Re: Maria or Mariah Orwig b 1835 PA
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Re: Maria or Mariah Orwig b 1835 PA
Karen Keyser 9/01/09
Unfortunately even though the Vital Records couldn't find the death certificate it doesn't mean they don't have it only that they couldn't find it. The system they are using was set up in 1906 and hasn't changed for death records from before 1960. If we can ever get them opened up and available online that would help to eliminate the problem: http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access.htmhttp://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access.htm
I suggest getting the obits and death certificates for her children. One of them is bound to have her maiden name and if nothing else you'll know if it was Orwig.
Perhaps you have already tried this but Mariah appears in the 1890 Veterans census as the widow if Daniel McKinley who served in Company B, 209th PA Inf. They also got a Civil War pension, first him as a invalid and her as a widow. For that you have to contact or go to the National Archives in Washington, DC. These records can be a goldmine of genealogical data. At the very least Mariah would have had to prove she was his wife. This usually required a marriage record and/or an affidavit from someone attesting to their being married. But there is no telling what the pension record will have in it as well including on Daniel's side. If nothing else it should give information about their lives you might not be able to find anywhere else. Invalid Appl: 695976, Cert: 567339 PA; Widow Appl: 639098, Cert: 432302 PA
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Re: Maria or Mariah Orwig b 1835 PA
Karen Keyser 9/02/09
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Re: Maria or Mariah Orwig b 1835 PA
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Re: Maria or Mariah Orwig b 1835 PA
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Re: Maria or Mariah Orwig b 1835 PA
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Re: Maria or Mariah Orwig b 1835 PA
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Re: Maria or Mariah Orwig b 1835 PA
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Re: Maria or Mariah Orwig b 1835 PA
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Re: Maria or Mariah Orwig b 1835 PA