Leroy Gavitt

Male 1855 - Aft 1906  (> 51 years)


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  • Name Leroy Gavitt 
    Born 26 Dec 1855  Dimock, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft Feb 1906 
    Person ID I9338  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Father Prentice A Gavitt,   b. 17 May 1824, Dimock, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1861  (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Emeline S Parks,   b. 17 Feb 1827, Dimock, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1906, Dimock Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 12 Jul 1846  prob Dimock, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Family ID F2600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • 1855 BIRTH: PA: Leroy Gavit born 26Dec 1855 in Dimock PA, re Ancestry World Tree Project ID 1024,my submission #5 [same as Wilson? this submission does not show Wilson, only Leroy]

      1860 CENSUS: PA,Susquehanna-Jessup, Montrose PO: pg 730-31, 11 July, Dwelling 253, family 246:
      GAVITT, Prentice 35/PA farm labor for John Parke; Emeline 33/PA-wife; John 11/PA; Jane 9/PA;
      Elizabeth 7/PA; Wilson 6/PA; Willis 4/PA [is Wilson Leroy?]

      1880 CENSUS: PA,Luzerne Co-Hazelton Bor: A/C Img 34, pg 34, 22 June, Dw256/462:
      GAFFET, Levi 25/PA (PA,PA) md carpentyer; Emmalia-wife 24/PA (Noremburg,Noremburg)
      md housekeeper; Carrie-dau 4/PA; George 2/PA-son

      1900 CENSUS: PA,Luzerne Co-Hazelton City: A/C Img 23, pg 268, 5 June, Dw 211/219-127 S Church St:
      GAVITT, Amelia-head 44/PA bn Sep 1855 (GY,GY)md 25 4/4 children living; Carrie M-dau
      24/PA bn Jan 1876 (PA,PA) S; Frederick L-son 11/PA bn Oct 1888 (PA,PA) school;
      Walter L-son 7/PA bn Dec 1893 (PA,PA) school

      1902 HIST: Will of mother, Emeline S Gavitt of Dimock Twp, 27 November 1902: "...I give and bequeath to my 2 sons John and Leroy and my daughter Elisabeth md to Jebes Ely, sum of $5.00 each..."

      1910 CENSUS: PA,Luzerne Co-Hazelton: A/C Img 11, pg 82, 20 April, Dw 115/117-127 S Church St:
      GAVITT, Carrie-head 33/PA (PA,PA) Widow-housekeeper for private family; Frederick-bro
      28/PA (PA,PA) S teamster-ironworks; Walter-bro 26/PA (PA,PA) S packer at
      knitting mill

      NOTES: To ck out - Ancestry World Tree Project ID 1024, my submission #5: Leroy Gavitt dd c 1856-1945; event: BAPM to Hazelton PA, FCOM 1st Mayor of Hazelton [Luzerne Co]

      Censuses: Levi 25 in 1880, but cannot find after that, find wife in 1900 and not after that - both die? Where George in 1900?

  • Sources 
    1. [S367] Internet: One World Tree.
      Leroy Gavitt b: 26 Dec 1855 in Dimock PA
      Submission ID: 1024, Contact unknown [my version #5]

    2. [S369] Internet: US & International Marriage Records 1560-1900.
      Prentice A Gavitt born 1824/PA md Emilene Parkes born 1877/PA in 1846/PA

    3. [S367] Internet: One World Tree.
      Prentice A Gavitt married Emiline Parke 12 Jul 1846 in prob. Dimock PA, daughter of Thomas Parke and Elizabeth Phillips
      Submission ID: 1024, Contact unknown [my Version #5]

    4. [S383] The Gavitts of Westerly RI - A Genealogy, pg 21, 35, & 107.
      68. Prentice A Gavitt...married Emiline Parke (dau. Aaron Thomas & Elizabeth (Phillips), 12 Jul 1846. [no place shown]