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Anna Lewis Ramsey (1886-1932)

Anna Lewis Ramsey Anna Lewis Ramsey (circa 1910 in Wilkes Barre, PA) Anna was born to Welsh parents, William E. Lewis (1858-1886) and Mary Jane Hughes (1860-1926) in Plains, Pennsylvania.  Unfortunately Luzerne County birth vitals were not recorded until 1893.  However, I suspect Anna's church record can be found in the Miner's Mills Congregational Church holdings.  The Hughes family were founding members of this congregation and remained active there throughout their lives.  I am actively working on locating any existing church records. Anna's father, William, died in a mine accident in the year of her birth.  His obituary states he had "two small children."  I believe Anna's sibling may have died as a young child. After William's death, Mary Jane married a widowed Welshman and local mine foreman by the name of David Morgan (1846-1908) on March 17, 1890.  He and Mary had several children of their own.  David also had children from his previous ma...