AGED RESIDENT OF COUNTY DIES.
One of the oldest residents of Blair County, Mrs. Ellen Zimmerman, died yesterday morning at 5 o'clock at the Blair County home of diseases incident to advanced age. According to records at the county home, the woman was born at Allegheny Furnace on May 22, 1833, but a granddaughter residing in Tyrone believes Mrs. Zimmerman was born on May 22, 1836, although she is not certain. If the county home records are correct, the woman would have been 100 years old. Mrs. Zimmerman, before her marriage to John Zimmerman, was Miss Ellen Eastright. Her husband was a veteran of the Civil War and has been dead for many years. Her nearest relatives are a grandson and a granddaughter, George Sprow and Mrs. Annie Cleary, both of Tyrone; six great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of the First Methodist church of Tyrone. The body has been removed to the home of Mrs. Cleary, 1515 Blair Avenue, Tyrone, where it may be viewed. Funeral services will be conducted at the Cleary home on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge of Rev. Elmer F. Ilgenfritz, pastor of the First Methodist church of Tyrone. Interment will be made in the Cedar Grove Cemetery at Petersburg.
Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., July 3, 1933
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Ellen Estrick / Eastright was born in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County, (which became Blair County in 1846) Pennsylvania on May 22, 1836, to A-3, John Seigle and Mary Sarah Faushey Estrick / Eastright. Her father, John, changed their last name from Estrick to Eastright in the 1840s. Ellen married John Zimmerman around 1860. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1834. Sometime after their marriage, John joined the Union Army and served in Company M, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war, he worked for an iron production company. The 1880 census shows they lived in Barree, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. They moved to Birmingham, Huntingdon County in March 1898. John died on April 23, 1898 in Birmingham. During the 1900 census, Ellen was living in Birmingham with her sons Edward and John. She moved to the Blair County home of Diseases Incident to Advanced Age. She died at 5 am on July 2, 1933. Both are buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Petersburg, Huntingdon County. Ellen and John had five children.
Abraham Zimmerman, born 1861
Mary Zimmerman, born 1863
Edward Zimmerman, born March 1868
John Zimmerman, born June 1871
H. Zimmerman, born 1874
Eshrich / Estrick / Eastright / Estright Family Tree Book by Warren Herman Eastright (FAG ID 241140101)
One of the oldest residents of Blair County, Mrs. Ellen Zimmerman, died yesterday morning at 5 o'clock at the Blair County home of diseases incident to advanced age. According to records at the county home, the woman was born at Allegheny Furnace on May 22, 1833, but a granddaughter residing in Tyrone believes Mrs. Zimmerman was born on May 22, 1836, although she is not certain. If the county home records are correct, the woman would have been 100 years old. Mrs. Zimmerman, before her marriage to John Zimmerman, was Miss Ellen Eastright. Her husband was a veteran of the Civil War and has been dead for many years. Her nearest relatives are a grandson and a granddaughter, George Sprow and Mrs. Annie Cleary, both of Tyrone; six great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of the First Methodist church of Tyrone. The body has been removed to the home of Mrs. Cleary, 1515 Blair Avenue, Tyrone, where it may be viewed. Funeral services will be conducted at the Cleary home on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge of Rev. Elmer F. Ilgenfritz, pastor of the First Methodist church of Tyrone. Interment will be made in the Cedar Grove Cemetery at Petersburg.
Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., July 3, 1933
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Ellen Estrick / Eastright was born in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County, (which became Blair County in 1846) Pennsylvania on May 22, 1836, to A-3, John Seigle and Mary Sarah Faushey Estrick / Eastright. Her father, John, changed their last name from Estrick to Eastright in the 1840s. Ellen married John Zimmerman around 1860. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1834. Sometime after their marriage, John joined the Union Army and served in Company M, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war, he worked for an iron production company. The 1880 census shows they lived in Barree, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. They moved to Birmingham, Huntingdon County in March 1898. John died on April 23, 1898 in Birmingham. During the 1900 census, Ellen was living in Birmingham with her sons Edward and John. She moved to the Blair County home of Diseases Incident to Advanced Age. She died at 5 am on July 2, 1933. Both are buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Petersburg, Huntingdon County. Ellen and John had five children.
Abraham Zimmerman, born 1861
Mary Zimmerman, born 1863
Edward Zimmerman, born March 1868
John Zimmerman, born June 1871
H. Zimmerman, born 1874
Eshrich / Estrick / Eastright / Estright Family Tree Book by Warren Herman Eastright (FAG ID 241140101)
AGED RESIDENT OF COUNTY DIES.
One of the oldest residents of Blair County, Mrs. Ellen Zimmerman, died yesterday morning at 5 o'clock at the Blair County home of diseases incident to advanced age. According to records at the county home, the woman was born at Allegheny Furnace on May 22, 1833, but a granddaughter residing in Tyrone believes Mrs. Zimmerman was born on May 22, 1836, although she is not certain. If the county home records are correct, the woman would have been 100 years old. Mrs. Zimmerman, before her marriage to John Zimmerman, was Miss Ellen Eastright. Her husband was a veteran of the Civil War and has been dead for many years. Her nearest relatives are a grandson and a granddaughter, George Sprow and Mrs. Annie Cleary, both of Tyrone; six great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of the First Methodist church of Tyrone. The body has been removed to the home of Mrs. Cleary, 1515 Blair Avenue, Tyrone, where it may be viewed. Funeral services will be conducted at the Cleary home on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge of Rev. Elmer F. Ilgenfritz, pastor of the First Methodist church of Tyrone. Interment will be made in the Cedar Grove Cemetery at Petersburg.
Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., July 3, 1933
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Ellen Estrick / Eastright was born in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County, (which became Blair County in 1846) Pennsylvania on May 22, 1836, to A-3, John Seigle and Mary Sarah Faushey Estrick / Eastright. Her father, John, changed their last name from Estrick to Eastright in the 1840s. Ellen married John Zimmerman around 1860. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1834. Sometime after their marriage, John joined the Union Army and served in Company M, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war, he worked for an iron production company. The 1880 census shows they lived in Barree, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. They moved to Birmingham, Huntingdon County in March 1898. John died on April 23, 1898 in Birmingham. During the 1900 census, Ellen was living in Birmingham with her sons Edward and John. She moved to the Blair County home of Diseases Incident to Advanced Age. She died at 5 am on July 2, 1933. Both are buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Petersburg, Huntingdon County. Ellen and John had five children.
Abraham Zimmerman, born 1861
Mary Zimmerman, born 1863
Edward Zimmerman, born March 1868
John Zimmerman, born June 1871
H. Zimmerman, born 1874
Eshrich / Estrick / Eastright / Estright Family Tree Book by Warren Herman Eastright (FAG ID 241140101)
One of the oldest residents of Blair County, Mrs. Ellen Zimmerman, died yesterday morning at 5 o'clock at the Blair County home of diseases incident to advanced age. According to records at the county home, the woman was born at Allegheny Furnace on May 22, 1833, but a granddaughter residing in Tyrone believes Mrs. Zimmerman was born on May 22, 1836, although she is not certain. If the county home records are correct, the woman would have been 100 years old. Mrs. Zimmerman, before her marriage to John Zimmerman, was Miss Ellen Eastright. Her husband was a veteran of the Civil War and has been dead for many years. Her nearest relatives are a grandson and a granddaughter, George Sprow and Mrs. Annie Cleary, both of Tyrone; six great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of the First Methodist church of Tyrone. The body has been removed to the home of Mrs. Cleary, 1515 Blair Avenue, Tyrone, where it may be viewed. Funeral services will be conducted at the Cleary home on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge of Rev. Elmer F. Ilgenfritz, pastor of the First Methodist church of Tyrone. Interment will be made in the Cedar Grove Cemetery at Petersburg.
Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., July 3, 1933
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Ellen Estrick / Eastright was born in Allegheny Township, Huntingdon County, (which became Blair County in 1846) Pennsylvania on May 22, 1836, to A-3, John Seigle and Mary Sarah Faushey Estrick / Eastright. Her father, John, changed their last name from Estrick to Eastright in the 1840s. Ellen married John Zimmerman around 1860. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1834. Sometime after their marriage, John joined the Union Army and served in Company M, Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war, he worked for an iron production company. The 1880 census shows they lived in Barree, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. They moved to Birmingham, Huntingdon County in March 1898. John died on April 23, 1898 in Birmingham. During the 1900 census, Ellen was living in Birmingham with her sons Edward and John. She moved to the Blair County home of Diseases Incident to Advanced Age. She died at 5 am on July 2, 1933. Both are buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Petersburg, Huntingdon County. Ellen and John had five children.
Abraham Zimmerman, born 1861
Mary Zimmerman, born 1863
Edward Zimmerman, born March 1868
John Zimmerman, born June 1871
H. Zimmerman, born 1874
Eshrich / Estrick / Eastright / Estright Family Tree Book by Warren Herman Eastright (FAG ID 241140101)
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