Cuyahoga County Queries

Posted Queries for November 1997


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MILLER, POFFENBERGER, SANDERSON posted by Rose Maher on Monday, November 3, 1997
POFFENBERGER SANDERSON I am compiling information for a SANDERSON Genealogy. Would like to correspond with descendants of J. C. & Harriet E. (SANDERSON) POFFENBERGER. Harriet E., b. Dec. 1890, Huntingdon, Pa., daughter of George W. & Harriet E. (MILLER) SANDERSON of Huntingdon, Pa. J. C. & Harriet E. moved to Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio sometime after 1928. Harriet E. (wife of George) was living with her daughter & husband & died 4 May 1935, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Is she buried there? Did J.C. & Harriet have chidren? This is all the information I have. If anyone has any other informationI would appreciate hearing from you.

RINDERLICKA, SIML, STORRS posted by Sandy Carawan on Thursday, November 6, 1997
I am researching my great-grandfather Vaclav SIML who was born 9/21/185 4 in Bohemia. He was the son of Joseph SIML and mother unknown. He had a brother, Rudolf, that went to a mining company in Arizona. Vaclav SIML was married to Julia/Josefa nickname Marie) RINDERLICKA on 2/5/1894 in Cleveland. Their known children were : Joe SIML, Frank SIML, and Anna Barbara SIML (m. Merle Tanner STORRS). He was retired from the East Ohio Gas Company and resided at 3920 Svoboda St., Ward 4, Cleveland before his death on 8/3/1925. I'm looking for the siblings of Vaclav SIML, other children, descendants, or any information regarding these people. Thank you in advance.

HATCHER, KNIGHT, STORER posted by Gordon Hatcher on Friday, November 7, 1997
Would like to contact any STORER who is related to Joseph STORER married to Charlotte KNIGHT who came to Cleveland in 1828 or anyone who has information about the family. My grandmother Lydia STORER married Fred HATCHER in Cleveland in 1885. Would be pleased to furnish additional information to those interested. Thank you. Gordon Hatcher

posted by Mary Zeller on Friday, November 7, 1997
Looking for information on Michael BLISS and his descendants. This fami ly came from Prussia about 1864 and lived in Cleveland for several generations. Michael's children were Johann Herman BLISS, Henrietta BLISS Sitzenstock and Henrich (Henry L) BLISS. Any help would be appreciated.

WACHA posted by Barb Bonham on Monday, November 17, 1997
My mother's great-grandparents came to America in 1869 from Bohemia. John WACHA and at least one of his sons settled in the Cleveland area. I would appreciate any information available from census records, cemetery records, or church records. I know nothing more about them. Thank you for any help you can give.

PENTONEY posted by Barbara Lovio on Monday, November 17, 1997
Looking for any information on PENTONEY family from Cleveland Ohio. They Pentoney Bros had a business at No. 218 Columbus Stret, Cleveland Ohio in the mid to late 1800s. Patrick Pentoney had four daughters and no sons. They were all born about 1860-1870. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

BROWN, EWING posted by Candy Benett on Wednesday, November 19, 1997
I am hoping that someone with access to Cleveland newspaper microfilm could do a couple lookups for me. I have death and burial info on a couple who were from Cleveland. Edward Marion BROWN, was buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Cleveland on Jan. 22, 1883. His wife, Eleanor (nee EWING) BROWN was buried beside him on October 10, 1934. An obituary for either or both would be _greatly_ appreciated. Edward was a prominent attorney in Cleveland, was City Attorney for a time, and died while in his 30s. Eleanor,from a prominent Ohio family - her grandfather was Sen. Thomas Ewing, died age 81, a widow for 50 years. I am trying to determine who their children were besides a daughter, Agnes, born in 1877, as well as locate living descendants. Thanks for any help on this search from a distance. Candy_B

LAMPHEAR, LAMPHIER, LAMPHIRE posted by Jack Lamphier on Friday, November 21, 1997
LAMPHEAR,LAMPHIRE and undoubtedly many other spellings.Many members of this fragmented family resided in Cuyahoga Co.OH and others. I am interested in obtaining information on all of these folks.

MCCABE posted by Kay Harrison on Friday, November 21, 1997
Need to know if and where the records of the St. Patrick Catholic Churc h can be found. My Irish family of MCCABE were living in Cleveland in the 1860- 70 time span and am trying to find these church records to see what info is available and hoping they will give me place in Ireland from where they came. ANY help appreciated!!!

ELWELL, WAINWRIGHT, WETMORE posted by Mary Wetmore on Saturday, November 22, 1997
WETMORE, David born Oct. 12, 1801, married to WAINWRIGHT, Sally, born 1801. They were married in Cuyahoga County, OH, on April 6, 1824 . I do not know where in Cuyahoga County. They lived in this area for a number of years. At least six of their children were born in Ohio. Lewis D., Edmund, James, Sarah, Martha Ann, Betsey. David's parents were David WETMORE, of Rye, NY., & Polly ELWELL, of Salisbury, CT. Son James WETMORE is the branch of the family I'm researching.

AUSTIN, VINCENT posted by Kathy McConnell DeFoster on Monday, November 24, 1997
Looking for info on parents of Sarah A. VINCENT b. 17 March 1835 in Cuy ahoga county, Ohio. Mother Polly AUSTIN b. 1805; father Levi VINCENT b. 1800.

MCCURDY, SWEENY posted by James & Myrna Hoskins on Thursday, November 27, 1997
SWEENY & McCURDY. Searching for any information on Elizabeth MCCURDY b. 1868 in Ontario, married Pat SWEENY. Son Jack SWEENY was a physcian in Cleaveland. Any information would be greatly appreciated.Thank you.

PROUTY, SOULE posted by Elizabeth Stager on Thursday, November 27, 1997
Researching Charles Richard SOULE d. 9 April 1939 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He was the son of Charles Williams SOULE d. 7 June 1913 and his wife Ann Elizabeth PROUTY of Norwalk, Ohio. Would like to correspond with any of his decendants. Possible book in the making.

BRADFORD, BROWN, SCRANTON posted by Ron Carden on Saturday, November 29, 1997
I am looking for information on Mary SCRANTON BRADFORD (1832-1918, daughter of Joel and Irene Hickox SCRANTON. I am also looking for information about her husband William BRADFORD (1830-1871) who married Mary Scranton in May 1858. Mary Scranton was a well-known philanthropist in Cleveland, helping to establish the Cleveland School of Art. She also was an active member of Trinity Cathedral (Episcopal), donating to the establishment of a children's home in the city. Her adopted daughter Ella SCRANTON BRADFORD (1857-1935) married Bishop William Montgomery BROWN (1855-1937) in 1885.

FENSKY, MALZAHN, TISCH posted by Worth S. Anderson on Saturday, November 29, 1997
TISCH/FENSKY: Seeking information on my great-grandfather's TISCH immigration companions, to hopefully determine where he was born. My great-grandfat her, Gottlib FENSKY, son of Samuel FENSKY and Maria MALZAHN, arrived in Baltimore 27 July 1893 n S.S. Darmstadt, out of Bremen. Passenger manifest lists him as age 18, Russia n, last residing in Plock (Poland), going to Cleveland, OH. Next to him are Emil TISCH, age 18, Russian, last residing in Plock, going to Cleveland, OH, and Er nestine TISCH, ge 15, Russian, last of Plock, going to Cleveland, OH. The TISCHes state they had a brother in Cleveland. Any information appreciated.


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