Lester MCNEMAR

1898 - 1982  (84 years)

• Name	Lester MCNEMAR
  Born	29 May 1898	Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA
  Occupation	1930  [4]
  	steel mill worker
  Census	1940	Cambria Co, PA
  Occupation	coal mining shovel operator  [5]
  Residence	Pinellas Park, Pinellas Co, FL   [5]
  Residence	ALSO	Plant City, Hillsborough Co, FL   [6]
  Residence	UNTIL 1966	South Fork, Cambria Co, PA   [5]
  Died	20 Oct 1982	Pinellas Co, FL   [2, 7, 8]
  Buried	Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co, FL   [9]
  Notes	Lester McNemar's natural father is believed to have been a Hatfield. 1930 Census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (City of Johnstown), enumerated on Apr 8 1930: Lester McNemar, 31, married, age 25 at first marriage, born in W. Va., both parents born in W. Va., occupation laborer in steel mill; wife Ethel M, 27, age 21 at first marriage, born in Pa, both parents born in Pa; son Edward L, 5 yrs 7 mos, b. in Pa; son Robert P, 3 yrs 6 mos, b. in Pa. 1940 Census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (Croyle Twp, community of Rockville), enumerated on Apr 17 1940: Lester McNemar, 41, shovel operator in road construction; wife Ethel, 36; son Edward, 15; son Robert, 13; son Thomas, 9; dau Audrey, 6. (Note: There is currently no community named Rockville in Cambria County. Previously, however, there were two coal operations named Rockville located at South Fork in Cambria County: Rockville Coal & Lime Company and Rockville Mine. http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/camindexr.html )
  Person ID	I6024	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2015

  
  

  Relationship	Stepchild
  Mother	Margaret Ellen "Maggie" MCNEMAR,   b. 30 Apr 1874, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. CA 1961, Ebensburg, Cambria Co, PA  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F33236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ethel Mae LINGAFELT,   b. 20 May 1903, Pennsylvania ,   d. Nov 1972  (Age 69 years)
  Married	CA 1924  [4]
  Divorced	Y  [10]
  Children	1. Edward Lester MCNEMAR,   b. 10 Aug 1924, Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA ,   d. 31 Mar 1944, South Pacific  (Age 19 years)   2. Robert Paul MCNEMAR,   b. 13 Nov 1926, Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA ,   d. 30 Nov 1977  (Age 51 years)   3. Thomas Wilbur MCNEMAR,   b. 15 May 1930, Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA ,   d. 12 Dec 2010, South Fork, Cambria Co, PA  (Age 80 years)   4. Audrey MCNEMAR,   b. 2 Aug 1933, Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA ,   d. 15 Oct 2009, Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F19917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	June C. FOUST,   b. 1 Jun 1911, Homer City, Indiana Co, PA ,   d. 8 Apr 1996, St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co, FL  (Age 84 years)  [11, 12]
  Married	12 Nov 1955  [10]
  Family ID	F17317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  6024_LesterMcNemar_JuneCFoust_MemorialParkCem_StPetersburgFL.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  1930 Census, Johnstown, Cambria Co PA, 8 Apr 1930

  
  

• Sources

  [S1809] Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 43. Records show birth on May 29 1898, but not reported till May 17 1899. Child listed as Lester McNamer (sic), mother as Margaret E. McNemar (sic), age 22. Father not identified. Child was born before mother's marriage to Red Martin; natural father is not known. [S15] Social Security Death Index. [S1639] Death Record - Online. [S1898] 1930 Census. [S14] Obituary. [S1932] Social Security Death Index. [S2396] Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records). [S14] Obituary, St. Petersburg Times, 10/22/1982. [S5] Headstone. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com). [S110] Obituary of husband. [S692] Obituary of wife.