I sure wish I had a photograph of this lady. Unfortunately, several of the Poole sisters did not have children. Any of their remembrances undoubtably are deep in a Pittsburgh landfill.
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| Sampson Frum Pool's Farm underlined in red at top of map |
There were very few stories passed down to me regarding any of the Poole family, even my paternal great grandmother, Annabell's sister, Jessie Poole VanGilder. I guess I come from a family that did not talk about family. It has hampered my genealogical research and so much depends on whatever research I am able to locate. Fortunately I have been able to find some documentation about Annabell.
The Poole children did attend a country school nearby, Woodland School #2. My paternal great grandmother was a student there in 1888. Her teacher was George Ethelbert VanGilder, who she married three years later.
From the few newspaper articles I have found, the Poole girls were close and throughout their lives and they all removed from Morgantown to the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area in the early 1900's.
The 1900 West Virginia census listed Annabell, age twenty-four, living on the farm with her parents and employed as a cook. She was employed full time and able to read, write and speak English. I am assuming that she was a cook for a local restaurant, not assisting her mother as a cook at home. Side note, this census was enumerated by Annabell's brother-in-law and my paternal great grandfather, George Ethelbert VanGilder.
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| Marion County West Virginia Marriage Records page 550 |
Elias was employed as an engineer with the B&O Railroad Company. He was married first to Priscilla Christine Holland. Three years after her death on July 8, 1899 in Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia he married Annabell. Elias and Priscilla had a daughter, Edna Letitia Davis. Edna married Harry Brownfield Crane in Fairmont West Virginia four days before her father remarried on January 5, 1903.
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| 1910 Pennsylvania Census April 23, 1910 Knoxville Brough, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County  |
Annabell, Mrs. E.B. Davis , is visiting her older sister, Mrs. John Pinyerd, Sarah Ann Poole, in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania. Also visiting from Morgantown is their cousin Mrs. William Murphy, Jeannette Harner.
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| 1920 Pennsylvania Census Knoxville Borough, Allegheny County January 12, 1920 |
Davis, Ellias B., Head, Owns his house free of mortgage, male, white, age 70, married, he can read and write, born in Pennsylvania, both parents born in Pennsylvania, speaks English, is not employed.
Davis, Annabell, Wife, female, white, age 39, can read and write, born in West Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, is not employed.
Hendrycy, George, Lodger, male, white, age 27, married, can read and write, born in New York, both parents born in New York, speaks English, employed as an agent for an advertising company, works on his own account.
Hendrycy, Marie, Lodger, female, white, age 28, married, can read and write, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Germany, mother born in the United States, speaks English, not employed.
A lodger rents a room in another person's house and could be able to use the kitchen.
This is a brief notice that appeared in The Charleroi Mail on November 26, 1921. I have to thank Sarah Poole Pineyard (Pinyerd) for alerting the local newspaper whenever she had a visitor or she visited. And also thank Ancestry for having decades of the newspaper searchable on their website. In this particular article three Poole sisters spent the afternoon together.
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times
Sunday, November 4, 1923
Section 6, page 5
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| The Pittsburgh Press Friday, January 27, 1928 page 42 |
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| West Virginia Willa and Probate Records 1724-1978 Wills Volume 8-9 1924-1929 page 267-268 |
Annabell was the guest of honor at a fifty-third birthday party given by her sister, Sarah Poole Pinyerd in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania.
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| 1929 Pittsburgh City Directory |
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| The Daily Republican Monongahela, Pennsylvania August 25, 1933 page 2 |
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| 1934 Pittsburgh City Directory |
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| 1938 Pittsburgh City Directory |
re: Annabel
Poole Davis-- believed she lived in Knoxville outside of Pittsburgh,
PA. It was said that her second husband,
Thomas, wanted her inheritance. Kae had
a hard time believing that the inheritance amounted to much of anything.
Cousin Kae was accurate about Knoxville; however, it appears that Annabell did have an inheritance from her first husband. It's now anyone's guess as to why Annabell divorced Thomas C. Porter. Perhaps the family story is correct.
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| 1940 Pennsylvania Census Pittsburgh, Allegheny County April 16, 1940 |
411 Rochelle Street
Davis, Annabel, Head, female, white, age 64, widow, born in West Virginia, lived in the same house in 1935, works in her house, no weeks worked, no income, has income from other sources. Value of her house $5,600.00
Petterman, H. John (Henry John Peterman), Lodger, male, age 48, married, born in Pennsylvania, lived in the same place in 1935, worked at private work for 50 hours a week at a Plumbing & Heating company in sales, worked 45 weeks, income $2880.00.
Linkert, Marie, Lodger, female, white, single, age 28, graduated high school, born in Pennsylvania, lived in the same house in 1935, works at private work 40 hours per week as an office clerk at a Water Company, worked 52 weeks, income $900.00.
Parnella, Nicholas, Lodger, female, white, married, age 26, graduated high school, born in Pennsylvania, lived in the same place in 1935, works at private work 40 hours per week as a laborer in a steel mill, worked 42 weeks, income $1,000.00.
Petterman, Marie E. (Marie Edith Peterman), Lodger, female, white, married, age 33, graduated high school, born in Pennsylvania, lived in Los Angeles, California in 1935, works at private work 40 hours per week as a stenographer at a Plumbing & Heating Company, worked 40 weeks, income $850.00.
Anabell is supplementing her income with four lodgers, one married couple and two singles. Several realtors listed 411 Rochelle as having five bedrooms. Imagine all these folks sharing the one bathroom!
I would like to mention that other Poole siblings ran boarding houses. My paternal great grandmother, Jessie Poole VanGilder ran boarding houses in West Virginia, Woodlawn and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before she was employed as a stewardess on river boats. Another sibling, Sarah Ann Pinyerd ran a maternity boarding house in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania. Finally, another sibling, Olive Poole Reeves ran a boarding house on the North side of Pittsburgh.
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| 1940 Pittsburgh City Directory |
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| 1943 Pittsburgh City Directory |
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| Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph Thursday, September 25, 1947 page 31 |
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| The Pittsburgh Press Friday, September 26, 1947 page 36 |
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