Amanda Elizabeth (Cragle) Pettit (1875 - 1951)

Born 27 Apr 1875 in Pond Hill, Conyngham Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Oliver Lehr — married 17 Oct 1895 in Mainville, Main Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Hurley Monroe Pettit — married 24 Apr 1901 in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 27 Jan 1951 at age 75 in Nanticoke, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Amanda Elizabeth Cragle was born in Pond Hill, Conyngham Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania on 27 Apr 1875. She was the daughter of William Cragle and Mary Sponenburg. On 17 Oct 1895 she married John Lehr in Mainville, Columbia, Pennsylvania.^[1] The couple had one son, Allen Franklin Lehr. Her husband died in 1900, and she married Hurley Pettit on 24 Apr 1901. Amanda Pettit died in Nanticoke State General Hospital, Nanticoke, Luzerne, Pennsylvania on 27 Jan 1951. On 30 Jan 1951 she was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, Market Street, Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFWT-W4D : 10 March 2021), John O. Lehr and Lizzie Cragle, 17 Oct 1895; citing Marriage, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125778889/amanda-elizabeth-pettit : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for Amanda Elizabeth Cragle Pettit (27 Apr 1875–27 Jan 1951), Find A Grave: Memorial #125778889, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Sue Herbine (contributor 46541621).

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWN4-629 : 14 January 2022), Amanda E. Cragle in household of William Cragle, Conyngham, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M39Y-M9T : 13 January 2022), Elizabeth Lehr, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG8W-9FY : accessed 17 January 2022), Amanda E Pettit, Berwick Ward 1, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 7B, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1334; FHL microfilm 1,375,347.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M61V-J3X : 3 February 2021), Amanda Pettit in entry for Hurley Pettit, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHD6-FDV : accessed 17 January 2022), Amanda E Pettit in household of Hurley M Pettit, Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 15A, line 41, family 347, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2023; FHL microfilm 2,341,757.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ8L-CVV : 7 January 2021), Amand E Pettit in household of Hurley M Pettit, Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-12, sheet 7B, line 68, family 173, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3473.