Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameCatherine (Kate) Stairs , F
Birth Date28 May 1870
Birth PlaceAcme, PA
MemoCould be 1870
Death Date17 Jun 1940 Age: 70
Death PlaceAcme, PA
Burial PlaceByerly Freeman Cemetery, Donegal, PA
OccupationHomemaker
EducationGrade school
ReligionDonegal Lutheran Church
FatherEli Stairs , M (1842-1917)
MotherRose Anna Shawley , F (1835-1910)
Spouses
Birth Date30 Apr 1867
Birth PlaceAcme, PA
Death Date21 Jul 1941 Age: 74
Death PlaceWestmoreland County, PA
Burial PlaceByerly Freeman Cemetery, Donegal, PA
OccupationFarmer, Acme, PA
EducationGrade school
ReligionProtestant
FatherGeorge S. Welshonse , M (1842-1897)
MotherBarbara Clarissa (Ann) Lankey , F (1846-1895)
Marr Date2 Jan 1890
Marr PlaceChrist Episcopal, Greensburg, PA
ChildrenBarbara , F (1890-1890)
 George S. , M (1891-1899)
 Pearle Catherine , F (1892-1988)
 Sadie Gertrude , F (1893-1987)
 Bertha Elizabeth , F (1894-1971)
Notes for Catherine (Kate) Stairs
Martha Mark- Aunt Kate was a real warm person. She was a great help to my mother, Dora Clarissa Brown Marks when her husband David and two sons were killed.

Bess Hunker- Aunt Kate was an excellent cook and made especially good pies and sugar cookies.
Notes for David Franklin “Frank” (Spouse 1)
Martha Marks and Bess Hunker-Uncle Frank lived on a farm in Acme, PA. He was a road supervisor and frequently served on the Westmorland County jury.

David and his sister, Dora, were married on the same day in the same church.
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