Dell Family Tree
The Dell Family of Germany > USA
My line: Phillip > Joseph > Margaret >
Annie > Anna
Margaret A. Dell
I am still seeking descendants of the children of Phillip H. Dell:
Catherine, Hannah, Rachel, Magdalena, Henry and Mary.
To view more photos and goodies, including the photo/certificate of
Philip Dell and Annie McDowell's 1876 wedding, scroll down below names.
According to family legend, Phillip Dell, a native of Germany, came
to the U.S. as a young man and settled near Philadelphia. He operated a stage coach route from
Philadelphia to Pittsburgh for many years. Later, he moved to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,
continuing the coach line while also engaging in the buying and selling of livestock. A member of
the Lutheran Church, he married Elizabeth Wisler [Wissler].
Descendants of Phillip H. Dell and Elizabeth Wissler
This descendancy chart, a work in progress, was compiled from
both proven and unproven sources. It may contain errors. As with
any family tree,
you should regard it as a guideline for your own
genealogical research.
Hope you find your ancestors here!
1 Phillip H. Dell b: Bet. 1790 - 1798 Germany Residence: 1830 Indiana Twp., Allegheny Co., PA; 1840 Allegheny Twp., Allegheny Co., PA d: 1842 Allegheny Co., PA
. + Elizabeth Wissler b: Abt. 1793 Switzerland m: 13 Apr 1813 German Reformed Church, Tohickson, Bucks Co., PA Father: John Musselman Wissler Mother: Catherine Harley Stauffer d: 8 Dec 1838
. 2 Margaret Dell Name Fact: Her given or middle name may be Ann or Annie b: 19 Mar 1814 d: Abt. 1889 Allegheny Co., PA
..... + David Conner
. 2 Catherine Dell b: 24 Jul 1815 d: Abt. 1890 Allegheny Co., PA
..... + John Faust
. 2 John Dell b: 18 Feb 1817 d: Australia
. 2 Elizabeth "Eliza" Dell b: 27 Sep 1818 d: 1910
..... + John Brown
. 2 Joseph Dell b: 19 Mar 1820 Residence: 1840 Ohio Twp., Allegheny Co., PA; 1850 Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA Occupation: Coal miner, canal boatman d: Bef. 1880 Fact 1: Death year may be 1896
..... + Anna "Annie" Springer b: 30 May 1820 near Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA m: 17 May 1840 Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA Father: Unknown Springer Mother: Unknown Person d: Bet. 1893 - 1908 Homestead, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
.... 3 Margaret A. Dell b: 18 May 1841 PA
........ + Joseph R. Altman b: 5 Nov 1833 Armstrong Co., PA Father: John Aultman Mother: Maria A. Tough d: Aft. 1896
....... 4 Joseph B. Altman b: 3 Mar 1860
....... 4 Daughter Altman b: 20 Jul 1861
....... 4 Margaret A. Altman b: 26 Apr 1863 Green Springs, PA
....... 4 Edmond S. Altman b: 16 Mar 1865 Green Springs, PA
....... 4 Willis W. Altman b: 24 Apr 1867 Beck's Run, Allegheny Co., PA d: 1901 Allegheny Co., PA
........... + Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" Prosser b: 4 Aug 1865 Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA m: 1 Oct 1889 Homestead, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
.......... 5 Nellie May Altman b: 26 May 1892 d: 5 Jun 1892
.......... 5 Hannah Gail Altman b: 14 Sep 1896 d: 22 Feb 1897
....... 4 Clarence R. Altman b: 24 Aug 1869 Beck's Run, PA
....... 4 Annie Dell Altman b: 24 Oct 1871 Blossomville, Allegheny Co., PA d: 10 Nov 1912 near Star City, Monongalia Co., WV
........... + George Franklin Jacobs b: 26 Aug 1868 Washington Co., MD m: 18 Dec 1890 Homestead, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Father: Johann Adam Jacobs Mother: Sarah A. Miller Residence: 1891 Homestead, Allegheny Co., PA; 1897 Markleysburg, Fayette Co., PA; 1900-1910 Owned home in Morgan, Monongalia Co., WV; 1920-1930 Star City, Monongalia Co., WV; 1940s, moved self and children to CA. Occupation: 1890 Glass packer; 1900-1910 farmer; later a baker, storekeeper; manager of Star City, WV P.O.; book peddlar, minister. Religion: Methodist to abt. 1920, then Jehovah's witness. d: 14 Apr 1957 Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk, Los Angeles Co., CA Burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Lot 75, Plot "Cyprus," Division C, outside grave.
.......... 5 Ivy Altman Jacobs b: 25 Nov 1891 Homestead, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA d: 19 Jul 1948
.............. + William L. Maurer b: 1892 m: 12 Dec 1914 Morgantown, Monongalia Co., WV d: 24 Mar 1960 Burial: Cameron, Marshall Co., WV
.......... 5 George Joseph Jacobs b: 4 Sep 1893 Homestead, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Military service: Army d: 17 May 1918 in the Great Influenza Epidemic at Camp Lee, VA Fact 1: Never married, NO ISSUE
.......... 5 Lucille Jacobs b: 1 Dec 1895 Homestead, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA d: 3 Jul 1968 Torrance, Los Angeles Co., CA
.............. + Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Riley b: 7 Jun 1895 VA m: Bef. 1918 d: 24 Sep 1971 Lake Isabella, Kern Co., CA Burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., CA
.......... 5 Son Jacobs b: 11 Apr 1897 Markleysburg, Fayette Co., PA d: 12 Apr 1897
.......... 5 Harry Adam "Blackie" Jacobs b: 21 Apr 1898 on farm near Markleysburg, Fayette Co., PA Occupation: Worked in a Morgantown, WV glass factory, where he met his wife. Later, a mule skinner in the coal mines of WV, drove the mules that pulled the carts that carried the coal out of the mines. Later in CA, worked for Superior Oil. d: 27 Apr 1958 CA Fact 1: He always exalted the intelligence of mules over that of horses. Fact 2: Developed black lung from working in the coal mines and was told by his doctor to move to a drier climate, though he wouldn't live long. He moved to CA [was followed by his siblings] and lived a long life there.
.............. + Lilly "Pearl" St. Clair b: 22 Nov 1901 d: 9 Dec 1982 CA
.......... 5 Anna Margaret Jacobs b: 29 Jan 1902 Cheat Neck, WV d: 27 Aug 1964 CA
.............. + Edgar Tillman b: 14 Dec 1899 Bridgeton, Cumberland Co., NJ m: 8 Jan 1923 Cumberland, Allegany Co., MD Father: William Smith Mother: Lea Tilmans d: 24 Jun 1978 Medford, Jackson Co., OR
.......... 5 Dwight Stanley Jacobs b: 17 Jul 1906 Cheat Neck, WV Residence: 1930 Star City, Monongalia, WV Occupation: Owned and operated a store on New Hope Road, Grants Pass, Josephine Co., OR d: Feb 1965 Grants Pass, Josephine Co., OR
.............. + Veronica Vivian Andresky b: 1 Jan 1900 Glassport, Allegheny Co., PA m: Jan 1924 Cumberland, Allegany Co., MD Father: Martin Andresky Mother: Mary Scoke or Scoki d: 1 Jan 1971 Grants Pass, Josephine Co., OR
.... 3 Elizabeth Dell b: 1844 PA
.... 3 Annie Dell b: Abt. 1847 PA
........ + John Sharp b: Sep 1847 m: 13 Nov 1865 Squire Humbert's, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Occupation: 1900 Ferryman
....... 4 John Sharp b: 10 Aug 1866 Residence: 1900 Rented house d: 1 Jun 1917
........... + Mary Unknown m: 1888
.......... 5 Ethel Sharp b: Jan 1889
.......... 5 Vera B. Sharp b: 1891
.......... 5 Wilbert V. Sharp b: 1893
....... 4 Thomas Sharp b: 17 Jun 1869 Occupation: 1900 Day laborer d: 22 Apr 1951
........... + Margery Doran m: 31 Dec 1890 St. Thomas Church, Braddock, Allegheny Co., PA Father: James Doran Mother: Mary Mullooly
.......... 5 John Sharpe b: Apr 1892 d: Dec 1974
.......... 5 Charles Sharpe b: Jan 1894 d: Jul 1942
.......... 5 Stella Sharpe b: 15 Jan 1896
.......... 5 Mae Sharpe b: 28 May 1898 d: Dec 1978
.......... 5 Thomas Leo Sharpe b: 13 Feb 1901 d: 5 Aug 1977 Jefferson Borough, Allegheny Co., PA Burial: 8 Aug 1977 Jefferson Memorial Park, Pleasant Hills, Allegheny Co., PA Undertaker: R. V. Anderson, Homestead, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
.............. + Mildred Agnes Smith b: 11 Oct 1902 Father: Seanor Smith Mother: Mary Unknown
.......... 5 Margery Sharpe b: 31 Oct 1903 d: Sep 1904
.......... 5 Dorothy Sharpe b: 7 Apr 1905
.......... 5 James Sharpe b: 10 May 1912 d: Mar 1977
....... 4 Charles Sharp b: 16 Feb 1873
....... 4 Elizabeth Sharp b: 4 Jan 1874 d: 7 Apr 1941
....... 4 Howard Alexander Sharp b: 23 Mar 1878 Mifflin Twp., Allegheny Co., PA d: 22 Jun 1955 Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA Burial: Jun 1955 Braddock Hills, Monongahela Cemetery, Allegheny Co., PA
........... + Florence May Johnstonbaugh b: 3 Jul 1872 Centre Co., PA m: 17 Oct 1901 Braddock, Allegheny Co., PA
.......... 5 Howard Alexander Sharp
.......... 5 Sarah Margaret Sharp
.......... 5 Clay Johnstonbaugh Sharp
....... 4 Ann Sharp b: 13 Oct 1880
....... 4 Maud Sharp b: 6 Feb 1884
....... 4 Bert Sharp b: 16 Feb 1886 d: 28 Mar 1938
.... 3 Lydia Dell b: Abt. Jan 1850
.... 3 Mary J. Dell b: Aft. 1850
........ + Grant Hays
.... 3 U. Grant Dell b: Bet. 1857 - 1865 PA Occupation: 1880 Farm boy Organization: Member, Odd Fellows Burial: Homestead Cemetery, Homestead, Allegheny Co., PA
........ + Unknown 2nd Wife
.... *2nd Wife of U. Grant Dell:
........ + Elizabeth Unknown Burial: Homestead Cemetery, Homestead, Allegheny Co., PA
....... 4 Bryce Dell b: Abt. 1887 d: Abt. 1907 Burial: Homestead Cemetery, Allegheny Co., PA
....... 4 Margaret Dell b: Abt. 1888 PA Burial: Homestead Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
....... 4 Earl Dell b: 14 Dec 1888 PA Residence: Homestead, Allegheny Co., PA Organization: Member, Odd Fellows d: Sep 1969 Homestead, Allegheny Co., PA Burial: Homestead Cemetery, B-Ring, Homestead, Allegheny Co., PA Fact 1: Friends with Grant Hays
........... + Henrietta Hugan b: 1895 m: 1915 d: 1992 Homestead, Allegheny Co., PA Burial: Homestead Cemetery, B-Ring, Homestead, Allegheny Co., PA
.......... 5 Margaret Dell b: Aft. 1915 Residence: Homestead, Allegheny Co., PA; abt. 1878 to Southern CA Occupation: Worked at U.S. Steel Retirement: 1978 From U.S. Steel d: 14 Aug 1999 Oceanside, San Diego Co., CA Burial: 21 Aug 1999 Homestead, Allegheny Co., PA Undertaker: George Irvin Green Funeral Home Fact 1: An avid reader, active in programs at the Carnegie Library and at local elementary schools
.............. + Wilbur Ross
.......... 5 Wilbur Dell d: Aft. Aug 1999 Burial: Homestead Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
.............. + Oneta Evans
.......... 5 Richard H. Dell d: 1 Feb 2003 Burial: Homestead Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
.............. + Elizabeth Forrest
.......... 5 Robert Dell d: Bef. 1999 Burial: Homestead Cemetery, Allegheny Co., PA
.............. + Marian Gruen
. 2 Phillip Wilson Dell b: 21 Nov 1821 PA d: 1882 TX
..... + Sarah Elizabeth Allen d: 1882 TX
.... 3 Mary Elizabeth Dell b: 1876 Houston, Harris Co., TX
.... 3 Phillip Dell d: 1894
. 2 Hannah Dell b: 30 Jun 1823
. 2 Rachel Dell b: 10 Dec 1824 d: Abt. 1909
. 2 Magdelena Dell b: 23 Jan 1827
. 2 Jacob Dell b: 1 Jan 1829 Allegheny Co., PA Occupation: 1860 Brick moulder d: 1904 Duquesne, Allegheny Co., PA
..... + Mary A. Harman b: 1831 Westmoreland Co., PA Father: Philip Harman Mother: Margaret McClain
. *2nd Wife of Jacob Dell:
..... + Mary Ann Harman b: 10 Aug 1830 Donegal, Westmoreland Co., PA m: 1850
.... 3 Phillip W. Dell b: 27 Feb 1852 d: 8 Jul 1933
........ + Susanna "Annie" McDowell b: 23 Apr 1856 m: 27 Apr 1876 Bolivar, Westmoreland Co., PA d: 30 Mar 1905 Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA
....... 4 Burt Wesley Dell
....... 4 Forest Dell
....... 4 Jake Dell
....... 4 John Dell
....... 4 Pearl Dell b: 1881
....... 4 Samuel Hardy Dell b: 15 Mar 1883
....... 4 Eva Dell b: 6 Mar 1887 d: 10 Jun 1902
........... + Jess Dudley
....... 4 Bessie Viola Dell b: 1888
....... 4 Philip Dell b: 1891 d: 1912
.... 3 William Franklin Dell b: 21 Aug 1853 Bolivar, Westmoreland Co., PA d: 21 Oct 1925 Duquesne, Allegheny Co., PA Burial: Richland Cemetery, Dravosburg, PA
........ + Mary Catherine Bain b: 10 Aug 1856 Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA m: 1 Jul 1875 Clearfield, PA Father: Robert Bain Mother: Catherine Weir d: 30 Mar 1943 Duquesne, Allegheny Co., PA
....... 4 Mary Lillias "Lillie" Dell aka: Lillie Dell b: 31 Mar 1876 d: 21 Oct 1917
........... + J. Edward Lytle m: 29 Aug 1901 Duquesne, Allegheny Co., PA
.......... 5 Roberta Geraldine Lytle b: 29 May 1902
.............. + Russell Estep b: 23 Feb 1901 m: Bef. 1929 Duquesne, Allegheny Co., PA d: Sep 1981
.......... 5 Russell Lytle
....... 4 Robert Bain Dell b: 29 May 1879 PA Residence: 1920 Duquesne, Allegheny Co., PA Occupation: 1920 Surveyor. Also a city engineer in Duquesne, PA for many years. d: 1955
........... + Marie R. "Maisie" Doney aka: Maisie Doney b: Abt. 1882 m: Abt. 1903
.......... 5 William Dell b: Abt. 1905
.......... 5 Robert Dell b: Abt. 1908
.......... 5 Dorothy Dell b: Abt. 1911 Maternity: Had several children
.............. + Edward Herschberg Name Fact: Surname also appears as Hirschberg
.......... 5 Henry Dell b: Abt. 1915
....... 4 Jay Foster Dell b: 26 Jun 1882
....... 4 Charles Russell Dell b: 27 Jul 1883 d: 10 Oct 1905 Denver, CO Burial: 15 Oct 1905 Richland Cemetery, Dravosburg, PA
....... 4 Willa Maude Dell b: 19 Jun 1887 Courtney, PA d: May 1978 Duquesne, Allegheny Co., PA Fact 1: Never married, no issue
....... 4 Hazel Dell b: 15 May 1890 d: Abt. 1893 Burial: McKeesport, PA
....... 4 Mabel Elizabeth Dell b: 15 Nov 1895 Duquesne, Allegheny Co., PA d: 22 Dec 1941 Duquesne, Allegheny Co., PA Burial: Richland Cemetery, Dravosburg, PA
........... + Wallace Roscoe Yoder b: 3 Aug 1900 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA m: 22 Oct 1930 Duquesne, Allegheny Co., PA Father: Edwin Yoder Mother: Mary Cochran d: 27 Jul 1969 McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA
.......... 5 Anna Belle Yoder b: 3 May 1932 McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA
.............. + Frederic Philip Emery m: 16 Jan 1960 McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA
.... 3 Margaretta Dell b: 1854
........ + Thomas Edwards
.... 3 Henry P. Dell b: 1856 PA d: 1904 Westmoreland Co., PA
........ + Mary H. Unknown
.... *2nd Wife of Henry P. Dell:
........ + Ella Unknown b: Abt. 1859 PA m: Abt. 1881
....... 4 Mary Dell b: Abt. 1883 PA
....... 4 Ernest Dell b: Abt. 1886 PA
....... 4 Harry Dell b: Abt. 1888 PA
....... 4 Eva Dell b: Abt. 1895 PA
....... 4 Beryl Dell b: Abt. 1898 PA
....... 4 Walton Dell b: Abt. 1900 PA
.... 3 Rosa Jane Dell b: 1859
.... 3 Viola Dell b: 1865 Residence: 1880 at home with father Jacob Dell
.... 3 Nannie Dell b: 1867
.... 3 Mary Catherine "Kate" Dell b: Feb 1870 PA
........ + William J. Horton b: Abt. 1863 PA m: Abt. 1895 Occupation: 1910 Foreman, steel mill
....... 4 Beryl L. Horton b: Abt. 1896 PA Residence: 1910 Clairton Borough, Allegheny Co., PA
....... 4 William D. Horton b: Abt. 1898
....... 4 Phillip W. Horton b: Abt. 1903
.... 3 John J. Dell b: 18 Aug 1871 PA
........ + Flora May Clark b: Abt. 1882 PA m: 24 Aug 1903 Allegheny Co., PA
....... 4 Harmon Dell Name Fact: Given name may be Harman b: 3 Oct 1908 PA d: Sep 1973
....... 4 Lenora Dell b: Abt. Feb 1910 PA
.... 3 Elsie E. Dell b: Oct 1874 PA
........ + William A. Edwards b: Jan 1867 England m: Abt. 1897
....... 4 Genevieve Edwards b: Feb 1899 OH
....... 4 Eunice M. Edwards b: 6 Sep 1900 PA d: Aug 1984
........... + Daniel Mehl b: 2 Oct 1898 d: Mar 1981
.......... 5 Joan Mehl b: Abt. 1932
.......... 5 John Mehl b: Aft. 1932
....... 4 Elsie Lois Edwards b: Abt. 1907 PA
........... + Alexander Lawson b: 26 Apr 1910 d: 2 Jul 1993 Homestead, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
. 2 Henry Dell b: 19 Jun 1831 Occupation: Farmer d: 1904 Westmoreland Co., PA
. 2 Mary Dell b: 4 Mar 1834 d: Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH
..... + William Bailes
Thanks to my cousins who helped with
this line: Annabelle, Bob, Derric, Don, Jake, Jan, Kailani, Katie, Lois, Norma, Richard and Ruthann.
Ruthann, who provided the photo
at left, writes: "I'm pretty sure this is John J. Dell (Jack) born in 1871. This isn't 100% sure,
but he was very
close to our Horner family and they lived in Duquesne. The reason I think it is him: Jack
was a close friend of my grandfather, Robert Wilson Horner, and he was born in 1872. The
time frame is right. However, I don't have John J.'s info on how he made it to Duquesne. I
do have Jack's name on his photo in my dad's handwriting. That's 100% sure."
The 1876 Wedding of Philip Dell and Annie McDowell
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