Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Ghordis Burdette Corwin and Edna Lorena Hafner




Husband Ghordis Burdette Corwin 1

            AKA: Corte B. Corwin 1
           Born: 24 Apr 1880 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1
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         Father: Franklin Corwin (1854-1899) 2
         Mother: Carrie Specht (1856-1886) 2


       Marriage: 8 Sep 1903 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1



Wife Edna Lorena Hafner 1

           Born: 20 May 1881 - Kasson, McKean Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Hafner (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Melissa Jane Potter (      -      ) 1




Children

General Notes: Husband - Ghordis Burdette Corwin


He was educated in the public school, finishing at Smethport, Pennsylvania, high school. He enlisted, April 27, 1898, in Bradford, in Company C, Pennsylvania National Guard, later being assigned to Company I of Warren for service in the Spanish-American war. He was discharged in the same year without seeing actual service. He entered the employ of the Camp Window Glass Company, of Smethport, continuing nine years, having the contract for packing the glass made by the company when he left them. In 1907 he engaged with Holmes & Gilfillan, remaining eighteen months, then located in Mount Jewett with the Consolidated Window Glass Company, continuing until December 19, 1904. He then returned to the employ of Holmes & Gilfillan in Smethport. He was a Republican in politics and was elected borough auditor, 1908-11. He was a volunteer fireman, belonging to both the Smethport and Bradford departments. He attended St. Luke's Episcopal Church.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 125.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 114, 125.


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