Vitals: Selected Death Registrations: 1893-1897: Schuylkill County Court House Death Registration Book 1 Part 1, pages 1 - 250 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Steranko steranko@pottsville.infi.net USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ [ArchivistŐs Note: If you have additions to this list, please use the format below and send them to the address available on the contributions page which is linked from the Schuylkill County Table of Contents.] Taken from The Death Registration Dockets at the Schuylkill County Court House, Pottsville, PA The information listed below is NOT a complete listing of every death registered in each book. Therefore, if a name you may be researching is not listed below, it may be listed within one of the dockets and can be obtained at the Court House. Anyone having additions to specific Dockets is welcome to add their contributions to said Docket (BOOK). ? after father and mother indicates that the records did not list the names of the parent/parents; ? after other listings indicates that, it was either left blank or listed unknown. Int. = Interment, showing town and date the person was buried. It is to be noted that SOME deaths WERE NOT REGISTERED, i.e. Elizabeth Evans Jones died in 1895 in Buck Run, Pa and her husband Hugh Owen Jones died June 12, 1895 in a mining accident but their deaths were not registered within these dockets. * before the name - additional information available from steranko@pottsville.infi.net Page # is the page that the information is on in this book. DEATHS 1893-1897 DEATH REGISTRATION BOOK 1, PART 1 JONES, Jane Page 1 White Female 83 years old Widow Place of Birth: Wales Date of Death: 12/14/1893 Place of Death: Mechanicsville, PA Reason for death: Old Age Int: Pottsville, PA 12/17/1893 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Sarah Page 3 White Female Age 72 Married Place of birth: South Wales Date of death: 8/28/1893 Place of death: Ashland, PA Reason for death: Paralysis Int: Ashland, PA 8/30/1893 Father: ? Mother: ? STARR, Rodie Page 5 White female 4 years old Single Place of birth: Barry, PA Date of death: 11/28/1893 Place of death: Barry, PA Reason for death: Scarlet fever Int: Barry, PA 11/30/1893 Father: J. G. Starr Mother: Jane Starr STARR, Elsie Page 5 White female 4 months old Place of birth: Llewellyn, PA Date of death: 8/16/1893 Place of death: Llewellyn, PA Reason for death: Summer Complications Int: Clausers PA 8/18/1893 Father: Joseph Starr Mother: Annie E. Starr JONES, Harry Page 7 White Male 15 months old Place of birth: Donaldson, PA Date of death: 8/31/1893 Place of death: Donaldson, PA Int: Tremont, PA 9/2/1893 Father: Thomas W. Jones Mother: Annie Jones JONES, Thomas Page 9 White Male 72 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Engineer Date of death: 12/8/1893 Reason for death: Grip Int: Girardville, PA 12/18/1893 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Richard Page 12 White male 33 years old Married Place of birth: England Occupation: Miner Date of death: 8/24/1893 Place of death: Mahanoy City, PA Reason for death: Heart Disease Int: Mahanoy City, PA 8/28/1893 Father: George Jones Mother: Ann Jones JONES: Sarah Page 13 White Female Age 25 Married Place of Birth: England Date of death: 7/1/1893 Place of death: Lorrigans, PA Reason for death: Convulsions Int: Shenandoah, PA 7/5/1893 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, William C. Page 13 1 weeks old Place of birth; Lorrigans, PA Date of death 7/8/1893 Place of death: Lorrigans Int: Shenandoah, PA 7/8/1893 Father: Daniel Jones Mother: Sarah Jones JONES, Viola Page 14 White female 2 years old Single Place of birth: Wm. Penn, PA Date of death: 7/16/1893 Place of death: Wm. Penn, PA Reason for death: Diphtheria Int: Shenandoah, PA 7/18/1893 Father: Morgan Jones Mother: Sarah Jones STERNER, Albert W. Page 16 White Male 52 years old Married Place of birth: Schuylkill Haven, PA Occupation: Clerk Date of death: 10/16/1893 Place of death: Minersville, PA Int: Minersville, PA 10/20/1893 Father: William Sterner Mother: Esther Sterner *KNOWLES, George W. Page 19 White male 39 years old Married Place of birth: Port Carbon, PA Occupation: Laborer Date of death 6/11/1893 Place of death: Harrisburg, PA Reason for death: Spinal Meningitis Int: Port Carbon, PA 6/15/1893 *Father: ? Note: Father was Adam Knowles Mother: ? Note: Mother was Louise Hillegas Knowles EVANS, Daniel Page 19 White Male 52 years old Married Place of Birth: Wales Occupation: Miner Date of death: 10/26/1893 Place of death: Coaldale, PA Reason for death: asthma Int: Tamaqua, PA 10/28/1893 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Margaret Page 19 White female 7 months old Single Place of birth: Seek, PA Date of death: 12/15/1893 Place of death: Seek, PA Reason for death: Bowel complications Int: Tamaqua, PA 12/17/1893 Father: Artimus Jones Mother: Margaret Jones JONES, _______ Blank, first name not recorded Page 20 Sex: ? none recorded Place of birth: Ryan Twsp, PA Date of death: ? no recorded Reason for death: ? not recorded Father: Daniel Jones Mother: Lizzie Jones no further information available on this individual REED, Sarah Page 21 White female 74 years old Single Place of birth: Berks County, PA Date of death: 11/15/1893 Place of death: Schuylkill Haven, PA Reason for death: Dropsy Int: Schuylkill Haven, PA 11/18/1893 Father: ? Mother: ______Higgin KNOWLES, James Page 23 White male 40 years old Married Place of birth: Coaldale, PA Occupation: Miner Date of death: 11/14/1893 Place of death: Ashland, PA Reason for death: Burnt Int: Tamaqua, PA 11/16/1893 Father: ? Mother: ? REED, Magdalena Page 23 White female 36 years old Married Place of birth: Germany Date of death: 12/4/1893 Place of death: Tremont, PA Reason for death: Pleurisy Int: Tremont, PA 12/7/1893 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Elizabeth Page 26 White female 21 days old Place of birth: Wadesville, PA Date of death: 12/8/1893 Place of death: Wadesville, PA Reason for death: Convulsions Int: Flowery Field, Wadesville, (St. Clair), PA 12/10/1893 Father: Thomas Jones Mother: Hanah Jones JONES, ______ first name not recorded Page 27 White male 1 day old Place of birth: Coaldale, PA Date of death: 1/7/1894 Place of death: Coaldale, PA Reason for death: ? none listed Int: Summit Hill, PA 1/8/1894 Father: Edward Jones Mother: Ellen Jones ROWLAND, Thomas Page 33 White male70 years old Married Place of Birth: Ireland Occupation: Miner Date of death: 4/3/1894 Place of death: Homersville, PA Reason for death: Asthma Int: Girardville, PA 4/6/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? THOMAS, Mary J. Page 36 White female 49 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Date of death: 4/18/1894 Place of death: Morea, PA Reason for death: Cancer Int: Jamesville, PA 4/20/1894 Father: William Beynow Mother: Mary Beynow JONES, Florance Page 36 White female 5 years old Place of birth: Rausch Creek, PA Date of death: 1/12/1894 Place of death: Rausch Creek, PA Reason for death: scarlet fever Int: Tremont, PA 1/13/1894 Father: George Jones Mother: Ann Rogers EVANS, Morgan Page 36 White male 2 years and 2 weeks old Place of birth: Gilberton, PA Date of death: 5/27/1894 Place of death: Gilberton, PA Reason for death: Yellow jaundice Int: Frackville, PA 5/29/1894 Father: Ely Evans Mother: Susan Evans REED, Jennie Esther Page 38 White female 2 years old Place of birth: Frailey Twsp., PA Date of death: 2/12/1894 Place of death: Joliett, PA Reason for death: Diphtheria Int: Donaldson, PA 11/3/1894 Father: John Reed Mother: Ann Reed REED, John Page 38 White male 76 years old Place of birth: Pine Grove Twsp. PA Occupation: Farmer Date of death: 1/28/1894 Reason for death: Pneumonia Int: Swatara Valley, PA 2/1/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Frank Page 41 White male 74 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: laborer Date of death: 2/18/1894 Place of death: St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Dropsy Int: Odd Fellow Cemetery, St. Clair, PA 2/21/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Eliza Ann Page 41 White female 24 years old Single Place of birth: St. Clair, PA Occupation: Laborer Date of death: 3/30/1894 Place of death: St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Heart Int: Odd Fellows Cemetery, St. Clair, PA. 4/21/1894 Father: David Evans Mother: Fannie Evans REED, William Jacob Page 41 White Male Single Place of birth: Orwigsburg, PA Date of death: 5/2/1894 Place of death: Orwigsburg, PA Reason for death: Inflammation of brain Int: _______ none listed Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, T. W. Page 41 White male 58 years old Widower Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Contractor & Miner Date of death; 3/16/1894 Place of death: Ashland, PA Reason for death: Heart Int: Girardville, PA no date listed Father: Peter Jones Mother: Elizabeth Jones EVANS, David E. Page 41 White male 75 years old Married Place of birth: Wales, Great Britain Date of death: 12/23/1893 Place of death: Ashland, PA Reason for Death: Pneumonia Int: Tamaqua, PA no date listed Father: D. D. Evans Mother: _____ Evans EVANS, Annie Page 43 White female 41 years old Married Place of birth: Tamaqua, PA Date of death: 5/20/1894 Place of death: Donaldson, PA Reason for death: Consumption Int: Tremont, PA no date listed Father: ? Mother: ? REED, Sarah Page 43 White female 75 years old Married Place of birth: Berks County, PA Date of death: 11/22/1893 Place of death: Schuylkill Haven, PA Reason for Death: Dropsy Int: Schuylkill Haven, PA 11/25/1893 Father: Henry Miller Mother: Dallar Miller REED, Harry Edward Page 43 White male 2 days old Place of Birth: Schuylkill Haven, PA Date of death: 3/17/1894 Place of death: Schuylkill Haven, PA Reason for death: ? nothing listed Int. Schuylkill Haven, PA, 3/19/1894 Father: Lewis Reed Mother: Susanna Reed JONES, Ellis Page 45 White male 1 month old Place of birth: William Penn, PA Date of Death: 3/3/1894 Place of death: Wm. Penn, PA Reason of death: Convulsions Int. Shenandoah, PA 3/5/1894 Father: Ellis Jones Mother: Eva Jones JONES, Anna Page 45 White female 6 months old Place of birth: Pennsylvania Date of death: 1/2/1894 Place of death: Wm. Penn, PA Reason for death: Croup Int: Shenandoah, PA 1/5/1894 Father: Evan Jones Mother: Ellen Jones STONE, John Page 45 White male 40 years old Married Place of birth: Pennsylvania Occupation: Miner Reason for death: burned Date of death: 5/19/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, John Page 46 White male 50 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Engineer Date of death: 6/2/1894 Place of death: Shenandoah, PA Reason for death: Brain fever Int: Shenandoah, PA 6/5/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Richard Page 47 White male 65 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Miner Date of death: 5/6/1894 Place of death: Minersville, PA Reason for death: Miner's asthma Int: Methodist Cemetery 5/9/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Carrie L. Page 48 White female 7 months old Place of birth: Rush Twsp. PA Date of death: 5/14/1894 Place of death: Tamaqua, PA Reason for death: Pneumonia Int: Tamaqua, PA 5/16/1894 Father: Charles Evans Mother: Tillie Evans EVANS, William J. Page 48 White male 40 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Miner Date of death: 3/28/1894 Reason for death: Miner's asthma Int: Welsh Cong. Cemetery (no town or date listed) Father: ? Mother: ? REED, ___ (no first name recorded) Page 49 White female 9 months old Place of birth: Shenandoah, PA Date of death: 2/25/1894 Place of death: Shenandoah, PA Reason for death: Meningitis Int: Shenandoah, PA 2/27/1894 Father: William Reed Mother: Mrs. William Reed JONES, Flossie May Page 51 White female 11 months old Place of birth: McKeansburg, PA Date of death: 7/11/1894 Place of death: McKeansburg, PA Reason for death: Whooping Cough Int: Christ Church 7/14/1894 Father: William Jones Mother: Amanda M. Jones JONES, Francis Drew Page 54 White male 13 years old Place of birth: Minersville, PA Date of death: 10/31/1894 Place of death: Donaldson, PA Reason for death: Dropsy Int: Minersville, PA 11/31/1894 (note Int. 1 month after death) Father: Watkins Jones Mother: Martha Jones JONES, George Page 55 White male 6 months old Place of birth: Gilberton, PA Date of death: 8/28/1894 Place of death: Gilberton, PA Reason for death: Diphtheria Int: Shenandoah, PA 8/30/1894 Father: Gomer Jones Mother: Keesea Jones EVANS, Benjamin R. Page 55 White male 16 months and 11 days old Place of birth: Gilberton, PA Date of death: 9/8/1894 Place of death: Gilberton, PA Reason for death: Cholera Inflammation Int: Frackville, PA 9/10/1894 Father: George Evans Mother: Annie Evans STONE: William Page 55 White male 72 years old Married Place of birth: England Occupation: Retired Date of death: 10/1/1894 Place of death: Gilberton, PA Reason for death: Paralysis Int: St. Clair, PA 10/4/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Daniel Page 56 White male 3 months old Place of birth: Girardville, PA Date of death: 11/22/1894 Place of death: Girardville, PA Reason for death: Waste of life Int: Girardville, PA 11/25/1894 Father: William D. Evans Mother: Margaret Davis REED, Annie Page 57 White female 6 years old Place of birth: Gordon, PA Date of death: 10/19/1894 Place of death: Gordon, PA Reason for death: Croup Int: Fountain Springs, PA 10/22/1894 Father: Abe Reed Mother: Bertha Reed JONES, William Page 58 White male 65 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Watchman At Breaker Date of death: 8/24/1894 Place of death: Morea, PA Reason for death: Suicide Asphyxiation Int. Mahanoy City Cemetery, Mahanoy City, PA no date given Father: John Jones Mother: Elizabeth Jones JONES, _______ no first name recorded Page 59 White female No age given - still born Place of birth: William Penn, PA Date of death: 12/2/1894 Place of death: William Penn, PA Reason for death: Still born Int: Shenandoah, PA 12/3/1894 Father: Robert Jones Mother: Kate Jones JONES, William J. Page 63 White male 32 years old Married Place of birth: St. Clair, PA Occupation: Brakeman Date of death: 12/15/1894 Place of death: East Mt. Carbon, PA Reason for death: Typhoid fever Int: Odd Fellow Cemetery, St. Clair, PA 12/16/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Margaret Page 64 White female 39 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Date of death: ? Place of death: 3rd Ward, Minersville, PA Reason for death: Reconfinment Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Ruth Page 64 White female 10 months old Place of birth: Minersville, PA Date of death: 8/23/1894 Place of death: 3rd Ward, Minersville, PA Reason for death: Fits Int.: Cong. Cemetery 8/26/1894 Father: Edward W. Jones Mother: Margaret Jones STARR, Easter (spelling of first name is as shown in book) Page 64 White female 86 years old Widow Place of birth: Berks County, PA Date of death: 11/20/1894 Place of death: Upper Mahanoy Twsp., PA Reason for death: Old Age Int: Salem Church 8/24/1894 Father: John Fold Mother: Gina Wellingen STONE, William Page 65 White male 72 years old Married Place of birth: England Occupation: Laborer Date of death: 10/1/1894 Place of death: East Mines, PA Reason for death: Old Age Int: St. Clair, PA 10/14/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? REED, William Jacob Page 65 White male 10 months and 14 days Place of birth: Orwigsburg, PA Date of death: 5/3/1894 Place of Death: Orwigsburg, PA Reason for death: Measles Int: Orwigsburg, PA _____ no date given Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, _____no first name recorded Page 69 White Male 1 day old Place of birth: Coaldale, PA Date of death: 6/16/1894 Place of death: Coaldale, PA Reason for death: ? none recorded Int: Summit Hill 6/16/1894 Father: Thomas Jones Mother: Julie Jones JONES, Ethel Page 69 White female 7 months old Place of birth: Coaldale, PA Date of death: 9/7/1894 Place of death: Coaldale, PA Reason for death: Diphtheria Int: Summit Hill, PA Father: John F. Jones Mother: Hattie Jones REED, Joseph Page 70 White male 9 years old Place of birth: Schuylkill Haven, PA Date of death: 12/14/1894 Place of death: Schuylkill Haven, PA Reason for death: Killed Int: Schuylkill Haven, PA 12/17/1894 Father: Samuel Reed Mother: Mary Reed REED, _______no first name recorded Page 71 White male 11 days old Place of birth: Schuylkill Haven, PA Date of Death: 9/27/1894 Place of death: Schuylkill Haven, PA Reason for death: none listed Int: Summit Cemetery no date listed Father: George Reed Mother: Carrie Reed EVANS, Charles Page 71 White male 9 months old Place of birth: St. Clair, PA Date of death: 9/28/1894 Place of death: St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Chronic Diarrhea Father: Joe Evans Mother: Celia Evans JONES, David Z. Page 71 White male 80 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Date of death: 10/18/1894 Reason for death: Old age Place of death: St. Clair, PA Father: John Jones Mother: ? JONES, David J. Page 72 White male 82 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Date of death: 7/15/1894 Place of death: St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Cholera Infection Father: George Ochs (his name is Jones, don't know why it lists Ochs as parents.) Mother: Elizabeth Ochs JONES, Samuel D. Page 73 White male 74 years old Place of birth: ? not listed Occupation: Tailor Date of death: 7/20/1894 Place of death: 2nd Ward, Shenandoah, PA Reason for death: Paralysis Int: Minersville, PA 11/23/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Annie Page 74 White female 20 1/2 years old Place of birth: Wales Date of death: 9/13/1894 Place of death: East Tamaqua, PA Reason for death: Heart Disease Int: Tamaqua, PA 9/16/1894 Father: Thomas B. Jones Mother: Mary Jones EVANS, Robert Page 74 White male 59 1/2 years old Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Laborer Date of death: 7/27/1894 Place of death: East Tamaqua, PA Reason for death: Suicide Int: Tamaqua, PA 7/30/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Robert R. Page 75 White male 4 months old Place of birth: Oneida, PA Date of death: 11/12/1894 Place of death: Oneida, PA Reason for death: Inflammation Int: Oneida 11/13/1894 Father: William T. Jones Mother: Minnie Jones JONES, Charles Page 75 White male 7 1/2 months old Place of birth: Union Twsp. PA Date of death: 8/17/1894 Place of death: Union Twsp., PA Reason for death: Whooping Cough Int: Shenandoah 8/20/1894 Father: David Jones Mother: Maggie Jones REED, Mary Eliza Page 76 White female 23 years old Single Place of birth: Wayne Twsp. PA Date of death: 10/26/1894 Place of death: Wayne Twsp. PA Reason for death: Dropsy Int: Reed Mills, 11/30/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? REED, Elias Page 76 White male 53 years old Single Place of birth: Wayne Twsp. PA Occupation: Farmer Date of death: 9/13/1894 Place of death: Washington Twsp, PA Reason for death: Consumption Int: Salem 11/16/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? *REIDER, Angeline Page 81 (Child below is her child) White female 25 years old Married Place of birth: Schuylkill County, PA Date of death: 4/1/1895 Place of death: Girardville, PA Reason for death: Pneumonia Int: Girardville 4/4/1895 Father: ? Mother: ? *REIDER, ______ No name recorded for newborn (Child of Angeline Reider above) Page 81 White female 1 day old born 3/28/1895 Place of birth: Girardville, PA Date of death: 3/29/1895 Place of death: Girardville, PA Reason for death: None listed Int: Girardville 3/29/1895 *Father: George Reider *Mother: Angeline Reider (who died on 4/1/1895) EVANS, John S. Page 85 White male 7 months old Place of birth: Minersville, PA Date of death: 2/13/1895 Place of death: Minersville, PA Reason for death: Brain fever Int: Minersville, PA 2/16/1895 Father: Daniel Evans Mother: Annie Evans EVANS, Winfield Page 88 White Male 1 year old Place of birth: Tower City, PA Date of death: 5/17/1895 Place of death: Sheridan, PA Reason for death: Pneumonia Int: Tower City, PA 5/19/1895 Father: Thomas Evans Mother: Eliza J. Evans JONES, William Page 88 White male 9 years, 5 months old Place of birth: St. Clair, PA Date of death: 12/31/1894 Place of death: Good Spring, PA Reason for death: Fractured Skull Int: Tremont, 1/2/1895 Father: Edward Jones Mother: Elizabeth Jones EVANS, Joseph Page 90 White male 65 years old Married Place of birth: England Occupation: Dyer Date of death: 5/4/1895 Place of death: Pottsville, PA Reason for death: Diphtheria Int: place no recorded, 5/7/1895 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Ressel Page 91 White male 6 months old Place of birth: Bull Run, PA Date of death: 1/21/1895 Place of death: Bull Run, PA Reason for death: Convulsions Int: Tamaqua, no date recorded Father: Daniel Jones Mother: Mary Jones EVANS, William Page 91 White male Place of birth: ? not recorded Date of death: 11/28/1895 Place of death: not recorded Reason for death: not recorded Int: Summit Hill, PA no date recorded Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, _____ no first name recorded Page 92 White male Age: not recorded Single Place of birth: Ryan Twsp., PA Date of death: 5/3/1895 Place of death: Ryan Twsp, PA Reason for death: Birth (didn't say stillborn or anything else except BIRTH) Int: Mahanoy City, PA Father: Daniel Jones Mother: Lizzie Jones EVANS, Sarah Page 93 White female 20 years old Place of birth: St. Clair, PA Occupation: Domestic Date of death: 6/7/1895 Place of death: St. Clair, PA Reason for Death: Consumption Int: St. Clair, PA no date recorded Father: David Evans Mother: Fannie Evans JONES, John Page 93 White male 3 days old Place of birth: St. Clair, PA Date of death: 2/13/1895 Place of death: St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Inflammation Int: St. Clair, PA 2/14/1895 Father: Joseph Jones Mother: Mary A. Jones JONES, John Henry Page 94 White Male 41 years old Single Place of birth: Reilly Twsp., PA Occupation: Laborer Date of death: 5/4/1895 Place of death: Tremont, PA Reason for death: Apoplexy Int: Tremont 5/8/1895 Father: ? Mother: ? REED, Magdalena Page 94 White female 75 years old Widow Place of birth: Germany Date of death: 12/23/1894 Place of death: Tremont, PA Reason for death: Old Age Int: Tremont, PA 1/5/1895 Father: ? Mother: ? REED, Hannah Page 95 White female 73 years old Married Place of birth: Manheim Twsp. PA Occupation: Housekeeper Date of death: 4/4/1895 Place of death: Reedsville, PA Reason for death: Heart Int: Reedsville 4/7/1895 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Richard Page 96 White male 59 years old Married Place of birth: England Occupation: Miner Date of death: 3/12/1895 Place of death: 5th Ward, Mahanoy City, PA Reason for death: Typhoid fever Int: Hill 3/15/1895 Father: Richard Jones Mother: Elizabeth Jones JONES, William Page 96 White male 21 years old Single Place of birth: Mahanoy City, PA Occupation: Laborer Date of death: 3/12/1895 Place of death: 5thWard, Mahanoy City, PA Reason for Death: Typhoid Fever Int: Hill 11/15/1895 (don't know why burial was 8 months after death) Father: Richard Jones Mother: Elizabeth Jones EVANS, Hannah Page 97 White female 45 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Date of death: 6/18/1895 Place of death: 5th Ward, Mahanoy City, PA Reason for death: Cancer Int: Hill 6/21/1895 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Gettie Page 98 White female 24 years old Single Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Servant Date of death: 5/23/1895 Place of death: Shenandoah, PA Reason for death: Catarrh Int: Shenandoah, 5/?/1895 Father: John Evans Mother: Mary Evans EVANS, Morgan Page 100 White male 45 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Miner Date of death: 12/3/1985 Place of death: 1st Ward, Ashland, PA Reason for death: Kidney Disease Int: Brocks 12/5/1895 Father: Thomas Evans Mother: Sarah Ann Evans JONES: Clara M. Page 100 White female 30 years old Single Place of birth: Ashland, PA Date of death: 7/11/1895 Place of death: 5th Ward, Ashland, PA Reason for death: Brights Disease Int: Pottsville, PA 7/15/1895 Father: Daniel B. Jones Mother: Mercy Jones STARR, Sarah Page 101 White female 72 years and 9 months old Married Place of birth: Mahantongo Valley, PA Date of death: 10/24/1895 Place of death: Llewellyn, PA Reason for death: Dropsy Int: Clauser 10/31/1895 Father: Philip Hoffa Mother: Not listed STARR, Kate E. Page 102 White female 11 months old Place of birth: Llewellyn, PA Date of death: 7/8/1895 Place of death: Llewellyn, PA Reason for death: Pneumonia Int: Llewellyn, PA 7/11/1895 Father: Charles Starr Mother: Barbara Starr EVANS, Robert Page 104 White male 9 years old Place of birth: Gilberton, PA Date of death: 9/10/1895 Place of death: East Ward, Gilberton, PA Reason for death: Blood poisoning Int: Frackville, PA 11/12/1895 Father: Thomas Evans Mother: Maggie Painter JONES, William Page 110 White male 6 years old Place of birth: Wm. Penn, PA Date of death: 12/13/1895 Place of death: Wm. Penn, PA Reason for death: Diphtheria Int: Shenandoah, PA 12/16/1895 Father: John Jones Mother: Vinnie Jones STEPHENSON, John Page 113 White male Age ? Married Place of birth: Palo Alto, PA Occupation: Barber Date of death: 8/31/1895 Place of death: Port Carbon, PA Reason for death: Consumption Int: Port Carbon, PA 9/3/1895 Father: ? Mother: ? REED, ______ first name not recorded Page 115 White male Place of birth: Pine Grove Twsp., PA Date of death: 11/19/1895 Place of death: Pine Grove Twsp. PA Reason for death: Still born Int: Pine Grove, PA 11/20/1895 Father: Irvin Reed Mother: Emma Reed REED, George Page 115 White Male 46 years old Married Place of birth: Cressona, PA Occupation: Grocer Date of death: 8/15/1895 Place of death: 5th Ward, Pottsville, PA Reason for death: Inflammation of bowels Int: Pottsville, PA 8/23/1895 Father: Elijah W. Reed Mother: Anna Reed JONES, Catherine Page 117 White female 75 years old Single Place of birth: Wales Date of death: 7/19/1895 Place of death: 6th Ward, Pottsville, PA Reason for death; Paralysis Int: Pottsville, PA 7/21/1895 Father: ? Mother: ? REED, Violet Page 119 White female 1 year old Place of birth: Schuylkill Haven, PA Date of death: 8/31/1895 Place of death: South Ward, Schuylkill Haven, PA Reason for death: Burned Int: Schuylkill Haven, PA 9/3/1895 Father: Cornelius Reed Mother: Annie Reed STONE, Myrtle Page 119 White female 7 months old Place of birth: St. Clair, PA Date of death: 9/1/1895 Place of death: St. Clair, PA Reason for death; Convulsions Int: St. Clair, PA 9/3/1895 Father: Joseph Stone Mother: Annie Stone JONES, Robert Page 119 White male 59 years old Married Place of birth: Schuylkill Haven, PA Occupation: Merchant Date of death: 7/17/1895 Place of death: Schuylkill Haven, PA Reason for death: Pneumonia Int: Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, PA 7/22/1895 Father: Robert Jones Mother: Lina Jones EVANS, George Page 119 White Male 60 1/2 years old Married Place of Birth: St. Clair, PA Occupation: Laborer Date of death: 7/22/1895 Place of death: St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Consumption Int: St. Clair, PA 7/25/1895 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, ____no first name recorded Page 120 White male No age listed Place of birth: St. Clair, PA Date of death: 12/2/1895 Place of death: St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Still born Int: St. Clair, PA 12/2/1895 Father: William John Evans Mother: Julia Evans EVANS, Emma Page 121 (TWIN TO MARTHA EVANS, BELOW) White female 5 months old Place of birth: Shenandoah, PA Date of death: 9/17/1895 Place of death: Shenandoah, PA Reason for death: Brain Fever Int: Shenandoah, PA 9/21/1895 Father: Benjamin Evans Mother: Tillie Evans EVANS, Martha Page 121 (TWIN TO EMMA EVANS, ABOVE) White female 5 months old Place of birth: Shenandoah, PA Date of death: 9/18/1895 Place of death: Shenandoah, PA Reason for death: Brain fever Int: Shenandoah, PA 9/21/1895 Father: Benjamin Evans Mother: Tillie Evans JONES, George Page 122 White male 31 1/2 years old Single Place of birth: Tamaqua, PA Occupation: Shoemaker Date of death: Unknown to Coroner's jury Place of death: unknown to Coroner's jury Reason for death: Unknown to Coroner's Jury Int: Tamaqua, PA 11/13/1895 Father: Richard Jones Mother: Mary Jones REED, C. W. Page 124 White male 72 years old Married Place of birth: Manheim Twsp., PA Occupation: Farmer Date of death: 8/30/1895 Place of death: Wayne, Twsp., PA Reason for death: Dropsy Int: Reedsville, PA. No date recorded Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Elizabeth D. Page 124 White female 68 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Housekeeper Date of Death 7/27/1895 Place of death; Wayne Twsp., PA Reason for death: Peritonitis Int. Minersville, PA in 1895 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, William E. Page 127 White male 72 years old Place of birth: Wales Married Occupation: Miner Date of death: 2/25/1896 Place of death: Ashland, PA Reason for death: Grippe Int: Not listed Father: ? Mother: ? REIDLAR, Conrad Page 127 White male 80 years old Place of birth: Germany Occupation: OLD Date of death: 1/9/1986 Place of death: Blyth Twsp. PA Reason for death: Old age Int: Tumbling Run, PA Father: ? Mother: ? REIDLAR, Margaret Page 127 White female 83 years old Married Place of birth: Germany Date of death: 1/19/1896 Place of death: Blyth Twsp., PA Reason for death: Old age Int: Tumbling Run 1/21/ 1896 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, John Page 129 White male 3 months old Place of birth: Patterson, PA Date of death: 4/3/1896 Place of death: Cass Twsp. PA Reason for death: Croup Int: Minersville, PA 4/6/1896 Father: John Jones Mother: Annie Jones REED, Philip Page 131 White male 77 years old Widow Place of birth: Hegins, PA Occupation: OLD Date of death: 2/20/1896 Place of death: Hegins Twsp, PA Reason for death: Pneumonia Int: Hegins, PA 2/23/1896 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, John, S. Page 131 White male 55 years old Married Place of birth: Hegins, PA Occupation: Farmer Date of death: 3/6/1895 Place of death: Hegins Twsp, PA Reason for death: Cancerous Tumor Int: Hegins, PA 3/10/1895 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Thomas Page 132 White male 12 years old Place of birth: Honey Brook, PA Occupation: Slate Picker Date of death: 4/14/1896 Place of death: Kline Twsp. PA Reason for death: Killed in Breaker Int: Mahanoy city, PA 4/16/1896 Father: Thomas Jones Mother: Mary Jones JONES, Mary Jane Page 132 White female 1 3/4 years old Place of birth: Bowmans, PA Date of death: 3/20/1896 Place of death: Bowmans, PA Reason for death: Croup Int: Mahanoy City, PA 3/23/1896 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Alvina Page 135 White female 2 years old Place of birth: Wm. Penn, PA Date of death: 2/23/1896 Place of death: Wm. Penn, PA Reason for death: Measles Int: Shenandoah, PA 5/26/1896 (no reason why 3 months after death) Father: John Jones Mother: Lavina Jones JONES, Mary Page 136 White female 31 years old Widow Place of birth: England Occupation: Housekeeper Date of death: 1/14/1896 Place of death: 1st Ward, Mahanoy City, PA Reason for death: Confinement Int: Mahanoy City, PA 1/17/1896 Father: John Jones Mother: Mary Jones JONES, William A. Page 142 White male 40 years old Place of birth: Pottsville, PA Date of death: 5/14/1896 Place of death: 5th Ward, Pottsville, PA Reason for death: Congestion of Brain Father: ? Mother: ? JONES: John W. Page 142 White male 53 years old Single Place of death: 5th Ward, Pottsville, PA Reason for death: Fell off settee - Instant Int: Pottsville, PA 11/13/1896 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, William Page 142 White male 10 years old Place of birth; Wales Date of death: 2/19/1896 Place of death: East Rolin Twsp. PA Reason for death: Marasmus Int: Tamaqua, PA 2/22/1896 Father: David Evans Mother: Mary Ann Evans JONES, Elizabeth Page 144 White female 35 years old Married Place of birth: Mt. Laffee, PA Date of death: 6/20/1896 Place of death: South St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Pneumonia Father: William Thorn Mother: Mary Thorn JONES, Charles Page 146 White male 56 years old Married Occupation: Engineer Reason for death: Old Date of death: 2/27/1896 Place of death: 4th Ward, Shenandoah, PA Reason for death: Stroke Int: Shenandoah 2/30/1896 Father: ? Mother: ? REED, Sarah Page 149 White female 82 years old Widow Place of birth: Mahantongo, PA Date of death: 2/12/1896 Place of death: Tower City, PA Reason for death: Old Age Int: Tower City, PA 2/16/196 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Joseph Page 152 White Male 26 years old Place of birth: Ashland, PA Occupation: Laborer Date of death: 8/31/1896 Place of Death: Ashland, PA Reason for death: Typhoid fever Int: Ashland, PA 9/3/1896 Father: William Evans Mother: Ledy Ann Evans JONES, John Page 152 White male 18 years old Single Place of birth: Ashland, PA Occupation: Laborer Date of death: 9/24/1896 Place of death: Ashland, PA Reason for death: Accidental Int: Ashland, PA 9/27/1896 Father: Thomas Jones Mother: ? EVANS, Clayton Page 157 White Male 1 1/2 years old Place of birth: Gilberton, PA Date of death: 11/17/1896 Place of death: East Gilberton, PA Reason for death: Measles Int: Frackville, PA 11/19/1896 Father: Evan Evans Mother: Mary Evans EVANS, Susanna C. Page 158 White female 4 months old Place of birth: Girardville, PA Date of death: 8/12/1896 Place of death: East Girardville, PA Reason for death: Summer Complaint Int: Girardville, PA 8/14/1896 Father: Benjamin S. Evans Mother: Martha Evans EVANS, Daniel Page 161 White male 8 years old Place of birth: Minersville, PA Date of death: 7/5/1896 Place of death: Minersville, PA Reason for death: Cholera Infantile Int: Minersville, PA 7/7/1896 Father: Daniel Evans Mother: Mary Evans JONES, Mary J. Page 161 White female 80 years old Married Place of birth: England Date of death 8/23/1896 Place of death: Minersville, PA Reason for death; Old age Int: Minersville, PA 8/26/1896 Father: ? Mother: ? STERNER, William Page 162 White male 87 years old Widow Place of birth; North Manheim Twsp. Occupation: Mason Date of death: 7/25/1986 Place of death: North Manheim Twsp. Reason for death: heart failure Int: Orwigsburg, PA Father: Peter Sterner Mother: Maria Sterner JONES, Stephen Page 162 White male 66 years old Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Laborer Date of death: 8/2/1896 Reason for death: Dropsy Int: place and date not recorded Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Elizabeth Page 163 White female 61 years old Widow Place of birth: Wales Date of death: 8/27/1896 Place of death: Almshouse, Schuylkill Haven, PA Reason for death: Rheumatism Int: Girardville, PA no date recorded Father: ? Mother: ? STARR, David Page 172 White male 3 years old Place of birth; Pottsville, PA Date of death: 10/22/1896 Place of death: 6th Ward, Pottsville, PA Reason for death: Croup Int: Pottsville, PA 10/23/1896 Father: David Starr Mother: Mary Starr ROWLAND, Ann Page 173 White female 61 years old Married Place of birth: South Wales Occupation: Housekeeper Date of death: 8/23/1896 Place of death: Reilly Twsp., PA Reason for death: Congestion of Liver Int: Tremont, PA 8/25/1896 Father: Alex Rowland Mother: Elizabeth Benton *KNOWLES, Charles R. Page 173. White male 9 years old Single Place of birth: Pottsville, PA Date of death: 12/3/1896 Place of death: 7th Ward, Pottsville, PA Reason for death: Convulsions Int: Pottsville, Pa 12/7/1896 *Father: **Thomas Knowles Mother: **Sarah Knowles **Note: Upon doing research on the Knowles family, the Knowles family historian has found an error on this entry. The parents of CHARLES R. KNOWLES were: THOMAS CHAMPLAIN KNOWLES (born 5/28/1845 on Ship "Champlain" on way over to US from England and died 5/30/1934 in Reading, PA) and MARY JANE LORD (born 8/15/1852 in Pottsville, PA - died May 2, 1937 in Reading, PA) Married November 28, 1869; CHARLES RAYMOND KNOWLES was born 11/12/1887 in NORTHUMBERLAND, PA and Died 12/2/1896 in Pottsville, PA. Charles R. Knowles died of turpentine poisoning in December, 1896. The Pottsville Republican and the Miners' Journal both covered Charles' tragic death in considerable detail. EVANS, Mary Page 175 White female 74 years old Place of birth: England Date of death: 11/17/1896 Place of death: Not recorded Reason for death: Old age and disability Int: St. Clair, PA no date recorded Father: ? Mother: ? STEPHENSON, Mary White female Age 68 Widow Place of birth: Ireland Date of death: 12/25/1896 Place of Death: East Port Carbon, PA Reason for death: Old Age Int: Port Carbon, PA no date recorded Father: ? Mother; ? JONES, Jane Page 181 White female 64 years old Married Place of birth: England Date of death: 11/20/1896 Place of death: Tamaqua, PA Reason for death: Apoplexy Int.: Tamaqua, PA 1/24/1896 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Mabel May Page 184 White female 1 year, 19 days Place of birth: Washington Twsp. PA Date of death: 6/17/1896 Place of death: Washington Twsp., PA Reason for death: Summer complaint Int: Washington Twsp. PA 6/20/1896 Father: Milton Jones Mother: Alice Jones EVANS, Givinnie Page 185 White female 54 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Date of death: 5/22/1897 Place of death: 3rd Ward, Ashland, PA Reason for death: Dropsy Int: Ashland, PA 5/24/1897 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Susanah Page 187 White female 80 years old Widow Place of birth: Brunswick Twsp. PA Date of death: 2/14/1897 Reason for death: old age Place of date: nothing recorded Int: nothing recorded Father: ? Mother: ? ROWLANDS, Mary (Mrs.) Page 189 White female 46 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Date of death: 2/23/1897 Place of death: South Cass, PA Reason for death: Inflammation Int: Minersville, PA 2/27/1897 Father: ? Mother: Mary Thomas REED, Katie Pate 189 White female 27 years old Married Place of birth: Schuylkill County Occupation: Housekeeper Date of death: 6/2/1897 Place of death; Frackville, PA Reason for death: Inflammation Int: Summit Station, PA 6/7/1897 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, William Page 190 White male 59 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Gentlemen Date of death: 3/17/1897 Place of death: East Gilberton, PA Reason for death: Heart Failure Int: Girardville, PA 3/19/1897 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, John L. Page 190 White male 79 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Gentleman Date of death: 1/28/1897 Reason for death: Infirmity Int: Tamaqua, PA no date recorded Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Sarah Jane Page 192 White female 54 years old Married Place of birth: Minersville, PA Date of death: 3/7/1897 Place of death: Kesslers Dist. Reason for death: Pneumonia Father: John Powell Mother: Elizabeth Powell JONES, David Page 194 White male 5 months old Place of birth: Morea, PA Date of death: 5/16/1897 Place of death: Mahanoy City, PA Reason for death: Pneumonia Int: Mahanoy City, PA 5/18/1897 Father: Joseph Jones Mother: Esther Jones JONES, Sarah Page 206 White female 56 years old Place of birth: no recorded Date of death: 3/4/1897 Place of death: Pottsville, PA Reason for death: Pneumonia Int: Port Carbon 3/7/1897 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Emma Page 209 White female 21 years old Married Place of birth: St. Clair, PA Date of death: 6/19/1897 Place of death: St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Cancer of Lungs Int: Odd Fellow Cemetery, St. Clair, PA no date Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Hannah Page 210 White female 51 years old Married Place of birth: England Date of death: 6/11/1897 Place of death: South St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Inflammation Int: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tamaqua, PA 6/14/1897 Father: ? Mother: ? *STEVENSON, William Page 210 a.k.a. STEPHENSON, WILLIAM White male 77 years old Married Place of birth: England Occupation: Miner Date of Death: 4/21/1897 Place of death: South, St. Clair, PA Reason for death: Pneumonia Int: Odd Fellow Cemetery, St. Clair, PA 4/25/1897 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Magdalena Page 212 White female 53 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Date of Death: 3/3/1897 Place of death: Shenandoah, PA Reason for death: Brights Disease Int: Shenandoah, PA no date recorded Father: Mick Mother: ? JONES, Abraham Page 225 White male 67 years old Place of birth: England Occupation: Laborer Date of death: 6/7/1897 Place of death: Bowmans, PA Reason for death: not recorded Int: Mahanoy City, PA no date recorded Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Elizabeth Page 242 White female 66 years old Widow Place of birth: England Date of death: 11/5/1894 Place of death: Shenandoah Height, PA Reason for death: General Debility Int: Shenandoah, PA 11/9/1894 Father: ? Mother: ? EVANS, Elizabeth White female 66 years old Widow Place of birth; England Date of death 11/5/1897 Place of death: 4th Ward, Shenandoah, PA Int: Shenandoah, PA Father: ? Mother: ? SHEAFER, Elizabeth Page 249 White female 72 years old Widow Place of birth: England Date of death: 1/1/1898 Place of death: 2nd Ward, Pottsville, PA Reason for death: Pulmonary Congestion Int: Branch Twsp., Clousers Church 1/4/1898 Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, John White male 42 years old Single Place of birth: England Occupation: Miner Date of death: 1/13/1898 Reason for death: Cancer Int: nothing recorded Father: ? Mother: ? JONES, Lewis E. White male 77 years old Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Old Man Date of death: 4/25/1898 Place of death: Minersville, PA Reason for death; Rheumatism Father: ? Mother; ? JONES, Daniel; White Male Age 26 Married Place of birth: Wales Occupation: Miner Date of death: 12/23/1896 Reason for death: Pneumonia Parents: ?