Mary Ann came to the United States from Aberdare, Glamorganshire, South Wales, prior to August 1871 with her parents, William and Ann, and two brothers. She was the first wife of Richard Henry Worthington. She and Richard Henry had four children. William, one of their children died on September 16,1885, and Mary Ann and the other children died in the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Her parents, brother, his wife and child, and sister also perished in the flood.
There are several sources confirming the death of Mary Ann Howells-Worthington, her three children--Mary Jane, Irene, and Richard, Jr., her parents, William and Ann Howells, siblings Maggie and John, sister-in-law "Maggie "Margaret J. Harris-Howells and 4-day-old nephew William, In the "Official history of the Johnstown flood, Authors: Connelly, Frank; Jenks, George C. Collection: Historic Pittsburgh General Text Collection, it states St. Columba Morgue, Cambria--Worthington, Mrs. R., and Child." (Child could be singular or plural.)
On June 14, 1889. Two lists appear in the newpaper…a record of the names of registered survivors and a partial listing of victims reported by the 13 temporary morgues set up to identify bodies recovered from the debris. Here again--
Columba Morgue, Worthington, Mrs. R. and Child.
The Victims of the 1889 Johnstown Flood, which was published in the Johnstown Tribune on July 31, 1890; Mary Ann and the three children are listed as buried in Grandview.
The Story of Johnstown, by J. J. McLaurin, 1890. "Dr. Walters, whose office was on Vine Street, was hustled to the railroad bridge, prepared a partial list of the loss of life among this nationality (Welsh). He enrolled 140 victims, which may be regarded as approximately correct, and estimated the Welsh loss of property at upwards of a million dollars. The names on the Doctor's paper included Mary Ann, her children and family:
Union Street-- John Howells, wife Margaret J. "Maggie" Harris-Howells and 4-day-old son William Howells. His Father William, Mother Ann Morgan-Howells, and 15-year-old Sister Maggie.
River Street: Mary Ann Howells-Worthington (Mrs. Richard Henry) and three children—Mary Jane, Irene, and Richard, Jr.
Margaret J. "Maggie" Harris-Howells is buried in Woodlawn 3, and the plot is owned by William T. Harris, her father. She married John Howells in 1887. The bodies of John and baby William were not found, neither was the body of John's sister Maggie. Thomas Morgan Howells, son of William and Ann, born in 1876, apparently survived.
Possibly the other two children of Richard Henry and Mary Ann were found after the discovery of Mary Ann and one child.
In the 1904 obituary of William T. Harris, it reveals the death of his wife, daughter, son-in-law John Howells and their child.
"Mrs. Harris and her son-in-law and daughter, John and Margaret T. Harris- Howells, and the latter's child perished in the Great Flood. The Howells family lived on Union Street and Mrs. Harris was spending the day at their home. Mr. Harris and family were at their home on Walnut Street and were carried on the roof of the house up the Stonycreek River to Sandyvale Cemetery and then back to the debris at the Stone Bridge."
According to 1889 Johnstown City Directory, Richard Henry Worthington (Millhand) lived at rh 64 Conemaugh Street, 5-2. The number 5 is the number of people living there prior to the flood, and after the flood there were 2. We do not know who the other person was receiving shelter with Richard Henry.
Bodies were continually being brought in (to the morgues) as they were found. Burial needed to be hastened because of the fear of an epidemic that could be caused by rotting corpses. The cemeteries could not be reached from Johnstown. The bridges leading to Grandview Cemetery had been washed away. Except to the people of Kernville no road was open to any burial place. A temporary graveyard was established on a piece of ground back (?) of Prospect Hill. There were other temporary cemeteries in addition to Prospect Hill.
The original master list of the dead by Rev. Dr. David J. Beale was recently discovered and is preserved at the National Flood museum in Johnstown, PA. The following is written on page 65 of Morgue Book F, entry 9. Mrs. Richard Worthington; entry 10, Child of Mrs. Richard Worthington. According to notes in this book Mrs. R. Worthington and child were among bodies taken to Decker Cemetery (located at Decker and Beatrice Avenues in Morrellville). This also may have been a temporary Cemetery.
On Sunday, June 2, 1889, the temporary interments began.In October and November 1889 the victims in these shallow graves were exhumed and moved to Grandview Cemetery after a road was constructed to reach the cemetery. It opened in October 1889.
The tombstones of the Howells and Worthingtons at Grandview are gone, except for that of Richard Henry. The individual tombstones stated (Dates are burial dates)--Irene Worthington (age 3) 11/26/89, Mary Jane Worthington (age 6)11/23/89, Mrs. Richard Worthington 10/21/89 (age 28), and Richard Worthington, Jr., (age one) 11/21/89. Also buried there are May Worthington, 8/27/1893, 17-month old daughter of John and Mary Goff-Worthington who died of whooping cough. Mrs. Ann Howells (50), 11/26/89, a flood victim, William Howells (56)11/23/89, a flood victim and John Brown (31), 8/14/89 who died of heart disease.
Except for Grandview being blocked until October, there is one possible explanation for the spacing of the Worthington and Howells burials (10/21/1889 through 11/23/1889)in the Richard Henry family plot.
Possibly Richard Henry could not find his entire family until, "The plan to rebury the dead all in one place was promoted by Herman Baumer. The advantage of the scheme was that the reinterment of the dead would probably result in more corpses being identified. The Pennsylvania Flood Relief Commission liked the plan and bought 20,000 square feet in Grandview for the reburial plot. Perpetual care of the dead was provided for also. James M. Shutaker, who was searching for his drowned wife was appointed to the committee to arrange for the transfer of the bodies from the other cemeteries."
Descriptions of corpses were printed in the Johnstown Tribune in hopes that further identifications would be made. The remains were taken from the caskets in which they had first lain and put in magnificent new coffins. Two Oklahoma houses were erected in Grand View to accommodate the persons who traveled to the hilltop to search for their dead friends and relatives. On October 21, 1889, reinterment began. Funerals were held over the graves of the people whose bodies had been recognized during the transfer. The task of moving the dead was completed on November 28. A total of 844 bodies had been raised, of this number 76 were known and 34 others were identified. The unknowns were placed in the unknown plot and others were added later.
There are several sources confirming the death of Mary Ann Howells-Worthington, her three children--Mary Jane, Irene, and Richard, Jr., her parents, William and Ann Howells, siblings Maggie and John, sister-in-law "Maggie "Margaret J. Harris-Howells and 4-day-old nephew William, In the "Official history of the Johnstown flood, Authors: Connelly, Frank; Jenks, George C. Collection: Historic Pittsburgh General Text Collection, it states St. Columba Morgue, Cambria--Worthington, Mrs. R., and Child." (Child could be singular or plural.)
On June 14, 1889. Two lists appear in the newpaper…a record of the names of registered survivors and a partial listing of victims reported by the 13 temporary morgues set up to identify bodies recovered from the debris. Here again--
Columba Morgue, Worthington, Mrs. R. and Child.
The Victims of the 1889 Johnstown Flood, which was published in the Johnstown Tribune on July 31, 1890; Mary Ann and the three children are listed as buried in Grandview.
The Story of Johnstown, by J. J. McLaurin, 1890. "Dr. Walters, whose office was on Vine Street, was hustled to the railroad bridge, prepared a partial list of the loss of life among this nationality (Welsh). He enrolled 140 victims, which may be regarded as approximately correct, and estimated the Welsh loss of property at upwards of a million dollars. The names on the Doctor's paper included Mary Ann, her children and family:
Union Street-- John Howells, wife Margaret J. "Maggie" Harris-Howells and 4-day-old son William Howells. His Father William, Mother Ann Morgan-Howells, and 15-year-old Sister Maggie.
River Street: Mary Ann Howells-Worthington (Mrs. Richard Henry) and three children—Mary Jane, Irene, and Richard, Jr.
Margaret J. "Maggie" Harris-Howells is buried in Woodlawn 3, and the plot is owned by William T. Harris, her father. She married John Howells in 1887. The bodies of John and baby William were not found, neither was the body of John's sister Maggie. Thomas Morgan Howells, son of William and Ann, born in 1876, apparently survived.
Possibly the other two children of Richard Henry and Mary Ann were found after the discovery of Mary Ann and one child.
In the 1904 obituary of William T. Harris, it reveals the death of his wife, daughter, son-in-law John Howells and their child.
"Mrs. Harris and her son-in-law and daughter, John and Margaret T. Harris- Howells, and the latter's child perished in the Great Flood. The Howells family lived on Union Street and Mrs. Harris was spending the day at their home. Mr. Harris and family were at their home on Walnut Street and were carried on the roof of the house up the Stonycreek River to Sandyvale Cemetery and then back to the debris at the Stone Bridge."
According to 1889 Johnstown City Directory, Richard Henry Worthington (Millhand) lived at rh 64 Conemaugh Street, 5-2. The number 5 is the number of people living there prior to the flood, and after the flood there were 2. We do not know who the other person was receiving shelter with Richard Henry.
Bodies were continually being brought in (to the morgues) as they were found. Burial needed to be hastened because of the fear of an epidemic that could be caused by rotting corpses. The cemeteries could not be reached from Johnstown. The bridges leading to Grandview Cemetery had been washed away. Except to the people of Kernville no road was open to any burial place. A temporary graveyard was established on a piece of ground back (?) of Prospect Hill. There were other temporary cemeteries in addition to Prospect Hill.
The original master list of the dead by Rev. Dr. David J. Beale was recently discovered and is preserved at the National Flood museum in Johnstown, PA. The following is written on page 65 of Morgue Book F, entry 9. Mrs. Richard Worthington; entry 10, Child of Mrs. Richard Worthington. According to notes in this book Mrs. R. Worthington and child were among bodies taken to Decker Cemetery (located at Decker and Beatrice Avenues in Morrellville). This also may have been a temporary Cemetery.
On Sunday, June 2, 1889, the temporary interments began.In October and November 1889 the victims in these shallow graves were exhumed and moved to Grandview Cemetery after a road was constructed to reach the cemetery. It opened in October 1889.
The tombstones of the Howells and Worthingtons at Grandview are gone, except for that of Richard Henry. The individual tombstones stated (Dates are burial dates)--Irene Worthington (age 3) 11/26/89, Mary Jane Worthington (age 6)11/23/89, Mrs. Richard Worthington 10/21/89 (age 28), and Richard Worthington, Jr., (age one) 11/21/89. Also buried there are May Worthington, 8/27/1893, 17-month old daughter of John and Mary Goff-Worthington who died of whooping cough. Mrs. Ann Howells (50), 11/26/89, a flood victim, William Howells (56)11/23/89, a flood victim and John Brown (31), 8/14/89 who died of heart disease.
Except for Grandview being blocked until October, there is one possible explanation for the spacing of the Worthington and Howells burials (10/21/1889 through 11/23/1889)in the Richard Henry family plot.
Possibly Richard Henry could not find his entire family until, "The plan to rebury the dead all in one place was promoted by Herman Baumer. The advantage of the scheme was that the reinterment of the dead would probably result in more corpses being identified. The Pennsylvania Flood Relief Commission liked the plan and bought 20,000 square feet in Grandview for the reburial plot. Perpetual care of the dead was provided for also. James M. Shutaker, who was searching for his drowned wife was appointed to the committee to arrange for the transfer of the bodies from the other cemeteries."
Descriptions of corpses were printed in the Johnstown Tribune in hopes that further identifications would be made. The remains were taken from the caskets in which they had first lain and put in magnificent new coffins. Two Oklahoma houses were erected in Grand View to accommodate the persons who traveled to the hilltop to search for their dead friends and relatives. On October 21, 1889, reinterment began. Funerals were held over the graves of the people whose bodies had been recognized during the transfer. The task of moving the dead was completed on November 28. A total of 844 bodies had been raised, of this number 76 were known and 34 others were identified. The unknowns were placed in the unknown plot and others were added later.
Mary Ann came to the United States from Aberdare, Glamorganshire, South Wales, prior to August 1871 with her parents, William and Ann, and two brothers. She was the first wife of Richard Henry Worthington. She and Richard Henry had four children. William, one of their children died on September 16,1885, and Mary Ann and the other children died in the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Her parents, brother, his wife and child, and sister also perished in the flood.
There are several sources confirming the death of Mary Ann Howells-Worthington, her three children--Mary Jane, Irene, and Richard, Jr., her parents, William and Ann Howells, siblings Maggie and John, sister-in-law "Maggie "Margaret J. Harris-Howells and 4-day-old nephew William, In the "Official history of the Johnstown flood, Authors: Connelly, Frank; Jenks, George C. Collection: Historic Pittsburgh General Text Collection, it states St. Columba Morgue, Cambria--Worthington, Mrs. R., and Child." (Child could be singular or plural.)
On June 14, 1889. Two lists appear in the newpaper…a record of the names of registered survivors and a partial listing of victims reported by the 13 temporary morgues set up to identify bodies recovered from the debris. Here again--
Columba Morgue, Worthington, Mrs. R. and Child.
The Victims of the 1889 Johnstown Flood, which was published in the Johnstown Tribune on July 31, 1890; Mary Ann and the three children are listed as buried in Grandview.
The Story of Johnstown, by J. J. McLaurin, 1890. "Dr. Walters, whose office was on Vine Street, was hustled to the railroad bridge, prepared a partial list of the loss of life among this nationality (Welsh). He enrolled 140 victims, which may be regarded as approximately correct, and estimated the Welsh loss of property at upwards of a million dollars. The names on the Doctor's paper included Mary Ann, her children and family:
Union Street-- John Howells, wife Margaret J. "Maggie" Harris-Howells and 4-day-old son William Howells. His Father William, Mother Ann Morgan-Howells, and 15-year-old Sister Maggie.
River Street: Mary Ann Howells-Worthington (Mrs. Richard Henry) and three children—Mary Jane, Irene, and Richard, Jr.
Margaret J. "Maggie" Harris-Howells is buried in Woodlawn 3, and the plot is owned by William T. Harris, her father. She married John Howells in 1887. The bodies of John and baby William were not found, neither was the body of John's sister Maggie. Thomas Morgan Howells, son of William and Ann, born in 1876, apparently survived.
Possibly the other two children of Richard Henry and Mary Ann were found after the discovery of Mary Ann and one child.
In the 1904 obituary of William T. Harris, it reveals the death of his wife, daughter, son-in-law John Howells and their child.
"Mrs. Harris and her son-in-law and daughter, John and Margaret T. Harris- Howells, and the latter's child perished in the Great Flood. The Howells family lived on Union Street and Mrs. Harris was spending the day at their home. Mr. Harris and family were at their home on Walnut Street and were carried on the roof of the house up the Stonycreek River to Sandyvale Cemetery and then back to the debris at the Stone Bridge."
According to 1889 Johnstown City Directory, Richard Henry Worthington (Millhand) lived at rh 64 Conemaugh Street, 5-2. The number 5 is the number of people living there prior to the flood, and after the flood there were 2. We do not know who the other person was receiving shelter with Richard Henry.
Bodies were continually being brought in (to the morgues) as they were found. Burial needed to be hastened because of the fear of an epidemic that could be caused by rotting corpses. The cemeteries could not be reached from Johnstown. The bridges leading to Grandview Cemetery had been washed away. Except to the people of Kernville no road was open to any burial place. A temporary graveyard was established on a piece of ground back (?) of Prospect Hill. There were other temporary cemeteries in addition to Prospect Hill.
The original master list of the dead by Rev. Dr. David J. Beale was recently discovered and is preserved at the National Flood museum in Johnstown, PA. The following is written on page 65 of Morgue Book F, entry 9. Mrs. Richard Worthington; entry 10, Child of Mrs. Richard Worthington. According to notes in this book Mrs. R. Worthington and child were among bodies taken to Decker Cemetery (located at Decker and Beatrice Avenues in Morrellville). This also may have been a temporary Cemetery.
On Sunday, June 2, 1889, the temporary interments began.In October and November 1889 the victims in these shallow graves were exhumed and moved to Grandview Cemetery after a road was constructed to reach the cemetery. It opened in October 1889.
The tombstones of the Howells and Worthingtons at Grandview are gone, except for that of Richard Henry. The individual tombstones stated (Dates are burial dates)--Irene Worthington (age 3) 11/26/89, Mary Jane Worthington (age 6)11/23/89, Mrs. Richard Worthington 10/21/89 (age 28), and Richard Worthington, Jr., (age one) 11/21/89. Also buried there are May Worthington, 8/27/1893, 17-month old daughter of John and Mary Goff-Worthington who died of whooping cough. Mrs. Ann Howells (50), 11/26/89, a flood victim, William Howells (56)11/23/89, a flood victim and John Brown (31), 8/14/89 who died of heart disease.
Except for Grandview being blocked until October, there is one possible explanation for the spacing of the Worthington and Howells burials (10/21/1889 through 11/23/1889)in the Richard Henry family plot.
Possibly Richard Henry could not find his entire family until, "The plan to rebury the dead all in one place was promoted by Herman Baumer. The advantage of the scheme was that the reinterment of the dead would probably result in more corpses being identified. The Pennsylvania Flood Relief Commission liked the plan and bought 20,000 square feet in Grandview for the reburial plot. Perpetual care of the dead was provided for also. James M. Shutaker, who was searching for his drowned wife was appointed to the committee to arrange for the transfer of the bodies from the other cemeteries."
Descriptions of corpses were printed in the Johnstown Tribune in hopes that further identifications would be made. The remains were taken from the caskets in which they had first lain and put in magnificent new coffins. Two Oklahoma houses were erected in Grand View to accommodate the persons who traveled to the hilltop to search for their dead friends and relatives. On October 21, 1889, reinterment began. Funerals were held over the graves of the people whose bodies had been recognized during the transfer. The task of moving the dead was completed on November 28. A total of 844 bodies had been raised, of this number 76 were known and 34 others were identified. The unknowns were placed in the unknown plot and others were added later.
There are several sources confirming the death of Mary Ann Howells-Worthington, her three children--Mary Jane, Irene, and Richard, Jr., her parents, William and Ann Howells, siblings Maggie and John, sister-in-law "Maggie "Margaret J. Harris-Howells and 4-day-old nephew William, In the "Official history of the Johnstown flood, Authors: Connelly, Frank; Jenks, George C. Collection: Historic Pittsburgh General Text Collection, it states St. Columba Morgue, Cambria--Worthington, Mrs. R., and Child." (Child could be singular or plural.)
On June 14, 1889. Two lists appear in the newpaper…a record of the names of registered survivors and a partial listing of victims reported by the 13 temporary morgues set up to identify bodies recovered from the debris. Here again--
Columba Morgue, Worthington, Mrs. R. and Child.
The Victims of the 1889 Johnstown Flood, which was published in the Johnstown Tribune on July 31, 1890; Mary Ann and the three children are listed as buried in Grandview.
The Story of Johnstown, by J. J. McLaurin, 1890. "Dr. Walters, whose office was on Vine Street, was hustled to the railroad bridge, prepared a partial list of the loss of life among this nationality (Welsh). He enrolled 140 victims, which may be regarded as approximately correct, and estimated the Welsh loss of property at upwards of a million dollars. The names on the Doctor's paper included Mary Ann, her children and family:
Union Street-- John Howells, wife Margaret J. "Maggie" Harris-Howells and 4-day-old son William Howells. His Father William, Mother Ann Morgan-Howells, and 15-year-old Sister Maggie.
River Street: Mary Ann Howells-Worthington (Mrs. Richard Henry) and three children—Mary Jane, Irene, and Richard, Jr.
Margaret J. "Maggie" Harris-Howells is buried in Woodlawn 3, and the plot is owned by William T. Harris, her father. She married John Howells in 1887. The bodies of John and baby William were not found, neither was the body of John's sister Maggie. Thomas Morgan Howells, son of William and Ann, born in 1876, apparently survived.
Possibly the other two children of Richard Henry and Mary Ann were found after the discovery of Mary Ann and one child.
In the 1904 obituary of William T. Harris, it reveals the death of his wife, daughter, son-in-law John Howells and their child.
"Mrs. Harris and her son-in-law and daughter, John and Margaret T. Harris- Howells, and the latter's child perished in the Great Flood. The Howells family lived on Union Street and Mrs. Harris was spending the day at their home. Mr. Harris and family were at their home on Walnut Street and were carried on the roof of the house up the Stonycreek River to Sandyvale Cemetery and then back to the debris at the Stone Bridge."
According to 1889 Johnstown City Directory, Richard Henry Worthington (Millhand) lived at rh 64 Conemaugh Street, 5-2. The number 5 is the number of people living there prior to the flood, and after the flood there were 2. We do not know who the other person was receiving shelter with Richard Henry.
Bodies were continually being brought in (to the morgues) as they were found. Burial needed to be hastened because of the fear of an epidemic that could be caused by rotting corpses. The cemeteries could not be reached from Johnstown. The bridges leading to Grandview Cemetery had been washed away. Except to the people of Kernville no road was open to any burial place. A temporary graveyard was established on a piece of ground back (?) of Prospect Hill. There were other temporary cemeteries in addition to Prospect Hill.
The original master list of the dead by Rev. Dr. David J. Beale was recently discovered and is preserved at the National Flood museum in Johnstown, PA. The following is written on page 65 of Morgue Book F, entry 9. Mrs. Richard Worthington; entry 10, Child of Mrs. Richard Worthington. According to notes in this book Mrs. R. Worthington and child were among bodies taken to Decker Cemetery (located at Decker and Beatrice Avenues in Morrellville). This also may have been a temporary Cemetery.
On Sunday, June 2, 1889, the temporary interments began.In October and November 1889 the victims in these shallow graves were exhumed and moved to Grandview Cemetery after a road was constructed to reach the cemetery. It opened in October 1889.
The tombstones of the Howells and Worthingtons at Grandview are gone, except for that of Richard Henry. The individual tombstones stated (Dates are burial dates)--Irene Worthington (age 3) 11/26/89, Mary Jane Worthington (age 6)11/23/89, Mrs. Richard Worthington 10/21/89 (age 28), and Richard Worthington, Jr., (age one) 11/21/89. Also buried there are May Worthington, 8/27/1893, 17-month old daughter of John and Mary Goff-Worthington who died of whooping cough. Mrs. Ann Howells (50), 11/26/89, a flood victim, William Howells (56)11/23/89, a flood victim and John Brown (31), 8/14/89 who died of heart disease.
Except for Grandview being blocked until October, there is one possible explanation for the spacing of the Worthington and Howells burials (10/21/1889 through 11/23/1889)in the Richard Henry family plot.
Possibly Richard Henry could not find his entire family until, "The plan to rebury the dead all in one place was promoted by Herman Baumer. The advantage of the scheme was that the reinterment of the dead would probably result in more corpses being identified. The Pennsylvania Flood Relief Commission liked the plan and bought 20,000 square feet in Grandview for the reburial plot. Perpetual care of the dead was provided for also. James M. Shutaker, who was searching for his drowned wife was appointed to the committee to arrange for the transfer of the bodies from the other cemeteries."
Descriptions of corpses were printed in the Johnstown Tribune in hopes that further identifications would be made. The remains were taken from the caskets in which they had first lain and put in magnificent new coffins. Two Oklahoma houses were erected in Grand View to accommodate the persons who traveled to the hilltop to search for their dead friends and relatives. On October 21, 1889, reinterment began. Funerals were held over the graves of the people whose bodies had been recognized during the transfer. The task of moving the dead was completed on November 28. A total of 844 bodies had been raised, of this number 76 were known and 34 others were identified. The unknowns were placed in the unknown plot and others were added later.
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