Cassidy
Miner’s First Name: John Miner’s Middle Name: Joseph Miner’s Last Name: Cassidy Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Plymouth Township (Larksville), PA. Miner’s Country: United States of America Arrived in USA: Miner Information: John was the son of Thomas F. Cassidy, and Bridget C. (Murphy) Cassidy, both immigrants of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, in Scotland. John never married but was in a relationship for over twenty years with Lucy Potter. John raised his grand nephew and took care of him until the day John died, he also took care of his widowed sister Mary Simpson. He became owner of his parents’ home in 1909, the same homestead all the Cassidy's settled in after leaving Scotland. The home was located at 207 Howard Street, Larksville, PA. It was said the reason John never married was to make sure one of his relatives inherited his home upon his death. John was employed in the coal mines for about 66 years, first as a Breaker Boy, a Stone Runner in 1900, and also as a Coal Miner. While working for, D. L. & W. in the Woodward Colliery for the Glen Alden Coal Co. in Kingston, his occupation was as an Electric Hoist-man, and an Engineer. It is believed that he worked at Lance Colliery at some point, as he father also worked and died in this mine. John dropped out of School in 1886, at the age of nine, completing fourth grade, more than likely he worked as a Breaker Boy. While employed by D & H Coal Company, Number 3, Plymouth, he was in a Coal Mining accident. On October 23rd 1913, while tamping a hole preparatory to firing a blast, a piece of top coal fell and struck his right arm, also receiving a bad scalp wound. He retired in 1952 at the age of 76. John was taught and played the violin and the piano, his father and three brothers played their instruments and sang together at their childhood home. He was a member of St. Vincent DePaul Church, Plymouth, with its Holy Name Society, and he was a member of the United Mine Workers of America. John is buried in the Parish Cemetery, also known as All Saints, located on Mountain Road, Larksville. He is buried next to his sister Mary Simpson in an unmarked grave. Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: 207 Howard Street, Larksville, PA. - - Died from a sudden coronary occlusion, anterior - sclerosis. Died: October 3, 1962 Birth Date: December 14, 1876 Married: No Place Miner Was Married: Wife’s Name: Wife’s Middle Name: Wife’s Last Name: Birth Place of Wife: Wife’s Country: Arrived in USA: Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Died: Birth Date: Number of Children: None Child Name 1: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 2: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 3: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 4: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 5: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 6: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 7: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 8: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 9: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 10: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Author’s Name: Mary Author’s Middle Name: A. Author’s Last Name: Langdon Relationship to...
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Miner’s First Name: John Miner’s Middle Name: Miner’s Last Name: Urbanovich Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Miner’s Country: Arrived in USA: Miner Information: Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Died: Birth Date: Married: Place Miner Was Married: Wife’s Name: Wife’s Middle Name: Wife’s Last Name: Birth Place of Wife: Wife’s Country: Arrived in USA: Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Died: Birth Date: Number of Children: Child Name 1: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 2: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 3: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 4: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 5: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 6: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 7: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 8: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 9: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 10: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Author’s Name: Frank Author’s Middle Name: Author’s Last Name: Tribendis Relationship to...
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Miner’s First Name: Steven Miner’s Middle Name: Andrew Miner’s Last Name: Brutko Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Austria Miner’s Country: Poland Arrived in USA: March 27, 1905 Miner Information: Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Kingston, PA- Black Lung Died: July 7, 1968 Birth Date: November 27, 197 Married: November 18, 1924 Place Miner Was Married: Swoyersville, PA. Wife’s Name: Caroline Wife’s Middle Name: Veronica Wife’s Last Name: Brutko Birth Place of Wife: Austira Wife’s Country: Austria Arrived in USA: November 4, 1905 Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Kingston, PA- Stroke Died: October 10, 1965 Birth Date: November 13, 1904 Number of Children: 7 Child Name 1: Alice Child’s Middle Name: Caroline Child’s Last Name: Brutko Birth Date: September 3, 1925 Child Name 2: Edward Child’s Middle Name: John Child’s Last Name: Brutko Birth Date: November 9, 1928 Child Name 3: Mary Ann Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Brutko Birth Date: July 1, 1930 Child Name 4: Anna Mae Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Brutko Birth Date: July 1, 1930 Child Name 5: Joseph Child’s Middle Name: Louis Child’s Last Name: Brutko Birth Date: July 1930 Child Name 6: Steven Child’s Middle Name: Andrew Child’s Last Name: Brutko Birth Date: July 1, 1932 Child Name 7: Frederick Child’s Middle Name: Edward Child’s Last Name: Brutko Birth Date: November 27, 1937 Child Name 8: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 9: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 10: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Author’s Name: Joanne Author’s Middle Name: Caroline Author’s Last Name: LeVan-Powlus Relationship to...
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Miner’s First Name: John Miner’s Middle Name: Miner’s Last Name: Guastavino Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Cogoleto Miner’s Country: Italy Arrived in USA: Approx. 1924 Miner Information: John was killed instantly from an explosion in a coal mining accident. It is believed that a quantity of explosives had been left behind in the rock wall hole where he was drilling. The cause of death for John was a crushed skull. Before coming to the Untied States, John served six years in the Italian Navy. Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Glen Lyon Coal Mine in Pennsylvania, killed in explosion Died: January 28, 1939 Birth Date: January 9, 1891 Married: Yes, 1933, prior to marriage, had two children with Mary Valentine. Place Miner Was Married: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Hazelton, PA Wife’s Name: Pauline Wife’s Middle Name: Wife’s Last Name: DeConcini Birth Place of Wife: Blackwood, PA Wife’s Country: United States Arrived in USA: Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Died: February 15, 2008 Birth Date: October 18, 1915 Number of Children: 4 Child Name 1: John Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Guastavino Birth Date: September 13, 1926 Child Name 2: Kathleen Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Guastavino Birth Date: November 25, 1928 Child Name 3: Mary Child’s Middle Name: Louise Child’s Last Name: Guastavino Birth Date: May 29, 1933 Child Name 4: Carl Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Guastavino Birth Date: September 13, 1934 Child Name 5: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 6: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 7: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 8: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 9: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 10: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Author’s Name: Kathleen Author’s Middle Name: Guastavino Author’s Last Name: Tutwiler Relationship to...
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Miner’s First Name: Frank Miner’s Middle Name: P. Miner’s Last Name: Polanowski Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Plymouth, PA Miner’s Country: USA Arrived in USA: Miner Information: Worked in various deep mines in Luzerne County Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Death by cave-on at the Loomis mine Died: February 24, 1942 Birth Date: August 23, 1912 Married: Yes Place Miner Was Married: St. Mary's Nativity BVM, Plymouth, PA Wife’s Name: Mildred Wife’s Middle Name: Wife’s Last Name: Straconis Birth Place of Wife: Sugar Notch, PA Wife’s Country: USA Arrived in USA: Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Elizabethtown, PA- Heart failure Died: Birth Date: 1913 Number of Children: 2 Child Name 1: Frank Child’s Middle Name: Peter Child’s Last Name: Polanowski Birth Date: 8/25/38 Child Name 2: Thomas Child’s Middle Name: Joseph Child’s Last Name: Polanowski Birth Date: 12/21/40 Child Name 3: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 4: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 5: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 6: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 7: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 8: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 9: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 10: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Author’s Name: Frank Author’s Middle Name: Peter Author’s Last Name: Polanowski Relationship to...
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Miner’s First Name: Mathew Miner’s Middle Name: Miner’s Last Name: Wasilko Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Nanticoke, PA Miner’s Country: USA Arrived in USA: Miner Information: Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Geisinger Hospital, Danville PA - Malignant mesothelioma Died: January 12, 1974 Birth Date: February 24, 1902 Married: Yes Place Miner Was Married: Mocanaqua, PA Wife’s Name: Rose Wife’s Middle Name: E Wife’s Last Name: Vavrasek Birth Place of Wife: Nanticoke, PA Wife’s Country: USA Arrived in USA: Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: CVA Died: May 19,1991 Birth Date: September 6, 1909 Number of Children: 4 Child Name 1: Francis Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Wasilko Birth Date: September 12, 1931 Child Name 2: Michael Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Wasilko Birth Date: September 12, 1931 Child Name 3: Stephen Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Wasilko Birth Date: April 21, 1937 Child Name 4: Rosemary Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Wasilko Birth Date: August 21, 1943 Child Name 5: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 6: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 7: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 8: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 9: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 10: Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Author’s Name: Rosemary Author’s Middle Name: Author’s Last Name: Wasilko Relationship to...
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