Collins

Miner’s First Name:   Charles Miner’s Middle Name:   A. Miner’s Last Name:   Collins 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:   Rev.Kevin Author’s Middle Name:   P. Author’s Last Name:   Mulhern Relationship to...

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Bucknavage

Miner’s First Name:   Frank Miner’s Middle Name:   Patrick Miner’s Last Name:   Bucknavage Miner’s Picture:    Birth Place of Miner:   Wilkes-Barre, PA Miner’s Country:   United States Arrived in USA:    Miner Information: Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:   Mine Accident; Luzerne Township, Newport, PA Died:   Sept 22, 1961 Birth Date:   March 31, 1919 Married:   Oct 5, 1946 Place Miner Was Married:   Wilkes-Barre Wife’s Name:   Josephine Wife’s Middle Name:   Dorothy Wife’s Last Name:   Starzecki Birth Place of Wife:   Wilkes-Barre Wife’s Country:   United States Arrived in USA:    Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:   still living Died:    Birth Date:   July 24, 1922 Number of Children:   1 Child Name 1:   Daniel Child’s Middle Name:    Child’s Last Name:    Birth Date:   Nov 20, 1951 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:   Carol Author’s Middle Name:    Author’s Last Name:   Bucknavage Phone Number:   336 875 4802 Relationship to Miner:   daughter-in-law Street Address:   2502 Copperleaf Court City/Town:   High Point State:   NC Zip:   27265 Email...

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Shillabeer

Miner’s First Name:   William Miner’s Middle Name:    Miner’s Last Name:   Shillabeer Miner’s Picture:    Birth Place of Miner:    Miner’s Country:   USA Arrived in USA:    Miner Information: William (Bill) began working at the tender age of 14 to help support his family. The majorit of his employment years were spent in the stripping and coal mines. He worked at several different collieries in the Wyoming Valley area. We recall him speaking about “setting the dynamite” and about operating a “jack hammer”. We remember all to well his tired face, blackened with coal dust and only his eyes visible. “Daddy Bill” was involved in a mining accident early in his career as a miner which sent him to the hospital. Other were more seriously injured. He eventually developed Black Lung and was unable to recover from the flu- succumbing in  1972 at the age of 67. Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:    Died:    Birth Date:    Married:    Place Miner Was Married:    Wife’s Name:   Pauline Wife’s Middle Name:    Wife’s Last Name:   Mack Birth Place of Wife:    Wife’s Country:   USA 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:   Gloria Author’s Middle Name:   Jean Author’s Last Name:   Shillabeer Yagiello Phone Number:    Relationship to Miner:   Daughter Street Address:   133 Eagle Ridge Road City/Town:   Bear Creek Township State:   PA Zip:   18702 Email...

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Yagiello

Miner’s First Name:   Walter Miner’s Middle Name:   Joseph Miner’s Last Name:   Yagiello 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:   Thaddeus (Ted) Author’s Middle Name:    Author’s Last Name:   Yagiello Phone Number:    Relationship to Miner:   Son Street Address:   133 Eagle Ridge Road City/Town:   Bear Creek Township State:   PA Zip:   18702 Email...

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Lazur

Miner’s First Name:   EDWARD Miner’s Middle Name:   ALBERT Miner’s Last Name:   LAZUR Miner’s Picture:    Birth Place of Miner:   STOCKTON, PA Miner’s Country:   USA Arrived in USA:    Miner Information: Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:    Died:   DECEMBER 31, 1979 Birth Date:   DECEMBER 2, 1913 Married:   YES Place Miner Was Married:   HAZLETON, PA Wife’s Name:   MARGARET Wife’s Middle Name:   MARY Wife’s Last Name:   MARTIN Birth Place of Wife:   WEST HAZLETON, PA Wife’s Country:   USA Arrived in USA:    Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:    Died:   NOVEMBER 18, 2004 Birth Date:   SEPTEMBER 23, 1916 Number of Children:   TWO Child Name 1:   PATRICIA Child’s Middle Name:   MARGARET Child’s Last Name:   LAZUR (CHOMO) Birth Date:   FEBRUARY 26, 1939 Child Name 2:   JAMES Child’s Middle Name:   EDWARD Child’s Last Name:   LAZUR Birth Date:   AUGUST 8, 1944 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:   PATRICIA Author’s Middle Name:   MARGARET Author’s Last Name:   (LAZUR) CHOMO Phone Number:   610 264 1963 Relationship to Miner:   DAUGHTER Street Address:   3333 Melrose Lane City/Town:   Whitehall State:   PA Zip:   18052 Email...

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Hardey

Miner’s First Name:   William Miner’s Middle Name:   Ambrose Miner’s Last Name:   Hardey Miner’s Picture:   Birth Place of Miner:   near Gouldsboro, PA Miner’s Country:   USA Arrived in USA:    Miner Information: After the death of his mother, William and his siblings were abandoned by their father; he and a brother were later adopted by a storekeeper in Gouldsboro, PA. As a young man he traveled to sites of several National Parks as a construction laborer, later returning to Pennsylvania to become a miner. He resided in Kingston and, after several moves that followed mine openings, he married, purchased a home in Avoca, and started a family. Mr. Hardey was a respected member in the community and his church, the Primitive Methodist Church in Avoca. He worked as a miner during the turbulent times of long strikes, reverting to jobs as a cobbler and a finish painter to provide for his expanding family. William was fastidious about his hygiene and never came home until scrubbed clean of coal dirt. William died instantly in an accident in the No.2 shaft of the No. 9 colliery of the Pittston Company, at Hughestown. As he was engaged in prying down a piece of top rock, he slipped and fell against a mine car, breaking his neck. He was 43 years old at the time of the accident. No one mourned his death more than his two-year-old son Leonard, who watched in vain every afternoon for him to come home as usual, with a little of his lunch left over for his little boy. Place & Manner of Miner’s Death:   Number 9 Colliery, Hughestown, PA. Fell from a mine car and broke his neck. Died:   1/29/1930 Birth Date:   02/09/1887 Married:   Yes Place Miner Was Married:    Wife’s Name:   Eva Wife’s Middle Name:   Ann Wife’s Last Name:   Wescott Birth Place of Wife:    Wife’s Country:   United States Arrived in USA:    Place & Manner of Wife’s Death:    Died:   1/21/1948 Birth Date:   04/12/1889 Number of Children:   6 Child Name 1:   Elizabeth Child’s Middle Name:   Ann Child’s Last Name:   Hardey Birth Date:   10/16/1906 Child Name 2:   Matilda Child’s Middle Name:   Viola Child’s Last Name:   Hardey Birth Date:   6/17/1910 Child Name 3:   Evelyn Child’s Middle Name:   Caroline Child’s Last Name:   Hardey Birth Date:   3/16/1912 Child Name 4:   George Child’s Middle Name:   William Child’s Last Name:   Hardey Birth Date:   5/31/1914 Child Name 5:   Charles Child’s Middle Name:   Elmer Child’s Last Name:   Hardey Birth Date:   5/8/1918 Child Name 6:   Leonard Child’s Middle Name:   Frederick Child’s Last Name:   Hardey Birth Date:   1/16/1928 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:   Donald Author’s Middle Name:   William Author’s Last Name:   Sanderson Relationship to...

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