Who's Who at Scranton Meeting Room, PA

• Scranton Meeting Room, Lackawanna Co., PA (TW-Grant-Raven-Lowe EB) +1882-1884; (TW-Raven-Lowe EB) 1884-1890; (TW-Lowe EB) 1890-1909; (TW-EB 1909-2020's
  • This assembly may have also contained those in Moosic.

Contents

Early Correspondents

• Benjamin Lucy +1881-1921+ (b. 1850)
• Henry J. Hein +1901-1917+ (1857-1921)
• John Henry Jacobsen +1901+ (b. 1860)
• August Andrew Fiedler +1903-1965 (1874-1965)
• Adolph T. Plageman +1933-1973+
• David Sobeck +1933-1985 (1904-1985)
• William E. Turner +1949-1973+
• Daniel "Dan" Jacobsen +1966+
• Philip B. Rochon +1973-1985+
• Dan D. Rochon +1985-2010+
• Frederick Kenneth Sobeck +1985+

Notable Families

Dickson family

@ Tunkhannock, PA

• Delbert H. Dickson +1933-1944+
  • James L. Dickson +1933-1955+; wife: Mrs. Dickson +1933-1955+
  • son +1949+

Fiedler family

• August Andrew Fiedler +1903-1965 (b. 1874 Germany, m. 1889; emig. 1890, d. 1965 Scranton, PA), son of August Fiedler & Fredreka Marie Ziegler Fiedler; August was employed as a carpenter.
• Lena Rolf Fiedler (b. 1876 Germany - d. 1950 Scranton, PA), daughter of Friedrich August Rolf (b. 1825 Germany - d. 1886) & Johanna "Joanna" Wilhelmina Louise Wortmann Rolf (b. 1832 Westfalen, Germany - d. 1908 Scranton, PA).
  • Herman Frederick August Fiedler (b. 1900 Scranton, PA - d. 1972 Buena Park, Orange, CA). Wife: Emma Kuehler Fiedler (b. 1899 Paterson, Passaic, NJ - d. 1986 Orange Co., CA), daughter of Rudolph Kuehler (b. 1868 Germany) & Emma Ida Muensch (b. 1868 Germany - d. 1927 Paterson, NJ). R. Charles D. Legg officiated Emma's memorial.
  • Mina "Minnie" Fiedler Jacobsen +1903-1965 (b. 1902 Scranton, PA - d. 1965 Clarks Summit, Lackawanna, PA). Husband (1929 @ Scranton, PA): Dan Jacobsen +1929-1966+ (b. 1906 MO - d. 1996 Anaheim, CA). See Jacobsen family.
  • Albert Herman Fiedler (b. 1907 Scranton, PA).

Hein family

• Henry J. Hein +1901-1917+ (b. 1857 Germany, emig. 1882, d. 1921 Scranton, PA)
• Mathilda Juser Hein +1886-1948 (b. 1867 Germany, emig. 1886, d. 1948 Scranton, PA);

Jacobsen family

• John Henry Jacobsen +1901+ (b. 1860 Germany, emig. 1893); printer, 1894 @ Scranton, PA
• Henrietta Krebs Jacobsen +1901+
  • Daniel "Dan" Jacobsen +1966+ (b. 1906 MO - d. 1996 Anaheim, CA); In 1929, Dan was employed as a draftsman, and Minnie as a designer.

Leonard

• James Leonard @ Bardwell +1908+
  • Miss Celestia Leonard @ Tunkhannock +1933-1937+

Lucy family

• Benjamin Lucy +1882-1890+ (b. 1848 Glasgow, Scot.; emig. 1880; d. 1921 San Francisco, CA), shipyard machinist. +1882-1884 @ 412 Wash Ave.; 1885-1886 @ 16 Lackawanna Ave. 1887-1889 @ 527 Wyoming Ave. 1890+ @ 117 Page Alley (street located @ 239 Frank in Ave. NW to Mifflin Ave., Ward 6); 1900 @ 608 Kansas St., San Francisco, CA;
• Jane W. Collins Lucy +1882-1890+ (b. 1858 Peterhead, Aberdeen, Scot.; emig. & m. 1883; d. 1931 Berkeley, CA), daughter of Michael Collins & Isabella Thomson Collins.
  • John Lucy 1885-1890+ (b. 1885 Scranton, PA - d. 1978 Oakland, Alameda, CA); Wife: Margaret Statira Scarlett Lucy (b. 1884 Mason, Ingham, MI - d. 1972 Berkeley, Alameda, CA), daughter of George Scarlett, Sr. (b. 1846 Arthur, ON; emig. 1866; m. 1870 Proton, Gray, ON; d. 1921 Littlefork, Koochiching, MN) & Catherine Jane Scarlett (b. 1844 Clinton Co., NY - d. 1922 Seattle, King, WA).
  • Mary Catherine Lucy Sullivan-Lacey 1887-1890+ (b. 1887 Scranton, PA - d. 1961 San Francisco, CA). Husband: Frederick "Fred" Francis Lacey (1885-1948 San Francisco, CA), son of Michael Lacey (b. 1853 Co. Galway, Ireland; emig. 1875; d. 1909 S.F., CA) & Henrietta "Harriet" Hiron Lacey (b. 1861 Paris, France - d. 1906 S.F., CA). +1880-1900+, Michael Lacey was employed as a railroad laborer.
  • Martha C. Lucy 1889-1890+ (b. 1889 Scranton, PA - d. 1965 Alameda Co., CA).

Miller family

+1933+ @ Tunkhannock; +1937-1955+ @ Factoryville

• William F. Miller +1933-1955+
• Mrs. Miller +1933-1949+

Plageman family

• Adolph Theodore Plageman +1933-1975 (1895-1975 Scranton, PA), son of John Plageman (b. 1861 Germany - d. 1913 Scranton, PA) & Carrie "Lena" Hines Plageman (b. 1874 Germany; emig. 1888; m. 1894; d. 1909 Scranton, PA). In 1910, at the age of 15, Adolph was employed as a reeler in a silk mill. +1920-1930+ he was an operator of an elecric switch box. In the early 1940's, he was employed with the Lacka & Wyoming Valley Railroad. In 1960, he retired as a stationary engineer at the Laurel Line Power Station.
• Amelia Sobeck Plageman +1933-1976 (1897-1976 Scranton, PA), daughter of John O. Sobeck (b. 1871 Kalkovski, Germany - d. 1940 Scranton, PA) & Hannah Teske Sobeck (b. 1874 Newstadt, Germany - d. 1953 Scranton, PA).
  • Elsie Dolphine Plageman +1933-1990 (1918-1990 Scranton, PA). She was a licensed practical nurse, and worked 38 years for the Williams Candy Co.
  • stillborn boy (1-3-1925 Scranton, PA).

Rochon family

• Philip B. Rochon +1973-1985+
• Dan D. Rochon +1985-2010+

Sobeck family

• David Sobeck 1904-1985 (1904-1985 Scranton, PA), construction;
• Frederick Kenneth Sobeck 1909-1985+

Tansits family

• Robert "Bob" J. Tansits +1990-2001 (1923-2001 Scranton, PA), son of Charles J. Tansits & Agnes Gaberhell Tansits. Served with the Army during WWII. Employed by Industrial Electronics Inc., and the Consolidated Molded Products. Nearly married 55 years.
• Joan Carol Fickus Tansits 1925-2017, daughter of Harold George Fickus (1901-1988) & Caroline S. Plageman Fickus +1925-1981 (1904-1981 Scranton, PA). Harold was in fellowship for a brief period but set aside due to a civic conflict of interest. He was a retired chief of security for the VA hospital, as well as from the city fire department. He was a Navy veteran of both WWI & WWII.
  • Robert J. Tansits, Jr. 1950-1968+. Wife (1975): Diane C. Hofmeister Tansits.
  • Kenneth Tansits 1952-current. Kenneth was saved at ten, came into fellowship at fourteen. He has served as a correspondent since the 1990's. In 1975,

Turner family

• William E. Turner +1949-1973+

Sources

• EB AAB's 1882-current
• Ancestry.com