1910, Pennsylvania; Allegheny County, Braddock Borough, 22 April 1910, E.D. 28, sheet 7 A --

McAninch, Albert

38

Mar. 4 yrs

b.PA, f.b.PA, m.b.PA

bridge worker

McAninch, Eva, wife

28

Mar. 4 yrs

b.PA, f.b.PA, m.b.PA

children born:1; living 1

McAninch, Rayman, son

4

Single

b.PA, f.b.PA, m.b.PA

 

 

Shortly thereafter, Eva died, and it is believed that she is buried in Westmoreland County --

“McAnnich [sic], Eva M. 1882-1913” [in _Brush Creek Church Cemetery, Westmoreland County,

Pennsylvania_, by Della Reagan Fisher, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1972; pg. 86, index no. 3427].

According to the family stories, Eva died “in childbirth”, but there is no record of her second child.

There are no other McAninch's in that cemetery or book, by any spelling, and it is likely that Eva was

buried in the area where the family was living in 1913, before they went to Ohio and/or Michigan.

 

Albert re-married, circa 1915, to his second wife, Maria A. (maiden name unknown); again, we do

not know exactly where, or when. Albert and his family may have been in Ohio around the time of

the 1920 census, but have not been found yet. Eva's sister, Gertrude (Masters) Beckley, and her

brother, Harry Wilson Masters, were both living in Lucas County, Ohio, by 1920 [Sharon Sheldon].

 

In 1930, Albert McAninch is living on a farm in Whiteford Township, Monroe County, Michigan,

and working in coffee manufacturing. Eva Masters' sister, Gertrude, was married to Sewell Beckley.

Sewell Beckley was in wholesale coffee and tea sales (and the family has pictures of Sewell in China).

Gertrude was just a few years older than Eva, so it's possible that these two hooked up into doing

business together, despite the fact that Eva died and Albert remarried [Sharon Sheldon].

 

1930, Michigan, Monroe County, Whiteford Township [Whiteford (North)] --

McAninch, Albert

53

39 [age at first marriage]

Rents, family lives on a farm

 

b. Pennsylvania

f. b. Pennsylvania

m. b. Pennsylvania

 

 

 

[occ] machinist [sic]

[industry] Coffee Mfg

Maria A.

Wife

34

19 [age at first marriage]

[occupation] None

 

b. Ohio

 

f. b. Germany

m. b. Germany

Ray P.

Son

23

b. Pennsylvania

[occ] Farmer [ind] At home

Ruth H.

Dau.

10

b. Ohio

[occ] None

 

NARA T626 Roll 1013 pg.264; Monroe Co., 2 April 1930, E.D. 58-38, Sh 1 B

 

The “first marriage” ages (39, 19) only make sense if they answered the question “age at this marriage”.

Albert and Maria were married ca.1915, and have been married for about 15 years (Maria, age 34, first

marriage at age 19). So, we believe that Ruth, born ca.1919-1920, is the daughter of Albert and Maria.

However, it appears that Albert may have shaven a few years off of his own age (for his new bride?).

 

At this time, we do not know what happened to Albert and Maria, nor either of the children, Ray and

Ruth. There is a record of a Ray McAninch, with an appropriate birthdate, who died in 1983 in Toledo,

Lucas County, Ohio [for further research -- "Born: 4/2/1906 / Died: 3/1983 / Residence: Toledo, OH"

US -National Obituary Archive, http://aolsvc.news.arrangeonline.aol.com/Obituary].

 

And, who were the parents of this Albert McAninch? Did Albert grow up in western Pennsylvania?

Allegheny County? Or could he be another son of John and Isabel (Wells) McAninch, Clarion County?

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McAninch Family History NL, v.XII.n.2   April 2004   Copyright Frank McAninch   page 2004-14

 

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