Ella A. PEDDIGREE was born circa Nov 1868 in PA. She died on 10 Mar 1945 in Lock Haven Hospital, Lock Haven, Clinton, PA. She was buried on 13 Mar 1945 in Fairview Cemetery, Lock Haven, Clinton, PA. She was also known as Ellen. Williamsport Gazette & Bulletin, Mar 13, 1945:11, Tuesday
Mrs. Ella Branning, of Lockport, mother of Rolland Branning, of Muncy; Robert, of Jersey Shore, and Mrs. Burns [Vernon] Billby (sic), of Salladasburg, died in the Lock Haven Hospital Saturday, March 10, 1945.
Other survivors are two daughters, Mrs. M. F. Hane, Lock Haven; Mrs. Alva McBride, Swissdale; a brother Robert Peddigree, of Woodward Township, and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Passel (sic), Lock Haven, and Mrs. Annie Smith, Swissdale.
Services will be conducted from the funeral home, 109 West Church Street, Lock Haven, at 10:30 a.m. today with burial in Fairview Cemetery. She appeared on the census of 1870 in Woodward Twp, Clinton, PA. She appeared on the census of 1880 in Woodward Twp, Clinton, PA. She appeared on the census of 1900 in Woodward Twp, Clinton, PA. She appeared on the census of 1920 in 507 Bald Eagle St, Lock Haven, Clinton, PA. She appeared on the census of 1930 in Hood St, Allison Twp, Clinton, PA.
Known children of Joseph L. Branning and Ella A. Peddigree were as follows:
2 i. Infant BRANNING died before 1900.
3 ii. Earl M. BRANNING was born c. Oct 1893 in PA. He died before 10 Mar 1945. He appeared on the census of 1900 in Woodward Twp, Clinton, PA. He appeared on the census of 1920 in 507 Bald Eagle St, Lock Haven, Clinton, PA. He appeared on the census of 1930 in Allison Twp, Clinton, PA.
+ 4 iii.Roland Edgar BRANNING Sr, born 16 Apr 1896 in Lock Haven, Clinton, PA; married Mary Jane Nihart; died 21 Jun 1981 in Williamsport, Lycoming, PA; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lock Haven, Clinton, PA.
+ 5 iv. Mary Helen BRANNING, born 8 Feb 1899 in Queens Run, Clinton, PA; married Alva S. McBride; died 2 Sep 1976 in Susque-View Nursing Home, Lock Haven, Clinton, PA; buried 5 Sep 1976 in Dunnstown Cemetery, Dunnstown, Clinton, PA.
6 v. Robert L. BRANNING was born in 1901 in Farrandsville, Clinton, PA. He married E. Maude McCloskey, daughter of William Rothrock McCloskey and Carrie Leona Culver. He died on 11 Jul 1970 in Lock Haven Hospital, Lock Haven, Clinton, PA. He was buried on 14 Jul 1970 in Highland Cemetery, Lock Haven, Clinton, PA.
Lock Haven Express, Jul 13, 1970:8, Monday
Lock Haven - Robert L. Branning, 68, better known as Buck Branning, of 910 Cleveland St., died Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the Lock Haven Hospital, which he entered May 31.
Mr. Branning was last employed as a miner by the Gillen Coal Co., at their stripping operation at Tangascootac. During World War II he worked for the Simon Wrecking Co. in Jersey Shore.
Born at Farrandsville, he was a son of Joseph L. and Ella Peddigree Branning.
Surviving are his wife, the former Maude McCloskey, a stepson, Kenneth L. Condo, Lock Haven; three step-daughters, Mrs. Pauline Overdorf, Mrs. Ralph Dutton, Lock Haven; and Mrs. Daisy Strouse, Tampa, Fla.; 14 step-grandchildren including one, Gerald Peters, of Lock Haven, whom the Brannings reared; two brothers and two sisters, Alvin, of Lock Haven, Roland, Williamsport; Mrs. Alva McBride, Castanea and Mrs. Alice Engle, Jersey Shore R.D. 2.