Death and/ or Newspaper Articles - Pennsylvania

[mazzie74]

Hi,

There is a family grave in Irwin, PA of my wife's family - "Scorer."

It has years of deaths of the children (pre 1906) which I believe was before death certificates were issued.

I have found a couple of newspaper articles and a few death certs (post 1906).

Can anybody locate any other records / articles regarding:

Anthony D Scorer (1837-15th September 1901) - I have a death record from Familysearch;
his wife:
Frances Scorer (1837-1898) - I have a newspaper article:
daughter:
Ann Scorer (1860-1877)
daughter:
Sadie J Scorer (1876-1885)
son:
William C Scorer (1867-1897)
son:
Richard H Scorer (1874-1898).

I have attached the newspaper article for Frances, which has a mention of William and Richard.

If anybody can find any other records / articles for these people I would be most grateful.

Thanks

Darin.

[*Sandra*]

Hi Darin,

Not what you asked for but there is a bankruptcy notice (first meeting of creditors) in the Pittsburgh Press - 2 July 1908 for Moses Edward Scorer and Matthew Hope Scorer who belong to this same family.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19080702&id=1ykbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5379,385876

Sandra

[shellyesq]

There is a reference in the Pittsburgh Legal Journal from 1905 about the administration of the estate of W.C. Scorer of Cleveland in Google Books.  http://www.rootschat.com/links/01efq/  Sometimes, there are difference in what people can see in Google Books depending on their location, so if it doesn't show up for you, let me know. 

[mazzie74]

Hi Shelley

Thanks for the information

I can view the page, but I can't seem to access any text from the book.

Do you have a transcription for the relevant pages?

Thanks,

Darin.

[shellyesq]

It's basically a full page of text about the case.  I might be able to get a screenshot of it & e-mail it to you.

[johnnyboy]

Hi Darin: I remember posting answers to your related Scorer topic in June 2014. For interested parties (and to help folks avoid duplicate searching), here is a link to that topic, Anthony Scorer UK to Pennsylvania 1863: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=687922.9

AS for the present question: Here is a link to FamilySearch.org's Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3AScorer~&collection_id=1589502

Five of the first six results are marriages of the children of Anthony and Frances Scorer. These are Margaret B. Scorer, Mary I. Scorer, Moses E. Scorer, and Anthony D. Scorer.

If you click on a name, you will see the respective page in the Marriage License Docket Book. Each image has multiple marriages on two pages.

Margaret Scorer was apparently married in Irwin, Pennsylvania. Irwin is in Westmoreland County, which has marriage records online that go back to 1885. Here is a link to the results page for Westmoreland County marriages: https://portal2.recordfusion.com/countyweb/disclaimer.do.

Unfortunately, the link may not take you to the results but to a disclaimer page. At any rate, there is nothing in the record except the names of Margaret Scorer and her husband Frank Helper and the marriage application number, which is 008306. That could be a second marriage license that the two took out, or it could be the duplicate that was sent back to the County by the person who performed the marriage. Incidentally, even though the marriage license seems to have been issued in Allegheny County, which borders on Westmoreland County, the license could be used for a marriage in any county in Pennsylvania.

Regards,
John