Jessie Thurston (Piper)

Postcard==April 2, 1913Jessie-thurstonpiper--to--LulaSwift

This picture was taken in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA and sourced from http://www.minerd.com/.

Individual Picture Notes
- On April 2, 1913, Jessie sent a penny postcard to her cousin Lula (Stairs) Swift. The card ... today is preserved in the Minerd-Miner-Minor Archives. In the card, Jessie wrote:
  
  "Dear Cousin, Received your card ans was glad to hear from you. I got home O.K. I have not yet begun to clean house yet but want to start this week. Ruby is going to help me do some papering. Will try and come up [to Greensburg] soon as I get through a little. Good Bye Jessie"

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thurston
  - b. in Germany
  
  Charles W Thurston
  - b.~Apr 1853 in New York, USA d.1943
  
  (Thurston)
  - b. in Germany
  
  Jessie Thurston (Piper)
  - b.1884 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA d.1941
  
  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
  
  Emma C Minerd (Thurston)
  - b.~Jul 1856 in Fayette City, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA d.24 Mar 1919 in Cemetery Avenue, 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
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Jessie and Frank were married in a religious & civil ceremony.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- http://www.minerd.com/whoswhot.htm

They had three sons named Piper, James and Thomas. There are possibly more children.

Family Notes
- http://www.minerd.com/bio-thurston,_jessiepiper.htm
  
  Jessie married Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Piper ( ? - ? ). They are believed to have had at least three children who died young -- Thomas P. Piper (died 1923), an unnamed infant son (1925) and James E. Piper (1943).

Jessie Thurston (Piper)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

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