hi all, new to the group. there is something i have always wondered and can't seem to find online. both kehoe and hester were business (tavern) owners at the...
In four days, it will be the 132nd Anniversary of the Wiggans Patch Massacre. Some things, however painful, should not be forgotten. In memory of Charles and...
Jen, Welcome. This is an excellent question, but I'm not sure there's a definitive answer. In the 1860 Census, Hester was miner with a personal estate of $40...
... Thanks for this information, it is very interesting. It raises other questions for me though: by current value, $40 1860 is roughly how much? Estimates I...
Is anyone capable of filling in any of the blanks? 1. Diocese of Scranton (which years?) 2. Rector of St. Gabriel's Church in Hazleton (which years?) 2....
I found a lengthy article on the NY Times archive site. Most articles are free. Hope this helps! Nancy Link: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf? ...
On the other Mollie Board the relentless anti Mollie drum beat continues year after year. One wonders why they do not devote the same energy and focus to the ...
History often has a blind eye to itself and does not like to be corrected even when the same brick wall keeps walking out in front of it. Same drum beat, same...
Wow you guys are tough, how in the world can you ever get anything that is worth discussing without some emotional stuff thrown in. What about history, I know...
As a member of both boards, I invite any and all to take a look at the other one, where the most recent topics for discussion have been Black Thursday mine...
I've been a member since June. A number of my recent responses -- to JENSOUND and MACADAN -- have not been posted for days and days. Something seems very wrong...
First of all, newer members' messages are moderated. Second, I apologize that your one message from two days ago was not approved until now. I am not able to...
Stu Those descriptions in my post about the Welsh community was taken from the Francis book. I certainly do not think of the Welsh in that way, and if I did I...
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-Hello Pat, Yes I believe that. And I am not looking past the fact that the Irish were disliked in the area, after all I spend more time reading Journal and...
Pat Yes that is true but what bothers me is that it is like brother, deserting brother in a major time of need. I would think that such a powerful organization...
Stu I am sure you are not aware of the hold the Vatican had over ordinary Irish Catholics. When the Hierarcy came out and condemned the local AOH it was the...
Mary Ann, Thanks. I appreciate the hard work that goes into this board -- and hope that there are no hard feelings. Perhaps we can consider my probation period...
Thank you so much for sharing this information. My great great grandfather was a breaker boy in Mahanoy City as a young boy and a friend of Jack Kehoe....
Hey all, Just read about this in the paper and thought it was a good idea and that the members might have something to contribute: Looking for immigrant...
Well thank You Pat, this the kind if stuff I want to read, I have always said I enjoy getting the info from everybody who has researched the era. It is...
I second the thanks for the cross-post. I noticed references to the "other group" but didn't see it before that link. I have since joined that one as well...
-Hello Jensound, This is all very intersting, but it still is odd, ZI just can't get it in my head why they AOH,would have abandoned these guys. Well I sort of...
This March will be 130 years after Patrick Hester's execution. 1) Do you know WHERE his grave is? I have heard it is on the edge of St Mary's or St Joseph's...
-- Hi: Hugh Doyle, hdoyle 2439, is a direct descendant of Hester and was at one time writing a book about him. He hasn't posted in years, but maybe other...
There was a big article on Pat Hester a couple years ago in the Pottsville Republican I believe. I don't remember all the specifics but I would bet it mentions...
Pay dirt: An exerpt from articles about the death warrants and execution in the Miner's Weekly Journal, March 29, 1878 PAT HESTER. __________ Immense...
-lORETTA: I have been reading the posts on the other board and the theme has been that the vast majority of the Irish community despised the Mollies. Yet...
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