Edward Horrox
(1824-1868)
Ann Lee
(1829-1886)
William Horrox
(1851-1910)
Ellen Parcell
(1863-1939)
Ralph Frederick Horrox
(1898-1960)

 

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Ralph Frederick Horrox 1 2

  • Born: 3 Jan 1898, Ringtown, Schuylkill, PA 1 2
  • Died: 10 Jan 1960, Lewisburg, Union, PA at age 62 1 2
  • Buried: 13 Jan 1960, Milton, Northumberland, PA 1 2

   FamilySearch ID: LR7Y-X1Z.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in East Union Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA. 3 The 1900 census recorded William Horrox, laborer in coal min, 41, born Mar 1859, married for 18 years to Ellen, 37, Apr 1863; living wih their children: Edward, farm laborer, 17, Apr 1883; Richard, 15, Apr 1885, James, 13, Feb 1887, Annie, 11, Feb 1889, Emma, 8, Jun 1891; and Alfred, 2, Jan 1898. William and his parents were born in England. Ellen was born in Pennsylvania and her parens in Wales. Their children were all born in Pennsylvania. William owned his home.

2. Obituary: Shenandoah Evening Herald on 12 Jan 1960 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 1 Death Claims Brother Of Brandonville Men
Ralph F. Horrox, West Milton, brother of Gordon and Emerick Horrox of Brandonville, died Sunday evening in Evangelical Hospital, Lewisburg, where he had been a patient three weeks.
Born in Ringtown on Jan 3, 1898, he was a son of the late William and Ellen Horrox.
Employed as a Reading Railroad engineman, he was a member, of the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers and of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, West Milton, which he served as a deacon.
Surviving in addition to his brothers in Brandonville are his widow, the former Myrtle Hawk; two daughters, Mrs. Glenn Shellenberger, Milton RD 1; Mrs. Robert Fisher, Lewisburg RD 3; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The funeral will 2 p.m. Wedn nesday from the Ranck Funeral Home with interment in Harmony Cemetery, Milton. Viewing this evening, 7 to 9.


Sources


1 The Evening Herald (Shenandoah, PA), 12 Jan 1960, page 9.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50614023.

3 1900 United States Census, William Horrox, East Union Township, Schuylkill, PA.



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