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From: (Dina Adamchick)
Subject: [SMITH's of PA] RE: DINA & GARY: George SMITH, Wilkes-Barre, (Luzerne Co.) , PA.- OBIT of Nov 21, 1949
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:09:57 -0500
Charlie,
Gary is the very kind soul who did an obit lookup for me. I do not believe he is looking for Smith. I know that I did forget to take out the request part, shame on me. Gary, I am sorry about that.
I too hate the netscape stuff. I need to do more research into it to see if there are other options. So far, only paid accounts have options.
I have some information that George's father George was born about 1882 somewhere in PA. That's as far as I get. Not even his death certificate had any information. Mother and father, and his and their birthplaces, were all listed as unknown. George Jr, was born 1919, possibly in Luzerne County. Exact county unknown.
Talk to you soon.
Dina
"CHARLES NAUNDORF" <> wrote:
>Hello Dina & Gary -- I copied the basic information because there was a lot of extra information about Netscape Mail account that became attached some how.
>
>I have just started to research the SMITH surname in Wilkes-Barre area
>because my wife, Doris SMITH, has ancestors by that
>surname. Interestingly, some of the given names in George SMITH's family do
>show up in Doris' ancestors family too. That is NOT too unusual, I know --
>but it is interesting -- and there is a photograph too..
>
>My original interest in that area started because Doris' ancestor had a
>studio picture taken in Pittston, Luzerne Co., PA. I wondered what caused
>her to travel from Stanhope, Sussex Co., NJ over to Pittston. Here is a note taken from Ida SMITH's record...
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>"NOTE: CHARLES FRANCIS SMITH WAS BORN IN CATASAUGUA, LEHIGH CO.,PA, AND
>CHARLES J., HIS FATHER, WAS A BOATMAN, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF THE
>FOLLOWING:
>
>A boatman transporting coal might go down the Lehigh River starting from
>near White Haven in Eastern PA, to CATASAUGUA, to Allentown, then Easterly
>to Easton and then over the Morris Canal to the Hudson River.
>
>Research PA, first in the counties of Luzerne , Carbon, Lehigh, and North
>Hampton."
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Another note shows...
>"Census--NJ,Sussex,Byram Twp.,P.O. at Stanhope,1870 ; LDS film # 0,552,388.
>enumerated 16 Aug 1870. Page 33,lines 34-40 and page 34,line 1.
> Parents & Family:
> Name Age Occupation Born
> * 1 Smith,Charles (J) 35 Boating Canal NJ
> * 2 " Rosella 32 Keeping House Pa
> * 3 " Augustus K 14 Boating Canal NJ
> 4 " Laura 13 at home NJ
> * 5 " Phebe C 10 at home NJ
> * 6 " Seymour 9 at home NJ
> * 7 " Charles F 3 at home NJ
> * 8 " Geo(rge) G 1 at home NJ
> * means information known before in 1880 census,etc.
> " at home " means not working ( some may be in school )."
>---------------------------------
>Other surnames of interest are FISKE and SERGEANT.
>Those clues are a bit of a stretch, but when you have little to go by, it is worth an investigation. Gary, it would be helpful to tell me what steps you took to get the obit. I'll bet that it's simple, but clever. Please Email me privately.
>Best Regards, Charlie
>mailto:
>P.S.
>Charles H.Naundorf, P.E.
>35 Picture Book Park
>W.Bloomfield, NY 14585
>
>585-624-1406
>
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>============================
>References to your notes are below:
>============================
>Monterey Herald Monday Nov. 21, 1949
>
>George Smith Dies As Result of Fall
>
> George Smith Jr., 30, succumbed Friday in Oak Knoll Naval Hospital,
>Oakland to injuries suffered in a fall on October 23 at his Del Monte Park
>Home. A native of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, and veteran of World War II,
>he came in June of 1947 to live on the Peninsula, where he was employed as a clerk in the Seaside Market.
> He leaves wife Mrs. Loretta Jean Smith and a daughter Cheryl Ann, of Del Monte Park; his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Smith Sr. of Wilkes-Barre,
>Pennsylvania; three brothers, Arthur C. and Charles Smith of
>Wilkes-Barre, and Capt. W F Smith stationed with the Air Force in Japan, and four sisters, Mrs. William Hartnet of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Irene Butry, Miss Rose and Miss Florence Smith of Wilkes-Barre.
> Funeral services to be arranged by the Paul Mortuary, Pacific Grove, will be announced later.
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