Torrey, Frank Wilder b. 18 Mar 1875 Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Oct 1941 Pennsylvania, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Torrey, Frank Wilder

1875 - 1941 (66 years)

Name	Torrey, Frank Wilder [1]
Birth	18 Mar 1875	Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Witness/inform/ref	18 Feb 1935	Ellisburg, Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [2]
	Age: 35y 0m 16d Natural gas explosion, fractured neck 194b
	20210129HAv- Louis E Torrey in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 Name: Louis E Torrey Gender: Male Race: White married laborer, gas field employer: Potter Development Co Age: 35 0 16 Birth: 30 Jan 1900 Sharon Twp Death: 18 Feb 1935 14:45h Ellisburg, Genesee Twp, Potter, Penna cause: natural gas explosion fractured neck 194b Father: F W Torrey Sharon twp Mother: Bertha Sherwood Shinglehouse Spouse: Gladep Allen inform: F.W. Torrey Shinglehouse burial: Feb 21st 1935 Sharon Center Cemetery Certificate: 19947 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 019501-022500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Name	F. W. Torrey [2, 3]
	20210129HAv- Mildred Frances Hanks in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 Name: Mildred Farnces Hanks Gender: Female Age: 19 her occ: telephone operator Birth: abt 1902 Marriage 15 Jun 1921 Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, USA Father: A. P. Hanks Mother: Ola White Spouse: Lewis Erwin Torrey Film Number: 000583818 Record for Lewis Erwin Torrey (11) facts Name: Lewis Erwin Torrey Gender: Male Age: 21 his occ: farmer Birth: abt 1900 Father: F. W. Torrey Mother: Bertha Sherwood Spouse: Mildred Farnces Hanks Film Number: 000583818 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. New York Marriages. Various New York County Clerk offices.
Death	1 Oct 1941	Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2]
Burial	Aft 1 Oct 1941	Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon Center, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Person ID	I84435	WETZEL-SPRING

Family Sherwood, Bertha Isabelle, b. 16 Oct 1878, Shinglehouse, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Feb 1971, Shinglehouse, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 92 years)

residence jt 18 Feb 1935 East Sharon, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA

Lewis leaves a wife and two children, as well as his parents, Mr & Mrs F.W. Torrey of Sharon Center; 3 sisters, Mrs Al Schaoe, Mrs Mahlon Wilson and Miss Alleyne Torrey.

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Levi Torrey FB Millport
April 1 2024

· I thought you might find this interesting. This isn’t the original, I retyped it word for word for the safety newsletter at work. I’m sure many of you remember Wayne Torrey. Lewis was his father

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Brian Bennett
Thanks Levi, we need to get together, I have a couple” Lewis Torrey” stories you will enjoy
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Levi Torrey
sounds good to me! This is the only Lewis story I know
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Jean Erskine
Helen Torrey was his daughter, too.
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at the control station of the Electro Geometer Company on the Estes farm, a couple miles south of Ellisburg on theAndrews Settlement road, whereby Lewis E. Torrey, 32, of Milport and Louis F. Schlosser of East Sharon, lost their lives and Ernest Carpenter, 35, of Roulette is in a serious condidiotn in the Port Allegany hospital.
Torrey was endeavoring to open a drip cock on one of the gas lines, where moisture is drained from the lines, using steam to thaw them out.
The explosion threw Torrey 50 feet.
Carpenter, a truck driver for the Allegany Gas Company, had just arrived with a load of wood alcohol; he was evidently farther away from the line when it broke than the others. He telephoned for help.
Torrey, an employee of the Electro Geometer concern, one of the drillers of big deep gassers in the area, leaves a wife and two children, as well as his parents, Mr & Mrs F.W. Torrey of Sharon Center; 3 sisters, Mrs Al Schaoe, Mrs Mahlon Wilson and Miss Alleyne Torrey.
The Estes well was drilled 1.5 years ago, producing 15,000,000 cubic feet.
Torrey suffered a broken neck in the blast or the fall and is believed to have met instant death.
Schlosser was taken unconscious to Jones Memorial hospital in Wellsville, where he died at 2:30 o'clock on Tursday morning. His head was crushed between the eyes, his nose broken, and his face fearfully lacerated. Had he lived, he would have been blind.

Children

	1. Torrey, Lewis Erwin, b. 30 Jan 1900, Shinglehouse, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Feb 1935, Ellisburg, Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Torrey, Alleyne [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F52072 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 18 Mar 1875 - Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Witness/inform/ref - Age: 35y 0m 16d Natural gas explosion, fractured neck 194b - 18 Feb 1935 - Ellisburg, Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Death - 1 Oct 1941 - Pennsylvania, USA

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Photos » Slide Show		NY Co Marriage Records 19200615 Mildred Frances Hanks.jpg 20210129HAv- Mildred Frances Hanks in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 Name: Mildred Farnces Hanks Gender: Female Age: 19 her occ: telephone operator Birth: abt 1902 Marriage 15 Jun 1921 Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, USA Father: A. P. Hanks Mother: Ola White Spouse: Lewis Erwin Torrey Film Number: 000583818 Record…
		PA death cert 19350218 Louis E Torrey.jpg 20210129HAv- Louis E Torrey in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 Name: Louis E Torrey Gender: Male Race: White married laborer, gas field employer: Potter Development Co Age: 35 0 16 Birth: 30 Jan 1900 Sharon Twp Death: 18 Feb 1935 14:45h Ellisburg, Genesee Twp, Potter, Penna cause: natural gas explosion fractured neck…
		Ellisburg Gas Field Expl fatal FB240401LeviTorreyMillp 20240516GHLn- Levi Torrey FB Millport April 1 2024 · I thought you might find this interesting. This isn’t the original, I retyped it word for word for the safety newsletter at work. I’m sure many of you remember Wayne Torrey. Lewis was his father Comments Brian Bennett Thanks Levi, we need to get together, I have a couple” Lewis…

Sources

[S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Lewis Erwin Torrey (21) facts
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Lewis Erwin Torrey
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TORREY
Lewis E
1900-1935

Lewis Erwin Torrey
BIRTH 30 Jan 1900
DEATH 18 Feb 1935 (aged 35)
BURIAL Sharon Center Cemetery
Sharon Center, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID 109675459 ·
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 1

Son of Frank Wilder Torrey and Bertha Sherwood..
Married (1)Mildred Hanks (2)Gladys Kellogg..
Killed in a gas pipeline explosion...

Family Members
Parents Frank Wilder Torrey 1875-1941
Bertha Isabelle Sherwood Torrey 1878-1971
Spouses Mildred Frances Hanks Torrey 1904-1923
Gladys Eleanor Kellogg Fox 1907-2000
Siblings Marvin Edgar Torrey 1898-1921
Jessie M. Torrey 1901-1902
Alta Lucelia Torrey Wilson 1907-1997
Ethel Julia Torrey Schade 1913-1998
Alyene Bertha Torrey Lambert 1915-2005
Infant Torrey 1920-1920
Children Wayne Lewis Torrey 1921-2000

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	Torrey mem Cem_SharonCenter fag_NancyThomas 20210129HAv- Lewis Erwin Torrey Photo added by Nancy Thomas Picture of Added by Nancy Thomas TORREY Lewis E 1900-1935 Lewis Erwin Torrey BIRTH 30 Jan 1900 DEATH 18 Feb 1935 (aged 35) BURIAL Sharon Center Cemetery Sharon Center, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 109675459 · PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 1 Son of Frank Wilder Torrey and Bertha…
	Torrey LewisE Cem_SharonCenter fag_NancyThomas 20210129HAv- Lewis Erwin Torrey Photo added by Nancy Thomas Picture of Added by Nancy Thomas TORREY Lewis E 1900-1935 Lewis Erwin Torrey BIRTH 30 Jan 1900 DEATH 18 Feb 1935 (aged 35) BURIAL Sharon Center Cemetery Sharon Center, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 109675459 · PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 1 Son of Frank Wilder Torrey and Bertha…

[S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), *Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 019501-022500.
Record for Louis E Torrey (16) facts
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Louis E Torrey in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: Louis E Torrey
Gender: Male
Race: White
married
laborer, gas field
employer: Potter Development Co
Age: 35 0 16
Birth: 30 Jan 1900
Sharon Twp
Death: 18 Feb 1935 14:45h
Ellisburg, Genesee Twp, Potter, Penna
cause: natural gas explosion
fractured neck 194b
Father: F W Torrey
Sharon twp
Mother: Bertha Sherwood
Shinglehouse
Spouse: Gladep Allen
inform: F.W. Torrey
Shinglehouse
burial: Feb 21st 1935
Sharon Center Cemetery
Certificate: 19947

Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 019501-022500

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

PA death cert 19350218 Louis E Torrey.jpg
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Louis E Torrey in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Name: Louis E Torrey
Gender: Male
Race: White
married
laborer, gas field
employer: Potter Development Co
Age: 35 0 16
Birth: 30 Jan 1900
Sharon Twp
Death: 18 Feb 1935 14:45h
Ellisburg, Genesee Twp, Potter, Penna
cause: natural gas explosion
fractured neck…

[S1145] Ancestry.com, New York, County Marriages, 1847-1849; 1907-1936, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), ** Hanks - Torrey.
Record for Mildred Farnces Hanks (12) facts
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Record for Lewis Erwin Torrey (11) facts ........... (18)
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Mildred Frances Hanks in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936
Name: Mildred Farnces Hanks
Gender: Female
Age: 19
her occ: telephone operator
Birth: abt 1902
Marriage 15 Jun 1921
Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, USA
Father: A. P. Hanks
Mother: Ola White
Spouse: Lewis Erwin Torrey
Film Number: 000583818
Record for Lewis Erwin Torrey (11) facts
Name: Lewis Erwin Torrey
Gender: Male
Age: 21
his occ: farmer
Birth: abt 1900
Father: F. W. Torrey
Mother: Bertha Sherwood
Spouse: Mildred Farnces Hanks
Film Number: 000583818

Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Marriage Records. New York Marriages. Various New York County Clerk offices.

NY Co Marriage Records 19200615 Mildred Frances Hanks.jpg
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Mildred Frances Hanks in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936
Name: Mildred Farnces Hanks
Gender: Female
Age: 19
her occ: telephone operator
Birth: abt 1902
Marriage 15 Jun 1921
Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, USA
Father: A. P. Hanks
Mother: Ola White
Spouse: Lewis Erwin Torrey
Film Number: 000583818
Record…

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