Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George Andrew Zillafro and Blanche E. McQuiston




Husband George Andrew Zillafro 1

            AKA: George Zellefrow,2 George Zilafro,3 George Zilarfo 2
           Born: 23 Mar 1877 - near West Freedom, Perry Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Father: David Barnhart Zillafro (1840-      ) 1 4
         Mother: Mary Ellen Logue (1846-Aft 1913) 1 4


       Marriage: 30 Sep 1903 - Rixford, McKean Co, PA 5



Wife Blanche E. McQuiston 1 6 7

           Born: 15 Sep 1879 - Rixford, McKean Co, PA 5
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         Father: Albert B. McQuiston (1850-1895) 3 5 6 7
         Mother: Minerva Fidelia Morrison (1845/1846-Aft 1913) 3 5 6 8




Children
1 F Jennie Zilafro 2

            AKA: Jennie Zellefrow 2
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2 F Marian E. Zillafro 5

           Born: 23 Mar 1908 - Rixford, McKean Co, PA 5
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3 M Jack A. Zillafro 5

           Born: 4 Nov 1911 - Bradford, McKean Co, PA 5
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General Notes: Husband - George Andrew Zillafro


He received his early education in the public schools. In 1899 he entered the oil industry as a tool-dresser and was also employed in Onondaga Valley, New York. He was later sent to the state of Washington by Garrett and Williams, prospecting for oil, and sank a well in Wild Rose Prairie, and was afterwards on the ranch of L. A. Porter near Lewiston, Idaho. He then returned to the Bradford oil fields, and in 1903 took a position with the Tide-water Pipe Company.
He was an Independent in politics. He was a member of Northern Star Lodge, No. 555, Free and Accepted Masons, in Duke Center, Pennsylvania, and was also a member of Foster Lodge, No. 333, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America at Eldred, Pennsylvania.


General Notes: Wife - Blanche E. McQuiston


She received her early education in the public schools, and graduated from Lock Haven Normal School in 1900. She was a Methodist in religion. She was a member of Keystone Chapter, No. 2, Eastern Star, in Duke Center, Pennsylvania, of which she was past worthy matron, and was also a member of the Empire State Degree.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 956.

2 Mary Louise Morrison Ostman, Descendants of Hugh and Isabella Morrison of Venango County, PA (Privately published.), Pg 37.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 163.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1542.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 957.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 35.

7 Mary Louise Morrison Ostman, Descendants of Hugh and Isabella Morrison of Venango County, PA (Privately published.), Pg 21.

8 Mary Louise Morrison Ostman, Descendants of Hugh and Isabella Morrison of Venango County, PA (Privately published.), Pg 7.


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