Happy Mother's Day, 2014

Happy Mother's Day!  These are some of my female ancestors in photos.



My mother.

 

 

 

 



4xGreat-Grandmother
Susannah (Dice) Rodenberger

 

 

 

Tombstone Tuesday - Seibert E and Marie C (Doumont) Johnston

Seibert E. Johnston
1877-1935

At the McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania, Seibert Ellwood Johnston (b. 16 Jul 1877, d. 21 Jul 1935) and his wife Marie Catherine (Doumont) Johnston (b. 15 Nov 1877, d. 13 Aug 1944) share a grave.  Marie's name is not on the gravestone.

Sunday's Obituary - Marie C (Doumont) Johnston

The McKeesport Daily News

 Monday, August 14, 1944

    Mrs. Marie C. Johnston, widow of Seibert Johnston, died yesterday at her home, 1013 Fifth Avenue.
    She was 66 years old and spent much of her life in this district.
    Survivors include four sons, Earl, Seibert, and Ralph of McKeesport, and Corporal Lloyd, of the U.S. Army stationed in Louisiana, one daughter, Mrs. Rosine Readel; a sister, Mrs. P.J. Pierrard of Midway; 16 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
    Tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. funeral services will be held at the home of Mrs. Readel, 455 Twenty-seventh Avenue, in charge of Reader Melvin Carter.  Interment will follow in Versailles Cemetery.

Becoming a U.S. Citizen - Desire Doumont

Arriving in the United States in May of 1887, Desire Francis Joseph Doumont submitted his Intention to become a Citizen of the United States on September 18, 1890 to the Court of Common Pleas, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Intention to become a Citizen of the United States of America
Desire Doumont
18 September 1890
[Source:  Footnote]

On September 17, 1892, Desire Doumont being duly qualified, is admitted a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

District Court of the United States
Western District of Pennsylvania
Citizenship document for Desire Doumont
17 September 1892
[Source:  Footnote]

SS Noordland Partial Manifest
Sailing from Antwerp, Belgium
Arriving Port of New York, 19 May 1887
[Source:  Ancestry]

Line 113 - D. F. J. Doumont, age 34, male, Coalminer, from Belgium, Nationality - Belgian, Going to Midway, 4 pieces of luggage, Forward Deck Level 2, Starting from Caumont [?].  Listed with him is Rosine Doumont, age 29; Marie Doumont, age 11; and J. D. Doumont, male, age infant. 

After J. D. Doumont, a Marie Granmoth, age 64, housekeeper, from Belgium, Nationality - Belgian, Going to Midway, no luggage listed, Afterdeck Level 3, Started from Grand Sus [?].  Is Marie related to Desire and Rosine's family?

Listed on Lines 107 and 108 are Jules J Gilles, age 25, coalminer, and Juliette Gilles, age 20.  Then, Emi Doumont, male, age 24, Georlette Cath, female, age 22, Clem Doumont, male, age 2, and Florastina Doumont, female, age 9/12, follow on Lines 109-112.

I believe, but do not have proof, that Juliette Gilles and possibly Emi Doumont are siblings to Desire Doumont.  In 1901, Desire Doumont and Juliette Gille arrived at Ellis Island, New York after sailing from Antwerp, Belgium.  Both were noted on the manifest as "Citizen Discharged on Pier" and from Midway, Pennsylvania.

SS Noordland
[Source:  Ancestry]

This steamship was built by Laird Bros. of Birkenhead for Red Star Line. She weighed 5,212 gross tons, had a length of 400 feet and a beam of 47 feet, one funnel, four masts, and a single screw. Her service speed was 13 knots. There was accommodation for 63 first-class, 56 second-class, and 500 third-class (steerage) passengers.
Launched on 11 January 1883, she began her maiden voyage on 29 March 1884, sailing from Antwerp, Belgium to New York City. She began her last sailing on this service on 9 March 1901. She was then chartered to the American Line, with accommodations altered to carry 160 second-class and 500 third-class passengers. She began sailing a Liverpool-Philadelphia route in April 1901. Beginning on 28 March 1906, she made two round-trip voyages on the old Antwerp-New York route, then resumed service between Liverpool and Philadelphia. She made her last voyage in this service in 1908, and was scrapped later the same year.
[Source:  http://rogerkreuz.com/gen/ships]

Tombstone Tuesday - Desire and Rosine Doumont

Center Cemetery, Midway, Washington Co, Pennsylvania -

Desire Francis Joseph Doumont born Feb. 1852 in Belgium, died 1905
Rosine (Thierry) Doumont born Nov. 2, 1858 in Belgium, died Mar. 21, 1904.

Doumont
Father                     Mother
Desire                     Rosine
1852-1905               1858-1904

Funeral Card Friday - Lloyd H Johnston, Sr.

In Memoriam - on front
Willig Funeral Service, McKeesport, Penna. - on back



In Memory
Lloyd H. Johnston, Sr.

Born
August 1, 1913

Passed Away
February 25, 1967

Funeral Service
Willig Funeral Home
220 Ninth Avenue
McKeesport, Penna.
Tuesday, February 28, 1967

Officiating
Rev. Harry Hull

Final Resting Place
McKeesport-Versailles Cemetery

 Lloyd Howard Johnston was the 6th and youngest child of Seibert Ellwood and Marie Catherine (Doumont) Johnston.  He was born in the family home at 1919 Butler Ave, McKeesport, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania.  Lloyd and his family, wife Mary L Berletic and son Lloyd H Johnston, Jr (Bud), lived in this house.

Johnston, page 355
Lloyd H (Mary L) serviceman J Hirshberg Co Inc h1919 Butler
[1944 McKeesport, Penna directory from Ancestry]

Brothers Lloyd H, Ralph A, and Earl S Johnston
Taken by brother Seibert W Johnston
That is Seibert's Cadillac parked outside of 1919 Butler St, McKeesport, PA.
Photo printed in Feb 1970 after Seibert W Johnston's death
Photo taken before Feb 1967 - exact date unknown

FGS - Seibert E and Marie C (Doumont) Johnston

           

Family Group Sheet for Seibert Ellwood Johnston and Marie Catherine Doumont

Husband – Seibert Ellwood Johnston

                                Born:                      16 July 1877 in McAlevy’s Fort, Huntingdon Co, PA

                                Married:                 8 June 1898 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania

                                Died:                      21 July 1935 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA

                                Buried:                   McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, PA

                                Parents:                 Henry Howard Johnston and Arminta Agnes Greenawalt

Wife – Marie Catherine Doumont

                                Born:                      15 November 1877 in Belgium

                                Died:                      13 August 1944 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA

                                Buried:                   McKeesport &Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, PA

                                Parents:                 Desire Francis G Doumont and Rosine Joseph Thierry

Child 1 – Earl S Johnston

          M                  Born:                      22 January 1899 in Leetonia, Columbiana Co, Ohio

                                Spouse:                  Mary Rose Dore

                                Married:                 About 1917

                                Died:                      7 July 1963

                                Buried:                   Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Elizabeth Twp, Allegheny Co, Penn.

Child 2 – Rosine A Johnston

         F                     Born:                      9 August 1900 in Glassport, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania

                                Spouse 1:              Charles Adams

                                Married:                 Before 26 January 1920

                                Spouse 2:              C. Readel

                                Married:

                                Died:                      28 November 1974 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA

                                Buried:                   Penn Lincoln Memorial Park,

North Huntingdon, Westmoreland Co, Pennsylvania

Child 3 – Ralph Johnston

         M                   Born:                      1903

                                Died:                      About 1905

                                Buried:                   Center Cemetery, Midway, Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Child 4 – Seibert Wallace Johnston

         M                   Born:                      27 September 1908 in Glassport, Allegheny Co, PA

                                Spouse 1:              Lillie Marie Gafvert

                                Married:                20 April 1927 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania

                                Spouse 2:              Elizabeth Delores Smith

                                Married:

                                Died:                      14 January 1970 in Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA

                                Buried:                   McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, PA

Child 5 – Ralph Albert Johnston

         M                   Born:                      31 July 1910 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA

                                Spouse:                  Helen Finney

                                Married:               

                                Died:                      18 April 1967 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA

                                Buried:                   Jefferson Memorial Park

Child 6 – Lloyd Howard Johnston

         M                   Born:                      1 August 1913 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania

                                Spouse:                  Mary Berletic

                                Married:               

                                Died:                      25 February 1967 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA

                                Buried:                   McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, PA

Seibert Johnston and Marie Doumont
Marriage Registration
Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania

              

Funeral Card Friday - Marie C (Doumont) Johnston

Marie Catherine Doumont, daughter of Desire Francis G Doumont and Rosine Joseph Thierry, was born 15 November 1877 in Belgium.  The Doumonts, aboard the SS Noordland from Antwerp, Belgium, arrived in New York on 19 May 1887.  They settled in Washington Co, Pennsylvania. 

Marie married Seibert Ellwood Johnston on 8 June 1898 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania.  Marie and Seibert E were my great-grandparents.

Marie Catherine (Doumont) Johnston died 13 August 1944.  She was buried in the same grave as her husband, Seibert Ellwood Johnston, at McKeesport Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA.