Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameMathilda Petterson 
, F
, FBirth Date3 Mar 1883
Birth PlaceSweden
Death Date3 Jul 1959 Age: 76
Death PlaceSt. Louis, MO
Spouses
Birth Date12 Oct 1869
Birth PlaceClearfield, PA
Death Date13 Jan 1937 Age: 67
Death PlaceBelleville, IL
Burial Date16 Jan 1937
Burial PlaceWalnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, St. Clair County, IL
OccupationSt. Louis & O'Fallon Coal Company mine
Cause of deathHeart attack
FatherThomas Pilkington , M (~1841-1903)
MotherElizabeth Trippier (Tryppyer) , F (1842-1911)
Marr Date1919
ChildrenAnna Mae , F (1921-1993)
2Adam Charles Neff , M
, MBirth Date11 Jan 1881
Birth PlacePrairie du Long Township, St Clair, IL
Death DateJun 1968 Age: 87
Death PlaceWest Palm Beach, FL
Marr Date3 Nov 1904
Marr PlaceSt. Charles, IL
Notes for Mathilda Petterson
Robert Henry Pilkington Sr. married Lena Caroline Gantner on March 7, 1895. They had two children. In 1918 Lena married Thomas Milton Pilkington, Robert’s younger brother. There is no record when Robert and Lena divorced. The brothers appeared to have a good relationship as Thomas mentions Robert’s two sons in his will. Robert Henry Pilkington Sr. married a second time in 1919 to Mathilda Petterson and they had one daughter, Anna Mae Pilkington.
Mathilda Petterson Neff Pilkington was married to Adam Neff, had two daughters who evidently died young (or may have been given away as sometimes in those times, widowed ladies without means had their children taken away) and then she was divorced from Adam and then she married Robert about 1919. Adam was a divorced boarder in the 1920 census and died in Palm Beach Florida in the 1960’s.
Mathilda Petterson Neff Pilkington was married to Adam Neff, had two daughters who evidently died young (or may have been given away as sometimes in those times, widowed ladies without means had their children taken away) and then she was divorced from Adam and then she married Robert about 1919. Adam was a divorced boarder in the 1920 census and died in Palm Beach Florida in the 1960’s.
Notes for Robert Henry (Spouse 1)
R.H. PILKINGTON, 67, DROPS DEAD ON NORTH 47TH ST.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WELL KNOWN RETIRED MINER WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Robert H. Pilkington, Sr., 67, well known retired miner. of 4707A Walter street, dropped dead at 2:30 yesterday afternoon in the first block of North Forty-seventh street while he was walking to the store.
Death was due to a heart stroke, according to relatives, who stated he was under the care of a physician for two years, but that he did not complain of feeling ill recently.
Mrs. John Hoffman, of 4701 West Main street, who saw Pilkington lying in the street, called an ambulance, which took him to St. Elizabeth's hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Pilkington, who retired two years ago, worked last as the St. Louis & O'Fallon Coal Company mine.
A son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Pilkington, natives of Liverpool, England, Pilkington was born in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Oct. 12, 1869.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mathilda Petterson Pilkington, whom he married in 1919. He is also survived by a daughter, Miss Anna Mae, a student at the Township High School, and two sons by his first marriage, Harry Pilkington, 500 South High Street, associated with the sales department of the Consolidated Coal Company, St. Louis, and Robert Pilkington, Jr., 105 East D. street, a molder at the East St. Louis Castings Company.
Two brothers and three sisters survive. They are: Thomas and William Pilkington, of Beckley, W. Va.; Mrs. Elizabeth Maffett and Mrs. Alice Hagen, of Canonsburg, Pa., and Mrs. Ada Fleck of Beckley, W. Va.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 Saturday afternoon at the Pate Gaerdner funeral home. Rev. C. R. Hempel, pastor of Christ Evangelical Church, will officiate. Interment will be made in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Pilkington was a member of Local No. 8 Progressive Miners of America.
-Belleville Daily Advocate Resided in Belleville, IL.
Robert Henry Pilkington Sr. married Lena Caroline Gantner on March 7, 1895. They had two children. In 1918 Lena married Thomas Milton Pilkington, Robert’s younger brother. There is no record when Robert and Lena divorced. The brothers appeared to have a good relationship as Thomas mentions Robert’s two sons in his will. Robert Henry Pilkington Sr. married a second time in 1919 to Mathilda Petterson and they had one daughter, Anna Mae Pilkington.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WELL KNOWN RETIRED MINER WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Robert H. Pilkington, Sr., 67, well known retired miner. of 4707A Walter street, dropped dead at 2:30 yesterday afternoon in the first block of North Forty-seventh street while he was walking to the store.
Death was due to a heart stroke, according to relatives, who stated he was under the care of a physician for two years, but that he did not complain of feeling ill recently.
Mrs. John Hoffman, of 4701 West Main street, who saw Pilkington lying in the street, called an ambulance, which took him to St. Elizabeth's hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Pilkington, who retired two years ago, worked last as the St. Louis & O'Fallon Coal Company mine.
A son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Pilkington, natives of Liverpool, England, Pilkington was born in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Oct. 12, 1869.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mathilda Petterson Pilkington, whom he married in 1919. He is also survived by a daughter, Miss Anna Mae, a student at the Township High School, and two sons by his first marriage, Harry Pilkington, 500 South High Street, associated with the sales department of the Consolidated Coal Company, St. Louis, and Robert Pilkington, Jr., 105 East D. street, a molder at the East St. Louis Castings Company.
Two brothers and three sisters survive. They are: Thomas and William Pilkington, of Beckley, W. Va.; Mrs. Elizabeth Maffett and Mrs. Alice Hagen, of Canonsburg, Pa., and Mrs. Ada Fleck of Beckley, W. Va.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 Saturday afternoon at the Pate Gaerdner funeral home. Rev. C. R. Hempel, pastor of Christ Evangelical Church, will officiate. Interment will be made in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Pilkington was a member of Local No. 8 Progressive Miners of America.
-Belleville Daily Advocate Resided in Belleville, IL.
Robert Henry Pilkington Sr. married Lena Caroline Gantner on March 7, 1895. They had two children. In 1918 Lena married Thomas Milton Pilkington, Robert’s younger brother. There is no record when Robert and Lena divorced. The brothers appeared to have a good relationship as Thomas mentions Robert’s two sons in his will. Robert Henry Pilkington Sr. married a second time in 1919 to Mathilda Petterson and they had one daughter, Anna Mae Pilkington.