Brian Tomlin | June 30, 2014
June, 1864. In the UK, overarm bowling was made legal in cricket. Overarm bowling refers to a delivery in which the bowler’s hand is above shoulder height. When cricket originated all bowlers delivered the ball underarm where the bowler’s hand is below waist height. June 2. The Australian schooner Waratah, built in 1849, was carrying a load of coal […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 27, 2014
In 1911, the United States Government approved the removal of the bodies of the victims of the Great Shohola Train Wreck, Pike County, Pennsylvania, from the site of the wreck to the Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira, New York. Official documents related to the re-interment were presented here in the blog post entitled, Moving the […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 25, 2014
Jacob Shiro was born in Wittenberg, Germany, on 19 February 1843, the son of Jacob Shiro and Susan [Bellon] Shiro. He arrived in the United States around 185 at the age of eight. During the Civil War, he served in Company G, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry, as a Private, from 14 March 1865 through discharge on […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 23, 2014
Christian Zimmerman was born 17 September 1820 and died 25 April 1907. During the Civil War he served in the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private, from 7 September 1864 thorough discharge with his company on 30 May 1865. In April 1865, he received a bullet wound in his left arm. The Pennsylvania […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 20, 2014
Thanks to shared information that was reported on this blog and posted on Ancestry.com, additional information has been obtained about George Samuels (1841-1914), who served as a Private in Company B of the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry. In a post entitled, Who Was George Samuels?, all the known information about him was presented and several questions […]
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