Genealogical Gems

My Still line had had me at a blockage for years. I am able to get back to the late 1700s but I have not left Chester County . I do not where the family came from originally or even who is my immigrant. As such, I have taken to tracing random Stills from time to time to see if I can connect them. Most I have been able to remotely connect. On Sunday, I posted a Sunday’s Obituary piece of little Emma Still. She was just a year old when she died. The Allentown Leader announces death of Emma Still. Her obituary, which ran in The Allentown Leader , reads: Emma G., the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Still, died at 7:30 last evening of pneumonia, aged 1 year and 4 months. The funeral will take place Friday at 9 a.m., from the parents’ residence, No. 532 North Court Street. Internment in Highland Cemetery . Rev. Dr. J. F. Pollock will officiate. Pennsylvania began keeping death certificates on a state level that year and I found her death certificate. That started me ...

Any death is sad but especially that of a young child. Emma Still was just a year old when she died. from the Allentown Leader on 18 July 1906 Her obituary, which ran in The Allentown Leader , reads: Emma G., the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Still, died at 7:30 last evening of pneumonia, aged 1 year and 4 months. The funeral will take place Friday at 9 a.m., from the parents’ residence, No. 532 North Court Street. Internment in Highland Cemetery . Rev. Dr. J. F. Pollock will officiate. At only one year, I doubted I would find much information about little Emma. However since she died in 1906 – the year Pennsylvania began keeping death certificates on a state level – I found her death certificate. Little Emma G. Still died on 17 July 1906 at 532 Court Street, in the 9 th Ward of Allentown in Lehigh County . Her birth date was listed as 26 March 1906 although her age clearly states 1 year 4 months. She died of pneumonia. She was born in Pennsylvania but ...