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Doodlebug Memory - Peters
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| Title | Doodlebug Memory - Peters |
| Description | Many letters were sent to the "Doodlebug Kids" from individuals who had lost loved ones in the Doodlebug disaster. These letters were transcribed and added to the Doodlebug Journal. |
| Date | 2005 |
| Subject | Doodlebug
Accidents and Disasters
Deaths
Trains
Doodlebug Memorial Garden
Akron Beacon Journal
Pennsylvania Railroad
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| Names | Peters, Jacob Henry
Peters, John
Eiler, Maria
Peters-Holler, Pat
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| Contributors | Cuyahoga Falls Historical Society
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| Type | Text
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| Format | 6 in. x 5 in. |
| Source | CF_Letter_Holler.jpg |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Doodlebug Collection
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| Rights | The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
| Additional Information | http://cuyahogafallshistory.com/doodlebug1.htm; |
| Transcript | Dear Clarissa, Nathan, Joe, Justin, and Erica, I was very pleased to read in the Beacon Journal about your Memorial to all of the people that lost their lives in the Doodlebug train wreck. It is a wonderful thing that you are doing. I live in Florida now and I read the Beacon online everyday. My father's brother was one of the fatalities. His name was Jacob Henry Peters. He was only 23 years old when he died. I was only two years old at the time, so I do not really remember him. Jacob was born in Ohio on October 26, 1917. His brother (my father) John Jr. was born August 21, 1915. Their father John Sr., was born in Hungary and came to the United States in 1907, when he was 17 years old. Their mother was Maria Eiler and she was born in 1890, in Hungary and came to the United States in 1912, when she was 21 years old. Jacob, my father John and their father John Sr., all worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad. My dad was an engineer on the railroad and John Sr. was a crossing guard. In those days the gates at the crossings had to actually be put down by a person, where now days it is all done electronically. I am enclosing a picture of Jacob, along with a donation toward your monument. I am sure my grandparents and my father would be very proud to know that Jacob has been remembered. Thank you for your kindness. Regards, Pat (Peters) Holler |
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