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John Henry Watkins Sr.

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John Henry Watkins Sr.

Birth
Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
29 Oct 1943 (aged 76)
Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Drums, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The 1st son of Samuel David and Mary Susanna Fritz Watkins. Born and raised and lived his entire life in Hazleton Luz. Co., Pa.

At the tender age of 13 he was a "slate picker" at the coal mines as were almost all the boys in that day, and the 1940 census shows us he has only a 2nd grade education, also very common in that time.

He married Mary Ann Haggerty 21 Aug. 1890 and they are the parents of:

Samuel(Bessie G. Miller/Elizabeth Brown)
John Henry, Jr.(Anna Bertha Fichtner)
Catherine E, (Doughtery)
Mary Margaret "Minnie" (Kramer)

The 1st son of Samuel David and Mary Susanna Fritz Watkins. Born and raised and lived his entire life in Hazleton Luz. Co., Pa.

At the tender age of 13 he was a "slate picker" at the coal mines as were almost all the boys in that day, and the 1940 census shows us he has only a 2nd grade education, also very common in that time.

He married Mary Ann Haggerty 21 Aug. 1890 and they are the parents of:

Samuel(Bessie G. Miller/Elizabeth Brown)
John Henry, Jr.(Anna Bertha Fichtner)
Catherine E, (Doughtery)
Mary Margaret "Minnie" (Kramer)



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