1907 - 2002

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• Birth	6 May 1907	West Sunbury, Butler Co., PA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Apr 2002
  Person ID	I2888	Barbarowa Neighborhood
  Last Modified	08 Nov 2007 09:28:59
  Father	Jesse Frank Deloss MC MICHAEL, b. 10 Jan 1880, West Sunbury, Butler, Pennsylvania
  Mother	Alice Martha SEATON, b. 27 Aug 1880, Clintonville,,Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F290	Group Sheet

• Notes

  This inquiry into the Descendants of Christopher McMichael , was begun when a letter dated October 7. 1956, to a Mr. Robert McMichael inCleveland, OH, was referred by him to his sister, Miss Aleta McMichael of261 Watson Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA. It would appear that she, by common consent, was already the family historian; and by far the major of the work in the compiling of this data has been done by her. She also provided names and addresses of other members of the family, whose contributions are listed in Series 4. Leta says she has a picture of me as a baby, being held by her mother,Alice Martha Seaton, it was taken at the "old home." Ltr dated 1 Aug 95.I now have a copy of the picture. Never married. Worked for Westinghouse Company in 1928. Worked in Washington, DC for a time, for the federal government. She worked for the Compensation Insurance Office, precursor of Social Security. She lived in Ranier, VA. She later worked for the Post Officein Pittsburgh. She was usually doing secretarial work at the post office,but occasionally sorted mail. If she did sort mail it was usually on a national holiday or during the holiday rush period, ie. , Christmas. Retired some 26 years ago, 1969? No children of this marriage and remains unmarried. She is our prime correspondent, and the one to whom most of the credit is due for thecompiling of this data. This per Series 4. Leta remembers her father taking her down to an area next to a spring on the farm and kicking away some bushes to show her three corner stones of an old home. She doesn't remember who her father said had lived there.She has not shown the area to anyone and could not go to find it now. Who lived there? And where is it? She was a kid at the time. The home was located near the spring to get water easily, rather than have to dig awell. Research: Leta said she had contact with several persons looking for information offamily. The McMichael who gave her information on the Series 4 was aWilliam McMichael, no known relation. The last time she had contact withhim was over 15 years ago. He had a goal to know and note all theMcMichaels. He did the research on the first Christopher? A brother of her Grand Dad had been researching. She, brother and the wife came once. She died and the brother and the wife came a second time. Something about a woman from a wealth family. There is a street in Pittsburgh named after the family who married into the McMichaels. Thestreet is in a wealthy neighborhood there. California McMichael branch who changed the spelling because they thought MacMichael was the correct spelling. Someone was with her when she discovered the will of the 1st Christopher at the Butler Co. Courthouse. That person wanted to take the will. Leta persuaded her to leave it. I wonder if it is still there? She has a cousin on the second floor of the Home she lives in now. McKissick family I believe. Leta led someone to a maiden aunt, McKissick ? and helped him get a stone for the grave, New York? She had a surprise birthday party on her 90th. Denny and his wife, Debbieand her mother did it. Many people showed up, family and other residentsat the facility where she lives. Did she say she has lived there 7 years? The party was a total suprise, her first ever surprise party. Leta said that she and a friend had stopped in SC to visit Ruth when thekids were in about 3rd to 4th grade and they had breakfast, would they remember that? Someone a man and a women, a rather rotund women, stopped by the oldhouse, or where it used to be and met Jack's wife. They talked and the woman said Mary was her sister and she talked about where doors had beenin the old house and about the porch. The women had 2 children with her, young children, Leta thinks they were children of a different marriage, if it was Ruth, the year was after 1970. They may have been from CA.

• Sources

  [S14] Series 4.