Living UNKNOWN
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1. Living UNKNOWN (daughter of Robert C. KERSTETTER and Pauline UNKNOWN). Other Events:
- _UID: E145FAEE102C4B99BC61C165BF388FFEF596
2. Robert C. KERSTETTER was born 24 Jun 1919, PA (son of Thomas Abner KERSTETTER and Mary Susanna HENDERSON); died Aug 1964, PA; was buried 29 Aug 1964, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fairview Twp, York Co, PA. Other Events:
- _UID: 18F363E66CA34EA39B6CE1BC197F6DE1DE07
Notes:
perhaps
24 Jun 1919-Jan 1965, 195-03-6282, PA SSN, no more info
04 Dec 1924-May 1985, lp 17881, 206-16-0626, PA SSN,
last paid in Trevorton, PA - No!
wife may have been the Pauline mentioned on his mother's death certificateRobert married Pauline UNKNOWN PA. Pauline was born 31 Mar 1918, PA; died 29 Nov 1989, Cumberland Co, PA. [Group Sheet]
3. Pauline UNKNOWN was born 31 Mar 1918, PA; died 29 Nov 1989, Cumberland Co, PA. Other Events:
- _UID: 953C6154642749C889BA0015F9D9C07480CF
Notes:
SSN 199-07-9350
last resided 17070 New CumberlandChildren:
Generation: 3
4. Thomas Abner KERSTETTER was born 28 Feb 1882, Tylersville, Clinton Co, PA; died Jun 1944, PA; was buried 10 Jun 1944, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fairview Twp, York Co, PA. Other Events:
- _UID: 8B5EC21A791F4CCB89A78BA54A359A1A07A5
Notes:
Name Suffix:
Senior
http://genforum.genealogy.com/kerstetter/
Tim Sorry for the delay but here is the info. as recorded in the original
cemetery book [I have a copy of all the names] that you have requested.
Both Thomas A and Mrs.Mary A. Kerstter buried June 10 1944. Also Thomas A.
June 30 1981 and Robert C. August 29 1964 and Mary A. January 25 1966. All
buried in section #133 lot #3 They are the only Kerstetters listed in the
book. Hope this helps.Thomas married Mary Susanna HENDERSON 22 Dec 1916, Sunbury, Northumberland Co, PA. Mary (daughter of John Newton HENDERSON and Susanna MCDEVITT) was born 11 Oct 1896, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA; died 21 Jan 1966, Camp Hill, Cumberland Co, PA; was buried 25 Jan 1966, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fairview Twp, York Co, PA. [Group Sheet]
5. Mary Susanna HENDERSON was born 11 Oct 1896, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA (daughter of John Newton HENDERSON and Susanna MCDEVITT); died 21 Jan 1966, Camp Hill, Cumberland Co, PA; was buried 25 Jan 1966, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fairview Twp, York Co, PA. Other Events:
- Baptism: 25 Mar 1897, St. Charles Borromeo Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA
- Unknown: 23 Feb 1899, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA; Removed
- _UID: B852E25C73374743B2EF82A253AF77FDB7CB
Notes:
Nickname:
Mae
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1900 census ?
Susan Henderson, Jan 1897, E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co,
home of Patrick Shea 70,
immig 1867, Ireland, daughterHannah __ 1877
1910 (is the following her? age is off a bit, but parents unknown sounds like her)
1910 - Harrisburg, 171 N 15th, Mary Henderson 18, boarder, born PA, parents
unknown, saleslady, dry goods (Dauphin Co, 9th ward, 4thprecinct, 14/84/9B)
(I wonder if she ran away after Ed Shaughnessy's death and changed her
name from Susan to Mary A Henderson around this time).
1920census, Berrysburg Borough, Dauphin Co, Thomas A 37, Mary A 23,
Thomas A Jr, 2 6/12, Robert C, 1 3/12 (all born PA)
1930 census, Dillsburg, York Co, PA, Thomas A. 48, Mary A, 34, M34/20,
Thomas A 12, Robert C 11 (all born PA) retail merchant, automobile
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Mary -> Shaughnessy family, Lewisburg, Union Co
Mary -> O'Neill family, Coatsville, Chester Co (?1910 or 1915)
Mary -> Sunbury, Northumberland Co (Zerbe Hotel), met
Tom Kerstetter, bartender
Tom&Mary -> Berrysburg, Dauphin Co, bought hotel, had Tom, Jr.
Tom&Mary -> Gratz, Daughin Co, bought hotel, which burned
-> Elizabethville, Dauphin Co
-> Dillsburg, York Co, bought hotel
-> Camp Hill, Cumberland Co, bought used car garage on Market St.
Dad adds:
Pauline was probably Bob's wife.
the son Thomas Jr was possably divorced from his first wife then and living
in St. Louis.
Pauline Kerstetter - 31 Mar 1918 - 29 Nov 1989, died Cumberland PA SSN 199-07-9350
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A search for Mary A Henderson in 1896 (No 951606) in Philadelphia found nothing
(3 yrs) (should have been looking for Susan?!)
SS 195-32-4763, last resided Camp HillChildren:
- Thomas Abner KERSTETTER was born 30 Jul 1917, Northumberland Co, PA; died Jun 1981, St. Louis, MO; was buried 30 Jun 1981, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fairview Twp, York Co, PA.
- 2. Robert C. KERSTETTER was born 24 Jun 1919, PA; died Aug 1964, PA; was buried 29 Aug 1964, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fairview Twp, York Co, PA.
Generation: 4
10. John Newton HENDERSON was born 25 Dec 1862, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA (son of Father MIX and Elizabeth HENDERSON); died Aft 1917, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA. Other Events:
- Baptism: 15 May 1893, St. Charles Borromeo Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA
- _UID: 3ED83C14ECF84CFBB275D2C0EE3BEE97F8A2
Notes:
Name Suffix:
Senior
He was supposed to be a policeman, according to Dad. Dad heard this as a kid,
but there seems to be no other source to confirmthis. I may have been overly
restrictive in my search by focusing on the policeman stuff.
I'm not convinced that Susan McDevitt is the mother.
5/04 - no, I think this is OK.
1) there's no reason to think that the baptism that Anna had was wrong. For
the Catholic Church to have given her the wrong information meant there
John Henderson and Susan had a daugther Anna at the same time, Susan
died, and "another" Anna Henderson disappears from the records or becomes
an orphan after 1898
2) Anna talked with her brothers who would have been old enough to know her
parents and confirm or deny her parents' names. Anna refered to her being
Irish because of the McDevitt connection to other people.
Problem - 5/04. Now that I have John N Henderson marrying Susan McDevitt
in 1893, how could they have both been the parents of John Henderson
and James Henderson? Or were they really half brother (and John
lied about not being married before on his marriage license). Or maybe
they had lived together first? Or were married, but not in a Catholic Church?
Solution - 6/04. Got files from Children's Aid Society. Pages on John,
Nannie, and Susan (later Mary) show... Mother was in Home for Consumptives.
Father was "worthless". Grandmother "Susan McDevitt" came to check on them.
They tried to find the father, who was known to hang out at a saloon, but never
found him. Last attempt was 1904 before Nannie was adopted by Shaughnessy
family. But it puts to rest whether John N Henderson and Susan McDevitt
were the parents. It would seem thatJohn and Susan were to be the parents
of John as well, although clearly John was born before they were married.
(or they had been married before outside the Catholic Church).
Problem - what happened to James Henderson? I removed him for now. I
think there was confusion about "John and James" and it was thesons of
John Sr. - 7/14/05
occupations and name used
1887 - brickmaker (Newton)
1889 - musician (John N) ?
1891 - brickmaker (Newton)
1892 - brickmaker (Newton)
1893 - wagon washer (John Newton marriage)
1894 (baptism - John)
1897 (baptism - John)
1898 - watchman (John N)
1900 - foreman (Newton)
1910 - arossing maker (John N - this one?)
1917 - brickmaker (this one? a John Henderson living with Mary James)
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witness to wedding: James McDevitt and Frances Malone (or McCue?)
baptismal sponsors: 1893: James McDevitt and Frances McCue
baptismal sponsors: 1894: Ellen Redmond
baptismal sponsors: 1897:Margaret McHugh
No family relationship found (other than James McDevitt, brother of Susan).
Perhaps just other Irish people at the church.
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1880John Henderson 19, laborer, Eastern Penitentary, Md/Md/Pa (?)
(If that was really supposed to be PA/Md/PA, it could refer to father being
Oliver Meeks/Mix,that is, if this were the right John Henderson in 1880)
Still, I don't think Oliver is a likely fit.
1880 John Henderson, Horsham, Montgomery Co, laborer, 18, home of
Alfred L Philips 55, farmer, Pa/Pa/Pa (?this John? this seems more likely)
1887 1401 Reed, Newton, brickmaker (with rest of Henderson family)
1888
1889 2518 Ellsworth, John N, musician
1890
1891 2140 Sears, Newton, brickmaker (same address as John McDevitt home)
1892 2140 Sears, Newton, brickmaker
1893 2127 Ellsworth (John Newton gets married, listed as John in church record)
1894 at St. Thomas Aquinas (as John)
1895
1896
1897 at St. Charles Borromeo (as John)
1898 1925 Titan, Jno N Henderson, watchman (is this the salesman, died 1899?)
(Ward 36) (David Calhoun in 1900 directory)
1899
1900 need age 38-40
Many people in census are not wheJohn married Susanna MCDEVITT 15 May 1893, St. Charles Borromeo Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA. Susanna (daughter of John MCDEVITT and Susanna DOUGHERTY) was born 10 Oct 1868, Gloucester, Camden Co, NJ; died 12 Nov 1898, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA; was buried 16 Nov 1898, St. Mary's Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA. [Group Sheet]
11. Susanna MCDEVITT was born 10 Oct 1868, Gloucester, Camden Co, NJ (daughter of John MCDEVITT and Susanna DOUGHERTY); died 12 Nov 1898, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA; was buried 16 Nov 1898, St. Mary's Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA. Other Events:
- _UID: C694AEA39FE145329FDAAAF93FAB1837F795
Notes:
given that the marriage of Mary A. Henderson says mother was named "Mary",
I wonder if this is the right mother's name.
Note - Mary listed her mother as Mary and it wasn't until a letter came back
from a church in Philadelphia thatthe mother of "Anna" Henderson was
listed as Susan (McDevitt).
Still, I'm starting to rethink this. It would seem that Anna had talked with
her brothers on several occasions, who would have been old enough
to remember what her parent's name was. I doubt she would have kept
refering to John and Susan if she found out later these weren't her parents.
It would just seem that up until her 20's, she (and her sister) didn't
know anything about her parents with anycertainty (except perhaps
that her father was John Henderson).
11/12/98, Susan Henderson #10303
30y, b. NJ, phitusis pulm [phthisis pulmonalis = tuberculosis]
22nd ward, hospital for consumptives, buried St. Mary's
Free Hospital For Poor Consumptives 1895 capac=55
Has received a State appropriation
A search of Public Ledger in Philadelphia found no information.
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A picture of Anna and Mary says "taken 3/30/08" and has
Susie Henderson
Nan "
But the picture shows Anna (Nanna) and Mary. Why did it say Susie?
A reference or mistaken reference to the mother? Part of the border
was cut off that might have had more text to the left of the names.
IGI has this record which seems to be a baptism date?
18 Nov 1867, Gloucester City, Camden, New Jersey Susanna McDevit to John McDevit and Susan
Cause of Death:of tuberculosis Children:
- John Newton HENDERSON was born 23 Nov 1890, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA; died Abt 1951, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware.
- Anna Elizabeth HENDERSON was born 1 Mar 1894, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA; died 23 Jul 1953, Williamsport, Lycoming Co, PA; was buried 25 Jul 1953, Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, Northumberland Co, PA.
- 5. Mary Susanna HENDERSON was born 11 Oct 1896, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA; died 21 Jan 1966, Camp Hill, Cumberland Co, PA; was buried 25 Jan 1966, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fairview Twp, York Co, PA.