Found him on the 1870 Pine Grove, Schuylkill,
Pennsylvania census (img 68) as Mary Leizey
age 48.
Found her on the 1880 Pine Grove, Schuylkill,
Pennsylvania census (dist 218 img 8) age 58.
_Hans Jerrik (George) LYSSEY _
| (1720 - 1763)
_Joseph LEISEY ______|
| (1754 - 1826) m 1784|
| |_Susanna UNKNOWN _____________
| (1749 - ....)
_Adam LEISEY ________|
| (1805 - 1875) m 1826|
| | _George SCHNEIDER ____________
| | |
| |_Sophia SCHNEIDER ___|
| (1763 - 1834) m 1784|
| |______________________________
|
|
|--Joseph LEISEY
| (1847 - ....)
| ______________________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |______________________________
| |
|_Magdalena MILLER ___|
(1801 - 1862) m 1826|
| ______________________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|______________________________
Found him on the 1850 West Cocalico,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (img 6)
as Joseph Leisy, age 3.
Found him on the 1860 West Cocalico,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (img 18)
as Joseph Leisey age 13.
_Joseph LEISEY Jr____+
| (1793 - 1868) m 1820
_Franklin LEISEY ____|
| (1825 - 1898) m 1850|
| |_Sarah UNKNOWN ______
| (1796 - 1876) m 1820
_James C. LEISEY ____|
| (1853 - 1920) m 1879|
| | _Nicholas ZELL ______
| | |
| |_Barbara ZELL _______|
| (1827 - 1880) m 1850|
| |_Barbara KIEHL ______
|
|
|--Oscar LEISEY
| (.... - 1899)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Ellen KEINARD ______|
(1858 - ....) m 1879|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
The boiler of a locomotive drawing a train of
empty coal cars on the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad exploded nine miles north of Reading,
Penn. Oscar Leisy, a brakeman, was killed by
flying fragments of the wrecked boiler, and
Lyman Emerich, fireman, and George D.
Zimmerman, engineer, were injured.
- Schuylerville Standard, 1899
READING, March 27.-Coroner Rotherinel convened
a Jury to-night and held an Inquest on the victims
of yesterday afternoon's locomotive explosion on the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. After hearing the
evidence and deliberating some time the Jury agreed
on the following verdict: "We, the Jury Impaneled to
Inquire into the death of Oscar Leisey and Lyman D.
Emerich, do find that Engine 802, extra freight,
exploded on Sunday about 12.15 P. M. between
Duabervllle and Mohrsville. According to the evidence
and Inspection of the boiler the cause of the explosion
was due to the injection of cold water when boiler
was very hot." Leisey's remains were taken this
evening to his parents' residence, in Pine Grove, for
Interment,' and Emerlch's body will be forwarded
to-morrow morning to his late home in Schuylkill Haven.
- Philadelphia Enquirer March 28, 1899
Database updated on 2/5/2021 1:03:01 PM Pacific Standard Time
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| |
| |_____________________
|
_John R. MOORE ______|
| (1869 - 1918) m 1895|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_______________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--John R. MOORE Jr.
| (1900 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _James Henry SHANKLIN _|
| | (1844 - 1900) m 1866 |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Cora Bell SHANKLIN _|
(1874 - 1919) m 1895|
| _Jonathan LEISY _____+
| | (1820 - 1909) m 1846
|_Martha LEISY _________|
(1847 - 1911) m 1866 |
|_Mary ROHRER ________+
(1827 - 1901) m 1846