Dobash

Miner’s First Name:   Joseph
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Miner’s Last Name:   Dobash
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Birth Place of Miner:   Budapest
Miner’s Country:   Austria-Hungary
Arrived in USA:   Approx 1896
Miner Information:   Joseph worked as a miner at number 4 shaft, Jeddo Colliery. Ebervale Brass check # 3078. Mining certificate number 4206. Joseph married Elizabeth Onifer from Tapol Bystra, Austria on June 6, 1910, in St Joseph’s Church, Hazleton, PA. They made a home in Ebervale, PA, just outside of Hazleton and had 12 children–7 boys and 5 girls. Six of the boys served in WWII. The family lived on a miner’s pay, raised chickens, geese, ducks, and rabbits and also had a vegetable garden. The children picked blueberries and coal. Joe was seriously injured in the mine between two coal cars.
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Died:   3/25/1937
Birth Date:   8/1/1884

Married:   Yes
Place Miner Was Married:   St. Joseph's Church, Hazleton PA

Wife’s Name:   Elizabeth
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Wife’s Last Name:   Onifer
Birth Place of Wife:   Tapol Bystra
Wife’s Country:   Austria
Arrived in USA:   Approx 1906
Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:   Natural causes, Hazleton PA
Died:   3/4/1980
Birth Date:   2/14/1888

Number of Children:   12

Child Name 1:   Joseph
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Child Name 2:   Anne
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Child Name 3:   Elizabeth
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Child Name 4:   John
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Child Name 5:   George
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Child Name 6:   Edward
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Child Name 7:   Paul
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Child Name 8:   Steve
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Child Name 9:   Margaet Rose
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Child Name 10:   Mary and Leo and Helen
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Author’s Name:   Lawrence
Author’s Middle Name:   Edward
Author’s Last Name:   Dobash
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Relationship to Miner:   Grandson
Street Address:   423 Mtn Shadow Lane
City/Town:   Bloomsburg
State:   PA
Zip:   17815
Email Address:   dobies5@ptd.net