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Subject: Re: PALUZERN-D Digest V98 #53
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:09:59 -0800
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> PALUZERN-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 53
>
> Today's Topics:
> #1 Powder Glen Cemetery Mystery [Lydia Kedzierski <>]
> #2 Harden [Bluesriff7 <>]
> #3 Excerpts from the Autobiography of ["Mark Johnson" <]
> #4 Help [Bargoed Library <.]
> #5 Re: Excerpts from the Autobiograph ["Tammy Lamb" <]
> #6 Lost Cemetery? [Hawk334 <>]
> #7 Recent Broderbund Posts ["Robert C. Baker, Jr." <]
> #8 Re: Excerpts from the Autobiograph ["Mark Johnson" <]
> #9 records [ (Suzie Potter)]
> #10 Re: Help - Levittown [RbtGilliam <>]
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> Subject: Powder Glen Cemetery Mystery
> Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 00:18:29 -0500
> From: Lydia Kedzierski <>
> To:
>
> My ancestor Levi Buchman's died Sept. 8,1917. He lived in Wapwallopen
> in Luzerne County. According to his death certificate he was buried in
> Powder Glen on Sept. 10,1917 and the undertaker was C.A. Markle of
> Shickshinny. During two trips to PA my husband and I have been
> unsuccessful in locating a cemetery in the Wapwallopen/Hollenback area
> that had a tombstone for Levi Buchman. Does anyone know where Powder
> Glen cemetery is located? Do the funeral home records still exist for
> C.A. Markle? These records might provide a better clue. I would
> greatly appreciate assistance in solving this mystery. I hope to find
> the graves for some of my other ancestors (Howard and Oliver families)
> in this same cemetery.
>
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>
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>
> Subject: Harden
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 04:58:00 EST
> From: Bluesriff7 <>
> To:
>
> Anyone know how I can get records on employers of the Anthracite coal mines of
> Plymouth co. 1850-1880. Particularly my gr gr gr grandfather John Walter
> Harden, who managed the mine, and his sons John Henry and Frederick Harden.
> They formed Harden and Sons and moved to Philly but can't locate their move
> northward to Cape Cod, Mass. If this sounds vaguely familiar to anyone please
> email at . Thank you and god Bless, Michael.
>
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> Subject: Excerpts from the Autobiography of Marshall "Mark" Frederic Johnson
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 05:50:04 -0800
> From: "Mark Johnson" <>
> To: <>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Autobiography of Marshall Frederic Johnson (1946-)
>
> Marshall Frederic JOHNSON was born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now Cedars Sinai), Los Angeles, the only son of magazine business manager Robert Chamberlin J
>
> While the family was still together, the 12-year-old discovered his gay sexuality, and had no psychological problens with it either then or since. . . .
>
> . . . About August of 1994 Marshall began to have serious stomach problems and started to lose a lot of weight. After going to the best private hospital in Ist
>
> Unfortunately the standard of treatment regarding HIV/AIDS in Istanbul was far from "state of the art", and Marshall reached the conclusion that he must return
>
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> Autobiography of Marshall Frederic Johnson (1946-)
>
> Marshall Frederic JOHNSON was born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now
> Cedars Sinai), Los Angeles, the only son of magazine business manager
> Robert Chamberlin JOHNSON. At first the family lived in post-war
> housing off Crenshaw Blvd., then moved to Manhattan Beach for a time.
> His parents next built their own 3-bedroom house at 347 Amalfi Dr. in
> Santa Monica Canyon. Marshall attended Canyon Grammar School when the
> family lived in Santa Monica Canyon plus two years as a day student at
> Urban Military Academy in Brentwood (the first year being his
> parents’ idea to give him some discipline), the second year his
> own by choice), then to Paul Revere Junior High School until the
> family moved to Northern California in 1958.
>
> While the family was still together, the 12-year-old discovered his
> gay sexuality, and had no psychological problens with it either then
> or since. . . .
>
>
>
> . . . About August of 1994 Marshall began to have serious stomach
> problems and started to lose a lot of weight. After going to the best
> private hospital in Istanbul, he was diagnosed as having gastritis --
> but although the hospital’s tests spotted the HIV positive, they
> failed to make any connection with the then-current problem and did
> nothing about it. Finally, by November, Marshall was very much on the
> way out and he was down to about 100 pounds with no energy and
> sleeping most of the time, and he went to the teaching hospital of the
> Istanbul Medical University. They immediately put him on AZT, and he
> began to slowly recover.
>
> Unfortunately the standard of treatment regarding HIV/AIDS in Istanbul
> was far from "state of the art", and Marshall reached the conclusion
> that he must return to London in order to extend the chances for his
> continued life. He came back to London in May of 1995, took a small
> flat in the Green Lanes area of Harringay (coincidentally a Turkish
> and Greek area which was also where one of his best friends going back
> to 1981 lived), and immediately began treatment with England’s
> excellent National Health System.
>
>
>
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>
> Subject: Help
> Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 15:53:13 -0800
> From: Bargoed Library <>
> To:
>
> Is there a town called LEVITTOWN in PA please.
>
> I am also looking for the correct address of the Fairless Steel Corp. in
> the same area.
>
> Is there someone who could help me please.
>
> Beth Walters 23 Kings Hill Hengoed CF82 7NH South Wales Gt. Britain.
>
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> Subject: Re: Excerpts from the Autobiography of Marshall "Mark" Frederic
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 10:03:38 est
> From: "Tammy Lamb" <>
> To: "Mark Johnson" <>, <>
> CC:
>
> HI Mark
>
> David is correct. Why are you posting this to the list server. I
> dont see any reason or connection to Luzerne County here. Please do
> not post to the listserver this type of information. It is useless to
> everyone in Luzerne, and frankly I doubt most of them care to read
> about it.
> This is for GENEALOGICAL PURPOSES ONLY!!!!!!
>
> Tammy
> > Why am I getting this message. It is totally irrevelant to genealogy. What
> > is the purpose of sending this to everyone on the web? Please do not send
> > me any more excerpts from this autobiography.
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Mark Johnson <>
> > To:
> > Subject: Excerpts from the Autobiography of Marshall "Mark" Frederic
> > Johnson
> > Date: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 8:50 AM
> >
> > Autobiography of Marshall Frederic Johnson (1946-)
> > Marshall Frederic JOHNSON was born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now
> > Cedars Sinai), Los Angeles, the only son of magazine business manager
> > Robert Chamberlin JOHNSON. At first the family lived in post-war housing
> > off Crenshaw Blvd., then moved to Manhattan Beach for a time. His parents
> > next built their own 3-bedroom house at 347 Amalfi Dr. in Santa Monica
> > Canyon. Marshall attended Canyon Grammar School when the family lived in
> > Santa Monica Canyon plus two years as a day student at Urban Military
> > Academy in Brentwood (the first year being his parents’ idea to give
> > him some discipline), the second year his own by choice), then to Paul
> > Revere Junior High School until the family moved to Northern California in
> > 1958.
> > While the family was still together, the 12-year-old discovered his gay
> > sexuality, and had no psychological problens with it either then or since.
> > . . .
> >
> > . . . About August of 1994 Marshall began to have serious stomach problems
> > and started to lose a lot of weight. After going to the best private
> > hospital in Istanbul, he was diagnosed as having gastritis -- but although
> > the hospital’s tests spotted the HIV positive, they failed to make
> > any connection with the then-current problem and did nothing about it.
> > Finally, by November, Marshall was very much on the way out and he was down
> > to about 100 pounds with no energy and sleeping most of the time, and he
> > went to the teaching hospital of the Istanbul Medical University. They
> > immediately put him on AZT, and he began to slowly recover.
> > Unfortunately the standard of treatment regarding HIV/AIDS in Istanbul was
> > far from "state of the art", and Marshall reached the conclusion that he
> > must return to London in order to extend the chances for his continued
> > life. He came back to London in May of 1995, took a small flat in the Green
> > Lanes area of Harringay (coincidentally a Turkish and Greek area which was
> > also where one of his best friends going back to 1981 lived), and
> > immediately began treatment with England’s excellent National Health
> > System.
> >
> >
> >
>
> ______________________________
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Lost Cemetery?
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 11:16:58 EST
> From: Hawk334 <>
> To:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if anyone could confirm that a cemetery near the second bridge
> in Plymouth, Penna ever existed. My grandmother told me of going there as a
> child and seeing Lewis graves which was her mothers people.
>
> I am aware of Shawnee Cemetery and the little one on Shawnee Ave. Several
> catholic cemetery's, and Edge Hill where my own mother is buried.
>
> She might have confused a small cemetery on Alden Mountain, near an old family
> farm where Lewis's lived. This cemetery is suppose to have very large trees
> and not far from railroad tracks.
>
> Does either of these cemeterys ring a bell?
>
> Sheree Harding Puccio
>
>
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> Subject: Recent Broderbund Posts
> Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 11:22:27 -0500
> From: "Robert C. Baker, Jr." <>
> To:
>
> I have a few comments to add to these posts. They will not be on copyright
> issues or
> Broderbund legalities since I know little of either.
>
> 1. In a sense all information is free. How we obtain and use it is a matter
> of ethics
> as well as of human law.
>
> 2. I suggest that a person should feel obligated to seek an individual's
> permission
> before he or she made public via website, book, or Broderbund the
> results of that
> individual's research that he had provided to the person. There should
> be an
> equitable agreement.
>
> 3.. Mr. Ken Forbes freely provided me (and continues to provide me)
> information on my
> Luzerne County ancestors as well as ancestors from other counties when
> he found
> out I was looking for such information. He does this although he has
> received
> little information from me in return.
>
> The # 2 comment arises from the fact that my parents came from the
> "handshake' era and
> drilled that approach into me by the methods available to them in that day. No
> "holier than thou" is intended. To those who disagree I realize that day is
> gone.
>
> Bob
>
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> Subject: Re: Excerpts from the Autobiography of Marshall "Mark" Frederic
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 16:28:45 -0000
> From: "Mark Johnson" <>
> To: "Tammy Lamb" <>
> CC: "Luzerne Co. list" <>
>
> No kidding, Tammy, I didn't send this. I have been out of the house since
> 11am and just now walked in. This is part of the end of my MARSHALL
> genealogy book. Please note below that this "joker" has also unsubscribed
> me from PA-LUZERNE, and that the message originated in Tacoma, WA (and I'm
> in London) which I would bet is pretty close to Puyallup, WA the home of the
> subscriber who caused all the brou-ha-ha about copyrights.
>
> I DO NOT want to unsubscribe!
>
> Best wishes,
> MARSHALL JOHNSON
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tammy Lamb <>
> To: Mark Johnson <>; <>
> Cc: <>
> Date: 03 March 1998 14:49
> Subject: Re: Excerpts from the Autobiography of Marshall "Mark" Frederic
>
> HI Mark
>
> David is correct. Why are you posting this to the list server. I
> dont see any reason or connection to Luzerne County here. Please do
> not post to the listserver this type of information. It is useless to
> everyone in Luzerne, and frankly I doubt most of them care to read
> about it.
> This is for GENEALOGICAL PURPOSES ONLY!!!!!!
>
> 32722
>
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> Subject: records
> Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 14:00:34 -0500
> From: (Suzie Potter)
> To:
> CC:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Does anyone know how long it takes to get copies of death certificates?
> I sent for a few death certificates in early February and have not heard
> anything at all. Thank You in advance.
>
> Suzie
>
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> Subject: Re: Help - Levittown
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:35:41 EST
> From: RbtGilliam <>
> To:
> CC:
>
> Beth,
>
> There is indeed a Levittown in Pennsylvania. It is located on the western
> banks of the Delaware River about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
> Levittown has an interesting history as well. It was designed and built by
> William Levit in 1952 and has been called the first "Planned Community" (We
> call them housing developments now). Levit actually built four such
> communities, the first being on Long Island, NY and another in Southern New
> Jersey (present day Willingboro, NJ located southeast of the PA Levittown).
> I'm not sure where the other Levittown was off the top of my head. Presently
> Levittown is made up of smaller towships (Falls, Bristol, Middletown and
> Tullytown) each of which maintains its own municipal status. For additional
> info. on Levittown you may want to contact the library at the following
> address and number:
>
> Levittown Regional Library
> 7311 New Falls Road
> Levittown, PA USA 19055
> 1-215-949-2324
>
> You also asked about the Fairless Steel Corp. near Levittown. I don't know of
> a "stand alone" company by that name, but I'm thinking you may mean the United
> States Steel - Fairless Works in Fairless Hills, PA. This location of USX
> also started in 1952 and although much smaller now, is still operational.
> They can be contacted at the following address and number:
>
> US Steel-Fairless Works
> Fairless Hills, PA USA 19030
> Attn: Personel Dept.
> 1-215-736-4293
>
> Good luck with your research!
>
> Bob Gilliam
>
>
>
I should like to thank everyone who has sent me information regarding my HELP message
Many, Many thanks to all you kind people accross the water.
From a very gratefull American/Welshwoman
Beth Walters.
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