Cemetery Inscriptions, Stark County, Ohio


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Greeks of Stark County


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By the early 20th century, Stark County was one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation. The home of martyred president William McKinley had become a major industrial center, with alloy steel as the engine of growth for the booming local economy. To fill the ever-increasing demand for labor, waves of immigrants from Greece and Asia Minor settled in Canton and Massillon. Some sought economic opportunity; others were fleeing the Pontian Black Sea coast, where ethnic cleansing of Greeks accompanied the creation of the Turkish state. For the immigrant earning less than $3 a day, building a church meant making a commitment to a new life. In Canton, St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church was founded in 1913 and Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in 1917. In Massillon, St. George Greek Orthodox Church was established in 1931. Churches and mutual aid organizations provided cohesiveness to the dynamic, often fractious, Greek community, which survived world wars, economic depression, and social discrimination and continues to flourish today.




The Harbert and Miller Family History, 1780-1996


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John Harbert was born ca. 1780 in Bavaria, Germany. Of his 7 known children, 5 immigrated to America ca. 1834. Katherine, John, and Peter settled in Ohio, Elizabeth in Philadelphia, Henry unknown. John's granddaughter, Mary Ann Harbert (1849-1912) married John Emanuel Martin (1846-1927) in 1870 in Stark County, Ohio. Includes families of Arntz, Bagalini, Blough, Crider, Dravenstott, Fleming, King, Martin, Miday, Reicosky, Steiner, Strubel, Weckman, Zimmerly and others.




History of Stark County


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Illiana Genealogist


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The Dustman Family of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio


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Johan Martin Dostmann was born in 1730 in Nassig, Germany, and today his descendants can be found throughout the United States of America. One of them is Roy C. Ritter III, and he traces his family’s origins in this detailed history. Dostmann immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1752 with his sister and several friends and cousins, and so began the story of an enduring German-American family. After some time in Frederick County, Maryland, and Washington County, Pennsylvania, the family, which became known as Dustman, took advantage of the settlement opportunities in the newly formed Connecticut Western Reserve of Ohio, joining the state’s earliest pioneers. Johan Martin Dostmann died before that journey, but his surviving children and grandchildren made their mark in Ohio, particularly in Trumbull and Mahoning counties, where they prospered. Covering the first four generations of the Dustman family, this book will be a valuable resource for the descendants of Johan Martin Dostmann.




Frost Pioneers and Alias' Families


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My Family consisting of Pearl Harbor survivors – Chi Chi Jima – Navy Life