Jeremiah Stayner

Brief Life History of Jeremiah

When Jeremiah Stayner was born on 9 June 1845, in Stockton, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States, his father, Joseph Jesse Stayner, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Catherine Greeno, was 28. He married Rebecca Francis Adair on 8 March 1868, in Hebron, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Saint Johns, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1880. He died on 2 August 1918, in Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jeremiah Stayner
1845–1918
Rebecca Francis Adair
1852–1908
Marriage: 8 March 1868
Rebecca Catherine Stayner
1868–1930
Joseph Jesse Stayner
1872–1929
Emma Stayner
1874–1874
Jeremiah Wesley Stayner
1876–1877
George Franklin Stayner
1883–1959
Ben Stayner
1885–1937
Francis Isabel Stayner
1889–1961
Frances Isabella Higgins
1893–

Sources (15)

  • Jeremiah Hawkins in household of Benjamin Hawkins, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jerimiah Stayner, "Arizona, Deaths, 1870-1951"
  • Jeremiah Stayner, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853

Historical Boundaries: 1853: Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name denoting someone who stained, painted, or dyed materials, such as glass, wool, cloth, or wood, from Middle English stainer, ste(i)nour, steynour ‘stainer’.

Americanized form of Czech, Slovenian, and Croatian Štajner: from German Steiner . Compare Stainer .

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

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The Hawkins and Stayner Families

In 1850, Jesse Stayner (LHGG-SMD), a widower and father of several children came through Salt Lake City on his way to California. He was not a member of the Church and his wife had died en route leavi …

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