Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Burnett Dornon and Anna Steele




Husband Samuel Burnett Dornon 1

           Born: 7 Feb 1820 - Port Rush, County Antrim, Ireland 1
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           Died: 4 Aug 1905 1
         Buried:  - New Alexandria Cemetery, New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA
       Marriage: 1842 1



Wife Anna Steele 1

           Born:  - County Antrim, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - New Alexandria Cemetery, New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA


Children
1 F Rachel Ann Dornon 1

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2 M Joseph Steele Dornon 1

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           Died:  - Dawson City, AK
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3 F Jane Steele Dornon 1

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4 M Robert Alexander Dornon 1

           Born: 29 Feb 1852 - Philadelphia, PA 1
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         Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Machesney (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 23 Dec 1880 - Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2


5 F Mary Priscilla Dornon 1

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6 M McLeod Milligan Dornon 1

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Burnett Dornon


He attended the common schools of his birthplace and was taught in the Protestant faith. In due time he learned the shoemaker's trade which became his means of livelihood. In 1845 he emigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he established the manufacture of ready-to-wear shoes, selling to retailers, etc., and for fifteen years conducted that business successfully. At the end of that time, by reason of his wife's failing health, he moved west of the mountains and in the spring of 1859 settled in New Alexandria. He is said to have been a man of literary ability, a great reader and ready public debater. He was a devout Christian and a member of the United Presbyterian church.


General Notes: Wife - Anna Steele


One of her brothers was a successful contractor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, senior member of the firm of William Steele & Sons.

She died at the early age of thirty-eight.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 130.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 131.


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