William Mayers and Mary Elizabeth McKinstry

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Husband William Mayers ¹

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           Born: Abt 1841 - England
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         Father: Robert Mayers (      -Abt 1848) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 27 Jan 1875 1

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Wife Mary Elizabeth McKinstry ¹

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           Born: 11 Apr 1859 1
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         Father: Thompson McKinstry (1837-Aft 1906) 1
         Mother: Margaret Jane Brown (      -Aft 1906) 1

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Children

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1 M Charles Thompson Mayers ¹

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           Born: 17 May 1876 1
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         Spouse: Emma Rosensteel (      -      ) 1

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2 M William Kirk Mayers ²

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           Born: 4 Oct 1877 1
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         Spouse: Margaret B. "Maggie" Hayden (1881-      ) 2
           Marr: 1900 3

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3 M James Raymond Mayers ¹

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           Born: 13 Nov 1879 1
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4 F Maggie Viola Mayers ¹

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           Born: 8 Jul 1886 1
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         Spouse: Richard E. Kemerer (      -      ) 1

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5 F Bertha Elizabeth Mayers ¹

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           Born: 19 Sep 1888 1
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         Spouse: Henry E. Blaine (      -      ) 1

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6 F Daisy Pearl Mayers ¹

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           Born: 14 Oct 1891 1
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7 M Walter Mayers ¹

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           Born: 1 Dec 1894 1
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8 M Clarence Mayers ¹

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           Born: 20 Mar 1897 1
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General Notes: Husband - William Mayers

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He cared for his young brothers and sisters by mining coal, which he commenced a year after the death of his father, when just eight years of age. He had no advantages whatever for securing an education, which he deeply regretted all his life. In 1868 he came to America, first touching at Parker's Landing, Butler County, Pennsylvania. From there he went to Petersburg, Pennsylvania, remained there about three years, engaging as a coal miner. He also lived at Apollo, Armstrong County, at Fairbanks, Jefferson City and numerous places in that section of Pennsylvania, where his services as a miner seemed most demanded. In 1884 the family removed to Greensburg, and they resided in Carbon, a mining hamlet hard by the borough of Greensburg. In 1899 he became partner in a general store at Carbon; the firm being Sowalsh & Mayers. Mr. Mayers bought his partner out a year later and continued in trade there.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 647.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 59, 647.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 59.