Norman Gasbarro | May 30, 2013
Today’s blog post provides information on Volume 1 of a series of books published beginning in 1995 by Closson Press, titled Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Archives. In all, three volumes were published through 1996. The series was based on genealogical research done by: Phillip A. Rice, a specialist in church and cemetery records; Jean A. Dellock, […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 25, 2013
The African American population as reported in the 1860 Census for selected areas of the Lykens Valley area is presented in today’s blog post. In 1860, African Americans were enumerated in two “free” categories: (1) Black; and (2) Mulatto. These categories were combined in a category called “Total Free Colored.” African Americans were not found […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 12, 2013
Daniel Bonawitz, who died in the Civil War, was born on 11 April 1831 in the Tremont and Pine Grove area of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and was the son of George Bonawitz (1805-1860) and Mary [Koons] Bonawitz (1810-1871). He was baptized at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Pine Grove on 22 May 1831. In 1850, […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 13, 2013
(Part 4 of 6). St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, at the corner of East Grand Avenue (U.S. Route 209) and North 4th Street. At the front of the cemetery, along East Grand Avenue, is the Tower City, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial, which was previously […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 18, 2013
Jacob Scheck of Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was a German immigrant who arrived in America before the Civil War with his parents. His father, George Scheck was a master mason and the family appears in the 1860 census for Pine Grove, Schuylkill County. In 1860, Jacob was working as a boatman on the Schuylkill Canal […]
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