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I've been investigating the Earnest Name for several years. My Great Grandmother on my dad's side , Elizabeth Earnest - Rodeheaver, is the connection to the Earnest Name. She was said to be a child survivor of the 1889 Johnstown Flood. While doing an online search typing ' Earnest and Johnstown , Pennsylvania ' several possible fragments were noticed as part of the National Portage web site. This site highlighted the short - lived statewide Canal Project which preceeded the Pennsylvania Turnpike. On it I discovered two citations. The first citation mentioned the Earnest family selling a large area of land to a successful coal mining business near the , then , proposed area of the Canal route . No idea as to the names of the family who once owned this large tract of land. The second citatation may or may not have a connection to the Earnest family. It said the Turtle Clan of the Deleware Tribe lived in the general area close to Johnstown , Pennsylvania since the 1700's . One could easily consider many of them moving out and westward with a few staying behind. One or two of them may or may not have married into the Earnest Name , primarily in the Johnstown area , based on the second citation's general message. Its a major reach of reality but a slight possibliliy at this time. Any help as to confirmation the second citation on the National Portage Web Site and the Turtle Clan - Deleware Tribe would be helpful.
Bruce W. Rodeheaver
brwayne513@aol.com
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