Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Irwin Shuster and Sarah Jane Sarver




Husband William Irwin Shuster 1 2




            AKA: W. J. Shuster 3
           Born: 11 Mar 1859 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Garrett Shuster (1834-Aft 1906) 1 4 5
         Mother: Sophia Smail (      -      ) 1 5


       Marriage: 14 Feb 1884 1 2



Wife Sarah Jane Sarver 1 2

            AKA: Eadie Sarver 3
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         Father: Ezra Sarver (1832-      ) 1 6
         Mother: Catherine Stick (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M Morrison Otis Shuster 2

            AKA: Morris Otis Shuster 1 5
           Born: 11 Nov 1884 - Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Spouse: Alice W. Portzer (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 31 Jul 1906 2


2 F Pearl May Shuster 1 2

           Born: 18 Jul 1886 1 2
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         Spouse: William M. Gormly (      -      ) 2


3 F Mary Catherine Shuster 1 2

           Born: 27 Oct 1888 1 2
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           Died: 12 Jan 1889 1 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 F Hetty Mabel Shuster 1 2

           Born: 18 Sep 1890 1 2
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           Died: 15 Jul 1891 1 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Clara Irene Shuster 1 2

           Born: 16 Jun 1892 1 2
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         Spouse: John J. Lorentz (      -      ) 2


6 F Eula Marie Shuster 1 2

           Born: 14 Nov 1896 1 2
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7 F Ethel Margaret Shuster 1 2

           Born: 23 Dec 1899 1 2
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8 M Edward Russell Shuster 1 2

           Born: 28 May 1902 1 2
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General Notes: Husband - William Irwin Shuster


He attended the public schools in the vicinity of his home until about nineteen years of age, his parents having removed from his native township to Harrison City, PA, in 1864, and after attaining his twelfth birthday his leisure time was devoted to clerking in his father's general mercantile store in Harrison City. In June, 1902, he removed to the town of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, and at once engaged in the real estate business, establishing an office for the conduct of the same where he attended to all the various branches, including life, accident and fire insurance. He was an active member of the Lutheran church for thirty years, and was trustee of Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church of Jeannette. He was a Democrat in politics.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 171.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 443.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 508.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 376.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 442.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 507.


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