Charlotte Kelker Marshall (20 November 1800-05 November 1854), was my third great-grandmother Marshall, the daughter of Jacob Kelker and Rebecca Thome. She was the wife of John Marshall (1803-1889) and mother of seven children: Mary Ann Marshall Turk; William Kelker Marshall; John Truby Marshall; Elisha Robinson Marshall; Samuel Thome Marshall; Henry Marks Marshall; and Frederick Augustus Marshall. She died within a week of her youngest son, Freddie, and two grandchildren, John Marshall Turk and Charlotte Elizabeth Turk. She lies buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery of Parker, Armstrong County, PA. This image is painted on tin.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Churches and the people who led and attended them.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama XIV
Originally a colony of Great Britain and under the rule of King George III, the Founding Fathers of the United Sates were opposed ...
Photos of old headstones, graves, and obituaries from around the world.
Grave markers or headstones (commonly referred to as graves) and newspaper obituaries provide valuable information for the family historian and researcher. Photos of information found in cemeteries no...
A veteran of on-again/off-again family history work for the past 30 years, I am researching the following surnames, with these families originating mostly in Western Pennsylvania: Marshall, Truby, Rohrer, Haugh, Williams, Willison, McNabb, Bollman, Shankle, Kelker, Rumbarger, Roney.