Misc. Notes
1900 Census, Hopewell, Beaver Co., PA
Potto, John, 49, day laborer, b. OH, father b. Indiana, mother b. OH
Blakely, Lizzie M., b. Jun 1852, 47, m. 27 years, 11 children/9 survive, housekeeper, b. OH, father b. PA, mother b. WV
Potto, Charles, son, b. March 1894, 6, b. PA, parents b. OH
1910 Census, Hopewell, Beaver Co., PA
Blakely, Nizzie, 58, widowed, 10 children/9 survive, b. OH, father b. PA, mother b. WV, laundress
Charley, son, 16, b. VA, parents b. OH, laborrer, odd jobs
1920 Census, South Heights, Beaver Co., PA
Blakly, Lizzie M., head, 66, widowed, b. OH, father b. PA, mother b. OH, no occ.
Alexander, Hugh, boarder, 46, b. PA, parents b. PA, laborer, odd jobs
Death crtificate names her as Nizzie Mascraska Blakley
Parents Morgan Grimm and Elizabeth Gallaway
Date/Place of birth: June 7, 1852, Jefferson Co., OH
Date/Place of death: Apr. 9, 1940, Steubenville, Jefferson Co., OH
Is Macraska a middle name, or a previous married name? Nizzie was estranged from her husband for 20-30 years before his death around 1928.
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