McDonnell

Miner’s First Name:   Paul
Miner’s Middle Name:   Henry
Miner’s Last Name:   McDonnell
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Birth Place of Miner:   Pittston
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Miner Information:
My Father, Paul H. McDonnell, was a wonderful husband, father and friend. He worked at the Payne Coal Company in Exeter, as a hoisting engineer. Once he took me to the colliery and, pointing at the big furnaces, opened the door and said, "This is what hell looks like." When the Payne Co. electrified the system, he went to work as a "Tipple"near the Fox Hill Country Club. I still remember him coming from work, covered with coal dust, with only the whites of his eyes showing. When the colliery closed, he did odd jobs. His coughing was terrible, choking on the coal dust still lodged in his lungs. All the men that worked in the coal Industry are True Heroes and have to be honored as such for their dedicated work.

Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:   Black Lung Related
Died:   8/23/1964
Birth Date:   05/30/1896

Married:   yes
Place Miner Was Married:   Wilkes-Barre, PA

Wife’s Name:   Edith
Wife’s Middle Name:   
Wife’s Last Name:   Conwell
Birth Place of Wife:   Wilkes-Barre
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Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:   Plains (Valley Crest)
Died:   4/26/1980
Birth Date:   9/17/1900

Number of Children:   7

Child Name 1:   Cathrine
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Child’s Last Name:   McDonnell
Birth Date:   6/16/1925

Child Name 2:   Paul
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Child’s Last Name:   McDonnell
Birth Date:   11/18/1927

Child Name 3:   Eleanor
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Child’s Last Name:   McDonnell
Birth Date:   4/13/2029

Child Name 4:   Mary Edith
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Child’s Last Name:   McDonnell
Birth Date:   1/1/1930

Child Name 5:   Edith
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Child’s Last Name:   McDonnell
Birth Date:   7/30/1932

Child Name 6:   Thomas
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Child’s Last Name:   McDonnell
Birth Date:   1/2/1936

Child Name 7:   Girard
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Child’s Last Name:   McDonnell
Birth Date:   5/5/1943

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Author’s Name:   Edith
Author’s Middle Name:   
Author’s Last Name:   Saunders
Relationship to Miner:   Daughter