Dwyer
Miner’s First Name: Cornelius Miner’s Middle Name: Miner’s Last Name: Dwyer Miner’s Picture: Miner’s Country: Ireland Arrived in USA: Miner Information: Worked in the Gaylord mine in Plymouth, PA. Cornelius (Con) Dwyer was a well known miner in Plymouth and surrounding towns, having moved to the area some thirty years before. In his occupation as a miner and contractor he had made considerable money in the mines. While he was loading a car in the Gaylord mine in Plymouth, a mass of rock weighing several hundred pounds fell upon him and broke his back. The physicians in attendance said that he might live for some time, but they were unable to ascertain how badly he was injured internally. After much suffering he died after two days from his injuries. He was 50 years old at the time of his death and was survived by his wife and seven children. His funeral took place with services in St. Vincent's Church, with internment in the Welsh Hill Cemetery. Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Mining Accident Died: 4/6/1895 Birth Date: 4/6/1844 Married: Yes Place Miner Was Married: Wilkes Barre, PA Wife’s Name: Mary Wife’s Middle Name: Wife’s Last Name: Rooney Birth Place of Wife: County Tipperary Wife’s Country: Ireland Arrived in USA: Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Larksville, PA Died: 3/20/1922 Birth Date: 11/30/1847 Number of Children: 7 Child Name 1: John Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 9/7/1872 Child Name 2: Michael Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 1/21/1871 Child Name 3: William Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 8/30/1874 Child Name 4: Dennis Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 10/22/1876 Child Name 5: Katie Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 7/14/1882 Child Name 6: Mary Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 2/1/1887 Child Name 7: Margaret Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 11/20/1890 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: Gert Author’s Middle Name: Author’s Last Name: Whipple Relationship to...
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Miner’s First Name: John Miner’s Middle Name: Miner’s Last Name: Faber Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Miner’s Country: Arrived in USA: Miner Information: Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Died: Birth Date: 1/1/1868 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: Phillip Author’s Middle Name: Author’s Last Name: Faber Relationship to...
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Miner’s First Name: Frank Miner’s Middle Name: Anthony Miner’s Last Name: Westawski Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Plains, PA Miner’s Country: USA Arrived in USA: Miner Information: Worked as miner, pump runner and fire boss Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Wilkes-Barre, PA ; Black Lung Disease Died: April 3, 1987 Birth Date: March 5, 1911 Married: February 22, 1935 Place Miner Was Married: Plains, PA Wife’s Name: Josephine Wife’s Middle Name: Ann Wife’s Last Name: Wolowski Birth Place of Wife: Wilkes-Barre, PA Wife’s Country: USA Arrived in USA: Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Wilkes-Barre, PA; heart failure Died: October 31, 1987 Birth Date: June 8, 1918 Number of Children: 4 Child Name 1: Frank Child’s Middle Name: Stanley Child’s Last Name: Westawski Birth Date: April 10, 1937 Child Name 2: Loraine Child’s Middle Name: Ann Child’s Last Name: Gunsior Birth Date: May 8, 1940 Child Name 3: Jane Child’s Middle Name: Marie Child’s Last Name: Acri Birth Date: February 10, 1948 Child Name 4: JoAnn Child’s Middle Name: Lee Child’s Last Name: Marsicano Birth Date: November 22, 1954 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: Jane Author’s Middle Name: Marie Author’s Last Name: Acri Relationship to...
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Miner’s First Name: Celestino Miner’s Middle Name: Miner’s Last Name: Pennoni Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Gualdotadino Miner’s Country: Italy Arrived in USA: Miner Information: At an early age he began working in the mines. After more than twenty years in the mines, he was injured. At forty years of age he suffered a fractured skull when a jackhammer slipped. He had a chip of bone embedded in his brain for the rest of his life. At the time of the accident, he and his wife had five children, agef 3 weeks old to thirteen years. He could never re-enter the mines. He was unable to work for three years. Finally he worked in a greenhouse, watering plants and doing small chores. He later worked at the D & H Colliery loading trucks. The loading of the trucks created a great quanity of coal dust. He enjoyed mountain air and being outdoors, which made it easier to breath with his asthma. He died in the hospital at the age of eighty-two. Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Other - mining related Died: 4/28/1999 Birth Date: 4/26/1897 Married: Yes Place Miner Was Married: Wife’s Name: Annavila Wife’s Middle Name: Wife’s Last Name: Zurla Birth Place of Wife: Hilldale, PA Wife’s Country: USA Arrived in USA: Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Died: 5/26/1907 Birth Date: Number of Children: 6 Child Name 1: Mary Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 12/1/1890 Child Name 2: Vilma Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 9/10/1926 Child Name 3: Linda Child’s Middle Name: Mary Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 5/3/1929 Child Name 4: Rita Child’s Middle Name: Elizabeth Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 4/4/1931 Child Name 5: Eleanor Child’s Middle Name: Ann Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 3/18/1933 Child Name 6: Celestino Child’s Middle Name: Robert Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 12/31/1937 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: Vilma Author’s Middle Name: Author’s Last Name: Schifano Relationship to Miner: Daughter...
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Miner’s First Name: Henry Miner’s Middle Name: Miner’s Last Name: Miller Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Luzerne, PA Miner’s Country: USA Arrived in USA: Miner Information: Jeddo Highland Coal Company, Stockton, PA Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: non-mine related Died: 1/21/1953 Birth Date: 4/15/1873 Married: Yes Place Miner Was Married: Wife’s Name: Henrietta Wife’s Middle Name: Wife’s Last Name: Wilkinson Birth Place of Wife: Glen City, PA Wife’s Country: USA Arrived in USA: Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Stockton, PA Died: 2/18/1952 Birth Date: 7/26/1877 Number of Children: 8 Child Name 1: Roy Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 2: Myrtle Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 3: Bessie Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 4: Robert Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 5: Iva Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 6: Thomas Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 7: Marian Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: Child Name 8: Ruth 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: Walter Author’s Middle Name: Author’s Last Name: Gilbert Relationship to Miner: Grandson...
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Miner’s First Name: John Miner’s Middle Name: Martin Miner’s Last Name: Ribar Miner’s Picture: Birth Place of Miner: Murnyala Miner’s Country: Hungary Arrived in USA: 11/30/1908 Miner Information: John Ribar worked for the East Boston Coal Company, East Boston Mines, and the Glen Alden Coal Company. At the age of 10 he left his family in Murnyalya, Austria-Hungary, and traveled to America with a friend of his mother's. He lived with her a few years and at age 21 enlisted in World War I (#191119, 6/07/1917) at the Columbus Barracks, Ohio. He was appointed 1st Class on 09/09/1918 and was discharged 09/31/1918. After the war, he worked as a miner and ultimately went on disability for miners' asthma in 1954. He died at the age of 59 in 1957. He raised a family, living at 275 Dana Street, Swoyersville, PA. He belonged to the local American War Veterans and participated in his church, St. John Nepomucene in the town of Luzerne, PA. He suffered from black lung and was on disability from 1953 until he died on March 27,1957. Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Black Lung Died: 3/27/1957 Birth Date: 8/12/1897 Married: Yes Place Miner Was Married: Sacred Heart Church Hospital Wife’s Name: Anna Wife’s Middle Name: Wife’s Last Name: Spirek Birth Place of Wife: Bardejov Wife’s Country: Slovakia Arrived in USA: Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Died: 9/3/1980 Birth Date: 11/7/1985 Number of Children: 7 Child Name 1: Mary Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 12/1/1890 Child Name 2: John Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 1/11/1923 Child Name 3: Anna Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 11/3/1924 Child Name 4: Helen Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 11/23/1926 Child Name 5: Joseph Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 7/8/1929 Child Name 6: George Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 11/17/1931 Child Name 7: Annette Child’s Middle Name: Child’s Last Name: Birth Date: 1/28/1939 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: Annette Author’s Middle Name: Riba Author’s Last Name: Pennoni Relationship to...
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