An ongoing journal of genealogical and family discovery.
This image is from the wedding of my grandparents, John William Keating and Sara Elizabeth Pope. It comes from a scanned negative and is a group shot from the wedding and reception that I’d never seen before scanning it in. Read More …
Mary Merrill Durst [Frostburg] FROSTBURG – Mary Merrill Durst, 93, formerly of 73 Durst Lane, Frostburg, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2009 at the WMHS Frostburg Nursing and Rehab Center. Born Feb. 26, 1915 in Avilton, she was the daughter of Read More …
Father Benedict Pope [Pittsburgh] PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Father Benedict Pope, OFM Cap., 79, died on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh. Father Ben was born in Cumberland, Md. on Sept. 17, 1929 to Claude and Regina (Loraditch) Pope. Read More …
Wilson Caton Meyersdale, Jan. 15 – Wilson Caton, 75 years old, of Greenville township, died Tuesday morning at his home of complications. He was a son of Simon and Rebecca Meese Caton, both deceased, and was born in Garrett county, Read More …
Mrs. Claude Pope Salisbury, Pa.–Mrs. Regina Pope, 64, died Tuesday at Meyersdale Community Hospital. Born in Pocahontas, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Alice (McKenzie) Loraditch. She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Avilton, and Read More …