Descendants of Michael and Elizabeth Helman

Descendants of Michael and Elizabeth Helman

Generation No. 1

1.  MICHAEL¹ HELMAN was born 1757 in York Co, PA, and died Sep 24, 1821in Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA.  Hemarried ELIZABETH UNKNOWN Abt. 1780 in PA. She was born 1759 in York Co, PA, and died Mar 29, 1824 in Plum Twp,Allegheny Co, PA.

Notes for MICHAEL HELMAN:

(This Helman genealogyis dedicated to my great-grandmother, Sadie Mariah Helman Greer Ramsay, who,through the tragic death of her mother, was deprived of her Helman heritagethroughout her childhood and who may otherwise never appear in a work on theHelman line. In this regard, I am indebted to my aunt, Marjorie Ramsay Laing,who provided me with the nuggets and the inspiration to mine the ore.)

Michael Helman, myfourth great-grandfather, was an Army soldier and later a captain, a farmer andlater a judge, a husband and a father of ten. Michael appears in the nation's first census but one wonders: who wasliving with him in 1790?  Listed as"Mikel" Helman in Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA, the censusrecords that living in his household were no fewer than: five males of 16 yearsand upwards, including heads of families; 2 males under the age of 16; 7females including heads of families.  Ofthe children we know about, by the time of the 1790 census, Michael andElisabeth would have had five children, all aged 10 and under, including twosons and three daughters.  ExcludingMichael, that leaves four males over the age of 16.  Excluding Elisabeth and her three daughters, that leaves threefemales unaccounted for.  One can onlyspeculate if they were workers or relatives, and, since there are no names onthat census except for the head of the family, we are not likely to everknow.  However, one of the older maleswas likely Michael's or Elisabeth's older brother or father because we find anolder male on the next census (see * below), the details of which I include inlieu of census images.

In 1800, by which timeMichael and Elisabeth had four more children, their household was neverthelesssmaller than a decade before with five males and four females.  The house headed by "MichalHelmon" contained: a male under the age of 10; a male aged 10-15; a maleaged 16-25; a male aged 26-44 (Michael); a male aged 45 and over*; two femalesunder the age of ten; 1 female aged 16-25; one female aged 26-44(Elisabeth).  Apparently, both boysnamed John had died by this year.

By 1810, Michael andElisabeth had only three children living with them: one boy under the age of 10(Frederick); one boy aged 10-15 (Michael); and one girl aged 16-25 (eitherRachel or Mary).

In 1820, the lastcensus on which Michael and Elisabeth appear, and this one in Plum Twp,Allegheny Co, there is just one son, Frederick.

According to anAncestry.com GEDCOM provided by Paul Forstad and Peggy Tygart, Michael Helmanwas commissioned on 9 Oct 1788 as an Associate Judge for Allegheny County,PA.  The same source states that on 1Mar. 1822, an intestate petition was granted to partition 140 acres of landamong the heirs of Michael Helman.

In another GEDCOMfile, Craig Sharrow states that on April 10, 1783, Michael, in partnership withConrad Ludwick, acquired 300 acres of land in Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co.,PA., an area which was later attached to Allegheny Co.  "The property was known as'Partnership.'  It is recorded in theHistory of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania that during the 'Whiskey Rebellion'President George Washington and his troops camped on the Helman farm.  Feelings were at a high pitch during thisfirst and only time that a sitting President led his troops into conflict.  This may explain why Michael was not re-elected,"Sharrow states, presumably referring to Helman's judgeship.

[According to the 2001Encyclopædia Britannica, the Whiskey Rebellion is defined thusly:

"(1794) Americanuprising to protest a federal liquor tax.

Farmers in westernPennsylvania rebelled against paying a tax on their locally distilled whiskeyand attacked federal revenue collectors. After 500 armed men burned the home ofthe regional tax inspector, Pres. George Washington ordered 13,000 federaltroops to the area. The rebellion quickly dissolved, with no fighting. Theevent established the authority of federal law within the states andstrengthened support for the Federalists' advocacy of a strong centralgovernment."]

Marjorie Ramsay Laingstates that Michael Helman's rank was listed as a captain on Sep 3, 1793 [PAArchives, 6th Series, Vol V, p. 59]. She also notes that Murrysville, where Michael was buried, was formerlyFranklin Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA.

Michael Helman died inhis 64th year.

More About MICHAEL HELMAN:

Burial: Sep 1821,Hankey's Lutheran Cemetery, Murrysville, Westmoreland Co, PA

Census: Bet. 1790 -1810, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA

Military service: RevWar; Captain, 4th Company, PA Militia

Residence: 1820, PlumTwp, Allegheny Co, PA

Notes for ELIZABETH UNKNOWN:

It was a thrill to seemy fourth great-grandmother's name listed as a churchgoer at Hankey's.  The church records are precious in thisregard: they are one of the very few repositories of women's names.  Even so, it is a rarity to see a woman'smaiden name in an historic church record. The census is even worse: the names of individuals were not recordeduntil 1850 and so there were few women's names on the census from 1790-1840except in the case of a widow, and often, the woman was referred to simply as"Widow Helman," for example.

My husband argues thatall genealogy should be based on the matriarchy since we can always be sure ofthe identity of a child's mother, but not necessarily that of the father.  I concur, and lament each time I have had towrite the word "Unknown" as a substitute for a woman's surname.

My fourthgreat-grandmother Elizabeth Helman died in her 65th year.

More About ELIZABETH UNKNOWN:

Communicant: Bet. 1822- 1823, Christ Church (Hankey's)¹

More About MICHAEL HELMAN and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN:

Marriage: Abt. 1780,PA

Children of MICHAEL HELMAN and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN are:

                   i.       JACOB² HELMAN, b. Abt.1780, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA²; d. Unknown; m. MARY UNKNOWN; d.Unknown.

Notes for JACOB HELMAN:

I can find noadditional information about Jacob and Mary Helman.

2.               ii.       CATHERINE HELMAN, b. Abt. 1782, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA; d.Abt. Feb 1822, OH.

                 iii.       ELIZABETH HELMAN, b. Abt. 1784, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA³;d. Unknown; m. DANIEL LONG, Bef. 1822, Allegheny Co, PA; d. Unknown.

Notes for ELIZABETH HELMAN:

Paul Forstad gives an"Abt. 1788" birth date for Elizabeth but I believe it to be"Abt. 1784" because the 1800 census reveals that Michael Helman hadat that time a daughter aged 16-25 and his older daughter, Catherine, wasalready married by 1800.  I can find noadditional information about Elizabeth Helman Long and her husband.

More About DANIEL LONG:

Census: 1820, Plum Twp,Allegheny Co, PA

More About DANIEL LONG and ELIZABETH HELMAN:

Marriage: Bef. 1822,Allegheny Co, PA

3.              iv.       DANIEL HELMAN, b. Apr 8, 1786, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA; d.Aug 8, 1854, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA.

                  v.       JOHANNES HELMAN, b. Dec 10, 1787, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA⁴;d. Bef. 1797, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA.⁵.

Notes for JOHANNES HELMAN:

Johannes must have diedbefore Nov 9, 1797 when a second son, John, was born.

More About JOHANNES HELMAN:

Baptism: Mar 24, 1788,First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA⁶

Baptism sponsors:parents

                 vi.       RACHEL HELMAN, b. Feb 2, 1790, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA⁷;d. Bet. 1860 - 1870, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA; m. WILLIAM HINDMAN, Bef. 1822,Allegheny Co, PA; b. 1785, PA⁸; d. Bet. 1850 - 1860, N.Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA.

Notes for RACHEL HELMAN:

Living with Rachel andher husband in 1850 were: her nephew Samuel Helman; her nieces Mary andMargaret Cowan; a ten-year-old girl, Rachel Jeffries.

In 1860, living with awidowed Rachel were her brother Frederick and his wife Hannah Ann and Rachel'sniece Jane Helman.  Rachel's personalproperty was valued at $3,800 while her real estate was valued at $4,000.

More About RACHEL HELMAN:

Baptism: Apr 11, 1790,First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

Baptism sponsors: nosponsors

Census: Bet. 1850 -1860, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

More About WILLIAM HINDMAN:

Census: Bet. 1810 -1850, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Occupation: 1850, farmer

More About WILLIAM HINDMAN and RACHEL HELMAN:

Marriage: Bef. 1822,Allegheny Co, PA

4.             vii.       MARY HELMAN, b. Sep 13, 1793, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA; d.Bet. 1850 - 1860, Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA.

               viii.       MICHAEL HELMAN, b. Nov 24, 1795, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA⁹;d. May 4, 1823, Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA¹⁰.

More About MICHAEL HELMAN:

Baptism: Aug 6, 1797,First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

Baptism sponsors: nosponsors

                  ix.       JOHN HELMAN, b. Nov 9, 1797, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA¹¹;d. Bef. 1800, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA¹².

Notes for JOHN HELMAN:

Paul Forstad statesthat John died before 1821, but he must have died before 1800 because one thecensus that year, there is only one boy child under the age of five and thatwould have to be Michael whom we know survived until adulthood.  This assertion carries through to the nextcensus year, 1810, when there is only one boy aged 10-15.

More About JOHN HELMAN:

Baptism: Sep 29, 1798,First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

Baptism sponsors: nosponsors

5.                x.       FREDERICK HELMAN, b. Mar 12, 1801, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA; d.Bet. 1860 - 1870, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA.

Generation No. 2

2.  CATHERINE² HELMAN (MICHAEL¹) was born Abt. 1782 in Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co,PA¹³, and died Abt. Feb 1822 in OH.  She married JOHN FISHEL Abt. 1799 in Allegheny Co, PA.  He was born Feb 22, 1769 in PA, and died Jul22, 1849 in OH.

Notes for CATHERINE HELMAN:

According to thebirths listed by Paul Forstad, by 1814, the family had moved to Jackson Twp.,Franklin, Ohio.  All of the children'sbirth dates come from Forstad. Catherine died at about the age of 40 shortly after the birth of herninth child.

More About JOHN FISHEL and CATHERINE HELMAN:

Marriage: Abt. 1799,Allegheny Co, PA

Children of CATHERINE HELMAN and JOHN FISHEL are:

                   i.       JACOB³ FISHEL, b. Feb 26,1800; d. Unknown.

                  ii.       ELIZABETH FISHEL, b. Dec 1802; d. Unknown.

                 iii.       JOHN FISHEL, b. Jun 24, 1805; d. Unknown.

                 iv.       MARY FISHEL, b. Mar 6, 1808; d. Unknown.

                  v.       MICHAEL FISHEL, b. Sep 1, 1810; d. Unknown.

                 vi.       RACHEL FISHEL, b. Sep 29, 1814; d. Unknown.

                vii.       MARGARET FISHEL, b. Jun 23, 1817; d. Unknown.

               viii.       DANIEL FISHEL, b. Nov 26, 1819; d. Unknown.

                  ix.       CATHERINE FISHEL, b. Feb 14, 1822; d. Unknown.

3.  DANIEL² HELMAN (MICHAEL¹) was born Apr 8, 1786 in Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co,PA¹⁴, and died Aug 8, 1854 in N. Huntingdon Twp, WestmorelandCo, PA.  He married CATHERINE LUDWICK 1807 inVersailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA, daughter of JACOB LUDWIG and MADELINE BAKER.  She was born Jul 31, 1785 in PA, and diedApr 23, 1843 in N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA.

Notes for DANIEL HELMAN:

1810 census: Danieland wife, Jacob and Magdalena.

1820 census (spellingDaniel Hillman): Daniel and Catherine, 2 sons, four daughters.

1830 census: Danieland Catherine, 3 sons, six daughters.

1840 census (spellingDaniel Heilman): Daniel and Catherine, one son aged 15-19, three daughters aged10-14.

1850 census (spellingDaniel Hellman): Daniel; daughters Isabelle, Jane and Hetty Ann; son Jacob;granddaughter Susannah, aged nine.

My thirdgreat-grandfather Daniel Helman died at age of 68 years, 4 months, 0 days.

More About DANIEL HELMAN:

Census: Bet. 1810 -1830, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA

Misc: settled inLarimer, Pa in 1836

Occupation: farmer,worth $2,500 in 1850

Notes for CATHERINE LUDWICK:

I entered an originaldeath date for Catherine of April 23, 1833. I subsequently changed this to ten years later because there is a womanin Daniel's household on the 1840 census in the same age category as would beexpected had Catherine lived to that census year.  I don't know whether the 1833 date was an error in my originaltranscription or in the information I was given.

In 1829, all of thechildren except Jacob and Hetty Ann were baptized or rebaptized at the FirstReformed Church, United Church of Christ, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA.  Catherine was the sponsor for all of the children.  Jacob and Isabelle were first baptized atBrush Creek.  I can't find any earlierbaptismal records for the other children. The 1829 church record gives the year only, not the date of, the massbaptism but it does give the birth dates for all the children.  Hetty Ann was not yet born and I can find nosubsequent baptismal record for her. Her age is based on the census. (Jacob probably balked at being rebaptized since he was 22 years old atthe time.  I have been unable to findany baptism records for the children he subsequently fathered.)

Elizabeth, Maria andCatherine Helman may have been married or deceased by 1850.  I can find no record of them after their1829 baptism.  Hetty Ann lived at leastuntil 1850 and then may have married or died.

My thirdgreat-grandmother Catherine Ludwig Helman died at the age of 57 years, 8months, 23 days.

More About CATHERINE LUDWICK:

Alternate spelling:Ludwig

More About DANIEL HELMAN and CATHERINE LUDWICK:

Marriage: 1807,Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA

Children of DANIEL HELMAN and CATHERINE LUDWICK are:

6.                i.       JACOB³ HELMAN, b. Dec 3,1807, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA; d. Bet. 1865 - 1870, Westmoreland Co,PA.

7.               ii.       MAGDALENA RACHEL ISABELLE HELMAN, b. Apr 30, 1809, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA; d.Aft. 1880, Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA.

                 iii.       ELIZABETH HELMAN, b. Jun 20, 1813, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA¹⁵;d. Aft. 1829, Westmoreland Co, PA.

More About ELIZABETH HELMAN:

Baptism: 1829, FirstReformed Church, United Church of Christ, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

                 iv.       SAMUEL HELMAN, b. Jan 10, 1817, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA¹⁵;d. Bet. 1860 - 1870, Westmoreland Co, PA¹⁶.

Notes for SAMUEL HELMAN:

In 1850, Samuel wasliving in N. Huntingdon with his aunt Rachel and her husband WilliamHindman.  He was singe.  Also living with the Hindmans were Rachel'snieces Mary and Margaret Cowan and a 10-year-old girl, Rachel Jeffies.

In 1860, Samuel wasliving in Irwin's Station, N. Huntingdon, and listed his occupation as a farmerworth $1,500 in property and $50 in personal value.  He was single.  Samuel'sname was in a list of people who lived in a hotel.

More About SAMUEL HELMAN:

Baptism: 1829, FirstReformed Church, United Church of Christ, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

Census: Bet. 1850 -1860, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Occupation: 1860,farmer

                  v.       MARIA HELMAN, b. Jan 22, 1819, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA¹⁷;d. Aft. 1829, Westmoreland Co, PA.

More About MARIA HELMAN:

Baptism: 1829, FirstReformed Church, United Church of Christ, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

                 vi.       WILLIAM HELMAN, b. Dec 8, 1820, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA¹⁷;d. Bet. 1829 - 1830, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA¹⁸.

More About WILLIAM HELMAN:

Baptism: 1829, FirstReformed Church, United Church of Christ, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

8.             vii.       PETER HELMAN, b. Dec 27, 1822, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA; d.Aft. 1880, PA.

               viii.       JANE HELMAN, b. Mar 8, 1825, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA¹⁹;d. Bet. 1870 - 1880, Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA²⁰.

More About JANE HELMAN:

Baptism: 1829, FirstReformed Church, United Church of Christ, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

Census: Bet. 1850 -1860, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Misc: never married

Property: 1860, worth$1,000, per census

Residence: 1870,Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA

                  ix.       CATHARINA HELMAN, b. May 28, 1827, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA²¹;d. Aft. 1829, Westmoreland Co, PA.

More About CATHARINA HELMAN:

Baptism: 1829, FirstReformed Church, United Church of Christ, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

                   x.       HETTY ANN HELMAN, b. 1830, Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA²²;d. Aft. 1850, Westmoreland Co, PA.

More About HETTY ANN HELMAN:

Census: 1850, N.Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

4.  MARY² HELMAN (MICHAEL¹) was born Sep 13, 1793 in Versailles Twp, AlleghenyCo, PA²³, and died Bet. 1850 - 1860 in Plum Twp, AlleghenyCo, PA²⁴.  She marriedWILLIAMCOWANBef. 1817 in Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA. He was born Abt. 1790 in PA, and died Bet. 1841 - 1850 in Plum Twp,Allegheny Co, PA²⁴.

More About MARY HELMAN:

Alternate spelling:Anna Maria

Baptism: Feb 26, 1794,First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

Baptism sponsors: nosponsors

Census: 1850, PlumTwp, Allegheny Co, PA; living with daughters Katherine and Elizabeth

Notes for WILLIAM COWAN:

His parents, Georgeand Rachel Cowan, were still alive and living in N. Huntingdon in 1860, aged 94and 84, respectively.

More About WILLIAM COWAN:

Census: 1840, PlumTwp, Allegheny Co, PA

More About WILLIAM COWAN and MARY HELMAN:

Marriage: Bef. 1817,Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA

Children of MARY HELMAN and WILLIAM COWAN are:

9.                i.       KATHERINE³ COWAN, b. 1817,Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA; d. Unknown.

                  ii.       ELIZABETH COWAN, b. 1827, Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA²⁵;d. Aft. 1850.

                 iii.       MARY COWAN, b. 1828, Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA²⁵;d. Aft. 1850.

More About MARY COWAN:

Census: 1850, N.Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

                 iv.       MARGARET COWAN, b. 1832, Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA²⁵;d. Aft. 1850.

Notes for MARGARET COWAN:

In 1860, she was livingwith Nancy J. Wilson, age 37, and her husband, William, in N. Huntingdon.  Nancy may have been another sister ofMargaret.

More About MARGARET COWAN:

Census: 1850, N.Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

5.  FREDERICK² HELMAN (MICHAEL¹) was born Mar 12, 1801 in Versailles Twp, AlleghenyCo, PA²⁶, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in N. Huntingdon Twp,Westmoreland Co, PA²⁷. He married HANNAH ANN UNKNOWN Abt. 1827 in Westmoreland Co, PA.  She was born 1810 in PA²⁷,and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA²⁷.

More About FREDERICK HELMAN:

Baptism: Sep 7, 1801,First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

Baptism sponsors: nosponsors

Census: Bet. 1840 -1850, Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA

Occupation: Sep 25,1850, farmer, Plum Twp

Property: 1860, worth$3,900 per census

More About FREDERICK HELMAN and HANNAH UNKNOWN:

Marriage: Abt. 1827,Westmoreland Co, PA

Children of FREDERICK HELMAN and HANNAH UNKNOWN are:

                   i.       SON³ HELMAN, b. Bet.1831 - 1835, Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA²⁸; d. Bef. 1850, PlumTwp, Allegheny Co, PA²⁸.

                  ii.       ELIZABETH HELMAN, b. 1832, Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA²⁹;d. Aft. 1850, Westmoreland Co, PA.

                 iii.       JOHN HELMAN, b. 1833, Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA²⁹;d. Aft. 1850, Westmoreland Co, PA.

Generation No. 3

6.  JACOB³ HELMAN (DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was bornDec 3, 1807 in Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA³⁰, and diedBet. 1865 - 1870 in Westmoreland Co, PA. He married (1) UNKNOWN Bef. 1843 in Westmoreland Co, PA.  She died Unknown.  He married (2) MARIA LONG Aft. 1850 in Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA,daughter of NICHOLAS LONG and ELIZABETH ALTMAN.  She was bornSep 19, 1833 in Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA³¹, anddied Jan 2, 1853 in Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA.  He married (3) MARY LAUFFER Bef. 1864in Westmoreland Co, PA, daughter of SETH LAUFFER and ELIZABETH MILLER.  She was bornApr 26, 1836 in Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA³², and diedBet. 1900 - 1910 in Westmoreland Co, PA.

Notes for JACOB HELMAN:

I do not know where orwhen my great-great-grandfather died except that he was at least 58 years oldwhen he passed away.  He may have diedin Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA.  Thatis where his widow and children were living in 1870.

According to familynotes, he had three wives.  The name ofthe first wife is unknown.  Sheapparently died sometime after giving birth to a son, David.  This son was not living with Jacob in1850.  At that time Jacob was livingwith his father and sisters.  The onlyDavid Helman I could find in the census is listed under the first wife.  I assume this David survived to adulthood ashis lineage indicates, but I am not absolutely certain that the David I foundin the census was indeed Jacob's son.

Jacob's second wifewas Maria Long.  She died after thebirth of my great-grandmother, Sadie Mariah Helman Greer Ramsay.  Again, Jacob chose not to raise his childhimself.  He entrusted her upbringing tofamily friends, the Greers, who were childless.

In 2003, I finallyidentified Jacob's third wife as Mary Lauffer. Her son, William S. Helman, was Sadie's half-brother.  Jacob and Mary also had a daughter who maynot have survived childhood.  Jacob'sthird wife was in a sense as luckless as Jacob's previous wives: Jacob diedsoon after their children were born. Mary remarried and was widowed for a second time by the age of 44.  She gave birth to eight children total,three of whom died in childhood.

More About JACOB HELMAN:

Alternate spelling:Hellmann

Baptism: Aug 19, 1809,Brush Creek Lutheran Church³³

Baptism sponsors: nosponsors

Census: 1850, N.Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

More About JACOB HELMAN and UNKNOWN:

Marriage: Bef. 1843,Westmoreland Co, PA

Notes for MARIA LONG:

Great-greatgrandmother Maria Long Helman died at the age of 19 years, 3 months, 14 days.

More About MARIA LONG:

Alternate spelling:Mariah; Marian, 1850 census

Baptism: Aug 10, 1834,Brush Creek Lutheran Church, Westmoreland Co, PA

Baptism sponsors:Maria Altman, single

More About JACOB HELMAN and MARIA LONG:

Marriage: Aft. 1850,Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Notes for MARY LAUFFER:

Mary Lauffer was thefirst cousin of Hannah Lauffer, the wife of Peter Helman, Mary'sbrother-in-law.

In the 1870 census,Mary was widowed, living with Lizzie and William.

In 1880, Mary waswidowed again.  William is incorrectlylisted as her stepson; William was her husband's stepson:

 Mary GITTENS   Self   W   Female  W   44   PA   Keeping House   PA  PA 

 William HELMAN   SSon   S   Male  W   15   PA   Trapping InMines   PA   PA 

 Philipp GITTENS   Son   S   Male  W   4   PA   At Home   PA  PA 

 Susan GITTENS   Dau   S   Female  W   3   PA   At Home   PA  PA 

Source Information:

  Census Place Shafton, Westmoreland,Pennsylvania

  Family History Library Film   1255205

  NA Film Number   T9-1205

  Page Number   316A

In 1900, Mary wasliving with her sons Adam and Phillip in Irwin, Westmoreland Co.  Mary stated that she had given birth toeight children, with five of them living. Who these other children were and to what father they were born isimpossible to tell because they are not listed on the census.  The Gittens had a boarder in 1900; none ofthe family member listed any occupations.

More About MARY LAUFFER:

Census: 1870, PennTwp, Westmoreland Co, PA

More About JACOB HELMAN and MARY LAUFFER:

Marriage: Bef. 1864,Westmoreland Co, PA

Child of JACOB HELMAN and UNKNOWN is:

10.              i.       DAVID⁴ HELMAN, b. 1843,Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Aft. 1880, Adamsburg, Westmoreland Co, PA.

Child of JACOB HELMAN and MARIA LONG is:

11.             ii.       SADIE MARIAH HELMAN⁴ GREER, b. Jan 1,1853, Larimer, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Jul 12, 1927, MountPleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA.

Children of JACOB HELMAN and MARY LAUFFER are:

                 iii.       LIZZIE J.⁴ HELMAN, b. 1864,Westmoreland Co, PA³⁴; d. Aft. 1870.

Notes for LIZZIE J. HELMAN:

Lizzie was eithermarried or deceased by 1880 when she was 16: she is not on the census thatyear.

12.            iv.       WILLIAM S. HELMAN, b. May 1865, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Aft. 1930, SouthGreensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA.

7.  MAGDALENA RACHEL ISABELLE³ HELMAN (DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was bornApr 30, 1809 in Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA³⁵, and diedAft. 1880 in Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA³⁶.

Notes for MAGDALENA RACHEL ISABELLE HELMAN:

Magdalena RachelIsabelle is a name combination that may or may not have existed inreality.  I have combined these namesbecause this Helman woman was known by all three names, depending on her age.  As confusing at it may seem, this attributedname may give another researcher a better chance at finding this woman inpublic records.

Isabelle was quite thechameleon.  When she was first baptizedin 1809, her name was recorded as Magdalena. When she was rebaptized in 1829 at the age of 20, her name was recordedas Rachel, perhaps as the namesake of her aunt, Rachel Helman Hindman.  However, by 1850 when she appears on thecensus living with her father and other family members, her name is recorded asIsabelle Helman.  So she would be namedfor 30 years until the 1880 census when her name is recorded as IsabellaFredman.  This erratic name changingwould be reiterated for two more generations!

I suspect thatIsabelle shed her Rachel persona after the family moved to N. Huntingdon in1840 and a year later she gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Susannah, in1841.  I did not know this when I firstsaw the 1850 census because Susannah was listed at the end of the list ofHelmans living in Daniel's household. But I wondered whose child Susannah might be because she was too youngto have been born to Catherine, Isabelle's mother.

Then in the 1860census in N. Huntingdon, living with Isabelle were: Sarah C. Frederick, age 24,a teacher; Jacob S. Frederick, age 21, a teacher; and Susana Frederick, age19.  Since Susanna was the same age andhad the same first name as the former Susannah Helman, I wondered if Susannahhad married Jacob, and if perhaps Sarah was his sister.

Then in 1870, I foundthat Isabelle and her entourage had moved to Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA.  In that year, Isabelle was living with hersister Jane and two others: Ann Frederick, 29, and Jennie Love, age 4.  Given the age of Ann, I wondered if SusannahHelman had indeed married Jacob Frederick and simply called herself AnnFrederick.  But who then was JennieLove?

When I did a searchfor Isabelle Helman in the 1880 census, I found nothing: at first I assumed shehad died.  Then, on a hunch, a did asearch for Jennie Love, and this household turned up:

Isabella FREDMAN   Self  W   Female   W  71   PA   Keeping House   PA   PA 

 Ann FREDMAN  Dau   S   Female   W   32  PA   Tailoress   PA  PA 

 Jennie LOVE  GDau   S   Female  W   14   PA   At Home   PA  PA

Source Information:

  Census Place Latrobe, Westmoreland,Pennsylvania

  Family History Library Film   1255203

  NA Film Number   T9-1203

  Page Number   136D

Thus, after 30 yearsas Isabelle Helman, Isabelle suddenly becomes Isabella Fredman, a widow.  Did she somehow meet, marry and then lose aMr. Fredman from 1860-1870?  Did Mr.Fredman also adopt her adult daughter? Or, did she simply change her name and that of her daughter?

Was Jacob Frederickthe father of Jennie Love?  There is noJacob in the 1880 census that matches this Jacob's age, so he may havedied.  According to the 1880 census andAnn 's single status, Jennie's parents clearly did not marry.  The child's last name seems oddlyappropriate.

The 1890 census nolonger exists and my efforts to find Ann Fredman and Jennie Love on subsequentcensuses have proved futile, but not surprising, because had they lived intothe 1900's, their names may have changed again.

More About MAGDALENA RACHEL ISABELLE HELMAN:

Alternate spelling:also known as Isabella Fredman

Baptism: Aug 19, 1809,Brush Creek Lutheran Church³⁷

Census: Bet. 1850 -1860, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Misc: 1829,rebaptized, First Reformed Church, United Church of Christ, Greensburg,Westmoreland Co, PA

Occupation: Bet. 1850- 1880, homemaker

Property: 1860, worth$1,200 property, $1,500 personal per census

Residence: Bet. 1870 -1880, Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA

Child of MAGDALENA RACHEL ISABELLE HELMAN is:

13.              i.       SUSANNAH⁴ HELMAN, b. 1841, N.Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Aft. 1880.

8.  PETER³ HELMAN (DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was bornDec 27, 1822 in Versailles Twp, Allegheny Co, PA³⁸, and diedAft. 1880 in PA.  He married HANNAH LAUFFER Abt. 1855in N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA, daughter of SIMON LAUFFER and ANNA NELIGH.  She was born Jun 21, 1835 in Westmoreland Co,PA, and died Oct 24, 1902 in PA.

Notes for PETER HELMAN:

1880 Household:

Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race AgeBirthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

Peter HELMAN   Self  M   Male   W  56   PA   Clerking In Store  PA   PA 

Hannah HELMAN   Wife  M   Female   W  44   PA   Keeping House   PA   PA 

Alice A. HELMAN   Dau  S   Female   W  23   PA   At Home   PA   PA 

William W. HELMAN   Son  S   Male   W  22   PA   Miller   PA   PA 

Elmer E. HELMAN   Son  S   Male   W  19   PA   Teamster   PA   PA 

Ulysses S. G.HELMAN   Son   S   Male   W  15   PA   At Home   PA   PA 

Census Place Larimer,Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

A year after thiscensus, William married.  All of thechildren except Alice later moved to Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, PAwhere they were all living in 1900. Alice turns up on the 1910 census, living with her brother Grant in PennTwp, Westmoreland Co, PA.

More About PETER HELMAN:

Baptism: 1829, FirstReformed Church, United Church of Christ, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

Census: Bet. 1850 -1880, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Occupation: 1850,merchant

More About PETER HELMAN and HANNAH LAUFFER:

Marriage: Abt. 1855,N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Children of PETER HELMAN and HANNAH LAUFFER are:

                   i.       ALICE A.⁴ HELMAN, b. 1856,Westmoreland Co, PA³⁹; d. Aft. 1910.

More About ALICE A. HELMAN:

Census: 1910, Penn Twp,Westmoreland Co, PA; lived with brother Grant

Misc: never married

14.             ii.       ELMER E. HELMAN, b. Apr 10, 1861, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Aft. 1910,Westmoreland Co, PA.

                 iii.       ULYSSES S. G. HELMAN, b. Feb 1866, Westmoreland Co, PA⁴⁰;d. Aft. 1910.

More About ULYSSES S. G. HELMAN:

Alternate spelling:Grant; S. Grant

Census: 1900, BeccariaTownship, Clearfield County, PA; living with brother Elmer

Occupation: 1900,machinist

Residence: 1910, PennTwp, Westmoreland Co, PA

15.            iv.       WILLIAM W. HELMAN, b. Apr 1858, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Bet. 1910 -1920, Coalport, Clearfield Co, PA.

9.  KATHERINE³ COWAN (MARY² HELMAN, MICHAEL¹) was born1817 in Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA⁴¹, and died Unknown.  She married WILLIAM MCKAIN.  He was born 1811, and died Unknown.

Child of KATHERINE COWAN and WILLIAM MCKAIN is:

                   i.       DANIEL⁴ MCKAIN, b. 1839⁴¹;d. Unknown.

Generation No. 4

10.  DAVID⁴ HELMAN (JACOB³, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was born 1843 in Westmoreland Co, PA⁴¹,and died Aft. 1880 in Adamsburg, Westmoreland Co, PA.  He married CATHARINE A. UNKNOWN Bef. 1869 in Westmoreland Co, PA.  She was born 1845 in PA, and died Aft. 1880in Adamsburg, Westmoreland Co, PA.

Notes for DAVID HELMAN:

This may or may not bethe son of Jacob.  David was 7 years oldin 1850, living with Mary Smith, age 67, in Franklin Twp, Westmoreland Co,Pa.  She may have been his grandmother.  This was the only David I could find in the1850 census so I assume Jacob left him with his mother-in-law or other relativeafter his wife died as he did later with his daughter Sadie.  (My understanding is that David survived toadulthood.)

On the 1870 census,his named was misspelled Hellman.  Hewas listed as being 26 years old, a coal miner.

The 1880 census:

David HELMAN   Self  M   Male   W  35   PA   Laborer   PA   PA 

 C. HELMAN  Wife   M   Female  W   34   PA   Keeping House   PA  PA 

 G. A. G. HELMAN   Son   S   Male  W   11   PA   At Home   PA  PA 

Source Information:

  Census Place Adamsburg, Westmoreland,Pennsylvania

  Family History Library Film   1255204

  NA Film Number   T9-1204

  Page Number   32D

More About DAVID HELMAN:

Census: Bet. 1870 -1880, Adamsburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

More About DAVID HELMAN and CATHARINE UNKNOWN:

Marriage: Bef. 1869,Westmoreland Co, PA

Child of DAVID HELMAN and CATHARINE UNKNOWN is:

16.              i.       GEORGE A. G.⁵ HELMAN, b. Feb1868, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Aft. 1910, Westmoreland Co, PA.

11.  SADIE MARIAH HELMAN⁴ GREER (JACOB³ HELMAN, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was born Jan 1, 1853 in Larimer, N. Huntingdon Twp,Westmoreland Co, PA⁴², and died Jul 12, 1927 in MountPleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA⁴³.  She married MORRIS RAMSAY May 15, 1870 in Westmoreland Co, PA⁴⁴,son of WILLIAM RAMSAY and ELISABETH SHARP.  He was bornJun 4, 1848 in Fordell, Dalgety, Fife, Scotland⁴⁵, and diedDec 29, 1892 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA⁴⁶.

Notes for SADIE MARIAH HELMAN GREER:

Parentage: Sadie'snatural parents were Maria Long and Jacob Helman.  Sadie's mother died two days after giving birth to her.  Apparently, her father felt that he couldnot care for her properly.  The Greers,next door neighbors of Jacob in the 1850 census, agreed to raise Sadie as theirown since they were childless.  The 1860census shows Sadie, aged seven, living with the Greers in Larimer, N.Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co., as Sadie Helman.  Her natural father had moved elsewhere by that time.  Years passed, and during that time Sadie wasprovided with every advantage including her own piano, recalls Marjorie RamsayLaing.

George Greer was bornin 1817 in Westmoreland Co, PA, and died after 1880.  His first wife, Sadie's adoptive mother, was Sarah Ewing, born in1827 in PA, and died on Nov. 18, 1869. In the census for 1870, the year Sadie was married, George Greer,recently a widower, listed his occupation as "gentleman" and declaredhis property was worth $10,000.  (Georgewould marry twice more, to Harriet Baughman and then after her death, to HannahUnknown.  Hannah died after 1900 inGreensburg, PA.) 

On the occasion ofSadie's marriage to Morris, George Greer legally adopted Sadie, then just overthe age of 17, so that she could be his heir. After being told that the man she had known as a family friend was indeedher natural father, Sadie became reacquainted with the Helmans.  Jacob had since remarried and fatheredseveral other children.  The Helmans,Longs and the Greers had all lived in the Larimer area and each family acceptedSadie equally, it was said.  (Sadie'sdeath certificate lists her father as George A. Greer.)

Marriage: As herhusband pursued his ascending career in mining, Sadie was left to care for thechildren.  Of her thirteen children,only nine were alive at the time of the 1900 US census.  Two babies were stillborn.  Two more young daughters died in adiphtheria epidemic.  In fact, within atwo-year period, Sadie had lost three children, her first grandchild and herhusband.  Prior to those deaths, thefamily had at least enjoyed a sense of luxury in the Victorian "BigHouse" in Mount Pleasant that still exists today.  The current owner, a non-family member, issaid to have restored the house consistent with the period in which the Ramsayslived there. 

Moving: The Ramsayfamily bible, through the record of births of the children of Sadie and Morris,shows clearly where the family lived in PA: Shafton, Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co., 1870-1878; Houtzdale, ClearfieldCo, 1880; Loyalhanna, Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co,1881; Monastery, Unity Twp,Westmoreland Co.,1882; Trotter, Fayette Co, 1884-1887; Morewood, E. HuntingdonTwp, Westmoreland Co., 1887 onward. 

The 1880 Household:

Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race AgeBirthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

Morris RAMSEY   Self  M   Male   W  31   SCOT   Supt. At Coal Mines   SCOT  SCOT 

Sadia M. RAMSEY   Wife  M   Female   W  27   PA   Keeping House   PA   PA 

William RAMSEY   Son  S   Male   W  9   PA      SCOT   PA 

Sadia M RAMSEY   Dau  S   Female   W  7   PA      SCOT   PA 

Lizzia A. RAMSEY   Dau  S   Female   W  5   PA      SCOT   PA 

Hannah G. RAMSEY   Dau  S   Female   W  3   PA      SCOT   PA 

George RAMSEY   Son  S   Male   W  2   PA      SCOT   PA 

Harriet DAVIS   Other  S   Female   W  20   WALES   Servant  WALES   WALES 

Census PlaceHoutzdale, Clearfield, Pennsylvania

Sadie and Morris had40 grandchildren, only two of which were born during Morris' shortlifetime.  Their first grandchild,Morris Byers Ramsay, died just a few days before the death of Morris.

The census data at theturn of the century shows that Sadie was living with daughters Alice andAdelaide at 242 Walnut Street, Mount Pleasant. Sadie had owned her home, free of mortgage, for seven years.  "Mrs. Sadie M. Ramsay, widow of MorrisRamsay, resides in a comfortable home in Mount Pleasant, is highly esteemed inthe community, and enjoys the acquaintance of a wide circle offriends."    (Jordan, p. 335)  Sadie continued to live with Adelaide untilher death that occurred at 3:30 P.M. on July 12, 1927.  She had outlived her husband by 35years.  She died at the age of 74 years,6 months, 13 days.

Her obituary read:"Mrs. Sadie Greer Ramsay, widow of the late Morris Ramsay, died lateTuesday afternoon at her home, 729 Walnut Street. She had only been sick sincethe previous Saturday. Deceased was 74 years of age on last New Year’s Day. Sheis survived by one brother, William Helman, of South Greensburg and by thefollowing children: William Ramsay, Bethlehem; Mrs. Sadie Eaton, Brownsville;Mrs. John L. Shields, Walnut Corner; George Ramsay, Bradenville; Mrs. ChristenaStahl, Brownsville; Robert Ramsay, Greensburg; Miss Alice I. Ramsay, 729 WalnutStreet; and Mrs. John P. Clarke, Jr., Dormont. Her descendants numbered 40grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at thehome at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon followed by internment in the family lot inthe Union cemetery located at Irwin."

Pictures of Sadie andher family and the text of her will and obituaries may be viewed on my websiteat:http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/ftm/b/e/c/Barbara--BeckRamsay/index.html

More About SADIE MARIAH HELMAN GREER:

Alternate spelling:Sadie Maria; Sarah

Burial: Jul 15, 1927,Union Cemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland Co, PA

Cause of Death: stroke

Namesake: of heradoptive mother, Sarah (Sadie) Ewing

Occupation: homemaker

Religion:Presbyterian; Reunion Presbyterian Church, Mt. Pleasant, PA

Will: Oct 30, 1925,date filed; No. 443 of 1925, Westmoreland Co, PA

Notes for MORRIS RAMSAY:

Birthplace:  Fordell, a village located in the parish ofDalgety, Fife, had "an extensive colliery...employing nearly half thepopulation,'' according to Westwood's Directory for the Counties of Fife &Kinross, published in 1862, when Morris was 14 years old.  My husband and I visited Fordell in2000.  The local pub owner greeted usand his patrons told us stories of the mines in Fordell that have now beenexhausted.  The only evidence of theonce-thriving colliery was the former superintendent's cottage.  The miners' pitiful housing had long sincebeen torn down.  The graveyard adjacentto the church at Mossgreen was in poor condition since most of the stones wereeither too weathered to read or had sunk into the ground.  Giant black bulls grazing behind a stonewall seemed to be the only guardians of the cemetery.  There was, however, a spectacular view of the downward slope, ofabout five miles, to the shores of the Forth and the magnificent bridge thatspans the waters there.

Mentor:  Morris was a mentor to his nephew, ErskineRamsay, who became a millionaire. Erskine's biography makes numerous references to the part Morris playedin his nephew's life, including his serving as a math tutor to the boy whowould eventually donate over five million dollars to educational and othercauses.

Occupation:"Morris Ramsay, after completing a common school education, began learningthe trade of machinist at Dunfermline, his birthplace, and completed the sameat Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in which city his parents located upon theirarrival in this country in 1852.  From1864 to 1869 he worked in the mines of the Westmoreland Coal Company, and inthe latter year was appointed mining boss at the Shafton coal mines, in whichcapacity he served for ten years.  Hethen removed to Houtzdale, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, and wassuperintendent of the Kittanning Coal Company's mines for two years.  In 1882 he became superintendent of mines atMorewood; he was transferred two years later to the position of mining engineerfor the Frick Coke Company, his services in this capacity being of great valueto his employers.  In 1886 he was madesuperintendent by the above company of their coke plants at Morewood, Warden,Dillinger, Alice and Tarr's.  The ovensat these works numbered 1151, of the eight thousand owned or operated by theSouthwest Coal and Coke Company....Among the works of Mr. Ramsay's engineering inthe Connellsville coke region are: The Rist tipple, the air shaft at Morewood,the Trotter plant and the new Henry Clay coke works near Broad Ford, Fayettecounty, Pennsylvania." (Jordan, pp. 334-335)  Morris and his brother Robert also held management positionsduring the Morewood Mine Riot in 1891.

His death: In HenryClay Frick: An Intimate Portrait, by Martha Frick Symington Sanger, the authornotes about great-grandfather's death: "The H.C. Frick Coke Company'sMorewood Superintendent, Morris Ramsay, who had named his infant daughter afterFrick's wife, Adelaide, was fatally injured in a carriage accident....AlthoughRamsay was sent by Frick to a Pittsburgh hospital, he died in surgery.  Frick served as a pallbearer at Ramsay'sfuneral and offered financial aid to his devastated widow." (p. 231)  For some years, this version of MorrisRamsay's death was an accepted family fact and as shown above, found its wayinto print.

However, in 2002, Iobtained a copy of Morris' death certificate from the Allegheny Countycoroner's office.  I was stunned tolearn that the cause of his death was listed as cancer of the pancreas.  In September 2002, I returned to Greensburgand searched through the microfilm of the then-weekly Tribune-Herald.  I did not find an obituary but did find twoother mentions.  "Morris Ramsey[sic], Superintendent of the Morewood Works, was taken to Dr. Sutton's privatehospital, Pittsburg, to have an operation performed in hopes of benefiting hishealth, which has been on the decline for some months.  The operation will be performedThursday."  This item was reportedon Jan. 4, 1893.  The following week,the paper reported that Morris had died while undergoing an operation.  Then in January 2003, Marjorie Ramsay Laingsent me two obituaries from the Mt. Pleasant Journal that clearly state thatMorris died of cancer.  How the carriageaccident story got started I do not know but it was clearly a myth.

Morris Ramsay died at11 P.M. on Dec. 29, 1892 at Dr. R.S. Sutton's private hospital at the age of 44years, 6 months, 25 days.  He had filedhis will only a month previously. Pictures of Morris Ramsay and his family, home and colleagues may beviewed on my website(http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/ftm/b/e/c/Barbara--BeckRamsay/index.html)in the photo section.  In the text section,there is the full text of his biography, obituaries and his will.

More About MORRIS RAMSAY:

Burial: Jan 2, 1893,Union Cemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland Co, PA

Cause of Death: cancerof the pancreas

Census: 1870, N.Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Immigrated: Apr 23,1852, sailed from Glasgow. Scotland, arriving in New York in June⁴⁷

Immigration 2: 1863,from Scotland via Liverpool, England, to Philadelphia, ship Tuscarara⁴⁸

Namesake: his forenameis surname of his grandmother, Elizabeth Morris

Naturalized: Sep 30,1869, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

Occupation: ChiefEngineer for the H.C. Frick Coke Company⁴⁹

Religion: Presbyterian

Residence: 1892, MountPleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA

Will: Nov 2, 1892,date filed; No. 12 of 1893, Westmoreland Co, PA

More About MORRIS RAMSAY and SADIE GREER:

Marriage: May 15,1870, Westmoreland Co, PA⁵⁰

Children of SADIE GREER and MORRIS RAMSAY are:

17.              i.       WILLIAM⁵ RAMSAY, b. Nov 23,1870, Shafton, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Apr 13, 1943, Easton, PA.

18.             ii.       SADIE MARIA RAMSAY, b. Mar 16, 1873, Shafton, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Apr4, 1946, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA.

19.            iii.       ELIZABETH SHARPE RAMSAY, b. Aug 14, 1874, Shafton, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Feb5, 1904, Fairmont, W. VA.

20.            iv.       HANNAH GREER RAMSAY, b. Jun 17, 1876, Shafton, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Aug20, 1968, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA.

21.             v.       GEORGE MORRIS RAMSAY, b. Mar 25, 1878, Shafton, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Oct3, 1934, Bradenville, Westmoreland Co, PA.

                 vi.       INFANT RAMSAY, b. Jan 29, 1880, Houtzdale, Clearfield Co, PA⁵¹;d. Jan 29, 1880, Houtzdale, Clearfield Co, PA⁵².

More About INFANT RAMSAY:

Burial: 1880,Houtzdale, Clearfield Co, PA

22.           vii.       MARY CHRISTINA RAMSAY, b. Apr 13, 1881, Loyalhanna, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. May8, 1968, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA.

               viii.       JANET ROBERTA RAMSAY, b. Sep 20, 1882, Monastery, Westmoreland Co, PA⁵³;d. Sep 16, 1891, Morewood, Westmoreland Co, PA⁵⁴.

More About JANET ROBERTA RAMSAY:

Burial: 1891, UnionCemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland Co, PA

Cause of Death:diphtheria

Misc: died in theepidemic

23.             ix.       ROBERT ALEXANDER RAMSAY, b. Sep 16, 1884, Trotter, Fayette Co, PA; d. Jun 29,1970, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA.

                   x.       ALICE ISABELA RAMSAY, b. Mar 13, 1886, Trotter, Fayette Co, PA⁵⁵;d. Sep 2, 1963, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA⁵⁶.

More About ALICE ISABELA RAMSAY:

Burial: 1963, UnionCemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland Co, PA

Census: 1910, MountPleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA

Misc: never married

Occupation: 1930, bookkeeper, bank

                  xi.       NELLIE CATHARINE RAMSAY, b. Oct 4, 1887, the "Big House," Morewood,Westmoreland Co, PA⁵⁷; d. Aug 12, 1891, Morewood,Westmoreland Co, PA⁵⁸.

More About NELLIE CATHARINE RAMSAY:

Burial: 1891, UnionCemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland Co, PA

Cause of Death:diphtheria

Misc: died in theepidemic

                 xii.       INFANT DAUGHTER RAMSAY, b. Jan 5, 1890, Morewood, Westmoreland Co, PA⁵⁹;d. Jan 5, 1890, Morewood, Westmoreland Co, PA⁶⁰.

More About INFANT DAUGHTER RAMSAY:

Burial: 1890, UnionCemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland Co, PA

24.           xiii.       ADELAIDE FRICK RAMSAY, b. Feb 3, 1892, Morewood, Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Jul14, 1982, Jefferson Boro, PA.

12.  WILLIAM S.⁴ HELMAN (JACOB³, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was born May 1865 in Westmoreland Co, PA⁶¹,and died Aft. 1930 in South Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA.  He married MARGARET UNKNOWN 1887 inWestmoreland Co, PA⁶². She was born Apr 1869 in PA⁶², and died Aft. 1930 inSouth Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA.

Notes for WILLIAM S. HELMAN:

In 1910, all thechildren except Elsie were living with William and Margaret.

In 1920, only WilliamJr. and his wife were living with the couple.

In 1930, a singlewoman, Hannah C. Lauffer, 53, was living with the Helmans.  The line indicating her relationship isblurred on the census.  It looks likethe word "housewife" was crossed out and replaced with the word"servant."  This was interestingbecause Hannah was the daughter of Phillip and Barbara Lauffer.  In 1870, Phillip Lauffer and his familylived two properties away from Mary Helman, William's mother, in Penn Twp.

I decided to look upPhillip Lauffer at Ancestry.com and was gratified to find a genealogy posted byJ. K. Warter.  Because of Warter's work,finally, in 2003, I was able to identify Mary Lauffer, sister of PhillipLauffer, as the wife of Jacob Helman.

Hannah Lauffer workedas a servant in 1920 in another household. Although she was a servant for William in 1930, she was also his cousin.

Tracking the lineageof William S. Helman was quite a task and complicated by the fact that he had acousin, William W. Helman, the child of his father's brother, Peter.  William W. Helman had a son of the same namewho was living in Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, in 1930 at the same time thatWilliam S. was living in South Greensburg. So they lived only a few miles away from each other. 

More About WILLIAM S. HELMAN:

Census: 1900, N.Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Occupation: 1900,miner

More About WILLIAM HELMAN and MARGARET UNKNOWN:

Marriage: 1887,Westmoreland Co, PA⁶²

Children of WILLIAM HELMAN and MARGARET UNKNOWN are:

                   i.       CHILD⁵ HELMAN, b. Aft.1887, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA⁶²; d. Bef. 1900,N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA⁶².

                  ii.       ELSIE HELMAN, b. Jul 1889, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA⁶²;d. Aft. 1910.

More About ELSIE HELMAN:

Misc: either married ordeceased by 1910; not on the census

                 iii.       EDGAR T. HELMAN, b. Jan 1890, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA⁶²;d. Bet. 1910 - 1920, Westmoreland Co, PA.

                 iv.       ELIZABETH J. HELMAN, b. Jan 1893, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA⁶²;d. Unknown.

                  v.       MARGARET HELMAN, b. Sep 1894, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA⁶²;d. Unknown.

More About MARGARET HELMAN:

Alternate spelling:Mary M.

                 vi.       WILLIAM S. HELMAN, b. Apr 22, 1896, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co,PA⁶²; d. Jan 1976, Youngwood, Westmoreland Co, PA⁶³;m. BLANCHE C. UNKNOWN, Private; b. Private.

Notes for WILLIAM S. HELMAN:

The marriage betweenWilliam and Blanche was short-lived. She is nowhere to be found on the 1930 census that covers the entireUnited States.  I can't find William onthe 1930 census either.  There is amatch in the Social Security Death Index, however, but only for William.

More About WILLIAM S. HELMAN:

Census: 1920, SouthGreensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

Occupation: 1920,machinist

More About WILLIAM HELMAN and BLANCHE UNKNOWN:

Private-Begin: Private

25.           vii.       JOHN A. HELMAN, b. Dec 1898, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA;d. Unknown.

13.  SUSANNAH⁴ HELMAN (MAGDALENA RACHEL ISABELLE³, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was born 1841 in N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co,PA⁶⁴, and died Aft. 1880.

More About SUSANNAH HELMAN:

Alternate spelling:also known as Susana Frederick and Ann Fredman

Misc: confer notes onher mother

Child of SUSANNAH HELMAN is:

                   i.       JENNIE⁵ LOVE, b. 1866,Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA⁶⁵; d. Aft. 1880.

More About JENNIE LOVE:

Misc: confer notes onher mother and grandmother

14.  ELMER E.⁴ HELMAN (PETER³, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was born Apr 10, 1861 in Westmoreland Co, PA, anddied Aft. 1910 in Westmoreland Co, PA. He married EVA M. PAINTER Sep 30, 1885 in PA. She was born Apr 1863 in PA⁶⁶, and died Aft. 1910 inWestmoreland Co, PA.

More About ELMER E. HELMAN:

Census: 1900, BeccariaTownship, Clearfield County, PA

Occupation: 1900,founder and machinist

More About ELMER HELMAN and EVA PAINTER:

Marriage: Sep 30,1885, PA

Children of ELMER HELMAN and EVA PAINTER are:

                   i.       MERVYN PAINTER⁵ HELMAN, b. Mar 25,1887, PA⁶⁷; d. Mar 1970, Fairmont, Marion, WV⁶⁷.

                  ii.       THOMAS LAUFFER HELMAN, b. Jan 21, 1890, PA⁶⁷; d. Feb 1967,Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA.

                 iii.       FRANK WHEELER HELMAN, b. Jul 5, 1893, PA; d. Unknown.

                 iv.       ELMER GRANT HELMAN, b. Jun 15, 1895, PA; d. Unknown.

26.             v.       WILLIAM HELMAN, b. Nov 18, 1897, PA; d. Jul 1977, Saint Petersburg,Pinellas, FL.

                 vi.       EVELYN R. HELMAN, b. 1901, PA⁶⁸; d. Unknown.

15.  WILLIAM W.⁴ HELMAN (PETER³, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was born Apr 1858 in Westmoreland Co, PA⁶⁹,and died Bet. 1910 - 1920 in Coalport, Clearfield Co, PA.  He married MARY E. WHITE 1881 in PA⁶⁹.  She was born Aug 1862 in PA⁶⁹,and died 1947 in PA.

More About WILLIAM W. HELMAN:

Burial: Unknown, BrushCreek Cemetery, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Census: Bet. 1900 -1910, Beccaria Township, Clearfield Co, PA

Misc: name ismisspelled Hellman on 1900 census

Occupation: 1900,superintendent, coal mine

Notes for MARY E. WHITE:

In 1900, Mary reportedon the census that she had given birth to five children, one of whom haddied.  Also in 1900, the family had aservant, Rosa Dixson, age 17.

1910 census:

William M Helman

  Age: 52 State: PA

  Color: W Enumeration District: 0065

  Birth Place: Pennsylvania Visit: 0041

  County: Clearfield

  Relation: Head of Household

  Other Residents: Relation Name Age BirthPlace

Wife Mary E 48Pennsylvania

Daughter Gertrude C 27Pennsylvania

Son William W 24Pennsylvania

Son John B 22Pennsylvania

Daughter Mary M 17Pennsylvania

By 1920, Mary waswidowed, living with her son John and daughters Cora and Mary.

In 1930, Mary's sonJohn was the head of the household. Gertrude was still living there as well as James White, Mary's brother.

More About MARY E. WHITE:

Burial: 1947, BrushCreek Cemetery, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Census: Bet. 1920 -1930, Coalport, Clearfield Co, PA

More About WILLIAM HELMAN and MARY WHITE:

Marriage: 1881, PA⁶⁹

Children of WILLIAM HELMAN and MARY WHITE are:

                   i.       GERTRUDE CORA⁵ HELMAN, b. Mar1882, PA⁶⁹; d. 1963, PA.

More About GERTRUDE CORA HELMAN:

Alternate spelling:Cora Gertrude

Burial: Unknown, BrushCreek Cemetery, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Census: 1930, livingwith mother and brother in Coalport, PA

Misc: DAR headstone;still unmarried in 1930; age fluctuates with censuses

                  ii.       JAMES W. HELMAN, b. 1883, PA⁷⁰; d. 1886, PA⁷⁰.

More About JAMES W. HELMAN:

Burial: 1886, BrushCreek Cemetery, N. Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

27.            iii.       WILLIAM W. HELMAN, b. Nov 1885, PA; d. 1957, PA.

                 iv.       JOHN D. HELMAN, b. Mar 25, 1888, PA⁷¹; d. Sep 1975,Coalport, Clearfield Co, PA⁷¹.

More About JOHN D. HELMAN:

Census: Bet. 1920 -1930, Coalport, Clearfield Co, PA

Misc: never married

Occupation: Bet. 1920 -1930, superintendent, coal mine

Property: 1930, valuedat $6,000, per census

                  v.       MARY M. HELMAN, b. Dec 1892, PA⁷²; d. Aft. 1920.

Notes for MARY M. HELMAN:

Mary may have marriedafter 1920.  After that census year, Icannot find her under her maiden name.

Generation No. 5

16.  GEORGE A. G.⁵ HELMAN (DAVID⁴, JACOB³, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was bornFeb 1868 in Westmoreland Co, PA⁷³, and died Aft. 1910 inWestmoreland Co, PA.  He married LYDIA UNKNOWN 1890 inWestmoreland Co, PA⁷⁴. She was born May 1860 in PA⁷⁴, and died Aft. 1910 inWestmoreland Co, PA.

Notes for GEORGE A. G. HELMAN:

George Helman

  Age: 41 State: PA

  Color: W Enumeration District: 0188

  Birth Place: Pennsylvania Visit: 0011

  County: Westmoreland

  Relation: Head of Household

  Other Residents: Relation Name Age BirthPlace

Wife Lida 50Pennsylvania

Son Henry 18Pennsylvania

Son Lawrence 18Pennsylvania

Son George, Jr 16Pennsylvania

Daughter Catharine 11Pennsylvania

More About GEORGE A. G. HELMAN:

Census: Bet. 1900 -1910, Jeannette, Westmoreland Co, PA

Misc: Bet. 1870 -1880, on the census with parents

Occupation: 1900, soldcigars/tobacco

More About GEORGE HELMAN and LYDIA UNKNOWN:

Marriage: 1890,Westmoreland Co, PA⁷⁴

Children of GEORGE HELMAN and LYDIA UNKNOWN are:

                   i.       LAWRENCE K. (TWIN)⁶ HELMAN, b. Sep 3,1891, Westmoreland Co, PA⁷⁴; d. Bet. 1917 - 1918, France.

Notes for LAWRENCE K. (TWIN) HELMAN:

The WESTMORELANDCOUNTY'S CASUALTY LIST WORLD WAR 1917-1918 lists Helman, LaurenceK..................... New Alexander, PA, as being killed in action.

More About LAWRENCE K. (TWIN) HELMAN:

Military service:killed in World War I

                  ii.       HENRY M. HELMAN, b. Sep 3, 1891, Westmoreland Co, PA⁷⁴;d. Jul 1963, PA⁷⁵.

                 iii.       GEORGE A. HELMAN, b. Dec 1893⁷⁶; d. Unknown.

Notes for GEORGE A. HELMAN:

SSN 168-10-2137Residence:  15001  Aliquippa, Beaver, PA

  Born 13 Dec 1893 Last Benefit:    

  Died May 1975 Issued:  PA (Before 1951)

maybe

                 iv.       KATHERINE HELMAN, b. Jan 1899⁷⁶; d. Unknown.

17.  WILLIAM⁵ RAMSAY (SADIE MARIAH HELMAN⁴ GREER, JACOB³ HELMAN, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was bornNov 23, 1870 in Shafton, Westmoreland Co, PA⁷⁷, and died Apr13, 1943 in Easton, PA⁷⁸. He married JESSIE THOMPSON Dec 17, 1891 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA⁷⁹,daughter of JOSEPH THOMPSON and SARAH FLENNIKEN.  She was bornOct 25, 1872 in Greene Co, Pennsylvania, and died Dec 26, 1944 in Bethlehem, PA⁸⁰.

Notes for WILLIAM RAMSAY:

"SON SUCCEEDSFATHER

Will Ramsey AppointedGeneral Manager of the Morewood Works.

Will Ramsey has beenappointed General Manager of the H.C. Frick Coke Company's Works at Morewood tosucceed his father, Morris Ramsey, who died last Friday, December 30th, whileundergoing an operation in Dr. Sutton's private hospital, Pittsburg.

The appointment is agood one and meets with the approbation of the men employed at theseworks."  (Tribune-Herald,Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA, January 11, 1893.  Note that Morris died on the 29th, not the30th.)

More About WILLIAM RAMSAY:

Alternate spelling:Will

Burial: 1943,Bethlehem, PA

Census: 1930,Bethlehem, Northampton Co, PA

Namesake: of hisgrandfather William Ramsay

Occupation: gen. supt.coke works, Tinicum, PA⁸¹

Notes for JESSIE THOMPSON:

In 1930, the couple'syounger son and three youngest daughters lived with them in Bethlehem.  Daughter Helen and her husband lived nextdoor.

More About JESSIE THOMPSON:

Burial: 1944,Bethlehem, PA

Misc: lost fivechildren in their infancy

More About WILLIAM RAMSAY and JESSIE THOMPSON:

Marriage: Dec 17,1891, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA⁸²

Children of WILLIAM RAMSAY and JESSIE THOMPSON are:

                   i.       MORRIS BYERS⁶ RAMSAY, b. Aug1892, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA; d. Dec 1892, Mount Pleasant,Westmoreland Co., PA.

Notes for MORRIS BYERS RAMSAY:

"Mt. Pleasant,Dec. 26 [1892]--Mr. And Mrs. Will Ramsey, Jr., buried their only childtoday.  The little one that blessed thishappy home was but four months old." (Tribune-Herald, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA)

More About MORRIS BYERS RAMSAY:

Burial: Dec 26, 1892,Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA

28.             ii.       OLIVE RAMSAY, b. Nov 18, 1893, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co.,PA; d. Apr 13, 1970, Birmingham, AL.

                 iii.       FRANK HASKELL RAMSAY, b. 1895, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA; d.Abt. 1895, infancy in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA.

                 iv.       KATHRYN RAMSAY, b. Feb 27, 1897, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co.,PA; d. Bef. 1996; m. (1) JOSEPH GRIFFITH, Apr 12, 1927; b. Abt. 1893, Mount Pleasant,Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Unknown; m. (2) JOHN HENRY AYERS, Feb 11, 1941; b. Abt. 1893, Mount Pleasant,Westmoreland Co, PA; d. Unknown; m. (3) HENRY GLEN CASON, Private; b. Private.

More About KATHRYN RAMSAY:

Residence: 1970,Orlando, FL

More About JOSEPH GRIFFITH and KATHRYN RAMSAY:

Marriage: Apr 12, 1927

More About JOHN HENRY AYERS:

Misc: Title: Captain

More About JOHN AYERS and KATHRYN RAMSAY:

Marriage: Feb 11, 1941

More About HENRY CASON and KATHRYN RAMSAY:

Private-Begin: Private

                  v.       WILLIAM THOMPSON RAMSAY, b. 1898, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA; d.Abt. 1898, infancy in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA.

                 vi.       LINDSAY RAMSAY, b. 1900, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., PA; d.Abt. 1900, infancy.

                vii.       JOAN RAMSAY, b. 1901, Howe, Choctaw Nation, OK; d. Abt. 1901,infancy.

               viii.       JOHN GATES RAMSAY, b. Jun 13, 1902, Howe, Choctaw Nation, OK; d. Feb 26,1991, Berea, KY; m. GERTRUDE ELEANOR MARTIN, Private; b. Private.

More About JOHN RAMSAY and GERTRUDE MARTIN:

Private-Begin: Private

                  ix.       JESSIE RAMSAY, b. Sep 1, 1903, DuQuoin, IL; d. Bef. 2001, Easton,PA; m. CHARLES M. SANDWICK; d. Unknown.

More About JESSIE RAMSAY:

Residence: 1996,Allentown, PA

                   x.       HENRY WEAVER RAMSAY, b. Nov 6, 1905, Knoxville, TN; d. Bef. 1996,Allentown, PA; m. CLAUDIA SHELLY, Private; b. Private.

More About HENRY WEAVER RAMSAY:

Residence: 1970,Easton, PA

More About HENRY RAMSAY and CLAUDIA SHELLY:

Private-Begin: Private

                  xi.       MARY ALICE RAMSAY, b. Apr 26, 1907, Pennington Gap, Lee, VA; d. Sep 15,1977; m. RODNEY WESTBROOK; d. Unknown.

More About MARY ALICE RAMSAY:

Residence: 1996,Bethlehem, PA

29.            xii.       HELEN MAY RAMSAY, b. Dec 23, 1908, Knoxville, TN; d. Sep 25, 1996,Sheffield, AL.

                xiii.       SARAH JANE RAMSAY, b. May 7, 1910, Knoxville, TN; d. Bef. 1996; m. WILBUR KEIPER, Private; b.Private.

More About SARAH JANE RAMSAY:

Residence: 1970,Easton, PA

More About WILBUR KEIPER and SARAH RAMSAY:

Private-Begin: Private

                xiv.       WILHELMINA RAMSAY, b. Jan 21, 1913, Coral, Indiana Co, PA; d. Bef. 2001;m. THOMAS RICHARDS, Private; b. Private.

More About WILHELMINA RAMSAY:

Alternate spelling:Billie

Residence: 1996,Allentown, PA

More About THOMAS RICHARDS and WILHELMINA RAMSAY:

Private-Begin: Private

                 xv.       LOUISE MAY RAMSAY, b. Dec 19, 1915, Frostburg, MD; d. Bef. 2001; m. ROBERT HOFSTETTER,Private; b. Private.

More About LOUISE MAY RAMSAY:

Residence: 1970, LosAngeles, CA

More About ROBERT HOFSTETTER and LOUISE RAMSAY:

Private-Begin: Private

18.  SADIE MARIA⁵ RAMSAY (SADIE MARIAH HELMAN⁴ GREER, JACOB³ HELMAN, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was bornMar 16, 1873 in Shafton, Westmoreland Co, PA⁸³, and died Apr4, 1946 in Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA⁸⁴.  She married JAMES HAY EATON Aug 6, 1891in PA⁸⁵.  He was bornNov 1868 in Scotland⁸⁶, and died Jun 4, 1902 in Grindstone,Fayette Co, PA⁸⁷.

Notes for SADIE MARIA RAMSAY:

1910 census:

Sadie M Eaton

Age: 37 State: PA

Color: W EnumerationDistrict: 0253

Birth Place:Pennsylvania Visit: 0046

County:  Washington

Relation:  Head of Household

Other Residents:Relation Name Age Birth Place

Son James R 17Pennsylvania

Daughter Sadie A 16Pennsylvania

Son Morris R 09Pennsylvania

NR Inimanuel Fidoe 42England

NR Thomas 17Pennsylvania

3 non-relatives 

More About SADIE MARIA RAMSAY:

Burial: Unknown, MountPleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA

Census: 1900, FranklinTownship, Fayette Co, PA

Misc: had only threechildren

Namesake: of hermother

Occupation: Bet. 1910- 1920, owned a boarding house in W. Brownsville

Notes for JAMES HAY EATON:

James lived a veryshort life.  He and his large familyemigrated from Scotland.  This was theirhousehold in 1880 while James was still a teenager:

James EATON   Self  M   Male   W  36   SCOT   Coal Miner   SCOT   SCOT 

Cristenia EATON   Wife  M   Female   W  35   SCOT   Keeping H.   SCOT   SCOT 

Margaret EATON   Dau  S   Female   W  17   SCOT   At Home  SCOT   SCOT

James EATON   Son  S   Male   W  14   SCOT   At Home  SCOT   SCOT 

Rubenia EATON   Dau  S   Female   W  12   SCOT   At Home  SCOT   SCOT 

Mary EATON   Dau  S   Female   W  10   SCOT   At Home  SCOT   SCOT 

Uphema EATON   Dau  S   Female   W  6   PA   At Home   SCOT   SCOT 

Marin EATON   Dau  S   Female   W  1   SCOT      SCOT  SCOT 

John EATON   Brother  M   Male   W  38   SCOT   Coal Miner   SCOT   SCOT 

David BUCANNON   Other  S   Male   W  23   SCOT   Coal Miner   SCOT   SCOT 

Source Information:

Census Place Clifton,Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Family History LibraryFilm   1255090

More About JAMES HAY EATON:

Burial: Unknown, MountPleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA

Immigrated: 1872, fromScotland

Misc: son of James& Christina Eaton

Occupation: foreman,coal miner

More About JAMES EATON and SADIE RAMSAY:

Marriage: Aug 6, 1891,PA⁸⁸

Children of SADIE RAMSAY and JAMES EATON are:

                   i.       JAMES R.⁶ EATON, b. Sep 1892,PA⁸⁹; d. Unknown.

More About JAMES R. EATON:

Census: 1920, livingwith mother

                  ii.       SADIE RAMSAY EATON, b. Feb 1894, PA⁸⁹; d. Unknown.

More About SADIE RAMSAY EATON:

Census: 1920, livingwith mother

                 iii.       MORRIS R. EATON, b. Apr 1900, Fayette Co, PA⁹⁰; d.Unknown.

More About MORRIS R. EATON:

Census: 1920, livingwith mother

19.  ELIZABETH SHARPE⁵ RAMSAY (SADIE MARIAH HELMAN⁴ GREER, JACOB³ HELMAN, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was bornAug 14, 1874 in Shafton, Westmoreland Co, PA⁹¹, and died Feb5, 1904 in Fairmont, W. VA⁹².  She married EMMOR MITCHELL SAUNDERS Dec 25, 1894 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA⁹³.  He was born Jun 1870 in PA⁹⁴,and died Aft. 1830 in Fairmont, WV.

Notes for ELIZABETH SHARPE RAMSAY:

The unknown child isbased on the 1900 US Census that indicated that Sharpe had given birth to twoother children who were no longer living.

John Ramsay Clarkestates that Sharpe met her husband, then a National Guardsman, when the Guardwas called to restore order during the miner's strike at Morewood.  Another relative, Kitty Saunders, statesthat Emmor was stationed with Co. K of the Morewood Mines in Waynesburg, PA.

After Sharpe died,Emmor, or Junior as he was called, was taken to live with his grandmotherRamsay in Mt. Pleasant for a time while his brother Morris lived with hisfather. 

More About ELIZABETH SHARPE RAMSAY:

Burial: 1904,Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA

Census: 1900,Connellsville Borough, Fayette Co, PA

Medical Information:was pregnant when she died

Namesake: ofgrandmother Elizabeth Sharp

Residence: 1900,Connellsville Borough, Fayette Co, PA; lived on E. Main St.

Notes for EMMOR MITCHELL SAUNDERS:

According to the 1930census, Emmor was living with his second wife, Frances, in Fairmont, WV.  The man who listed his occupation in 1900 asa "capitalist" was by 1930 an accountant, and must have been somewhatsuccessful because the couple retained the services of a servant.  Living with the couple, who by the censusaccount married six years after Sharpe Ramsay Saunders died, was Emmor's son ofthe same name, his young wife and first two children.

More About EMMOR MITCHELL SAUNDERS:

Alternate spelling: Emmer;Saunder

Census: 1900,Connellsville Borough, Fayette Co, PA

Occupation: capitalist

Residence: Bet. 1920 -1930, Fairmont, WV

More About EMMOR SAUNDERS and ELIZABETH RAMSAY:

Marriage: Dec 25,1894, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA⁹⁵

Children of ELIZABETH RAMSAY and EMMOR SAUNDERS are:

30.              i.       MORRIS RAMSAY⁶ SAUNDERS, b. Oct11, 1895, PA; d. Nov 28, 1959, Fairmont, WV.

                  ii.       IMOGENE SAUNDERS, b. Bet. 1896 - 1899, PA; d. Bef. 1900, PA.

                 iii.       CHILD SAUNDERS, b. Bet. 1896 - 1899, PA; d. Bef. 1900, PA.

31.            iv.       EMMOR MITCHELL JR. SAUNDERS, b. Jul 31, 1901, PA; d. Mar 1968, Fairmont, Marion,WV.

20.  HANNAH GREER⁵ RAMSAY (SADIE MARIAH HELMAN⁴ GREER, JACOB³ HELMAN, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was bornJun 17, 1876 in Shafton, Westmoreland Co, PA⁹⁶, and died Aug20, 1968 in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA. She married JOHN LARIMER SHIELDS Aug 9, 1900 in PA⁹⁷, son of MATTHEW SHIELDS and SARAH LARIMER.  He was born Jun 6, 1857 in near Salem,Westmoreland Co, PA, and died Nov 7, 1925 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co,PA⁹⁸.

More About HANNAH GREER RAMSAY:

Census: Bet. 1910 -1930, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA

Misc: 1930, livingwith sister Alice and Matthew, James and Dorothy

Namesake: of the thirdwife of George Greer, her mother's adoptive father

Property: 1930, houseworth $10,000 per census

Notes for JOHN LARIMER SHIELDS:

Prior to his marriage,he and his family lived at 240 Walnut Street, Mount Pleasant, 2 doors down fromSadie Ramsay, his future mother-in-law.

More About JOHN LARIMER SHIELDS:

Burial: 1925, MountPleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA

Occupation: owner& editor, Mount Pleasant Journal⁹⁹

More About JOHN SHIELDS and HANNAH RAMSAY:

Marriage: Aug 9, 1900,PA¹⁰⁰

Children of HANNAH RAMSAY and JOHN SHIELDS are:

                   i.       MATTHEW⁶ SHIELDS, b. 1902,Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA¹⁰¹; d. Bef. 1968.

                  ii.       JAMES R. SHIELDS, b. Aug 27, 1904, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA¹⁰¹;d. Nov 1975¹⁰².

More About JAMES R. SHIELDS:

Occupation: 1930,accountant, grocery store

32.            iii.       OLIVER S. SHIELDS, b. May 21, 1906, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA;d. Oct 1981, PA.

                 iv.       DOROTHY SHIELDS, b. Private.

21.  GEORGE MORRIS⁵ RAMSAY (SADIE MARIAH HELMAN⁴ GREER, JACOB³ HELMAN, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was bornMar 25, 1878 in Shafton, Westmoreland Co, PA¹⁰³, and died Oct3, 1934 in Bradenville, Westmoreland Co, PA¹⁰⁴.  He married MAYME PEGG Sep 23, 1899in PA¹⁰⁵.  She wasborn 1873 in PA, and died Dec 1941 in Blairsville, PA¹⁰⁶.

Notes for GEORGE MORRIS RAMSAY:

In 1905, George was aresident of Oliver, PA and was employed by a coke company there

1910 census:

George Ramsey

  Age: 32 State: PA

  Color: W Enumeration District: 0236

  Birth Place: Pennsylvania Visit: 0283

  County: Washington

  Relation: Head of Household

  Other Residents: Relation Name Age BirthPlace

Wife Mamie 29Pennsylvania

Daughter Agnes 06Pennsylvania

Daughter Sadie 03Pennsylvania

Daughter Georgia 01Pennsylvania

index for 1920 censusincorrectly lists him as William

More About GEORGE MORRIS RAMSAY:

Burial: 1934, DerryTwp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Census: Bet. 1920 -1930, Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

Namesake: of hisgrandfather George Greer and his father Morris

More About MAYME PEGG:

Burial: 1941, Derry,PA

More About GEORGE RAMSAY and MAYME PEGG:

Marriage: Sep 23,1899, PA¹⁰⁷

Children of GEORGE RAMSAY and MAYME PEGG are:

                   i.       AGNES⁶ RAMSAY, b. 1904, PA¹⁰⁸;d. Unknown.

                  ii.       SADIE RAMSAY, b. Private.

                 iii.       GEORGIA RAMSAY, b. Private.

                 iv.       DOROTHY RAMSAY, b. Private.

22.  MARY CHRISTINA⁵ RAMSAY (SADIE MARIAH HELMAN⁴ GREER, JACOB³ HELMAN, DANIEL², MICHAEL¹) was bornApr 13, 1881 in Loyalhanna, Westmoreland Co, PA¹⁰⁹, and diedMay 8, 1968 in Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA¹¹⁰.  She married HARRY MONROE STAHL Nov 14, 1900in PA¹¹¹.  He was born1879 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA¹¹², and died Aft.1930¹¹³.