Tag: Profiles

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

Although he died in 1900 at age 48, everyone referred to Cyrus B. Schreiner as “Old Dr. Schreiner.” Cyrus was born in 1852, near New Texas, in the eastern part of Allegheny County. Cyrus studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and at Bellevue Hospital in New York. In 1878 Cyrus moved to Mt. Lebanon with… Continue reading The Cyrus and Myrtilla Reed Schreiner Family

William and George Quigg came to the U.S. from Ireland in 1842. In the 1860 census, George was 27 years old and living with his mother, Margaret, and two younger siblings on a farm in Mt. Lebanon. Ten years later, the census lists George as being married to M.J. with three children-M.G. (Margaret/Maggie), 7; M, 5; and T.J. (Thomas),… Continue reading The Quiggs

Nathaniel George Plummer, born March 1, 1745 in Essex County, Massachusetts, was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Mehetable (Herriman) Plummer. Nathaniel’s great-great-great grandparents, Francis and Ruth Plummer, came to the colonies from England in 1633 and settled in Newbury, Massachusetts. His father, Johnathan Plummer-born 1724 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, participated in the French and Indian… Continue reading Nathaniel and Hannah Plummer