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

Joseph & Elizabeth (Berish) Nemitt enjoying an evening on the front porch.

Elizabeth was average in build and stature. She had brown hair and brown eyes.

Early Years

• Childhood - Her birth name was Elizabeth Beros but was later changed to Berish when her father became an American citizen. She was born at home and Maria Antolic attended her birth. Elizabeth's nickname in childhood was Lizzie. Later in life, she also went by Betty.
• Siblings
  • Anna Veronica Berish
  • Michael George Berish
  • John Paul Berish
  • Andrew Michael Berish
  • Mary Louise Berish
  • Peter John Berish
  • Susan Elizabeth Berish
  • Theresa E. Berish
  • Joseph Berish
  • Paul Joseph Berish
  • Margaret Ann Berish - Beros
  • Emma Eleanor Berish

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

• Lived at 513 N 5th in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio in 1929
• Lived in Irondale, Jefferson County, Ohio in 1930
• Lived in Rural, Jefferson County, Ohio in 1935
• Lived at 818 Wentworth Avenue in Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio in 1940
• Lived in Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio in 1950

Working Years

She was a homemaker for 36 years.

Personal Life

Member of the Jenota Lodge of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church

Death

Elizabeth died from 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.