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We thank Marge Greenisen, Andrew’s granddaughter, for this information. Andrew Williamson 1874-1962 was born on Drumchapel Row, New Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, on February 7, 1874. He married Mary Harvey Bissett on December 27, 1901, in Scotland. Their first born daughter was born in Scotland. He emigrated to the United States, coming through Ellis Island, sometime… Continue reading Williamson

John Williams (born 1790) and Eve (Fletcher) Williams (born 1789) are the parents of Daniel Williams, (born 1819) who married Elizabeth (born 1829). John and Eve also had a son Isaac whose wife Hellon (Litten) Williams purchased plot No. 235 in St. Clair Cemetery in 1893 for $25. The children of Daniel and Elizabeth Williams include Albert, who never married and John F.,… Continue reading The Williams Family

This from Rich Cummings: The tombstone for ? Thompson 1874 to 1880 is Maggie Jane Thompson. She died during the cholera epidemic. Her parents were Robert Thompson and Ann Leas Thompson who died in 1909. His headstone is shown and her death certificate says she is buried in Mt Lebanon Cemetery. Thompsons’ parents, John and… Continue reading Thompson Family

Hannah Plummer was born June 15, 1783 to Nathaniel and Hannah Plummer in Newbury Essex, Massachusetts. When she was a child, the family moved to Allegheny County and settled in what is now Dormont. She married George Fetterman-a native of Bucks County whose ancestors had come from Germany-and they had three children-Nathaniel; Washington, a lawyer in Pittsburgh; and George, who… Continue reading The Sylvesters

Thanks to Mary Ann Metz (memmetz@aol.com) for this information Edwin Markle Stuckert was born May 12 1897. He is listed on the 1900 Census for Pennsylvania, ward 26, Jane Street, (Birmingham/ Southside) with his father Edwin W. Stuckert and mother, Bessie M. Griffiths, and a brother William. The 1910 census states Edwin M. is living with… Continue reading Stuckert

From Stewart Bonar, April 2023I was delighted to find Jane Bonnar in your lists, I had long wondered what had happened to her. Her gravestone says “Jane, wife of William Bonnar, died Dec 26th 1878 in the 87 year of her age.” At the foot of her grave is another, more modern, stone. On the… Continue reading Strachan

Compiled by Ann Simmons Eldredge The William Simmons family outside their Union Township home.From left: unidentified, E.J., William, Laura Belle (Caldwell),Margaret Belle (in her mother’s arms), Margaret (Henry) Simmonsand unidentified. William S. Simmons (1815-1889) was the second child and only son of Samuel Simmons and Elizabeth Matthews. Born in Allegheny County, William became a carpenter and,… Continue reading The William Simmons and William Wenzel Families

Compiled with the help of Don Neeld and George C. Smith Robert Smith Sr. came to the United States from Ireland as a teenager-stowing away of a ship-in 1736. Sometime about 1772, he came to Allegheny County and raised five children on a farm located at the present day intersection of Library and Conner roads.… Continue reading The Smith Family

Compiled by Ann Simmons Eldredge William Edward Johnson “E.J.” Simmons (1854-1936), the youngest child of William Simmons and Margaret Henry Simmons, was born at the family homestead in Banksville (known as “Simmons Hollow”). This was the land his great grandfather, John Henry had passed on to his children. Simmons descendants possess a letter, dated fall 1879, in which E.J.’s mother berates… Continue reading The William Edward Johnson Simmons Family

James Scott (1829-1891) was born in Pennsylvania to parents who were both born in the state. Sometime before 1858 he married Ann Marie Simpson (1829-1897), who was born in New York and whose father came to the states from Ireland. A descendant told us that James was “a member of ‘the old Fischer family’ and… Continue reading Scott