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Harry Frantz

Harry Frantz

Male 1876 - 1947  (71 years)


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  • Name Harry Frantz 
    Birth 1876 
    Gender Male 
    Note
    • Occupation: Superintendent of three mines in Rossiter for theClearfield Bituminous Coal Co. He was also in charge of the Rossiterbaseball and football teams. This was serious business. Rossiter hadone of the best teams around. Harry paid good players to come and playfor the Rossiter teams. According to Vivian Doney Reid, asSuperintendent of the mines, Harry lived a big, brand new house builtespecially for the Superintendent. It had a large wrap-around porch.Harry always had men from the company to do any work that needed to bedone. She said there were always several men working in the yard, etc.Harry had a live-in 'maid' for himself called Hutta Jane. Sometimesthe family had two maids. One time when J. C. and Caroline Doney wereaway, Harry got mad at the C.B.C., 'blew his top' and quit his job. Heborrowed $10,000 from his mother, Caroline Anthony Frantz, who livedwith J.C. and Caroline Doney, to start a grocery store inPunxsutawney. The store was on Findley Street. Later, he moved toBrockway, Pa. and owned a grocery store there. Uncle Harry did not payCaroline Anthony back, and when she died, he got nothing.
    Death 1947 
    Burial Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1872  Hillbillies & Vikings
    Last Modified 5 May 2023 

    Father Henry Frantz,   b. 19 Dec 1845   d. 9 Sep 1919, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Caroline Anthony,   b. 31 Dec 1855   d. 15 May 1930, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1876 
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I130] Caroline ANTHONY
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1873] Henry FRANTZ
    Family ID F269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nora Mitchell,   b. 1880   bur. Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Calvin Frantz
    +2. Henry Frantz
     3. Irene Frantz
     4. Isabel Frantz
     5. Lena Frantz
     6. Louis Frantz
     7. Jacob G. Frantz,   b. 1899   d. 14 Dec 1903 (Age 4 years)
     8. Rose Frantz,   b. 25 Apr 1907   d. 17 Jan 1910 (Age 2 years)
    Family ID F1614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2025 

  • Reference  Your Name Here. "Harry Frantz". Our Family History. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1872&tree=tree1 (accessed March 14, 2025).


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