Joshua Kidd

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Joshua Kidd

Birth
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
31 May 1889 (aged 67–68)
Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Southmont, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Age 65 - When a victim of the Johnstown Flood with his wife, Sarah Kane and several other family members. The Cambria County, PA Alphabetical Index of Victims of the Johnstown Flood, May 31, 1889, lists four "Kidds" of Walnut Street, Joshua, his wife Sarah,age 60, Jenny, age 35, and Laura, age 5. Jenny and Laura are on the 'missing' list.

According to Joshua's Civil War Pension File he was born in Chester County, PA in 1821. He was a blacksmith, working at that trade in Johnstown, PA until his untimely death.
His siblings were:
*William T. Kidd b. 1816 d. 1860 Blair, PA.
*Ann Elizabeth Kidd b. 1818 d. 1898
*Joanna Kidd b. 1820 d. 1882
*Susanna Kidd b. 1823 d. 1888
*Joseph L. Kidd b. 7 Oct 1823 (school records indicate Chester County, PA.) d. 8 May 1903 Williamsburg, Blair, PA. A Veteran of the Civil War. Married: Mary Ann Weaver b. 6 Oct 1824 d. 31 Jul 1907. Ancestral line for 2nd great grandfather of Linda McNeal Millerick.
*Robert Jones Kidd b. 1825 d. 1847 bur: Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Blair, PA in Plot: A123.

The children of Joshua Kidd and Sarah Kane were:
~ Mary Kidd b. abt. 1850
~ Jane kidd b. abt. 1853
~ Joseph J. Kidd b. abt. 1854 Marr: Lavina A.(nee unk.), b.Sep 1859; Children: John A.J. Kidd, b. Oct 1880, Minnie Kidd, b. Jun 1887.
~ Ann Matilda Kidd b. 14 Oct 1855, Blair, PA d. 11 Nov 1924 Cambria, PA. Marr: William C. Menoher b. 30 Aug 1854, Johnstown d. Dec 1904; Children: Frank, Josephine, Bertha, John C., Jesse, Clifford F., Mary Elsena, Helen June Menoher.
~ John A. Kidd b. abt 1858, Marr: Mary (nee unk.)b. May 1858; Children: Earl V. Kidd, Fannie, Joshua L., Mary E., Ruth O.
~ William H.[Henry] Kidd b. Nov 1859 d. 22 Jan 1931 Ida/Maud(e) YOUNG b. Nov 1858 d. 10 Sep 1931; Children: Sarah Kidd b. Apr 1885 d. 3 Oct 1976; Marr: 1907 to Stephen Karalfa d. 16 Mar 1913; Children: Robert Karalfa, Louis Karalfa.
Age 65 - When a victim of the Johnstown Flood with his wife, Sarah Kane and several other family members. The Cambria County, PA Alphabetical Index of Victims of the Johnstown Flood, May 31, 1889, lists four "Kidds" of Walnut Street, Joshua, his wife Sarah,age 60, Jenny, age 35, and Laura, age 5. Jenny and Laura are on the 'missing' list.

According to Joshua's Civil War Pension File he was born in Chester County, PA in 1821. He was a blacksmith, working at that trade in Johnstown, PA until his untimely death.
His siblings were:
*William T. Kidd b. 1816 d. 1860 Blair, PA.
*Ann Elizabeth Kidd b. 1818 d. 1898
*Joanna Kidd b. 1820 d. 1882
*Susanna Kidd b. 1823 d. 1888
*Joseph L. Kidd b. 7 Oct 1823 (school records indicate Chester County, PA.) d. 8 May 1903 Williamsburg, Blair, PA. A Veteran of the Civil War. Married: Mary Ann Weaver b. 6 Oct 1824 d. 31 Jul 1907. Ancestral line for 2nd great grandfather of Linda McNeal Millerick.
*Robert Jones Kidd b. 1825 d. 1847 bur: Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Blair, PA in Plot: A123.

The children of Joshua Kidd and Sarah Kane were:
~ Mary Kidd b. abt. 1850
~ Jane kidd b. abt. 1853
~ Joseph J. Kidd b. abt. 1854 Marr: Lavina A.(nee unk.), b.Sep 1859; Children: John A.J. Kidd, b. Oct 1880, Minnie Kidd, b. Jun 1887.
~ Ann Matilda Kidd b. 14 Oct 1855, Blair, PA d. 11 Nov 1924 Cambria, PA. Marr: William C. Menoher b. 30 Aug 1854, Johnstown d. Dec 1904; Children: Frank, Josephine, Bertha, John C., Jesse, Clifford F., Mary Elsena, Helen June Menoher.
~ John A. Kidd b. abt 1858, Marr: Mary (nee unk.)b. May 1858; Children: Earl V. Kidd, Fannie, Joshua L., Mary E., Ruth O.
~ William H.[Henry] Kidd b. Nov 1859 d. 22 Jan 1931 Ida/Maud(e) YOUNG b. Nov 1858 d. 10 Sep 1931; Children: Sarah Kidd b. Apr 1885 d. 3 Oct 1976; Marr: 1907 to Stephen Karalfa d. 16 Mar 1913; Children: Robert Karalfa, Louis Karalfa.