Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Ralston Melat and Sarah Ann Kramer


Husband John Ralston Melat 1 

           Born: 21 Apr 1827 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Feb 1899 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Melat-Hanby Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2


         Father: Robert Melat (1799-1887) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Keifer (1801-Abt 1844) 3


       Marriage: 24 Mar 1850 4

Wife Sarah Ann Kramer 4 

           Born: 2 Feb 1833 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Mar 1912 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Melat-Hanby Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2


         Father: George Kramer (1807-1897) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Hoy (Cir 1814-1887) 4


   Other Spouse: Thomas Welsby (1837-1915) 4 - 8 Sep 1904 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 5

Children
1 F Lorinda Jane Melat 4 

           Born: 19 Jun 1850 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Mar 1852 4
         Buried:  - Melat-Hanby Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

2 F Sarah Elizabeth Melat 4 

           Born: 18 Mar 1853 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Apr 1853 4
         Buried:  - Melat-Hanby Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

3 M Robert Jackson Melat 4 

           Born: 15 Jun 1854 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 May 1939 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Cora Ella Glines (1856-1939) 6
           Marr: 1 Sep 1884 6

4 M John Alexander Melat 4 

           Born: 1 Nov 1856 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Oct 1874 4
         Buried:  - Melat-Hanby Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2






5  F  Laura Belle Melat 4





           Born: 2 Feb 1859 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Feb 1947 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA



         Spouse: Casper Siebert (      -1889) 6



         Spouse: Albert Jackson Carner (1855-1936) 8 9
           Marr: 9 Aug 1892 7






6  M  George Ellsworth Melat 4





           Born: 19 Jun 1861 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1952 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 10
         Buried:  - Cedar Park Cemetery, Whiting, Lake Co, IN



         Spouse: Nancy Ann Daugherty (1865-1951) 10






7  F  Mary Elizabeth Melat 4





           Born: 12 Aug 1864 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Whiting, Lake Co, IN
         Buried: 



         Spouse: John Richard Welsby (1860-      ) 10
           Marr: 31 May 1883 10






8  F  Clara Matilda Melat 4





           Born: 17 Apr 1866 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 May 1952 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 11
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA



         Spouse: George Arthur Bell (1863-1952) 11
           Marr: 20 Jan 1881 11






9  M  Harry Thomas Melat 4





           Born: 20 Dec 1868 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1954
         Buried:  - Melat-Hanby Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 12



         Spouse: Mary Catherine Highfield (1874-1925) 11
           Marr: 9 Feb 1892 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 11



         Spouse: Bernice Weikal (1880-1934) 11
           Marr: 5 Apr 1927 13



         Spouse: Sarah Ann Lumley (1869-1952) 11
           Marr: 7 Sep 1936 13






10  F  Ella Viola Melat 4





           Born: 15 Oct 1873 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Nov 1903 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4
 Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 14



         Spouse: Did Not Marry









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Sources






1
D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 4.

2
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 27.

3
D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 2.

4
D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 10.

5
Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, Pg 6610.

6
D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 20.

7
D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 37.

8
—, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 829.

9
D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 36.

10
D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 22.

11
D. Kipp Melat, The Melat Family 1799 - 1989 (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1989), Pg 23.

12
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 26.

13
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 32.

14
Franklin Cemetery - Record of Interments (Franklin, PA.).







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