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John Burgwynne

M, #1552, d. 12 June 1830
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FatherEdward Burgwynne (b. about 1769, d. 8 December 1831)
MotherMary Prosser (b. about 1771)
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John Burgwynne and Mary Davis were married on 26 November 1820. He died on 12 June 1830 in Lamb Inn, Glasbury, Radnorshire, Wales.
  • 1820
    Marriage | Mary Davis
    26 November 1820
    Mary Davis
    Age: ~20
    Birth: about 1800 | Glasbury, Radnorshire, WalesO
  • 1830
    Death
    12 June 1830 | Lamb Inn, Glasbury, Radnorshire, Wales
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Mary Davis

F, #1553, b. about 1800
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Mary Davis was born about 1800 in Glasbury, Radnorshire, WalesO. She and John Burgwynne were married on 26 November 1820.
  • 1800
    Birth
    About 1800 | Glasbury, Radnorshire, WalesO
  • 1820~20
    Marriage | John Burgwynne
    26 November 1820
    John Burgwynne
    Death: on 12 June 1830 | Lamb Inn, Glasbury, Radnorshire, Wales
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Anne Burgwynne

F, #1554
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FatherEdward Burgwynne (b. about 1769, d. 8 December 1831)
MotherMary Prosser (b. about 1771)
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Mary Burgwynne

F, #1555
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FatherEdward Burgwynne (b. about 1769, d. 8 December 1831)
MotherMary Prosser (b. about 1771)
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Thomas Prosser

M, #1556, b. about 1782
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FatherEvan Prosser (b. about 1739)
MotherMary Adams (b. about 1743)
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Thomas Prosser was born about 1782 in Glasbury, Radnorshire, WalesO.
  • 1782
    Birth
    About 1782 | Glasbury, Radnorshire, WalesO
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Charles Tuholski1,2

M, #1557, b. 18 July 1865, d. 1 October 1923
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James H. Anderson

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Charles Tuholski was born on 18 July 1865 in Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USAO.1,2 He and Mary Elizabeth Rogers were married on 16 December 1891 in Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO. He died on 1 October 1923, at age 58, in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO. He was buried on 4 October 1923 in Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA.
Charles Tuholski resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, in 1910.2 He resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, in 1920.1

Child with Mary Elizabeth Rogers (b. 17 June 1870, d. 4 October 1952)

DaughterMeredith E. Tuholski+ (b. 12 September 1895, d. 15 July 1991)
  • 1865
    Birth
    18 July 1865 | Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USAO
    Citations: 1,2
  • 189126
    Marriage | Mary Elizabeth Rogers
    16 December 1891 | Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
    Mary Elizabeth Rogers
    Age: 21
    Birth: on 17 June 1870 | Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania, USAO
    Death: on 4 October 1952 | Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
  • 192358
    Death
    1 October 1923 | Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
  • 1923
    Burial
    4 October 1923 | Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

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Four generations of Rogers
L to R: Jim Anderson, Grandpa Rogers and Charles Tuholski with Joseph holding William C. Anderson.
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Citations

  1. [S3804] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Oil Ward 4, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1656; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 129; Image: 263
  2. [S3801] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Oil City Ward 4, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1424; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0131; FHL microfilm: 1375437

Alexander Suart Haggart1,2,3

M, #1558, b. 1 June 1860, d. 5 November 1941
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FatherArchibald Haggart (b. about 1829)
MotherJanet Stuart (b. about 1829)
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Alexander Suart Haggart was born on 1 June 1860 in Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaO.1,2,3 He died on 5 November 1941, at age 81, in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO.
Alexander Suart Haggart resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, in 1920.3 He resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, in 1930.2 He resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, in 1935.1 He resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, on 1 April 1940.1
  • 1860
    Birth
    1 June 1860 | Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaO
    Citations: 1,2,3
  • 194181
    Death
    5 November 1941 | Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
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Citations

  1. [S3807] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3616; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 61-29B
  2. [S3805] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2153; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0021; Image: 19.0; FHL microfilm: 2341887
  3. [S3804] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Oil Ward 1, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1656; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 139

Charles Richards

M, #1559
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Charles Richards and Bessie Florence Rogers were married in 1895.

Children with Bessie Florence Rogers (b. 12 February 1875, d. 27 September 1964)

DaughterBeatrice Richards (b. 28 January 1896, d. 22 August 1915)
SonCharles LeRoy Richards+ (b. 27 July 1899, d. 11 October 1975)
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Beatrice Richards

F, #1560, b. 28 January 1896, d. 22 August 1915
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FatherCharles Richards
MotherBessie Florence Rogers (b. 12 February 1875, d. 27 September 1964)
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Beatrice Richards was born on 28 January 1896 in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO. She died on 22 August 1915, at age 19, in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO. She was buried on 25 August 1915 in Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • 1896
    Birth
    28 January 1896 | Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
  • 191519
    Death
    22 August 1915 | Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
  • 1915
    Burial
    25 August 1915 | Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
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Charles LeRoy Richards1,2

M, #1561, b. 27 July 1899, d. 11 October 1975
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ReferencesMilitary Service

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FatherCharles Richards
MotherBessie Florence Rogers (b. 12 February 1875, d. 27 September 1964)
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Charles LeRoy Richards

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Charles LeRoy Richards was born on 27 July 1899 in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO.1,2 He and Ruth E. Gillissie were married on 2 January 1929 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, USAO. He died on 11 October 1975, at age 76, in Oil City Hospital, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA. He was buried in 1975 in Mount Collins Cemetery, Tionesta, Forest, Pennsylvania, USA.
With the United States Air Force during World War One. Charles LeRoy Richards resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, in 1920.1 He resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, on 3 February 1934.2

Child with Wilma Kelner

SonCharles Alexander Richards, Sr (b. 8 September 1923, d. 6 September 2015)
  • 1899
    Birth
    27 July 1899 | Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
    Citations: 1,2
  • 192929
    Marriage | Ruth E. Gillissie
    2 January 1929 | Cuyahoga, Ohio, USAO
    Ruth E. Gillissie
    Age: 20
    Birth: on 23 March 1908 | Homestead, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USAO
  • 1975~76
    Burial
    1975 | Mount Collins Cemetery, Tionesta, Forest, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 197576
    Death
    11 October 1975 | Oil City Hospital, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA

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Charles L Richards WWI USAF
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Citations

  1. [S3804] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Oil Ward 1, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1656; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 139
  2. [S3873] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948

Ruth E. Gillissie

F, #1563, b. 23 March 1908
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FatherThomas Gillissie
MotherBessie Lynn
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Ruth E. Gillissie was born on 23 March 1908 in Homestead, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USAO.1 She and Charles LeRoy Richards were married on 2 January 1929 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, USAO.
Ruth E. Gillissie was also known as Elizabeth Ruth Gillissie.1 She was a bookkeeper on 2 January 1929.
  • 1908
    Birth
    23 March 1908 | Homestead, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USAO
    Citation: 1
  • 192920
    Marriage | Charles LeRoy Richards
    2 January 1929 | Cuyahoga, Ohio, USAO
    Charles LeRoy Richards
    Age: 29
    Birth: on 27 July 1899 | Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
    Death: on 11 October 1975 | Oil City Hospital, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
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Citations

  1. [S3976] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-1909, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Birth certificates, 1906–1909; Box Number: 144; Certificate Number: 33909

Harold Ralph Laird1

M, #1566, b. 13 October 1906, d. 17 February 1989
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FatherJohn C. Laird (b. 17 April 1869, d. 25 May 1942)
MotherMelvina Cummings Rogers (b. 19 June 1873, d. 8 February 1948)
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Harold Laird

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Harold Ralph Laird was born on 13 October 1906 in Wentworth, Ontario, CanadaO.1 He and Margaret Alexander were married on 1 December 1926 in Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO. He died on 17 February 1989, at age 82, in Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO.
Harold Ralph Laird resided in Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO, on 1 June 1921.1

Child with Margaret Alexander (b. about 1906)

SonRalph Ernest Laird (b. 15 January 1936, d. 30 May 2001)
  • 1906
    Birth
    13 October 1906 | Wentworth, Ontario, CanadaO
    Citation: 1
  • 192620
    Marriage | Margaret Alexander
    1 December 1926 | Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO
    Margaret Alexander
    Age: ~20
    Birth: about 1906 | ScotlandO
  • 198982
    Death
    17 February 1989 | Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO

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Harold Laird at Creamery.
Harold Larid at the Creamery store in Hamilton , Ontario. A first cousin to Frank, Ivy, Lewis and Bert Rogers.
Harold Laird
Harold Laird, son of John C. Laird and Melvina Rogers Laird. A 1st cousin to Frank, Ivy, Lewis and Bert Rogers.
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Citations

  1. [S3830] Ancestry.com, 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 63; Census Place: Ward No 5, Hamilton West, Ontario; Page Number: 9

Margaret Alexander

F, #1567, b. about 1906
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FatherWilliam Alexander
MotherIsabel Brand
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Margaret Alexander

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Margaret Alexander was born about 1906 in ScotlandO. She and Harold Ralph Laird were married on 1 December 1926 in Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO.

Child with Harold Ralph Laird (b. 13 October 1906, d. 17 February 1989)

SonRalph Ernest Laird (b. 15 January 1936, d. 30 May 2001)
  • 1906
    Birth
    About 1906 | ScotlandO
  • 1926~20
    Marriage | Harold Ralph Laird
    1 December 1926 | Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO
    Harold Ralph Laird
    Age: 20
    Birth: on 13 October 1906 | Wentworth, Ontario, CanadaO
    Death: on 17 February 1989 | Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO

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Laird Harold and Margaret wedding photo
Harold Laird and Margaret Alexander wedding photo. Harold is a first cousin to Frank, Ivy, Lewis and Bert Rogers.
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Bessie Marie Janet Laird1

F, #1570, b. 12 December 1903, d. 1947
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FatherJohn C. Laird (b. 17 April 1869, d. 25 May 1942)
MotherMelvina Cummings Rogers (b. 19 June 1873, d. 8 February 1948)
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Bessie Marie Janet Laird was born on 12 December 1903 in Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO.1 She and William George Davidge were married on 5 September 1925 in Burlington, Halton, Ontario, CanadaO. She died in 1947, at age ~44, in Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO. She was buried in 1947 in Hamilton Cemetery, Sunken Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Bessie Marie Janet Laird resided in Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO, on 1 June 1921.1
  • 1903
    Birth
    12 December 1903 | Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO
    Citation: 1
  • 192521
    Marriage | William George Davidge
    5 September 1925 | Burlington, Halton, Ontario, CanadaO
    William George Davidge
    Age: ~27
    Birth: about 1898 | EnglandO
    Death: in 1948
  • 1947~44
    Death
    1947 | Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO
  • 1947~44
    Burial
    1947 | Hamilton Cemetery, Sunken Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Citations

  1. [S3830] Ancestry.com, 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 63; Census Place: Ward No 5, Hamilton West, Ontario; Page Number: 9

William George Davidge

M, #1571, b. about 1898, d. 1948
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FatherAlfred Davidge
MotherEliza Coleman
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William George Davidge was born about 1898 in EnglandO. He and Bessie Marie Janet Laird were married on 5 September 1925 in Burlington, Halton, Ontario, CanadaO. He died in 1948, at age ~50. He was buried in 1948 in Hamilton Cemetery, Sunken Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
  • 1898
    Birth
    About 1898 | EnglandO
  • 1925~27
    Marriage | Bessie Marie Janet Laird
    5 September 1925 | Burlington, Halton, Ontario, CanadaO
    Bessie Marie Janet Laird
    Age: 21
    Birth: on 12 December 1903 | Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO
    Death: in 1947 | Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaO
  • 1948~50
    Death
    1948
  • 1948~50
    Burial
    1948 | Hamilton Cemetery, Sunken Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Emily Lascelles Farrant

F, #1573, b. 6 February 1905, d. 9 March 1998
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FatherJohn Farrant (b. 4 February 1846)
MotherEmily Kadina Graham (b. 13 September 1864, d. 13 April 1943)
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Emily Lascelles Farrant

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Emily Lascelles Farrant was born on 6 February 1905 in Gooseberry Hill, Western Australia, AustraliaO. She and William George Browne were married on 9 December 1928 in Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaO. She died on 9 March 1998, at age 93.

Child with William George Browne (b. 14 April 1897)

DaughterOuina Lascelles Browne (b. 14 July 1931, d. 19 May 1991)
  • 1905
    Birth
    6 February 1905 | Gooseberry Hill, Western Australia, AustraliaO
  • 192823
    Marriage | William George Browne
    9 December 1928 | Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaO
    William George Browne
    Age: 31
    Birth: on 14 April 1897 | EnglandO
  • 199893
    Death
    9 March 1998

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Emily L. Farrant
Photographic Negative - Glass
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James Palmer Blackford1,2

M, #1575, b. 28 August 1887, d. 31 August 1941
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FatherJames Blackford
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James Palmer Blackford was born on 28 August 1887 in Pennsylvania, USAO.1 He and Ruth Olive Rogers were married on 23 November 1914 in Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO. He died on 31 August 1941, at age 54, in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO.1 He was buried on 3 September 1941 in Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA.1
James Palmer Blackford was also known as Palmer Blockford. He resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, in 1920.3 He resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, in 1930.4 He resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, in 1935.5 He resided in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO, in 1940.

Children with Ruth Olive Rogers (b. 26 June 1892, d. 21 November 1960)

SonRobert O. Blackford (b. about 1916)
SonPaul Judson Blackford (b. 23 January 1917, d. 27 November 1982)
SonStephen Harrison Blackford (b. 29 August 1920, d. 29 December 2014)
  • 1887
    Birth
    28 August 1887 | Pennsylvania, USAO
    Citation: 1
  • 191427
    Marriage | Ruth Olive Rogers
    23 November 1914 | Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
    Ruth Olive Rogers
    Age: 22
    Birth: on 26 June 1892 | Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
    Death: on 21 November 1960 | Oil City Hospital, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 194154
    Death
    31 August 1941 | Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USAO
    Citation: 1
  • 1941
    Burial
    3 September 1941 | Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
    Citation: 1
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Citations

  1. [S3852] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 072651-075500
  2. [S4044] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1982; Roll: 16
  3. [S3804] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Oil Ward 9, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1656; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 134
  4. [S3805] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0031; FHL microfilm: 2341887
  5. [S3807] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03617; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 61-44
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