Swatara Furnace - Page 9,1830

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The above scan  -  Page 9, top, May 19th, 20th,21st and 22nd 1830

New Surnames on the top part of page 9

Peter Wile and Mich Shucker

It looks like we might have a Blacksmith or a Blacksmith's helpers name now. "To Peter Wile  for 5 day Blacksmith", Now, Wiles was paid only $3.00 for five days work, that is only 60 cents a day, one would think a Blacksmith would get more than 60 cents a day, perhaps Mr. Wile was a "Helper" or doing something else at the shop. Next we have Mich Shucker, he was paid $49.50 (not shown on scan) for 150 bushels of lime, that was 33 cents a bushel.

The above scan - Page 9, bottom, May 22nd 1830

Four new Surnames on the bottom of page 9

 Arthur Kelly, John Ketner, a Sheaffer and the last name at the bottom of the page which I can't figure out.

Kelley was paid 12 1/2 cents for something, it looks like John Kentner paid Guildford and Eckert $3.00 for something. At the bottom of the page we have two Stonemasons, Mr. Sheaffer and B???, $11.60 each for 14 1/2 days work at 80 cents a day.

Swatara Furnace - Page 8, 1830

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The above scan  -  Page 8, top, May 13th 1830, 

There are some new surnames in the top block for May 13th, a couple of them are hard to make out though.

Wm Tower (maybe Wm Power) from an ealier post.

Geo Walter

John Cetner Sei - ???

Hugh Reenan

James Riley

In the third block down we have "Dumb Wonder" selling beef again and "Valentine Stahl" supplying butter, eggs and milk. 

The above scan  -  Page 8, bottom, May 13th, 18th and 19th, 1830

No new surnames on the bottom of page 8. There are some interesting figures though: In the top block Jacob Wolf was paid $14.32 for 179 bushels of coal, (8 cents a bushel). Also, the labor rate was 50 cents a day, Henry Felty, paid $2.00 for four days work, both James Riley and Hugh Keenan, (third block down) were paid $5.75 for 11 1/2 days work at 50 cents a day.

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Swatara Furnace - Page 7, 1830

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The above scan - Page 7, Top, May 1830, 6th, 8th and 10th.

It looks like there are only two new surnames in the top section of page seven. we have a "John Richer and Mich Yerger". Two of my classmates at the Outwood School were Alma and Mark Yerger, maybe the same family? who knows?

I'm planning to set up some kind surname index here at home so I don't post surnames as being new when I have said they were new several posts back, there may be a few that slip through at times though, however, I will repeat surnames when they are connected with something I feel is a little out of the ordinary day to day activities.

 

The above scan - Page 7 Bottom, May 1830, 11th, 12th and 13th.

The new surnames at the bottom half of page seven are as follows:

Catherine Wolf, Mich Shucker and Wm Power