Connellsville A Family History
Charlotte Lightburn Brooks “Mom”
Parents: Catherine Marie Russo & Charles Stanley Lightburn
Mom‘s maternal grandparents: Russo, Botti
Mom‘s fraternal grandparents: Lightburn (né Cain), Cominsky
Mom’s Mother: Catherine Marie Russo (1922-2000)
Catherine Marie Russo’s parents
• mother: Emilia Botti
• father: Carmine Russo
Carmine Russo immigrated to America from Italy in 1921. He joins the army and fights for the US in World War I and is naturalized as a US citizen July 2, 1920. Carmine Russo travels to Agropoli, Italy and returns to Connellsville with Emilia Botti October 30, 1921.
Mom’s Father:
Charles Stanley Lightburn (1913-1979)
Siblings:
Robert Whitfield Lightburn (1910-1991)
Mary Marcella Lightburn (1915-1990)
Mom’s Paternal Grandparents
grandmother: Mary Adeline Comisky Lightburn (Polish)
grandfather: Charles Borromeo Lightburn (né Cain) (Irish)
[mother: Ellen Cluskey (1855-1944) Year of immagration to the United States: 1886
[father: Charles Cain
[father (Ellen’s 2nd husband): Robert Lightburn (1860-1938)
Siblings:
Robert Whitfield Lightburn (1910-1991) Lived at 118 South 6th Street Marci and Charles grew up Concert pianist WSB Atlantic Broadcasting Station
[wife: Marge (southern, nice. Worked at Sears (as VP?) given a lot of stock]
Mary Marcella Lightburn (1915-1990) Connellsville High School attended and taught for 2 years Griffith School of Beauty Culture, Pittsburgh [husband: Ralph Kingsbury]
114 N. 6th Street – Lightburn Home 1946
122 N. 6th Street – Grandma Russo, Grandad Russo, Mom, Dad Me 1943-1946 ish
118 S. 6th Street – Old Lightburn Home pre 1943?
