Richard Koontz Brindle

1893 - 1962  (68 years)

• Name	Richard Koontz Brindle
  Birth	1 Aug 1893	Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Census	1900 (6 years)	Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [3]
  He was recorded while living with his parents.
  Age: 6
  Census	1910 (16 years)	Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [7]
  He was recorded while living with his parents. He was a laborer in a coal mine.
  Age: 17
  Address:
  Married	say 1913 (19 years)  [4, 8, 9]
  Anna P.Shabella. She was born in 1895 and died in 1984. Issue: 1. Barbara S. Brindle (1916-2001) 2. Harold Leon Brindle (1917-2000) 3. Dorothy P. Brindle (1919-2011) 4. Margaret M. Brindle (1921-2003) 5. Anna Marie Brindle (1923-2011)
  History	6 Apr 1917 (23 years)	US Enters World War I
  Census	1920 (26 years)	Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [10]
  He was a coal cutter in a coal mine
  Age: 27
  History	24 Oct 1929 (36 years)	Black Thursday, Great Depression Begins
  Census	1930 (36 years)	Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [11]
  He is listed as a coal miner.
  Age: 37
  Address: 200 Brenizer Blairsville Road
  Census	1940 (46 years)	Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [9]
  He is listed as a coal cutter
  Age: 49
  History	7 Dec 1941 (48 years)	Attack on Pearl Harbor
  Draft Reg	1942 (48 years)	Brenizer, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [5]
  Age: 49
  	World War II Draft Registration of Richard Koontz Brindle
  Religion	1962 (68 years)	Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [4]
  He was a member of Saints Simon and Jude Roman Catholic Church.
  Death	12 Jul 1962	Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [1, 4, 6, 12, 13]
  Agency: at home
  Cause: massive cerebral hemorrhage
  Caudill (2009) gives his death as the 14th of July, while his death certificate gives 12 July.
  	Certificate of Death of Richard Koontz Brindle
  Burial	16 Jul 1962	Saints Simon and Jude Cemetery, Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Saints Simon and Jude Cemetery,  Blairsville, Pennsylvania   [4, 13]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 5 sisters
  1. Laura Brindle,   b. Apr 1890, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 1910  (Age 19 years) + 2. Charles Henry Brindle,   b. 23 Jul 1892, United, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 26 Sep 1936, Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 44 years) ▻ Phoebe E. Green,  m. 28 Aug 1912   3. Richard Koontz Brindle,   b. 1 Aug 1893, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 12 Jul 1962, Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 68 years)   4. John George Brindle,   b. 11 Oct 1893, United, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. Jul 1981, Marienville, Forest County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 87 years)   5. Cora May Brindle,   b. 28 Nov 1895, Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 8 Jun 1944, Springdale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 48 years)   6. Della Brindle,   b. Mar 1896, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   7. Stella E. Brindle,   b. 4 Jan 1898, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 4 May 1926, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 28 years)   8. Samuel Warren Dewy Brindle,   b. 9 May 1899, Claridge, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 18 Jan 1975, Huntington, Adams County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years)   9. Howard Brindle,   b. 5 May 1900, Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 25 Apr 1958, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 57 years)   10. Helen M. J. Brindle,   b. 2 Oct 1907, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 9 Jun 1950, Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 42 years)   11. Robert Asha Brindle,   b. 15 May 1910, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. Jun 1977, Marienville, Forest County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Hans George Brindle,   b. 1657, Briesnitz, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany d. 12 Aug 1745, Böhl-Iggelheim, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany  (Age 88 years)  (6 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I12082
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	John George Brindle,   b. 7 Nov 1867, Beatty, Unity Township, Westmorland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 21 Jun 1943, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Ethel McMichael,   b. 14 Nov 1872, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 6 Jan 1930, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F7020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Richard Koontz Brindle(1893 – 1962) 2John George Brindle(1867 – 1943) 4Phillip Kuhns Brindle(1835 – 1910) 8John W. Brindle(1798 – 1871) 16John George Brindle(1772 – 1841) 17Catherine Kuntz(1776 – 1859) 9Mary Hanlin(1805 – 1860) 18Dennis Hanlin(1768 – ) 19Margaret 5Sophia Blank(1839 – 1923) 10George Adam Blank(1789 – 1865) 20George Adam Blank(1758 – 1831) 21Elisabeth Barbara Reiter(1768 – 1809) 11Catherine Shelley(1793 – 1873) 22John Shelley(1768 – 1838) 23 3Ethel McMichael(1872 – 1930) 6Samuel Warren McMichael(1842 – 1890) 12William McMichael(1821 – 1886) 24H. P. McMichael( – 1839) 25 13Elizabeth Morrow(1821 – 1900) 26James Washington Morrow(1788 – 1842) 27Jane Ferguson(1789 – 1855) 7Catharine Stayers(1841 – ) 14Samuel Stayers 28 29 15Elizabeth 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Aug 1893 - Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Census - 1900 - Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Census - 1910 - Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Census - 1920 - Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Census - 1930 - Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Census - 1940 - Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Draft Reg - 1942 - Brenizer, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Religion - 1962 - Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Death - 12 Jul 1962 - Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Burial - 16 Jul 1962 - Saints Simon and Jude Cemetery, Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S581] Caudill, Mary Anne. Email: Brindles, 3 December 2009, (E-mail to Robert Roy from ocalagrl (at) aol.com, 3 December 2009). [S121] Pennsylvania’s Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1973, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014). Certificate of Death of Richard Koontz Brindle [s137] Bureau of the Census, 1900 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004). Year: 1900; Census Place: Manor, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1498; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0114; FHL microfilm: 1241498 [S743] Obituary of Richard Koontz Brindle, (Indiana, Pennsylvania: The Indiana Evening Gazette, 14 July 1962). [S38] United States, Selective Service System, U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010). Draft Registration of Richard Koontz Brindle [S10] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index (SSDI), (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011). [s186] Bureau of the Census, 1910 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 20). Year: 1910; Census Place: Manor, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1431; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0180; FHL microfilm: 1375444 [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [s21] Bureau of the Census, 1940 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012). Year: 1940; Census Place: Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3629; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 65-24 [s26] Bureau of the Census, 1920 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010). Year: 1920; Census Place: Unity, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1663; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 225; Image: 145 [S20 ] Bureau of the Census, 1930 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002). Year: 1930; Census Place: Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2155; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 508.0; FHL microfilm: 2341889 [S580] Caudill, Mary Anne. Email: Brindles, (Email to Robert Roy from ocalagrl (at) aol.com, 4 December 2009 ). [S121] Pennsylvania’s Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1973, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Certificate of Death of Richard Koontz Brindle.