Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph L. Blakeley and Mary E. Ziegler




Husband Joseph L. Blakeley 1

            AKA: Joseph L. Blakely 2
           Born: 22 Jul 1858 - Forward Twp, Butler Co, PA 3
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           Died: 1929 2
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         Father: Andrew Blakeley (1818-Aft 1895) 4 5
         Mother: Sarah Jane Harris (      -      ) 5


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Wife Mary E. Ziegler 2 6

            AKA: Mary Zeigler,7 Mary A. Ziegler 3
           Born: 1863 2
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         Father: Jacob M. Ziegler (1836-1891) 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Markel (1840-1885) 2 6 8




Children
1 F Della E. Blakeley 3 7

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         Spouse: Ralph M. Thompson (      -      ) 7


2 F Myrtle A. Blakeley 3

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3 M Alvin W. Blakeley 3

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph L. Blakeley


He was reared on the family homestead in Forward township, Butler County, Pennsylvania. He followed farming until 1890, and then embarked in the grocery trade in Allegheny, which he followed for two years. In 1886 he purchased the George Mechling farm, in Jefferson township, containing 123 acres, and in 1892-93 he erected a substantial residence and also made many other improvements. Politically, he was a Republican, and both he and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian church.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 883, 914, 1142.

2 Gertrude Mohlin Ziegler, The Ziegler Family and Related Families in Pennsylvania (Zelienople, PA: Charles Campbell Printing Co., 1970), Pg 300.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 883.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 241.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1142.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 914.

7 Gertrude Mohlin Ziegler, The Ziegler Family and Related Families in Pennsylvania (Zelienople, PA: Charles Campbell Printing Co., 1970), Pg 301.

8 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1171.


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