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Denora Adley

Denora Adley



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  1. 1.  Denora Adley was born about 1868 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Peter E Adley, I and Mary Ann Goldberry).

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1870, Ward 5, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Residence Post Office: Harrisburg


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Peter E Adley, IPeter E Adley, I was born on 1 Aug 1828 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA (son of George Adley, I and Mary Frances Dennes); died on 12 Mar 1906; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Military: Regiment State/Origin U.S. Colored Troops Regiment 24th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry Company C Rank In Private Rank Out Corporal Film Number M589 roll 1 Memorial Part of the African American Civil War Memorial Plaque Number B-40
    • Veteran: Civil War: CPL Co D 24th Reg USCT
    • Name: Peter Adley
    • Name: Peter Atley
    • Residence: Pennsylvania, USA; Soldier. Co. C 24th Reg. USCT.
    • Baptism: 20 Sep 1829, Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Military: 6 Feb 1864; Enlistment Date: 6 Feb 1864 Discharge Date: 6 Feb 1865 Regiment or Vessel: 24 Pennsylvania Col. Company: C Length of service: 1 Yrs
    • Military: 6 Feb 1864; Enlistment Date: 6 Feb 1864 Discharge Date: 6 Feb 1865 Regiment or Vessel: 24 Pennsylvania Col. Company: C Length of service: 1 Yrs
    • Military: 1865
    • Residence: 1870, Ward 5, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Residence Post Office: Harrisburg
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self
    • Residence: Jun 1890, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 7, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Notes:

    Enlistment Date: 6 Feb 1864
    Discharge Date: 6 Feb 1865
    Regiment or Vessel: 24 Pennsylvania Col.
    Company: C
    Length of service: 1 Yrs

    The son of George & Mary Frances (Dennes) Adley, he married Mary Goldsbury or Goldsborough (el al) and fathered Hiram (b @1849), Elizabeth (b. 04/09/1857), David (b. 09/02/1858), John (b. @1865), Peter N. (b. 12/25/1865), Lenoras (b. @1868), and Margaret (b. 06/29/1872 - married a Maxwell). In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 5" tall with dark hair and black eyes.

    A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg February 6, 1865, as a private with Co. C, 24th U.S. Colored Infantry, promoted to corporal August 9, 1865, and honorably discharged with his company October 1, 1865. His older brother Samuel enlisted on the same day and served in the same company.

    Some of his children's death certificates claim he was born in Dillsburg, York County, but his military records all say Schuylkill County.

    Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Peter married Mary Ann Goldberry in 1857. Mary (daughter of Thomas Goldsberry and Elizabeth Goldberry) was born in Jan 1830 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 13 Feb 1921 in 1409 Monroe street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann Goldberry was born in Jan 1830 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Thomas Goldsberry and Elizabeth Goldberry); died on 13 Feb 1921 in 1409 Monroe street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary A Addley
    • Name: Mary A Adley
    • Name: Mary A Adley
    • Name: Mary A. Adley
    • Name: Mary Adley
    • Name: Mary Anne Adley
    • Name: Mary Goldbery
    • Name: Mary Goldsborah
    • Residence: 1850, East Hanover, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Ward 5, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Residence Post Office: Harrisburg
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
    • Residence: 1900, Ward 7, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1906, Pennsylvania, USA; Relation to Head: Widow
    • Residence: 1920, Ward 7, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Mother

    Notes:

    When Mary Ann Goldberry was born in January 1830, her father, Thomas, was 25, and her mother, Elizabeth, was 24. She married Peter E Adley in 1857. They had six children in 11 years. She died on February 13, 1921, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the impressive age of 91, and was buried in Penbrook, Pennsylvania.

    "MRS. MARY ADLEY
    Mrs. Mary Anne Adley, aged 91, died yesterday afternoon at her home, 1409 Monroe street.
    She is survived by two sons, David and Peter Adley; two daughters, Miss Eliza Adley and Mrs. M. Maxwell and ten grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Monroe Street Church of God, the Rev. W. J. Wlnfeld. officiating. Burial will be made in the Lincoln cemetery."

    Harrisburg Telegraph
    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
    14 Feb 1921, Mon • Page 10

    Buried:
    Lincoln Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Eliza Adley was born on 9 Apr 1857 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 11 Aug 1941 in Swatara, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. David Adley was born on 2 Sep 1858 in Dillsburg, York, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Nov 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. John Adley was born about 1865 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. Peter N Adley, II was born on 25 Dec 1865 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 31 Jul 1932 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. 1. Denora Adley was born about 1868 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. Margaret Nora Adley was born in Jun 1868 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 17 May 1922 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Adley, I was born in 1781 in Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Geo Adley
    • Name: George Atley
    • Residence: 1810, Pottsgrove, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; Head of Household: 5 Other Free Persons.
    • Residence: 1810, Pottsgrove, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; Number of All Other Free Persons 5
    • Residence: 1840, Middle Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Free Colored Persons - Males - 10 thru 23 2; 55 thru 99 1;Females - Under 10 1;10 thru 23 2;55 thru 99 1;Total Free Colored Persons 7;Total All Persons - 7.

    Notes:

    Name George Edley
    Home in 1830 (City, County, State) Middle Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Free Colored Persons - Males - Under 10 2
    Free Colored Persons - Males - 10 thru 23 2
    Free Colored Persons - Males - 24 thru 35 2
    Free Colored Persons - Males - 36 thru 54 1
    Free Colored Persons - Females - Under 10 1
    Free Colored Persons - Females - 10 thru 23 2
    Free Colored Persons - Females - 36 thru 54 1
    Total Free Colored Persons 11
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) 11

    Name George Adley
    Home in 1840 (City, County, State) Middle Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Free Colored Persons - Males - 10 thru 23 2; 55 thru 99 1;Females - Under 10 1;10 thru 23 2;55 thru 99 1;Total Free Colored Persons 7;Total All Persons - 7.

    George married Mary Frances Dennes. Mary was born about 1788 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 5 Aug 1869 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Frances Dennes was born about 1788 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 5 Aug 1869 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Atley
    • Residence: Aug 1829, Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA

    Children:
    1. George Adley, II was born in 1805 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. John Atley was born on 14 Jan 1813 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. Sarah Atley was born on 10 May 1815 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. William Adley, I was born on 10 Mar 1820 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1876.
    5. Mary Maria Atley was born on 9 Aug 1820 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. Benjamin Atley was born on 15 Dec 1823 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    7. Samuel H. Adley was born on 19 Oct 1824 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Feb 1911 in East Hanover, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
    8. Caroline Atley was born on 20 Mar 1825 in Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 5 Aug 1899 in East Coventry, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
    9. Rebecca Atley was born on 25 Feb 1827 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    10. 2. Peter E Adley, I was born on 1 Aug 1828 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Mar 1906; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

  3. 6.  Thomas Goldsberry was born about 1805 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1850, East Hanover, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Father-in-law

    Thomas married Elizabeth Goldberry. Elizabeth was born about 1806 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Goldberry was born about 1806 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1850, East Hanover, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Mother-in-law

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Ann Goldberry was born in Jan 1830 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 13 Feb 1921 in 1409 Monroe street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.



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