West Laurel Hill Cemetery (Partial), Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives as indicated below. Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************* West Laurel Hill Cemetery 225 Belmont Ave Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 (610) 664-1591 ------------------------- Tombstone Images for this cemetery are located at: http://usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/westlaurelhill.htm Contributed by Jane Hamilton [rhamilton26@tampabay.rr.com], April 16, 2010 Name Date of Lot Burial ============================================================================= Buck, William Jackson March 26, 1884 386 Washington Buck, Emma M. July 5, 1901 386 Washington Buck, Byron H. Nov. 30, 1914 386 Washington Buck, Cecile K. Sept. 6, 1919 386 Washington Buck, M. Estella B. Dec. 31, 1921 386 Washington Buck, Francis Ludlow Oct. 10, 1936 386 Washington Interments from St. John's Lutheran Church 5th & Race June 24, 1924 Name age Lot Buck, Robert Smith 5 yrs River 985 Buck, Elizabeth Smith 35 yrs River 985 Buck, Still Born River 985 Buck, Charles Nicholas 76 yrs River 985 Buck, Anna Catherine 69 yrs River 985 Buck, Harriet 80 yrs River 985 Buck, Mary 77 yrs River 985 Buck Doris Elizabeth 39 yrs River 985 Buck, Louisa 28 yrs River 985 Buck, Catherine no other information Buck, Charles N. no other information Name Date of Birth Date of Death Buck, William J. Sept. 09, 1819 March 25, 1884 Buck, Emma M. July 07, 1820 July 02, 1901 Buck, Byron Sept. 15, 1843 Nov. 29, 1914 Buck, Francis L. Sept. 20, 1873 Oct. 13, 1936 Buck, Cecelia R. April 1874 Sept. 03, 1919 Thackara, Benjamin June 04, 1820 Sept. 18, 1896 Thackara, Mary Ann Oct. 20, 1822 Oct. 06, 1896 Thackara, Julia E. Feb. 08, 1846 July 13, 1938 Cooper, Sarah D. 1801 Dec. 19, 1880 Teacher: former Haddington M E Church at 63d & Girard was renamed in her honor 1893. In 1885 a vault was built in Washington Section for Sarah D. Cooper ============================================================================== Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: sheryl moore agshare1@yahoo.com May 29, 2009, 5:36 pm Name Date of Birth Date of Death Comments ===================================================================================================== THON, Gotthilf Gottlieb G. 1841 1911 this is my father's grandfather's stone.Gottlieb came over from Germany and ran the saloon/hotel/cigar shop at Broad & Christian Sts. THON, Hannah Bertha 1842 1900 this is my father's grandmother's stone.Her maiden name was HAPPEL THON, William 1880 1880 THON, Louis 1882 1902 this is my father's uncle's stone. ===================================================================================================== Contributed by BettyAnn Name Date of Birth Date of Death Comments ===================================================================================================== CLARK, Albert J. Lot 254, Philadelphia Section CLARK, Mary K. 5/22/1933 (76 years) Lot 254, Philadelphia Section FARR, Peter C. 8/22/1916 (55 years) Brother of Margaret and Mary; Lot 254, Philadelphia Section SHAW, Carol Elizabeth 5/17/1950 (65 years) Lot 254, Philadelphia Section SHAW, Margaret A. 12/23/1969 (69 years) Lot 254, Philadelphia Section SHAW, William T. 7/12/1962 (77 years) Son of Margaret, husband of Carol ; Lot 254, Philadelphia Section ===================================================================================================== Contributed by Marie Clark Name Date of Birth Date of Death Comments ===================================================================================================== DAVIS, Harold Bader 29 Feb 1912 2 Feb 1999 Son Albert Bader Davis & husband of Catherine H. Davis (Murray) ===================================================================================================== Contributed by Martha Ann Knies Bledsoe Name Date of Birth Date of Death Comments ===================================================================================================== KNIES, Alice Bailey Buried 11-18-1974 KNIES, Erwin Buried 3-18-1973 KNIES, George Buried 11-3-1994 KNIES, Lucie Buried 6-6-1996 KNIES, Wilhelmine Maria Heckel Buried 3-26-1930 ===================================================================================================== Contributed by Irene Fearon Bailey Name Date of Birth Date of Death Comments ===================================================================================================== KUNZ, Minnie Gertrude Feb 1, 1881 May 16, 1939 Burial: May 19, 1939 (nee Morris) Gettysburg, PA Phila., PA MORRIS, David W. July 23, 1855 July 05, 1926 Burial: July 08, 1926 Rockland Co., NY Phila., PA MORRIS, Robert Jan 4, 1884 October 18, 1954 Burial: Oct 22, 1954 MORRIS, Susan Alice Nov 25, 1850 in Feb 04, 1939 Burial: Feb 08, 1939 (nee Lohr) Mt. Holly Springs, Phila., PA Cumberland Co., PA MORRIS, Therese-Francisca- Jan 31, 1886 Mar 21, 1954 Burial: Mar 25, 1954 Veronica (nee Perrin) Cohoes, NY Phila, PA ===================================================================================================== Contributed by Nancy Annie Odegard Name Date of Birth Date of Death Comments ===================================================================================================== ALDINGER, Donna M. 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D., Born India 14 Dec 2008 66 years of age Pediatrician - Daughter of Appadorai Mudaliar and Padma (nee Appadorai) Mudaliar Wife of Dr. Shailendra Vaidya, M. D., - Mother of Reena Vaidya Krishna and late Rajiv Vaidya VANDEGRIFT, Edith M. 06 Feb 2007 91 years of age VanLEER, Edward M. - brother of Irma E. Wark 25 Mar 2009 WELDON, Elvina Alea - cousin of Carol Neumayer 15 Nov 2008 WILLIAM, Bishop John Edward, Sr., 08 Dec 2008 74 years of age h/o Cecilia Coleman WILSON, Diane McRae, Esq., 31 May 2006 YOUNG, Shirley 20 Jun 2006 YOUNGBLOOD, Linda E. Watson - w/o Kenneth 04 Nov 2004 57 years of age WHITEHEAD, Sara Charity Hudson - w/o Albert 08 Mar 2006 WINTERS, Anny B. Born Norway 19 Jan 1922 06 Jan 2009 86 years of age Mother of Gudmund Winters ===================================================================================================== Last Updated: 7/17/2011 This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/cemeteries/westlaurel.txt