Peter Pilar

Birth Name Peter Pilar
Gender male
Age at Death about 83 years, 25 days

Narrative

The Gallahers of New Washington, Pennsylvania, family tree at ancestry.com, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/67537563/person/36171572292/facts

says this about Peter
Marriage 22-Nov-1893, Leisenring, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

No sources are given, but Peter is the great-grandfather of the home person's wife. I assume that this information came through the family.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1868 Livo, Hungary   1a 2a
Event Note

his 1900 census said Peter was born in October 1868. Hie likely entry on the Hamburg Passenger List said that his previous place of residence was Livo. -- was he born there?
His death record, with son Joseph as informant, said he was born June 29, 1867 in Austria.

Departure February 8, 1891 Hamburg, Germany   2a
Event Note

This looks like it is probably a record of Peter's departure from Hamburg for America. Most of this comes from relying on Ancestry.com's index and transcription.
Note that immediately above him on the image of the manifest is Josef Repka/Repko, 18, from Famink?, Hungary. There was a man by this name, whose age and birthplace match, in Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, in 1910.

Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934
Name: Pietro Pilar
Departure Date: 8 Feb 1891
Age: 24
Gender: männlich (Male)
Bisheriger Wohnort (Previous place of residence): Livo, Ungarn (Hungary)
Occupation: Arbeiter [worker, laborer]
professional standing: unreadable
Ship Name: Suevia
Captain: Ludwig
Shipping Clerk: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft
Shipping line: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft
Ship Type: Dampfschiff
Accommodation: Zwischendeck
Ship Flag: Deutschland
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Port of Arrival: New York

Immigration February 24, 1891 New York, New York County, New York, United States   3a 1a
Event Note

New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
arrival 24 February 1891, New York
ship: Suevia

Josef Ropko, 18, coke man, citizen of Hungary, destination: Pennsylvania, hailing place or place of starting: Timink?, Limink?
Piotro Pilar, age 24, coke man, citizen of Hungary, destination: Pennsylvania, hailing place or place of starting: Livo

Census (Head) June 14, 1900 Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a
Event Note

1900 Census Mount Pleasant Township, (United & Heda districts), Westmoreland County, PA, ED 123, sheet 19B
June 14, 1900

note: there is a Mik Pilar just a few families before Peter.

Peter Pilar, 31, October 1868, married 7 years, born in Austria, parents also, arrived 1891, alien, occupation: C Drawer [coke drawer], unemployed 3 months last year
Annie Pilar, 30, November 1869, married 7 years, 5 children, 4 alive, born in Austria, parents also, arrived 1892
Annie Pilar, 6, December 1893, born in Pennsylvania
Mary Pilar, 4, April 1896, born in Pennsylvania
Mike Pilar, 2, November 1898, born in Pennsylvania
Peter Pilar, 1, March 1899, born in Pennsylvania

[months were not all readable]

United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3HM-B6P : accessed 21 March 2016), Peter Tilar, Mount Pleasant Township, United & Heda Districts (excl. Mt. Pleasant Borough), Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 19B, family 348

Census (Head) April 15, 1910 Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   4a
Event Note

1910 Census Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, ED 169, sheet 13B
Apr 15, 1910

renting, no street or number
note: there is a Mike Palyr a few families after Peter

Peter Pillar, 41, married 2x, this time for 9 years, born in Austria-Hungary, parents also, spoke Russian, arrived 1891, alien, coke drawer, coke works, not out of work in previous year,
Katie Pillar, 30, married 1x, this time for 9 years, 9 children, 4 alive, born in Austria-Hungary, parents also, spoke Slovak, arrived 1900
Annie Pillar, 17
Mary Pillar, 15
Mike Pillar, 14
Peter Pillar, 11
Tressie Pillar, 9
Susan Pillar, 6
Katie Pillar, 5
George Pillar, 3
Joseph Pillar, 1

all children born in Pennsylvania

United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG67-BKC : accessed 21 March 2016), Peter Pillar, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 169, sheet 13B

Death January 26, 1951 Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   5a
Event Note

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963, ancestry.com
Peter (Pillar) Pelar
died January 26, 1951
died in Rural Mt Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co
address: Trauger PA, Box 45
usual residence: same
length of stay in this place: 60 years
white, male, widower, age 83
born June 29, 1867, Austria
US Citizen
occupation: retired coke drawer, coal mine
father: Peter Pelar
mother's name: not ascertainable
cause of death: pneumonia (bronchial), 3 days
other significant conditions: senility
no autopsy
informant: Joseph Pelar, Trauger, PA
burial: January 30, 1951, St Mary's Greek Catholic Cemetery, Trauger, Mt Pleasant, Westmoreland Co

Burial January 30, 1951 Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Trauger, Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States   5a
Event Note

findagrave.com
Peter Pelar, born 1867, died 1951
buried: Saint Marys Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Trauger, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA

Find A Grave Memorial# 145448719

headstone shared with second wife Catherine

Families

Family of Peter Pilar and Annie Cservenyak

Married Wife Annie Cservenyak ( b. November 1869 d. about 1901 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about 1892     1a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Annie Pilarabout December 1893
Mary PilarMay 6, 1896June 19, 1925
Michael Pilarabout November 1898
Peter Pilarabout March 1899
Theresa E PilarJanuary 29, 1901February 2, 1955

Family of Peter Pilar and Catherine

Married Wife Catherine ( b. about 1880 d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about 1901     4a

Source References

  1. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Peter Pilar, Mount Pleasant Township, (United & Heda districts), Westmoreland County, PA, ED 123, sheet 19B
  2. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934
      • Page: Pietro Pilar, departure 8 Feb 1891, ship: Suevia
  3. New York Passenger Lists
      • Page: Piotro Pilar, 24 February 1891, ship: Suevia
  4. 1910 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Peter Pillar, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, ED 169, sheet 13B
  5. Pennsylvania Death Certificates
      • Page: Peter Pelar, January 26, 1951, Westmoreland Co