Elizabeth Helen Berish
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Born on February 1,1908 in Clymer, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She was the sixth oldest child to Michael Berish and Anna P. Mudry.
Description
Elizabeth was average in build and stature. She had brown hair and brown eyes.
Early Years
- Childhood -
- Siblings
Education
Completed the eighth grade.
Religion
Elizabeth was baptized into the Catholic faith on February 9, 1908 at St. Petricil Church in Cameron's Bottom, Heilwood County, PA .
She was a member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church.
Family Years
Married Joseph Michael Nemitt on January 28, 1930 in the Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio. She was 21 years old and Joseph was 26. They were married by the Reverend Andrew R. Beros in Toronto, Ohio. As fate seemingly would have it, the Reverend happened to be a distant cousin of the bride. Elizabeth and Joseph would begin their married life living with his family in Saline, Ohio while he began to build a life for his new bride.
The couple would eventually have three children: two boy - Joseph Michael and Robert John, and one girl - Elizabeth Jane. On July 23, 1930, my Great Aunt Elizabeth Helen (Berish) Nemitt gave birth to a set of twins in East Liverpool, Ohio. They would be the first children born to the young couple...a little girl and boy. They named their daughter Elizabeth Jane. Unfortunately, there were a complications and the little boy died the same day. He was buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Wellsville, Ohio. He was never named and his gravestone reads “Infant Nemitt.”
The couple's three children were:
- Elizabeth Jane Nemitt
- Joseph Michael Nemitt Jr.
- Robert John Nemitt
Residences
Working Years
Homemaker.
Personal Life
Death
Elizabeth died congestive heart failure on October 12, 1999 at her home in Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio.
She was buried on October 15, 1999 at Union Cemetery in Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio.