Family Photos

• EDWARDS - WARD (218 KB)
  * Frank & Maggie Blanch Edwards Ward * Frank and Blanch with daughters Ruth and Edna. Photo was taken in early autumn 1913 in East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio.
• EDWARDS - CHILDREN of CHESTER & LONETA (141 KB)
  * Charles, Thelma and William Edwards * The children of Chester and Loneta Caldwell Edwards. This photo was taken about 1925 in Scio, Ohio.
• EDWARDS - COCHRAN (396 KB)
  *Morris and Ida Edwards Cochran * Shown here with children, Edith Fern, John Kermit, R.Kenneth and Loren Dale. This photo was taken about 1915 at their home in St Marys, WV.
• ROWLEY, JAMES R. (66 KB)
  * JAMES ROWLEY (1914-2002) * Photo taken shortly before shipping out for overseas duty in WWII.
• EDWARDS - ROWLEY (42 KB)
  * JAMES RICHARD AND THELMA R EDWARDS ROWLEY * Photo was taken about 1941-1942 in Pinkle Hill, North Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• ROWLEY, JAMES RICHARD (68 KB)
  * JAMES ROWLEY (1914-2002) WWII *
• EDWARDS - ROWLEY (47 KB)
  *JAMES R. & THELMA EDWARDS ROWLEY* Photo was taken in Pittsburgh, PA about 1942-43.
• EDWARDS, CHESTER C. (16 KB)
  * CHESTER C EDWARDS * ~ 1894-1969 ~ Chester was born in Sheets Run, Washington County, Ohio to William H and Margaret Bertilla "Birdie" Ward Edwards. This photo was taken to accompany an article and full page advertisement for SCIO CHINA COMPANY which was published in the MARIETTA OHIO TIMES on 7 April 1938.
• SANTMYER, HELEN MARR [SHAW] (135 KB)
  *Helen Marr Shaw Santmyer* ~ 1859-1927 ~ Photo was taken in Fayette Co., PA about 1900. Helen was the daughter of William Burns and Lousia Koontz Shaw of Barton, MD.
• EDWARDS, LONETA MARIE [CALDWELL] (31 KB)
  * Loneta Marie Caldwell Edwards (1894-1987) with granddaughter Patty * This photo was taken in 1944 in front of the Edwards home on Steubenville Pike, North Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
• ROWLEY - SANTMYER (113 KB)
  *Stephen J. and F. Ethel Santmyer Rowley* Photo was taken about 1959 in their home in Ingram, Allegheny Co., PA.
• SANTMYER, DONALD (27 KB)
  * DONALD EUGENE SANTMYER * ~ 1892 - 1941 ~ Donald was born in Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to James J and Helen Marr Shaw Santmyer. This photo was taken in Star Junction, Fayette County, Pennsylvania about 1915.
• EDWARDS CHILDREN (48 KB)
  *Thelma, William & Charles Edwards* children of Chester & Loneta Edwards. Photo was taken in the fall of 1923 during a family camping trip in Ohio.
• RING - O'TOOLE (140 KB)
  *Marty and Mary Ring O'Toole* Photo taken 1949/1950 during an evening out with friends in Pittsburgh, PA
• FOX - CALDWELL (72 KB)
  *Charles A & Mettie Ann Fox Caldwell* Photo was taken in 1942 in front of their daughter's home in North Fayette Township, Allegheny Co., PA.
• O'TOOLE, MARTIN J. (86 KB)
  *Martin J. O'Toole* ~ 1908-1960 ~ Photo taken about 1955.
• CALDWELL, CHARLES A (57 KB)
  *Charles Caldwell* ~ 1862-1949 ~
• FOX - CRAMER (93 KB)
  * Jonathon [1829-1916] and Sophia [1839-1920] Cramer Fox* Photo taken about 1910 in Hancock Co., OH
• ROWLEY, FANNY ETHEL [SANTMYER] (72 KB)
  * FANNY ETHEL SANTMYER ROWLEY * ~ 1890-1980 ~ Ethel was born in Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to James J and Helen Marr Shaw Santmyer. This photo was taken at her parents family home in Star Junction, Fayette County, Pennsylvania about 1909 or 1910. Ethel was 20 years old at the time.
• ROWLEY, MARGARET MITCHELL [McBROOM] (17 KB)
  * MARGARET MITCHELL McBROOM ROWLEY * ~ 1843-1910 ~ Margaret was born in St. Quivox, Ayr, Scotland, the daughter of Archibald and Helen Robertson McBroom.
• STAR JUNCTION, PA - Methodist Episcopal Church (38 KB)
  * Sunday, January 16, 1898 * Front cover of Dedicatorial Souvenir Leaflet of the NEW Methodist Episcopal Church in Star Junction, PA
• O'TOOLE, MARY B. [RING] (147 KB)
  *Mary B. Ring O'Toole* ~ 1909-1979 ~ Photo taken about 1935.
• HOLLORAN - O'TOOLE (67 KB)
  *Joseph T. and Bridget Holloran O'Toole* Photo taken in Pittsburgh, PA about 1920.
• EDWARDS, LONETA M [CALDWELL] (102 KB)
  *Loneta Marie Caldwell Edwards* ~ 1894-1987 ~ Photo was taken about 1946 in North Fayette Township, Allegheny Co., PA.
• RING, JOHN J. (113 KB)
  *John Joseph Ring* ~ 1884-1965 ~ Photo taken about 1905-1910 in Pittsburgh, PA.
• McBROOM LIBERTY HOTEL 1918 (58 KB)
  Taken from a page of the 1918 Homestead Directory
• HACKATHORN CEMETERY - Washington Co, OH (25 KB)
  * Grave marker of WILLIAM H. AND MARGARET BERTILLA "BIRDIE" WARD EDWARDS *
• RING, MARY IRENE [JOYCE] (123 KB)
  *Mary Irene Joyce Ring* ~ 1883-1950 ~ Photo taken in Pittsburgh, PA about 1905-1910.
• McBROOM - LIBERTY HOTEL 2006 (755 KB)
  A recent photo of the old Liberty Hotel, built at the turn of the 20th century by William McBroom.
• EDWARDS, WILLIAM H. (89 KB)
  * William H. Edwards 1847-1917 *
• RING SIBLINGS (109 KB)
  *Leopold, John and Clementine Ring* Photo was taken in Bridgeport, CT in 1892 shortly after their immigration into the United States.
• WILLIAM McBROOM Biography (209 KB)
  The biography of William McBroom (1791-1860) taken from the pages of MEMOIRS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, PERSONAL AND GENEALOGICAL
• EDWARDS, MARGARET BERTILLA [WARD] (107 KB)
  * "Birdie" Margaret Bertilla Ward Edwards; wife of William H. Edwards 1849-1906 *
• EDWARDS - ROBY (57 KB)
  * Hollis and Daisy Edwards Roby * This photo was shot in New Matamoras, Washington County, Ohio in 1915.
• EDWARDS. C.C. (87 KB)
  * Chester C. Edwards * ~ 1984 - 1969 ~ Chester was the youngest child of William H and "Birdie" Margaret Bertilla Ward Edwards of Washington County, Ohio. He was about 12 years old in this photo taken in 1906.
• EDWARDS, ALBERT ROSS & FAMILY (143 KB)
  * ALBERT ROSS EDWARDS FAMILY * -- Ross and Mae Lisby Edwards with children Chester, Eunice, Virginia, Forrest and Mary. Photo was taken about 1914 at their home in East Liverpool, Columbiana County, OH. Ross, the son of William H. and Birdie Ward Edwards, was born in Washington County, Ohio on 26 December 1878.
• EDWARDS FAMILY of WASHINGTON CO., OH (161 KB)
  * Brothers, Charles Wesley and William H. Edwards * (front center) surrounded by family. Photo taken in the fall of 1913 or spring of 1914 by Chester C. Edwards, son of William Edwards. Front: Sarah Elizabeth Doop Edwards (w/o Charles Wesley); unk daughter of Charles & Sarah; Charles; William; unk daughter and 4 unk grandchildren of Charles & Sarah; ~ Back: Hollis Robey (h/o Daisy Edwards); Bertha (d/o William); next three unk daughters of Charles & Sarah; Daisy (d/o William); Loneta Caldwell Edwards (w/o Chester).
• CALDWELL - FOX (53 KB)
  * Charles and Mettie Ann Fox Caldwell * ~ Easter 1941 ~ Photo was taken outside their home in Erwin, TN.
• EDWARDS, MARY & GRACE (54 KB)
  * Mary and Grace Edwards * Daughters of William H. and "Birdie" Margaret Bertilla Ward Edwards. Photo was taken about 1910 in East Liverpool, Columbiana County, OH.

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• McBROOM - ROWLEY (126 KB)
  Descendants of Gilbert McBroom of Ayr, Scotland. Starting in the mid 1700's, follow the family from the coal mines of Ayr to the coal mines of Western Pennsylvania.
• EDWARDS FAMILY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO (103 KB)
  There is no proof, only speculation that William is the father of John, Samuel and Charles Edwards who immigrated from England to the United States in 1830. All three brothers settled briefly in Eastern Pennsylvania. John, the eldest, relocated to Independence Township, Washington County, Ohio by 1840. Although, Samuel purchased land here in 1837, it was another 6 years before he left Pennsylvania. Apparently Charles relocated to Western Pennsylvania and lived out his life in the Pittsburgh area.
• Herman and Helena Bloch Ring from Bielsko-Biala (12 KB)
  In conversations with Mary Barbara Ring O'Toole, she identifies her grandparents as Arnold Von Ring and Helene Barbara Bloch and their children as Barbara, Leopold, John Joseph and Felix. There is some confusion as to the ancestry of Felix who was the only child born in the States. There is a photograph taken in Bridgeport, CT in 1892 of three individuals that Mary identifies as Barbara, Leopold and John J. Ring. Two different versions of Ring family history have been passed down. The first tells of Arnold Von Ring as a graduate of a German military academy, the equivalent of our West Point. He was a captain in the Prussian army and served during the Franco-Prussian War. For seven years he remained with the Prussian army, then fled and immigrated with his family to the United States. He and his wife, Helene Barbara Bloch, were the parents of four children, the youngest born here in the States. The other version has Arnold's death prior to emigration. Helene places the three children in the care of Nuns at the convent in Biela Belitz, Austria (now Bielsko Biala, Poland). It was indicated that the children were placed in the convent for protection until it was safe for them to leave the country. The story goes on to say that Helene marries, but it's not clear whether this second marriage is before or after her immigration to the US. Here, Felix is born to Helene and the, as yet, nameless second husband. The story goes further to say that Felix uses the surname of Ring, to avoid any confusion. In conversations with the sons of Felix, they said they had no knowledge of their father having any other surname than Ring, and there were no documents to indicate this was true. Recent findings (birth record) indicate the possibility that his father may have been Adolph Kwasny. The surname was very difficult to read. The daughter, Barbara, still remains a mystery. In the beginning stages of research, I concluded that Barbara was the mother of Walter Dziekiewicz who was known to be the nephew of John J. Ring. However, recent findings have determined that the parents of Walter were Alexander and Clementine Dziekiewicz. Descendants of Clementine and Alexander have no records in their possession that include Clementine's maiden name. Descendants have stated that the name may have been Ring, but thought it was more likely Ring something = Ringold, Ringoff, etc. I am left to wonder if Clementine and Barbara were one in the same person, perhaps Barbara Clementine or Clementine Barbara. According to family lore, the eldest son, Leopold, drown while trying to rescue a young boy from the river. Mary indicated that Leopold was a young man at the time of the rescue. In the course of our research we have discovered that Leopold did, in fact, drown in the South River in NJ. However, there was no young boy or any rescue. Following what today would possibly be labeled a bi-polar episode, Leopold walked into the river and to his death. Additional Information is included in Notes for Leopold. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 2001: I began collecting information on the Ring Family in 1975, but during those early years my concentration was directed more to raising my children than compiling a Family Tree. It was almost twenty years later when I could devote the attention necessary to follow up on the information I had gathered. I soon learned that finding information on this family was not going to be easy. I obtained copies of various records pertaining to John Joseph and Mary Irene Joyce Ring, but none of these records brought me any closer to finding John's parents. The Internet helped by opening up new avenues of knowledge and direction. In 1999, I received a call from a teacher in our school district. She said someone had posted a query on the Pittsburgh Genealogy Site seeking contact with Mary Ring O'Toole or a member of her family. That person was Nancy Ring Kendrick, granddaughter of Felix M. Ring. Since then, Nancy and I have worked together in our quest to find the parent's of John and Felix. Nancy is very driven and working with her has taken the Ring research to greater depths than I would have gone on my own. We know for certain that Leopold, Clementine and John are siblings and all three immigrated into this country. We know for certain that Felix, at least, shares the same mother. His birth record is the only record bearing the name of Helene Bloch that we have found. We know that Felix and John were raised by Leopold and Clementine. They lived for a time with Leopold and Regina in NJ and then later with Clementine and Alexander in RI. That leads us to believe that Helene died sometime prior to 1900. No death record or grave has been found to prove this assumption. We have located the graves of Leopold and Regina and also those of Clementine and Alexander. We have located and communicated with the descendants of Clementine. We have also communicated with a descendant of a sibling of Regina. Leopold's only living descendant is Jonathan Townsley, the son of Leona Bugan. We believe he lives near the Los Angeles area, but have not located him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 2003: A professional researcher was hired in Bielsko Biala. He reviewed the following areas for information on the Ring family: Jewish record books, city census records, tax and business records from The State Archive in Bielsko-Biala. Following is the information he was able to locate: Herman RING was born in 1850 in Nowy Sacz (formerly Sandez) or Grybow. The birth record of Bernhard states that his father Herman is from Grybow. Nowy Sacz and Grybow are cities in Galicia Province. Nowy Sacz is 22 km from Grybow. Around 1870 Herman Ring went to Kety near Biala and from Kety he went to Bystra near Bielsko. Herman Ring died in Bystra house #8, on 21 July 1884 at 34 years of age; he is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Bielsko-Aleksandrowice, grave #F-VIII-2272. Bernhard Ring was born 23 March 1883 in Bystra, house #8. Bernhard Ring was the son of Herman Ring and Helene (Leni) Bloch. Baruch Bloch was the father of Helene (Leni) Bloch. Salca (Sali) Ring was born in Bystra in house #8. She died 13 April 1881 in Bystra and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Bielsko-Aleksandrowice in children sector "D". She was the daughter of Herman Ring and Helene (Leni) Bloch. In 1885 a baby was born to Herman Ring and Helene (Leni) Bloch in Bystra. The child died during birth and was not named. The baby is buried in Jewish cemetery in Bielsko-Aleksandrowice in children sector "D". Hospital records indicate that Gusti (Augusta) Ring, age 24, died of Typhus on 22 August 1915 in the Bielsko Hospital. Her home was registered as Krynica (Krynica is near Nowy Sacz and Grybow). She was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Bielsko- Aleksandrowice, grave number: F-VI-2216. Although not a child of Herman and Helena, she may be a relative of Herman Ring. *****************************************************************

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