Martha Jane Minerd (Stairs)

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
  
  ? Junghen
  
  Johann Heinrich “Henry” Junghen
  - b.31 Jan 1717 in Hesse, Germany d.20 Feb 1787 in Haycock Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  ? ? (Junghen)
  
  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
  
  Henry Scherer
  
  Catharina Scherer (Junghen)
  - b.1726 in Bedminster Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA d.~  1825 in Bedminster Township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  ? ? (Scherer)
  
  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
  
  Martha Jane Minerd (Stairs)
  - b.~06 Nov 1863 in Bridgeport, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA d.~27 Mar 1931 in North Diamond Street, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland 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

Mattie and Lehman were married in a religious & civil ceremony in 1884.²

Marriage/Union Notes
- http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_mattiestairs.htm
  
  'Mattie' married Lehman Garner Stairs (1860-1930), a native of Somerset County, PA. They lived near Mt. Pleasant.

They had five sons and four daughters, named Clarence, Clyde, Ray, Charles, Earl, Lula, Bessie, Pearl and Baby Girl. Pearl and Earl were twins.

Twins Notes
- http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_pearlsonavec.htm
  
  Pearl and her brother Earl were twins, and their names rhymed.

Family Notes
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cgroff/g/STAIRS.txt
  
  5 Lehman G. Stairs b: August 23, 1860 d: April 26, 1930 In Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
  ..................................+Martha Jane Minerd b: November 06, 1863
  d: March 27, 1931 In Mt.Pleasant Cemetery
  ...................................6 Baby Girl Stairs
  ...................................6 Clarence G. Stairs b: November 28, 1886 d: July 21, 1951
  .........................................+Nora b: 1890 d: 1970
  ...................................6 Lula Stairs b: February 01, 1890 d: January 08, 1961
  .........................................+Samuel Swift b: April 21, 1887 d: February 21, 1965
  ...........................................7 Ethel Swift
  .................................................+Bart Bartlow
  ...........................................7 Merle Swift b: 1913 d: October 1923
  ...........................................7 Elnora Jane Swift b: March 19, 1923
  .................................................+Ned William Snedden
  ..................................................8 David Ned Snedden b: June 04, 1961
  ...........................................7 Glenn Wayne Swift b: August 31, 1925 d: 1984
  .................................................+Isabelle b: October 24, 1926
  ...................................6 Clyde Stairs b: January 25, 1893 d: March 07, 1975
  .........................................+Bess
  ...........................................7 Betty Stairs b: January 07, 1927
  ...........................................7 Susan Stairs b: January 02, 1932
  ...................................6 Ray Stairs b: April 12, 1895 d: March 27, 1924
  .........................................+Myrtle
  ...........................................7 George Ray Stairs b: December 06, 1920
  .................................................+Evelyn Crouse
  ..................................................8 Virginia Ann Stairs b: July 29, 1946
  ..................................................8 Connie Ray Stairs b: August 21, 1949
  ..................................................8 George Rodger Stairs b: March 23, 1954
  ..................................................8 Lorri Lynn Stairs b: February 04, 1965
  ...........................................7 Donald Clyde Stairs b: January 26, 1923
  .................................................+Van Lee Rae Heimann
  ..................................................8 Donald Ray Stairs
  ..................................................8 Debbie Stairs
  ..................................................8 David Stairs
  ...................................6 Bess Mae Stairs b: December 31, 1898 d: 1985
  .........................................+Hanson
  ...........................................7 Bill Hanson b: 1918 d: March 09, 1987
  ...................................*2nd Husband Of Bess Mae Stairs:
  .........................................+Bradley
  ...................................*3rd Husband Of Bess Mae Stairs:
  .........................................+Wiebecki
  ...................................6 Charles Stairs b: 1900 d: 1902
  ...................................6 Pearl Nora Stairs b: November 24, 1904 d: November 01, 1977
  .........................................+Jacob Sonavec b: July 26, 1918 d: 1974
  ...........................................7 Edward Stairs Sonavec
  ...................................6 Earl Norman Stairs b: November 24, 1904 d: 1982
  ...........................................7 Robert Stairs

Children
- Clarence Garner Stairs
  
  ClarenceGarnerStairs--NoraMartz
  
  Clarence was born on November 28th, 1886 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He died from a heart attack at the age of 64 on July 21st, 1951 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹¹
  - Death Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_clarencegarner.htm
    
    In the summer of 1951, Clarence and Nora escaped the Florida heat and returned to Mt. Pleasant to visit family and friends. On July 21, they spent time at the home of the Frank L. Foreman family in Greensburg and that evening went to see their daughter, Violet Foreman, at White Hill near Youngwood, Westmoreland County. That evening, shortly before midnight, Clarence died suddenly of a heart attack at the Foremans' home. He was buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  Lula E Stairs (Swift)
  Lula was born on February 1st, 1890 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ She died at the age of 70 on January 8th, 1961. She was buried at the Hillview Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹¹
  - Death Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_lulaswift.htm
    
    Lula passed away on Jan. 8, 1961, at the age of 71. She also is buried at Hillview Cemetery in Greensburg.
  Clyde L Stairs
  
  ClydeLStairs
  
  Clyde was born on January 25th, 1893 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He died at the age of 82 on March 7th, 1975 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹¹
  - Death Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_clydel.htm
    
    Widowed for more than 30 years ..... Clyde died in Mt. Pleasant on March 7, 1975, at the age of 82. He was buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
  Ray Clayton Stairs
  
  Ray Clayton Stairs
  
  Ray was born on April 12th, 1895 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He died in an accident or as a result of an injury, Freedom Oil Company's gasoline explosion, at the age of 28 on March 27th, 1924 in Frick Memorial Hospital, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹
  - Death Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_rayclayton.htm
    
    In March, 1924, Ray and his brother Earl and another co-worker were burned "in the Freedom Oil Company's gasoline explosion" near Mt. Pleasant, said the Connellsville Daily Courier. They were rushed to the nearby Frick Memorial Hospital. Sadly, two weeks after the accident, on March 27, 1924, Ray died of his injuries. Fortunately, said the Courier, brother Earl was "getting along nicely at the hospital," and survived.
    
    Myrtle was left alone with her two young sons, but lived another 56 years after her husband's death.
    
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    http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_mattiestairs.htm
    
    Tragedy rocked the family in March 1924, when .... Ray, who was married and had two young sons, died of burns suffered in a gasoline explosion at an oil facility near Mt. Pleasant. (brother) Earl, also caught in the blast, fortunately recovered.
    
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    http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_rayclayton.htm
    
    he tragically lost his life at a young age of burns suffered in a gasoline explosion.
  Bessie Mae Stairs (Hanson-Bailey-Wierbacki)
  Bessie was born on December 31st, 1898 in Pennsylvania, USA.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_bessiehansonwierbacki.htm
    
    Bessie Mae (Stairs) Hanson-Wierbacki was born on New Year's Eve 1898 in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA, the daughter of Lehman G. and Mattie (Minerd) Stairs.
  She died at the age of 87 in 1985.³
  - Death Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_bessiehansonwierbacki.htm
    
    Bessie died in 1985. Her husbands' fates are unknown.
  Charles M Stairs
  Charles was born in 1900.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cgroff/g/STAIRS.txt
    
    b: 1900 d: 1902
  He died due to died in childhood about 1902.³
  - Death Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_mattiestairs.htm
    
    Sadly, Charles is thought to have died in childhood, at age three.
    
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    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cgroff/g/STAIRS.txt
    
    b: 1900 d: 1902
  Pearl Nora Stairs (Sines, Sonavec)
  Pearl was born on November 24th, 1904 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cgroff/g/STAIRS.txt
    
    b: November 24, 1904 d: November 01, 1977
  She died at the age of 72 on November 1st, 1977 in Frick Memorial Hospital, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹
  - Death Notes
    
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cgroff/g/STAIRS.txt
    
    b: November 24, 1904 d: November 01, 1977
    
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    http://www.minerd.com/bio-stairs,_pearlsonavec.htm
    
    Jacob died in 1974, and was buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
    
    Pearl outlived him by three years, and passed away at Frick Community Hospital in Mt. Pleasant on Nov. 1, 1977.
  Earl Norman Stairs
  Earl was born on November 24th, 1904 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹
  - Birth Notes
    
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cgroff/g/STAIRS.txt
  He died at the age of 78 in 1982.³
  - Death Notes
    
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cgroff/g/STAIRS.txt
  Baby Girl Stairs
  - Death Notes
    
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cgroff/g/STAIRS.txt

Martha Jane Minerd (Stairs)

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