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Title: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: SteveYnyshir on Thursday 07 January 21 22:51 GMT (UK)
Hi
I'm looking for information on Mary who emigrated from England in 1922. She travelled with her husband Arthur and they settled in Pennsylvania. He died in 1930 due to a car crash.
I would like to find out whether she remarried,  and who she married please?

Many thanks for your time
Steve
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: RJ137 on Thursday 07 January 21 23:09 GMT (UK)
She married Stephen Prebish in 1943.

Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHFC-KT7

Mary died in 1966.

 Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
03 Mar 1966, Thu  •  Page 26

Obit: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20331417/19660303-may-jackson-prebish-obituary/
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: SteveYnyshir on Thursday 07 January 21 23:51 GMT (UK)
Many thanks RJ137, that's great. Thanks also for the prompt reply

Steve
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: *Sandra* on Monday 01 March 21 10:26 GMT (UK)


A few interesting articles, you may or may not have come across.

Obituary for Stephen Prebish

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
1 Jul 1961, Sat    Page 14

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72372161/obituary-for-stephen-prebish/

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
04 Jul 1961, Tue   Page 11

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72372210/obituary-for-stephen-prebish/

FIND A GRAVE

   
Hanover CemeteryHanover, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153407650/stephen-prebish

Sandra




Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: *Sandra* on Monday 01 March 21 10:31 GMT (UK)
Photograph of Arthur Roachford -

The Evening News Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 8 Apr 1930, Tue   Page 1

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72372064/arthur-roachford-photograph/

The Evening News Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 8 Apr 1930, Tue    Page 1

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72372056/arthur-roachford-8-april-1930-with/

The Evening News Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 11 Apr 1930, Fri    Page 3

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72372148/arthur-roachford-11-april-1930/

Sandra
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: *Sandra* on Monday 01 March 21 10:34 GMT (UK)


The Wilkes-Barre Record Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 3 Jun 1926, Thu  -  Page 24

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72372101/mr-and-mrs-arthur-roachford-3-june/

The Wilkes-Barre Record Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 7 Mar 1929, Thu    Page 26

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72372085/mrs-arthur-roachford-7-march-1929/

The Evening News Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 8 Apr 1932, Fri    Page 7

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72372073/memoriam-8-april-1932/

Sandra
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: shellyesq on Monday 01 March 21 17:38 GMT (UK)
There is an obit for Mary in a Utica newspaper - http://www.rootschat.com/links/01qd2/
Similar, but slightly different info from the obit above.
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: *Sandra* on Tuesday 02 March 21 06:47 GMT (UK)


Sister - La Donnia G. “Donnie” Jackson Sorenson - 7 November 1887 North Yorkshire - 27 June 1959 Utica New York.

Burial - New Forest Cemetery Utica, Oneida County, New York.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135320333/la_donnia-g.-sorenson

Sandra
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: *Sandra* on Tuesday 02 March 21 06:48 GMT (UK)

SSDI - Ladonnie G Soerensen - Ladonnie G Jackson
Birth Date 7 Nov 1887 United Kingdom
Death Date 27 Jun 1969 - Claim Date 2 Aug 1969
Father Joseph Jackson - Mother Annie Metcalf.

Sandra
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: *Sandra* on Tuesday 02 March 21 06:56 GMT (UK)

Donnie Commerford in 1910 State Street Utica Ward 3, Oneida, New York with her daughter Dorothy.

Georgia Acker 38   Head
Dora A Acker 18   Daughter
Frank J Acker 15   Son
Edith M Acker 11   Daughter
Florence V Acker 8   Daughter
Donnie G Commerford 21   Sister-in-law
Dorothy M Commerford 1   Niece

Sandra

 
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: *Sandra* on Tuesday 02 March 21 06:58 GMT (UK)
Marriage of daughter Dorothy O. Commerford to Bernard P. Eichner in 1930 Utica New York.
Certificate Number 22180

Sandra

Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: *Sandra* on Tuesday 02 March 21 07:00 GMT (UK)
FIND A GRAVE

Dorothy Olive Commerford Sorensen 1908 - 1985

burial - Calvary Cemetery Utica, Oneida County, New York.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151556339/dorothy-olive-sorensen

Bernard Eichner - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151566485/bernard-peter-eichner

Sandra

Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: SteveYnyshir on Wednesday 03 March 21 19:36 GMT (UK)
Hi Sandra, Thanks so much for the information regarding Arthur Roachford and LaDonnie Sorenson. I wasn't sure who this lady was until I looked back on the 1901 census where I knew her as Emma Jackson. She was my grandmother's sister. Do you have any idea when she came through Ellis Island as I can't seem to find her? Also, do you have any info on when and where she was married and how many times she was wed? I remember her coming to the UK sometime in the 1960's, she suffered with Dementia and was lost in London Heathrow airport, my parents had to travel from Wales to get her. Any information would be great

Many thanks
Steve
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: *Sandra* on Wednesday 03 March 21 20:22 GMT (UK)
Great, it helped throw up a little more information for you.  :)

The birth of Dorothy Comerford to first husband Frederick Commerford was 22 August 1908.

Two marriages for Emma/Donnie G - Comerford and Sorenson.  The first marriage La Donnia G. "Donnie" Jackson - 14 June 1907 - Boonville, New York - Certificate Number12014

1910 census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M59W-46L

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRVB-SDZ?cc=1727033&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM59W-46L


Frederick remarried again by about 1913 to Mabel E Nonamaker.  The 1930 census says Mabel married at 24 years.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4TZ-85Y

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RCW-H96?cc=1810731&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AX4TZ-85Y

1930 census indicates LaDonnie was married at 17 years.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4RD-TJL

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRZD-PMF?i=34&cc=1810731&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AX4RD-TJL

1920 census gave no immigration year but she was living with Louis Sorenson by that stage.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVMB-1SN

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RND-68B?cc=1488411&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMVMB-1SN

Sandra
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: SteveYnyshir on Thursday 04 March 21 11:12 GMT (UK)
Thanks for all the info you sent Sandra, there's loads I wasn't aware of. It's strange she was only married to Fred for a short time. Divorce was a rare thing years ago
Title: Re: Mary Priscilla Roachford
Post by: *Sandra* on Friday 12 March 21 15:43 GMT (UK)
Fred had disappeared on the 1910 census - strange  :-\

Sandra