James Leo Delmore

   Cause of his death was Cerebral Thrombosis with Paralysis on Rt. Side.

  General Notes:

The WWI Draft Registration Card for James Leo Delmore taken Sept. 12, 1918 records his date of birth as March 21, 1885 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne Co., PA. He is currently living at 61 Baltimore Street in Wilkes Barre and names his father, John Delmore, living at 16 Solomon Street in Wilkes Barre, as his nearest relative. James is medium height with slender build and gray eyes and brown hair. Checking the 1920 census records for John Delmore indicates that his father remarried to a Catherine and had a new family. This is confirmed by the same address, 16 Solomon Street in both the WWI Draft record and 1920 census record ... see notes on his father, John Delmore.

The 1930 Federal Census for Hanover Township, Luzerne, PA (ED#63, page 143A) taken April 4, 1930 records James (45 - PA/PA/PA) and Ethel (30 - PA/PA/PA) Leo (sic) with daughter Mary (2 3/12) renting at 9 1/2 Solomon Street. James has been married 3 years and is a pump runner at a silk mill. The census taker recorded the name incorrectly.

The WWII Draft Registration Card (for men born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897) for James Leo Delmore dated April 27, 1942 lists his date of birth as March 21, 1885 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He is currently living at 51 East Liberty Street in Hanover Township, Ashley, PA with Mrs. Ethel Delmore. He is working for Daplan Silk Co. of Nanticoke, PA and Trust and his physical description is 5' 3", 200 lbs with gray eyes, gray hair and light complexion.



The following obituary mentions James Leo Delmore and his wife, Ethel:
Mary T. Wiatrowski April 23, 2006

Mary T. Delmore Wiatrowski, 78, of Main Street, Nanticoke, and a former resident of Ashley, passed away unexpectedly Sunday afternoon in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

She was born in Wilkes-Barre on Dec. 14, 1927, daughter of the late James Leo and Ethel Cooper Delmore. She was a graduate of the former St. Leo's High School, Ashley.

Mrs. Wiatrowski was remembered by her family as being a devoted and loving Irish mother, grandmother, and more recently, great-grandmother to all her children.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward F. Wiatrowski Sr., in 1975; one sister and three brothers.

Surviving are her children, daughters, Mary Ellen Salata and her husband, Michael W., Hubbard, Ohio; Ann Maureen Arney and her husband, Donald, Lewisburg; Bernice Kieffer and her husband, Barry, Tigard, Ore.; Patricia Wiatrowski, Wilkes-Barre; son, Edward F. Wiatrowski Jr. and his wife, Sharon J., Hanover Township; grandchildren, Michael, Edward and Lawrence Salata, Erin and Megan Arney and Jennifer and Jessica Wiatrowski; great-granddaughter, Lauren Elizabeth Salata; nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held Thursday at 10 from John V. Morris Funeral Home, 625 N. Main St., North Wilkes-Barre, with a Funeral Mass at 10:30 in Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, with the Very Rev. Monsignor John J. Sempa, V.F., pastor, officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, South Main Street, Hanover Township. Friends may call Wednesday, 5 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.

In lieu of floral tributes, memorial donations are requested in Mrs. Wiatrowski's memory to the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Association, 1440 Whalley Ave., Suite 145, New Haven, CT 06515; or the Sacred Heart-St. John's Parish Community, 601 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705.
©The Citizens Voice 2006 [area around Luzerne Co., PA]

  Medical Notes:

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name: James Delmore
Residence: 646 S Hanover St., Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., PA
Occupation: Maint. Man at Duplan Silk Co.
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 66
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1885
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois
Death Date: 3 May 1951
Death Place: Carbon Co. Inst, Lehigh, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania
Burial: St. Mary's [Catholic] Cemetery
Father Name: John Delmore
Mother Name: Catherine Maher [Catherine Maher is John Delmore's 2nd wife. They got married ca 1895]
Certificate Number: 41990

James married Ethel Cooper circa 1926 in Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania. (Ethel Cooper was born in Oct 1899 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, died on 23 May 1950 in Hanover Township, Ashley, Luzerne Co., PA and was buried on 26 May 1950 in St. Mary's [Catholic] Cemetery, Hanover Township, Ashley, Luzerne Co., PA.) The cause of her death was Pulmonary Embolism.