Westmoreland County PA Archives History .....Philip Rohland Family History 1921
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  Philip Rohland of West Newton whose mother was a daughter of Rev John Casper 
  Stoever & his wife Catharine Merckel.  Kate dont know who his wife was.  Says 
  they came at an early day to West Newton Pa from Lebanon Pa & she thinks only 
  their two youngest children were born in West Newton. Kate thinks it is 80 yrs 
  since they came to West Newton.  He was in carpentry trade.  Continued on next 
  page.
  
  [Their Children]
  
  1.	George Rohland, a carpenter lived in West Newton & married a Davis of 
  the family that had the insanity in it.  Had lots of children & they were as 
  bad as they could be.  He was killed in West Newton by the cars running over 
  him.
  1.1.	Evaline Rohland m. Amos Zimmerman.  He was fr abt Gbg, a painter, 
  lived at Wilkinsburg. Died 1916 & buried West Newton Cem alongside of 
  daughter.  Widow lives with her sons at Wilkinsburgh Pa.  Had gone west before 
  his death, but by reason of poor health all came back to Wilkinsburgh.  All 
  four of the boys are married.
  1.1.1.	Sadie Zimmerman, died young
  1.1.2.	Mamie? Zimmerman, died young.
  1.1.3.	Laemke Zimmerman, called for Lutheran minister.
  1.1.4.	John Merts Zimmerman
  1.1.5.	Dick Graham Zimmerman
  1.1.6.	Amos Zimmerman Jr.
  1.2.	Thomas Rohland, should be here. See above. I got him put as brother of 
  George & he was a son of George. Thomas Rohland also a carpenter m. Jane 
  Beymer.  He lived in a little house in West Newton & got Jealous of his wife & 
  Kate says met her & her daughter on the street just below Wash. Ave & he shot 
  her with a revolver & she fell & died in a minute & he ran & they think 
  crawled under his house where others were afraid to follow.  After abt 3 days, 
  he went to Funk's in the country almost starved & they shut him up & sent for 
  the officers.  He was taken to Gbg & escaped the gallows by reason of the 
  Davis insanity, but was sent to Penitentiary & had completed abt 16 yrs of 
  good behaviour [sic] & was abt to get out when he died.  His sons buried him 
  in the West Newton Cem.  She was buried there too, but in her father's lot.  
  He is a son of George, not his brother.
  1.2.1.	Mamie Rohland, m. Miller, a Jew.
  1.2.2.	Margaret Rohland, m. Cyrus P. Markle of C.C. She was with her mother 
  when she was shot.
  1.2.2.1.	Mary A. Markle, died
  1.2.2.2.	Son Markle
  1.2.2.3.	Daughter Markle
  1.2.3.	George Thomas Rohland, m. a girl whose father is a foreigner, live 
  lower end of town. Had ice cream saloon etc.
  1.2.4.	 Thomas Rohland, m. a Markle in Rostraver, Niece of S.P. Markle, 
  laborer. 
  1.3.	Amanda Rohland, got enceinte to Geo Hahn.  Her father George got Rev 
  Laemke & his daughter & made Hahn marry her, but he never lived with her.  
  When the child, a boy was born, they carried it up past Kate's on the hill to 
  Hahn mother.  He was called Geo Hahn & died when abt 13.  Amanda went off 
  somewhere & married someone else.
  1.4.	"Bunch" Rohland m. Adams.  He left there with a boy & girl & she went 
  to Pgh & married someone there by whom she had a daughter.
  1.5.	Harry Edmunds, worked in Downs foundry & then moved off somewhere. He 
  is the husband of the daughter Carrie Rohland whose name should have been 
  entered before that of Harry Edmunds who is her husband.  Have children.  
  Think they moved to Pgh.
  1.6.	Belle Rohland, Lived across the river below the bridge with a man 
  named Neibart not married & one morning many yrs ago, both were found dead in 
  the house, mystery of it never solved.  No issue.  She was not sound mentally.
  1.7.	"Liffs" Rohland, a girl went away somewhere & married, but dont know 
  where.
  1.8.	James Rohland, a bad boy, would steal etc. married some girl & moved 
  away.  He died, leaving his widow with one child, a daughter.
  1.9.	Catharine Rohland, got married & kept her mother who while of the 
  Davis strain was herself all ok mentally.  After her mother died, Catharine 
  left West Newton & Kate thinks she is living but dont know where Said she did 
  not have any children. Kate says he & his wife are both buried in West Newton 
  Cem & she thinks there are markers to their graves.
  
  
  2.	Caroline Rohland, Had an illegitimate child by someone before her 
  marriage which took her name.  She married Mark Brundridge of a family abt 
  town.  He ran off & left her. She died years ago & is buried in West Newton 
  Cem.
  2.1.	Edward Rohland, natural son, married & moved to Irwin Pa.  Dont know 
  abt his family.
  2.2.	Mark Brundrige, killed by cars after his mother's death.  Unmarried.
  3.	David Rohland, went away.  Dont know what became of him.
  4.	John Rohland, had white swelling & they finally had to take one leg 
  off & he died soon after.  Unmarried & buried in West N Cem.
  5.	Philip Rohland, a carpenter & kept a livery stable.  m. Susanna 
  Weimer, Dau of David Weimer.  Both dead long ago & buried West N Cem.  Thinks 
  we have markers.  He used to help Kate's mother butcher also.
  5.1.	Elizabeth Rohland, m. John Andy, an engineer on B&O until discharged 
  for drinking now works at Radiator plant.  Both are living.
  5.1.1.	May Andy, m. Charles Rouss, a Jew storekeeper of W.N.  Both living.
  5.1.1.1.	John Rouss
  5.1.1.2.	Philip R. Rouss
  5.1.1.3.	Charles Rouss Jr.   Two of these boys were over to France in 
  the World War One of them going on the steamer that took President Wilson over.
  6.	Sarah Rohland, m.  Kyle a Civil War soldier.  She died & he married 
  again.  He is now dead both buried in West N Cem No issue.
  7.	Albert Rohland, m. Britte Markle, Dau of Gasper the butcher. "She 
  wasn't all together right before & that put her clear crazy."  He had been off 
  duty & went back to work on the B&O & was killed the next day.
  7.1.	A Dau Rohland, died young
  7.2.	Emmett Rohland, Killed on RR aged abt 21. See Page 28 Book 1.
  7.3.	Albert Collins Rohland, See Page 28 Book 1 He is now a lawyer in Pgh.
  8.	Eliza Rohland, She married a man named Rowe & they went to NY to 
  live.  He died there & she came back to her brother Philip who was tollkeeper 
  on the old bridge & later worked for him in his ice cream parlors. When her 
  brother Albert was killed, she took the son, Albert to raise until her sister 
  in law, George's wife made a fuss that she was not teaching him to pray & took 
  him away & his Uncle Philip then had Anna Belle natural daughter of his wife 
  Susanna who had married a Collins take him & she raised him.  She is buried 
  West N. Cem.
  8.1.	Anna Rowe, m.   Foster of NY whose business was taking down mills. She 
  got sick & came home to West Newton & died at her mother's without issue & is 
  buried at West Newton Pa Cem.
  
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from the Josiah V. Thompson Journals, Vol. 5, pg 19-20
  
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