[CHESNUT] Chestnut/George-PA
by by way of Don Chesnut <chesnut@kgs.mm.uky.edu>
Hello to everyone on this CHESNUT surname list!
I am new to this list and just want to introduce myself and to let you all
know what little I have in info as I just started searching my family
geneology. Unfortunately, both my maternal side and paternal side are
sketchy at best.
I am just starting out but have a huge ancestory from Clarion County and
nearby areas in PA. My parents both moved to Western NY upon marriage but
99.99% of all my relatives come from PA (Clarion County area). So I would
appreciate any info that can help (especially from a distance). The family
names are
listed below my signature...I am really interested in the surname ethnicity
of the surnames as well, since they are really not overly obvious. Thanks
for this great list.
Some of the towns in PA that I've heard mention that some of my
relatives/ancestors did or do reside in include....
Distant
New Bethlehem
Mayport
Frogtown
Shippenville
Rimersberg
East Brady
Hawthorn
Kittanning
~The Chestnut in my lineage seems to be the maiden name of my great
grandmother, Catherine Louise Chestnut (dec.), who married Russell George
(dec.) (my paternal g-grandfather). As far as I know the children the bore
include Kenneth Leroy George (my grandfather), Carl George, Loretta George
(Wedekind), Catherine George (?), Lynn George (?) and they had a son that was
killed when he was young (hit by a truck walking home from church, I
believe). Catherine Louise Chestnut (George) died when her children were
fairly young and her husband remarried a woman named Grace (dec.) who had no
children of her own but raised the children and outlived Catherine's husband
Russell George. They lived in PA when Kenneth was born in Templeton. That
is pretty much all I have so far.
Thanks,
Karen
~Searching Family Tree With Names...
Johnston, Downing, Courson (Corson),
George, Chestnut, Sherman, Young
~Many reside(d) in & around Clarion County, PA
~My alleged ancestral nationalities include:
Irish,German,Dutch,Swedish,Scottish
(but as of yet, know one can say to what surnames these pertain)