Dr Roy Sheppard Minerd

Education Details
- Roy attended California University of Pennsylvania in California, Washington county, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Education Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_roysheppard.htm
      
      Wanting to teach, he attended what is now California University of Pennsylvania, where he often played piano and organ for school events. There he met his future bride, Nell Gertrude Penn, who wrote articles for the campus publication, The Normal Review.
  He attended Medico-Chirurgical College (University of Pennsylvania) in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA from 1913 in Department of Medicine. He passed examinations in 1917 and was awarded a diploma.
  - Education Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_isaacherschel.htm
      
      A month after marriage, they left for Philadelphia, where he enrolled in the Department of Medicine at the Medico-Chirurgical College (now the University of Pennsylvania).

Occupation Details
- Roy's occupation was Secretary volunteer for Minerd Reunion, in Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_roysheppard.htm
      
      At California, they (he and Nell) also knew his second cousins Edward Campbell Miner and Andrew J. 'Bud' Enos, in their class of 1909. These relationships may have sown the seeds of the first Minerd Reunion, held just four years after graduation, where Roy and his father, and Ed's father, were organizers and officers.
      
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      Roy also was a family history buff, and, though unable to attend, wrote a "When We Were Young" for the Sheppard reunion at Lincoln, NE in June 1906. On Aug. 21, 1913, he and his family attended the first annual Minerd Reunion at Ferncliff Park in Ohiopyle, PA. His father was elected president, and Roy was elected secretary. He was fascinated with the family history written and prepared by cousin Allen Edward Harbaugh.
  From 1904 to 1906 his occupation was Teacher in education for Leith Coke Works , in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_roysheppard.htm
      
      From 1904 to 1906, Roy taught at the Leith Coke Works near Uniontown.
  From about 1910 his occupation was Teacher in education in Belle Vernon, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_roysheppard.htm
      
      He later taught in the town of Belle Vernon (1910)
  His occupation was Principal in education in Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_roysheppard.htm
      
      becoming principal of Fairchance grade and high schools (1910-1913).
  His occupation was in health care for Northern Home for Friendless Children, in 23rd and Brown Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_isaacherschel.htm
      
      penned a memoir about his work there with orphaned boys
      
      he devoted much of his time to working with orphan boys at the Northern Home for Friendless Children. He kept a detailed memoir of his experiences, trying to turn around the lives of boys who had lost their moral compasses, applying his background in Christian principles and elementary education. The memoir, Keep Sweet!, appears on our website{http://www.minerd.com/memoir-keepsweet1.htm}, in 12 installments.
      
      He graduated in 1917
  From 1917 his occupation was Intern in health care for Hamot Hospital, in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_roysheppard.htm
      
      He graduated in 1917 and went to Erie to intern at Hamot Hospital
  From after 1929 his occupation was Member volunteer in services for Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, in Smethport, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  His occupation was organist.
  - Occupation Notes
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  His occupation was school teacher.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://trees.ancestry.com
      
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  To 1929 his occupation was Doctor in health care in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_roysheppard.htm
      
      Roy practiced in Erie until 1929
  From 1929 his occupation was Doctor in health care in Smethport, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - until 1929, when he accepted a position as a "country doctor" in Smethport, McKean County, PA, where they lived the rest of their lives.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Jacob Henry Minerd
  - b.1751 in Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland, USA d.1811 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Jacob Minerd Jr
  - b.~  1780 in Ruscombmanor Township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, USA d.~11 Nov 1842 in Hexebarger (Hexaburger), Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Maria Margaret Neun
  - b.1755 in Oley Township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, USA d.1820 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Eli Minerd
  - b.Sep 1831 in Hexebarger (Hexaburger), Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA d.11 Apr 1911 in Frick Memorial Hospital, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Johann Heinrich “Henry” Junghen ^*
  - b.31 Jan 1717 in Hesse, Germany d.20 Feb 1787 in Haycock Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Johannes Michael “John” Younkin
  - b.28 Nov 1756 in Bedminster Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA d.Oct 1826 in Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Catharina Scherer (Junghen)^*
  - b.1726 in Bedminster Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA d.~  1825 in Bedminster Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Catherine Younkin (Minerd)
  - b.18 Aug 1787 in Lovittsville, Loudoun county, Virginia, USA d.12 Aug 1847 in Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Catharina Dorsheimer (Younkin)
  - b.~  1760 d.~  1840 in Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Rev Isaac Herschel Minerd
  - b.13 Mar 1858 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA d.~03 Jun 1919 at 7017 Susquehanna Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Baer
  - b. in Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Mary Ann Baer (Minerd)
  - b.17 Jul 1836 in Allegheny, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA d.05 Nov 1887 in Alverton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  (Baer)
  - b. in Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Dr Roy Sheppard Minerd
  - b.15 Mar 1885 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA d.06 Jun 1962
  
  Margaret Jane Sheppard (Minerd)
  - b.1852 d.30 Mar 1931
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Individual Additional Information
- hobbies - activities
  - FavoriteVacationSpot Roy kept detailed travel diaries of trips with Nell to New England (1947 and 1953) and to Florida (1949). {source= http://www.minerd.com/}

Roy and Nell were married in a religious & civil ceremony in February 1913.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_roysheppard.htm
  
  less than two weeks after the reunion, on Sept. 2, 1913, he and Nell were married. A month after marriage, they left for Philadelphia, where he enrolled in the Department of Medicine at the Medico-Chirurgical College (now the University of Pennsylvania).

They had two sons named Penn and Bob.

Family Notes
- http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_roysheppard.htm
  
  Son and daughter in law Penn and Jane (Sage) Minerd are pictured in Linwood Parks Shipley's 1971 book, The Shipleys of Maryland.
  
  Grandson Douglas Edwin Minerd formerly was director of entertainment at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, and has his own music label, Minerd Music Works. In 2003, he accepted a position as Vice President of Entertainment at Sea World in San Antonio, TX. In 2005, he became Vice President of Entertainment at Sea World in San Diego, CA, where he often is quoted in stories in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
  
  Grandson Russell C. Minerd received a United States patent in 1982 for his invention for musical instrument device used for "remote-controlled key-depressing."
  
  Granddaughter Cynthia Moringiello spent several years as a teacher in Alaska, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. She later 'switched' careers and became a top switching craftsman with New York Telephone (Ma Bell), retiring in 2001 from Verizon. Her husband, Daniel Moringiello, was a longtime engineer with the Long Island Railroad, with 31 years of distinguished service prior to retirement.
  
  Granddaughter Barbara Minerd serves on the visual communications adjunct faculty of Farmingdale State University of New York. In the fall of 2001 and 2002, she displayed a selection of her drawings in faculty exhibitions on campus.

Children
- Roy “Penn” Minerd
  Roy, known as Penn, was born about June 18th, 1915 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA.²
  - Birth Notes
    
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    1920 census
    
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    Social Security Death Index Record
    
    18 Jun 1915
    
    28 Jan 1997 in Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States of America
  He died on January 28th, 1997 in Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness, Florida, USA. He was cremation at the Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA.²
  - Death Notes
    
    http://trees.ancestry.com
    
    Obituary
    chrisminerd added this on 27 Dec 2007
    
    R. Penn Minerd, a retired teacher of instrumental music on Long Island, died Jan. 28 at Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness, Fla., after a long illness. He was 81.
    
    A Huntington resident for 40 years, Mr. Minerd was born in Philadelphia, graduated from Mansfield University in Pennsylvania and earned a master's degree in music at Penn State University. He taught instrumental music both privately and in public schools for nearly four decades before retiring in 1977 from the Lloyd Harbor School.
    
    During his 28 years at the Lloyd Harbor School, his band played frequently at the Jones Beach band shell. In 1964, his elementary school band performed at the New York World's Fair.
    
    Mr. Minerd served on the original board of the Huntington Symphony, forerunner of the Long Island Philharmonic. He enjoyed playing violin in the Senior Pops Orchestra after retiring. A World War II veteran, he was a member of the Patrol Craft Sailors Association and a lifetime member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
    
    He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Jane; two daughters, Cynthia Moringiello of Ronkonkoma and Barbara Jane Minerd of Smithtown; and a brother, Robert, of Scarsdale.
    
    Mr. Minerd's ashes will be interred in June at Riverside Cemetery in Rochester. A memorial service will be scheduled soon.
    
    Contributions may be sent to the Mansfield University Foundation, Mansfield, Pa. 16933.
  Robert Edwin “Bob” Minerd
  Robert, known as Bob, was born on February 22nd, 1923 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    http://trees.ancestry.com
    
    The son of a country physi-cian/organist and school teacher, Bob was born in Erie, Pa., in 1923
  He died at the age of 82 on March 3rd, 2005 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA. The funeral was arranged by Hill and Wood Funeral Home.²²

Dr Roy Sheppard Minerd

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