Vesty Berton Stier

Brief Life History of Vesty Berton

When Vesty Berton Stier was born on 3 September 1879, in Lumberport, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, his father, Cleatus Lafayette Stier, was 43 and his mother, Lucinda McIntire, was 32. He married Lelia Myrtle Cunningham on 22 July 1905, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Sardis, Harrison, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Sardis District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 20 September 1946, at the age of 67, and was buried in Harrison, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Vesty Berton Stier
1879–1946
Lelia Myrtle Cunningham
1872–1946
Marriage: 22 July 1905
Carl Alexander Stier
1906–1983
Cora Stier
1909–
Curtis Harrison Stier
1912–1985

Sources (25)

  • Birten Stars in household of Layfats Stars, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Vesty B. Stiers, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
  • Berton Stier, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Alois, Erwin, Frieda, Gerhard, Hans, Siegfried, Ulrich, Willi.

German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Dutch: from Middle High German, Middle Dutch stier, German Stier ‘bull, bullock’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way or a metonymic occupational name for someone who tended cattle. This surname is rare in the Netherlands.

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

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