Gill Family Tree

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Floyd Albert Phelps

Floyd was a Mil Rite for many years but was not happy doing it. He then went to auto mechanics and did this until his retirement. He was also an accomplished musician playing the drums and the four or six string banjo.

He had two sons, Martin and Dave, with his first wife but had lost track of them until the middle 1950's when they found him. Martin was last known to be living in California separated from his wife Marilyn. Martin and Marilyn had one son, Tom, and she had two daughters to a previous marriage. Dave married and had three children and their last known address was in Illinois.

Floyd married DeLellis (Williams) Airhart in 1950 and after her death he then married her sister Ruth (Williams) Short.

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Harmonsburg, Crawford County, Pa.
Occupation: Mil Rite & Auto Mechanic
Residence: Conneaut Lake, Crawford County, Pa.


DeLellis Grace Williams

Medical Information: Had surgery on both feet due to her father running over them with the hay wagon as a child.
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From Susan Bearer:

Daughter of Mary Frances Joncour
[Pierre] & Henry "Harry” Williams

3 12 Delellis Grace “Dee” Williams B. 09/24/1914 Patton, PA Cambria County

m. 06/04/1932 D. 02/25/1974 Conneaut Lake, PA

Morgan Thomas Airhart
B. 11/12/1898 Altoona, Blair Co., PA

D. 07/03/1951 Lyons Veterans Hospital, Lyons N.J.

Somerset Co.,

S/O Sylvester William Airhart & Maud Suzanne Dillion 03/28/1872 - 02/18/1901 03/12/1878 - 1959

Children of Delellis Grace Williams & Morgan Thomas Airhart

Margaret “Peggy” Delellis, Patricia Ann, Carolyn Virginia, Mary Joyce

Delellis had surgery on both feet due to damage done to her feet as a child when her father accidentally ran over her with the hay wagon.

01/03/1920 Chest Twp, Cambria County PA Census. Williams, Henry 49, Farmer. Frances 47, immigration 1889, naturalized 1891. Margaret 17. James 15. Ruth 11. Helen 9. Delellis 6. Robert 3 9/12. Frank 6/12.

Heritage Quest Series T625, Roll 1545, Page 259.

Delellis Grace Williams & Morgan Thomas Airhart were married in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Patton, PA. They divorced in 1951. Burial for Delellis Grace: Evergreen Cemetery, Harmonsburg, Crawford Co., PA.

Morgan Thomas Airhart was an Interior Decorator / Painter.

Burial: St. John’s Cemetery, Altoona, PA Blair Co.

Delellis married 06/30/1951

Floyd Albert Pheleps
B. 03/26/1906 Patton, PA

m. D. 02/17/1987 Conneaut Lake, PA

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Harmonsburg, PA

Crawford County.

S/O Albert Leroy Phelps & Pearl Mae Mowry

04/18/1883 - 09/02/1963 11/13/1886 - 05/30/1957

Floyd was a Mill Rite for many years, but was not happy doing it. He became an automobile mechanic until the time of his retirement. He was also very musical. He played the drums well and could play a four or a six string banjo excellently.

Floyd had two sons from his first wife, Martin & Dave. Martin’s last known address was
California, and Dave’s was Illinois. Martin lived in Illinois for awhile and married Marilyn?, they had one son, Thomas. Marilyn had two daughters from a previous marriage. Dave had three children. Floyd had been married 2 times before marrying DeLellis in 1951, after her death from a heart attack, he married her sister, Ruth Williams Short.
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Robert Pierre Williams

From Susan Bearer:


Son of Mary Frances Joncour
[Pierre] & Henry "Harry” Williams

3 13 Robert Pierre Williams B. 03/18/1916 Patton, PA Cambria County

m. 11/26/1936 D. 06/08/1973 Meadville, PA Crawford Co.

Cecilia Rosalia Donch
B. 10/11/1919 Carrolltown, PA

D. 10/09/1986 (83?) Meadville, PA

S/O Michael Donch & Elizabeth ?

Children of Robert Pierre Williams & Cecilia Rosalia Donch

Robert, Georgia, Richard, Cecilia, Michael, Margaret,

Mary Jane, Daniel & David (twins), Romie, Tammy, Tim

01/03/1920 Chest Twp, Cambria County PA Census. Williams, Henry 49, Farmer. Frances 47, immigration 1889, naturalized 1891. Margaret 17. James 15. Ruth 11. Helen 9. Delellis 6. Robert 3 9/12. Frank 6/12.Heritage Quest Series T625, Roll 1545, Page 259.

Robert Pierre Williams married Cecilia Rosalia Donch in Carrolltown, PA. Robert was an excellent carpenter and his work was much sought in the Meadville, PA area. He had one of his hunting rifles which he carved. It was a priceless work of art.

Robert - 169-07-5674 Burial By: Roofner-Collins Funeral Home

Burial: Crawford County, Meadville, PA.
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Cecilia Rosalia Donch

He was an excellent carpenter and his work was much sought in the Meadville area. He had one of his hunting guns which he had carved and was a priceless work of art.

Burial: St. Agatha Cemetery, Meadville, Crawford County, Pa.
Occupation: Carpenter


Helen M. Gill

Residence: 1955, Hastings, Cambria County, Pa.
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Orville James Holtz

From Susan Bearer:
Holtz, Orville James 03/28/1938

North Cambria News, Hastings, March 31, 1939 HOLTZ CHILD CALLED BY DEATH

Orville James, 17-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Melitus (Helen Gill) Holtz, died at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the parental home here. The funeral was conducted from St. Bernard's Church Sunday afternoon with burial in the St. Boniface cemetery.
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