SurnamesGeary

May 2, 2024

Hold Up May Link with Fatal Crash (Duke Dec.)

HOLD-UP MAY LINK WITH FATAL CRASHHit-and-Run Death of J. C. Duke Leads Police to Investigate. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.PRIEST BRIDGE, Md., May 31. — With two colored men under arrest in Annapolis as […]
October 3, 2023

1916 Bakerton Baseball Team

A photograph of the 1916 Bakerton, West Virginia baseball team. Back row (L to R): Samuel Bond, John Mack Moore, Roy Martin Welsh, Carroll Moler, Lawrence Henry Welsh, and William “Willie” Edger Mills. Front row (L […]
August 22, 2023

William E. Geary; lost his life in France

The facts about the death of Sergeant Major William E. Geary, the Harpers Ferry boy who lost his life in battle June 25 in France have only recently been given to the family. At the time […]
August 21, 2023

Exner–Higgins Marriage

Exner–Higgins. Mr. Lawrence Exner, of McKeesport, Pa., and Miss Mary Higgins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Higgins, were married on Tuesday evening last, in St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Harpers Ferry, by Rev. Father Collins. The […]
April 4, 2019

Death Register: Rankin Geary

Name in Full Geary, Rankin William Color White Sex Male Date of Death 8/4/38 Place of Death Harpers Ferry District Name of Disease or Cause Chronic Myocarditis Age 74yrs. 10 ms. 3 d.  Occupation   Consort […]
April 4, 2019

Death Certificate: Rankin Geary

Registered No. 10608     Place of Death Place of Death Bakerton County Jefferson Town or City   District H. Ferry Length of residence where death occurred   Place of Residence State W. Va. County Jefferson […]
April 3, 2019

Death Register: Augusta W. Geary

Line # 17 Name in Full Geary, Augusta W. Date of Death 12/24/52 Date of Birth 10/12/1869 Age 83 Sex F Color W Father’s Name John Schell Mother’s Maiden Name Margaret Schell Name of Physician John […]
April 3, 2019

Death Certificate: Augusta W. Geary

Name of Deceased Augusta W. Geary Date of Death Dec. 24. 1952 Place of Death County Jefferson City or Town Charles Town Full Name of Hospital or Institution Euclid Avenue Usual Residence State W. Va County […]
July 31, 2018

W. S. Geary Resigns with Millard

W. S. Geary has resigned his position with P. S. Millard, the Bakerton merchant, to take employment at the Bartlett-Hayward ammunition plant in Baltimore. He will be greatly missed by his friends in the Bakerton neighborhood.
July 20, 2018

Items from Bakerton.

Items From Bakerton. I see through your columns news from other places, and I thought that I would give you some from our little town. Bakerton is growing and is now about a mile long. It […]
July 19, 2018

Bakerton Pupils Neither Absent nor Tardy

The pupils from the Bakerton school who were neither absent nor tardy during the term are Martha Welsh, Essie Welsh, Laura Hopper, Janie Moore, Edith Geary, William Link, Strauther Moler, and Harvey Kidwiler. Those who deserve […]
July 13, 2018

Mills, Emmart, and Welsh visit Geary in D.C.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mills and Mrs. G. W. Emmart spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Geary, of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Laurence Welsh has been visiting there the past week and will return home […]
July 13, 2018

Obituary: Laurence Welsh

DEATH AT BAKERTON. Laurence Welsh, an employee of the Standard Lime & Stone Company at Bakerton, died suddenly Monday morning. Having worked Sunday night, Mr. Welsh became ill about quitting time Monday and died before he […]
June 23, 2018

1900 Census: Geary Household

Harpers Ferry District, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by C. Koonce House Number: 217   Name Relation Sex D.O.B. Age Marital Status # Years Married Place of Birth Father’s Place of Birth Mother’s Place of Birth […]
June 23, 2018

1900 Census: Thomas B. Welsh Household

Harpers Ferry District, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by C. Koonce House Number: 213   Name Relation Sex D.O.B. Age Marital Status # Years Married Place of Birth Father’s Place of Birth Mother’s Place of Birth […]
May 21, 2018

WWI Draft: William Sheldon Geary

Name Wm Sheldon Geary Home Address Bakerton WVa Age in Years 24 Date of Birth Sept 2 1892 Where Born Shepherdstown WVa U.S. Citizen/Alien Native Born Present Occupation Clerk Employer PA Millard Place of Employment/Business Bakerton […]
May 1, 2018

Will: Roy Martin Welsh

#32. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND CODICIL THERETO ATTACHED, OF R.M. WELSH, DECEASED. I, R. M. Welsh, of Bakerton, in Jefferson County, West Virginia, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make, publish and declare […]
May 1, 2018

1920 Census: W. S. Geary Household

Harpers Ferry District, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by Charles S. Lynch House Number: 277   Name Relationship Sex Age Martial Status Able to Read? Able To Write? Attended School Since Sept. 1, 1919 W. S. […]