[ A ]
Adams, Bruno
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married.)
Adams, Stanley
(Miner, Russellton No. 2 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA, married, wife Mary Stanowski
Adams.);
(Stanley Adams began working in the mines at age 15 with his father Bruno
Adams.);
(b. 1913 - d. 2003.);
(In the 1940's, the mines offered the coal company houses to employees to
purchase, and he bought a home on Bosse's Row, "houses originally built for
the bosses." It was actually called Garden Street. He retired from the mine
at about age 62.);
(Stanley Adams also worked at the Superior Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.)
[ B ]
Baron, Stanislaw "Stiny"
(Miner, ca.1910-1920, Russellton No. 1 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Stanislaw Baron also worked at the Superior Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.)
Bonovitz, Michael
(Miner, Russellton No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married, wife
Marcella O'Barto Bonovitz.);
(Lived in Russellton, PA.);
(d. 1976 at the age of 54.)
Bozich, Ernest
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.)
[ C ]
[ D ]
Dougirt, Julius
(Miner, Russellton No. 2 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Killed. Killed in a mining accident, in the Russellton No. 2 Mine,
ca.1912-1914.)
Dougirt, Mikas "Michael"
(Miner, ca.1912 - 1914, Russellton No. 2 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.)
Dreshar, Elizabeth M.
(See: Luzar, John; wife of John Luzar.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
[ G ]
Gorshin, Frank
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married.)
Gruden, Frank
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.)
[ H ]
[ I ]
[ J ]
[ K ]
[ L ]
Lewetag, Edward John
(Miner, Russellton Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Also worked at the Harmar Mine, Harmarville, Allegheny Co., PA.)
Lewetag, Ernest Lee
(Miner, ca.1940-1962, Russellton No. 2 Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Time off for service during World War II.);
(Ernest Lewetag also worked at the Superior Mine, Allegheny Co., PA.)
Lorrie, Joseph "Jake"
(Miner, ca.1940-1960, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Lived on Crest Street, Russellton, PA.)
Luzar, John [Johann][Janez]
(Slovenian Miner, ca.1919-ca.1928, Russellton No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Allegheny
Co., PA, married, wife Elizabeth M. Dreshar Luzar.);
(Emigrated to the US from Zagorje, Slovenia, ca.1912.);
(John Luzar also worked at the Ocean No. 2 OCC Mine, at Herminie No. 2,
Westmoreland Co., PA before moving to Russellton, PA in ca.1919.);
(He left the mines in Russelton during one of the coal miners strikes and
moved to Brackenridge, Pa to go to work for Allegheny Steel Corp. The
only thing he ever said about the move to Brackenridge was that "He had lost
too many friends in the mines and didn't want to die in that hole.")
[ M ]
Mariani, Frank
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Lived in Rural Ridge, PA.)
Maxwell, William R.
(Miner, General Maintenance Foreman, when the mines were abandoned, Russellton
Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married, wife Antoinette "Toni" Maxwell.);
(William Mazwell and Ray Newcomer were in charge of closing and the demolition
of these West Deer Mines.)
[ N ]
Nemec, Frank
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.)
Newcomer, Ray
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Ray Newcomer and William Mazwell were in charge of closing and the demolition
of these West Deer Mines.)
Nypaver, Michael
(Miner, ca.1923, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married, wife Mary
Slanina Nypaver.) |
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[ O ]
[ P ]
Palmer, George
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Lived in Russellton, PA.)
Paljavcsik, Michael
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.)
Pompe, Frank
(Miner Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married.)
Presensky, John "Yunch"
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married, wife Alberta Rzewnicki
Presensky.);
(He also worked at the Iselin Mines, Iselin, Indiana Co., PA);
(He moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan and later to Fort Pierce, Florida where
he died of cancer and is buried.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Rudolph, James
(Austrian Miner, ca.1895 to 1944, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.);
(Worked at mines in the Russellton area.);
(b. ca.1876.)
Rzewnicki, Alberta
(See: Presensky, John; wife of John Presensky.)
[ S ]
Semper, Nick
(See: Sempr, Nicholas.)
Sempr, Albine "Beans"
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married, wife Anne Derkach Sempr,
2 children.);
(Albine "Beans" Sempr started to work in the mines in Russellton at the age
of 16 with his Father Nick. Served in World War II 1942-1945 and then returned
to the Russellton Mines. Was a miner from ca.1936-ca.1982.);
(Son of Nicholas Sempr.);
(b. ca.1920 - d. ca.1992.)
Sempr, Nicholas "Nick"
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married, wife Mary Zupan Sempr,
3 children.);
(Nick Semper's son Victor was killed in action during World War II.)
Simon, Alexander
(Miner, ca.1903, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married, wife Dorothy
Simon, 2 children.);
(Born in Europe, spoke Russian.);
(Also worked at the Harwick Mine, Allegheny Co., PA, ca.1905, and the Vestaburg
Mines, Washington Co., PA.)
Sporcic, Matt
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.)
Stanowski, Mary
(See: Adams, Stanley; wife of Stanley Adams.)
[ T ]
Turka, John
(Miner, ca.1919, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA, married, wife Rose
Banauch Turka.)
[ U ]
[ V ]
Vidic, Louis
(Miner, Russellton Mines, Allegheny Co., PA.)
[ W ]
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