Dad was born in Nanty-Glo, Pa. in 1922, Hi Sister Catherine followed. His dad Simon Joseph Conrad (born in Gallitzin) and Beulah (later called herself Bernadine) Mae (Stevens) Conrad moved to New Berlin, Pa after the death of Simons Mother in 1929. Simon became the manager of the Rosedale Dairy located in New Berlin.
Simon would later move to Northumberland and take a job as Manager of the Portzlines Dairy located there. They would reside at 351 Third street until the death of Bernadine in 1953. My Mom, Pauline Doris Shrawder Conrad and my dad Eugene married in 1947 at St. Jophns Lutheran Church in Northumberland. They resideded in a house located directly behind Simon and Bernadine on Ropewalk Avenue. When Bernadine passed away. and Simon moved to Mifflinburg Pauline and Eugene move into the 351 3rd street residence. and remained there until the death of Paulines parents Willard Holman Shrawder (1958) and Rosa Catherine Pentycofe Shrawder (1963). The Shrawder Family farm was sold and the proceeds given to the three daughters Pauline, Mary and Shirley. Eugene and Pauline moved 1/2 block away to 346 Orange Street.Northumberland, PA
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...