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=Early Families=
==Arbuckle family==
William Arbuckle emigrated on the Furnessia on June 16, 1885 from Glasgow, [[Scotland]] to NYC, [[New York]]. 1896 @ McDonald, PGH metro, Allegheny & Washington Co., PA. He moved that same year to Homestead where he remained for life. He was a retired steelworker. His last home was at 2921 Main St., Munhall. * William Cockburn Arbuckle '''+1901-1952''' (b. 1870 Bell Hills, [[Scotland|Scot]] - d. 1952 Homestead, Allegheny, PA); @ , son of Andrew Arbuckle, Jr. (b. 1829 Cambuslang, Lanark, Scot.) & Janet Casey Arbuckle (m. 1851 Barony, Lanark, Scot.). William lived at 2921 Main St., Munhall, PA +1933-1949+. 1896 @ McDonald, Allegheny & Wash., PA In 1859, Andrew Jr. was employed as a hand loom cotton weaver @ Shettleston, Cambusland. Andrew Jr. was a son of Andrew Arbuckle Sr. (b. 1802 Ireland - d. 1879 Richmond, Ottawa, ON) & Isabella Wilson Arbuckle (b. 1807 Scot. - d. 1881 Richmond, ON). * Mary Neil Arbuckle (b. 1870 Scot.; m. 1896 Allegheny Co., PA; 1952 Homestead, PA). 1896 @ Midway, Wash., PA. ** Mary Arbuckle Grant (b. 1897 Homestead, PA). Husband: Harry Grant.** Charles William Arbuckle (1902-1964 Homestead, PA). Wife: Jennie M. Vigna Plitt-Arbuckle-Lloyd (b. 1910 Toronto, ON - d. 1976 Homestead, Alleg., PA)
==Brinkmeyer family==
==Higginson family==
William emigrated with his family to the U.S. in 1870. In 1880, his father was a coalminer, the family lived in Calif., Washington, PA. In 1900, he lived on Railroad St., Roscoe, Wash., PA. From +1933-1955+, he resided at 229 College Ave., Calif., Washington, PA. Also see Lyle family.
* Thomas Higginson (b. 1828 Dudley, Eng. - d. +1915), son of William Higginson (b. 1789 Leire, Leicestershire, Eng.) & Anna Higginson (b. 1790 Birmingham, Warwick, Eng.). Thomas was a descendant of John Higginson (1546-1624 Claybrooke Parva, Leire, Leicestershire, Eng.) who was ordained at the age of 16 by Trinity College in Cambridge, an M.Div. at the age of 22, and pastored [https://www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/53287085438/ St. Peter's] in Claybrooke Parva 1571-1624 when he "drowned while crossing a flooded stream on his way home after taking the service at another church", as per Ancestry genealogist [https://www.ancestry.com/profile/0451343c-0006-0000-0000-000000000000 Ross Macfarquhar] of New Zealand. It was also indicated that the tower of the Claybrooke church was built in 1614 during John's ministry there.
* Mary Bradford Higginson (b. 1830 Shavers End, Dudley, Eng. - d. 1915 Duquesne, PA), daughter of William Bradford (b. 1796 Straits, Staffordshire OR Worcestershire, Eng. - d. 1854 Dudley, Eng.) & Mary Cole Bradford (b. 1797 Shavers End, Dudley, Eng. - d. 1876 Dudley, Eng.)
** Mary Elizabeth Higginson Lyle (b. 1865 Dudley, West Midlands, Eng. - d. 1945 Duquesne, PGH metro, Allegheny, PA). Husband (1886 @ Fayette, Wash., PA): George Haining Lyle (b. 1860 Sorn, Ayr, Strathclyde, [[Scotland]] - d. 1942 Munhall, Allegheny, PA), son of John Lyle (1835-1909 Catrine, Ayr, Scot.) & Mary Stevenson Haining Lyle (b. 1833 Catrine, Scot. - '''d. ?'''). See Lyle family for list of George & Mary's children.
** William Henry Higginson '''+1933-1955+/1963?''' (b. 1867 Dudley, [[England]] - d. 1963 California, PA), son of Thomas Higginson (b. 1828 Eng.) & Mary Bradford Higginson (b. 1831 Eng.).
* William Ellsworth Woodside, Sr./III (b. 1862 Braddock, Alleghany, PA - d. 1954 Homestead, Allegheny, PA), son of William John Woodside (b. 1824 Freeport, Armstrong, PA - '''d. ?''' & Hannah Haigh Hollingsworth Woodside (b. 1834 Woodstock, Windham, [[Connecticut|CT]]; m. 1857 PGH, PA; d. 1911 Braddock, Allegheny, PA). William John Woodside developed hearing loss as early as 1850, and by 1860 had become a shoemaker and farmer. None of their seven children were born with their father's disability. W.J.'s father was also William Woodside (b. 1790 Ireland - d. 1871 Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, PA). William E. Sr. worked as a clerk 1880-1930 for Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. in Homestead, which became U.S. Steel in 1901. His [https://www.newspapers.com/image/149028392 obit] in ''The Pittsburgh Press'' indicates he was present during the "historic Homestead strike of 1892".
* Kate Florence Wright Woodside (b. 1876 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, [[England]]; m. 1905 Allegheny Co., PA; d. 1968 Munhall, Allegheny, PA), daughter of Charles Wright (b. 1846 West Bromwich, Eng.) & Elizabeth "Eliza" Parkes Wright (b. 1845 Atherstone, Eng. - d. 1877 Aston, Warwickshire, Eng.). Kate was one year old when her mother died, the same year her younger brother was born, leaving her father to raise five children under the age of ten to raise, with the assistance of two of Charles' young adult siblings who boarded with them.
** William Ellsworth Woodside, Jr./IV '''+1944-1975''' (b. 1907 Duquesne, PGH metro, Allegheny, PA - d. 1991 St. Petersburg, Pinellas, FL). +1944-1955+ @ RR 1, Library, PA. +1962+ @ 2570 Windgate Rd., Bethel Park. William was employed as a mechanical engineer with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel U.S. Steel] in PGH, founded by J.P. Morgan in 1901, and the 2nd largest steel corporation in America. He worked there until 1975 when he and his wife relocated to St. Petersburg. Wife (1940 @ PGH, PA): Mabel Jessie Gordon Woodside '''+1944-1975''' (b. 1905 Howick, [[Quebec|QC]] - d. 1992 St. Petersburg, FL), daughter of James "Hector" Malben Gordon (b. 1874 QC - d. 1941 College Park, [[Maryland|MD]]) & Christina "Tena" Smith Mills Gordon (b. 1877 QC; m. 1898 Montreal, QC; d. 1958).** Harold D. Woodside (1910-1916 Duquesne, PA); ** Kenneth James Woodside (b. 1913 Duquesne, PA - d. 1995 Markham, ON). From +1940-1950+, Kenneth resided in Edgewood, PA and was employed as a private secretary for U.S. Steel. Wife (1937 @ UCC, Verdun, QC): Elsie Annie Beurling Woodside (b. 1919 Verdun, Montreal, QC - d. 2012 Toronto, ON), daughter of Frederick Gustave Beurling (b. 1893 Norway) & Hetty Florence Gibbs Beurling (b. 1893 QC; m. 1917 Presby., Verdun, QC). @ Kingston, ON** Harry Wendell Woodside (b. 1920 Homestead, PGH metro, PA - d. 2005 Frankfort, Will, IL). Harry resided in Chicago & Dolton, [[Illinois|IL]]. He also served during WWII, earning the position of TEC4. Wife: Frances Lillian Griffith Woodside (b. 1921 Chicago, Cook, IL - d. 2008 Joliet, Will, Chicago metro, IL), daughter of Horace Jacob Griffith (b. 1886 Cass Co., [[Indiana|IN]] - d. 1958 Chicago, IL) & Helen "Nellie" Johanna Fitzgibbons Griffith (1885-1954 Chicago, Cook, IL). In 1918, Horace was employed as a truck builder for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Company Pullman] in the Pullman neighborhood of Chicago that manufactured railroad cars, particularly the development of the sleeping car. In 1930, he worked as a carpenter at a lumber mill.
=Sources=
* EB/TW-Lowe/TW LoG's 1879-2019
* Ancestry.com