McLean, Edna Banks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; Mauch Chunk Cemetery
• Census: 05 Jun 1880, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: Jan 1920, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 17 Apr 1930, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

Notes:

From Hazleton PA Plain Speaker, Sat. June 18, 1938

Mrs. Edna Melber, of Mauch Chunk, died at her home on Thursday evening, following a prolonged illness of complications. Among the survivors is a brother, Bruce McLean, of Weatherly.

Died:
Chronic Myodarditis

Family/Spouse: Melber, Harry [George Heinrich]. Harry (son of Melber, Henry [Heinrich Conrad] and Hontz, Amanda Jane) was born on 28 Nov 1879 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 17 Oct 1933 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 19 Oct 1933 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Melber, Mae Clara was born on 04 Mar 1900 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 06 Jun 1952 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 9 Jun 1952 in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA.
2. Melber, Harry George was born on 07 Jun 1901 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; died on 25 Jul 1988 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA.
3. Melber, Bruce Rutherford was born on 24 Sep 1903 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 24 Jan 1989 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA.
4. Melber, Harvey Eugene was born on 4 Nov 1905 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 04 May 1956 in Le Ray, Livingston Co., NY; was buried in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA.
5. Melber, Nathan Lloyd was born on 14 Dec 1907 in Upper Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 15 Nov 1993 in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 18 Nov 1993 in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA.
6. Melber, Adam Robert was born on 09 Dec 1918 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 23 May 2003 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA; was buried on 27 May 2003 in Annville, Lebanon Co., PA.
7. Melber, Melba A. was born on 19 Jun 1922 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 05 Dec 1923 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA.
8. Melber, Edith M. was born on 6 Oct 1923 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; died on 21 Oct 1956 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 24 Oct 1956 in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War Pension File
• Tombstone Photo: Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA; Mauch Chunk Cemetery
• Census: 1860, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 12 Jul 1870, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 05 Jun 1880, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 1890, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; Veterans Schedule
• Census: 08 Jun 1900, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; Day Laborer
• Census: 03 May 1910, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

Notes:

Issac enlisted in the Union Army when he was 13 on September 5, 1861. He lied about his age and told the army he was 18. Before enlisting in the Army he was already working in the coal mines of central Penna. See his brothers notes{Douglas} for more civil war information. He was in Company G, 81st Regiment of the Penna. Infantry volunteers. Both Issac and Douglas names are on the Penna. monument at Gettysburg. He was taken as a prisoner of was on August 24,1864. at Reams Station, Virginia. He was wounded in the thigh at the battle of Sharpsburg Va. on Sept. 17,1862. He re-enlisted Sept. 3, 1863. He was sent to Salisbury N.C. February 13 1865 and admitted to the hospital for diarrhea. He was then taken from there to Richmond, Va. on February. 23, 1865. His records show he was a laborer and age 21 at that time, however he was really only 17. On March 10, 1865 he was released from Coves Wharf and then reported to Camp Parole,Md. He was admitted to the hospital in Division #1 at Annapolis Md. on March 11, 1865 and then sent on to Baltimore Md. There he reported to Wests Building Hospital until March 31st, 1865. He was sent home to do recruiting but there was no record of that and he was actually listed as returned to duty on June 6, 1882.

Isaac married McElvane, Alice Banks on 04 Jan 1870 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. Alice (daughter of McElvane, James H. and Dempsey, Mary) was born on 25 Dec 1847 in Ireland; died on 17 Mar 1927 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 19 Mar 1927 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; Mauch Chunk Cemetery
• Census: 01 Oct 1850, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 21 Jul 1860, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 12 Jul 1870, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 05 Jun 1880, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 08 Jun 1900, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 03 May 1910, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 02 Jan 1920, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 1860; Immigrated from Ireland

Douglas married Brewster, Sarah Jane about 1839. Sarah (daughter of Brewster, Samuel and McClusky, Sarah Jane) was born about 1820 in Northern Ireland; died on 16 Jun 1895 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 18 Jun 1895 in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 1870, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

Notes:

Birthplace is listed as "America" on the death certificate of son Isaac McLean

DEATH OF SARAH JANE BRYSON

Mrs. Sarah Jane Bryson died at her home in the Second Ward Sunday morning at 10 minutes before 10 o’clock, after a prolonged illness of bronchitis and general debility at the age of 75 years.

Mrs. Bryson, formerly Miss Brewster, was born in the northern part of Ireland. Her parents moved to this country when she was a little girl. She resided for a few years in Summit Hill and the remainder of her life in Mauch Chunk.

She was married three times, her last husband having died 25 years ago. She leaves one brother, six sons, three daughters, and 36 grandchildren, eight others having died. The names of her children are Douglas and Isaac McLean, Daniel, George and Samuel Bryson, all living in Mauch Chunk; Mrs. John Hiller, East Mauch Chunk; Mrs. John Little of Easton, and the widow of John Rauchenberger, of the Second Ward. Her brother is Isaac Brewster, of the Second Ward. She was always a faithful consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, a kind mother and a good neighbor. She was of a retiring, peaceful disposition.

The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. D. M. Buchanan officiating. The interment was in the Upper Mauch Chunk Cemetery.

SOURCE: Mauch Chunk Coal Gazette of 6/21/1895

(From original poster on Ancestry board) NOTE: Sarah was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Brewster. She married Douglas McLean about 1839, and that marriage ended when he left for the gold rush of 1849. She married again to John Bryson, 5/11/1850. He died in 1870. It is possible she was married between 1845 and 1850 to someone else, but most likely she was only married twice.

Buried:
Mauch Chunk Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 01 Oct 1850, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 21 Jul 1860, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

James married Dempsey, Mary. Mary was born about 1806 in Ireland; died on 30 Apr 1866; was buried in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA; Mauch Chunk Cemetery
• Census: 01 Oct 1850, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 21 Jul 1860, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

Daniel married Douglas, Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married McClusky, Sarah Jane. Sarah was born about 1841 in County Derry, Northern Ireland; died on 5 Jul 1911 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]