Re: Mahanoy City, PA
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In reply to:
Mahanoy City, PA
9/16/99
Besty,
My great grandfather (who I know very little about) was from Mahanoy City.I know this because I obtained a copy of his marriage license to my great grandfather.Here is what I know.His name was Thomas A. McGinty and he was born 1874-1875 in Mahanoy City.He lived in Homestead, Pennsyvania (which is in Allegheny County, PA).He was married twice, with his first wife dying in 1906.I do not know if they had any children.He married my great grandmother, Jennie Davies, in 1909 in August.Their first and only child Hildagarde (my grandmother) was born on 1/12/10.At the time of my grandmother's birth, Thomas McGinty was dead.He died sometime between between 8/28/09 and 1/12/10.I was told that he died in an accident while he was working for Mesta Machine.My grandmother, who died in 1979, had very little information about either her father (of course) or her mother.Her mother died when my grandmother was 12 or 13.Maybe there is a tie between these two people.
jeanette