…bringing our past into the future
Carol Eddleman 
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
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
This list of Causes set for trial at the October Term [1830] was published in the “Western Argus” newspaper 13 Oct 1830: Hannah Janay vs. Thomas Bryan Jacob Beltzhoover vs. John Winkle, et al James Fullerton vs. Robert McClelland Philips & Graham vs. John Murphy James Moore vs. Charles Lukins, et al Samuel Beam vs. … Read more
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 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
From a series of four brochures entitled “Pittsburgh Frontier To Future.” 14,225 B.C. – Primitive man occupies a rock shelter near Avella in present-day Washington Co. His remains are evidence of the oldest human habitation in the eastern United States. 1600 – The Monongahela People, a tribe of early Indians, dwell in the Pittsburgh region. … Read more
From a series of four brochures entitled “Pittsburgh Frontier To Future.” 1800, June 28 – Zadok Cramer buys stock in John Gilkeson’s book store and opens his own bookselling business in Pittsburgh. Later, Cramer offers for sale “any quantity of Dutch and English Almanacks, for the year 1801 … ” His circulating library opens June … Read more
July 28, 1860: Prof. S. Wilson makes an ascension in the balloon “Great Western.”After several mishaps, he successfully landed at Sharpsburg (Allegheny County). Oct. 1, 1860: Pittsburghers welcome the Prince of Wales (later England’s King Edward VII) to the city. Nov. 24, 1860: As the Civil War approaches, a number of Pittsburgh banks suspend specie … Read more
Allegheny County Tax Records — Snowden Twp., 1846 — Part Two McCormick, Samuel — carpenter, singleman.McCormick, George — farmer, singleman.Douglass, William — farmer, 20 acres land valued at $260; 2 cows, 1 horse.McMurray, Archibald — farmer, 104 acres of land valued at $1352.; 2 horses, 2 cows.Phillip, Evan — farmer, singleman.King, Jane; heirs of Countless? … Read more
Allegheny County Tax Records — Snowden Twp. — 1846 Morgan, Hugh — merchant, 1 horse, 1 cow Larimer, Alexander — Farmer singleman, 80 Acres w/improvements, 2 horses Thompson, Moses — Farmer singleman, 22 ½ Acres, 1 horse, money at interest, Sawmill, appraised aggregate amount of securities $1500. Simmons, Peter, Sr. — gentleman, 1 horse … Read more
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