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Personal data John Henry Alwood 


Household of John Henry Alwood

He is married to Emma Catherine Heist.

They got married on February 24, 1895 at filed in, York Co., PA, he was 28 years old.

John H. Alwood oo Emma Catherine Heist

Marriage source: Stringfellow, Helena, Alwood chart, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, 17Mar1995) for fact of marriage.

Stringfellow, Helena, Alwood/Heist FGS, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, 23July1992) for date of marriage.

York Co., PA web site, York Co., PA marriages dated 1 May 2000

'ALWOOD, JOHN H. HEIST, EMMA C. App. date 2/23/1895 Marr. Date 2/24/1895 App # 7770 Book/Page N-302' <>

Child(ren):

  1. Carl Bernard Alwood  1896-1974 
  2. Raymond John Alwood  1899-1921
  3. Paul Robert Alwood  1904-1979 
  4. Lillian Agnes Alwood  1906-1989 
  5. Joseph Leroy Alwood  1907-1987 
  6. Harold Francis Alwood  1914-1988 


Notes about John Henry Alwood

John Henry Alwood

Source: Stringfellow, Helena, Alwood chart, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, 17Mar1995) for name, yob, yod

Stringfellow, Helena, Alwood/Heist FGS, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, 23July1992) for dob, state of birth, dod, place of burial.

Stringfellow, Helena, Alwood/Heist FGS, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, 6 June 1984) for date of christening, city of death.

Helena Stringfellow cites these sources for the 6 June 1984 FGS for the John Henry Alwood family: Helena V. Alwood Stringfellow; 1900 U.S. Census, York Co., PA; Harold Francis Alwood, Sr., Alwood Family Historian; Grave Stones, Mt Olivet Cem., Hanover, PA; Adams Co., PA Ct House and Historical Society, Gettysburg, PA; Historical Society of York Co., York, PA. Also from Emma Catherine Hiest Alwood's own hand writing in her Bible. My [Helena Stringfellow] Grandmother's Bible states, names & dates her children were born. Marriage Recs. - chr. of St. Joseph, Hanover, PA.

9S1868 - Christened at St. Matthew's Luth. Chr. Hanover, PA - IGI

Jan1928 - Buried in Mt. Olivet Cem., Hanover, PA

Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree Revised & Updated 1996, (Carlisle, PA, Stringfellow, 1996), pg I-FGS-18 for co. of birth.

1900 PA Soundex T1068-7, Hanover, York Co., ed. 151

'43, Alwood, John H., white, b. Aug 1865, ae 34, b. PA Alwood, Emma C., wife, b. Mar, ae 25, b. PA
Gerald[?] B, son, b. Jan 1896, ae 4 b. PA
Lawrence C, son, b. Sep 1897, b. PA
Raymond __, son, b. Dec, 1899[?] ?/12, b. PA'

1920 Hanover Borough, York Co., PA census, e.d. 58, sheets 5B & 6A, T625-1668

'98, McCash St, House 40, 102, 105, Allwood, John H, Head, rents, male, white, ae 53, married, can read/write, b. PA, parents b. PA, Watchman, R.R. Crossing, W 99, Emma C, Wife, fem, white, ae 44, married, can read/write, b. PA, parents b. PA, occ = None 100, Carl B, Son, male, white, ae 23, single, can read/write, b. PA, parents b. PA, Weaver, Silk Mill, W
1, Raymond J, Son, male, white, ae 20, single, not in school, can read/write, b. PA, parents b. PA, Lasher [?], Shoe Factory, W
2, Hilda M, Daug, fem, white, ae 17, single, not in school, can read/write, b. PA parents b. PA, G___ing Table, Shoe Factory, W
3, Paul R, Son, male, white, ae 15, single, not in school, can read/write, b. PA, parents b. PA, Laborer, Silk Mill, W
4, Lillian A, Daug, fem, white, ae 13, single, in school, can read/write, b. PA, parents b. PA, Occ = None
5, L Joseph, Son, male, white, ae 12, single, in school, can read/write, b. PA, parents b. PA, occ = None
6, Harold G, Son, male, white, ae 5, single, b. PA, parents b. PA, Occ = None' <>

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