History of Beaver County, Chapter 16

Beaver Borough, Page 613 Situation – Relation to other Valley Towns – Beaver Laid out – Sale of Lots – Judge Addison’s Letters Relating thereto – Designation as County Seat – Incorporation – Changes of Borough Limits – Water Works – Early Notices of Beaver – Early Borough and Officials Records – Harris’s Directory for … Read more

Inmates of Evangelical Lutheran Orphans’ Home — 1880 Census

1880 Federal Census: Rochester, Beaver Co., Pa. — Evangelical Orphans’ Home Inmates: Huppert, Elizabeth, matron, age 55, single, keeps the house, b. Prussia, both parents b. Prussia. Miller, Katy, age 28, teacher, single, b. Pa., both parents b. Pa. Weidlich, Jane, age 20, pupil, b. Pa., both parents b. Germany Maryerial, Mary, age 17, pupil, … Read more

Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses, 1769-1776

PENNSYLVANIA MARRIAGE LICENSES, 1769-1776.    1772.  January.    1 : Daniel Stewart — Mary Neal; James Smith — Martha Maxwell  2 : William McCulloch — Margaret Palmer; William Hunter— Susannah Eudderow; Edward James — Margaret Black  4 : John Jagar — Mary Clady  9 : Jacob Frank — Mary Magdalen Schlosser  11 : Frederick Welpert — Margaret Muself … Read more

War of 1812 Pension Application

War of 1812 Pension Application of Jacob Mechling, Butler County. War of 1812, Declaration of Soldier for Pension to be executed before Judge or Clerk of Court, State of Pennsylvania, County of Butler. On this 10th day of March, A.D. 1871, personally appeared before me, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, a Court of … Read more