Susan Zimmerman Shirey

Brief Life History of Susan Zimmerman

When Susan Zimmerman Shirey was born on 26 November 1879, in Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, David Sechrist Shirey, was 39 and her mother, Catherine Shirey, was 26. She married Bradley Tyler Johnson Heard on 24 July 1900, in Mahoning, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Dormont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. She died on 8 May 1961, in United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Bradley Tyler Johnson Heard
1862–1925
Susan Zimmerman Shirey
1879–1961
Marriage: 24 July 1900
Frederick Beehner Heard
1904–2002
Bradley Shirey Heard
1906–1965

Sources (8)

  • Susin Shivey, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Susan Shirey, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Find a Grave for Susan Heard

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Shirra, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Séartha ‘son of Geoffrey’ (see Sherry ).

Irish: in the midlands and north, possibly an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Siochfhradha (see Sugrue ).

Americanized form of German Scheurer and possibly also of some other German name.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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