OLD PHOTOS FOUND: REMALEY, Violet and Lillie

VIOLET & LILLIE REMALEY

Identification on photo: Violet Remaley, Lily Remaley

Photo taken: Nelson Studio, Tarentum PA, circa 1905-06

Purchased: 2019 Jan at the Palm Beach County Fairgrounds Antique Show

These are two of the daughters of Anthony Remaley and Mary Lorena Daugherty. Violet Bell Remaley was born 9 Feb 1885. Lillie Caroline "Cora" Remaley was born 13 Oct 1888. Lillie's twin, Linda, died in 1904. Lillie's name often appears as "Lily."

1900 Census > Pennsylvania > Allegheny > Harrison
REMALEY, Mary L., head, widowed, 37, Aug 1862, born in PA of PA parents, no occupation
REMALEY, Olive, daughter, 16, Nov 1883, born in PA of PA parents
REMALEY, Violet, daughter, 15, Feb 1885, born in PA of PA parents
REMALEY, Linda (twin), daughter, 11, Oct 1888, born in PA of PA parents
REMALEY, Lillie (twin), daughter, 11, Oct 1888, born in PA of PA parents

(Violet and Lillie also had a brother Joseph (1892-1957) who should be on the 1900 Census, but isn't. I cannot imagine why not.)

Violet married Jonathan Minnick (a box maker at a glass company) on 5 May 1906. She had twins in 1910.

1920 Census > Pennsylvania > Beaver > Freedom
MINNICK, John, head, 35, born in PA of PA parents, brakeman for railroad
MINNICK, Violet, wife, 34
MINNICK, Forest, son, 12, born in PA
MINNICK, Evelyn, daughter, 9, born in PA
MINNICK, Joseph, son, 9, born in PA
MINNICK, Marion, daughter, 6, born in PA

Violet's husband John Minnick died 12 Oct 1939.

1940 Census > Penns > Allegheny > Brackenridge
MINNICK, Violet, head, 55 widowed
MINNICK, Forrest, son 32, laborer at steel mill
MINNICK, Joseph, son, 29, clerk at steel mill
MINNICK, Marian, daughter, 27, clerk in bake shop

Violet Remaly-Minnick died 29 Jun 1949 in Brackenridge PA at age 64, widow of John A. Minnick. Informant was son Forrest Minnick. Buried in Mt Airy Cemetery, Allegheny County, PA.

Violet's children:

Forrest W. Minnick (1907-1977) (Sgt in WWII)
Evelyn Delphine Minnick (1910-1995) (twin) m. Charles F. Woods
Joseph Dalton Minnick (1910-1963) (twin)
Marian Luella Minnick (1913- ) m. Max H. Cribbs

Lillie married Alfred J. Hartman on 4 August 1906.

Her young family appears on the 1910 Census:

1910 Census > Pennsylvania > Westmoreland > Vandergrift Heights
HARTMAN, Alfred, head, 25, md 4 yrs, born in PA of PA parents, works in sheet metal mill
HARTMAN, Lillie, wife, 22, mother of 2, both living, born in PA of PA parents
HARTMAN, Linda, daughter, 3, born in PA
HARTMAN, Glenn, son, 1y4mo, born in PA

Sadly, Lillie would not live to see the 1920 Census, as she died 19 Oct 1918, at age 30 of pneumonia.

As far as I can ascertain, this is the list of Lillie's children: