Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Oliver Poulton

In 1930, 58 year old Oliver J. Poulton owned a house worth $5000 at 139 N. Buena Vista St. in Newark, Licking County, Ohio. He lived there with his wife Katherine (42) and children Charles J. (13) and Marian (11), and a 72 year old servant, Mary Maurath. Both of the children attended school. Oliver was employed as a railroad engineer. The Poulton family owned a radio set.

Obituary:
The funeral of J. Oliver Poulton who died Tuesday was held this morning at 9
o’clock with a requiem mass in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament and burial
was in Mt. Calvary cemetery.

From death certificate:
Name: Oliver Poulton
Residence: 139 N. Buena Vista
Age: 58 years 9 months 15 days
Birth: 9 Dec 1876 [calculated from age and date of death]
Occupation: Engineer, B & G RR Co.
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse: ---
Father: Henry Poulton, Ohio
Mother: Mary Lewis, Ohio
Informant: M. B. Poulton [brother]


Katherine Martin

From the Newark [OH] Advocate, 11 Feb 1922
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Poulton of North Buena Vista street returned
Friday from Frostburg, Maryland where they attended the funeral of Mrs.
Poulton’s mother, Mrs. Mary Martin on Wednesday.

Death certificate mis-indexed as Paulton.

From death certificate:
Name: Katherine Poulton
Residence: 139 N. Buena Vista, Newark, Ohio
Age: 47 years 3 months 26 days
Occupation: Housewife
Birth: 29 Jul 1887, Frostburg, Md.
Marital status: Married
Spouse: Oliver Poulton
Father: John Martin,
Mother: Mary O'Connor,
Informant: Mr. J. O. Poulton, 139 N. Buena Vista


Joseph Reischman

Joseph Reischman did not live with his parents and siblings at the time of the 1870 census. He would have been about 13 years old at the time.

Obituary:
WOODSFIELD - Joseph Reischman, 75, died Sunday
morning [4 Dec 1949] at 6 o’clock at his home on Eastern avenue,
Woodsfield, after a short illness. Surviving are his widow, Catherine;
three sisters, Mrs. George Kress of Canton, Mrs. George Haynes of
Centerville, and Sister Isabel of Fenton, Pa.
The body will be returned today from the Schumacher funeral
home, Woodsfield, to the residence. Services will be held at 9 o’clock
Wednesday morning in St. Sylvester’s Catholic church. Rev. Fr. J. G.
Mehler will officiate, and burial will be in the church cemetery.


Augustine Charles Hughes

From death certificate:
Name: Augustine Charles Hughes
Residence: Somerset Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio (30 years)
Age: 57 years 4 months 17 days
Birth: 21 Sep 1894, Temperanceville, Ohio
Occupation: general farm work
Marital status: Widowed
Father: Frank Hughes
Mother: Sarah Gallagher
Informant: Harold J. Hughes [son]


Rose Poulton

From death certificate:
Name: Mrs. Rose Hughes
Age: 28 years 4 months 1 day
Birth: 14 Nov 1893, Temperanceville
Occupation: House lady
Marital status: [blank]
Spouse: [blank]
Father: Henry Poulton
Mother: do not know
Informant: Geo. Poulton, Newark, O [brother?]

It seems odd that George Poulton, the informant for Rose's death certificate, did not know his mother's name, particularly since she was living at the time of Rose's death.