Mattie B. Stayer

Female13 November 1873–5 August 1951

Brief Life History of Mattie B.

When Mattie B. Stayer was born on 13 November 1873, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Sherman Stayer, was 31 and her mother, Sarah R. Mortimore, was 23. She had at least 1 daughter with William Coleman. She lived in Everett, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1938 and West Providence Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 5 August 1951, at the age of 77, and was buried in Everett, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Coleman
–1894
Mattie B. Stayer
1873–1951
Mary E. Coleman
1894–1974

Sources (8)

  • Mattie Stayer in household of Thomas Eichelberger, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mattie Stayer, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Miss Mattie in entry for S Stayer , Joseph Greentown, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 2

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Age 4

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 23

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Steier and of its variant Steyer .

Americanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Štajer: from a Slavicized form of a German habitational name (see Steyer ) for someone from Styria (Slovenian Štajerska, German Steiermark), a duchy of the former Habsburg Empire, comprising part of southern Austria and most of the eastern half of Slovenia.

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

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