Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA
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Where is Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA? Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Carbondale is a city in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carbondale is located approximately 15 miles due northeast of the city of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The land area that became Carbondale was developed by William and Maurice Wurts, the founders of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, during the rise of the anthracite coal mining industry in the early 19th century. Carbondale was the site of the first deep vein anthracite coal mine in the United States. It was also a major terminal of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.
Immigrants from Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland, and from throughout continental Europe came to Carbondale in the course of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries to work in the anthracite and railroading industries, and, most importantly, to build new lives for themselves and their families.Wikipedia
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1829: The Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad from Carbondale to Honesdale began operations on October 9, 1829. This was the first commercially successful railroad to operate in America.
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1831: The first deep underground anthracite coal mine in America was opened in Carbondale just West of the Seventh Avenue crossing on the Delaware & Hudson tracks.
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1846 - THE ACCIDENT AT CARBONDALE.We have some further details relative to the accident in the coal mines at Carbondale, of which we...Read MORE...
1851: Carbondale was incorporated as a city in Luzerne County on March 15, 1851, making it the oldest city (the "Pioneer" city) in what later became Lackawanna County, and the fourth oldest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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1872 - FATAL MINING DISASTER. THE LACKAWANNA BREAKER BLOWN DOWN AND BURNED -- FIVE PERSONS KILLED AND ANOTHER NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE. From Our Own Correspondent.
Scranton, Tuesday, April 2, 1872.
To prevent an accident in or...Read MORE...
1890 - FATAL CRASH AT A SWITCHThree Men Killed and Several Others Injured in a Wreck.
A frightful wreck occurred on the New...Read MORE...
1916
Carbondale, a city of Lackawanna co., Pa., situated on the Lackawanna River, near the north end of...Read MORE...
Carbondale, a city of Lackawanna co., Pa., situated on the Lackawanna River, near the north end of...Read MORE...
1942 - FloodIn Tioga County, to the north, swiftly-moving waters inundated cellars and homes in...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Irene DAVIES
(6 December 1926, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 25 January 2005, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Martha Elizabeth FULLER
(11 May 1854, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 27 February 1932, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA)
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Duane Niles HADSELL
(14 May 1928, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 22 June 2008, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Lois Jeanette HADSELL
(11 December 1931, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 24 August 2008, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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William A HOWARTH
(13 September 1846, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 4 December 1873, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)
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Gladys Elizabeth MERRITT
(24 November 1903, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - September 1986, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Hobart Duane MERRITT
(17 February 1924, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 15 January 1994, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Lester George MERRITT
(16 December 1919, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - October 1973, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Niles Bourgarde MERRITT
(17 November 1900, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 1966, )
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Raymond Lester MERRITT
(17 March 1907, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 5 December 1909, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Stanley Francis MERRITT
(23 February 1905, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 12 January 1935, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Walter Stanley MERRITT
(5 May 1935, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 1 June 2016, Bridgeport, New York, USA)
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Dale Gene ROLLISON
(4 January 1953, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 22 November 2006, , Pennsylvania, USA)
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Ancestors Who Died Here
Ceclia "Celia" Amanda BOURGARDE
(17 September 1881, Oneonta, New York, USA - 2 October 1961, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Lillian J BRUSH
(27 December 1906, Halstead, Pennsylvania, USA - 2 May 1949, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Zelda C BRUSH
(16 February 1910, , Pennsylvania, USA - September 1980, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Myrell J HADSELL
(22 April 1902, , Pennsylvania, USA - December 1974, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Lois Jeanette HADSELL
(11 December 1931, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 24 August 2008, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Lester George MERRITT
(17 February 1871, , New York, USA - 9 November 1946, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Gladys Elizabeth MERRITT
(24 November 1903, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - September 1986, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Lester George MERRITT
(16 December 1919, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - October 1973, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Raymond Lester MERRITT
(17 March 1907, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 5 December 1909, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Stanley Francis MERRITT
(23 February 1905, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA - 12 January 1935, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Robert C SNYDER
(29 March 1927, Scott Township, Pennsylvania, USA - 13 June 2014, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Leon TAYLOR
(14 September 1900, Scott Township, Pennsylvania, USA - 16 September 1983, Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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John Henry LAPOINTE (20 July 1866 - 16 September 1944) &
Katherine Elizabeth BOURGARDE (18 January 1879 - 08 August 1962)
married 14 September 1903 |
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Myrell J HADSELL (22 April 1902 - December 1974) &
Gladys Elizabeth MERRITT (24 November 1903 - September 1986)
married 31 December 1924 |
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Stanley Francis MERRITT (23 February 1905 - 12 January 1935) &
Lillian J BRUSH (27 December 1906 - 2 May 1949)
married 29 November 1928 |
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Niles Bourgarde MERRITT (17 November 1900 - 1966) &
Marian G BRUSH (21 November 1900 - March 1978)
married 20 April 1931 |
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Hobart Duane MERRITT (17 February 1924 - 15 January 1994) &
Irene DAVIES (6 December 1926 - 25 January 2005)
married 17 January 1946 |
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