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Note: William moved with his family from Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, where he was born, to Green Ridge {part of Mt. Carmel Township, Pa.} when he was nine years old{ 1882}. {Green Ridge is now Strong}
{From Obit: 20,1954 Mt.Carmel Newspaper}
1900 Federal Census: Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (Listed on James and Ann Visick census page).
Job: 1918 at the time of WW 1 Draft Registration: National Company /Aramengo and Cumberland Street, Phila., Pa.
States: Color of Eyes: Black Hair: Gray Height: Tall Build: Stout
!910 Federal Census (April 26, 1910): Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania E. District: 955 Ward.: 38 Page: 1 No.1 on page
William James Visick: Head of House Age 36, Occupation: Blacksmith, Tool shop Education: Can read and write Rent House
Gertrude, wife, age: 29, English Emigrated: 1882 with parents (Age at time: in first year)
Daughter: Edith, age: 7,
Son: Gifford age: 4,
Daughter: Beatrice, age: 6 1/2 months
Address: 6 N. 22st. Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1920 Federal Census: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ED: 1707 Roll: T625_1637
William, Gertrude, Edith, Gifford, Frank T. Hibbard East Pacific Street (See Frank T. Hibbard notes- he and Edith were living with Gertrude and William})
1930 Federal Census: Mt. Carmel, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania
Name: Relation: Owned Radio: Age: Age at First Marr.: Born: Parents: Citizenship: Employed: Vet.:
William Head Yes 61 28 Pa. England No No Euphemia Wife 55 49 Canada Scotland No Gifford G. Son 24 Pa. Pa./Eng. Jane Taylor Mother/in law 81 24 Scotland Scot./Scot. Yes (Came 1871) Occupation: Will. Laborer/ coal mines Gifford: Army City Directory 1902 Reel: 1 P.: 2506 1903 Reel: 2 P.: 2556 1904 Reel: P.: 2569 {All Miami Dade Lbrary}
Boyd's General and Business Directory
1910 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1912 Philadelphia Pennsylvania City Directory 3144 N. Hemberger Stree William married Gertrude Gardner 1901. She died or he was divorced from her
July 11, 1923. They had three children, Edith, Gifford, and Beatrice. We don't know yet how she died . William married Euphemia Taylor on September14, 1923. He worked as a blacksmith all his life. Last known job was the Reliance Colliery as a blacksmith. He died at age eighty-one.
Listed in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City Directory 1912 Film #1,606,073 Indefinite
Visick, William J. Blacksmith (home) 3144 N. Hemberger Street Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery
36 East Second Street Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania 17851 Section E-26-S Buried: Family Burial Plot of parents of second wife, Euphemia Agnes Taylor (Mr. Alexander Taylor// Janet Boid Taylor)
Funeral: Rothermel Funeral Home {South Market Street} Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania 2 P.M. Rev. B. Sharp Officiating
Ramona Mizne {June 2006} A note form someone who knew William and Euphemia Visick in Strong, Pennsylvania
There was a blacksmith in a little town called Strong, PA by that name. It is very near both the Richards and Reliance Collieries. He fixed my first bicycle, I used to enjoy watching him
heat and pound metal. Also used to deliver Sunday Newspaper to him and he would always give me a nickel tip (big money for young lad in those days!) He and his wife were always nice to me, I liked them a lot. His house is still there (its been remodeled though). He lived about 4 double houses up from me. Surprised to find his name on the net.
(I do have a picture of Reliance Colliery in Mt. Carmel PA, also some pictures of Strong or Green Ridge as it is also known)
Thanks---Russel G. Kendter (russkend@@sprintmail.com) The last time I saw Bill must have been around 1958 or 1959 when I stopped passing out the Sunday newspapers. I left Pennsylvania for New
Jersey in 1961. Please understand I was 17 or 18 the last time I saw
your great grandfather, I am now almost 62 so its been a long time to
remember. I don't even know the year he or his wife died. I do know the
girl who lives there now, I grew up with her although she was quite a
bit younger. They have completely remodeled the house complete with
swimming pool. When I go up again (my mother still lives near there) I
will see if I can talk to her and see if they found anything interesting
when they gutted the house.
When I think about it I can still see him pumping away at the bellows to make the firehotter, the smell of the coal fire like sulpher, taking a piece of red hot iron out of the fire to the large anvil and him hammering it into the required shape. I used to love watching him work.
Bill worked in a small shanty-type building about 10' wide and 20' long right on the corner of 3rd street in Strong. The building was not on his property {as far as I know} but was in the back yard of the Shimko family who lived on the other half of the double home Bill lived in. The door to his shop faced the Strong Fire cmpany building across the street. He was a rather large man, maybe a little less than 6' but somewhat on the chubby side, wore glasses and had a rather large nose with a mole or some kind of birth mark on it. It had to be his second wife Euphemia that I knew but never saw much of except on sunday mornings when I would bring their paper. Never saw them at the local store, don't remember if they had a car or not. Didn't see them much after the blacksmith shop was
torn down, once in a while in the yard dumping ashes or tending to the small garden they {and everyone else} used to have.
Cecilia Kramer is dead for quite a few years now. When I heard from you I looked up her daughter's number {also Cecilia}. She told me her mother was named in the will because she helped take care of Bill and Euphemia, bringing them meals, groceries and whatever else she could do to help out. She said she would try to find out if there were any pictures or any other things. Whether she will go thru with this or not i do not know- she herself is 71 years of age.
From: Russel Kendler December 30, 2001 (I do have a picture of Reliance Colliery in Mt. Carmel PA,
also some pictures of Strong or Green Ridge as it is also known)
Thanks---Russel G. Kendter (russkend@@sprintmail.com) {Russell Kendter saw my questions on a genealogy site and was nice enough to e-mail me with this note R.D.M.29/ Dec 2001}
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