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The Faces and Families of Old Sullivan County

Group Eight


This is the eighth portfolio of the pictorial and material history of families originating from or having lived for extended periods of time in Sullivan County, PA. We continue to receive stories and pictures from various contributors to the Sullivan County Genealogical Web Page. My colleagues and I are grateful for this material and will endeavor to do our very best to preserve it and the associated history for posterity. Once again, these materials are presented in no particular order other than to provide you the reader with a visual and historical impression of life in our home county from 100 to 200 years ago. Comments and reflections are encouraged and invited.

INDEX of FAMILIES:

The Descendants of Charles Francis Richlin
The Descendants of John Hatton
The Family of Thomas Jackson Keeler
Powell and Lydia Hannant Bird
The Kratcoski Family

THE DESCENDANTS OF CHARLES FRANCIS RICHLIN

Updated July 2007


Amanda (Hostler) Richlin (1864-1950)
Wife of Judge Henry Richlin
Photo Contributed by Charles Place, her great-grandson
who obtained it from his mother, Barbara Jean (Richlin) Place,
wife of Alfred Place

We are grateful to Anne Reese Marshall and Carol Brotzman for compiling this history of the Richlin family. In doing so, they have extracted several Richlin obituaries from editorial work and transcriptions about the Richlins found in The Descendants of Joseph and Mary Borde Solinger on Faces and Families of Old Sullivan County, Group Six. This history presents, among other relationships, the intermarriage of the Marshall and Richlin families. The Marshall family photos presented below are from the collection of Anne Marshall. A further resource is the collection of black and white photos in The Richlin Gallery provided by Anne Marshall.

We are also grateful to Anthony "Tony" Kaney for additional information on the Richlin family origins in Germany and their immigration to the United States. Tony is a descendant of the Kahni family that settled in Sullivan county and was related by marriage to the Baumgartner and Richlin families. His comments are provided below. You can learn more about these related families at:

The Baumgartner Emigration, and
The Three Kahni Brothers, in Faces and Families of Old Sullivan County, Group Two.

According to Tony Kaney, the Richlin family had its origins in what is now Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. The pre-emigration data presetned here was collected by Tony and by a local German researcher from the microfilms of and actual records of the parish church of Eichsel-Adelhausen in Baden, now part of Rheinfelden in Baden-Wurttemberg. Post-emigration data was collected by Tony from the Sullivan County Genweb website on which this history appears, and from family data posted by researchers on the internet. It was not his intention to provide any kind of a comprehensive family history after the arrival in Sullivan county.

The surname spelling variations in Sullivan county reflect the uncertain spelling of the Richlin name in Germany. Among a dozen related families in the parish records spanning the approximate period of 1730-1850, all of the following spellings were used; Rietschli, Ruetschli, Rietschlin, Ruetschlin, Rietschle and Ruetschle. All must have been considered more or less equivalent, as several variants would commonly occur within the same family. Existing parish records begin about 1730; earlier documents were lost in a fire nearly a century ago.

The family in question for the purposes of our history was that of Joseph Ruetschle, born 30 July 1778 in Eichsel, and Magdalena Baumgartner, born 24 July 1791 in Eichsel. They were married 23 Oct 1815 in St. Gallus Kirche, Eichsel (Roman Catholic). This was the second marriage for Joseph. He was first married to Elisabeth Brugger, born 12 Dec 1769 in Eichsel, and died 21 Mar in Eichsel (no children). The parents of Joseph were Joseph Rietschle and Anna Maria Froeli (Froehlich), and the parents of Magdalena were Wendelin Baumgartner and Magdalena Brugger, all of Eichsel. The parents of Elisabeth Brugger were Joseph Brugger and Rosa Winkler, also of Eichsel. Joseph Ruetschli and Magdalena Baumgartner had the following children:

1. Alexander, born 27 Aug 1816 in Eichsel, married Kunigunda Roggenmoser 20 Feb 1843, Eichsel. He died May 29, 1904 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA, and is buried in St. Boniface Cemetery there.
2. Wendelin, born 3 Nov 1818 Eichsel. He married Elizabeth Litzelman ca 1848 and died 30 Sep 1896 in Sullivan County, PA.
3. Rosalia, born 6 Sep 1820 Eichsel, died 8 Sep 1820 Eichsel.
4. Martin, born 13 Dec 1821 Eichsel. He married Kunegunde Ruetschlin in Philadelphia in 1851. He died March 8, 1875 in Philadelphia and is buried in the Old Cathedral Cemetery.
5. Karl [Charles], born 15 Feb 1824 Eichsel. He married Mary M. Thall ca 1848 in Sullivan County and died 1 Sep 1892 in Sullivan County, PA.
6. Martha, born 23 Jun 1826 Eichsel. She married Frederick Trundt in 1847 in Sullivan County and died 1850-60 in Sullivan County, PA.
7. Carolina, born 25 Aug 1828 Eichsel. She married Bernhard Middendorf ca 1848 in Sullivan county, and married Gerhard Schweiter ca 1871 in Sullivan County, PA. She died 4 Feb 1887 in Sullivan County, PA.
8. Victoria, born 28 Nov 1830 Eichsel. She married Hiram Long 23 Jun 1850 in Sullivan County, and she died 12 Dec 1893 in Sullivan County, PA.
9. Rosalia, born 13 Feb 1834 Eichsel. She married George Welker ca 1849 in Sullivan County. She died 5 May 1883 in McKean County, PA.


According to local documents, the family struggled for existence after the death of Joseph on 3 Oct 1837 in Eichsel, and so Magdalena applied to the authorities for emigration documents. She and all of her 8 surviving children left Eichsel in February of 1846 for Le Havre, and thence on to America. They were headed for Sullivan County, PA, likely to join Magdalena’s brother, Joseph Baumgartner, who, with his wife Ursula Kaehni-Baumgartner, had settled there in 1832 and raised 13 children. By the time of the 1850 US census, we find them all established in Sullivan county with the exception of Martin, who settled in Philadelphia. Following are capsule summaries for each of the children which may serve as guides to further research.

1. Alexander Richley and his wife Kunigunda settled in Cherry township. In the 1850 census, we find his mother Magdalena Baumgartner-Ruetschle living with them. Alexander and Kunigunda had 2 children in Baden; Franz (Francis) born 1842, and Mary Magdalene born 1845, and then they had 3 more children after emigrating: Joseph born 1848, Katherine born 1853 and Henry born 1857 (though see below). Magdalena apparently perished before 1860, as she is not listed with the family in that or any later census. I was not able to find any evidence for her death or burial in Sullivan county, however, so her death date and burial location may be as yet unknown. Alexander’s wife Kunigunda apparently also died before 1860, since he is listed with a new wife, Mary, born 1813 in Baden. (Note: Kunigunda was born in Baden in 1820). Therefore, there is uncertainty about who was the mother of the children Katherine and Henry. Alexander and his family moved to Lycoming County before 1870, and settled near Williamsport. Members of the family are listed there in the census records through 1910.
2. Wendelin (Wendell Richley) settled in Cherry township and married Elizabeth Litzelman ca 1848 and they produced at least 10 children in the county. He died 30 Sep 1896. This family is extensively covered elsewhere on this website.
3. Martin Richley settled in Philadelphia, where he was a shoemaker. He married Kunegunde Ruetschlin in 1851 in Philadelphia. They lived in Germantown and were members of the parish of St. John Neumann. There, they had the following children: Charles (b 1851), William (b 1852), Caroline (b 1853), Henry (b 1856), Emma (b 1858) and Edward (b 1860).
4. Karl (Charles Richlin) settled eventually in Forks township, and married Mary M. Thall ca 1850. They raised several children there, and he died there on 1 Sep 1892. His family is discussed in detail in the following materials on this website.
5. Martha married Frederick Trundt (Trunt) in 1847 in Sullivan. They were parents to Victor, born 24 Nov 1848, Roseanna born 12 Sep 1850 and Adam born 7 Oct 1852. There was also in their family Mary, born 1846 to Frederick and his first wife Elizabeth Litzelswope. Both Frederick and Martha appear to have died before 1860, as they are not listed in the 1860 census and their children have been adopted by John and Elizabeth Dieffenbach in Sullivan County. I could find no additional data on Martha.
6. Carolina married Bernhard Middendorf of Sullivan County ca 1848, and then married Gerhard Schweiter of Sullivan County ca 1871 after Bernhard died. Carolina died 4 Feb 1887 in Sullivan County. YOu can learn more about this lineage at The Middendorf and Waples Families.
7. Victoria married Hiram Long of Sullivan county 23 Jun 1850. She died 12 Dec 1893 in Sullivan. You can read about this family at Julius and Mary Barth Long: Ancestors and Descendants.
8. Rosalia (Rosa) married George Welker of Williamsport ca 1849 and went to live in Williamsport, then to Wetmore, PA (McKean County). They had 3 children, and it appears that she and her husband also adopted, or at least took in, 2 of her sister Victoria Long’s children. She died in McKean County, PA on 5 May 1883.

There are several Richley graves in St. Basil Cemetery, Dushore, and several Richlin graves in St. Francis Cemetery in Overton; however, many of the graves of the earliest members of the family to live in Sullivan County have apparently not yet been found. There are many old burials at Peace Church and Zion Lutheran, but as to finding any of the Ruetschlis buried in Peace/Old Zion, Tony doubts it, since the Richlins were Catholics. More likely they are out in the back yard of a homestead somewhere. He noticed that in the case of two of the Ruetschli daughters who had married Lutheran men (horrors!), the husbands were buried at Old Zion and the wives in St. Basil's. There seems to have been a sufficiently strong Roman Catholic clerical presence in the county back then so that defections were kept to a minimum. However, many of these German relations and in-laws are mentioned or listed in the Original Old Zion and Peace Church Records.



Tony Kaney
January 2007

Tony provides this postscript on research credits as well:

Nearly all of the pre-immigration data on the Sullivan County website for the Joseph and Ursula Baumgartner family, the Joseph and Anna Litzelswope family, the three Kaehni brothers, now the Richley/Richlins, was provided by a local researcher before and during our respective visits to Germany to meet him and seek our roots. This individual deserves recognition for his essential contributions and years of research. He has also just written a book on the fates of emigrants from Eichsel parish, describing the Sullivan families listed above, with coverage of county history, obits, and other tidbits that Marie Brasington and I have provided to him over the years. I will acquire a copy for the library in Dushore, even though it is written in German. His name is Adolf G. Kaehny (my 5th cousin!), 36 Rheintalstrasse, D79618 Rheinfelden-Adelhausen, Germany.

 

The Charles Richlin family arrived from Baden, Germany to settle in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania. They intertwine with many of the old local families from Sullivan, Bradford, Wyoming and Susquehanna Counties in Pennsylvania.

From Ingham's History of Sullivan County, 1899:

Charles F. Ritchlin was widely and favorably known in Forks township and took an active part in public affairs. He was born in Baden, Germany, where he acquired a good education and afterward served as a soldier in the German army. When a young man he crossed the Atlantic to the new world and located in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. There he married Miss Mary M. Tahl (Thall), who was born in that locality, and was a representative of a prominent German family. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchlin begn their domestic life in Forks township, where the father of our subject improved a farm which he afterwards sold to John Kane. He then removed to the farm upon where our subject now resides -- then a tract of wild land covered with a growth of native forest trees. These he at once bagan to clear away in order to prepare the land for the plow, and in course of time he transformed the undeveloped tract into a finely cultivated farm of ninety-three acres. There he engaged in raising both grain and stock, planted a good orchard, built a substantial residence, and made many other excellent improvements. He was a staunch Democrat in his political views, and for twenty-eight years served as tax collector, while for thirty-two years he was justice of the peace, and during all that time not a case which he tried was ever taken to the higher courts -- a fact which stands in unmistakable evidence of the soundness and justice of his decisions. In his family were sixteen children, but the greater number died in infancy or childhood. Only four are now living: Joseph, a resident of Forks township; Frank, a resident of Laporte, Pennsylvania; Henry; and Mary, wife of Bernard Hanck, of Sullivan county. The father died at the age of sixty-seven years, and the community thereby lost one of its most valued citizens-- a man whom to know was to respect and honor.
1855-became US citizen
1893-Inspector Election Board
1897-Tax collector for 28 years

Editor's Note: The last two dates are incorrect, since Charles died in 1892.

Generation No. 1

Charles Frank1 Richlin was born about 1824 in his native Baden, Germany, and died September 01, 1892 in Pennsylvania, achieving an age of 68 years, 6 months and 16 days.  He married Mary Magdelena Thall, daughter of Dennis Thall and Magdelena _________. She was born about 1828 in PA, and died June 01, 1895 in Pennsylvania, age 67 years. Both are buried in the Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery in Overton, PA. Here they appear with their family in the Forkston Township, Wyoming County, PA federal census in 1880.

1880 Federal Census Forkston TWP

 S. Charles RICHLIN   Self   M   Male   W   56   BADEN   Farmer   BADEN   BADEN 

 Mary RICHLIN   Wife   M   Female   W   52   PA   Keeping House   BADEN   BADEN 

 Joseph RICHLIN   Son   S   Male   W   27   PA   Laborer   BADEN   PA 

 Frank RICHLIN   Son   S   Male   W   22   PA   Laborer   BADEN   PA 

 Henry RICHLIN   Son   S   Male   W   17   PA   Works At Home   BADEN   PA 

 A. Julia RICHLIN   Dau   S   Female   W   14   PA   At Home   BADEN   PA 

 A. Mary RICHLIN   Dau   S   Female   W   12   PA   At Home   BADEN   PA 

Here is some further information about these children:

+ 2  i.     Joseph A2 Richlin, born June 1852; died 1937.

   3 ii.     Caroline Richlin, born about 1855.

4     iii.     Frank (Francis) C. Richlin, born April 17, 1858; died 1936. Burial: Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery, Overton, PA

+ 5     iv.     Honorable Judge Henry T Richlin, born January 06, 1863 in Overton, PA; died April 01, 1936 in Overton, PA.

   6 v.     A. Julia Richlin, born about 1866.

+ 7     vi.     Allie "Mary" Richlin, born July 1867.

Generation No. 2

2.  Joseph A2 Richlin (Charles Frank1) was born June 1852 and died 1937.  He married Emma H Shrimp September 14, 1880, daughter of Henry Shrimp and Mary Shaffer.  She was born March 1860, and died September 07, 1929. Burials: Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery.

Children of Joseph Richlin and Emma Shrimp were:

+ 8  i.     Charles3 Richlin, born August 1882.

+ 9 ii.     Alfred H. Richlin, born July 25, 1887 (alternative: July 1888 census date, headstone has 1887); died March 20, 1949.

   10   iii.     Mary Margaret Richlin, born October 30, 1890 in Dushore, PA; she died April 23, 1962 in Endicott, Broome County, NY. She was married to Charles Fred Sherman.

   11   iv.     Bessie Richlin, born April 1895.

   12    v.     Sarah (Sadie) Richlin, born February 1898.

3.  Frank (Francis) C. Richlin (Charles Frank1) was born 1858 and died 1936. Burial: Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery.

There is a note in the Sullivan Review for April 4, 1894, under Albany News, that Charles Yonkin of Cherry Mills has purchased the Kshinka farm and that his son-in-law, Frank Richlin, will take possession of it in the Spring. This actually should refer to Francis Richley (1865-1947), not to Francis "Richlin". These names are commonly confused even in semi-offical records such as newspapers and local histories.

5. Honorable Judge Henry T2 Richlin (Charles Frank1) was born January 06, 1863 in Overton, PA, and died April 01, 1936 in Overton, PA.  He married Amanda Hostler in 1884. That data was found in 1900 Forksville Census. She was the daughter of Henry Hostler and Sarah Solinger.  She was born October 1864 in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, and died in August 1950. Burials for both were in the Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery

As shown below, on the 1880 census, Amanda Hostler was residing in Forks Township with her uncle, Samuel Epler:

Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

 Samuel EPLER   Self   M   Male   W   63   PA   Farmer   PA   PA 

 Sarah EPLER   Wife   M   Female   W   65   PA   Keeping House   PA   PA 

 H. Daniel EPLER   Son   S   Male   W   25   PA   Works On Farm   PA   PA 

 Amanda HOSLER   Niece   S   Female   W   15   PA   At Home   PA   PA 

 William NEVIL   GSon   S   Male   W   15   PA   At Home   PA   PA 

 

From Streby's History of Forks (1903):

Henry Richlin was born in Forks Township. He was a son of Charles F and Mary M. (Thall) Richlin. Charles F. Richlin was a native of Baden, Germany, and came to America when a young man, locating in Forks Township, first on the farm owned by John Kani and later on the farm now owned by his son Henry. Charles F. Richlin served as tax collector of Forks Township for twenty-eight years and as justice of the peace thirty-two years. In 1897, Henry Richlin was elected tax collector of Forks Township, serving three years. Mr. Richlin has always taken an active part in local affairs. In 1884 he married Amanda Hostler, a native of Columbia County, PA. She was a daughter of Henry F. and Sarah (Solinger) Hostler. To Mr. and Mrs. Richlin four children have been born: Alice M., William Henry, James Morton and Carl Francis........

One of the most popular and faithful officers of Forks township, Sullivan county, is Henry Ritchlen, who is now serving as tax collector, to which position he was elected in 1879 for a three-years term. He is numbered among the progressive and enterprising citizens of the community, and is a wide-awake and practical farmer who owes his success in life to his own well directed efforts and careful management of business interests.

Mr. Ritchlen represents one of the old and prominent families of the county. His father, Charles F. Ritchlen, was widely and favorably known in Forks township and took an active part in public affairs. He was born in Baden, Germany, where he acquired a good education and afterward served as a soldier in the German army. When a young man he crossed the Atlantic to the new world and located in Sullivan county, Pennsylvania. There he married Miss Mary M. Tahl, who was born in that locality, and was a representative of a prominent German family. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchlen begn their domestic life in Forks township, where the father of our subject improved a farm which he afterwards sold to John Kane. He then removed to the farm upon where our subject now resides -- then a tract of wild land covered with a growth of native forest trees. These he at once bagan to clear away in order to prepare the land for the plow, and in course of time he transformed the undeveloped tract into a finely cultivated farm of ninety-three acres. There he engaged in raising both grain and stock, planted a good orchard, built a substantial residence and made many other excellent improvements. He was a stanch Democrat in his political views, and for twenty-eight years served as tax collector, while for thirty-two years he was justice of the peace, and during all that time not a case which he tried was ever taken tot he higher courts -- a fact which stands in unmistakable evidence of the soundness and justice of his decisions. In his family were sixteen children, but the greater number died in infancy or childhood. Only four are now living: Joseph, a resident of Forks township; Frank, a resident of Laporte, Pennsylvania; Henry; and Mary, wife of Bernard Hanck, of Sullivan county. The father died at the age of sixty-seven years, and the community thereby lost one of its most valued citizens-- a man whom to know was to respect and honor. Henry Ritchlen was reared to manhood on his father's farm, trained to hapits of industry and honesty, early becoming familiar with all the duties that fall to the lot of the agriculturist, and acquired a good education in the public schools. He spent one season in the lumber woods near Oskosh, Wisconsin, and for a number of winters worked in the lumber woods of Sullivan county, but has given the greater part of his time and attention to farming, and has now a valuable and productive tract of land, much of which is under a high state of cultivation. He manages his business interests with system and energy, and in addition to the cultivation of grain he raises horses and cattle of a high grade. In 1884 Mr. Ritchlen was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Hostler, who was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Henry F. Hostler and Sarah (Solinburg) Hostler. The latter is now deceased. Four children have been born of this union: Alice M., William Henry, James Morton and Carl Francis, aged respectively thirteen, ten, six and two years. Mr. Ritchlen is one of the most active supporters of the Democratic party in his township and does all in his power to promote its growth and insure its success. He is now serving as township tax collector, and discharges his duties in a most prompt and faithful manner. He is one of the intelligent and progressive citizens of the community, frank and genial in mannner, and his genuine worth has won him the high regard of many friends.

In 1900, this family was on the Forksville census

January 17, 1910, Judge Richlin was shot in the leg by Charles Kahni who was found not guilty by reason of insanaity and sent to an asylum. The wound made Henry very cranky in his old age.

Newspaper articles reveal much about the Richlin families, from momentous occasions to simple run-of-the-mill events in a small town. Here are some examples::

The Sullivan Review
Dushore, PA
April 9, 1896
Lopez news:

Misses Amelia and Mary AMBS spent Monday with their uncle, Frank RICHLIN.

or

The Sullivan Review
April 8, 1936

Hon. Henry Richlin died at his home at Overton, Wednesday, April 1st, at the age of 75 years. Mr. Richlin has been ill for some time. For a number of years Mr. Richlin has been one of the well-known merchants in Overton. Earlier in life he was a farmer in Forks Township, and during that time was elected Associate Judge for Sullivan County serving one term of 6 years.

He is survived by his wife and seven children; Alice of Rock Springs, Wyoming; William, Martin and Theodore of East Forks; Carl of Rochester; Mrs. Mildred Marshall of Overton; and Marie at home. One sister, Mrs. Mary Rider of Overton and two brothers, Frank and Joseph Richlin of Forks Township, also survive him. Thirteen grandchildren also survive.

Funeral service was held Saturday morning in St. Francis Church, Overton. The burial was in the adjoining cemetery.

The Sullivan Review
August 17, 1950

Mrs. Amanda Richlin, widow of the late associate Judge Henry Richlin, died at her home at Overton, Wednesday, at the age of 86 years.

Mrs. Richlin is survived by the following children: Mrs. Gerald Glynn of Rock Spring, Wyo.; Mrs. Joseph Marshall and Mrs. Anderson Leljedal of Overton; Martin and Theodore Richlin of Dushore; William Richlin of Elmira; Carl Richlin of Rochester; 20 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

The funeral service was held Friday morning at 10 o’clock at St. Francis-Xavier church, Overton. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery.

Children of Honorable Henry Richlin and Amanda Hostler were:

+ 13     i.     Alice (Allie) Mary3 Richlin, born June 21, 1886 in Overton, PA; died March 24, 1972 in Memorial Hospital, Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. She had been a patient 20 days. She married Gerald Glynn on July 7, 1907 in Old Forge, PA. They had one daughter, Edna Glynn.

+ 14    ii.     William (Bill) Henry Richlin, born October 17, 1888; died 1977 in Elmira, New York. He married Anna Bahr, born March 27, 1898 and died Deptember 1989 in the Miami, Florida area.

+ 15   iii.     James (Martin) Richlin, born March 30, 1893 in Forks Twp., Sullivan County, PA; died February 1983 in the Skilled Care Nursing Unit, Towanda Hospital, Towanda, PA.

   16   iv.     Carl F Richlin, born April 12, 1897; died May 22, 1976 in Saint Johns Home, Rochester, New York.  Burial: May 25, 1976, St. Francis Xavier Church, Overton, PA

The Sullivan Review
May 27, 1976

Carl F. Richlin, 79, former Sullivan County resident, died late Saturday afternoon, May 22, 1976, at St. John’s Home in Rochester, N.Y.
He was born in Sullivan County on April 12, 1897, the son of Henry and Amanda Hostler Richlin. He had been a resident of the Rochester area for 60 years.
He was a mechanic by trade and had his own garage in W. Henrietta, N.Y.
Surviving are two brothers, William Richlin of Elmira and Martin Richlin of Dushore; two sisters, Mrs. George (Mereata) Leljedal of Overton and Mrs. Mildred Marshall of Overton.
Funeral services were held May 25 at the Regina Tubach Homer Funeral Home, Dushore, followed by a Mass of Christian burial in St. Francis Xavier Church, Overton, Interment was in the parish cemetery.

+ 17    v.     Theodore Roosevelt Richlin, born April 22, 1905 in Forks Township, Sullivan County, PA; died February 23, 1973 in the home of his son James at New Albany, PA.

+ 18   vi.     Mildred Amanda (Millie) Richlin, born September 17, 1907; died December 03, 1996. Married Joseph Ambrose Marshall, born December 22, 1897 and died October 11, 1966. They had two children: Jean and William.

+ 19  vii.     Anna Mereata (Edie) Richlin, born February 15, 1909 in Forks Township, Sullivan County, PA; died October 06, 1981 in Overton, PA.


Millie and Edie Richlin
Sisters As Children
Photo Contributed by Anne Reese Marshall

7.  Allie "Mary"2 Richlin (Charles Frank1) was born July 1867.  She married (1) Bernard Houck, son of Francis Houck.  Bernard was born about 1866 and died in November 07, 1899 in Overton, PA, age 33 years.  Burial: SS Phillip & James Church Cemetery, Overton, PA. Thereafter, she married (2) Mr. Rider. 

"Mary" Richlin is in Forksville for the 1900 census, with her two children and nephew, Alfred Richlin. She is widowed. Her last name is spelled Hauck not the familiar Houck we see in the area now.

She is in Overton according to The History of Overton in 1910 as a resident. That is the soruce for the age and death date of her first husband.

Children of Allie Richlin and Bernard Houck were:

   20     i.     Harry B.3 Houck, born March 1898.

   21    ii.     Hannah A Houck, born December 1899.

Generation No. 3

8.  Charles3 Richlin (Joseph A2, Charles Frank1) was born August 1882.  He married Amelia Thall, daughter of Dennis Thall and Magdelena ________. 

The child of Charles Richlin and Amelia Thall was:

+ 22     i.     Howard4 Richlin.

9.  Alfred H.3 Richlin (Joseph A2, Charles Frank1) was born July 25, 1887, and he died March 20, 1949.  He married Ella Krouse, the daughter of Bertha Yanney and George Krouse.  She was born February 12, 1907. Burials for both are in the Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery

 He is residing with Mary Houck, according to the 1900 Forksville census, as her nephew. I believe he is actually the child of Joseph and Emma Shrimp Richlin, Mary's brother and his wife.

The ancestry of Ella Krouse can be found in the History of the Benjamin Sayman Family in Faces and Families, Group Four:

Bertha Nora Yanney, born Nov. 15, 1885; died Sept. 26, 1934. She married George Krouse, who was born Aug. 7, 1879 and died Feb. 16, 1932. They raised two foster children. Ella and Alverta Krouse. Bertha Yanney was a Sayman descendant. The foster children are not biological descendants of the Saymans; however, they are recorded with them in their family history. Ella outlived her husband, Alfred Richlin, and subsequently married Henry Litzelman, as per the following obituary:

The Sullivan Review
October 6, 1977

Mrs. Ella Litzelman, 70, of Forks Township, Dushore RD 2, died Oct. 3, 1977 at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania following a lingering illness.
She was born Feb. 12, 1907, in Sullivan County, a daughter of George and Fiat Bentley Crouse [sic]. She was a lifetime resident of Sullivan County.
She was a member of Saint Paul’s United Church of Christ in Overton.
Her husband, Henry Litzelman, died June 20, 1969.
She is survived by three sons, Elwood Richlin of Dushore RD 2, Joseph Richlin, Phelps, NY, and Bruce V. Richlin of Towanda RD 4; one daughter, Mrs. George (Zeta) Ballantine of New Albany RD; two brothers, Arthur Bentley of Lopez and Henry Bentley of Hollywood, FL; three sisters, Mrs. John (Agnes) Shiline of Michigan, Mrs. Mamie Bay of New York State and Mrs. Lawrence (Alverta) Rohe of Dushore RD 2; also a stepson, Larue Litzelman of New Albany RD ** [see obituary below]; 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be held Thursday, Oct. 6 at 2 o’clock in Saint Paul’s United Church of Christ in Overton. Officiating will be the Rev. Fred B. Spyker, her pastor.
Interment will be in the adjoining parish cemetery. Russell P. McHenry, Funeral Home, Dushore, PA made the funeral arrangements.

**
Daily Review
Towanda, PA
April 14, 2009

LaRue D. Litzelman, 93, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2009, at Dar-Way Elder Care in Forksville, Pa. He was born on June 19, 1915, in Forks Township, Sullivan County, Pa., a son of the late Henry and Martha [see Editor's Note below] Litzelman.
On Oct. 11, 2008, he was preceded in death by his wife, the late Mary Litzelman.
Prior to his retirement he was a self-employed logger.
He is survived by two nieces, Jane Hoover of Forksville and Mary Loose of Hamburg, Pa.; by two great-nephews, Jim Hoover of Etters, Pa., and John Hoover of Lykens, Pa.; and by three great-nieces, Kathy Davis of Mohnton, Pa., Denise Laity of Hamburg and Renee Faus of Millville, Pa. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, in Greenwood Cemetery, in Elkland Township.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Russell P. McHenry Funeral Home, 119 Carpenter St., Dushore, Pa.

**
Daily Review
Towanda, PA
October 13, 2008

Mrs. Mary Rosamond Litzelman, age 87, wife of LaRue Litzelman, of 1907 Campbellville Road, New Albany, Pa., passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, Oct. 11, 2008, at her home in Forks Township.
Mary was born Sept. 21, 1921, on Bear Mountain, Estella, Pa., a daughter of the late Frank W. and Laura Birdsall Vargason. She graduated from Loyalsock High School, a member of the class of 1940.
She and her husband, LaRue, were very involved in timbering and operating a small sawmill their whole lives. Mary could repair most of the equipment and also operated the dozer as well as any professional logger.
Mary spent her life taking care of her husband and enjoyed visiting with her family and friends throughout Sullivan County.
Surviving are: her spouse, LaRue; two nieces, Jane Hoover of Forksville, Pa., and Mary Ann Loose of Hamburg, Pa.; two great nephews, Jim Hoover of Etters and John Hoover of Likens; and three grandnieces Renee Faus of Millville, Pa., Kathleen Davis of Mohnton and Denise Laity of Bernville, Pa. She is also survived by her two close friends and caregivers, George and Patricia Wettlaufer of Dushore, Pa.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore, with the Rev. Darcy Miller officiating. Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery, Elkland Township, Pa.
Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service on Wednesday at the Homer Funeral Home.
To send condolences or sign the e-guestbook, please go to homerfuneralhome.com

 Editor's Note: Incidentally, Henry Litzelman was previously married to Angela ["Angie"] Lucy Davis (1890-1950); this woman appears to have been the biological mother of Larue Davis Litzelman, not the "Martha" mentioned in his obituary above, which is likely an entry error. Henry and Angie married in 1912. He was the son of George J. Litzelman and Sarah E. Shrimp, thereby bringing up the Shrimp relationship once again.

Children of Alfred Richlin and Ella Krouse were:

   23     i.     Elwood Paul4 Richlin, born June 09, 1925.  He married Edith Lynch; born October 09, 1921; died in 2000. Burial was in Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery, Overton, PA

+ 24    ii.     Joseph Alfred Richlin, born September 15, 1926; died January 02, 1986.

+ 25   iii.     Zeta Marie Richlin, born July 08, 1932.

+ 26   iv.     Vincent Bruce Richlin, born February 20, 1935; died March 03, 1994.

13.  Alice (Allie) Mary3 Richlin (Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1) was born June 21, 1886 in Overton, PA, and died March 24, 1972 in Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.  She married Gerald C Glynn on July 07, 1907 in Old Forge, PA.

The Sullivan Review
April 13, 1972

Mary Alice Glynn, Rock Springs, Wyoming, died March 24, 1972, in the Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. She had been a patient 20 days.
She was born June 21, 1886, in Sullivan County, a daughter of Henry and Amanda Hostler Richlin. Mrs. Glynn had resided in Rock Springs since 1936. She is survived by her husband Gerald G. and a daughter, Mrs. Edna Andersons, both of Rock Springs; four brothers, Martin Richlin, Dushore; William Richlin, Elmira; Carl Richlin, Henrietta, N.Y. and Theodore Richlin, Overton; two sisters Mrs. Joseph (Mildred) Marshall and Mrs. Mereata Leljedal, both of Overton; several grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
The funeral services were held at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Rock Springs. The Rev. Charles A. Bartek officiated. Burial was in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens.

The child of Alice Richlin and Gerald Glynn was:

   27     i.     Edna4 Glynn.  She married Mr. Gibbons. She is identifed as "Mrs. Gibbons" in the: Reese/Marshall Family History. However, she is identified as "Mrs. Anderson" in her mother’s obit, so she presumably was married more than once.

14.  William (Bill) Henry3 Richlin (Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1) was born October 17, 1888, and died 1977 in Elmira, New York.  He married Anna Bahr, the daughter of John Bahr and Dora Dunn.  She was born March 27, 1898 in Wayne, New York, and died in September 1989.

Source: Social Security data:

Anna Richlin    Birth Date: 27 Mar 1898
Death Date: Sep 1989
Miami, Dade County, Florida

Children of William Richlin and Anna Bahr were:

   28     i.     Lucille4 Richlin; she married Mr Grinolds.

   29    ii.     Virginia Richlin.

15.  James (Martin)3 Richlin (Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1) was born March 30, 1893 in Forks Twp., Sullivan County, PA, and died February 1983 in Skilled Care Nursing Unit, Towanda Hospital, Towanda, PA.  He married Helen Shilkoskie, daughter of Francis Shilkoskie and Nellie Orlowsky.  She was born January 28, 1910 in West Wyoming, PA, and died April 14, 2003 in The Highlands at LaPorte, PA. Burials: Saint Basil's Cemetery, Dushore, PA

The Sullivan Review
March 3, 1983

Martin J. Richlin, 89, of Cherry Township, Sullivan County, died Feb. 23, 1983, in the Skilled Care Nursing Unit of Towanda Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Born March 30, 1893, in Forks Twp., Sullivan County, he was a son of Henry and Amanda Hostler Richlin.
A lifelong resident of Sullivan County, he was a member of St. Basil’s Catholic Church.
He had been a farmer in Sullivan County, and had retired from Muncy Valley Industries in the early 1960’s. He also had been employed by the former Pennsylvania Department of Highways for 17 years.
Mr. Richlin and his wife, the former Helen Shilkoskie, observed their 56th wedding anniversary last September.
Surviving, besides his wife, are five daughters, Mrs. Alfred Place, of Meshoppen, Mrs. David Miller, of Elmira, NY; Mrs. Margaret Hawley, of Dushore, Mrs. Ellery Weaver, of Dushore RD, and Mrs. David Wood, of Groton, MA; a son, John M. of Dushore RD; a sister, Mrs. Mildred Marshall, of Overton; 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A prayer service was held Saturday at McHenry’s followed by Mass at the church. Burial was in the church cemetery. The Rev. Eugene Carr, his pastor, officiated.

The Daily Review
Towanda, PA
April 15, 2003

Mrs. Helen Shilkoskie Richlin, age 93, of Forks Township, Sullivan County, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2003, at the Highlands in Laporte, PA.
Helen was born Jan. 28, 1910, in West Wyoming, PA., a daughter of the late Francis and Nellie Ostrosky Shilkoskie.
Helen worked for the former Weldon Manufacturing Co. in Lopez, Pennsylvania., and later the Towanda Silk Mill and Dushore Lingerie in Dushore. She retired from the Endicott Johnson Manufacturing Co. of Mildred, in 1971. She was married to Martin J. Richlin of Forks Township, who predeceased her in 1983.
Helen lived in Forks Township most of her life and was an accomplished gardener and an expert in crocheting.
Helen was a member of St. Basil's Church, Dushore, and a member of the former Altar and Rosary Society.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, John M. and Elaine Richlin of Dushore; daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Alfred Place of Meshoppen, Betty Miller of Elmira, N.Y., Margaret and Bernard Fedroff Montoursville, PA., Maxine Weaver of Dushore and Sylvia Richlin of Roseville, California; a sister, Leona Richlin of Dushore; 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Helen was predeceased by two sons-in-law, Ellery Weaver Jr. of Dushore and David Miller of Elmira, N.Y.; three sisters, Stella Pinkowski of Nanticoke, PA., Sister Honoria Paluskie (Franciscan sister) and Marian Shilkoskie of Nanticoke; and a brother, John Shilkoskie of Dushore.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Basil's Church, Dushore, with the Rev. Gerard L. Hawley, her grandson, pastor of St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Hawley, PA., presiding. Interment will be in St. Basil's Cemetery.
There will be no visitation and the family will provide the flowers. Memorials are directed to the St. Basil's Restoration Fund, PO Box 307, Dushore, PA. 18614.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore.

Children of James Richlin and Helen Shilkowski were:

+ 30     i.     Barbara Jane4 Richlin, born November 28, 1927.

   31    ii.     Betty Richlin; she married David Miller.

   32   iii.     John M Richlin; he married Elaine.

   33   iv.     Margaret Richlin; she married (1) Mr. Hawley.  She married (2) Robert Fedroff.

+ 34    v.     Maxine Richlin.

   35   vi.     Sylvia Richlin.

17.  Theodore Roosevelt3 Richlin (Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1) was born April 22, 1905 in Forks Township, Sullivan County, PA, and died February 23, 1973 in the home of his son James at New Albany, PA.  He married Leona Shilkoskie.  Theodore was buried February 26, 1973 in Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery, Overton, PA as a WWII Veteran. Leona was born March 9, 1916 and died September 12, 2008.

The Sullivan Review
March 1, 1973

Theodore R. Richlin, 67, lifelong Forks Township, Dushore, R.D. 2 resident, died February 23, 1973, at the home of his son James of New Albany, R.D. 2 where he suffered a heart attack.
Mr. Richlin was born in Forks Township, April 22, 1905, son of Henry and Amanda Hostler ( Hostler ) Richlin.
He had been engaged in farming most of his life having retired two years ago.
Mr. Richlin was a member of St. Francis Xavier Church, Overton, New Albany R.D. 2.
Surviving are his widow, the former Leona Shilkowski of Dushore; three sons, James of New Albany, R.D. 2; Raymond of Dushore, R.D. 1; Carl of Pinella Park, Fla., two daughters, Mrs. Theresa Weaver of Dushore; Mrs. Ruth Thomas of Forksville, R.D. 1; Three brothers, William of Elmira; Martin of Dushore; Carl of Rochester; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Marshall of New Albany, R.D. 2; Mrs. Merita Leljedal of New Albany, R.D 2; a son, Francis died in 1952 while in the Armed Forces; 12 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held February 26 at the Tubach Funeral Home, Dushore with a Mass of Resurrection celebrated in St. Francis Xavier Church, Overton.

P. DEAN HOMER FUNERAL HOME
Dushore, PA
September 12, 2008

Mrs. Leona Richlin, age 92, of Dushore, PA passed away peacefully on Friday, September 12, 2008 at the Skilled Nursing Unit of the Memorial Hospital, Towanda, PA.
Leona was born in West Wyoming, PA on March 9, 1916 a daughter of the late Francis & Nellie Ostrowski Shilkowski. Her family moved to Overton in 1920 and she married Theodore R. Richlin on January 19, 1931. He predeceased her on February 23, 1973.
Leona and her husband operated a dairy farm in Forks Township most of their lives. After retiring she moved to Cherry Mills. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She also worked at the former Herman V. Rynveld’s Son Corp. in New Albany and the former Endicott-Johnson Shoe Mfg. Co. of Mildred, PA. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Dushore and a member of the Altar and Rosary Society, a life member of VFW Post 384 Auxiliary, New Albany, and a member of Loyalsock Post 996 American Legion Auxiliary, Dushore, PA. Leona very much enjoyed playing cards and bingo.
Surviving: Three sons: James H. (Mary) Richlin New Albany, PA; Raymond E. (Shirley) Richlin Dushore, PA; Carl J. Richlin Dushore, PA
Two daughters: Mrs. Theresa Weaver Dushore, PA; Mrs. Ruth (Ronald) Thomas Forksville, PA
13 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son, Theodore Francis Richlin on Dec. 25, 1952 and two infant children; and 4 sisters, Sister Honoria Shilkowski IHM, Scranton; Stella Pinkoski and Marian Shilkowski both of Nanticoke; and Helen Richlin of Dushore; a brother, John Shilkowki of Dushore.
A Transferal Service will be held on Tuesday, Sept 16, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. from the P. Dean HOMER Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore, PA and will be followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 A.M. at St. Francis Xavier Church, Overton, PA with the Rev. Joseph R. Hornick, her pastor, presiding. Interment will be in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Overton, PA.
Friends may call on Monday, Sept. 15th from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. and from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. The member of St. Basil’s – St. Francis Altar and Rosary Society will recite the rosary at 3:00 P.M. at the funeral home. To send condolences or sign the e-guestbook, please go to homerfuneralhome.com

Children of Theodore Richlin and Leona Shilkoskie were:

   36     i.     James4 Richlin; he married Mary Fassett.

Note: Per our contributor, Carol Brotzman, the clippings of Mae Fassett contains the following item, a yellowed newspaper entry with no date or source:

MISS  MARY FASSETT, A DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE FASSETT OF NEW ALBANY, TO  WED JAMES  RICHLIN  SON OF MR. AND MRS. THEODORE RICHLIN AT THE   ST  FRANCIS  XAVIER CHURCH OVERTON ON JUNE 1  .

Mae also made notes that James and Mary had two girls and a boy

   37    ii.     Francis Theodore Richlin, born April 13, 1932; died December 25, 1952 in Germany.

   38   iii.     Theresa Richlin; she married Mr. Weaver.

   39   iv.     Carl Richlin.

   40    v.     Raymond Richlin.

   41   vi.     Ruth Richlin; she married Mr. Thomas.

18.  Mildred Amanda (Millie)3 Richlin (Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1) was born September 17, 1907, and died December 03, 1996. She married Joseph Ambrose Marshall, born December 22, 1897, and died October 11, 1966.

Children of Mildred Richlin and Johseph Ambrose Marshall were:

   42     i.     Jean Marshall. She was born April 21, 1928 in Overton, PA and died March 1, 2009 at the Arnot-Ogden Medical Cneter in Elmira, NY. Jean was the widow of John O. Strong, whom she married in 1947. [see obituary below]

Star-Gazette
Elmira, NY
March 4, 2009

STRONG, Jean M.

A longtime resident of the Pine City, NY Community passed away Sunday, March 1, 2009 at the Arnot-Ogden Medical Center following an illness at the age of 80. Born on April 21, 1928 in Overton, PA, Jean was the daughter of the late, Joseph & Mildred Richlin Marshall. She was a graduate of St. Basil's High School in Dushore, PA. Jean married John O. Strong in 1947 and he predeceased her in 1990. Very community minded, Jean was well known, very social and was a communicant of St. Mary's Church for many years. She retired from the Star-Gazette where she was employed as a Librarian. Jean is survived by her brother, William Marshall, New Milford, PA; nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, cousins and cherished friends. Family and friends will be received at Caywood's Funeral Home & Gardens, 1126 Broadway, Elmira, NY on Saturday, March 7 2009 from 9-10 a.m. Funeral Services will follow at 10 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place Saturday afternoon in St. Basil's Church, 101 Churchill St. Dushore, PA 18614 at 1 p.m. Graveside services will follow in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Overton, PA. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer's Association, 435 E. Henrietta Rd., Rochester, NY 14620 in her memory.

   43    ii.     William Marshall.

19.  Anna Mareata3 Richlin (Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1) was born February 15, 1909 in Forks Township, Sullivan County, PA, and died October 06, 1981 in Overton, PA.  She married (1) Ambrose Marshall, son of Joseph Marshall (1866-1942) and May Kelly.(1873-1946)  He was born 1907, and died November 05, 1931 in Waverly, New York, as the result of being shot in a hunting accident.  She then married (2) George (Andy) Leljedal after 1930.  He was born May 26, 1916.  All burials: St. Francis Xavier Church Cemetery, Overton. Ambrose Marshall’s burial was November 07, 1931.


Joseph "Joe" Marshall (1866-1942)
Husband of May Kelly
Father of Ambrose Marshall
Photo Contributed by Anne Reese Marshall


May Kelly (1873-1946)
Wife of Joseph Marshall
Mother of Ambrose Marshall
Photo Contributed by Anne Reese Marshall
May Kelly was the older sister of Agnes Elizabeth Kelly (1885-1960) who married Peter Francis Sweeney
and was the grandmothr of Sullivan County historian Bob Sweeney.


Ambrose Marshall (1907-1931)
First Husband of Anna Mareata "Edie" Richlin
Father of Robert Francis Marshall (1931-1993)

Photo Contributed by Anne Reese Marshall


"Edie" Richlin
Widow of Ambrose Marshall
Then Wife of George "Andy" Leljedal
Photo Contributed by Anne Reese Marshall

The Sullivan Review
October 8, 1981

Mrs. Mareata Leljedal, 72, of Overton, died Oct. 6, 1981 at her home.
She was born Feb. 15, 1909 in Forks Twp., a daughter of Henry and Amanda Hostler Richlin.
She was a lifelong resident of Overton, where she worked with her father in a merchandising store. After her father died, she operated the business until ill health forced her to close it.
She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Church, Overton and St. Basil’s Altar and Rosary Society. She was a sacristan of the Altar with the late Elizabeth Litzelman for many years.
Surviving are her husband, George (Andy) Leljedal at home; two sons, Robert Marshall, Phoenix, AZ, Edward, Powell, PA; one daughter, Mrs. Patricia Dibble, Dana, IN; one brother, Martin Richlin, Dushore; a sister, Mrs. Mildred Marshall, Overton; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 10:15 a.m. at the P. Dean Home Funeral Home, Dushore, followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 11 a.m. in St. Francis Xavier Church, Overton, Rev. John Polinsky will be the Celebrant of the Mass. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4p.m and from 7-9 p.m. Recitation of the Rosary by members of the Altar and Rosary Society will be held Thursday at 3 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. Francis Xavier Church.

The Sullivan Review
Nov. 11, 1931

Ambrose Marshall died at the Tioga hospital of Waverly, Thursday November 5th, at the age of 24 years.
His wife and one son survive, Ambrose. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marshall of Overton, and one sister Genevieve of Overton; seven brothers, Daniel and Lawrence of Endicott, Barnard of Dushore, Paul, Joseph, Aloysius, Ivan of Overton.
Ambrose was a well-known young man throughout the county. All who knew him will miss Ambrose. The funeral services was held at the Saint Francis church at Overton Saturday at 10 o’clock November 7

Child of Anna Richlin and Ambrose Marshall was:

   44     i.     Robert Francis4 Marshall; born about 1931. He married Elizabeth Anne Noiseux on September 3, 1956; born June 19, 1936 in Towanda, PA. She died in Phoenix, AZ in 1993.

You can find more information on Elizabeth Anne Noiseux and her ancestry at Anne Marshall's Noiseux Link.This site records that Robert and Elizabeth had eight children. One son, Michael Marshall, is the husband of Anne (Reese) Marshall, the source of many contributions on the Sullivan County Genealogical Web Page. 

Children of Anna Richlin and George Leljedal were:

   46    i.     Edward Leljedal.

   47   ii.     Patricia Leljedal; she married Mr. Dibble.

Generation No. 4

22.  Howard4 Richlin (Charles3, Joseph A.2, Charles Frank1); he married and had at least one child. 

24.  Joseph Alfred4 Richlin (Alfred H3, Joseph A2, Charles Frank1) was born September 15, 1926, and died February 02, 1986.  He married Anna "Ruth" Yaw.  Ruth was born April 17, 1930 **.

Joseph was buried in Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Overton, PA as a WWII Veteran.

** Editor's Note: Her obituary shown below suggests that she was actually born in 1933.

Sun-Gazette
Williamsport, PA
June 25, 2008

Anna Ruth Richlin, 75, formerly of Muncy, passed away in Phoenix, where she lived for a few years.
She had formerly worked at Montgomery Mills, West Co., and was an Avon lady for many years. She then went on to become a nurse. She loved to travel and sewing was her passion. She is survived by three daughters, Sally Good of Arizona, BJ Richlin of Williamsport, Sharon and son-in-law Putt Fisher of New Columbia, five grandchildren, Shane, Shelly, Mike, Josh, and Destini, seven great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, one sister, Grace Holcombe of Florida, one brother Perry of New York, and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two infant sons David and Perry and one son Joe, one sister Sally Sones, and two brothers Donald and Bruce. Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Children of Joseph Richlin and Ruth Yaw were:

   49     i.     Sally Ann5 Richlin, born March 21, 1948; she married Mr. Good.

   50    ii.     Betty Jo Richlin, born August 31, 1949.

   51   iii.     David Perry Richlin, born June 08, 1950; died July 10, 1950. **

   52   iv.     Daniel Richlin, born July 30, 1951; died July 31, 1951. **

+ 53    v.     Joseph Allen Richlin, born June 01, 1952; died September 05, 1995 in a truck accident on Route 180 in PA.

   54   vi.     Sharon Rose Richlin, born September 16, 1953; she married Putt Fisher.

** Editor's Note: The obituary for Ruth Yaw states that she lost two sons, David and Perry, in infancy. Perhaps the names are confounded in either this listing or in the obituary. This listing shows two sons lost in infancy, David Perry and Daniel.

25.  Zeta Marie4 Richlin (Alfred H3, Joseph A2, Charles Frank1) was born July 08, 1932.  She married (1) Lloyd Myron Decker. Lloyd was born January 28, 1924, and died July 23, 1960. She subsequently married (2) George Ballentine. 

Children of Zeta Richlin and Lloyd Decker were:

   55     i.     Judy Ella5 Decker, born August 14, 1952.

   56    ii.     Susan Ann Decker, born December 12, 1956.

   57   iii.     Kathy Mae Decker, born August 24, 1957.

   58   iv.     Lloyd Myron Decker, born December 06, 1958; married Vanessa Miller.

   59    v.     Wendy Jean Decker, born August 06, 1960.

The child of Zeta Richlin and George Ballentine was:

   60     i.     Paula Zeta5 Ballentine, born September 01, 1968.

26.  Vincent Bruce4 Richlin (Alfred H3, Joseph A2, Charles Frank1) was born February 20, 1935, and died March 03, 1994.  He married Joyce E. Brown. She was born January 06, 1938.  Vincent was buried as a Korean War Veteran

Children of Vincent Richlin and Joyce Brown were:

   61     i.     Vicky E.5 Richlin, born January 03, 1958.

   62    ii.     Connie Richlin, born February 01, 1959.

   63   iii.     Corinna Lee Richlin, born July 12, 1961.

   64   iv.     Bruce Elwood Richlin, born October 31, 1962.

   65    v.     Carolyn Renee Richlin, born October 15, 1966.

   66   vi.     Joy Ella Richlin, born October 31, 1970.

30.  Barbara Jane4 Richlin (James (Martin)3, Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1) was born November 28, 1927.  She married Alfred S. Place on March 01, 1949, son of Otto ("Doc") Place and Marie Swisher.  He was born July 26, 1928.

Note: According to our contributor, Carol Brotzman, Leo Bolles’ diary recorded that Alfred and Barb Place moved into "the Rowe place" about April 13, 1951. Little did Leo know that his granddaughter, Mary Ann Bolles, who wasn’t even born yet, would marry Charles Place who descends from these Richlins.


Charles Alfred Place and Mary Ann Bolles
Wedding Picture
November 13, 1970
Auburn Center, Meshoppen, PA
Source: Rocket-Courier, Wyalusing, PA
Photo Courtesy of Carol Brotzman

Children of Barbara Richlin and Alfred Place were:

+ 67     i.     Charles Alfred5 Place, born October 10, 1949. He married Mary Ann Bolles on November 13, 1970 in St. Bonaventure's Church, Auburn Center, Meshoppen, PA.

+ 68    ii.     Eric John Place, born October 24, 1950.

+ 69   iii.     Deborah Place, born August 01, 1952.

34.  Maxine4 Richlin (James (Martin)3, Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1)  ; married Ellery N. Weaver June 05, 1954, son of Ellery N Weaver. Ellery was born November 11, 1927, and died August 21, 1991.

Note: Data for Ellery N. Weaver can be found at the genelaogy site for Bernice Kinsley

Children of Maxine Richlin and Ellery Weaver were:

   70     i.     Michael5 Weaver.

   71    ii.     Randy Weaver.

Generation No. 5

53.  Joseph Allen5 Richlin (Joseph Alfred4, Alfred H3, Joseph A2, Charles Frank1) was born June 01, 1952, and died September 05, 1995 in a truck accident. He was married.  His burial was September 11, 1995, at Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Overton, PA

Source: Social Security data for Joseph Richlin

Child of Joseph Richlin was:

   72     i.     Destiny Boe6 Richlin.

67.  Charles Alfred5 Place (Barbara Jane4 Richlin, James (Martin)3, Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1) was born October 10, 1949.  He married Mary Ann Bolles November 13, 1970; she was the daughter of Robert Bolles and Anna Labzentis.  She was born October 07, 1950.

Children of Charles Place and Mary AnnBolles were:

   73     i.     Kristin Marie6 Place, born September 21, 1979.

   74    ii.     Rebecca Lynn Place, born May 10, 1983. Rebecca was the Susquehanna County Dairy Princess in 2002.

68.  Eric John5 Place (Barbara Jane4 Richlin, James (Martin)3, Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1) was born October 24, 1950.  He married Linda Ward June 30, 1979, daughter of Stanton Ward and Dorothy Cuyle. 

The child of Eric Place and Linda Ward was:

   75     i.     Nathan Richard6 Place, born March 28, 1983.

69.  Deborah5 Place (Barbara Jane4 Richlin, James (Martin)3, Honorable Judge Henry T2, Charles Frank1) was born August 01, 1952.  She married Charles Perkins December 17, 1977, son of John Perkins and Minett ________.  Charles was born March 04, 1947.

Children of Deborah Place and Charles Perkins were:

   76     i.     Seth Hunter6 Perkins, born March 17, 1980.

   77    ii.     Adam Richlin Perkins, born December 12, 1983.

 

 


The Hatton Family Crest
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.

THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HATTON

The Hatton family, a typical old English family, is recorded in Cheshire (English) records beginning with the Norman Conquest in 1066 with many marriages and relationships extending down to the families of old Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It seems they came to America before Ellis Island opened, but just kept moving back and forth between England, Canada and the United States until the late 19th and early 20th century when they stayed put here in the good old U.S.A. and started to spread out. This genealogical tale is a combination of letters, and personal thoughts from family members, with Ernest Hatton Jr.’s personal reflections. The Hattons, the Potters, the Exleys, the Orloskys, the Munsons, the Henleys and many, many more families entangle their way into this exposition contributed by Ernie Hatton Jr. and enhanced by Carol Brotzman. It is a labor of love on Ernie’s part, and the Sullivan County Genealogical Web Project thanks him for it.

The following is an ancestor chart for Dawn Ann Marie Hatton, which depicts the intermingling of the families.


Hatton Family History Chart
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.

JOHN1 HATTON1 was born 1774 in Hereford, England.  He married MARY HATTON2, daughter of THOMAS HATTON and MARY NELMES.  She was born April 02, 1786 in Ruardean Parish, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, England.

JOHN HATTON

  According to family records, all of which have been correct to date, we are related to Sir John Hatton who wrote hymns in 1793 period. This is not the "John" mentioned at later dates.

The family chart covers from Cornelius of Hereford to John Hatton. Since I know the family personally back to all the children of Cornelius, I know that to be correct. From that point, I have the family chart that runs to a very early Sir John Hatton, based on the fact that everything was correct long before the LDS records were available and that they proved to be exactly as the family chart states. I can only state that the chart is correct and that we descend from a Sir John Hatton, as previously noted.


Old Stone Markers
Ruardean Parish Church
Ruardean Village
Gloucester, England
Photo Taken June 1999
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.

These are old markers placed against the wall. Because of space requirements, family headstones that have been neglected are placed here. The graves, apparently, have been used again. This is the church in Ruardean Village, Gloucester where hundreds of Hattons are listed in the records. There appears to be three branches of one family that goes back to John Hatton in the early 1600s. I haven't connected to the main branch yet, but have been able to go back a few more generations. The family of Cornelius Hatton appears to have also been a part of the Hatton family of Hereford and Wales. In fact, they were. Our family may have arrived from elsewhere. A good guess is Hereford and Shopshire, where the name Cornelius is found. Isaac is a name found more often in the family, and more closely connected to that of the Sir Christopher Hatton’s. If you do a search you will find "Isaac" in the locations of a few family members at Holburn. The more you research, the more apparent it is that these Hatton families all descend from Ivon (also known as Ivo) and Emma (Emme). .

The father of Cornelius Hatton appears to be John Hatton, a cousin of Mary Hatton, from Hereford, a short distance from the Hatton home. I would say that it's quite possible that we are of the same family [cousins, generations removed] as John Hatton of 1585 who sailed to America and was one of the " Ancient Planters."  The names Cornelius and Ernest Arthur Hatton are found in Shopshire where John Hatton was born.

Child of JOHN HATTON and MARY HATTON is:

2.i.CORNELIUS2 HATTON, b. June 19, 1808, Ruardean, Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucester, England; d. October 14, 1888, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., PA.

Generation No. 2

2.  CORNELIUS2 HATTON (JOHN1)2,3,4 was born June 19, 1808 in Ruardean, Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucester, England, and died October 14, 1888 in Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., PA.  He married JEMIMA DAVIS December 24, 1842 in Ruardean, England, daughter of JAMES DAVIS and MARY.  She was born July 29, 1813 in East Dean, Gloucester, England, and died December 14, 1891 in Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., PA.

They were married in the Churchyard  at Ruardean Parish Church. Cornelius lived in the Forest of Dean as a free miner. A free miner was one who owned his own mine and would pass it on to the next generation. When the reference to "collier" is used, it refers to a Coal Miner. Other references to miners are usually those who were not coal miners. Refer to the notes regarding the Forest of Dean. In the census of 1881, Charles William Hatton was the only child living with Cornelius at Bailey Brook, Lea Bailey. Cornelius gave his age as 72, Jemima 67, Charles 26. Charles had not yet married Alice Ann Walby at the time of the census, as he is listed as unmarried. He was a Collier at that time. The census place was Westbury On Severn. Cornelius was an exceptional man. He adopted his sister-in-law’s child, he took in his wife's ill sister, provided for both, and he raised a large family.

Bailey Brook

Census of 1881: Cornelius was still living at Bailey Brook, Lea Bailey, age 72. Census place-Westbury on Severn, East Dean, Gloucester, England.

This is a letter sent to me (Ernie Hatton) from a professional English genealogist, Ron Neep. Comments from Ernie Hatton Jr. are at the end of the letter.

Well !! ..what can I say?

Those Americans who think that a visit to London is coming to England are missing so much!! The Forest of Dean is backwoods and beautiful, but this afternoon I have been to a place so out of the way and so beautiful that it brought a lump to my throat.

The lane from Bailey end lane direct to Bailey brook is now closed off and is a forest track so I took the road to Dancing Green, a single track road through the woodlands, and then turned off back towards Bailey Brook an even narrower road through the forest, past old cottages…onto a dirt track through the forest.

Bailey Brook is a loose collection of about six cottages right on the very edge of the woodland. The woodlands are behind, and rolling green fields in front down to the hamlet of Hope Mansel, with its church a few hundred yards away. Two of the cottages are now derelict. These are probably the oldest two, literally one room on the ground floor and one bedroom above. All except one of these bunches of cottages were built in the late 1700s or early 1800s, at a time when it was illegal to build houses here. There was a loophole, it was that if you could erect a cottage in one day and get a roof on, then it could stand. The old woodsmen knew the law!

It appears that one old house was built in the fields, probably even in the early 1700s, and then the other on the edge of the wood added later.

The setting is so idyllic! You are not going to believe your eyes when you see it! I doubt if this setting has changed since the houses were first built. This is our England at its best!

The above refers to the fact that Hatton’s were also woodsmen. Keepers of the forest


Cottage of Cornelius Hatton
Ruardean Village
Gloucester, England
L to r: Ernest Hatton (our contributor), Wife Noreen and Daughter Dawn
Photo Taken June 1999
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.

 I doubt that Cornelius ever dreamed that his GGG-Grand-daughter, Dawn Ann-Marie Hatton, would one day stand in front of his home. This home is one of five on the lane. The home is made of stone and, like in Colonial America, was covered over by white plaster, which is now being removed by most. It was extremely hard to find. We traveled quite a distance along a small, narrow road until we came to the most beautiful place of Bailey Brook. Just before leaving England Cornelius, Jemima, Charles William, and Alice Ann Walby were living here. They left after the 1881 census and Charles and Alice, my Great-grandparents were married just prior to leaving. The home of Richard Hatton is in beautiful condition and very much like that seen at the Forest of Dean Museum. The Crown did not want anyone living within the Royal Hunting Forest, but declared that if a man could build a home in ONE day and have smoke rising from the chimney by nightfall he could stay within the forest. Apparently Cornelius succeeded. Those in the photo are Ernie, Noreen and Dawn. Cornelius lived at Joys Green and son Isaac, now married, at Dancing Green, all at Bailey Brook. The home of Philip Hatton, much larger, is within sight. The area reminds me very much of the red clay mountains of Pennsylvania and they must have felt very much at home in Sullivan County. Three lost their lives in the mines. My great-grandfather Charles Hatton died from a mining car running over his legs, George, his son age 17, and my grandfather Charles's brother died from a cave in. My grandfather, Charles Hatton, known as William or Bill Hatton died from black lung. My father took me into the mines at about 10 years old. You couldn't stand once in, and had to work within a area no higher than three feet. It was cold even in the summer. The question my father posed was,” Is this how you want to live?" my answer was, "no". He replied, "then you had better study and prepare yourself for a better life." He had already become quite successful. My father designed the factory in Bernice and my mother's family built it. My grandfather, though a coal miner, was able to put his children through college and even lend them money to purchase their first home. Not a down payment, but the entire amount. I was the only one with my great grandmother Alice Ann "WALBY" Hatton when she died. I was always asking questions about where she lived. I was talking to her upstairs as she was resting, in the home that my grandfather built in Sullivan County, when she just closed her eyes and passed away. I quietly went downstairs and told my grandfather. She was a petite woman about 5' 1" or so, thin and always very neatly dressed. I never thought much about the mines but remember the terror on my grandmother's face when the sirens went off indicating a accident. My grandfather was a strict man and had a catty nine tails [not sure of the spelling] behind the coal stove. It was a small whip with nine straps and looked well used. That was what deterred a lot of possible mischief on our part. He never used it and my brother burned it one day in the coal stove. However, it showed that our particular family was trained to behave. I guess some would claim child abuse. Well, I think that certainly isn't the case or I wouldn't have traveled so far to see the home of Cornelius!! They did keep track of the family tree and if not for that I could not have so easily found our roots. I have to believe the story that prior to Cornelius [no generation named] we descend from a Sir John Hatton of London. I still have that old chart and it has been correct in every manner.
My grandfather, for as long as I can remember, could not walk more than 10 feet without stopping and grasping for breath. He had a strong heart and actually "worked" during those times. We never went to a doctor because there weren't any close by. Home care was given and we survived a pretty hardy bunch. There were a few rules that could not be broken; you must never lie, you must attend church, no curse words, present yourself as a gentleman always. That was it. There were three brothers Ernest [me], Gordon, and Paul. If I had to give one family trait, I would have to say that we would rather die then give in to an injustice.

I had a look around the little old church Saint Michael's at Hope Mansel.  It is a Church of England, which was built around 1100 and is in wonderful condition and still very much in use. Of course it is stone. It is so tiny, and absolutely beautiful! The small gravel road is well tended, and the old church still has many old headstones, although unfortunately, there are no HATTON headstones there. That is to be expected as the family was not there for over one hundred years and those headstones are usually moved, and often are lost. There is no doubt that many Hatton’s attended church there, as the parish registers arefull of baptisms and marriages of your Hatton family. We found that at Hereford. What you are going to see is the very ancient baptismal font where your ancestors were baptized. I think that it would be a nice thing to attend the service there on Sunday morning when you are here if you are interested in doing that. There is something very special about sitting where your ancestors did.

A second later…… Success!I just got a message from my office, they have checked the census reports, and there were five households in Bailey Brook Lane!

The first was home to people called Ansley, the second to a large family called Holmes and the third was the residence of Cornelius and Jemima HATTON. Next were the Rudges and lastly the Brains. I then went back and there they were the five houses. Since the Hatton home was the third home it made it easy to know which one it was. It would have to be the middle home! Well, it is still in perfect condition. I took a photo of it. I can't wait to see your faces. It is so beautiful here. The large home at the end of the lane would no doubt be that of Richard Hatton, your direct line from the late 1700s.

Rod Neep

Comment From Ernie:

We, of course went to the old homestead and it was absolutely beautiful. It seemed like we traveled for a very long time down a very narrow road, Bailey Brook Lane. In the days that our family lived there it must have taken them taken quite a while to get to the cluster of cottages. It reminded me of the forests of Pennsylvania, but there was an ancient feel about it. You wouldn't be surprised to see a Knight on horseback charge from out of that deep forest. Cornelius had picked a beautiful spot and there was a beautiful spring hidden about fifty feet from the stone home. It was an old spring as it was made from stones carefully placed with a large stone as a cover, or roof. The water was crystal clear and there wasn't a soul in sight. As you looked over the meadow there were sheep grazing, but that is found through out the Forest of Dean. The forest is so ancient nobody really knows when it was named. There have been some changes. Several hundred years ago it was called The Forest of Dene. I have the history and will write about it later. On Sunday we attended the church at Hope Mansel, by the way the correct spelling is with one L, but only the families that live there spell it that way. Hope Mansel would be the name of the parish. The name of the church is St. Michael. There was a beautiful Manor home across the small lane from the church called Armada. I couldn't help but think of Sir Christopher Hatton and their home Armada. I wanted so badly to get someone's attention at the home and ask why they named their home the Armada. Time wouldn't allow me to stay any longer as we were on a tight schedule and our guide had other Hatton parish Churches to show us. One was the church in Ruardean parish were Hatton records go back into the early 1600s.

You must remember that Church records were not required to be kept until 1585. It was then that Queen Elizabeth and no doubt Lord Christopher Hatton demanded that all parishes keep records of all baptisms and marriages. Although England has excellent records, most did not start prior to 1585. Hatton records are found though, back to the Conquest because the family was of nobility. They arrived with William, seven Knights in all. A father and six sons. That lineage is discussed under the descendant charts.

During our stay we roomed at the oldest Inn in England, the Malt Shovel in Ruardean where a large group of our ancestors lived. No one visits, because the people speak an old English dialogue, and it is just beautiful there.  Nothing to do but look at the beautiful forests and meadows.   You can see Wales, just a short distance away and it is just breathtaking. The food was wonderful and especially cooked for us. They would ask what we wanted to eat each morning, and then go to the market and buy fresh foods for the evening meal. The room we dined in was filled with furniture that dated into easily the early 1600’s with leather high back embossed worn chairs and a table that could seat 30 to 40 people easily. The table was made of one large timber. There were several candelabras and with the wine and steak dinners it was out of this world. We always had dinner by candlelight.  A large old wooden beam loomed above us supporting the second story.

Note: According to family notes "Cornelius" was Cornelius Hatton's middle name? Also family notes state that Cornelius was descended from Sir John Hatton, buried at Westminster Abby, but I could not find record of that, although I haven’t done much research to date.

The following Hatton/Hattens were married at Hope Mansell, indicating a relationship; John Hatton married. Elizabeth Powell 9, April 1798, Hannah Hatton married. Henry Eddy 16, March 1833, Sally Hatton married. John Self 29, May 1831, Elizabeth Hatton married. William Tingle 27, January 1827, Mary Hatton married. William Robbins 9, March 1833. Thomas Hatton married. Sophia Baldwin 31, October 1829 and Jonathan Hatton married. Sarah Hodges 5, November 1831.

CORNELIUS HATTON: Baptism: June 19, 1808, Ruardean Parish Church.

Hospital or Edgeworth VFD.

Census: 1851, Nr. Bailey Barn. Age 40. General Laborer

Census (2): 1881, Ruardean, Gloucester, England

Hannah Davis: 1840, Step Daughter

Parents: Base Son of Mary Hatton

Religion: Episcopalian

 

Regarding JEMIMA DAVIS:

Census One should check date of Jemima Davis death. Could have been 28 November 1891. Jemima sister is also residing with them in 1851 described as being mentally disturbed. There is a conflict as to the death of Jemima. She is reported to have died in 1871. However, she appears in the 1881 census as living with Cornelius at Bailey Brook. Her age is reported as 67. Living at Bailey Brook, Lea Bailey at that time were Cornelius age 72, Jemima age 67, Charles, my great grandfather, age 26 unmarried. Ann Walby was a visitor during the census and reported to be 20 years old. FHL Film 134608 Pro ref RG11 Piece 2521 Folio 60 Page 3.

JEMIMA DAVIS: Baptism: July 29, 1813, Hope Mansell, Hereford, England

Census: 1851, Nr. Bailey Barn. Age 36

Hannah Davis: 1840, sister in-law's daughter

CORNELIUS HATTON and JEMIMA DAVIS were married at Ruardean Church on December 24, 1842; Banns were read on the 13th ,20th  & 27th of November.

Marriage Register: Cornelius described as Bachelor, Laborer of Ruardean. His father's name is NOT quoted.

Jemima Davis described as Spinster of the Forest of Deane. Father - James Davis.

Witnesses: James Hatton and Marianne Probyn.

There is a pencil note on Register: See Duplicate Register No. 33

Children of CORNELIUS HATTON and JEMIMA DAVIS are:

 i. JOANNA 3 DAVIS, b. 1840, East Dean, England.

Hannah is the child of Ann Davis, sister of Jemina. She is not a child of Cornelius Hatton.

Adopted by Cornelius and  Jemima

3.ii. MARY ANN HATTON, b. October 20, 1843, Ruardean, Forest of Dean, England; d. June 03, 1928, Higham, Forest of Dean, England.

4.iii.ISAAC HATTON, b. November 14, 1846, Lea Bailey, Forest of Dean, Gloucester England; d. June 16, 1905, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania..

iv.EMMA HATTON, b. April 29, 1849, East Dean, Gloucester, England.

Baptism: April 29, 1849, Hope Mansell

Census: 1851, Nr. Bailey Barn. Age 2

v. JAMES HATTON, b. June 08, 1851, Hope Mansell5.

Baptism: June 08, 1851, Hope Mansell Parish Church

5.  vi. CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON, b. May 11, 1853, East Dean, Bailey Brook, Gloucester, England; d. October 26, 1917, Died from  Mine Accident, Mildred,  Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania..

vii. ALFRED HATTON, b. October 12, 1856, Hope Mansell; d. August 22, 1860, Hope Mansell.

M.I. at Hope Mansell Church:

Sacred to the Memory of Alfred Hatton, son of Cornelius and Jemimah Hatton who died August the 22nd 1860 Aged 4 years.

Baptism: October 12, 1856, Hope Mansell

Death Date/M.I.: August 22, 1860, Hope Mansell Parish Church. Aged 4 years

Generation No. 3

3.  MARY ANN3 HATTON (CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)6,7 was born October 20, 1843 in Ruardean, Forest of Dean, England, and died June 03, 1928 in Higham, Forest of Dean, England.  She married HENRY GREENING8,9,10 April 23, 1867 in Higham, Forest of Dean, England11, son of DANIEL GREENING and CHARLOTTE POOLE.  He was born January 11, 1844 in Lassington, Gloucestershire, England, and died March 08, 1916 in Higham, Forest of Dean, England.

In  regards to MARY ANN HATTON

Please look at the correspondence with Miss C. M. Greening, which includes family tree and copy certificates. Letter Carrier.

Hi Ernest....6-10-2000

Well, Christine [Greening] and I have worked our way back to Thomas Greening b.21 March 1664...tentatively, but of course, we need to get documentation.  I talked to my dad in England this morning and he told me that Mary Ann Hatton was the post mistress in Lassington and would walk miles every day delivering the mail.... you may already have known that. Do you know anyone else who may be researching the Greening family? It would be helpful if I could be in touch with someone else who may have common ancestors on the Greening side.  Janet

Note: Ernest Hatton 6-25-2003

Mary Ann "Hatton" GREENING and Henry Greening were living on Newent Road., Lassington, Gloucester, England at the time of the 1881 census. They are listed as 37 years old with six children; Blanche age 12 born at Lea Bailey, Hester 11, Henry 8, William 4, Alfred 3, and James 3 all born at Higham, Gloucester, England with the exception of Blanche. I find it interesting that Blanche was born at Lea Bailey where the Hatton’s were born.

MARY ANN HATTON: Baptism: November 01, 1843, Ruardean Parish Church

Census: 1851, Nr. Bailey Barn. Age 7. Scholar

Occupation: Spinster, Upton St. Leona Roads

HENRY GREENING:  Occupation: Thatcher at Higham Ag. Lab. Sub Postmaster.

Dear Ernest 

  Good to hear from you, yes I would be interested in the lady you talk about. My daughter gave me some info that was given to her by our cousins, and in it was an 1881 census surname index, county: Gloucestershire found a Henry Greening aged 37 yrs of age married, census place: Lassington, but says born in Lassington, I found two children Alfred, 11mths old, born at Higham and Henry also born at Higham aged 8 yrs old Father being a Henry Greening both children living at Lassington don't know if this is anything to do with your Henry, but time will tell. We will just keep working on it.  The age is the thing in common your Henry would have been about 37 at the time.  My Greenings came from Gloucester, the areas being, Thornbury, Stone, Morteon Vallance, Standish, Saul, Wheatenhurst, Bisley, Stroud, Frocester, Fretherne, Frampton on the severn, and Stepney, Chepstow, the Greenings, were clock and watch makers also ministers, here are some of them, Benjamin Greening 1 clock and watch maker, born 1756 in Fretherne , Gloucester, started business in Frampton in 1780 , clock and watch maker in CHEPSTOW in 1801 or earlier moved  from St. Mary street to High St. where he died on April 6th 1854 , a number of his long case  clocks with decorated enamel  dials are owned in the Chepstow district, Chepstow museum has one.  Benjamin greening   (11) 1787 - 1852 son of Benjamin Greening

(1)Married Ann Edmonds a straw bonnet maker   April 1807, he was also a Chepstow watch and clockmaker at castle parade then moved to high st in1813, chapel lane, now Oxford St. 1832. Joseph GREENING (1) my ggggg.. Grandfather 1791- 1852 clock and watch maker, son of Benjamin Greening (1) married in Bristol in 1814 and emigrated to Australia in 1841, where he was a clock and watch maker, also a minister, I HOPE I HAVE'NT BORED YOU TO DEATH, there are another three greenings who were the last of the Chepstow   watch and clockmakers the last being in 1892, my address is 151 Fortescue Avenue., Seafood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia post code 3198 I hope to hear from you best wishes Janine Bramley.

Note from Ernest Hatton: This is, indeed, the same family of Greenings. Henry married Mary Ann Hatton and their family is still in England. See the information on my Web Site "Hatton-Exley Family Tree." I think this is further evidence that the Hattons of Chepstow are also related to those of Gloucestershire, although I have not listed those. Mary Ann Hatton, of course, is a direct relationship.

Children of MARY HATTON and HENRY GREENING are:

6. i. BLANCHE EMMA4 GREENING, b. June 28, 1868, Lea Bailey, Hereford, England.

7.   ii. HESTER GREENING, b. April 24, 1870, Higham, Gloucester, England.

8.  iii. HENRY GREENING, b. July 28, 1873, Lassington, England.

  iv. WILLIAM GREENING, b. October 25, 1874, Higham, Gloucester, England.

v. WILLIAM CHARLES GREENING, b. June 1876.

9.  vi. JAMES GREENING, b. 1881.

10.  vii. ALBERT GREENING, b. 1884, Higham, England; d. February 25, 1958, Risca, Gwent.

   viii. ALFRED GREENING, b. September 06, 1884.

Alfred may have been born 1877. However, this is the correct Alfred.

4.  ISAAC3 HATTON (CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)12 was born November 14, 1846 in Lea Bailey, Forest of Dean, Gloucester England, and died June 16, 1905 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania..  He married SARAH TRANTER13,14,15 November 14, 1871 in Hereford, England, daughter of JOHN TRANTER and ESTHER POWELL.  She was born August 08, 1849 in Aston, (Aston, Ingham, Gloucester), England, and died 1926 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania..

In the census of 1881 Isaac Hatton was living at Dancing Green, Lea Bailey. He was the head of the house and his wife is stated as Sarah age 31. Census; Westbury on Severn, East Dean, Gloucester, England. States Sarah was born at Ashton, Ingham, Gloucester, England.

NO.354 of 1905 Will of Isaac Hatton. I, Isaac Hatton, of the City of Nanticoke, Luzerne County, PA. do make this my last will and testament, revoking all others. It is my will that my just debts and all charges be paid out of my estate. I give and devise my lot no. 705 to my wife Sarah Hatton to do, as she likes to with it. And, the home I leave to my son Bertram after his mother's death after paying his brother Charley 40 forty dollars and each of his sisters then living 20 twenty dollars each and the rest of my personal belongings I leave to my wife for her to use then disposed of as she likes. I appoint and make the said Sarah Hatton and my son Charles James Hatton executors of this my last will and testament.

Signed the 19th. Day of May AD. 1905 Isaac Hatton

Signed published and declared by the said testator Isaac Hatton as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other here with subscribed our names as witnesses.

George Stanaway

Rev. R.H. Shaw

Date of death 16th. of June at 6:20 O'clock A.M.

The will was proved on the 24th. of June 1905 at the Registers Office in Wilkes Barre by

John Mainwaring, Register [signature on this name is hard to read?]

A.P.Robinson, Deputy

Submitted by: Ernest Arthur Hatton 2nd AKS Jr.

COLLIER in the Forest of Dean. Later in Nanticoke, Luzerne County, PA.

NOTE: Other Isaac Hattons arrived later from the same area of England. There is little doubt that they are related.

ISAAC HATTON: Baptism: December 25, 1846, Ruardean Parish Church

Burial: Nanticoke Cemetery, Nanticoke, PA

Census: 1851, Nr. Bailey Barn. Age 4.

Immigration: February 16, 1884, Port of New York

Naturalization: October 02, 1888

Occupation: Miner, Laborer

Religion: Primitive Methodist

Stillborn child: 1887, Child died Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.

Will: May 19, 1905, Written June 19th., proved 24th. 1905

Census 1880

 Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability

 Isaac HATTON   Head   M   Male   34   Lea Bailey, Gloucester, England   Collier 

 Sarah HATTON   Wife   M   Female   31   Aston Ingham, Gloucester, England 

 Charles J. HATTON   Son   Male   8   Lea Bailey, Gloucester, England   Scholar 

 Kate HATTON   Daur   Female   7   CinderfoRoad, Gloucester, England   Scholar 

 Nellie HATTON   Daur   Female   1   Lea Bailey, Gloucester, England 

 Dwelling   Dancing Green Lea Bailey

  Census Place Westbury On Severn - East Dean, Gloucester, England

  Family History Library Film   1341608

  Public Records Roads Office Reference   RG11

  Piece / Folio   2521 / 60

  Page Number   4

SARAH TRANTER: Burial: Nanticoke Cemetery, Nanticoke, PA

Census: 1910, Luzerne County-head of household

Children of ISAAC HATTON and SARAH TRANTER are:

11.  i. CHARLES JAMES SR.4 HATTON, b. September 20, 1872, Ruardean, Little Dean, Gloucestershire,  England; d. September 03, 1960, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania..

ii. KATE HATTON, b. October 18, 1873; d. 1950; m. FREDERICK RUDDICK, January 02, 1891.

Ernest,

I would like to thank you for replying to my e-mail. The Frederick Ruddick and Kate Hatton I am referring to is the Kate that is daughter to Sarah Tranter and Isaac Hatton.  Her husband Frederick is my husband’s great-grandfather through William John.  Kate and Frederick had several children Charles 7-31-1892-5-6-1968, William John 12-14-1908 - 04-28-1982, Bertram 02-14-1902 - 02-1969, Margaret Morgan, Sarah Niemann and I'm sure there are more but I am not aware of their names.  I know that there was a family dispute about inheritance and the name was changed from Ruddick to Redick.  Half stayed with the original name and the others changed it.  I'm not sure if you would have the information about the Ruddick's but I you do would you mind very much sharing some sibling names of Frederick married to Kate.  I am new at this and really! Don’t have the knowledge of where to look for the information nor do I have much time with a family.  How do you fit into the family history? If there is any information I can share with you on what I have from my husband's family to Frederick I would be happy to share it with you. Once again thank you.  I hope that once I have completed much of the family history my children and theirs will appreciate their history.

  iii. AMBROSE " AMMIE TRANTER" HATTON, b. December 24, 1876, Hope Mansell, Hereford, England.

Ambrose John Tranter and Ambrose " Ammie " Hatton are the same person. Sarah Tranter, his aunt, and Isaac Hatton brought him to the United States and raised him as Ambrose" Ammie" Hatton. He was Ambrose John Tranter and was witness to the marriage of Charles Hatton and Johannah Truscott. Lillian Hatton was concerned that Ambrose used the name Hatton because she thought that the marriage may not be legal since there seemed to be no formal adoption and he was, in fact, really Ambrose Tranter. They settled in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Of course he was simply a witness who truly believed he was Ambrose Hatton. He may have been adopted we really don't know. We do know that he was the son of Sarah's brother. He was very young when they arrived and no doubt for the purpose of keeping things simple he was listed as Ambrose Hatton, which means that is probably the name he used through out his life.

Note: Ambrose later changed his last name to Tranter when he married.

12.   iv. NELL "NELLY" HATTON, b. December 13, 1879, England; d. November 15, 1950, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania..

13. v. LIL HATTON, b. February 08, 1889, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.; d. Brielle, NEW JERSEY.

14.   vi. BERTRAM CORNELIUS HATTON, b. April 18, 1891, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.; d. 1946, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania..

vii. JAMES HATTON, b. March 26, 1895, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.; d. October 1981, Detroit, Michigan.

5.  CHARLES WILLIAM3 HATTON (CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)16,17,18 was born May 11, 1853 in East Dean, Bailey Brook, Gloucester, England, and died October 26, 1917 from  a Mine Accident, Mildred,  Sullivan County, Pennsylvania..  He married ALICE ANN [WALBY] WALBY19,20,21 June 06, 1881 in Westbury on Severn, daughter of GEORGE WALBY and ANN MILES.  She was born January 24, 1861 in Ryeford, Gloucester, England, and died December 16, 1945 in Mildred, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania


Alice Ann Walby
1861-1945
Wife of Charles William Hatton
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.

CHARLES WILLIAM (Hatton) HATTON Sr.

  My great-grandfather died at 6:10 P.M on the evening of October 26, 1917 as a result of a mining accident, which occurred in Sullivan County, PA. Both legs had been run over by a coal car and were badly fractured. The accident occurred on the 12th of October and he was first placed in Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Apparently there was little doubt that he would live without his legs and it appears he chose to die instead. The medical report indicates death was from the result of the accident. I think he had made the choice to die at home. My great-grandmother would live to 1945. Their son, George Hatton, was killed in the mines at age 16. He, of course, was my grandfather's brother.

  My great grandfather was born in Bailey Brook within a short distance from the parish church of St. Michael's in Hereford, England. St. Michael's is an Episcopal Church and Charles was baptized and raised in that parish. In June of 1999 I visited the home that my great grandfather was born in. The setting was absolutely beautiful and photographs were placed in the Forest of Dean museum of our family visiting the "Forest of Dean." I didn't know my great grandfather but I remember being in my great grandparent's home in Mildred, on Sugar Hill, Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA, when I was a boy and my gg-grandmother Alice Ann Walby Hatton was still living. The home adjoined the Potter farm and my great grandparents allowed the Potter’s and Exley’s to use a portion of the land for farming etc. The Potter farm eventually became the Exley farm, known as the Sunny Side Farm, after my great grandmother Mertie Cecilia Potter married Henry Exley. This is where my father Ernest Sr. 1st. met my mother Anna Marie Exley.

  I believe that my great grandparents, Charles and Alice, were Primitive Methodists for a short time while living in Nanticoke, PA.,  but joined with the Orlowski family to build Trinity Lutheran Church and thus became Lutherans. My father's mother was Louisa Lena Orlowski. She married my grandfather Charles William Hatton Jr.  Charles Sr. and Jr. were charter members and helped to build the church. They also paid for stained glass windows, as well, and the windows still remain. The Orlowski family paid for the remaining stained glass windows. Soon after the church was completed my grandparents, Charles William Hatton Jr. and Louisa Lena Orlowski (also spelled Orlousky) were the first couple to be married in the new church. Most of this branch of the Hatton family are buried at Trinity, now known as Shepherd of the Hills.

  While we were in England we, I, my wife Noreen and daughter Dawn, attended the church of my ancestors. Our home, while visiting the Forest of Dean was the Malt Shovel Pub in Ruardean.Ruardean is a small village in Gloucester where my great great grandfather Cornelius Hatten/Hatton was baptized in 1808 in Ruardean parish. The parish churches are filled with Hatton and Hattens all from the same root.

Note: Birth date in family Bible is May 11, 1853. (Baptismal date in England shows November 17, 1853). Death Certificate appears to give birth of May 11, 1852. Family Bible states he was 64 years, 5 months and 15 days old at the time of his death. Many of the very early dates shown are baptismal dates. Birth dates, and registration, can be obtained for a fee of $7.00 as of 1999. Because of the cost of purchasing the actual birth certificates, if available, most genealogist use the baptismal records which also show the relationship between the parents and other siblings, thus showing very clearly that you are in the correct family. When researching a large number of family members it is prohibitive to obtain all certificates of birth. I would suggest that only those in your direct line be purchased. Most dates shown are the baptismal dates. Charles was a collier in the Forest of Dean. He also worked as a woodsman.

  After arriving in the United States they first appeared to have lived in Nanticoke, PA, but may have, for a short time, lived elsewhere, most likely Canada. They eventually moved to Bernice and Mildred and were living in Mildred when my Grandfather died. The towns are small and seem to connect. The town of Bernice, Pennsylvania where Charles and Alice settled was named in honor of Mrs., Bernice Jackson. It was the wife of the Honorable George D. Jackson who was responsible for the railroad into Bernice. One of the Potter daughters lived with the Jackson’s at one time. The town of Mildred was originally called Birch Creek.

Obituary for Charles Hatten: Here we see again the spelling with an E; that is because most Hattons pronounce the name as Hatten instead of Hatton and again it is written as Hatten. It's easy to see that Hatton and Hatten are both the same.

Sullivan Review
Dushore, PA

OBITUARY

  October 1917, reads: Last week, Charles Hatten of Mildred, who for a number of years has been in the employ of the Connell Coal Co. at Bernice, was fatally injured in the mines at this place. He was taken to the hospital at Sayre where he died Friday, October 26. Mr. Hatten was born in England 64 years ago coming to this country with his wife when a young man they settled at Nanticoke. About 12 years ago he came to Mildred where he has since lived. He is survived by his wife, four daughters and five sons,. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran church with interment in the adjoining cemetery.

[Notice how the name is spelled with an E. This happens often and is printed in various documents. The Hatton family of England and the Hattens’ are the same. It's just a matter of someone transcribing the name as they hear it.]

CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON: Baptized: June 04, 1854, Hope Mansell, Gloucester England22

Burial: 1917, Mildred, PA

Census (2): 1881, Westbury on Severn 26 years old

Religion: Bet. 1854 - 1890, Episcopalian, England

ALICE ANN WALBY 

  Note: The date shown here is a birth date. Alice was still in England at the time of the 1881 census. She was visiting in Gloucester at the time of the census, listed as 20 years old. Her mother had died and her father was living alone in Hereford. Registration of marriage shows January 24, 1862. I was the only one at the bedside of my great grandmother when she died. I hold the certificates of birth and marriage. My great-grandmother Alice Ann " Walby" Hatton died with just me present at 2:00 P.M. on the afternoon of December 16, 1945. I remember the wake that was held in my grandparent’s home. I had been in my great-grandmother's bedroom talking to her when she just closed her eyes and passed on just as if she went to sleep. Even though I was only eight years old I knew she has passed away and I went downstairs and told the rest of the family. It didn't have a great affect on me because she went so gently.

  Her death certificate states she was a resident of the United States for 62 years meaning that she arrived about 1882-1883, which agrees with the census records in England. Her father and mother are stated on her birth registration as George Walby, farmer, and the former Ann Miles was her mother.

Many of the family members found their mates in Wales. Other family marriages included the Morgan, Tevitt, Warlow, Truscott, Ingrahm, Lloyd, and Thomas. Many of these were from Wales. The families appear in the United States living next to, or near, the Hatton’s, so I think it's safe to assume these are the same families from Wales.

Ernest 2nd.

  Note: The birth certificate is not clear and the name could be Walbey. George Morgan was a witness. The marriage Certificate is spelled Wallbe. George Wallbe was living at, what appears to be James Place, and he is a farm laborer. Witnesses were William Wallbe and Caroline Meek.

My great grandmother's mother, Ann Miles, I have not been able to trace the family back any further. However, the Miles family does appear often in the parish records and are an old family in the church at Hope Mansell. I think it's possible that some of the Wallby’s left England first and may be related to those near the Potter family in New York. I noticed Walbys in that area that might just fit, but time has not allowed me to research further.

  My great grandmother was laid out in the house, which was the custom of the time. Family members came from all parts of the country and meals were served and everyone brought up to date on each, and every, family. I couldn't quite understand it as it wasn't all that somber, once respects were paid. I was much too young to ask my great grandmother about her family. I don't remember what I talked to her about, only that I was the only one with her. She talked to me for a while and then just closed her eyes.

She was a small petite woman with a very English look. She looked like the old English ladies you see with a thin face and sort of a pointed and slightly hooked nose. She had lived on Cherry Hill next to our Exley and Potters. I remember she kept a very clean home and had an old Edison Record Player, which I now own. My great grandfather Charles and her had bought it new. It still plays and I have quite a few of the records. I will give it to my daughter.

ALICE ANN [ WALLBY] WALBY:Burial: 1945, Mildred, PA

Census: 1881, Ryeford, visitor, Gloucester, England

Religion: Lutheran in United States

Children of CHARLES HATTON and ALICE WALBY are:

15.  i. CLARA ALICE J.4 HATTON, b. June 04, 1882, Bernice, Pennsylvania.; d. March 13, 1937, Hendy Creek, Pennsylvania..

16. ii. CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON, b. November 17, 1884, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.; d. July 29, 1959, Mildred, Cherry Twp.,  Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania..

17.   iii. ALFRED JOHN HATTON, b. March 18, 1887, Bernice, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. October 22, 1931, Orange Park, Florida.

  iv. GEORGE HATTON, b. August 24, 1889, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.; d. June 04, 1906, Bernice, Sullivan Co., PA.

George Hatton was killed in the mines at 18 years old in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Tombstone reads son of Charles and Alice Hatton age 16. George was injured on June 1, 1906 in a mining accident and died on June 4th. 1906.

Burial: 1906, Bahr Cemetery, Sullivan County, PA

v. HENRY HATTON, b. April 25, 1892; d. August 1970, Dearborn, Michigan; m. CLARA [ RODKI ] RODKA; b. February 1894; d. February 1894.

Henry donated the Organ for Trinity Lutheran Church, Mildred.

Occupation: Ford Motor Company

18.   vi. ALICE ANN HATTON, b. October 25, 1898, Mildred, Pennsylvania.; d. April 1979, Lopez, Pennsylvania..

vii. JAMES HATTON, b. January 08, 1901, Mildred, Pennsylvania.; d. March 1967, Michigan.

James " Jim " Hatton married a woman from Canada. In fact the three Hatton brothers. Alfred, Henry and Jim according to my father married women from Canada. Jim, as he recalls adopted a boy that may have been a child of from a first marriage of his wife.

   viii. BLANCHE HATTON, b. March 24, 1902; d. July 16, 1959; m. WILLIAM LYNCH.

Blanche donated the silver for Trinity Lutheran Church in Mildred.

Burial: Fairview Cemetery. Dushore, Sullivan, PA

ix. VIOLET A. HATTON, b. October 25, 1904, Bernice, Sullivan Co., PA; d. January 26, 1934, Troy, Michigan; m. CARL CARLSON, September 26, 1928.

Died at age 29 years, 3 months 1 or 2 days. Married for 5 years and four months.

Burial: Fairview Cemetery. Dushore, Sullivan, PA

Generation No. 4

6.  BLANCHE EMMA4 GREENING (MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 28, 1868 in Lea Bailey, Hereford, England.  She married JOBLIN. 

BLANCHE EMMA GREENING: Baptized: 1868, Hope Mansell, Hereford, England

Child of BLANCHE GREENING and JOBLIN is:

 i. RALPH5 JOBLIN.

7.  HESTER4 GREENING (MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born April 24, 1870 in Higham, Gloucester, England.  She married JAMES BESTWETHERICK. 

Children of HESTER GREENING and JAMES BESTWETHERICK are:

 i. MOLLY5 BESTWETHERICK.

ii. DAISY BESTWETHERICK, b. October 1908.

  iii. FREDERICK BESTWETHERICK, b. January 1911.

8.  HENRY4 GREENING (MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born July 28, 1873 in Lassington, England.  He married ANNIE. 

Children of HENRY GREENING and ANNIE are:

 i. FREDERICK5 GREENING.

ii. FREDA GREENING.

  iii. HENRY GREENING.

9.  JAMES4 GREENING (MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born 1881.  He married LOTTIE. 

Children of JAMES GREENING and LOTTIE are:

 i. JAMES5 GREENING.

ii. EDITH GREENING.

  iii. RHODA GREENING.

  iv. HENRY GREENING.

10.  ALBERT4 GREENING (MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born 1884 in Higham, England, and died February 25, 1958 in Risca, Gwent.  He married MARY FARMER April 20, 1908 in Higham, England.  She was born November 30, 1879 in Quedgley, England, and died November 07, 1964 in Risca, Gwent.  In the 1881 British Census Albert is listed as ALFRED.

Children of ALBERT GREENING and MARY FARMER are:

19.  i. FREDERICK HENRY5 GREENING, b. June 16, 1909, Pontymister, England; d. September 27, 1975, Newport, Gwent, England.

20. ii. IVOR GREENING, b. September 30, 1910, Pontymister, England; d. April 15, 1996, Kendal, Cumbia, England.

21.   iii. REGINALD THOMAS GREENING, b. July 1913, Pontymister, England; d. October 12, 2001, Queen Mary's Hospital. Sicup, Kent, England.

22.   iv. PHILIP GREENING, b. January 22, 1919, Pontymister, England.

11.  CHARLES JAMES SR.4 HATTON (ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 20, 1872 in Ruardean, Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England, and died September 03, 1960 in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania..  He married (1) JOHANNA TRUSCOTT June 03, 1896 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania., daughter of FRANCIS TRUSCOTT and MARY ANN.  She was born January 25, 1875 in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, and died June 29, 1924 in Edgeworth, PA.  He married (2) HELEN GRAHAM 1931.  She was born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania..

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The Obituary for Charles James Hatton:

Charles James Hatton, in his 88th year, of 409 Chestnut Street, Edgeworth, died at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 3, 1960, following a long illness. Friends were received at the Gray-Cole Funeral Home, 328 Beaver Street. Where the Reverend Samuel Odam of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church conducted funeral services on Tuesday afternoon. Interment was in Sewickley Cemetery. Born in Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England, a son of the late Isaac and Sarah Hatton, he was a direct descendant of Sir John Hatton, an English statesman who is buried in Westminster Abbey. His parents brought him to this country in 1882 and settled in Nanticoke, Pa. He came to the valley in 1900 and was with A.C. Dryman and Sons, a plumbing firm, until he started his own business, Charles J. Hatton and Sons. He was a charter member and oldest member of the Edgeworth Volunteer Fire Company, which was organized in 1903. A member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church since 1900, he also served for twenty-five years as secretary of the Edgeworth School Board. He was a member of the Sewickley Knights of Pythias and was active in Civil Defense in Edgeworth Borough. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Graham Hatton; five sons, Jo T. Hatton and Tobias I. Hatton both of Edgeworth; Milton Hatton of Leetsdale; Charles Hatton of Ontario, California and Arthur Hatton of Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters, Mrs. Edith Freehan of St. Albans, N.C. and Mrs. Lily Lindeblom of Olympia, Washington; a sister, Mrs. Lilly Gilbert of Pt. Pleasant, NEW JERSEY; thirty-one grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.

 

Family notes:

Charles James owned a plumbing shop in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania. His shop was at the end of a driveway that ran between his home and his son Jo and family. The men who worked for the family were treated like an extended family.

April 19, 2001from Patty Hefner: Hi Ernie:  I am still stumbling my way through this scanner business:  I believe I need my more computer literate eldest here to guide me through (And make snide comments on my lack of competency.  He insists on singing that memorable line from the Rolling Stones:  "What a drag it is getting olllldddd.") Anyway, I am trying to send this photo of my grandfather, Charles James Hatton, am anxious to hear if you see a resemblance to your Grandfather.


Charles James Hatton
1872-1960
Courtesy of Ernest Hatton, Jr.

 This was taken in our backyard in Edgeworth PA, April 1958.  He is sitting with his second wife, Helen Graham Hatton. She was a nurse in his doctor's office.  She graduated from St. Christopher's in Philadelphia in 1913, I believe.  Used to love telling me stories about things she did, including delivering babies as a senior nursing student.  However, the docs in the hospital were *outraged* to see the nurses were learning how to take blood pressures

Federal Census Pennsylvania 1910 (Ernest A. Hatton 2nd,)

Charles J Hatton

  Age: 36 State: PA

  Color: W Enumeration District: 0112

  Birth Place: England Visit: 0019

  County:  Allegheny

  Relation:  Head of Household

  Other Residents: Wife ??oanna 35, England

Daughter Frances 13, Pennsylvania

Son Isaac 11, Pennsylvania

Son Tobias S 09, Pennsylvania

Son Charles J 07, Pennsylvania

Son Milton 05, Pennsylvania

Daughter Lily 03, Pennsylvania

Son Arthur NR, Pennsylvania

From: Ann Marie Josephine Feehan September 17, 2001.

According to my oral history from my mother he came over from England to marry his sweetheart Johanna Truscott. (They were introduced by brother Francis Truscott E. Hatton )

My grandfather was to be an Anglican Priest at Oxford University but decided to come to America. He became a Plummer (the first week of the Susquehanna River). He raised his eight children in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. He was very civic minded. My mother said he was the Fire Chief, the President of the School board and was one of the Founder's of St Stephen's Episcopal Church. I have clippings and pictures of my grandfather and grandmother despite them being dead before I was born. Interestingly, my mother took my sisters and I over to England in 1969. I visited Westminster Abbey with my girlfriends. I asked a deacon to direct me to the Hatton burial area. It is located in

Islip Chapel, which...(added by E. Hatton) is on the first floor left side, near center.)

Children of CHARLES HATTON and JOHANNA TRUSCOTT are:

 i. FRANCIS TRUSCOTT5 HATTON, b. April 04, 1897, Nanicoke, PA; d. January 12, 1923, Cresant, PA.

ii. ISAAC HATTON, b. October 10, 1898; d. October 01, 1915.

  iii. TOBIAS" TOBIE "INGRAM [ INGHRAM] HATTON, b. September 16, 1900, Sewickley, Pennsylvania.; d. 1985; m. MARGARET SCHWARTZBACHER, February 20, 1922; b. July 13, 1902, Budapest, Hungary.

Tobias and Margaret were childless. Tobias Ingram Hatton is most likely named after Tobias Ingram of Cornwall, England or nearby.

23.   iv. CHARLES JAMES JR. HATTON, b. September 16, 1902, Edgeworth, PA; d. May 26, 1971, Ontario, CA.

24. v. MILTON HATTON, b. September 03, 1904, Edgeworth, PA; d. May 07, 1977, LeHigh Acres, Florida.

25.   vi. LILY HATTON, b. September 15, 1906, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania; d. February 18, 1989, Olympia, Washington.

26.  vii. ARTHUR HATTON, b. October 29, 1909, Pennsylvania.; d. March 03, 1995.

27. viii. JO TRUSCOTT HATTON, b. September 24, 1911, Sewickley, Pennsylvania.; d. March 19, 1997, Sewickley Pennsylvania..

28. ix. EDITH TRUSCOTT HATTON, b. October 25, 1913; d. July 31, 1979.

12.  NELL "NELLY"4 HATTON (ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 13, 1879 in England, and died November 15, 1950 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania..  She married (1) EZRA ENGLER. She married (2) DAVID JOHN THOMAS June 24, 1903 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania., son of DAVID REESE THOMAS.  He was born August 28, 1876 in Wales, and died March 26, 1929 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania..

Nell Hatton was also known as Nellie.  Burial: 1950, Hanover Green Cemetery.

Cause of Death (Facts Pag: 1929, Lung Disease?

Children of NELL HATTON and DAVID THOMAS are:

29.  i. SARAH HELEN5 THOMAS, b. December 15, 1903, Pennsylvania.; d. Hanover, Pennsylvania..

ii. LILLIAN HATTON THOMAS, b. July 06, 1906; d. November 1969; m. HARRY SASSANY.

  iii. DAVID ROBERT THOMAS, b. April 21, 1910; d. December 09, 1970; m. IRENE JONES.

  iv. FREDERICK SPURGEIN THOMAS, b. February 01, 1915; d. October 18, 1995; m. HELEN HOLMES.

13.  LIL4 HATTON (ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born February 08, 1889 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania., and died in Brielle, NEW JERSEY.  She married (1) THOMAS E. GILBERT.  He was born 1886, and died 1957 in Brielle, NEW JERSEY.  She married (2) VEIRLHEM ROTH June 10, 1908, son of JACK ROTH and CATHARINE.  He was born May 1890 in Bernice, Sullivan County, PA.

Moved to Oregon. Unheard of every since. Also known as Lily.  Lill and Thomas lived in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Their son Al, I believe was Alfred.

Hi Ernie

I just got off the phone with my Mom.  She said that Aunt Lill Hatton Gilbert b. 1889 is most definitely buried in Greenwood Cemetery along side her husband Thomas E. Gilbert.  Mom said she couldn’t remember exactly when Lill came to Point Pleasant, NJ but is sure she is buried there. She said Lill was first married to a Roth. They had one son. Her first husband died (Roth) Lill married Thomas E. Gilbert.  They had a son Bobby and a daughter Louise.  Lill sang in the church choir at Harvey Memorial Methodist Church in Pt. Pleasant and sang at my Mom and Dad's wedding in 1937.

Her children went through school in Pt. Pleasant, NJ.  I remember her myself as she was always at my Grandmother’s. She took care of my Grandmother when she was very ill back in the early l940's. My Mom is fairly sure Aunt Lill was still alive in 1945 and is trying to remember the year Aunt Lill died. Mom thinks Aunt Lill was still living when her husband Tom died in 1957.

Will let you know if she remembers more.  She has no recollection of Lill having been in Oregon.  Could you be thinking of a different Lill in the family?

My Mom said Charles J.'s daughter Lillian used to come and visit them in Point Pleasant.

I'm going to ask Patty if there is any mention of the Point Pleasant family in here info.

Thanks so much for giving me Patty's e-mail.

Talk soon, Sandy

Note of Ernest Hatton, researched Roth's: Lil's first marriage was to a Roth of Bernice. The Roth family was from Hungary. I have Veirlhem as her husband but it could have been one of the other brothers. The father noted as Jack Roth entered the U.S. in 1888 and was a farm laborer. His name was probably not Jack, but that's the name he used...Americanized for something else.

His sister Mary Spithe entered the U.S. in 1889 with her son Andrew born August 1889. She was most likely pregnant at the time. Husband or father doesn't appear in the census of 1900, but may have arrived later. She lived with her brother Jack Roth in Bernice. She worked as a servant.

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Brielle, New Jersey

Alfred and Pearl Hatton were living in Orange Park, Florida with Thomas Gilbert.

Note:  Another grave we found was that of Thomas E. Gilbert and Lily Hatton Gilbert. Thomas E. Gilbert was born in 1886 and died 1957 his wife Lily Hatton Gilbert was born 1888..This headstone has no death date. My notes say that "Aunt Lil Gilbert was a Hatton...sister of Uncle Charles Hatton and Aunt Nell of Nanticoke.

Aunt Lil's first Marriage was to a Roth.... her second marriage was to Thomas Gilbert.

There was a Thomas Gilbert visiting with Alfred and Pearl during the census in Florida.

THOMAS E. GILBERT: Burial: 1957, Greenwood Cemetery, Brielle, New Jersey

Children of LIL HATTON and THOMAS GILBERT are:

 i. LOUISE5 GILBERT.

ii. AL GILBERT.

  iii. ROBERT GILBERT.

14. BERTRAM CORNELIUS4 HATTON (ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born April 18, 1891 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania., and died 1946 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania..  He married ELLEN WARLOW23, daughter of WILLIAM WARLOW and MARY VIVIAN.  She was born 1893 in Pennsylvania, and died 1965 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania..

Living next to Bertram Hatton was John T. Davis age 30 born PA and wife May age 30, also son Will ? age 3, and Mary age 1 1/2. Boarding with the Davis family was John Trevitt age 55 born 1864 on the census and Russell Trevitt age 16. These families are most definitely connected to the Hatton family and John Davis must somehow be related to Jemima "Davis" Hatton, the wife of Cornelius Hatton, father of Isaac, father of Bertram Hatton. All are working in the mines except for John Trevitt who is working as a salesman in a grocery store. BERTRAM CORNELIUS HATTON: Burial: Nanticoke Cemetery, Nanticoke, PA

ELLEN WARLOW: Burial: Nanticoke Cemetery. Nanticoke, PA

Children of BERTRAM HATTON and ELLEN WARLOW are:

 i. VIVIAN5 HATTON24, b. March 28, 1916, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.; d. September 10, 1996, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co.,  Pennsylvania..

Vivian died a spinster. She did furnish the family history as told to her by her father Isaac Hatton. This information was sent to my father, Ernest Sr., aks 1st. It is absolutely accurate. Vivian did not know the period of Sir John, only that we were descended from him. She did state that he wrote hymns in the 1700s. If not him than an earler Sir John.

30. ii. DOROTHY HATTON, b. 1921, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.; d. 1957, Eugene, Oregon.

31.   iii. BERTRAM CORNELIUS HATTON, b. March 23, 1924, Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.; d. February 1977, Bensalem, Pennsylvania..

15.  CLARA ALICE J.4 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)25 was born June 04, 1882 in Bernice, Pennsylvania., and died March 13, 1937 in Hendy Creek, Pennsylvania..  She married JOHN SIMS HENLEY26,27,28,29 November 04, 1903 in Dushore, Sullivan County,  Pennsylvania., son of EDMUND HENLEY and SARAH TUBBS.  He was born May 25, 1880 in Bernice, Sugar Hill, Mildred, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania., and died 1938 in Probably Orange Park, FL..

In regards to CLARA HATTON

Family Bible states she was 54 years, 4 months and 9 days at the time of her death. Clara raised her three children alone. Clara was married in  Dushore, Sullivan County.

The Sullivan Review, May 19, 1937

Obituary: Note there are mistakes in this obituary; Mrs. Clara Jane [middle name was Alice after her mother] died Wednesday evening, May 12, 1937, at the home of her son, John, at Hendy Creek. She leaves two sons, John and George, of Elmira; a daughter, Miss Clara Alice Henley, of Endicott, three brothers, James and Henry Hatton of Detroit and William Hatton of Bernice, two sisters, Mrs. Alice Gardner, Lopez, and Miss Blanche Hatton, Mildred, six grandchildren. Also survived by mother, Mrs. C. Alice Hatton of Mildred. [This is not correct; her mother was Alice Ann Hatton].

The body was taken to the Holly funeral home, where Rev. Frederick Hemstridge held the funeral Saturday at 11 A.M. Burial was at Dushore.

The Sullivan Review

November 5, 1903

Mr. John Henley and Miss Clara Hatton, both of Mildred, were united in marriage Wednesday morning, November 4, in the United Evangelical church at Dushore, By Rev. W.J. Campbell.

In regards to JOHN SIMS HENLEY

John Henley," (aks John S. Henley) left the family and was never heard from again," (based on family history). Their mother Clara Alice Hatton raised the children, though they bore the Henley name.

Note: Bernice is in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. John Henley disappeared and was never heard of again. Records I have found indicate that he or his brother did show up in Florida at the home of Alfred Hatton, then retired. In that census he is listed as a guest. Alfred and wife Pearl had retired from Michigan. Alfred was born in Bernice which connected to Mildred. Bernice is now a part of Mildred Pennsylvania. (Alfred was Clara Hatton's brother and my granduncle).

Note: Oh, what the computer age does uncover!

A letter written to me by Sarah Henley Haas 20, February 2001 from 4465 Main Street, Slatington, Lehigh Valley, PA 18080.I phoned Sara on March 26th., 2001 after the 1900 census for Bernice was published.

She writes; Dear Sir, you do not know me but I am the 4th daughter born to John Jim Henley of Mildred, Sullivan County, PA. John was born in May of 1880. (Here we go again) "There is a mystery concerning his death which has never been solved, as to when, where or how?" (Seems like John left this family also) "There is no record of death." (John, of course appeared in Orlando, Florida at the home of the brother of the wife he never divorced, but left with three children, that was my granduncle and Clara's brother, Alfred Hatton. Fortunately there was a census being conducted and he was listed as living with them. Apparently he was suffering from TB.) The letter continues; John married Sarah Jane Shingler of Leighton, PA. (All indications are that he never divorced Clara, but we do not know for sure)

John was a coal miner by trade. When work was scarce he followed the coal miners into Leighton, PA. They had 10 children in all, some died at a very young age during the depression. I am one of the younger children. My mother died in 1931. I do not recall her or my father at all as I was very young at the time.

I have searched for at least 50 years to locate the family. After our mother's death a few women from Monroe Co., Court House came and took the children away from my father, saying that he could not care for us. The baby was 6 months old at the time. (This means born in 1930-31). These women were from the children's Aid Society of Monroe County, PA. We were the first children ever taken in.

They separated us one from another and placed us in foster homes and we had to earn our keep, and taught to work.

After diligently searching for the brothers and sisters. I located all but the baby when finally found her-she had passed away. I learned she had married and raised a family, but it was too late for her, she died in her 40's and is buried in Florida.

After learning about her death I pondered about for some time.

Taking the bull by the horns decided that before any more of us pass away I should have a family reunion, which was in July 1996.

We are all in our 70's and 80's now. Some found excuses not to come, but they came anyway out of curiosity, seven different states were represented. I told them this was our first and last reunion I would have. She goes on to state that in her father's family there were 8 boys and 8 girls. Then she ends with, my grandfather was Edwin Henley, his wife Marie Tubbs. They are buried at Bears Cemetery at Dushore, PA. (Census records of 1900 indicate 10 children.)

Sincerely, Sarah Henley Hass

Note: Sarah and I talked at length one night in February as stated above. She is a delightful and wonderful woman who wondered what had happened to her father. It appears that he left these children as he did the others and did show up in Florida where he is most likely buried. At least one of his children settled in the Orlando area. She had married a Burgess. She died in the area. It's possible that other children also settled in the area, perhaps being told by Alfred Hatton that their father (whom they had no contact) was living. A noble gesture on Alfred’s part, knowing what his feelings where.

Wonderful Sarah has more family than she thought. She has another two brothers and a sister from the marriage of Clara Hatton and John Henley. They were older of course, so the challenge is to find their children and grandchildren.

Sarah, will write to me and fill in the gaps for future generations, the two half brothers and one half sister of the marriage of Clara Hatton and John Henley should do whatever they can do to put this family in order and to know present generations.

The mystery of John S. Henley is over.... the computer age has solved the mystery. Based on his second marriage license. (There is no indication that he ever was divorced from the first. In fact, the same thing happened he disappeared. John later, according to Florida records appeared as a boarder of Clara's brother Alfred Hatton in Florida where he apparently died of T.B.) His ss#, Marriage license to Sarah J. Shindler match John Henley of Sullivan County. Also conversations and letters from Sarah Henley Haas conclude that he was indeed the same John who disappeared from both families.

NOTE: I will print the letters sent from Sarah less any information that she, or I, feel is best not to disclose. At this time I am free to pass this information along but choose not to do so at this time. I am so very proud of Sarah for her effort in trying to put together her family genealogy. When I talked to her she was wonderful and very open. Future generations should regard her highly for what she has done.

April 4, 2001 letter from Sarah in her own words; " John Henley, from Mildred, and wife Sarah moved from Lehighton to Kunkletown, bought a home in 1921, the home was sold for taxes in 1936. John signed the papers at that time. SS# 175-10-9481(Sarah was 16 when John married her) I (Sarah Henley Haas) had found the home years ago. At that time it was well taken care of, but today it is another story, as it has gone to pot. Snakes and wild life live there now.

I decided that if the Henley children ever got together that it would be up to me, as none of the rest would do it. I am the one that will jump in with both feet instead of sitting back and talk about it, so I did it. Everyone is glad I did it, although I had to do a lot of talking. They were afraid that it would amount to nothing.

The Henley children were affected in one way or another as to what happened to us in our young life, not knowing what was going to happen to us. We were scared to death, not having parents to help us. Because of that we were known as the scum of the earth. Today (she is in her 70s) people still say I was picked up out of the gutter. They are not as old as I am and had nothing to do with it. I tell them to go fly a kite.

I have a lot of tid bits to tell, but this will keep you busy for a while. I could not UNDERSTAND why my father was BANNED from ever going home (Bernice, Mildred, Dushore). I made a trip to Williamsport, Dushore, Bernice, Mildred and Towanda etc. searching for information. I was told that my mother was CLARA (Clara Hatton) from Towanda (Clara had moved her children and finally settled just outside of Elmira. They may also have been talking about Clara Henley, the half sister she didn't know she had. The daughter of Clara Hatton and John Henley). I told them no my mother came from Leighton and was SARAH. I was also told that they knew of an uncle John, but when he was spoken of it was in hush tones, and no one knew where he was or what happened to him, his name was not mentioned in the house. (Here Sarah is being told about " her father " because the towns people know of no other John Henley and it is obvious that they don't want to discuss the matter further). I wondered what he ever done to be treated as a black sheep. There was no police records concerning him, never killed anyone etc. No one would give me the answers." (Here is where I fault the family, which to this day must know the truth yet they will now give these children or the other children the satisfaction of knowing the truth from their lips.( The remaining family who know) They are so proud as to let their own go to their deaths never to give them their name.

[Note of Ernest Hatton...

 (I knew what's she talking about). Well Sarah, although we are only tied together through two marriages, and no record of the first of a divorce, I applaud you and welcome you into our family circle. Though there is no bloodline between us. What a terrible thing to search for a family that will not accept you. You are far too good for them Sarah.] 

 I know what's she talking about. Well Sarah, although we are only tied together through two marriages, and no record of the first of a divorce, I applaud you and welcome you into our family circle. Though there is no bloodline between us. What a terrible thing to search for a family that will not accept you. You are far too good for them Sarah.)  Brother Dick told me to forget it that I would be sorry. He said that I should leave it alone, that he did not care and that it was best not to know. They blame computers today for all the mistakes but I blame this old typewriter. It is an old one and it is not me it is this old typewriter that I have used hard thru these many years. There is more that I must tell you and warn you about. (From here I am giving the gist of much more, preserving her privacy)* I was told that there was money in the Henley family that was never claimed by others. It is quite a story and I have no interest in it at all. As far as I know we were as poor as Church mice. To be descended from English Kings or Queens is not possible in my mind.* end of the summation. Sarah then included the documentation showing her descendent as described.

[ Note; Ernest Hatton, Sarah then included the documentation showing her descendent as described].

1910 Pennsylvania Census:

John Henley

  Age: 29 State: PA

  Color: W Enumeration District: 0126

  Birth Place: Pennsylvania Visit: 0125

  County:  Sullivan

  Relation:  Head of Household

  Other Residents: Wife Clara 27, England

Son John 05, Pennsylvania

Son George 03, Pennsylvania

Children of CLARA HATTON and JOHN HENLEY are:

 i. CLARA ALICE5 HENLEY, b. March 05, 1904, Lopez, Sullivan County.

Death Date/M.I.: North Carolina, reported by Medicare

ii. GEORGE HENLEY, b. August 02, 1907, Elmira, New York; d. February 1985, Elmira, New York.

  iii. JOHN HENLEY, b. January 05, 1909, Elmira, New York; d. August 1959, Freeport, New York.

16.  CHARLES WILLIAM4 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)30,31,32 was born November 17, 1884 in Nanticoke, Luzerne Co.,  Pennsylvania., and died July 29, 1959 in Mildred, Cherry Twp.,  Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania..  He married LOUISA LENA "ORLOUSKY" ORLOWSKI33 May 20, 1913 in Lutheran Church, Mildred, Pennsylvania., daughter of HEINRICH ORLOWSKI and LUISE MELCHER.  She was born March 12, 1894 in LaPorte, Sullivan Co. Pennsylvania., and died December 14, 1978 in Binghamton N.Y. buried Mildred, Pennsylvania..

CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON Jr.

My grandfather was known as Bill Hatton. He used only the name " William" as not to be confused with his father who used Charles. So as not to be confused he is listed in census records and other records as William C. Hatton.  I knew him well. My father was born in the home I visited every summer in Bernice, Sullivan County, PA. My brother Gordon and I stayed with my grandparents every summer from the time school was out until we went back in the fall. During World War II my father was drafted into the army and then transferred into the Air Force. He had an I.Q. of 148 and it was decided that he be placed in the Air Force. During his time in the service our family, which included my mother and two brothers, lived with my grandparents. Gordon and I attended Cherry Twp. School. My brother Paul now owns the old homestead as of August 2001. I enjoyed my time in Bernice. It was quite different then living in Philadelphia. Most of our extra time was spent picking Huckle Berries, Raspberries, Black Berries etc. Theyall grew wild in the forest in back of my grandparents home. There were also wild apple trees. [In the 1920 census of Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., PA he is listed as William Charles Hatton.]

My great grandfather Charles Sr. had brought seeds from the Beech Nut trees of the Forest of Dean in England and we had one large Beech Nut tree in the yard with a wooden swing. Beside the tree there was a horseshoe pit and a small baseball field for the family. My grandmother kept large flower gardens and also a large vegetable garden, which we would tend. There wasn't any running water and the only well was a community well about 100 yards from the house. I hated washday, as I had to make trip after trip to the well to fetch water for washing. At that time a large metal tub was used. I would carry the water back from the well with a yoke my grandfather carved. I still have that original yoke above our fireplace, completely intact. I never dreamed that God would bless me with so much as I look around my beautiful home and watch my wonderful family.

My brother Gordon and I spent most of our time building places to sleep in the woods. We also spent a great deal of time shooting. In fact, we target shot so much that we really could hit anything that was visible. We first started with shooting at pennies and then to the top of a match. We did the entire things kids do living in the mountains. The school was small and we were required to bring a pad, pencil, bowl and spoon. Fresh, wonderful lunches were prepared at school and we all had our bowl and spoon.

I always went to Schaad's Dam during recess or lunch and seldom returned to school. I got caught up in swimming or looking for frogs, all kinds of interesting things. When I returned to school it was over. One day my teacher, Mrs. Doyle, told me to go out and cut a switch. The teacher would often switch you in front of the class for not behaving. I cut a very small switch and Mrs. Doyle made me go out and cut a bigger one. The switching wasn't too bad, as I don't remember that as much as having to cut two switches.

When my brother and I first attended school we had to fight several other boys in order to be accepted, but that wasn't a problem for us and soon we were well respected and accepted. I had a girl friend in third grade by the name of Ruth Sheer. I think that's how her name was spelled. My cousin Bob Exley's wife to be (many years later) Joan Vogel was a classmate. Back to my grandfather for whom this page is supposed to be about; he had miner’s asthma and couldn't walk very far without stopping for a breath. When I was young he was still working in the mines. He started at age 11. I remember waiting for him to come home. We would open his lunch bucket and my brother Gordon and I would finish what was left sitting on the lawn with my grandfather. My grandmother added a little more to make it a respectable meal. After, we would talk to my grandfather and look for four leaf clovers.

One of the things I remember most were sirens when there was a mine accident and my grandmother would just wait and worry until she knew my grandfather was safe. My grandfather was a very intelligent man and somehow managed to save enough money to pay for college for his children and even lend my father the entire amount of money to buy his first house. My grandparents managed to manage their affairs very well without the need from any outside sources.

I remember the " Catty-nine-tails" (not sure of the spelling) but it had a wooden handle and nine straps that were attached. It hung just behind the coal stove in full view and that is what we dreaded! The Catty-nine-tails was never used that I can remember, but regardless it was terrible thought. One day my brother Gordon took it down and threw it in the coal stove and that was the end of the Catty-nine-tails. I remember it was old. My grandfather was probably keeping it as a collectible item from England or something. Well, nonetheless, it was destroyed by fire. He didn't say much about it maybe he realized that it was really creating a bit of fear in us thinking that he may use it. We were whipped by the belt when we didn't do as we should and it was usually a bad whipping. We had to drop our draws and expose ourselves. It didn't happen very often. It was always clear to us that our grandfather loved us very much and that this is the way he was raised. The good far out weighed those few times. When he was young, working away in a city elsewhere, when there wasn't any work nearby, we would wait by the window looking out over the meadows towards the road just waiting the time we would see his car would approach the house. It was always in the evening so we were looking for headlights. When he finally arrived home for the weekend he would always have something for us, usually a candy bar. He loved the holidays and so did we. At that time all the families would come home to the grandparent's home with their children and so we had a house full. My grandfather at Christmas would go outside and run across the front porch with bells ringing pretending he was Santa. (I did the same for my daughter) We would cut our own Christmas tree from the woods in back of the house. There were two stoves in the house for heating. The one in the kitchen was also used for cooking, baking and heating and the other for washing. The pot bellied stove was in the parlor and was used for heating only. At Christmas after midnight church service, we would all gather in the parlor, there were about 15 to 20 of us through the years who were together for the holidays. My aunt Edna would play Christmas carols on the piano and we would all sing, then open presents, except the ones Santa would leave later in the evening. It was a wonderful life.

In Later years my grandfather couldn't do much work because of his Black Lung disease so he began working as a night watchman in the factory my family built. My brother and I would stay with him and even punch the clock, making the rounds at night checking the factory. It was safe, as no body in that small town would bother the place in that time era.

My grandfather was like a father to me. I had lived with him for much of the time. When he died it was very hard on me and that was the beginning of a change in our lives. The families weren't together as often, and today, even though the very cousins live within 15 miles of my home we never see each other.

He was the glue that kept us together.

It was from this experience that I tried to raise our daughter. I have been fortunate to have a wife with the same values. Our Christmases are wonderful and the experiences learned from generations passed are well instilled in our daughter who looks forward to those wonderful family gatherings. It's a different family now and maybe I'm the glue, and one day maybe my daughter will be the glue.

Whatever happens the true value of life and family are deeply rooted. The love of God and family is the root. With God's help may we always continue with the same family values, generation after generation.

Note by Ernest Hatton Jr. June 2000:  Charles William Hatton and Louise Lena Orlowski were the first couple to be married in Trinity Lutheran Church, since renamed The Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Mildred Pennsylvania. They were married by Reverend Arthur L. Smith. The families purchased three stained glass windows that still remained in the church as of February 28, 1999. Charles William and father both purchased windows. Windows were also purchased by the bride’s parents Heinrich and Louise Orlowski. I spent a great deal of time with my grandparents and even lived with them during World War two while my father served in the Air Force. They were extremely close to me. They are buried in the cemetery of the church where they were married.

The Obituary published in the Sullivan Review, Friday morning, July 31, 1959 reads;

Charles William Hatton Dies...Charles William Hatton of Mildred died suddenly at his home on Wednesday night after suffering a heart attack. A retired miner, Mr. Hatton was born in Nanticoke on November 17, 1884, the son of Charles and Alice Walby Hatton. He has resided in Mildred for 57 years and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Surviving are his wife, Louise; two sons, Ernest A. of Philadelphia. and Charles Wm. Jr. of Binghamton, N.Y., one daughter Mrs. Edna Erhardt of Syracuse N.Y, eight grandchildren; two brothers; James and Henry of Detroit, Michigan, One sister, Mrs. Alice Gardner of Lopez. Funeral Services will be held at Holcombe Funeral Home on Saturday morning at 10:30 with services at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mildred at 11:00, The Rev.H.Joseph Slusser officiating.

More About CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON:

Cause of Death (Facts Pag: 1959, Black Lung Disease

Census: 1920, Gives name as William C. Hatton

Occupation: Miner

Religion: Lutheran

LOUISA LENA ORLOWSKI HATTON

My grandmother was born in LaPorte, Sullivan County, PA. Her parents were Heinrich Orlowski  (also spelled Orlousky) and Louisa "Melcher " Orlowski. They were from Prussia and my great grandfather Heinrich (Henry) was in the Prussian Army. My grandmother's favorite thing was her flower garden, which I mentioned on previous pages. Some things I have repeated when writing about my grandfather.

My brother Gordon and I lived with my grand parents during World War two and each summer we stayed until school started. I have the yoke that my grand father made for caring water above my fireplace. I used to hate washday because we had to carry water from the well, which was about a hundred yards from the house. It was hard for little guys. My grandmother and mother would can all kinds of things and my grand father would make wine. We had sour krout in large crocks in the dirt basement under the house. It was just a hole. They used to can carrot juice..ugh! We had no running water and an outhouse with a Sears catalog. You could do two things with the catalog...read it and used it to wipe your.... There was a large beechnut tree in the yards that I now know the seeds came from the "Forest of Dean" in Gloucester England. We had two things to do there. Shoot a BB gun and get in trouble. My brother and I became wonderful shots. If we could see it, we could shoot it. One day we decided it was time to fly. Why not, birds do it? So we fashioned some wings out of cardboard and other odds and ends. I climbed up the beechnut tree to about twenty feet, started flapping my arms and jumped out of the tree. The only thing I remember is the ground seemed awfully close. Well, I thought, I needed a runway. So, I got up on the out house roof, ran across it and the coalhouse, flapped my wings and let it rip...crashed right into the wire chicken yards fence. That was the end of my aviation career. My brother, who I thought was dumber than me, just watched. I might have been wrong about him. He did have a puzzled look on his face about my flying and there was a certain glee when I crashed! The only other really interesting event was the time we set the woods on fire. We were coming home from school lighting matches and throwing them up in the air...all of the sudden we were surrounded by fames. We got out of there and it wasn't but a short time when the whole town was fighting the fire. School was okay, because I wasn't there much. I would go to the creek at lunchtime and get interested in frogs, snakes and other stuff, next thing you know it was time to go home. The teachers used to make us get our own switch out of the woods when we didn't behave. I had to do it just one time. I went out got a really small switch, was sent out again. Got a really small switch etc, finally she got a paddle and that was that. At least I didn't furnish the weapon. That's the way I looked at it. Getting ready for school was real simple, not like today. This is what you got for school. One pad with lines, one pencil, a bowl for all your food and a spoon...that's it! When lunch was ready it all went into the bowl, you ate it with the spoon and bingo that was lunch country style.

My grandmother had a wonderful laugh. She had always wanted running water in the house. It really wasn't practical because the water had too much sulphur. We used to catch rainwater, which we used for washing etc. My grandfather got an old sink and placed it in the house with a drain going to the outside. Of course you had to go out and get the water, then fill the basin. It wasn't practical and my grandmother had a good laugh and never asked for an indoor water supply again.

The Saturday wash is a reality for those who are not familiar with that time in the country. Each Saturday night a big tub was filled with hot water in the kitchen and my brothers and I took turns getting our baths...no privacy.

In those days, and in that place, everyone lived in the kitchen. There wasn't any heat elsewhere. When we went to bed at night in the winter we would take a heated brick from the oven and placed it in a sack that we placed in our beds. It was almost like sleeping outside. As soon as you got up in the morning you would make a run for the kitchen. The stove was usually started about 6:00 in the morning or sooner. My grandfather sat in his old mission rocking chair by the old stove. We used mostly coal but also wood to get it started. The coal after it was used was placed outside and we, the kids, would shift through it and get any coal that was not burned. There was little waste.

Our food was wonderful. There was always a good meal with fresh vegetables in the summer and our own canned in the winter. The mail was delivered to a small post office in town. There weren’t very many people. My grandfather Exley had designed a Movie Theater, so we had that until it burned down and was never replaced.

During my years the town was much smaller than when the mines were in full operation. At the times of full work there were hotels and lots of people in town. Today the entire population of the county is only 6200 people. The winters were really hard and it was not a pleasure to go out to use the outhouse during that time. There was a pot under each bed in case you needed it during the night, but almost always we would just face the weather and go outside to the out house. It was bitter cold most of the winter. The old Sears catalog was the tissue of those times.

The line up was the outhouse, the coal shed, and then the chicken coup. We had a garden as I mentioned before and a rhubarb patch.

My family, which included both my father and mother's families lived in the same towns and attended the same church. My mother's family was Exley’s and Potter’s. The Potters arrived in 1635. They were Puritans. So, there is a lot of family history. They are also buried in the area as well as in Otsego, N.Y. and New Haven CT, which they founded with other Puritan families. They were mostly farmers to begin with but did become well known.  (More on that elsewhere)

My grandmother died in Binghamton, N.Y. My brother Paul bought the old homestead and has it till this day august 2001. He uses it for hunting, fishing and visiting the folks that we are related to in the area.

The thing I remember most about my grandmother was the respect shown to her by everyone. She was so well liked. She tried to learn the language of the various people and would speak to them in their language. She spoke German very well as it was spoken in the house while she was growing up. Some of her siblings, as noted, were born in Prussia. My grandmother taught me German but I never used it much so there is little I remember. It was she that introduced the name Ernest into our English family. She insisted there be a German first name and so my grandfather settled with one and that was Ernest. However, the middle name was Arthur. The first Ernest, of course, was my father. There's a lot of history in our names and I'll try to explain the names as I write. Knowing our family history so far back gives us the opportunity to explain our heritage. My grandfather didn't tell her about Ernest Arthur Hatton’s of England.

Like so many families it is mixed, but I do think that the Religious root is stronger than many others. Not so pious, but still strong and tolerant. It's the deeds that count.  My grandmother always found a way to get to church.

We spent so much time with my grandparents, picking Berries and selling them by the side of the road. My grandmother always had fresh pies. The pies were Huckle Berry, Wild Apple, blackberry, Raspberry, rhubarb and lemon, and oh so good! My grandfather would make the wine from all of those plus dandelions, which we also ate as a salad.

LOUISA LENA "ORLOUSKY" ORLOWSKI:

Birth - Civil Reg.: April 10, 1894, No Certificate at court house, just card record

Occupation: Homemaker

Religion: Lutheran

Children of CHARLES HATTON and LOUISA ORLOWSKI are:

 i. HENRY JOHN5 HATTON, b. July 08, 1913, Mildred, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. July 09, 1913, Mildred, Sullivan Co.,  Pennsylvania..

Born July 8, 1918 at 2:15 A.M., 8 bs., died  July 9th., 1918.

ii. CHARLES RALPH HATTON, b. March 05, 1914, Mildred, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. July 19, 1914, Mildred, Sullivan Co.,  Pennsylvania..

Born March 5th. 1914, Thursday at 4:20 A.M., died July 19th., age 4 months, 14 days.

32.   iii. ERNEST ARTHUR SR. HATTON, b. October 02, 1915, Bernice, Mildred, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. November 25, 2002, Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA.

33.   iv. EDNA MAE HATTON, b. July 02, 1921, Mildred, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. February 02, 1982, Syracuse, New York.

34. v. CHARLES WILLIAM HATTON, b. July 06, 1925, Mildred, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. April 05, 1995, Binghamton, New York.

17.  ALFRED JOHN4 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)34 was born March 18, 1887 in Bernice, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania., and died October 22, 1931 in Orange Park, Florida.  He married PEARL WIFE OF ALFRED.  She was born February 12, 1893 in Michigan, and died August 1973 in Orlando, Florida.

Alfred was gassed in the First World War resulting in an early death.

Family Bible states he dies at 44 years, 7 months and 4 days.

Note: Alfred's residence is given as Dearborn, Michigan while working for Ford Motor Company. He retired to Florida and died in Orange Park, Florida.

ALFRED JOHN HATTON: Military service: WW l

Occupation: Began with Ford Motor Co.

It is believed that both Alfred's and James Hatton's wives were from Canada.

Children of ALFRED HATTON and PEARL ALFRED are:

 i. GEORGE5 HATTON.

35. ii. LUCILLE DAWN HATTON, b. February 24, 1919, Detroit, Michigan; d. April 1978, Detroit, Michigan.

  iii. CLIFFORD DUANE HATTON, b. January 09, 1923, Michigan35; d. December 10, 1996, Farmington, Oakland,  Michigan36.

18.  ALICE ANN4 HATTON (CHARLES WILLIAM3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 25, 1898 in Mildred, Pennsylvania., and died April 1979 in Lopez, Pennsylvania..  She married John Gardner, son of ANDREW  Gardner and ANNA.  He was born January 30, 1896 in Lopez, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania., and died January 17, 1949 in Lopez, Sullivan Co.,  Pennsylvania..

Note: Also have a birth date of 1893 for Alice Hatton.

Burial: 1979, Mildred, PA.   John Gardner's nickname was Porker.  My father said that he had caught quite a few wildcats that he kept.

Children of ALICE HATTON and JOHN GARDNER are:

36.  i. ESTHER5 GARDNER, b. Lopez, Pennsylvania..

37. ii. MARY GARDNER.

  iii. ALICE ANN GARDNER, b. April 29, 1924, Lopez, Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania.; d. September 29, 1933, Lopez, Sullivan Co.,  Pennsylvania..

She burned herself removing boiling water from wood stove at age 9 years, 5 months.

The Sullivan Review

October 4, 1933

Obituary for ALICE ANN GARDNER

Miss Alice Ann Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner of Lopez died Friday evening in the Packer Hospital at Sayre at the age of 9 years and 5 months.

She is survived by her parents, two sisters Mary and Esther and one brother Jacob.

The death of Alice Gardner came as a shock to the people residing in Lopez. She had gone out early on Friday morning to start the fire and help her mother in getting breakfast.

Taking up a two-galloon can of kerosene she poured some of the fluid into the stove, when the can exploded, covering her body with the burning oil. Her clothing was burned from her body before the fire could be extinguished. She was given first aid and rushed to the Packer Hospital at Sayre, where she died at six o'clock the same evening.

The body was brought to her late home where funeral services were held Monday afternoon, with further service in the Evangelical Church at Lopez.

Rev. A.L. Smith, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church at Mildred officiated, assisted by Rev. G. R. Mergenthaler of Dushore. Interment was made in the Lutheran cemetery at Mildred.

The pupils and teachers of the Lopez schools attended in a body. The floral offerings were profuse and were carried by twenty-eight little girls, schoolmates of the deceased.

The attendance at the funeral was the largest seen in many years in Lopez.

Among those who attended the funeral from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Archie Doddona and daughter Dawn Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Young and daughter June, Paul and Ernest Brougham of Sayre; Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Brown of Athens; Mrs. Clara Henley Elmira; Mr. and Mrs. William Hatton and children Ernest, Edna and William of Bernice, Mrs. Alice Hatton and daughter Blanche Hatton of Mildred and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carlson of Dushore.

38.   iv. JAMES JOHN GARDNER, b. May 26, 1928.

Generation No. 5

19.  FREDERICK HENRY5 GREENING (ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born June 16, 1909 in Pontymister, England, and died September 27, 1975 in Newport, Gwent, England.  He married ETHEL GERTRUDE ROBERTS November 10, 1935 in Risca, Gwent.  She was born November 23, 1912 in Risca, Gwent.

Child of FREDERICK GREENING and ETHEL ROBERTS is:

39.  i. ROGER6 GREENING, b. September 26, 1935, Risca, Gwent.

20.  IVOR5 GREENING (ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 30, 1910 in Pontymister, England, and died April 15, 1996 in Kendal, Cumbia, England.  He married SARAH ELIZABETH COYLE March 23, 1940 in England.  She was born December 23, 1909 in Arwfield Plain, Co. Durham, and died December 24, 1972 in Rochester, Kent, England.

Child of IVOR GREENING and SAEAH COYLE is:

 i. CHRISTINE MARY6 GREENING37, b. December 31, 1945, Chatham, Kent, England; d. July 20, 2002, England.

21.  REGINALD THOMAS5 GREENING (ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born July 1913 in Pontymister, England, and died October 12, 2001 in Queen Mary's Hospital. Sicup, Kent, England.  He married LILLIAN COX. 

Notes for REGINALD THOMAS GREENING:

Dear Mr. Hatton.... Imagine my surprise and utter delight. In accidentally stumbling across part of my family tree as part of your family tree I find my great grandparents were Henry Greening and Mary Ann Hatton.  I thought you should know that it was Albert Greening (not Alfred as stated) who married Mary Farmer. Albert Greening was my grandfather.  My father is Reginald

Greening (married Lillian Cox) and is alive and well and living in England...he is 87 years old.  I am Janet (Greening) Peters.... came to the USA in l960.  There are several other errors in the Greening side of the family tree, which I would be happy to correct if you would like. Again, let me say how astonishing it was to simply type in the name Henry Greening and come up with all this information.  Thanks to you!

During World War II, my mother (Lillian Cox) and I lived with my grandparents Albert and Mary (Farmer) Greening because my father (Reginald) was serving in the Merchant Navy. I vividly remember a very large framed photograph hanging in their parlour....a photograph of Henry Greening and Mary Ann (Hatton) Greening.  I understand from my father, that his grandfather Henry Greening

was employed as the estate manager for Higham Court, home of Sir Hubert Parry. I hope I haven't rambled on too much!  I am now interested in tracing the Greening family tree back beyond Henry Greening, and if you have any tips on how I can start doing that,  I would appreciate it very much. I am very new at this!!  Thank you once again for the opportunity to learn so much about the Hatton side of the Greening family.   Hoping to hear from you.. Janet

Ernie....It is with a great deal of sadness that I must tell you that my father passed away today, October 12 at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sicup, Kent.  He was 88 years old and his health has deteriorated for the past year or so.  I will be going to England as soon as funeral arrangements have been made.

I hope all is well with you, Noreen and Dawn....Janet

Note by Ernest Hatton: The Greenings are related to the famous English Composer.

Children of REGINALD GREENING and LILLIAN COX are:

40.  i. JANET6 GREENING, b. 1939.

41. ii. ELIZABETH GREENING, b. February 10, 1946.

22.  PHILIP5 GREENING (ALBERT4, MARY ANN3 HATTON, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born January 22, 1919 in Pontymister, England.  He married MARGORY GOSLING May 12, 1945 in England.  She was born November 09, 1924 in Pontymister, England, and died April 20, 2002 in England.

Children of PHILIP GREENING and MARGORY GOSLING are:

42.  i. ANTHONY6 GREENING, b. July 06, 1946.

43. ii. PETER GREENING, b. August 25, 1953.

23.  CHARLES JAMES JR.5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 16, 1902 in Edgeworth, PA, and died May 26, 1971 in Ontario, CA.  He married ANN SKRABUT November 17, 1927 in California, daughter of ANTHONY SKRABUT and MARY HANULAK.  She was born December 23, 1908 in Pittsburgh, PA, and died June 23, 1972 in Ontario, CA.

Arthur's daughter Honey Ann was named after Charles aka Honey and his wife Ann.

Children of CHARLES HATTON and ANN SKRABUT are:

44.  i. CHARLES JAMES 6 HATTON the 3rd , b. June 03, 1928, Sewickley, PA.

45. ii. JO ALBERT HATTON, b. December 23, 1930, Sewickley, PA; d. January 01, 2002, San Bernadino, Ontario, CA.

46.   iii. ARTHUR JEAN HATTON, b. December 23, 1930, Sewickley, PA.

24.  MILTON5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1)38 was born September 03, 1904 in Edgeworth, PA, and died May 07, 1977 in Lehigh Acres, Florida.  He married CATHERINE ELIZABETH MESSMER February 15, 1925 in Pittsburgh, PA, daughter of GEORGE MESSMER and ANNA MILLER.  She was born July 13, 1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., and died March 31, 1998 in Ross Twp., PA.

There are other sons to be found.

Death Certificate: May 07, 1977, 38458, Lee Co., FL

Children of MILTON HATTON and CATHERINE MESSMER are:

47.  i. ELIZABETH JOHANNA "BETTY JO"6 HATTON, b. October 20, 1926, Leetsdale, Allegheny, PA.

48. ii. CATHERINE " TINNIE " HATTON, b. August 08, 1928, Leetsdale, Allegheny, PA.

49.   iii. JOSEPH FRANCIS "RAYMOND BUDDY" HATTON, b. December 30, 1930, Leetsdale, Allegheny, PA; d. January 25, 1999, Phoenix, AZ.

50.   iv. GEORGE HATTON, b. June 16, 1936, Sewickley, PA; d. October 19, 1962, South of Lyons Georgia.

51. v. MILTON THOMAS HATTON, b. July 30, 1938, Sewickley, PA.

52.   vi. RICHARD " RICKY" HATTON, b. December 25, 1944, Sewickley, PA; d. May 14, 1967, Sewickley, PA.

vii. SARA "SALLY" HATTON, b. September 17, 1952; m. (1) ROBERT J. FULLERTON, April 27, 1974; m. (2) DONALD WILLIAM BLOSSER, February 29, 2000, Ls Vegas, Nevada; b. September 09, 1952.

25.  LILY5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 15, 1906 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, and died February 18, 1989 in Olympia, Washington.  She married MARTIN ALBERT LINDEBLOM September 20, 1934 in Olympia, Washington.  He was born January 10, 1906 in New Stockholm, Saskatchewan, Canada, and died February 18, 1989 in Olympia, Washington.

Lily married Albert in Salem, Oregon in 1934. She, and Albert, moved to Olympia, Washington in 1939 where she resided for 50 years. She was active in professional nursing associations, garden clubs and her Lutheran Church. Lily was raised in Edgeworth, PA.

Education: 1934, Bellevue School of Nursing, New York City

Notes for MARTIN ALBERT LINDEBLOM:

Albert was Chief Construction Engineer for Bridges for the State of Washington by the time of his retirement in 1969. He attended State College Washington, which is now Washington State University. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering, with many engineering honoraries. His first bridgework was the Lower Maumee River Bridge in Toledo, Ohio, a railroad bridge that still serves the area. He later worked on the Empire State Building project. He also worked for American Bridge Company in Ambridge, PA, where he met Lily (Hatton) while rooming in Edgeworth, PA. The depression caused him to return to Oregon and the Washington State area. He was born in 1906 in New Stockholm, Saskatchewan, Canada of Swedish immigrant parents.

MARTIN ALBERT LINDEBLOM’s degree: 1929, B.S. State College of Washington

Children of LILY HATTON and MARTIN LINDEBLOM are:

53.  i. JOANNA6 LINDEBLOM, b. November 30, 1935, Salem, Oregon.

ii. HARVEY ALBERT LINDEBLOM, b. May 25, 1939, Olympia, Washington; m. CHRISTINE TEENA; b. South Africa.

Harvey was raised in Olympia, Washington from 1939-1957. He attended PLU and served in the U.S. Army in Fort Hood, Texas, 1st. Armored Division, specializing in Nuclear Demolition. He worked for various airlines, all finally merged into Delta, from which he retired. He married Christine (Teena) in 1989, his soul mate for the previous 20 plus years. He is self-trained in sailing and once navigated by the stars a four-person boat from San Francisco to Hawaii. He owned his own boat in Seattle, Washington, where he lived for many years before moving to Sarasota, Florida.

Education: Pacific Lutheran University

54.   iii. DAVID CHARLES LINDEBLOM, b. September 13, 1944, Olympia, Washington.

26.  ARTHUR5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 29, 1909 in Pennsylvania., and died March 03, 1995.  He married (1) FRANCES BERKY about 1938.  She was born about 1908 in Pennsylvania., and died August 22, 1977 in Sewickley, PA.  He married (2) MICHEALINA "PAULA" CHOLODUIK Aft. 1942 in Phoenix Arizona, daughter of WALECO CHOLODUIK and KATHERINE.  She was born October 10, 1920 in Beaver Falls, PA, and died March 01, 1982.  He married (3) FRANCES FRANKLIN Aft. 1982. 

Three other children unknown at this time.

Occupation: Plumber

Children of ARTHUR HATTON and FRANCES BERKY are:

55.  i. ARTHUR JEFFREY " SONNY "6 HATTON, b. February 02, 1936, Sewickley, PA.

56. ii. EDITH JO HATTON, b. August 13, 1940; d. July 11, 1970, Sewickley, PA.

  iii. JUDITH LAVENUERNE HATTON, b. August 05, 1942; m. BRODISH.

Note from Patty Hatton Hefner; Speaking about the children of Arthur and his first wife: These were the cousins I grew up with. Judy was enough older than me that I practically worshipped the ground she walked on. Edie Jo died of complications of heart disease in the late 60's. Maybe 1967. If I find the note that was written about her I will try to send it to you. She was loved throughout our neighborhood, lived across from the playground and was always bandaging up " booboos" and calling moms, taught me to can tomatoes, volunteered for anything. When she was in the hospital, she would visit those who had no family. When she died, I went to the funeral home then couldn't go in, I was so angry that she had died. I don't know when uncle Art left, I don't ever remember him being around.

Children of ARTHUR HATTON and MICHEALINA CHOLODUIK are:

57.   iv. ARLENE KAY6 HATTON, b. May 05, 1946.

58. v. MICHAEL PETER HATTON, b. November 11, 1947.

  vi. JEANNE MARIE HATTON, b. June 06, 1949; m. ROY WHENDT.

A Note from Jeanne to Ernie: My Mother's maiden name was Chiloquin....I was born 5 days after my Mother's Mother died.  I do not know their first names, but she had a brother named Peter Choloduik.  Her parents and her brother escaped from Ukraine and came to America.  My Mother was born in America; her brother was 20 yrs older than her.   I will try to find out her Parents names. I am actually excited; I met almost all of my Father's family when they would come to Phoenix to visit.  I never met his children, which is sad, since they are my family, but they do not want to know us.  It is sad, but hopefully, with your help, I will learn more about my family.   Thank you again, and I will send you all the information I can find.

Jeanne

59.  vii. CATHERINE LYNNE HATTON, b. August 13, 1951.

   viii. TERRANCE JAY " TERRY " HATTON, b. January 10, 1953

ix. HONEY ANN HATTON, b. March 17, 1955; m. ALAN WYMER.

27. JO TRUSCOTT5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born September 24, 1911 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania., and died March 19, 1997 in Sewickley Pennsylvania..  He married OLIVIA NELL LINDSEY April 04, 1945 in Ft. Stockton, Texas, daughter of CHARLES LINDSEY and RUBY SPRAGGINS.  She was born February 15, 1927 in Williamson, Co., Texas.

Jo T. Hatton, 85, of Edgeworth died March 19, 1997, at Swickley Valley Hospital. He was born September

24, 1922, to the late Charles James and Johannah Truscott Hatton. He was a self-employed plumber and

member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Mr. Hatton was a veteran of World War II, having served with

the U.S. Army Air Force. He was a member of the Edgeworth Volunteer Fire Department for 62 years, a

member of the Sewickley American Legion and Ambridge Sportsmen Club. Surviving are his wife Nell

Lindsey Hatton; daughters and sons in law Patty and Ron Hefner of Md., Debby and Mike Lord of

Kittanning and Carol Ruckert of Freedom; a son, Jim Hatton and his wife Clare, of Coraopolis; 12

Grandchildren, Lee, Tim and Travis Hefner, Jacob and Kenny Ruckert, Joseph Hatton, Lindsey Ruckert

Sarah, Emily and Devyn Lord, Elizabeth and Sarah Hatton; and one great-granddaughter, Hope

Elizabeth Ruckert. Funeral was held at Richard D. Cole Funeral Home.

Elizabeth Scwickley, with the Rev. Kevin Clementson of Berkley Hills Lutheran Church officiating. Interment was at Sewickley Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Transition Care Dept. of Sewickley Valley Hospital or Edgeworth VFD.

Note: Jo Truscott met his wife Nell while stationed near Ft. Stockton, Texas.

Children of JO HATTON and OLIVIA LINDSEY are:

60.  i. PATRICIA JO6 HATTON, b. August 28, 1948, Sewickley, Pennsylvania..

61. ii. DEBORAH LEE HATTON, b. April 10, 1950, Sewickley, Pennsylvania..

62.   iii. CAROL DIANE HATTON, b. December 21, 1954, Sewickley, Pennsylvania..

63.   iv. JAMES WALLACE HATTON, b. November 04, 1960, Sewickley, Pennsylvania..

28.  EDITH TRUSCOTT5 HATTON (CHARLES JAMES SR.4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born October 25, 1913, and died July 31, 1979.  She married JOSEPH RICHARD FEEHAN May 01, 1938 in Manhattan, New York, son of RICHARD FEEHAN and EMMA O'BRIAN.  He was born December 03, 1903 in Queens, New York, and died October 25, 1957 in N.Y..

Blockley Nursing School is now a part of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Edith was a nurse in 1934.

Occupation: Reg. Nurse, Blockley Nursing School

Children of EDITH HATTON and JOSEPH FEEHAN are:

 i. EDITH " EDIE" ANN DORIS6 FEEHAN, b. August 22, 1946; m. ROBERT PHILLIP LEFKOWITZ, June 03, 2001; b. June 02, 1946, N.Y..

64. ii. JOSEPH RICHARD" RICHIE" FEEHAN JR., b. June 07, 1949; d. November 23, 2000.

65.   iii. MARYBETH THERESA FEEHAN, b. December 12, 1951.

66.   iv. ANMARIE JOSEPHINE FEEHAN, b. September 08, 1953, St. Alban's N.Y..

67. v. SUSAN CATHERINE FEEHAN, b. April 30, 1955.

29.  SARAH HELEN5 THOMAS (NELL "NELLY"4 HATTON, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born December 15, 1903 in Pennsylvania., and died in Hanover, Pennsylvania..  She married (1) ANDREW WILLIAM SINNOTT 1922 in Pennsylvania., son of PETER SINNOTT and JULIA DORAN. She married (2) WARREN HEIMS May 1948. 

SARAH HELEN THOMAS: Occupation: 1920, Winder-Silk Mill, Luzerne Co. Pennsylvania.

Residence: 1965, 206 E. Bringhurst, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ANDREW WILLIAM SINNOTT:

Immigration: May 10, 1919, SS Griessenfield, Port of New York-Ellis Island

Military service: Enlisted in British Navy

Naturalization: November 13, 1951, U.S. Citizenship #6661794

Occupation: AFL/CIO Union organizer for coal workers

Residence: 1944, 250 Inman Park, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

Children of SARAH THOMAS and ANDREW SINNOTT are:

 i. STACIA CATHERINE6 SINNOTT, b. May 19, 1923; d. November 03, 1997; m. (1) EDDIE ROSE; m. (2) A. WALLY EICHINGER, May 09, 1959.

ii. HELEN PATRICIA SINNOTT, b. May 28, 1924; m. WALTER KASCHER, April 25, 1942.

  iii. JOAN SINNOTT, b. November 05, 1928; m. WILLIAM LEYRER, July 17, 1948.

68.   iv. WILLIAM ANDREW SINNOTT, b. August 20, 1932, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania..

v. MAUREEN SINNOTT, b. November 21, 1935; m. FRANK LUPINO, September 04, 1954.

30.  DOROTHY5 HATTON (BERTRAM CORNELIUS4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born 1921 in Nanicoke, Pennsylvania., and died 1957 in Eugene, Oregon.  She married WILLIAM R. RILEY. 

There is one daughter believed to be named Helen in Oregon. I have found a Lill also.

Burial: Eugene, Oregon

Child of DOROTHY HATTON and WILLIAM RILEY is:

 i. MARY ELLEN6 RILEY.

31.  BERTRAM CORNELIUS5 HATTON (BERTRAM CORNELIUS4, ISAAC3, CORNELIUS2, JOHN1) was born March 23, 1924 in Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.39, and died February 1977 in Bensalem, Pennsylvania..  He married WINIFRED THOMAS40 May 25, 1949 in Elton, Maryland, daughter of GOMER THOMAS and ELLEN JONATHAN.  She was born December 29, 1931 in Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., PA.

BERTRAM CORNELIUS HATTON 2nd.

Obit: Reads, Bertram C. Hatton, a supervisor for the Philadelphia Rubber Waste C., Richmond and Allegheny Avenues., collapsed and died at work yesterday. He was 52 and lived at 6245 Nathan Hale Court, Cornwell Heights, Pa. Mr. Hatton had been with the rubber firm for the past two weeks. Prior to that he had worked for the B.F. Goodrich Co., 26th. And Girard Avenue., for 25 years. Services will be at 11 A.M. Friday at the William Davis Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, Pa. NOTE: This not the full contents of the obituary.

In October of 2002-I received a photograph of Bertram from his wife Winifred and I was really taken back by the how very much he resembled Charles William Hatton, my grandfather. I will post both photographs. There can be no doubt of the relationship!

Burial: February 1977, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.

Military service: about 1942, World War Two Army Veteran

Children of BERTRAM HATTON and WINIFRED THOMAS are:

69.  i. VIVIAN "