2 CONC a very early age. Her dad died first and then her mother got sick.
2 CONC While her mother was dying the family was "farmed out" to different
2 CONC relatives hoping they would be taken care of. Mom and uncle Gervis
2 CONC went to their grandparents "the Shettig's", while Hilda, Frances and
2 CONC Hadden went to the Kane side of the family. Mom and uncle Gerv got the
2 CONC bad part of the deal. As I understand it, the Shettig's worked them
2 CONC hard while the Kanes were much more caring. We always thought mom's
2 CONC back problems stemmed from those days on the Shettig farm.
2 CONT
2 CONT My love of the Irish comes from mom. She loved to listen to Dennis Day
2 CONC sing Irish songs on the radio and TV. She loved her Irish background
2 CONC however we don't know much about where her people came from. Hopefully
2 CONC we can find some information before I eventually make my trip to
2 CONC Ireland.
2 CONT
2 CONT Since dad was very demanding, she protected me from the things which
2 CONC would generally result in a beating by doing them herself.
2 CONC Unfortunately, I believe I took advantage of it. To this day, in my
2 CONC adult life, I pick up after everybody without ever being asked to do
2 CONC so. I remember her going down through the snow drifted backyard to
2 CONC feed the chickens before dad would get home just so that I wouldn't
2 CONC get "whipped". She would not ask me to get it done and I would let her
2 CONC do it. I regret to this day, as I think back, how ungrateful I was.
2 CONT
2 CONT Dad, who was called France by most everyone, was a tough
2 CONC disciplinarian. He was hard on me. He never punished me without cause;
2 CONC however, most of the time it was quite excessive. Enough about that
2 CONC since I hold no hard feelings. I never got to know him very much since
2 CONC he was a distant person from me. I always wanted to sit down and have
2 CONC a beer with him when I got out of the service and to begin to get to
2 CONC know him; however, he died of cancer shortly after I got out. He was
2 CONC an outstanding carpenter. He was a craftsman and found it difficult to
2 CONC work with a partner or build anything where he didn't agree with the
2 CONC design. He had a good side to him. he would take the time to me and my
2 CONC friends to the county fair and sneak us into the football games on
2 CONC occasion. He allowed me time to "do my things". From what I heard from
2 CONC my friends, he was proud of my accomplishments. My major regret is
2 CONC that I never got to know him. I got my good qualities from mom and my
2 CONC handyman ability from him. He never taught me anything however I
2 CONC observed him do almost everything. I guess, I thought, if my dad can
2 CONC to it, so I can. I know he was respected in the town. He was
2 CONC opinionated, smart, a republican, handsome, strong and a hard worker.
2 CONC He loved to race pigeons. This was an enjoyable pastime for him. Since
2 CONC I have always looked up to adults (we were taught to do so) I really
2 CONC enjoyed it when he took me to the "Pigeon Club" for the first time. I
2 CONC watched these "old guys" (probably in their mid 50's) smoking cigars
2 CONC and telling stories. The would buy birds from each other for breeding.
2 CONC Before the race they would be making side bets on whose bird would
2 CONC come in first. The races where either 100, 300 or 600 miles. It was
2 CONC exciting to be with him on the day the birds were expected to arrive
2 CONC home from the race. We would watch the skies in anticipation of the
2 CONC first bird returning  home. We would always look toward the church
2 CONC steeple, since they would always come in from that direction. There
2 CONC was an excitement in the air when one would come into sight. I could
2 CONC go on forever explaining stories surrounding the pigeons but I won't.
2 CONT
2 CONT One of the reasons I'm writing this is that I never took the time to
2 CONC ask either mom or dad anything about them. I never had a chance with
2 CONC dad and I never took the opportunity with mom. It seems that these
2 CONC things become important when it's too late.
2 CONT
2 CONT Ted, the horse, became my best friend. This was not always the case
2 CONC since for many years I was deathly afraid of him. As I understand it,
2 CONC brother Jim was the one who wanted a horse. I'm not sure where dad got
2 CONC the money for a quarter horse however they did and bought this
2 CONC unbroken 2 year old beautiful animal. Although all of my brothers were
2 CONC good riders, I believe Dale was the best or at least the most daring.
2 CONC Dale may have been the first to successfully ride Ted. Ted was wild
2 CONC and mean spirited horse. He was very fast. I know when I rode him
2 CONC there was no other horse in town that could beat me in a race. I don't
2 CONC think the girls ever learned to enjoy him. Although they rode him,
2 CONC they did not do it voluntarily, dad made them do it. I know Sally was
2 CONC petrified. I always wanted to ride him however I was afraid of him for
2 CONC a long time. Dad was forcing me to do so before I had the confidence.
2 CONC Dad would send me out into the field with him and on more than one
2 CONC occasion Ted ran over me , don't ask me why. He bit me more times than
2 CONC I can remember. It wasn't until I was in 7th or 8th grade and I was
2 CONC riding him in the woods that I finally took charge and made him do
2 CONC something he didn't want to do. From that time on everything changed,
2 CONC he let me be the boss for the first time. This animal supplied me with
2 CONC my fondness memories as a young boy. The stories are just too numerous
2 CONC to put on paper.
2 CONT
2 CONT I liked to play sports. Since there were no organized sports by
2 CONC today's standards, we would cut our own baseball fields out of vacant
2 CONC fields. Depending on who the church priest was at the time, we
2 CONC preferred to use the cemetery most of the time. Unfortunately we would
2 CONC get kicked off all too often by either the priest or my uncle Morris
2 CONC who ran the cemetery committee. My favorite sport was football. I
2 CONC played for the grade school team. I loved defense the best and loved
2 CONC to get in on any and all tackles. When I got to high school, I played
2 CONC for just one year. I probably should have stuck it out but I was about
2 CONC 120 lbs and was getting my ??? kicked around by a bunch of guys whose
2 CONC last names ended with the letters ski. I graduated weighing just 140
2 CONC lbs.
2 CONT
2 CONT I also liked to fish and hunt. I fished at Bender's run and at
2 CONC Echnrode's Mill. There were no native trout only those which were
2 CONC stocked by the local sportsmen's club. Hunting was primarily for
2 CONC rabbit which were plentiful when I was a kid. Back home today they are
2 CONC scarce. Went for deer once and got one, about a 120 doe. That day we
2 CONC drove home with 5 deer on the old 53 Chevrolet. We were a proud lot.
2 CONT
2 CONT I did good in school. The Benedictine Nuns in grade school were good
2 CONC and tough. They were disciplinarians, no one got out of line. Upon the
2 CONC completion of grade school I received "The Legion Metal" which is
2 CONC given to the graduate who demonstrates good scholastic standing as
2 CONC well as citizenship. My brother Jim also received this recognition.
2 CONC For receiving it he gave me $50 to buy my graduation suit and new
2 CONC "suede" shoes. The high school had good people for teachers however
2 CONC they did not challenge the mind very much. I graduated with honors and
2 CONC also received the St. Francis College achievement award as the top
2 CONC graduating Math student. My best subjects were always math and science
2 CONC related. I think my math grades were straight "A" throughout high
2 CONC school. Sally who was 2 years ahead of me struggled a little with math
2 CONC and I would make sure mom and dad knew my graders were better than
2 CONC hers.
2 CONT
2 CONT I went into the service the day after I graduated high school. I
2 CONC graduated May 29, 1959 and was at Lackland Air Force Base in San
2 CONC Antonio Texas the next day. I have always regretted not taking some
2 CONC time off after high school. I worked part time during high school and
2 CONC have worked full time ever since I graduated high school. The other
2 CONC regret I have is that I never graduated college. When my last son Luke
2 CONC graduates in 1995, it will make up for my lack of formal education
2 CONC knowing that I was able to provide it to my children.
2 CONT
2 CONT The service life was great. The Air Force respected the mind and
2 CONC capabilities of young people. They would give everyone the opportunity
2 CONC to learn and advance based on their own ability and initiative. Here
2 CONC is where I learned about electronics and eventually data processing
2 CONC (computers). After "Boot" camp I was transferred to Keesler AFB in
2 CONC Biloxi Mississippi where I ended up staying for the next 4 years. Upon
2 CONC arriving I entered basic electronics training. It was tough. I flunked
2 CONC my 4th week test. I got a 74.4% on it and I needed a 75% to pass. This
2 CONC is important since it delayed my first trip home and it caused me to
2 CONC miss sister Ann's and Charlie's wedding. I repeated this week of
2 CONC training and got over 90% on the test and never got less than a 90% on
2 CONC any other test taken over the next 35 weeks. In hind sight the
2 CONC flunking of that test was the best thing that ever happened to me. By
2 CONC receiving this "wake up" call, I really studied , probably for the
2 CONC first time in my life, and was assigned to continue training in the
2 CONC very new area of data processing. Most trainees went into radio or
2 CONC radar. No one knew much about this new area of study. Since I did very
2 CONC well in this area of study, they changed my assignment from that of a
2 CONC data processing repair technician to an instructor of data processing.
2 CONC Someone must have been guiding me thru this maze because I ended up in
2 CONC a very interesting and new technology area. Becoming successful at the
2 CONC instructor assignment qualified me for my eventual job after I left
2 CONC the service. I taught my first course while I was 18 years old. Since
2 CONC I did a good job that's when I knew that you can never under estimate
2 CONC the capabilities of the young, the Air Force understood that.
2 CONT
2 CONT When I got discharged from the service, I went to work for Honeywell
2 CONC as an instructor in their technical training department located in
2 CONC Wellesley Ma. This is where I met Marcia. I lived with a bunch of guys
2 CONC at 13R Washington St. In Wellesley Hills Ma. I lived there until I
2 CONC married Marcia in Sept. of 1965. My roommates were; Begs, John, Woody,
2 CONC Bill D, Boomer, Bert and others from time to time. We had a great time
2 CONC at 13R. It was one on-going party. It was nice to have my sister Sally
2 CONC living in Boston at this time in my life. She was a hostess for TWA.
2 CONC She lived near the Fens in Boston. She and her roommates were regulars
2 CONC at our parties.
2 CONT
2 CONT As of this writing, I have been working for the same company for over
2 CONC 31 years. I taught for several years before being promoted to my first
2 CONC management position. I've been in training management for
2 CONC approximately 25 years. See what can happen as a result of flunking a
2 CONC test when you were 18 years old.
2 CONT
2 CONT As previously indicated, I met Marcia  shortly after I went to work
2 CONC for Honeywell. We, the 13R roommates, were inviting people to our
2 CONC first major party. My roommates Gary and John showed up at a bowling
2 CONC alley where I was bowling for the Honeywell league. They pointed out a
2 CONC good looking girl who was bowling several lanes away. I was told by
2 CONC them that I should invite her to the party. Shortly after the party we
2 CONC began dating and the rest is history.
2 CONT
2 CONT Marcia and I got married September 18th, 1965 at St. John's Catholic
2 CONC Church in Wellesley Hills, Ma. and had our reception at the Lord Fox
2 CONC in Foxboro, Ma. We went to Quebec City and Montreal for our honeymoon.
2 CONC Marcia continued to work at Honeywell until it was time to deliver our
2 CONC first son, Jim. We were fortunate in those days that, for the most
2 CONC part, a family could raised and a home maintained with only one
2 CONC working parent. Marcia was able to stay home and raise our three sons
2 CONC That all changed with the high inflation period which took place in
2 CONC the late 70's and early 80's, due primarily to the rising cost in
2 CONC energy and world based economies. Today with the cost of housing and
2 CONC other social changes require two working parents. I hope it doesn't
2 CONC have a negative effect on the important values of future generations.
2 CONT
2 CONT Our first residence was at the Bishop Apartments in Framingham at 66
2 CONC Bishop Drive. They are now condos. We lived there for 2 years. This
2 CONC was Jim's first home. I was going to night school during these early
2 CONC years trying position myself better in the workplace. I went for about
2 CONC three years at Northeastern and Providence College. I completed the
2 CONC equivalent of more than 1 year of a four year program. It's
2 CONC interesting to note that Jim eventually graduated from Northeastern.
2 CONC During this time we were trying to save our money for the purchase of
2 CONC our first home. It was everyone's dream. Marcia was always a good
2 CONC counter balance to my conservative nature relative to money. I was a
2 CONC saver and cheap. She would always push for the best; whereas, I was
2 CONC willing to take second best if it would save a buck. We wouldn't have
2 CONC what we have today if it wasn't for Marcia havingme to reach a little
2 CONC higher. We were able to save $2,000 and Marcia's mother gave us an
2 CONC additional $1,000 toward the purchase of our first home in Holliston
2 CONC Ma. on 103 Karen Circle in 1967. It was a new split entry ranch
2 CONC costing a whooping $18,900. I didn't know how we would be able to make
2 CONC the monthly payments. I was probably making around $9,000-$10,000 a
2 CONC year by that time. Due to the fact that I was "handy" I was able to
2 CONC make many improvements to the house which otherwise we wouldn't be
2 CONC able to afford. I built the first bar in the neighborhood. Many others
2 CONC followed. Our neighbors, the Woods, Walsh's and Merrill's. Henry Woods
2 CONC became my best friend, almost like a brother. He was a city kid who
2 CONC was willing to do anything for his family and friends. He was the
2 CONC "hated" hockey coach by most parents who had their kids skate for him.
2 CONC Hated by all except me, his defender. Marcia developed a close
2 CONC friendship with Barbara Walsh. Both were home and able to raise their
2 CONC children together.We have been blessed with many good and close
2 CONC friends over our lifetime, I'm sure that speaks well of Marcia and me.
2 CONC This first neighborhood was the best. We were broke like the rest of
2 CONC our neighbors and this resulted in a unique bonding of four families.
2 CONC To this day we are still close to the Woods's, Walsh's and the
2 CONC Merrill's. We shared our last beer with each other as we approached
2 CONC each payday. We didn't go our to restaurants much except on special
2 CONC occasions. However, we constantly had formal dinners and get togethers
2 CONC in the neighborhood.
2 CONT
2 CONT Both Matthew and Luke were born during our time on Karen Circle.
2 CONT
2 CONT We moved Phoenix in 1974. Sold our Holliston home for $44,500 and
2 CONC bought our Phoenix home on 336 East Orangewood home for $58,500. It
2 CONC was a one floor Ranch style house with over 3000 sq.' of living space.
2 CONC Mom, who never wanted to fly due to the death of her son and her bad
2 CONC back, flew there to see our new home. It really was different than the
2 CONC hills of western Pa. The significance of this move was that it
2 CONC provided my family with the opportunity to live someplace other than
2 CONC the Northeast and we met a very unique person named Gordon Neil.
2 CONC Gordon passed away in October 1994, two weeks after we last met him.
2 CONC God was good to allow us to see him one last time. Our friendship was
2 CONC maintained with him over those twenty years. Our favorite Southwestern
2 CONC wall hangings all came from him. The old Buffalo painting was his
2 CONC favorite and he gave it to us on our last visit. Who ever receives it
2 CONC from us should take care of it.
2 CONT
2 CONT During the five years in Phoenix we had a great time. Marcia and the
2 CONC boys got to see a lot of the rugged southwest before it exploded in
2 CONC population and to visit the west coast. We camped in the high country.
2 CONC Even though we were in the desert, the boys were able to play hockey.
2 CONC Since the boys were very athletic and out going, we always had a yard
2 CONC full of kids at the "Bearer's" place. During our stay I learned the
2 CONC art of irrigation and tree growing. We had 38 citrus trees and a half
2 CONC acre of lawn which was irrigated every two weeks in the summer. The
2 CONC boys brought their skill of having "snow ball battles" to the desert
2 CONC and instituted the game of "grape fruit battles". Marcia established
2 CONC several life long friendships during her stay, Nancy Harris and Mary
2 CONC Zahn. After five years we sold the house for $120,000 and moved back
2 CONC to Holliston Ma. I took advantage of an opportunity for a promotion.
2 CONC It was also a good move for the family. It seemed like the boys
2 CONC activities were all too structured and they had little chance to
2 CONC improvise due to the city nature of the Phoenix environment. Holliston
2 CONC offered the small New England town environment, woods all around and
2 CONC ponds to skate on and more of a community atmosphere.
2 CONT
2 CONT In mid 1979, we bought a Colonial style home at 85 Bogastow Brook road
2 CONC at a cost of $108,500. Everyone thought that we were crazy for
2 CONC spending that kind of money. As it turned out it was not only a great
2 CONC place to raise the family, it also provided us with the funds to put
2 CONC the boys through college. This was due to the ' equity increase which
2 CONC came about during the high inflation rate of the early 80's. The move
2 CONC turned out as we expected. Small towns are "Greater" that large cities
2 CONC for raising a family. Marcia & I, as well as the boys established
2 CONC numerous life long friendships. The boys graduated fro a good school
2 CONC system in Holliston. Jim went on to graduate from Northeastern,
2 CONC Matthew from Providence College and Luke from the University of Rhode
2 CONC Island.
2 CONT FRANCIS HENRY PATRICK BEARER
2 CONT AN
2 CONT AUTOBIOGRAPHY
2 CONT
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1 BIRT
2 DATE 6 JUN 1941
2 PLAC Spangler, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMS @F1@
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME Marcia /DEVLIN/
2 GIVN Marcia
2 SURN DEVLIN
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 DEC 1944
2 PLAC NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
1 FAMS @F1@
1 FAMC @F7@
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME James Francis /BEARER/
2 GIVN James Francis
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 DEC 1966
2 PLAC NEWTON, MASS
1 FAMS @F222@
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME Matthew John /BEARER/
2 GIVN Matthew John
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 OCT 1968
2 PLAC NEWTON, MASS
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Luke Andrew /BEARER/
2 GIVN Luke Andrew
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAR 1973
2 PLAC NATICK, MASS
1 FAMC @F1@
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME Francis Edwin /BEARER/
2 GIVN Francis Edwin
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 MAR 1900
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 7 OCT 1963
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
1 BURI
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME Stella Josephene /KANE/
2 GIVN Stella Josephene
2 SURN KANE
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 JUL 1900
2 PLAC Spangler, PA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 AUG 1978
2 PLAC Spangler, PA.
1 BURI
2 PLAC Spangler, PA.
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMC @F75@
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME Edwin Joseph /BEARER/
2 GIVN Edwin Joseph
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1930
2 PLAC Spangler, PENNSYLVNIA
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME James Francis /BEARER/
2 GIVN James Francis
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 SEP 1927
2 PLAC Spangler, PENNSYLVANIA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 APR 1957
1 BURI
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME Ann Theresa /BEARER/
2 GIVN Ann Theresa
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JAN 1935
2 PLAC Spangler, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMS @F4@
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME Sara Jane /BEARER/
2 GIVN Sara Jane
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 OCT 1939
2 PLAC Spangler, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME Dale Frederick /BEARER/
2 GIVN Dale Frederick
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 MAY 1932
2 PLAC Spangler, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME Clara Rose /BEARER/
2 GIVN Clara Rose
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 SEP 1926
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 7 SEP 1926
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME Anna Magdelan /HROBOCHAK/
2 GIVN Anna Magdelan
2 SURN HROBOCHAK
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 JUL 1933
2 PLAC HASTINGS, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F129@
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME MARY BETH /BEARER/
2 GIVN MARY BETH
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 MAR 1961
2 PLAC ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMS @F68@
1 FAMC @F3@
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME THERESA MARY /BEARER/
2 GIVN THERESA MARY
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 JAN 1963
2 PLAC NEWARK, DELEWARE
1 FAMS @F177@
1 FAMC @F3@
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME James H. /EDSON/
2 GIVN James H.
2 SURN EDSON
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F127@
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Summers /EDSON/
2 GIVN Charles Summers
2 SURN EDSON
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 NOV 1928
2 PLAC CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
1 FAMS @F4@
1 FAMC @F127@
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME Karen Ann /EDSON/
2 GIVN Karen Ann
2 SURN EDSON
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 JUN 1960
2 PLAC NEW HAVEN, CONN
1 FAMS @F67@
1 FAMC @F4@
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME JAMES BEARER /EDSON/
2 GIVN JAMES BEARER
2 SURN EDSON
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 6 DEC 1961
2 PLAC NEW HAVEN , CONN
1 FAMS @F148@
1 FAMC @F4@
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME CHARLES S /EDSON/
2 GIVN CHARLES S
2 SURN EDSON
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 JAN 1963
2 PLAC NEW HAVEN, CONN
1 FAMS @F69@
1 FAMC @F4@
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME SALLY ANN /EDSON/
2 GIVN SALLY ANN
2 SURN EDSON
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 FEB 1967
2 PLAC NEW HAVEN, CONN
1 FAMS @F121@
1 FAMC @F4@
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME DALE ROBERTS /BONSALL/
2 GIVN DALE ROBERTS
2 SURN BONSALL
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 SEP 1938
2 PLAC COLLINGSWOOD, NJ.
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME MEGAN LEE /BONSALL/
2 GIVN MEGAN LEE
2 SURN BONSALL
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 NOV 1967
2 PLAC BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMS @F70@
1 FAMC @F5@
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME CHAD ROBERTS /BONSALL/
2 GIVN CHAD ROBERTS
2 SURN BONSALL
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 DEC 1969
2 PLAC BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMC @F5@
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME Francis Henry /BEARER/
2 GIVN Francis Henry
2 SURN BEARER
2 NSFX Esq.
1 SEX M
1 TITL Esq.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 5 SEP 1865
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 JAN 1937
1 FAMS @F16@
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME Rose Augusta /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Rose Augusta
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX F
1 NOTE This memory was written by Ruth Bearer Thomas, the youngest of the
2 CONC family.
2 CONT
2 CONT Frank Bearer and Rose Luther married about 1889. Rose was a
2 CONC schoolteacher in a one room school house prior to her marriage.
2 CONT
2 CONT They went to housekeeping in a hotel purchased by Frank's father in
2 CONC Spangler known as the Old Franklin Hotel. Mom talked about Hotel
2 CONC often. The work was very hard and she was pregnant most of the time.
2 CONC They had quite a few boarders mostly men working on the railroad being
2 CONC built through the town at that time.
2 CONT
2 CONT Clothes were rubbed on a washboard including the boarders clothes,
2 CONC bedclothes, etc. Meals were cooked and served; slop-jars used at night
2 CONC were emptied as these were only sub-houses and as a convenience the
2 CONC slop-jars or pots or a nice name, combinets, were used at night. Two
2 CONC hired girls helped with the work. There was a bar and the men were a
2 CONC rough bunch so there was a lot of rowdyism. Dad never drank until he
2 CONC started tending bar at the hotel and then started to drink and learned
2 CONC to like it quite a lot. His father decided it wasn't the best place to
2 CONC raise a family and bought the farm in East Carolltownship. Earl,
2 CONC Clair, Irvin, Mary (died age 8) and Helen were born at the hotel.
2 CONC Grace was the first born at the farm in 1898.
2 CONT
2 CONT The house at the farm was the usual L-shaped. The parlor was only open
2 CONC for special company and the girls' dates. Grace and Neice, Helen and
2 CONC Otto, Ethel and Maurus, did a lot of courting here. The dining room
2 CONC was large and was really a family room with a big table, lots of
2 CONC chairs and a big potbellied stove going full blast all winter with a
2 CONC coal fire. This is where we lived and played and fought. We played
2 CONC card games mostly. Dad sat with a switch at his side reading mostly
2 CONC from papers and if we got out of hand he would use it but I don't
2 CONC remember of him using it; I guess just having it there was enough. Dad
2 CONC would parch corn kernels in an iron skillet with butter that was
2 CONC really delicious and we ate apples crisp from the underground cave
2 CONC where apples, potatoes, turnips, cabbage, parsnips and a large barrel
2 CONC of a sauerkraut were kept; it was a cozy place, cool in the summer and
2 CONC warm in the winter. The married ones also shared this produce. When
2 CONC Mom was going to cook kraut she would tell everyone she would be
2 CONC opening the barrel and to come with their containers to get some; it
2 CONC sure was good and we never tired of it cooked with a piece of pork
2 CONC butchered at the farm and kept in a pickling preservative; the hams
2 CONC were smoked in a smokehouse. The kitchen had a large coal-burning
2 CONC stove that did all the cooking, baking, heating water and helped heat
2 CONC the house in the winter. Water was carried from a spring a few yards
2 CONC from the house from a well. The water was dipped directly from the
2 CONC well with a bucket held by the handle and dipped in and pulled out. As
2 CONC kids we used to lay on our bellies and drink directly out of the well
2 CONC and sometimes we could see lizards on the bottom, about three feet
2 CONC down; the saying was if there was a lizard in the well the water was
2 CONC pure. We cooled watermelons! beer (home brew and root beer by dropping
2 CONC it in the well and they got real cold. Haven't tasted water since that
2 CONC was that refreshing. Water was heated each Saturday for a bath in a
2 CONC washtub for the "smaller fry". There was an out-kitchen attached to
2 CONC the house that had a huge fireplace for heating iron kettles of water
2 CONC (carried lots of water) for washing and this kitchen was used during
2 CONC butchering season to take care of the meat, making sausage, pudding,
2 CONC sauce and rendering fat for lard (no Crisco in those days); all
2 CONC cooking and baking was done with lard; I guess that is why pies were
2 CONC so good. The milk was also taken care of in this area, put through a
2 CONC machine that separated cream from milk.
2 CONT
2 CONT A large room over the kitchen housed the boys., I guess three beds and
2 CONC the girls in another room with two beds. There were four bedrooms; Mom
2 CONC and Dad had another and one was always kept for company called Grandpa
2 CONC Bearer's room. The boys and Dad and Mom's room opened onto a L-shaped
2 CONC upper porch. The boys did a lot of sliding down the poles to get to
2 CONC the ground. We always used an outhouse which was moved at intervals
2 CONC from one site to another. The old hole would be covered and a new one
2 CONC due. Each time it was moved farther from the house. It was quite a
2 CONC trip in the winter and we always had a lot of snow and zero weather
2 CONC and sometimes got there and found it occupied; it had a couple of
2 CONC holes so sexes of the same gender could share. Old Sears catalogs and
2 CONC magazines and unused dress patterns were used, never resorted to
2 CONC corncobs. We didn't have warm outer clothes like today so we wore long
2 CONC johns, sometimes black ones with a drop-seat (kind you see in western
2 CONC movies) , also slept in them for warmth. Wore high button shoes and
2 CONC heavy stockings.
2 CONT
2 CONT All milk and perishables were placed in a springhouse built below the
2 CONC well which used the overflow from the spring into a trough. Crocks
2 CONC were placed to hold the milk and other food items; it must have worked
2 CONC OK as we didn't die of food poisoning. Mom would pickle a big crock of
2 CONC pickles beets fresh from the garden and pickles and put in the trough.
2 CONC We would get a handful and enjoy them. Fresh spring water was
2 CONC continually running through the trough. I guess we used the food and
2 CONC milk so fast it didn't have time to spoil. The grain was cut and
2 CONC threshed and taken to mill to be made into flour. The bread Mom made
2 CONC was the best ever. Buckwheat cakes made from the ground buckwheat were
2 CONC so good and fed many a family on Sunday. They were made on a black
2 CONC iron griddle that covered the front of the old coal stove. Butter was
2 CONC churned and buttermilk made both delicious.
2 CONT
2 CONT The barn was huge and we played there a lot (especially when Dad was
2 CONC away). It's a wonder we didn't drive Mom crazy but she took it all in
2 CONC her stride. We would go hand over hand across a rafter then drop down
2 CONC in the hay or straw. We would dig tunnels in the hay, hunt for chicken
2 CONC nests hidden in the barn and gather eggs. We also crawled to the top
2 CONC of the barn and straddled the peak; we would watch for Dad coming from
2 CONC town and get down in a hurry as this was a no! no!
2 CONT
2 CONT Getting to school sometimes was a sleigh or sled ride to get there.
2 CONC The winters were so severe and the clothes nothing like today Our
2 CONC hands would get so cold and when they began to warm up they would ache
2 CONC terribly and the nuns were old and cranky and had no sympathy for us.
2 CONT
2 CONT Have pleasant memories of going for sled rides in the big sled that
2 CONC would be filled with straw and you would wrap up in blankets and Dad
2 CONC would have large sleigh bells on the horses' harness and off we would
2 CONC go; it was wonderful, one of my fondest memories.
2 CONT
2 CONT We did alot of sled riding (belly-bumpers) . Could go from the top of
2 CONC the lane down behind the barn through the meadow to the edge of the
2 CONC woods but you had to walk back. Skiing was also done on a hill across
2 CONC from the barn and attracted a lot of kids that were friends of the
2 CONC boys.
2 CONT
2 CONT The house that now stands at the farm was built in 1922. After living
2 CONC about 25 years in the old house, Mom and Dad finally had a house with
2 CONC a bath and hot water heater but no electricity. I remember the bath
2 CONC could be used before the house was ready for occupation. It was so
2 CONC heavenly to bath and use the commode. The house was well built with
2 CONC stone for the foundation and lumber for the house procured from land
2 CONC owned by Dad.
2 CONT
2 CONT Dad worked hard plowing with a team of horses. I wonder how many miles
2 CONC he covered walking back and forth across the fields. Mom was a good
2 CONC cook and baked the best bread and pies that I have ever eaten. As long
2 CONC as I could remember she had leg trouble and it was so hard for her to
2 CONC get around. Clothes were still scrubbed on a board until Clair
2 CONC purchased a gasoline motor driven Maytag washer which was a big help.
2 CONT
2 CONT We learned our prayers at our mother's knee, and the rosary was said
2 CONC during Advent and Lent after the evening meal before everyone went
2 CONC their way. Mom read alot, especially poems. Both Mom and Dad really
2 CONC enjoyed children and as long as she was able she always went where
2 CONC there was a new baby for a few days to help.
2 CONT
2 CONT For Dad's birthday, which was Sept.5th, we always had a big corn and
2 CONC weiner roast; it was to be a surprise but it would have been a bigger
2 CONC surprise if we didn't have it as Dad always had the sticks cut for the
2 CONC hot dogs and the wood for the fire hid in the woods.
2 CONT
2 CONT Mom's birthday was Feb. 24th. Cards were always played with prizes
2 CONC given for highest and lowest score. Food was served and everyone
2 CONC helped. Cinch was, and I guess still is played in that area.
2 CONT
2 CONT World War I took Clair and Irvin. They both returned home safely We
2 CONC had a family picture taken before they left which we all cherish.
2 CONC Copies should be made for everyone.
2 CONT
2 CONT Edgar was the only son in World War II besides grandchildren from
2 CONC Earl, Irvin and Francis' families and a son-in-law, Albert Thomas,
2 CONC husband of Ruth. A grandson, Timothy Thomas, and a great grandson,
2 CONC John Robine served in the Vietnam War. A grandson, James Bearer, son
2 CONC of Stella and Francis, was killed during the Korean War in a plane
2 CONC crash.
2 CONT
2 CONT Mother lived to have a picture taken of five generations -Grandma,
2 CONC Earl, Mid, her daughter Jane and her baby daughter.
2 CONT
2 CONT When Mom died there were 48 grandchildren, 90 great grandchildren, and
2 CONC 11 great-great grandchildren. Would like to know how many more there
2 CONC are now.
2 CONT
2 CONT The first radio at the farm was in the early thirties, battery
2 CONC operated. It was really the wonder of the world. Dad liked Hum and
2 CONC Abner. We listened to the details of the Johnstown Flood on the radio
2 CONC and it was amazing.
2 CONT
2 CONT At this time we had a trough in the basement with spring water running
2 CONC there and keeping things cool.
2 CONT
2 CONT Things are different at the farm now with all the modern conveniences.
2 CONC The barn we enjoyed is gone, the pig pen and the shed for machinery
2 CONC all torn down and fields that flourished with grain and produce are
2 CONC all grown over except a few used by a neighbor for planting.
2 CONT
2 CONT I remember hearing someone talking of Rose's father and Frank's father
2 CONC both running for sheriff of Cambria County and D. A. Luther won' this
2 CONC was before Rose and Frank had met each other. The family lived at the
2 CONC jail; at that time hanging was done in the jail yard and one was hung
2 CONC during his term; in fact on a trip with civics class while I was in
2 CONC high school we toured and the ropes were on display under glass and it
2 CONC named the rope of the hanging during D. A. Luther's term. Grandpa
2 CONC Luther was named after Prince Galitzen (Demetrius Augustus).
2 CONT
2 CONT Mom talked often about life at the jail. There was an escape during
2 CONC this term; the man crawled out an air duct or something and was met by
2 CONC a man with horse and buggy with wheels of buggy and horses' hooves
2 CONC wrapped in rags to deaden the noise. I think the tale goes that one of
2 CONC Mom's brothers helped him escape and he also played the fiddle and the
2 CONC people said at the time that he (Harry was his name) played the fiddle
2 CONC as the man escaped. Mom said she once went into an empty cell on a
2 CONC visiting day and looked pathetic as people gazed at her. Mom always
2 CONC said she was a tomboy and Aunt Ella, her only sister, was a lady. Mom
2 CONC carried the water and worked outside and Ella sewed and helped in the
2 CONC house, but Mom turned out to be a better seamstress. Ella and Mom were
2 CONC never close. Ella belonged to Carrolltown's elite. Grace and Helen
2 CONC were friends with the girls when they were young.
2 CONT
2 CONT Mom was the type of a person that fed every hobo that stopped by and
2 CONC he usually left with a loaf of bread under his arm. She had only one
2 CONC bad experience. Dad was away. Earl, Clair, Helen and Mary (?) would
2 CONC have been small then. A hobo came to the door and she let him in and
2 CONC fed him; she said he seemed strange and he asked her if she was alone
2 CONC and she said no, her husband was at the barn so he went down to see
2 CONC and Mom locked the doors and waited with a poker in her hand; he came
2 CONC back and kept banging on the door. Sam Dillon, who lived where
2 CONC Springers now live, came to her rescue. The man had stopped at their
2 CONC place and acted odd and he knew Dad was away so he thought he better
2 CONC check on Mom.
2 CONT
2 CONT Mom believed in omens. She said the night either her Dad or Mother
2 CONC died, there was a tap at the door and Earl answered the door and no
2 CONC one was there and she was sure it was an omen. Before Dad died a bird
2 CONC flew into the house and she said it was an omen and Dad died.
2 CONT
2 CONT Grace was the last to be married from the "old house" and shortly
2 CONC after moving-into the new house Helen, Irvin, Ethel and Francis got
2 CONC married, and that left Edgar (better known as Bushy), Donald and
2 CONC Harry, all of which never gave me a decent word. I always missed not
2 CONC having a sister close to my age to fight with. After Grace and Ethel
2 CONC had kids I spent a lot of time with the little ones and I guess that
2 CONC is why I still like little ones and get a 'charge out of their antics.
2 CONT
2 CONT Mom had a brother, Demetrius, who everyone called Boofey. He was an
2 CONC alcoholic and the most likeable of the whole bunch. He could play the
2 CONC piano and violin and was so much fun. He was a paper hanger and
2 CONC painter by trade and a good one when he was sober. We looked forward
2 CONC to his visits. He was really the only uncle I cared about as
2 CONC remembered from the relatives. I remember he stopped once and I had
2 CONC been playing in the woods with imaginary playmates and I came around
2 CONC the corner of the house and just saw his back and thought it was a
2 CONC hobo and he turned and I said, 'Oh, it's only Boo" and I was so happy.
2 CONC He lived to a ripe old age. I guess he was well pickled.
2 CONT
2 CONT
2 CONT Other Memories
2 CONT
2 CONT
2 CONT Written by a niece, Maurita Westrict-Platt, daughter of Ethel
2 CONC Bearer-Westrick
2 CONT
2 CONT
2 CONT Grandma and Grandpap Bearer (Rose and Frank)
2 CONT Wish I'd talked more about the past with my 12 uncles and aunts (5
2 CONC girls and 7 boys) so I could record more about my grandparents' lives
2 CONC prior to my knowing them. They lived in an old wooden farmhouse
2 CONC outside Carrolltown, later built a brick house in front of the old one
2 CONC complete with bathroom and running water; however, no electricity. The
2 CONC old house had neither but had a porch around two sides of the house
2 CONC with a balcony above. Aunt Grace tells of the time her future husband
2 CONC was courting her and they were saying good night (or whatever).
2 CONC Suddenly a stream of water came from above. One of the boys had to
2 CONC relieve himself and was too lazy or sleepy to go to the outhouse.
2 CONC There was a barn, a wagon house, chicken coop, pig pen and over 150
2 CONC acres of land. Grandma's voice was so loud that she'd shout DINNER and
2 CONC all the men in the back acres were all there in a short time.
2 CONC Sometimes when she yelled her false teeth flew out.
2 CONT Grandpa was a strong man and had to work long hours to keep the farm
2 CONC productive. However, the farm was still in debt when he died,
2 CONC according to Uncle Clair who took it over so the land would remain in
2 CONC the family. Aunt Jean (Clair's wife) did not like country living so
2 CONC Frank and Hugh Malloy (Grace's sons) and Aunt Grace bought the farm
2 CONC when they got out of the army after World War II.
2 CONT Grandpap liked his liquor. I personally never saw Grandpap drink or
2 CONC even take a drink so I assume this was done on weekends.
2 CONT Both Grandma and Grandpap Bearer were called Grandma and Grandpap
2 CONC Bearer by most of the kids in Carrolltown. I guess they had so many
2 CONC grandchildren (48) there and their friends kind of adopted them.
2 CONC Grandpap would take his wagon (or sleigh in the wintertime) and go
2 CONC into town and before he had completed his journey, it was filled with
2 CONC kids. When I was around two years old I would stand at the window and
2 CONC if I wasn't there Grandpap would come in to see if I was sick.
2 CONT His father was Johnny Bearer, who was somewhat of a rogue. Johnny's
2 CONC father owned all of what is Spangler and part of Nicktown. He was
2 CONC well-to-do and his wife (who died in her 40's after childbirth) was
2 CONC also well-to-do but managed to spend a good part of his money.
2 CONC However, he did give Grandpap a hotel in Spangler when he was married.
2 CONC Grandma worked hard there packing lunches for the railroad men that
2 CONC stayed there, etc. I don't know what caused the migration to the farm
2 CONC Here Grandma also worked very hard baking bread almost daily, milking
2 CONC cows, churning butter, raising turkeys and chickens, slopping the hogs
2 CONC and on and on and on. I spent a lot of time at the farm mainly because
2 CONC I loved to hear her sing and play the piano. She mostly chorded,
2 CONC raising her hands high and singing songs like "In the Baggage Coach
2 CONC Ahead", "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven" and "Father, Dear Father, Come
2 CONC Home With Me Now". I never tired of listening and I generally put my
2 CONC hands on top of hers while she played. I felt like a real musician. I
2 CONC understand she also played the harmonica although I never heard her.
2 CONC Times were not easy, according to Aunt Ruth. They did not have many
2 CONC clothes and what they did have, Grandma made. Cousins from Barnesboro
2 CONC used to have pretty clothes.
2 CONT Grandma always remembered birthdays and would send homemade fudge. She
2 CONC was a great cook and there was never a scarcity of food. She never
2 CONC complained even though every Sunday four or five of the children
2 CONC (hers) and their kids would descend on the farm. In reality this was
2 CONC probably her only entertainment. The house was situated in the valley
2 CONC with a circular road going down around the front of the house and up
2 CONC the other side. In the wintertime it was impossible to drive down the
2 CONC road and expect to get back up so all the cars would park at the top
2 CONC of the lane. Grandpa never had a car but depended on his horse and
2 CONC buggy. The story is told that Mom and Dad, Aunt Helen and Uncle Otto
2 CONC borrowed the horse and buggy to go for a Sunday drive. They were not
2 CONC yet married so it was around 1920-22. The horse was so used to Grandpa
2 CONC that it stopped at all his watering holes. All of the above did not
2 CONC drink and it was rather embarrassing to Aunt Helen and Mom. For their
2 CONC honeymoon Grandma and Grandpap Bearer rode the horse and buggy to the
2 CONC Nicktown Hotel, a distance of seven miles.
2 CONT In the summertime I frequently walked to the farm from town, with Aunt
2 CONC Ruth holding my hand. It seemed like a long walk at the time but it
2 CONC was probably one mile the back way.
2 CONT I remember Sundays at the farm, men from all around used to come skeet
2 CONC shooting. The kids would jump in the hay or generally make nuisances
2 CONC of themselves. We'd bring in the cows in the evening. I never did
2 CONC learn to milk them. I often took friends down. Grandma never seemed to
2 CONC care how many came to dinner. They had a large table that would seat
2 CONC 12. She was a great cook, especially a baker. She never measured and
2 CONC things always turned out OK, made with fresh country butter, eggs and
2 CONC cream. I can still taste the buckwheat cakes made out of buckwheat
2 CONC grown on the farm.
2 CONT Grandma was a tiny lady when she married but with each child
2 CONC apparently got bigger. I remember her as weighing around 200 pounds.
2 CONC She suffered with varicose veins but I never heard her complain about
2 CONC anything. She had 13 children. One, Mary, died at eight years from a
2 CONC ruptured appendix. Grandma missed her all her life and would
2 CONC frequently mention her. She was pregnant with my mother at the time
2 CONC (or she had just been born, I'm not clear which). Mom was a small baby
2 CONC and Grandma was sure she'd die and go to heaven to keep Mary company.
2 CONC She even had a funeral dress made for her. Mom lived to be 75.
2 CONC Needless to say, she couldn't wear the dress. Our ancestors lived to
2 CONC be fairly old. Grandpap Bearer had five sisters who all lived to be
2 CONC past 90. I'm not sure about his brothers. Grandpap died at a fairly
2 CONC young age (72) but worked a full day in the fields until shortly
2 CONC before his death. He developed an infection from a horse (prior to
2 CONC penicillin) or he'd have probably lived until a ripe old age. Grandma
2 CONC died at 96, but was senile about five years prior to her death.
2 CONT Of the children, Bushy (Edgar) and Don died of heart attack, Ethel of
2 CONC cancer of pancreas Earl and Irvin of stroke and complications, Clair
2 CONC of old age (92, and as of 2/20/88 Helen, Grace, Ruth are still living
2 CONC and Peg is a resident of St. Benedict's Nursing Home in Detroit.
2 CONC Diabetes runs in the family... adult onset. One granddaughter, Janet
2 CONC Thomas, had juvenile diabetes (practically blind). It is in both sides
2 CONC of her family.
2 CONT I'm glad I wasn't living in those days on a farm as I'm allergic to
2 CONC hard work. Apparently all of my aunts and uncles were also as none of
2 CONC them became farmers or farmers' wives. Most were in the trades. In
2 CONC order of birth:
2 CONT Clair - Office manager for Pennsylvania railroad, 4 kids
2 CONT Earl - Painter and paper hanger, 9 kids
2 CONT Helen - Married part owner of lumber yard, 6 kids
2 CONT Grace - Married a teacher and attorney, 6 kids
2 CONT Irvin - Maytag agency, 6 kids
2 CONT Ethel - Married an auto dealer, 3 kids
2 CONT Francis - Carpenter, 6 kids
2 CONT Peg - Married factory worker and moved to Detroit. 1 kid The only one
2 CONC who left the area.
2 CONT Don - Welder, the wild one, always wrecking cars, 4 kids came close to
2 CONC death many times.
2 CONT Harry - Worked for Penn Elect, 1 kid
2 CONT Edgar - Bartender, jack of all trades, and above all a hunter, 0 kids
2 CONT Ruth - Married laborer who carved tombstones and 3 kids worked at Army
2 CONC Dept as a statistician in World War II when he had fingers shot.
2 CONT I remember many happy times at the farm and wish my children had the
2 CONC same opportunity. Maybe on hindsight things were rosier than I
2 CONC remember but life was simpler and more family oriented.
2 CONT Every 4th of July we'd have a reunion at the farm and our first taste
2 CONC of watermelon for the summer. In elderberry season some friends and I
2 CONC would go to the farm and pick the berries for Mom to make jelly. We'd
2 CONC take a big basket and Grandma gave us a screen over which we'd strain
2 CONC berries into the basket. We'd jump in the hay from high rafters and
2 CONC feel like a bird flying through the air. The hay was on one side and
2 CONC the barn floor on the other. I once persuaded a friend to climb on the
2 CONC rafter and she froze up there and was afraid to jump or to crawl down.
2 CONC I was so scared she'd get dizzy and fall backwards so I pushed her.
2 CONC Thank God she landed safely. We'd play hide and seek in the barn and
2 CONC once I fell through the hole where they throw hay down and landed on a
2 CONC cow "paddy". The wind was knocked out of me and I thought I was dying.
2 CONC Aunt Ruth happened to be coming to the farm for something at the time
2 CONC and she was laughing so hard she was almost hysterical. Guess it did
2 CONC look funny especially when I had to go home covered with cow shit.
2 CONT In the summer, I'd take a salt shaker to the garden and eat tomatoes
2 CONC right off the vine or pick apples and Grandma would make apple
2 CONC dumplings, still my favorite dessert. Times may have been hard but I
2 CONC wasn't aware of it. It was a happy childhood with many happy memories.
2 CONT Often when Mom and Dad went on trips, I'd stay at the farm. This was
2 CONC before they had electricity. Grandma would tell up stories before we
2 CONC went to bed and the light from the lamps would send huge shadows on
2 CONC the wall. She always told the stories. The Goblins will get you
2 CONC (always emphasized) if you don't watch out". I'd spend the whole night
2 CONC under the covers completely hidden so the goblins wouldn't find me.
2 CONT
2 CONT
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 FEB 1868
2 NOTE Written by a niece, Marjorie Westrict-Platt, daughter of Ethel
3 CONC Bearer-Westrick
3 CONT Grandma and Grandpap Bearer (Rose and Frank)
3 CONT Wish I'd talked more about the past with my 12 uncles and aunts (5
3 CONC girls  7 boys) so I could record more about my grandparents' lives
3 CONC prior to my knowing them.  They lived in an old wooden farmhouse
3 CONC outside Carrolltown, later built a brick house in front of the old one
3 CONC complete with bathroom and running water; however, no electricity.
3 CONC The old house had neither but had a porch around two sides of the
3 CONC house with a balcony above.  Aunt Grace tells of the time her future
3 CONC husband was courting her and they were saying good night (or
3 CONC whatever).  Suddenly a stream of water came from above.  One of the
3 CONC boys had to relieve himself and was too lazy or sleepy to go to the
3 CONC outhouse.  There was a barn, a wagon house, chicken coop, pig pen and
3 CONC over 150 acres of land.  Grandma's voice was so loud that she'd shout
3 CONC DINNER and all the men in the back acres were all there in a short
3 CONC time.  Sometimes when she yelled her false teeth flew out.
3 CONT Grandpa was a strong man and had to work long hours to keep the farm
3 CONC productive.  However, the farm was still in debt when he died,
3 CONC according to Uncle Clair who took it over so the land would remain in
3 CONC the family.  Aunt Jean (Clair' 5 wife) did not like country living so
3 CONC Frank and Hugh Malloy (Grace's sons) and Aunt Grace bought the farm
3 CONC when they got out of the army after World War II.
3 CONT Grandpap liked his liquor.  I personally never saw Grandpap drink or
3 CONC even take a drink so I assume this was done on weekends.
3 CONT Both Grandma and Grandpap Bearer were called Grandma and Grandpap
3 CONC Bearer by most of the kids in Carrolltown.  I guess they had so many
3 CONC grandchildren (48) there and their friends kind of adopted them.
3 CONC Grandpap would take his wagon (or sleigh in the wintertime) and go
3 CONC into town and before he had completed his journey, it was filled with
3 CONC kids.  When I was around two years old I would stand at the window
3 CONC and if I wasn't there Grandpap would come in to see if I was sick.
3 CONT His father was Johnny Bearer, who was somewhat of a rogue. Johnny's
3 CONC father owned all of what is Spangler and part of Nicktown. He was
3 CONC well-to-do and his wife (who died in her 40's after childbirth) was
3 CONC also well-to-do but managed to spend a good part of his money.
3 CONC However, he did give Grandpap a hotel in Spangler when he was married.
3 CONC  Grandma worked hard there packing lunches for the railroad men that
3 CONC stayed there, etc.  I don't know what caused the migration to the farm
3 CONC   Here Grandma also worked very hard--baking bread almost daily,
3 CONC milking cows, churning butter, raising turkeys and chickens, slopping
3 CONC the hogs and on and on and
3 CONT on.  I spent a lot of time at the farm mainly because I loved to hear
3 CONC her sing and play the piano.  She mostly chorded, raising her hands
3 CONC high and singing songs like "In the Baggage Coach Ahead", "Hello
3 CONC Central, Give Me Heaven" and "Father, Dear Father, Come Home With Me
3 CONC Now".  I never tired of listening and I generally put my hands on top
3 CONC of hers while she played.  I felt like a real musician.  I understand
3 CONC she also played the harmonica although I never heard her.  Times were
3 CONC not easy, according to Aunt Ruth.  They did not have many clothes and
3 CONC what they did have, Grandma made.  Cousins from Barnesboro used to
3 CONC have pretty clothes.
3 CONT Grandma always remembered birthdays and would send homemade fudge.
3 CONC She was a great cook and there was never a scarcity of food.  She
3 CONC never complained even though every Sunday four or five of the children
3 CONC (hers) and their kids would descend on the farm. In reality this was
3 CONC probably her only entertainment.  The house was situated in the valley
3 CONC with a circular road going down around the front of the house and up
3 CONC the other side.  In the wintertime it was impossible to drive down the
3 CONC road and expect to get back up so all the cars would park at the top
3 CONC of the lane.  Grandpa never had a car but depended on his horse and
3 CONC buggy.  The story is told that Mom and Dad, Aunt Helen and Uncle Otto
3 CONC borrowed the horse and buggy to go for a Sunday drive.  They were not
3 CONC yet married so it was around 1920-22.  The horse was so used to
3 CONC Grandpa that it stopped at all his watering holes.  All of the above
3 CONC did not drink and it was rather embarrassing to Aunt Helen and Mom.
3 CONC For their honeymoon Grandma and Grandpap Bearer rode the horse and
3 CONC buggy to the Nicktown Hotel, a distance of seven miles.
3 CONT In the summertime I frequently walked to the farm from town, with Aunt
3 CONC Ruth holding my hand.  It seemed like a long walk at the time but it
3 CONC was probably one mile the back way.
3 CONT I remember Sundays at the farm, men from all around used to come skeet
3 CONC shooting.  The kids would jump in the hay or generally make nuisances
3 CONC of themselves.  We'd bring in the cows in the evening.  I never did
3 CONC learn to milk them.  I often took friends down.  Grandma never seemed
3 CONC to care how many came to dinner.  They had a large table that would
3 CONC seat 12. She was a great cook -especially baker   She never measured
3 CONC and things always turned out OK, made with fresh country butter, eggs
3 CONC and cream.  I can still taste the buckwheat cakes made out of
3 CONC buckwheat grown on the farm.
3 CONT Grandma was a tiny lady when she married but with each child
3 CONC apparently got bigger.  I remember her as weighing around 200 pounds.
3 CONC She suffered with varicose veins but I never heard her complain about
3 CONC anything.  She had 13 children.  One, Mary, died at eight years from a
3 CONC ruptured appendix.  Grandma missed her all her life and would
3 CONC frequently mention her.  She was pregnant with my mother at the time
3 CONC (or she had just been born - I'm not clear which). Mom was a small
3 CONC baby and Grandma was sure she'd die and go to heaven to keep Mary
3 CONC company.  She even had a funeral dress made for her.  Mom lived to be
3 CONC ~5.  Needless to say, she couldn't wear the dress.  Our ancestors
3 CONC lived to be fairly old.  Grandpap Bearer had five sisters who all
3 CONC lived to be past 90.  I'm not sure about his brothers.  Grandpap died
3 CONC at a fairly young age (72) but worked a full day in the fields until
3 CONC shortly before his death. He developed an infection from a horse
3 CONC (prior to penicillin) or he'd have probably lived until a ripe old
3 CONC age.  Grandma ~ at 96, but was senile about five years prior to her
3 CONC death.
3 CONT Of the children, Bushy (Edgar) and Don died of heart attack, Ethel of
3 CONC cancer of pancreas  Earl and Irvin of stroke and complications, Clair
3 CONC of old age (92, and as of 2/20/88 Helen, Grace, Ruth are still living
3 CONC and Peg is a resident of St. Benedict's Nursing Home in Detroit.
3 CONC Diabetes runs in the family... adult onset. One granddaughter, Janet
3 CONC Thomas, had juvenile diabetes (practically blind).  It is in both
3 CONC sides of her family.
3 CONT I'm glad I wasn't living in those days on a farm as I'm allergic to
3 CONC hard work.  Apparently all of my aunts and uncles were also as none of
3 CONC them became farmers or farmers' wives. Most were in the trades. In
3 CONC order of birth:
3 CONT Clair - Office manager for Pennsylvania railroad, 4 kids
3 CONT Earl - Painter and paper hanger, 9 kids
3 CONT Helen - Married part owner of lumber yard, 6 kids
3 CONT Grace - Married a teacher and attorney, 6 kids
3 CONT Irvin - Maytag agency, 6 kids
3 CONT Ethel - Married an auto dealer, 3 kids
3 CONT Francis - Carpenter, 6 kids
3 CONT Peg - Married factory worker and moved to Detroit. 1 kid The only one
3 CONC who left the area.
3 CONT Don - Welder, the wild one, always wrecking cars, 4 kids came close to
3 CONC death many times.
3 CONT Harry - Worked for Penn Elect, 1 kid
3 CONT Edgar - Bartender, jack of all trades, and above all a hunter, 0 kids
3 CONT Ruth - Married laborer who carved tombstones and 3 kids worked at Army
3 CONC Dept as a statistician in World War II when he had fingers shot.
3 CONT I remember many happy times at the farm and wish my children had the
3 CONC same opportunity.  Maybe on hindsight things were rosier than I
3 CONC remember but life was simpler and more family oriented.
3 CONT Every 4th of July we'd have a reunion at the farm and our first taste
3 CONC of watermelon for the summer.  In elderberry season some friends and I
3 CONC would go to the farm and pick the berries for Mom a~ make jelly.  We'd
3 CONC take a big basket and Grandma gave us a screen over which we'd strain
3 CONC berries into the basket.  We'd jump in the hay from high rafters and
3 CONC feel like a bird flying through the air.  The hay was on one side and
3 CONC the barn floor on the other.  I once persuaded a friend to climb on
3 CONC the rafter and she froze up there and was afraid to jump or to crawl
3 CONC down.  I was so scared she'd get dizzy and fall backwards so I pushed
3 CONC her. Thank God she landed safely.  We'd play hide and seek in the barn
3 CONC and once I fell through the hole where they throw hay down and landed
3 CONC on a cow "paddy".  The wind was knocked out of me and I thought I was
3 CONC dying.  Aunt Ruth happened to be coming to the farm for something at
3 CONC the time and she was laughing so hard she was almost hysterical.
3 CONC Guess it did look funny especially when I had to go home covered with
3 CONC cow shit.
3 CONT In the summer, I'd take a salt shaker to the garden and eat tomatoes
3 CONC right off the vine or pick apples and Grandma would make,; apple
3 CONC dumplings--still my favorite dessert.  Times may have been hard but I
3 CONC wasn't aware of it.  It was a happy childhood with many happy
3 CONC memories.
3 CONT Often when Mom and Dad went on trips, I'd stay at the farm. This was
3 CONC before they had electricity.  Grandma would tell up stories be-fore we
3 CONC went to bed and the light from the lamps would send huge shadows on
3 CONC the wall.   She always told the stories. The Goblins will get you
3 CONC (always emphasized) if you don't watch out".   I'd spend the whole
3 CONC night under the covers completely hidden so the goblins wouldn't find
3 CONC me.
3 CONT
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 JAN 1965
2 PLAC Carrolltown Pa.
1 FAMS @F16@
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I28@ INDI
1 NAME FRANK /KANE/
2 GIVN FRANK
2 SURN KANE
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F6@
0 @I29@ INDI
1 NAME CLARE /SCHETTIG/
2 GIVN CLARE
2 SURN SCHETTIG
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F6@
0 @I30@ INDI
1 NAME JOHN JOSEPH /DEVLIN/
2 GIVN JOHN JOSEPH
2 SURN DEVLIN
2 NSFX JR.
1 SEX M
1 TITL JR.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1910
2 PLAC WATERTOWN, MASS, USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2 JAN 1961
2 PLAC WELLESLEY, MASS, USA
1 BURI
2 PLAC CALVERY CEMETARY, WALTHAM, MASS, USA
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMC @F72@
0 @I31@ INDI
1 NAME MARY CHRISTINA /LYONS/
2 GIVN MARY CHRISTINA
2 SURN LYONS
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1908
2 PLAC BRIGHTON, MASS, USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 DEC 1985
2 PLAC NEWTON, MASS, USA
1 BURI
2 PLAC CALVERY CEMETARY, WALTHAM, MASS, USA
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I32@ INDI
1 NAME LAWRENCE /LYONS/
2 GIVN LAWRENCE
2 SURN LYONS
1 SEX M
1 BURI
2 PLAC WALTHAM, MASS, USA, CALVERY CEMETARY
1 FAMS @F8@
1 FAMC @F141@
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME BRIDGET DELIA /CORCORAN/
2 GIVN BRIDGET DELIA
2 SURN CORCORAN
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JAN 1870
2 PLAC BALLYANA, BULLANN (DISTRICT), IRELAND
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2 JAN 1964
1 BURI
2 PLAC WALTHAM, MASS, USA, CALVERY CEMETARY
1 FAMS @F8@
1 FAMC @F133@
0 @I34@ INDI
1 NAME DOROTHY IMELDA /LYONS/
2 GIVN DOROTHY IMELDA
2 SURN LYONS
2 NSFX AUNT DOC
1 SEX F
1 TITL AUNT DOC
1 BIRT
2 DATE 6 SEP 1906
2 PLAC BRIGHTON, MASS, USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 SEP 1996
2 PLAC Crofton, Md.
1 BURI
2 PLAC Calvary Cemetary in Waltham, Ma.
1 FAMS @F10@
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME JOSEPH THOMAS /LYONS/
2 GIVN JOSEPH THOMAS
2 SURN LYONS
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1903
2 PLAC BRIGHTON, MASS, USA
1 BURI
2 PLAC EVERETT, MASS, USA
1 FAMS @F145@
1 FAMC @F8@
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME SHERWOOD CHARLES /GORDON/
2 GIVN SHERWOOD CHARLES
2 SURN GORDON
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 JUL 1939
2 PLAC PROVO, UTAH, USA
1 FAMS @F9@
1 FAMC @F74@
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME LORRAINE MARTHA /CUDDY/
2 GIVN LORRAINE MARTHA
2 SURN CUDDY
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 FEB 1942
2 PLAC BRIGHTON, MASS, USA
1 FAMS @F9@
1 FAMC @F10@
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME AMY ELIZABETH /GORDON/
2 GIVN AMY ELIZABETH
2 SURN GORDON
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 FEB 1967
2 PLAC ANKARA, TURKEY, USA RESIDENT IN SERVICE
1 FAMS @F291@
1 FAMC @F9@
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME KARI ANN /GORDON/
2 GIVN KARI ANN
2 SURN GORDON
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JUN 1968
2 PLAC DAYTON, OHIO, USA
1 FAMC @F9@
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME ROBIN DOROTHY /GORDON/
2 GIVN ROBIN DOROTHY
2 SURN GORDON
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 MAY 1973
2 PLAC LOWELL, MASS, USA
1 FAMC @F9@
0 @I41@ INDI
1 NAME LAWRENCE ANTHONY /CUDDY/
2 GIVN LAWRENCE ANTHONY
2 SURN CUDDY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 MAR 1906
2 PLAC BOSTON, MASS, USA, N
1 BURI
2 PLAC WALTHAM, MASS, CALVERY CEMETARY
1 FAMS @F10@
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I42@ INDI
1 NAME JACK F /CUDDY/
2 GIVN JACK F
2 SURN CUDDY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC BOSTON, MASS, USA
1 FAMS @F11@
0 @I43@ INDI
1 NAME CATHRINE /DOHERTY/
2 GIVN CATHRINE
2 SURN DOHERTY
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC BOSTON, MASS, USA
1 FAMS @F11@
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME JOHN_ F /CUDDY/
2 GIVN JOHN_ F
2 SURN CUDDY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC BOSTON, MASS, USA
1 FAMC @F12@
0 @I45@ INDI
1 NAME JOSEPH F /CUDDY/
2 GIVN JOSEPH F
2 SURN CUDDY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC BOSTON, MASS, USA
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I46@ INDI
1 NAME MILDRID /CUDDY/
2 GIVN MILDRID
2 SURN CUDDY
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC BOSTON, MASS, USA
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I47@ INDI
1 NAME FRANCIS X /CUDDY/
2 GIVN FRANCIS X
2 SURN CUDDY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC BOSTON, MASS, USA
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I48@ INDI
1 NAME PAUL /CUDDY/
2 GIVN PAUL
2 SURN CUDDY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC BOSTON, MASS, USA
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I49@ INDI
1 NAME WILLIAM /CUDDY/
2 GIVN WILLIAM
2 SURN CUDDY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC BOSTON, MASS, USA
1 FAMS @F12@
0 @I50@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /BIERER/
2 GIVN Joseph
2 SURN BIERER
1 SEX M
1 NOTE JOSEPH BIERER
2 CONT
2 CONT Biographical And PORTRAIT CYCLOPEDIA of CAMBRIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
2 CONT Pages 320-322. 				RJB Library
2 CONT
2 CONT Neither Waterloo nor St. Helena exile gave peace to France, and in the
2 CONC immediate years succeeding the downfall of Napoleon we have record of
2 CONC the Bearer family as residents of Strasbourg, France, now Germany, and
2 CONC one member was Joseph Bearer(Bierer), a man of wealth influence and
2 CONC business connections. He sought to escape an impending draft and
2 CONC service in a threatening war, and in order to do so left most of his
2 CONC wealth behind him, and came with his wife and five children to the
2 CONC United States in the year 1817. He followed the trade of a carpenter
2 CONC after coming to this country and first resided at Shippensburg, this
2 CONC state. He then, in 1829, came to the site of Johnstown, where he
2 CONC purchased a piece of land that is now in the heart of the city which
2 CONC he soon sold to buy a farm in what is now Barr township. He lived and
2 CONC died on his farm, dying in 1856. He was strictly honest in all his
2 CONC business transactions and highly respected, and married Othelia Bosch
2 CONC by whom he has nine children: Joseph; Mrs. Mary Thrush: Louis:
2 CONC Ignatius, Squire Francis; Mrs. Sarah Luther; John: Mrs. Elizabeth
2 CONC Kold, and Mrs. Harriet Bookmaker. Of these children John and Harriet
2 CONC are living. Squire Francis Bearer was born in Strasbourg, then in
2 CONC France, January 1, 1817 and died at Carrolltown, this country, June
2 CONC 23, 1890. He was a farmer and stock-raiser and dealt in cattle, horses
2 CONC and lumber. Success crowned every effort that he made, and every
2 CONC enterprise in which he embarked. He was one of the wealthiest men of
2 CONC his time in the county, and for many years furnished most of the money
2 CONC to build and run the raft that went down the Susquehanna river from
2 CONC his section of country. He was a man of standing and influence, and
2 CONC widely known and actively useful in business. He was upright and
2 CONC honest, his word was as good as his note. He was a democrat, and
2 CONC served for fifteen years as a justice of the peace. Squire Bearer
2 CONC married Margaret Ann Miller, a daughter of John Miller of Carrolltown
2 CONC township, and to their union were born two children: Joseph; and John
2 CONC George. C. a retired farmer who now resides at Spangler. Mrs. Bearer
2 CONC was born at the village of Munster this county December 27 1814, and
2 CONC died July 24, 1871.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Joseph Bearer sent his boyhood years in the routine of farm work, and
2 CONC attending the common schools during the winter months. Upon attaining
2 CONC his majority he engaged in farming and stock-raising, which he has
2 CONC followed successfully ever since. He still owns the old Bearer
2 CONC homestead farm, of which two hundred acres adjoin the thrifty borough
2 CONC of Spangler; thirty of them being within the borough limits, and
2 CONC underlaid with seven accessible and workable veins of coal, the lowest
2 CONC of which, at eighty-five feet below the surface, is a seven-foot vein
2 CONC of excellent coal. Through this proverty the CAMBRIA county railroad
2 CONC is now (1896) being built. In 1876 Mr. Bearer purchased Mountain
2 CONC Meadows farm of one hundred and seventy six acres underlaid with coal,
2 CONC and removed to it three years later. Of late years he has taken
2 CONC considerable interest in raising and introducing Jersey cattle and the
2 CONC Chester White hog. The cultivation and improvement of his proverty is
2 CONC a source of great pleasure to Mr. Bearer, who is a born agriculturist.
2 CONC He is a thorough, practical, careful and intelligent farmer, and
2 CONC always ready to avail himself of all modern appliances which will add
2 CONC to ease of cultivation and increase of products on the farm. In
2 CONC addition to the above he is a veterinary surgeon, and has a practice
2 CONC extending for miles in the neighborhood. He is a democrat in political
2 CONC convictions and expression. He is a staunch friend of the common
2 CONC schools, and has served for the remarkable period of nineteen years as
2 CONC a school director in the township of his nativity and adoption.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	On September 22, 1862, Joseph Bearer wedded Mary Hoppel, of Barr
2 CONC township. They have nine children: Maggie, wife of James Huber, of New
2 CONC Kensington, this State; Christina, married B. A. Zollnor, an
2 CONC undertaker and furniture dealer of Charleroi, this State; Rose, wedded
2 CONC Dr. T. O. Helfrich, of Spangler; Albert J. , who will graduate from
2 CONC the medical department of the University of Cincinnati in 1894; R.
2 CONC Milton, in Business at Spangler, and Della, Oliver A. , Mollie M. ,
2 CONC and Walter J. , who are still at home.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Mr. Bearer is honest, strictly trustworthy and has the esteem of his
2 CONC neighbors.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1789
2 PLAC STRASBOURG, ALSACE, FRANCE, ARRIVED IN USA 1817
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 MAR 1855
2 PLAC BARR TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
1 FAMS @F13@
0 @I51@ INDI
1 NAME Otilia /BOSCH/
2 GIVN Otilia
2 SURN BOSCH
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1783
2 PLAC STRASBOURG, ALSACE, FRANCE
1 DEAT
2 DATE 6 JUN 1861
2 PLAC BARR TOWNSHIP, , PENNSYLVANIA, USA
1 FAMS @F13@
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME LYDIA /BEERER/
2 GIVN LYDIA
2 SURN BEERER
1 SEX F
1 NOTE Apparently died in childhood.
1 BIRT
2 PLAC ALSACE, FRANCE
1 DEAT
2 PLAC APPARENTLY DIED IN , CHILDHOOD
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME IGNATIUS /BEARER/
2 GIVN IGNATIUS
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 NOTE No record available . He was amoung the children of Joseph and Octilia
2 CONT Bierer who were born in Alsace France, before 1817. When he was a
2 CONC young
2 CONT boy, he was indentured to a man who took him out west. The last work
2 CONC from
2 CONT them came from Cincinnati, Ohio. They were never heard of again,
2 CONC although
2 CONT search and inquiry for them went on for many years.
1 BIRT
2 PLAC ALSACE, FRANCE
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I54@ INDI
1 NAME Francis /BEARER/
2 GIVN Francis
2 SURN BEARER
2 NSFX Squire
1 SEX M
1 TITL Squire
1 NOTE FRANCIS BEARER
2 CONT Obituary
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Mr. Francis Bearer, the  subject of this notice died at his residence
2 CONC in Carrolltown Pa., on Wednesday, June 25, 1890, aged 73 years 5
2 CONC months and 25 days.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Deceased was born in Lutring, France, and at  the age of four weeks
2 CONC came to this Country with his parents, who settled at Hagerstown,
2 CONC Maryland and after a number of years moved to what was then Blacklick
2 CONC township, this county, and settled on what is now known as the old
2 CONC Bearer Mill property in Barr township.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	At the age of 21 years Mr. Bearer married Miss Margaret Miller,
2 CONC daughter of John Miller of Carroll township, who bore him two sons,
2 CONC John and Joseph, both now prominent farmers of this section.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	About the years 1847 or 1848 Mr. Bearer moved with his family from
2 CONC his home in Carroll township, to Ebensburg, where he worked for Mr.
2 CONC Shoemaker and twice handled every brick in the old Belmont building at
2 CONC that place, and continued in the employ of Mr. Shoemaker until, by
2 CONC daily labor, he had paid for 150 acres of land in Carroll township, at
2 CONC present known as the old Bearer homestead.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Mr. Bearer's first wife died July 21, 1871, and a year or two later
2 CONC he married Mrs. Mary Dietrick, widow of Matthias Dietriek, and located
2 CONC in Carrolltown, where he continued to reside up to the time of his
2 CONC death.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	By his industry, frugality and close application to business Mr.
2 CONC Bearer accumulated a considerable amount of this world's goods and
2 CONC retired from active business a number of years ago.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Mr. Bearer was well known to the lumbermen of this  section, and many
2 CONC will recall with feeling of gratitude, favors conferred when money was
2 CONC most needed to "run" their lumber to the eastern markets.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	He was a useful citizen, a kind and generous neighbor, and a
2 CONC consistent Christian, and his death will be mourned by all who knew
2 CONC him  Besides his bereaved wife, and the two sons named, he is
2 CONC survived by nineteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	After a Requiem High Mass for the repose of his soul, his remains
2 CONC were interred in St. Benedict's cemetery on the Friday following his
2 CONC death, in the presence of a large concourse of relatives and friends.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 JAN 1817
2 PLAC ST. JEAN SAVERNE, ALSACE, or Lutring FRANCE
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 JUN 1890
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PA
1 FAMS @F14@
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I55@ INDI
1 NAME JOSEPH /BEERER/
2 GIVN JOSEPH
2 SURN BEERER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 SEP 1809
2 PLAC ST. JEAN SAVERNE, ALSACE, FRANCE
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1893
2 PLAC NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
1 FAMS @F149@
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I56@ INDI
1 NAME MARY FRANCIS /BEERER/
2 GIVN MARY FRANCIS
2 SURN BEERER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 AUG 1810
2 PLAC ST JEAN SAVERNE, ALSACE, FRANCE
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 JUN 1829
2 PLAC CRESLINE, OHIO, USA
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I57@ INDI
1 NAME LOUIS BERNARD /BIERER/
2 GIVN LOUIS BERNARD
2 SURN BIERER
1 SEX M
1 NOTE Louis became Joshua Jones in 1826.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 OCT 1826
2 PLAC ST JEAN, ALSACE, FRANCE CHANGED NAME TO, JOSHUA JONES
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2 DEC 1888
2 PLAC SANDWICH, MASS, USA
1 FAMS @F159@
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I58@ INDI
1 NAME SARA /BEARER/
2 GIVN SARA
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 MAR 1819
2 PLAC PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 JUL 1864
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
1 FAMS @F165@
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I59@ INDI
1 NAME JOHN /BEARER/
2 GIVN JOHN
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 NOTE MICHAEL D. BEARER
2 CONT
2 CONT HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Storey, Vo1. 3. 1907.
2 CONT
2 CONT
2 CONT 	John Bearer, son of Joseph Bearer, the emigrant, was born in 1821, in
2 CONC Hagerstown, Md., and was prominently before the public as an officer
2 CONC in various capacities. From 1859 to 1862 he served as country
2 CONC commissioner and in 1861 was made a justice of the peace, an office
2 CONC which he held for twenty-five years during the earlier years he was a
2 CONC school master, many of the present residents of north CAMBRIA County
2 CONC having been numbered among his pupils during his long life he was a
2 CONC great reader of weekly and daily newspapers and was a thoroughly well
2 CONC informed man.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	John Bearer married Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Luther, who
2 CONC was of German birth, and when a young man emigrated to the U.S.A.,
2 CONC settling in CAMBRIA Co. He was one of the early stage drivers between
2 CONC Pittsburgh and Hollidaysburg, Penna. and also owned and cultivated a
2 CONC somewhat extensive farm in Carrolltown township. He was a member of
2 CONC the Roman Catholic church Christopher married in CAMBRIA ~o., and
2 CONC their children were: Sarah, deceased; Mary, also deceased; Ellen,
2 CONC widow of Zephaniah Weakland, lives at Hastings, PA.; Elizabeth, widow
2 CONC of John Bearer; Kate, wife of Peter Wible, of Altoona, and Levi,
2 CONC deceased. Mr. Luther delighted in the chase, and was simple in his
2 CONC habits, always living close to nature. It was probably owing, to no
2 CONC small degree, to this fact, that he attained the extraordinary age of
2 CONC one hundred and four years, and that his vigor was such, at that
2 CONC advanced period of life, as to enable him to walk three miles to
2 CONC church.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	John and Elizabeth (Luther) Bearer were the parents of the following
2 CONC children: Lewis J. of Susquehanna township, married Lena Dietrich;
2 CONC Francis J. of Barnesboro, married Elizabeth Weakland; Demetrius A., of
2 CONC Elyria, Ohio, married Mary Yinger; Othla B., deceased; Theophilus T.;
2 CONC Celestine C.; Mary T.; Maggie; Harry 0.; Alfred J.; (all of whom are
2 CONC deceased!; John A. of Susquehanna township, married Anastasia
2 CONC Dietrich; Michael D., of whom more later; George L. of Pittsburgh,
2 CONC married Jode Fenlon; Cecelia, widow of M. D. Koontz of Spangler; Anna
2 CONC A., wife of Henry Volk , of Carroll township; and Clara A., wife of
2 CONC Joseph R. Blair, of Elyra, Ohio. John Bearer, the father of this large
2 CONC family, lived to an advanced age, despite the fast that he had been,
2 CONC from the age of nineteen, the victim of a bodily affliction which
2 CONC increased with years and forced him, in the autumn of 1884, to submit
2 CONC to the amputation of one of his feet. When he passed his eighty-fourth
2 CONC birthday and his wife had entered upon her seventy fifth year, in the
2 CONC early part of 1905, a family reunion was held in which all members,
2 CONC with the exception of two, participated and which was an extremely
2 CONC joyful event. November 28, 1905, Mr. Bearer died. His widow is still
2 CONC living.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Michael D. Bearer, son of John and Elizabeth (Luther) Bearer, spent
2 CONC his early days on the farm with his nine brothers and six sisters. In
2 CONC 1864, when his father purchased the homestead, the forests were full
2 CONC of wild animals, including deer, bears and wolves, and game was
2 CONC sufficiently abundant to afford mush sport. The tales to which the boy
2 CONC then listened of the days when they used the "candle dip", the "tallow
2 CONC candle", the reel and the old spinning wheel, are now included among
2 CONC the fondest recollections of the man. Mr. Bearer received a meager
2 CONC education at the country school, beginning with three month's term,
2 CONC which was afterward extended to five. He was permitted to attend the
2 CONC normal school at Ebensburg one term, this fitting himself to teach,
2 CONC which he did for six terms. In 1886 he entered the law office of
2 CONC William H. Schler, with; whom he remained one year, after which he
2 CONC read law with M. D. Kittle, and thus passed his preliminary
2 CONC examination for admission to the bar. In 1897, while still reading
2 CONC law, he was appointed deputy county treasurer, under Thomas E. Howe,
2 CONC and also served under the next treasurer, C.J. Mayer. When he entered
2 CONC the office he was the youngest official in the county. After leaving
2 CONC the court house he engaged in mercantile business at Ebensburg,
2 CONC closing the business in the spring of 1897 for the purpose of engaging
2 CONC in the implement trade as the representative of Johnson Harvesting
2 CONC company, of Batavia, N.Y. His knowledge of machinery and farm life
2 CONC were soon demonstrated, and the company sent him to take charge of
2 CONC their immense businesses in Michigan and Ohio. He was promoted full
2 CONC charge of the two Carolinas. Desiring to be at home, resigned his
2 CONC position, refusing an offer to represent the company in their South
2 CONC American trade. In the spring of 1903 he was engaged by the
2 CONC Pennsylvania coal and coke company as their purchasing agent and
2 CONC bought many acres of coal and surface land in Cambria County.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	In 1903 he was appointed deputy sheriff, under Samuel Lenhart, and
2 CONC was serving in that capacity when "The Grange National Bank of Patton"
2 CONC was opened, August 8, 1906. He was one of the organizers of this bank
2 CONC and was made cashier, in consequence of which he offered to resign the
2 CONC position of deputy sheriff. The sheriff, however, refused to accept
2 CONC his resignation, and he now filled both positions. He belongs to
2 CONC Johnstown Lodge No. 175, B.P.O.E., Knight of Columbus, No. 522, the
2 CONC Heptosophs, and the Homeless Twenty-six. He and his wife are members
2 CONC of the Roman Catholic Church of Ebensburg.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Mr. Bearer married, September 24, 1889, Jennie R., daughter of ex
2 CONC sheriff John and Jane Ann (Evans) Blair, and they are the parents of
2 CONC three children: Paul T., Bighorn E., and Roy F.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 MAR 1821
2 PLAC HAGERSTOWN, MD, USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 18 NOV 1905
2 PLAC SUSQUEHANNA TWP., PENNSYLVANIA, USA
1 FAMS @F166@
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I60@ INDI
1 NAME ELIZABETH /BEARER/
2 GIVN ELIZABETH
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 NOTE So far no information about Elizabeth has been uncovered beyond the
2 CONC fact
2 CONT she had a child named John, presumably her first, with whom she is
2 CONC shown
2 CONT in a daguerreotype probably taken in the middle or late 1850's. She
2 CONC was
2 CONT married to a man whose name may have been Kolb, although old records
2 CONC show
2 CONT the spelling as Kolt and Kold.
1 BIRT
2 PLAC USA
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I61@ INDI
1 NAME HARRIET /BEARER/
2 GIVN HARRIET
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC USA
1 FAMS @F176@
1 FAMC @F13@
0 @I62@ INDI
1 NAME John George /BEARER/
2 GIVN John George
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 FEB 1841
2 PLAC SUSQUEHANNA TWP PENNSYLVANIA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 APR 1920
2 PLAC BARNSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
1 FAMS @F15@
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I63@ INDI
1 NAME Magdalene /HOPPEL/
2 GIVN Magdalene
2 SURN HOPPEL
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1848
2 PLAC CAMBRIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1888
2 PLAC SPLANGER, PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMS @F15@
0 @I64@ INDI
1 NAME Maragret Ann /MILLER/
2 GIVN Maragret Ann
2 SURN MILLER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 DEC 1814
2 PLAC MUNSTER, PENNSYLVANIA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JUN 1871
2 PLAC SUSQUEHANNA TWP., PENNSYLVANIA
1 FAMS @F14@
0 @I65@ INDI
1 NAME ELMIRA /BEARER/
2 GIVN ELMIRA
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I66@ INDI
1 NAME AGATHA /BEARER/
2 GIVN AGATHA
2 SURN BEARER
2 NSFX Sister
1 SEX F
1 TITL Sister
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I67@ INDI
1 NAME AMELIA /BEARER/
2 GIVN AMELIA
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I68@ INDI
1 NAME HENRY J /BEARER/
2 GIVN HENRY J
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I69@ INDI
1 NAME FRANCES /BEARER/
2 GIVN FRANCES
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I70@ INDI
1 NAME AUGUSTA /BEARER/
2 GIVN AUGUSTA
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I71@ INDI
1 NAME ADELAIDE /BEARER/
2 GIVN ADELAIDE
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I72@ INDI
1 NAME RALPH /BEARER/
2 GIVN RALPH
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I73@ INDI
1 NAME EDITH /BEARER/
2 GIVN EDITH
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F15@
0 @I74@ INDI
1 NAME John Earl /BEARER/
2 GIVN John Earl
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 MAR 1890
2 PLAC Carrolltown Pa.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1962
2 PLAC Patton Pa.
1 FAMS @F21@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I75@ INDI
1 NAME Clair A /BEARER/
2 GIVN Clair A
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 AUG 1891
2 PLAC Spangler, PA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 JUN 1986
2 PLAC HASTINGS, PA.
1 FAMS @F22@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I76@ INDI
1 NAME Chad //
2 GIVN Chad
1 SEX M
0 @I77@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /BEARER/
2 GIVN Mary
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I78@ INDI
1 NAME Helen /BEARER/
2 GIVN Helen
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 AUG 1896
1 FAMS @F24@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I79@ INDI
1 NAME Grace /BEARER/
2 GIVN Grace
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 JUN 1898
1 DEAT
2 DATE 8 JUL 1995
1 FAMS @F25@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I80@ INDI
1 NAME Ethel /BEARER/
2 GIVN Ethel
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 JAN 1902
2 PLAC Spangler, PA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1976
2 PLAC Spangler, PA.
1 FAMS @F26@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I81@ INDI
1 NAME MARGARET /KIRTLEY/
2 GIVN MARGARET
2 SURN KIRTLEY
1 FAMC @F178@
0 @I82@ INDI
1 NAME Maragret /BEARER/
2 GIVN Maragret
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F178@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I83@ INDI
1 NAME Donald /BEARER/
2 GIVN Donald
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JUL 1907
2 PLAC Carrolltown Pa.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 JUN 1983
2 PLAC KITTANNING, PA.
1 FAMS @F27@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I84@ INDI
1 NAME Harry /BEARER/
2 GIVN Harry
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F28@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I85@ INDI
1 NAME Ruth /BEARER/
2 GIVN Ruth
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 MAY 1913
1 FAMS @F29@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I86@ INDI
1 NAME JOSEPH B /BEARER/
2 GIVN JOSEPH B
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 NOTE JOSEPH BEARER
2 CONT
2 CONT Biographical And PORTRAIT CYCLOPEDIA of CAMBRIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
2 CONC Pages 320-322. 				RJB Library
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Joseph Bearer, one of the most. substantial and successful business
2 CONC men of Carrolltown township and CAMBRIA county, is a son of Squire
2 CONC Francis and Margaret. Ann (Miller) Bearer, and was born at Ebensburg,
2 CONC CAMBRIA county, August. 8, 1839. Neither Waterloo nor St. HelenA exile
2 CONC gave peace to France, and in the immediate years succeeding the
2 CONC downfall of Napoleon we have record of the bearer family as residents
2 CONC of Strasbourg, France, now Germany, and one member was Joseph Bearer,
2 CONC a man of wealth influence and business connections. He sought to
2 CONC escape an impending draft and service in a threatening war, and in
2 CONC order to do so left most of his wealth behind him, and came with his
2 CONC wife and five children to the United States in the year 1817. He
2 CONC followed the trade of a carpenter after coming to this country and
2 CONC first resided at Shippensburg, this state. He then, in 1829, came to
2 CONC the site of Johnstown, where he purchased a piece of land that is now
2 CONC in the heart of the city which he soon sold to buy a farm in what is
2 CONC now Barr township. He lived and died on his farm, dying in 1856. He
2 CONC was strictly honest in all his business transactions and highly
2 CONC respected, and married Othelia Bosch by whom he has nine children:
2 CONC Joseph; Mrs. Mary Thrush: Louis: Ignatius, Squire Francis; Mrs. Sarah
2 CONC Luther; John: Mrs. Elizabeth Kold, and Mrs. Harriet Bookmaker. Of
2 CONC these children John and Harriet are living. Squire Francis Bearer was
2 CONC born in Strasbourg, then in France, January 1, 1817 and died at
2 CONC Carrolltown, this country, June 23, 1890. He was a farmer and
2 CONC stock-raiser and dealt in cattle, horses and lumber. Success crowned
2 CONC every effort that he made, and every enterprise in which he embarked.
2 CONC He was one of the wealthiest men of his time in the county, and for
2 CONC many years furnished most of the money to build and run the raft that
2 CONC went down the Susquehanna river from his section of country. He was a
2 CONC man of standing and influence, and widely known and actively useful in
2 CONC business. He was upright and honest, his word was as good as his note.
2 CONC He was a democrat, and served for fifteen years as a justice of the
2 CONC peace. Squire Bearer married Margaret Ann Miller, a daughter of John
2 CONC Miller of Carrolltown township, and to their union were born two
2 CONC children: Joseph; and John G. C. a retired farmer who now resides at
2 CONC Spangler. Mrs. Bearer was born at the village of Munster this county
2 CONC December 27 1814, and died July 24, 1871.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Joseph Bearer sent his boyhood years in the routine of farm work, and
2 CONC attending the common schools during the winter months. Upon attaining
2 CONC his majority he engaged in farming and stock-raising, which he has
2 CONC followed successfully ever since. He still owns the old Bearer
2 CONC homestead farm, of which two hundred acres adjoin the thrifty borough
2 CONC of Spangler; thirty of them being within the borough limits, and
2 CONC underlaid with seven accessible and workable veins of coal, the lowest
2 CONC of which, at eighty-five feet below the surface, is a seven-foot vein
2 CONC of excellent coal. Through this proverty the CAMBRIA county railroad
2 CONC is now (1896) being built. In 1876 Mr. Bearer purchased Mountain
2 CONC Meadows farm of one hundred and seventy six acres underlaid with coal,
2 CONC and removed to it three years later. Of late years he has taken
2 CONC considerable interest in raising and introducing Jersey cattle and the
2 CONC Chester White hog. The cultivation and improvement of his proverty is
2 CONC a source of great pleasure to Mr. Bearer, who is a born agriculturist.
2 CONC He is a thorough, practical, careful and intelligent farmer, and
2 CONC always ready to avail himself of all modern appliances which will add
2 CONC to ease of cultivation and increase of products on the farm. In
2 CONC addition to the above he is a veterinary surgeon, and has a practice
2 CONC extending for miles in the neighborhood. He is a democrat in political
2 CONC convictions and expression. He is a staunch friend of the common
2 CONC schools, and has served for the remarkable period of nineteen years as
2 CONC a school director in the township of his nativity and adoption.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	On September 22, 1862, Joseph Bearer wedded Mary Hoppel, of Barr
2 CONC township. They have nine children: Maggie, wife of James Huber, of New
2 CONC Kensington, this State; Christina, married B. A. Zollnor, an
2 CONC undertaker and furniture dealer of Charleroi, this State; Rose, wedded
2 CONC Dr. T. O. Helfrich, of Spangler; Albert J. , who will graduate from
2 CONC the medical department of the University of Cincinnati in 1894; R.
2 CONC Milton, in Business at Spangler, and Della, Oliver A. , Mollie M. ,
2 CONC and Walter J. , who are still at home.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Mr. Bearer is honest, strictly trustworthy and has the esteem of his
2 CONC neighbors.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 AUG 1838
2 PLAC SUSQUEHANNA TWP., PENNSYLVANIA, USA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 OCT 1923
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
1 FAMS @F164@
1 FAMC @F14@
0 @I87@ INDI
1 NAME Demetrius Augustus /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Demetrius Augustus
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX M
1 NOTE DEMETRIUS A. LUTHER, SR.
2 CONT Son of John and Mary Ann (Platt) Luther
2 CONT
2 CONT BIOGRAPHICAL AND PORTRAIT CYCLQPEDIA OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
2 CONT PENNSYLVANIA, Pages 151-152 (1896).		 RJB Library
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Demetrius A. Luther Sr., ex-sheriff of CAMBRIA county, and a
2 CONC successful, enterprising and benevolent gentleman, of near
2 CONC Carrolltown, this county, is a son of John Luther, Sr. , and Mary Ann
2 CONC Platt, and was horn in Carrolltown township, CAMBRIA county,
2 CONC Pennsylvania, October 1827.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	His grandfather, Conrad Luther, was a native of Hesse, Germany, and
2 CONC was among that body of Hessian soldiers who were brought to America by
2 CONC the government of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War, but
2 CONC tiring of this service he deserted the English army in Lancaster
2 CONC county, Pennsylvania. In his flight he met Elizabeth Smith, who was
2 CONC engaged in the bleaching of linen; she carefully concealed him until
2 CONC his pursuers went by, and thus enabled him to make his escape. He
2 CONC afterwards married the young lady, and remained in that section some
2 CONC time working for the farmers, but about 1796, shortly after the issues
2 CONC of the war had been decided, he removed to what is now Carrolltown
2 CONC township, this county, where he became one of the pioneer farmers, and
2 CONC spent the remainder of his days. He was the father of six children,
2 CONC five sons and one daughter.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	John Luther, father, was born in that township in 1800, and lived all
2 CONC his life in the township of his birth, dying, April 22, 1862. He took
2 CONC up the avocation of an agriculturist, and became one of the most
2 CONC successful farmers and business men of that section of the county,
2 CONC owning four hundred acres of land on the Carrolltown and Ebensburg
2 CONC road, one mile from Carrolltown, and at time of death was estimated to
2 CONC be worth $20,000. He married Mary Ann Platt , a daughter of John
2 CONC Platt, then a resident of Susquehanna township, but a native of
2 CONC Germany, and to them were born four sons and six daughters: Henry of
2 CONC Gallitzin, Pennsylvania; Demetrius A. , subject; Sarah A. , wife of
2 CONC Henry Bender, a farmer of this township; Elizabeth, deceased, was the
2 CONC wife of James Weakland; Lucinda, wife of Michael Snyder, of Houtzdale,
2 CONC Clearfield county, this State; Matilda, wife of Anselum Weakland,
2 CONC whose sketch appears in another part of this work; Mary Ellen, wife of
2 CONC John Latternes, a farmer and butcher of Munster township, this county;
2 CONC Victoria, who married Joseph Lieb, of Barr township; John W. ,
2 CONC deceased; and Chrysostom, a farmer of Carrolltown.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Demetrius A. Luther was reared upon his father's farm, receiving the
2 CONC advantages of such educational training as were afforded be the
2 CONC subscription schools as they existed in this county prior to the
2 CONC adoption of the common-school system. At the age of twenty one he
2 CONC apprenticed himself to learn the trade of a carpenter, and after
2 CONC mastering that trade, followed it for twenty years as a contractor and
2 CONC builder throughout CAMBRIA and adjoining counties. In 1872 he
2 CONC purchased a farm of one hundred and seventy acres near Carrolltown,
2 CONC and has since lived upon it and devoted himself to the arts of
2 CONC husbandry. This farm is well improved, underlaid with coal, and is
2 CONC considered one of the best in the county.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Politically, Mr. Luther is a strong believer of the party of
2 CONC Jefferson, and has frequently represented his party in political
2 CONC conventions, and been honored be it in being elected to positions of
2 CONC honor and trust. In 1875 he was elected mercantile appraiser, in 1866
2 CONC county auditor, and in 1882 to the responsible position of sheriff of
2 CONC this county.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Religiously, Mr. Luther is a devout member of the Roman Catholic
2 CONC church, and is active in all matters pertaining to the work of the
2 CONC same, and for the promotion of the cause of Christianity. In
2 CONC connection with the church he is a member of the Holy League.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	March 1, 1859 Miss Mary M. , daughter of Thomas Bendon of Gallitzin
2 CONC township, this county became his wife. To their marriage union have
2 CONC been born fourteen children: Harry A. , who is in the hotel business
2 CONC at Nicktown, this county; Utha C. and W. A. , of Carrolltown; Mary
2 CONC Ellen, wife of C. O. Stultz, a butcher of Carrolltown; R. Augusta,
2 CONC deceased; Andrew R. , deceased; Mary A. , deceased; Rudolph, deceased;
2 CONC James W. , painter, of Elyria, Ohio; Beno M. , a farmer of this
2 CONC county; Rose A. , wife of Francis Bearer of Spangler this county, A.
2 CONC L. , Urban, and John, at home.
2 CONT
2 CONT 	Demetrius A. Luther is descended from an honorable ancestry, and is
2 CONC highly respected and honored in the community in which he lives, and
2 CONC as sheriff of the county, no less than in the private affairs of life,
2 CONC he discharged every duty in a way that has reflected credit upon
2 CONC himself and with entire satisfaction to those he represented.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 OCT 1827
1 FAMS @F17@
1 FAMS @F181@
1 FAMC @F20@
0 @I88@ INDI
1 NAME Beno /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Beno
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I89@ INDI
1 NAME John C. /LUTHER/
2 GIVN John C.
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I90@ INDI
1 NAME James W. /LUTHER/
2 GIVN James W.
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I91@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ellen /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Mary Ellen
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I92@ INDI
1 NAME Utha C. /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Utha C.
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I93@ INDI
1 NAME Harry A. /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Harry A.
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F17@
0 @I94@ INDI
1 NAME John /PLATT/
2 GIVN John
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 SEP 1747
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 FEB 1850
1 BURI
2 PLAC ST JOSEPH CEMETARY, HARTS SLEEPING PLACE, NEAR CARROLLTOWN, PA.
1 FAMS @F18@
0 @I95@ INDI
1 NAME HENRY /PLATT/
2 GIVN HENRY
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F18@
0 @I96@ INDI
1 NAME JOSEPH /PLATT/
2 GIVN JOSEPH
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F18@
0 @I97@ INDI
1 NAME DAVID /PLATT/
2 GIVN DAVID
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F18@
0 @I98@ INDI
1 NAME MARY /PLATT/
2 GIVN MARY
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F18@
0 @I99@ INDI
1 NAME CATHERINE /PLATT/
2 GIVN CATHERINE
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F18@
0 @I100@ INDI
1 NAME John /PLATT/
2 GIVN John
2 SURN PLATT
2 NSFX Jr.
1 SEX M
1 TITL Jr.
1 FAMS @F19@
1 FAMC @F18@
0 @I101@ INDI
1 NAME MICHAEL /PLATT/
2 GIVN MICHAEL
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I102@ INDI
1 NAME JAMES /PLATT/
2 GIVN JAMES
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I103@ INDI
1 NAME ELEANOR /PLATT/
2 GIVN ELEANOR
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I104@ INDI
1 NAME JOHN /PLATT/
2 GIVN JOHN
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I105@ INDI
1 NAME AGNES /PLATT/
2 GIVN AGNES
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I106@ INDI
1 NAME MATILDA /PLATT/
2 GIVN MATILDA
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I107@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ann /PLATT/
2 GIVN Mary Ann
2 SURN PLATT
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F20@
1 FAMC @F19@
0 @I108@ INDI
1 NAME Henry /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Henry
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1826
2 PLAC Loretto, Pa.
1 FAMC @F20@
0 @I109@ INDI
1 NAME Sara /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Sara
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1827
1 FAMS @F205@
1 FAMC @F20@
0 @I110@ INDI
1 NAME Victoria /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Victoria
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F200@
1 FAMC @F20@
0 @I111@ INDI
1 NAME Matilda /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Matilda
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F202@
1 FAMC @F20@
0 @I112@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ellen /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Mary Ellen
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F201@
1 FAMC @F20@
0 @I113@ INDI
1 NAME John W. /LUTHER/
2 GIVN John W.
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F20@
0 @I114@ INDI
1 NAME Chrysostom /LUTHER/
2 GIVN Chrysostom
2 SURN LUTHER
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F20@
0 @I115@ INDI
1 NAME JOHN JOSEPH /DEVLIN/
2 GIVN JOHN JOSEPH
2 SURN DEVLIN
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F72@
0 @I116@ INDI
1 NAME Winifred /THOMAS/
2 GIVN Winifred
2 SURN THOMAS
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 DEC 1889
1 DEAT
2 DATE 8 NOV 1987
2 PLAC Spangler, PA.
1 FAMS @F21@
0 @I117@ INDI
1 NAME Mildred /BEARER/
2 GIVN Mildred
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAY 1912
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 DEC 1989
2 PLAC Lilly Pa
1 BURI
2 PLAC Lilly Pa
1 FAMS @F30@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I118@ INDI
1 NAME Grace /BEARER/
2 GIVN Grace
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 MAR 1926
1 FAMS @F31@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I119@ INDI
1 NAME Rose /BEARER/
2 GIVN Rose
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAR 1928
2 PLAC Patton Pa.
1 FAMS @F32@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I120@ INDI
1 NAME Eunelda (Nelda) /BEARER/
2 GIVN Eunelda (Nelda)
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 5 FEB 1931
2 PLAC Patton Pa.
1 FAMS @F33@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I121@ INDI
1 NAME John Earl /BEARER/
2 GIVN John Earl
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 NOV 1918
2 PLAC Patton Pa
1 FAMS @F221@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I122@ INDI
1 NAME Winifred /BEARER/
2 GIVN Winifred
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 JUN 1916
2 PLAC Patton Pa.
1 FAMS @F217@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I123@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /BEARER/
2 GIVN Mary
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 FEB 1994
2 PLAC Patton Pa.
1 FAMS @F223@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I124@ INDI
1 NAME Helen /BEARER/
2 GIVN Helen
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 OCT 1929
2 PLAC Patton Pa.
1 FAMS @F36@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I125@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph Basil /BEARER/
2 GIVN Joseph Basil
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1921
2 PLAC Patton Pa.
1 FAMS @F210@
1 FAMC @F21@
0 @I126@ INDI
1 NAME REGINA M /BUCK/
2 GIVN REGINA M
2 SURN BUCK
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 DEC 1905
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PA.
1 FAMS @F22@
1 FAMC @F292@
0 @I127@ INDI
1 NAME CLAIR A /BEARER JR./
2 GIVN CLAIR A
2 SURN BEARER JR.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1929
2 PLAC EBENSBURG, PA.
1 FAMS @F37@
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I128@ INDI
1 NAME EUGENE /BEARER/
2 GIVN EUGENE
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 FEB 1929
2 PLAC EBENSBURG, PA.
1 FAMS @F38@
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I129@ INDI
1 NAME MARIAN /BEARER/
2 GIVN MARIAN
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 FEB 1932
2 PLAC EBENSBURG, PA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2 FEB 1935
2 PLAC EBENSBURG, PA.
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I130@ INDI
1 NAME PAUL /BEARER/
2 GIVN PAUL
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 FEB 1934
2 PLAC EBENSBURG, PA.
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I131@ INDI
1 NAME SR.MARY RUTH /BEARER/
2 GIVN SR.MARY RUTH
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 FEB 1934
2 PLAC EBENSBURG, PA.
1 FAMC @F22@
0 @I132@ INDI
1 NAME Chad //
2 GIVN Chad
1 SEX M
0 @I133@ INDI
1 NAME Benno /BEARER/
2 GIVN Benno
2 SURN BEARER
2 NSFX Jr.
1 SEX M
1 TITL Jr.
1 FAMS @F191@
1 FAMC @F41@
0 @I134@ INDI
1 NAME Janell /BEARER/
2 GIVN Janell
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 NOTE Janelle is an adopted daughter.
1 FAMS @F196@
1 FAMC @F43@
0 @I135@ INDI
1 NAME Kyle Michael /RONAN/
2 GIVN Kyle Michael
2 SURN RONAN
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1987
2 PLAC Johnstown, , PA
1 CHR
2 DATE SEP 1987
2 PLAC St. Benedict Ch., Johnstown, PA
1 FAMC @F187@
0 @I136@ INDI
1 NAME Regina /KOSIC/
2 GIVN Regina
2 SURN KOSIC
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1993
1 FAMS @F43@
0 @I137@ INDI
1 NAME Walter Wayne /RONAN/
2 GIVN Walter Wayne
2 SURN RONAN
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 5 JUN 1952
2 PLAC Altoona, , PA
1 FAMS @F187@
0 @I138@ INDI
1 NAME Joan Iris /BEARER/
2 GIVN Joan Iris
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 JUL 1955
2 PLAC Spangler, Cambria, PA
1 CHR
2 DATE ABT 31 JUL 1955
2 PLAC St Bernard Churc, Hastings, PA
1 FAMS @F187@
1 FAMC @F23@
0 @I139@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ann /BEARER/
2 GIVN Mary Ann
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F198@
1 FAMC @F41@
0 @I140@ INDI
1 NAME OTTO /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN OTTO
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 JUN 1898
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 APR 1994
1 BURI
2 PLAC Hastings Pa.
1 FAMS @F24@
1 FAMC @F263@
0 @I141@ INDI
1 NAME PATRICIA /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN PATRICIA
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1924
2 PLAC Hasting Pa.
1 FAMS @F45@
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I142@ INDI
1 NAME PAUL /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN PAUL
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAY 1925
2 PLAC Hastings Pa.
1 FAMS @F265@
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I143@ INDI
1 NAME JOHN /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN JOHN
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 OCT 1926
2 PLAC Hastings Pa.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 7 OCT 1926
2 PLAC Hastings Pa.
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I144@ INDI
1 NAME EILEEN /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN EILEEN
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1931
2 PLAC Hastings Pa.
1 FAMS @F46@
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I145@ INDI
1 NAME MARGARET /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN MARGARET
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 DEC 1936
2 PLAC Hastings Pa.
1 FAMS @F47@
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I146@ INDI
1 NAME ALICE /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN ALICE
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 SEP 1928
2 PLAC Hastings Pa.
1 FAMS @F48@
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I147@ INDI
1 NAME ROBERT /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN ROBERT
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 DEC 1941
2 PLAC Hastings Pa.
1 FAMS @F49@
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I148@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN Thomas
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JUL 1934
2 PLAC Hastings Pa.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 AUG 1934
2 PLAC Hastings Pa.
1 FAMC @F24@
0 @I149@ INDI
1 NAME Neice /MALLOY/
2 GIVN Neice
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1987
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 MAR 1951
1 FAMS @F25@
1 FAMS @F50@
0 @I150@ INDI
1 NAME Francis /MALLOY/
2 GIVN Francis
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 APR 1922
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 AUG 1994
1 FAMS @F206@
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I151@ INDI
1 NAME HUGH /MALLOY/
2 GIVN HUGH
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F51@
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I152@ INDI
1 NAME Neice /MALLOY/
2 GIVN Neice
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JAN 1930
1 FAMS @F52@
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I153@ INDI
1 NAME VINCENT /MALLOY/
2 GIVN VINCENT
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 APR 1931
2 PLAC CARROLLTOWN, PA.
1 FAMS @F53@
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I154@ INDI
1 NAME THOMAS /MALLOY/
2 GIVN THOMAS
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 MAY 1932
2 PLAC CAROLLTOWN, PA.
1 FAMS @F54@
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I155@ INDI
1 NAME ALBERT LEO /MALLOY/
2 GIVN ALBERT LEO
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F55@
1 FAMC @F25@
0 @I156@ INDI
1 NAME Maurus /WESTRICK/
2 GIVN Maurus
2 SURN WESTRICK
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 JAN 1899
2 PLAC Elder Township, Pa.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2 AUG 1984
2 PLAC Spangler, PA.
1 FAMS @F26@
0 @I157@ INDI
1 NAME Marjorie /WESTRICK/
2 GIVN Marjorie
2 SURN WESTRICK
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 MAR 1924
1 FAMS @F56@
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I158@ INDI
1 NAME NED /WESTRICK/
2 GIVN NED
2 SURN WESTRICK
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JAN 1932
1 FAMS @F57@
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I159@ INDI
1 NAME MAURITA /WESTRICK/
2 GIVN MAURITA
2 SURN WESTRICK
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 5 SEP 1926
1 CHR
2 DATE 12 SEP 1926
1 FAMS @F58@
1 FAMC @F26@
0 @I160@ INDI
1 NAME Winifred /????????/
2 GIVN Winifred
2 SURN ????????
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F59@
0 @I161@ INDI
1 NAME Edgar /BEARER/
2 GIVN Edgar
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F59@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I162@ INDI
1 NAME ROUMAYNE /IVORY/
2 GIVN ROUMAYNE
2 SURN IVORY
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 MAY 1909
2 PLAC Patton Pa
1 FAMS @F27@
0 @I163@ INDI
1 NAME THEODORE /BEARER/
2 GIVN THEODORE
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 NOV 1934
2 PLAC Carrolltown Pa.
1 FAMS @F60@
1 FAMC @F27@
0 @I164@ INDI
1 NAME KENNETH /BEARER/
2 GIVN KENNETH
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 OCT 1940
2 PLAC CAROLLTOWN, PA.
1 FAMS @F61@
1 FAMS @F295@
1 FAMC @F27@
0 @I165@ INDI
1 NAME DONNA /BEARER/
2 GIVN DONNA
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 APR 1938
2 PLAC Carrolltown Pa.
1 FAMS @F62@
1 FAMS @F296@
1 FAMC @F27@
0 @I166@ INDI
1 NAME MARY LEE /BEARER/
2 GIVN MARY LEE
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 5 MAY 1949
2 PLAC BROOKVILLE PA.
1 FAMC @F27@
0 @I167@ INDI
1 NAME Gertrude /MANGOLD/
2 GIVN Gertrude
2 SURN MANGOLD
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F28@
0 @I168@ INDI
1 NAME HARRY /BEARER/
2 GIVN HARRY
2 SURN BEARER
2 NSFX JR.
1 SEX M
1 TITL JR.
1 FAMS @F63@
1 FAMC @F28@
0 @I169@ INDI
1 NAME Albert /THOMAS/
2 GIVN Albert
2 SURN THOMAS
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F29@
0 @I170@ INDI
1 NAME Timothy /THOMAS/
2 GIVN Timothy
2 SURN THOMAS
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F64@
1 FAMC @F29@
0 @I171@ INDI
1 NAME Janet /THOMAS/
2 GIVN Janet
2 SURN THOMAS
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F65@
1 FAMC @F29@
0 @I172@ INDI
1 NAME Albert /THOMAS/
2 GIVN Albert
2 SURN THOMAS
2 NSFX Jr.
1 SEX M
1 TITL Jr.
1 FAMS @F66@
1 FAMC @F29@
0 @I173@ INDI
1 NAME John W. /ROBINE/
2 GIVN John W.
2 SURN ROBINE
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JUL 1905
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1974
2 PLAC Lilly Pa.
1 CHR
2 PLAC Lilly Pa.
1 FAMS @F30@
0 @I174@ INDI
1 NAME Rita Jane /ROBINE/
2 GIVN Rita Jane
2 SURN ROBINE
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JUL 1933
2 PLAC Lilly Pa.
1 FAMS @F212@
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I175@ INDI
1 NAME Lois Virginia /ROBINE/
2 GIVN Lois Virginia
2 SURN ROBINE
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 AUG 1934
2 PLAC Lilly Pa
1 FAMS @F213@
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I176@ INDI
1 NAME Gerald Joseph /ROBINE/
2 GIVN Gerald Joseph
2 SURN ROBINE
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 DEC 1935
2 PLAC Lilly Pa.
1 FAMS @F214@
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I177@ INDI
1 NAME John Christopher /ROBINE/
2 GIVN John Christopher
2 SURN ROBINE
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 AUG 1948
2 PLAC Lilly Pa.
1 FAMS @F215@
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I178@ INDI
1 NAME David Michael /ROBINE/
2 GIVN David Michael
2 SURN ROBINE
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 OCT 1955
1 FAMS @F216@
1 FAMC @F30@
0 @I179@ INDI
1 NAME Kyle /LEAP/
2 GIVN Kyle
2 SURN LEAP
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 FEB 1993
2 PLAC Lilly Pa.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 5 NOV 1980
2 PLAC Ebensburg Pa
1 FAMS @F217@
0 @I180@ INDI
1 NAME P. Richard /RHODY/
2 GIVN P. Richard
2 SURN RHODY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 APR 1918
2 PLAC Patton Pa.
1 FAMS @F31@
0 @I181@ INDI
1 NAME Karen /DUNLAP/
2 GIVN Karen
2 SURN DUNLAP
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 AUG 1941
1 FAMS @F228@
0 @I182@ INDI
1 NAME Andrew Earl /RHODY/
2 GIVN Andrew Earl
2 SURN RHODY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 FEB 1953
2 PLAC Patton Pa.
1 FAMS @F228@
1 FAMC @F31@
0 @I183@ INDI
1 NAME John Keefe /ELLIS/
2 GIVN John Keefe
2 SURN ELLIS
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JAN 1923
1 FAMS @F32@
0 @I184@ INDI
1 NAME John Keefe /ELLIS/
2 GIVN John Keefe
2 SURN ELLIS
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 MAY 1956
2 PLAC Pittsburg Pa
1 FAMS @F235@
1 FAMC @F32@
0 @I185@ INDI
1 NAME Peter Gerald /ELLIS/
2 GIVN Peter Gerald
2 SURN ELLIS
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 APR 1959
2 PLAC Pittsburg Pa.
1 FAMS @F236@
1 FAMC @F32@
0 @I186@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Constance /ELLIS/
2 GIVN Mary Constance
2 SURN ELLIS
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JAN 1961
2 PLAC Pittsburg Pa.
1 FAMS @F237@
1 FAMC @F32@
0 @I187@ INDI
1 NAME Martin J. /CARL/
2 GIVN Martin J.
2 SURN CARL
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 FEB 1931
2 PLAC St. Augustine Pa.
1 FAMS @F33@
0 @I188@ INDI
1 NAME Michael /CARL/
2 GIVN Michael
2 SURN CARL
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 FEB 1955
1 FAMS @F230@
1 FAMC @F33@
0 @I189@ INDI
1 NAME M. Joan /CARL/
2 GIVN M. Joan
2 SURN CARL
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 FEB 1956
1 FAMS @F233@
1 FAMS @F234@
1 FAMC @F33@
0 @I190@ INDI
1 NAME Matthew /CARL/
2 GIVN Matthew
2 SURN CARL
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 AUG 1957
1 FAMS @F231@
1 FAMC @F33@
0 @I191@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /CARL/
2 GIVN Joseph
2 SURN CARL
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 APR 1961
1 FAMS @F232@
1 FAMC @F33@
0 @I192@ INDI
1 NAME Diane /BOTELLA/
2 GIVN Diane
2 SURN BOTELLA
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F230@
0 @I193@ INDI
1 NAME Jennifer Lynn (Milchak) /SCAPPINO/
2 GIVN Jennifer Lynn (Milchak)
2 SURN SCAPPINO
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 JUN 1974
1 FAMC @F248@
0 @I194@ INDI
1 NAME Joan /MARSON/
2 GIVN Joan
2 SURN MARSON
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F34@
0 @I195@ INDI
1 NAME Arthur /WILLIAMS/
2 GIVN Arthur
2 SURN WILLIAMS
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F34@
0 @I196@ INDI
1 NAME Frank /SCAPPINO/
2 GIVN Frank
2 SURN SCAPPINO
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 JUN 1951
1 FAMS @F248@
0 @I197@ INDI
1 NAME Bridget /WILLIAMS/
2 GIVN Bridget
2 SURN WILLIAMS
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F35@
0 @I198@ INDI
1 NAME Irene /MARMAUD/
2 GIVN Irene
2 SURN MARMAUD
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 SEP 1946
2 PLAC Ashland, ma.
1 FAMS @F35@
0 @I199@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /WILLIAMS/
2 GIVN Robert
2 SURN WILLIAMS
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 MAY 1946
2 PLAC Natick, ma.
1 FAMS @F35@
1 FAMC @F34@
0 @I200@ INDI
1 NAME Ben or Stephen (Earl) /ELLIS/
2 GIVN Ben or Stephen (Earl)
2 SURN ELLIS
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 APR 1995
1 FAMC @F236@
0 @I201@ INDI
1 NAME Lance /WILLIAMS/
2 GIVN Lance
2 SURN WILLIAMS
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F35@
0 @I202@ INDI
1 NAME David /HAHN/
2 GIVN David
2 SURN HAHN
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1929
2 PLAC California
1 FAMS @F36@
0 @I203@ INDI
1 NAME Susan /HAHN/
2 GIVN Susan
2 SURN HAHN
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 NOV 1955
2 PLAC Sparks Nev.
1 FAMS @F229@
1 FAMC @F36@
0 @I204@ INDI
1 NAME James /HAHN/
2 GIVN James
2 SURN HAHN
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1960
2 PLAC Sparks Nev.
1 FAMC @F36@
0 @I205@ INDI
1 NAME ELIZABETH /BEARER/
2 GIVN ELIZABETH
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 JUL 1952
2 PLAC FORT WORTH, TEXAS
1 FAMC @F37@
0 @I206@ INDI
1 NAME PATRICIA /BEARER/
2 GIVN PATRICIA
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 SEP 1953
2 PLAC TULSA, OKLAHOMA
1 FAMC @F37@
0 @I208@ INDI
1 NAME EUGENE M /BEARER/
2 GIVN EUGENE M
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 SEP 1958
2 PLAC COLVER, PA.
1 FAMS @F293@
1 FAMC @F38@
0 @I209@ INDI
1 NAME Kathleen Marie /BEARER/
2 GIVN Kathleen Marie
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F195@
1 FAMC @F41@
0 @I210@ INDI
1 NAME Clint J. /PERRY/
2 GIVN Clint J.
2 SURN PERRY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1977
1 FAMC @F188@
0 @I211@ INDI
1 NAME V. Dulcie /PERRY/
2 GIVN V. Dulcie
2 SURN PERRY
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 MAR 1975
1 FAMC @F188@
0 @I212@ INDI
1 NAME Irvin /PERRY/
2 GIVN Irvin
2 SURN PERRY
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F188@
1 FAMC @F42@
0 @I213@ INDI
1 NAME Jennifer /BEARER/
2 GIVN Jennifer
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 NOTE Jennifer is an adopted daughter.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 APR 1966
1 FAMC @F43@
0 @I214@ INDI
1 NAME Christopher /BEARER/
2 GIVN Christopher
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 NOTE Christopher is the adopted son of Robert and Jean.
1 FAMS @F197@
1 FAMC @F43@
0 @I215@ INDI
1 NAME Jessalyn Rose /RONAN/
2 GIVN Jessalyn Rose
2 SURN RONAN
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 MAR 1984
2 PLAC Pittsburgh, , PA
1 CHR
2 DATE APR 1984
2 PLAC St. Thomas Aqu., Ashville, PA
1 FAMC @F187@
0 @I216@ INDI
1 NAME Caryle /KOTERWAS/
2 GIVN Caryle
2 SURN KOTERWAS
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F39@
0 @I217@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /MULLIGAN/
2 GIVN Robert
2 SURN MULLIGAN
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F40@
0 @I218@ INDI
1 NAME Sally E. /BLOOM/
2 GIVN Sally E.
2 SURN BLOOM
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F41@
0 @I219@ INDI
1 NAME Jere E. /PERRY/
2 GIVN Jere E.
2 SURN PERRY
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F42@
0 @I220@ INDI
1 NAME Bernard Thomas /BEARER/
2 GIVN Bernard Thomas
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 APR 1938
2 PLAC Carrolltown, Cambria, PA
1 FAMS @F39@
1 FAMC @F44@
0 @I221@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara Anne Roberta /BEARER/
2 GIVN Barbara Anne Roberta
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 AUG 1932
2 PLAC Carrolltown, Cambria, PA
1 FAMS @F40@
1 FAMC @F44@
0 @I222@ INDI
1 NAME Benno Joseph /BEARER/
2 GIVN Benno Joseph
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 11 DEC 1930
2 PLAC Carrolltown, Cambria, PA
1 FAMS @F41@
1 FAMC @F44@
0 @I223@ INDI
1 NAME William Edward /BEARER/
2 GIVN William Edward
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUN 1926
2 PLAC Carrolltown, Cambria, PA
1 CHR
2 DATE ABT 7 JUL 1926
2 PLAC St Benedict Chur, Carrolltown, PA
1 FAMS @F23@
1 FAMC @F44@
0 @I224@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ethel /LANTZY/
2 GIVN Mary Ethel
2 SURN LANTZY
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 SEP 1927
2 PLAC Coalport, Clearfield, PA
1 CHR
2 DATE ABT 23 DEC 1927
2 PLAC St Basil Church, Coalport, PA
1 FAMS @F23@
0 @I225@ INDI
1 NAME Cheryl Ann /BEARER/
2 GIVN Cheryl Ann
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 NOTE Married Joseph Seelman, 1981. Joseph and Cheryl were divorced in 1987.
2 CONC The
2 CONT Catholic Church issued an annulment in May 1991.  Married Louis Martin
2 CONC on
2 CONT May 25, 1991 at St. Joan of Arch Church, Hershey, PA.  Louis was born
2 CONC in
2 CONT Winchester, Tennessee, and now teaches at Elizabethtown College in
2 CONT Elizabethtown, PA.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 MAR 1958
2 PLAC Spangler, Cambria, PA
1 CHR
2 DATE ABT 1 APR 1958
2 PLAC St Bernard Churc, Hastings, PA
1 FAMS @F189@
1 FAMS @F190@
1 FAMC @F23@
0 @I226@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Ethelend /WALTZ/
2 GIVN Mary Ethelend
2 SURN WALTZ
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 NOV 1901
2 PLAC Hastings, Cambria, PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 JUL 1985
2 PLAC Carrolltown, , PA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Carrolltown, , PA
1 FAMS @F44@
0 @I227@ INDI
1 NAME Irvin James /BEARER/
2 GIVN Irvin James
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 JAN 1893
2 PLAC Spangler, Cambria, PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 JUL 1972
2 PLAC Carrolltown, , PA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Carrolltown, , PA
1 FAMS @F44@
1 FAMC @F16@
0 @I228@ INDI
1 NAME Robert James /BEARER/
2 GIVN Robert James
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JAN 1924
2 PLAC Carrolltown, Cambria, PA
1 FAMS @F43@
1 FAMC @F44@
0 @I229@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Elizabeth /BEARER/
2 GIVN Mary Elizabeth
2 SURN BEARER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 FEB 1925
2 PLAC Carrolltown, Cambria, PA
1 FAMS @F42@
1 FAMC @F44@
0 @I230@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel /LIEB/
2 GIVN Daniel
2 SURN LIEB
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 FEB 1925
2 PLAC Nicktown Pa.
1 FAMS @F45@
1 FAMC @F269@
0 @I231@ INDI
1 NAME DANIEL /LIEB/
2 GIVN DANIEL
2 SURN LIEB
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 DEC 1960
2 PLAC Indiana Pa.
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I232@ INDI
1 NAME Manuel /ALVAREZ/
2 GIVN Manuel
2 SURN ALVAREZ
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 APR 1930
2 PLAC Brooklyn NY
1 FAMS @F46@
0 @I233@ INDI
1 NAME SCOTT /ALVAREZ/
2 GIVN SCOTT
2 SURN ALVAREZ
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 JUN 1955
2 PLAC Indiana Pa.
1 FAMS @F277@
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I234@ INDI
1 NAME LYNNE /ALVAREZ/
2 GIVN LYNNE
2 SURN ALVAREZ
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 JUL 1956
2 PLAC Latrobe Pa.
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I235@ INDI
1 NAME DREW /ALVAREZ/
2 GIVN DREW
2 SURN ALVAREZ
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 JUN 1958
2 PLAC Latrobe Pa.
1 FAMS @F278@
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I236@ INDI
1 NAME Manuel /ALVAREZ/
2 GIVN Manuel
2 SURN ALVAREZ
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 AUG 1959
2 PLAC Latrobe Pa.
1 FAMS @F280@
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I237@ INDI
1 NAME EILEEN /ALVAREZ/
2 GIVN EILEEN
2 SURN ALVAREZ
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAY 1961
2 PLAC Latrobe Pa.
1 FAMS @F282@
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I238@ INDI
1 NAME LISA /ALVAREZ-COHEN/
2 GIVN LISA
2 SURN ALVAREZ-COHEN
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1962
2 PLAC Poughkeepsie NY
1 FAMS @F284@
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I239@ INDI
1 NAME MARY /ALVAREZ/
2 GIVN MARY
2 SURN ALVAREZ
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 NOV 1966
2 PLAC Poughkeepsie NY
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I240@ INDI
1 NAME JAN /ALVAREZ/
2 GIVN JAN
2 SURN ALVAREZ
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 JUL 1957
2 PLAC Latrobe Pa.
1 FAMS @F266@
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I241@ INDI
1 NAME ALAN /ALVAREZ/
2 GIVN ALAN
2 SURN ALVAREZ
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 JUN 1971
2 PLAC Poughkeepsie NY
1 FAMC @F46@
0 @I242@ INDI
1 NAME William /RIDER/
2 GIVN William
2 SURN RIDER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1934
2 PLAC Pittsburg Pa
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1994
2 PLAC Latrobe Pa.
1 FAMS @F47@
1 FAMC @F267@
0 @I243@ INDI
1 NAME DAVID /RIDER/
2 GIVN DAVID
2 SURN RIDER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 NOV 1964
2 PLAC Latrobe Pa.
1 FAMS @F286@
1 FAMC @F47@
0 @I244@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /HOFFMAN/
2 GIVN Joseph
2 SURN HOFFMAN
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 DEC 1927
2 PLAC Indiana Pa.
1 FAMS @F48@
1 FAMC @F270@
0 @I245@ INDI
1 NAME HELEN /HOFFMAN/
2 GIVN HELEN
2 SURN HOFFMAN
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 OCT 1960
2 PLAC Indiana Pa.
1 FAMS @F271@
1 FAMC @F48@
0 @I246@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /VINCENT/
2 GIVN Robert
2 SURN VINCENT
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F272@
1 FAMC @F275@
0 @I247@ INDI
1 NAME NANETTE /HOFFMAN/
2 GIVN NANETTE
2 SURN HOFFMAN
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 6 NOV 1963
2 PLAC Indiana Pa.
1 FAMS @F306@
1 FAMC @F48@
0 @I248@ INDI
1 NAME MARIA /HOFFMAN/
2 GIVN MARIA
2 SURN HOFFMAN
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 JUL 1967
2 PLAC Indiana Pa.
1 FAMS @F272@
1 FAMC @F48@
0 @I249@ INDI
1 NAME Kristen /HOFFMAN/
2 GIVN Kristen
2 SURN HOFFMAN
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JAN 1969
2 PLAC Indiana Pa.
1 FAMS @F273@
1 FAMC @F48@
0 @I250@ INDI
1 NAME Edward /HOFFMAN/
2 GIVN Edward
2 SURN HOFFMAN
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 OCT 1971
2 PLAC Indiana Pa.
1 FAMC @F48@
0 @I251@ INDI
1 NAME MARY K /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN MARY K
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 JUN 1967
2 PLAC Alexandria Va.
1 FAMS @F289@
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I252@ INDI
1 NAME CAROLYN /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN CAROLYN
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 JUN 1967
2 PLAC Alexandria Va.
1 FAMS @F287@
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I253@ INDI
1 NAME ANN MARY /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN ANN MARY
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 6 AUG 1969
2 PLAC Bolingbrook IL.
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I254@ INDI
1 NAME THOMAS /STRITTMATTER/
2 GIVN THOMAS
2 SURN STRITTMATTER
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 FEB 1971
2 PLAC Bolingbrook IL.
1 FAMC @F49@
0 @I255@ INDI
1 NAME PATRICIA /???/
2 GIVN PATRICIA
2 SURN ???
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F50@
0 @I256@ INDI
1 NAME PATRICIA /MALLOY/
2 GIVN PATRICIA
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F50@
0 @I257@ INDI
1 NAME CHARLES /MALLOY/
2 GIVN CHARLES
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F50@
0 @I258@ INDI
1 NAME HELEN /BUCK/
2 GIVN HELEN
2 SURN BUCK
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F51@
0 @I259@ INDI
1 NAME Maureen /MALLOY/
2 GIVN Maureen
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 5 JAN 1953
1 FAMC @F51@
0 @I260@ INDI
1 NAME Sharon /MALLOY/
2 GIVN Sharon
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 OCT 1954
1 FAMS @F207@
1 FAMC @F51@
0 @I261@ INDI
1 NAME Patrick /MALLOY/
2 GIVN Patrick
2 SURN MALLOY
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 APR 1956
1 FAMS @F208@
1 FAMC @F51@
0 @I262@ INDI
1 NAME Wilda /MILANESI/
2 GIVN Wilda
2 SURN MILANESI
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE NOV 1931
1 FAMS @F52@
0 @I263@ INDI
1 NAME KATHERINE /MALLOY/
2 GIVN KATHERINE
2 SURN MALLOY