Hays, George

George Hays
b: ABT 1776
d: 1826
   
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George Hays
ABT 1776 - 1826
  
 
  
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PARENT (M) George Hays
BirthABT 1776Raymelton, Parish of Aughnish, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Death1826 Sherrett, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
MarriageABT 1805to Elizabeth (Bettie) Hays at Raymelton, Ireland
Father(unknown) Hays
Mother?
PARENT (F) Elizabeth (Bettie) Hays
Birth1778Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland
Death1841 Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
MarriageABT 1805to George Hays at Raymelton, Ireland
Father(David) Hays
Mother?
CHILDREN
FHannah Hays
Birth16 MAY 1806Ireland
Death9 AUG 1885Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
MSamuel Hays
BirthABT 1808Ireland
DeathBEF 1850New Orleans, LA
FFanny Hays
Birth1805Ireland
Death1897Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
FMargaret Hays
Birth17 OCT 1816Ireland
DeathPittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
MDavid Hayes
Birth1824Pennsylvania, USA
Death1864Annapolis, MD
FBridget "Biddie" Hays
BirthABT 1820Ireland
DeathAFT 1860Washington Twp, Armstrong Co., PA
MRobert Hays
Birth16 AUG 1812Raymelton, Donegal County, Ireland
Death22 DEC 1877Cowansville, Armstrong Co., PA, USA

  • ABT 1776 - Birth - Tombstone says 1776 although some sources say 1779. ; Raymelton, Parish of Aughnish, Co. Donegal, Ireland
  • 1826 - Death - Age: 47 ; Sherrett, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • 1821 - Immigration - ; from Londenderry to St. John, NB
  • 1817 - Arrival - ; Canada

[S372]U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
[S31]Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present
[S243]Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

George Hays b: ABT 1776 d: 1826
Elizabeth (Bettie) Hays b: 1778 d: 1841
Hannah Hays b: 16 MAY 1806 d: 9 AUG 1885
David Johnston b: ABT 1804 d: ABT 1895
Mary E Johnston b: 27 APR 1830 d: 9 JAN 1891
William Kenney b: 23 FEB 1830 d: 2 JUN 1862
Katherine "Kate" Kenney b: 13 MAR 1856 d: 14 OCT 1951
John M. Allen b: 6 JUL 1849 d: 25 APR 1921
Mary E K Allen b: 20 APR 1881 d: 20 APR 1943
Edward Love McKnight b: 12 APR 1877
Isabelle E Allen b: 7 AUG 1886 d: 27 FEB 1960
David C Mathews b: 29 DEC 1869 d: 28 AUG 1940
Helen C Allen b: MAY 1891
Helen C Allen b: MAY 1891
Margarett H Allen b: MAY 1893 d: AFT 1940
Margarett H Allen b: MAY 1893 d: AFT 1940
John Musgrave Allen b: SEP 1884 d: 1978
Baby Allen b: 27 NOV 1917 d: 27 NOV 1917
William Kenney b: 1861 d: 9 JUL 1929
Mary A Simmons b: 1867
Hannah H. Kenney b: 23 NOV 1861 d: AFT 1920
Thomas H Martin b: 9 JAN 1869 d: 19 APR 1932
Thomas H Martin b: 9 JAN 1869 d: 19 APR 1932
Mary E Kenney b: 18 FEB 1854 d: 5 MAR 1862
Mary E Kenney b: 18 FEB 1854 d: 5 MAR 1862
David J Kenney b: 1853 d: BEF 1884
Catherine Elizabeth Herron b: 21 MAY 1853 d: 10 NOV 1931
William J Kenney b: 12 DEC 1874 d: 14 JUN 1926
Emma A. Wey b: 10 MAY 1878
David J Kenney b: 3 JUL 1878 d: 2 MAY 1946
Clarence P Kenney b: 14 APR 1884 d: 9 AUG 1952
Myrtle (Kenney) b: 1888
Sarah P Johnston b: 1832 d: 4 MAY 1894
Sarah P Johnston b: 1832 d: 4 MAY 1894
Frances A. "Fannie" Johnston b: 1835 d: AFT 1890
William M Price b: ABT 1830 d: AUG 1896
Sarah M Price b: 2 OCT 1867 d: 9 JUN 1939
Sarah M Price b: 2 OCT 1867 d: 9 JUN 1939
William John Price b: 23 OCT 1864 d: 28 DEC 1936
Lilly Rhodes Price b: 14 JUL 1860 d: 28 NOV 1910
Lilly Rhodes Price b: 14 JUL 1860 d: 28 NOV 1910
Mary Elizabeth Kenney Price b: 10 SEP 1862 d: 21 NOV 1924
Mary Elizabeth Kenney Price b: 10 SEP 1862 d: 21 NOV 1924
Edith Katharine Price b: 2 NOV 1874 d: 29 OCT 1928
Edith Katharine Price b: 2 NOV 1874 d: 29 OCT 1928
Frances "Fanny" Price b: 29 SEP 1869 d: 28 SEP 1948
Harry C Beares b: MAR 1867 d: 1905
Beatrice Beares b: DEC 1888 d: AFT 1930
Beatrice Beares b: DEC 1888 d: AFT 1930
Gertrude L Beares b: OCT 1890
Gertrude L Beares b: OCT 1890
Howell Carpenter Beares b: 24 JUL 1892 d: 8 JAN 1959
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Charles J. Price b: 14 JUL 1870 d: ABT 1905
Maude F McCarrell b: 2 MAY 1870 d: AFT 1910
Dorothea F Price b: 16 APR 1895 d: AFT 1930
Joseph B Hingeley b: 3 JUN 1889 d: 23 FEB 1963
Madelaine Carrell Hingeley b: 25 NOV 1915 d: 22 MAR 1917
Hanah B. Price b: 1876 d: AFT 1880
Hanah B. Price b: 1876 d: AFT 1880
Althea Adelaide Price b: 18 JUL 1878 d: 7 AUG 1951
Frederick C Albrecht b: 30 JAN 1878 d: 30 OCT 1933
Clarence Price b: 1880
Samuel Hays b: ABT 1808 d: BEF 1850
Fanny Hays b: 1805 d: 1897
Alexander Foster b: 1806 d: 11 NOV 1870
John Foster b: 1831 d: 28 AUG 1864
Mary Shields b: BET 1933 AND 1936 d: 1901
Anna Jane Foster b: 17 FEB 1861 d: 11 DEC 1946
Oliver Lewis Hetler b: 30 JUL 1853 d: 4 FEB 1930
Shields Harvey Hetler b: 27 APR 1892 d: 30 AUG 1963
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Fannie Elizabeth Foster b: 14 DEC 1862 d: 12 JUN 1946
James Richard Robertson b: 19 NOV 1857 d: 8 FEB 1904
Mary E Robertson b: 1 FEB 1894 d: 3 JUN 1974
Earl Landis Stehman b: 18 MAR 1889 d: 2 FEB 1960
Eleanor Mae Stehman b: 1924 d: 7 NOV 1987
Mary Elizabeth Stehman b: 26 JUN 1927 d: 4 MAR 2008
Mary Foster b: 6 FEB 1833 d: 12 OCT 1922
Mary Foster b: 6 FEB 1833 d: 12 OCT 1922
George Hays Foster b: 11 AUG 1838 d: 20 OCT 1922
Cordella Fair b: 8 DEC 1842 d: 5 OCT 1922
Chambers Robert Foster b: 15 FEB 1861 d: 4 JAN 1940
Sarah E. "Nina" Coleman b: 1860 d: 1936
Robert Jesse Foster b: 5 MAY 1885 d: 27 MAR 1947
Harry H Foster b: 3 APR 1883 d: 9 NOV 1960
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Ethel I Foster b: 6 JAN 1889 d: 17 MAR 1957
Wallace Lee Sholl b: 23 JAN 1882 d: 10 JAN 1949
Weida M. Foster b: 1900 d: AFT 1940
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Ross Foster b: BET 1885 AND 1891 d: 4 MAR 1891
Laura Lilian Foster b: 1866 d: 20 JAN 1931
Thomas Lincoln Rodgers b: JUL 1865 d: 1922
Laura Belle McNutt b: 26 AUG 1888 d: 27 FEB 1988
Walter T. Mcnutt b: 1886 d: 1956
Lillian Irene McNutt b: 20 DEC 1917 d: 7 NOV 2007
Nannie Viola Rodgers b: 13 OCT 1889 d: 15 AUG 1955
Herbert Jay Myers b: 1889 d: 1965
Robert Ross Rodgers b: AUG 1891 d: 1917
Irene Jane Santrock b: 22 MAR 1892 d: 20 MAY 1984
Malcolm Ross Rodgers b: 16 MAR 1914 d: 12 DEC 1971
Ira C. Foster b: SEP 1868 d: 1952
Rozella Walker b: 1870 d: 1958
Altai F. Foster b: 1909 d: 1955
John A. Foster b: 23 AUG 1872 d: 10 JUL 1946
Rozella Moon b: 1873 d: 1938
Elizabeth McKee b: 18 JUL 1877 d: 14 JAN 1906
Lillian E Foster b: 13 JAN 1906 d: 30 DEC 2008
Lillian E Foster b: 13 JAN 1906 d: 30 DEC 2008
Ida L Foster b: 26 DEC 1874 d: 29 JUL 1963
Ida L Foster b: 26 DEC 1874 d: 29 JUL 1963
Albert H. Foster b: 14 DEC 1876 d: 11 DEC 1945
Jane F "Jennie" Foster b: 2 APR 1879 d: 30 DEC 1966
Henry Blair Wible b: 17 MAR 1876 d: 20 NOV 1948
Nita L Foster b: 23 MAY 1883 d: 27 DEC 1960
Heber Dayton McCullough b: 13 SEP 1879 d: 19 OCT 1950
Frank D. McCullough b: 26 APR 1908 d: 30 JUL 1969
Nancy Foster b: 11 APR 1836 d: 13 AUG 1926
John McGarvey b: 1815 d: BEF 1900
Nicholas Cloak b: 1839
Alexander Foster b: 1844 d: 4 JUN 1928
Rachel Ella Flick Patterson b: 18 OCT 1856 d: 8 JUL 1939
Emma Kaufman b: ABT 1891
Rachel Ella Flick Patterson b: 18 OCT 1856 d: 8 JUL 1939
Emma Kaufman b: ABT 1891
Savilla Nancy Craig b: 18 OCT 1855 d: 8 JUL 1894
Elizabeth (Betty) Foster b: 10 FEB 1841 d: 18 FEB 1853
Elizabeth (Betty) Foster b: 10 FEB 1841 d: 18 FEB 1853
Robert Foster b: 11 APR 1848 d: 3 JUL 1852
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Margaret Hays b: 17 OCT 1816
Henry Coffman b: 1819 d: 7 DEC 1890
Catherine Coffman b: ABT 1851
Catherine Coffman b: ABT 1851
Francis J Coffman b: ABT 1848
Francis J Coffman b: ABT 1848
George H. Coffman b: 15 SEP 1852 d: 23 MAY 1918
Mary B Kaufman b: NOV 1881
Hugh A. Dupree b: 1882
John Reddick Kaufman b: 17 SEP 1883 d: 11 MAR 1968
Ruth Hiwiller b: 1893 d: 1980
John Henry Coffman b: 28 APR 1857 d: 13 FEB 1933
Margaret Jane Jennie Davis b: 1866 d: 1945
John Henry Coffman b: 21 APR 1892 d: 24 JAN 1929
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Turney W Coffman b: 1885 d: 1934
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Ralph Leroy Shannon b: 6 OCT 1903 d: 1975
Gerald R Shannon b: 11 AUG 1924 d: 20 JAN 1945
Ralph Shannon b: 26 FEB 1926 d: 17 APR 1986
Robert Shannon b: 1930 d: 9 FEB 1981
David Hayes b: 1824 d: 1864
Elizabeth Allender b: 1833 d: AFT 1880
Mary A Hays b: 1851 d: AFT 1909
Flint Brumbaugh b: 1873
Curtis Brumbaugh b: 1875
Fred Hayes b: 10 MAY 1874 d: 23 JUN 1909
Robert C Hays b: 9 DEC 1853 d: 5 JUN 1879
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Arminta S Hays b: 1856 d: 16 MAY 1877
David E Pyle b: 1844 d: 12 APR 1875
H Wesley Hays b: 1858 d: AFT 1880
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M J Hays b: 1860 d: BEF 1960
M J Hays b: 1860 d: BEF 1960
Bridget "Biddie" Hays b: ABT 1820 d: AFT 1860
John Foster b: ABT 1804 d: 1854
Elizabeth Foster b: 21 MAY 1842 d: 25 FEB 1920
Daniel Stoops b: 1837 d: 1894
Robert Hayes Stoops b: 28 JUN 1867 d: 26 NOV 1946
Effie Mae Lynch b: 1869 d: 1940
Ethel G Stoops b: JAN 1895
Charles R Beck b: 1899 d: 9 JUL 1962
Jasper Eugene Stoops b: 13 FEB 1897 d: 31 JUL 1964
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Oscar F Stoops b: 3 MAY 1898 d: 9 FEB 1913
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Elizabeth M Stoops b: MAR 1900
Robert Leo Ashbaugh b: 21 MAR 1896 d: SEP 1970
James M. Stoops b: 16 OCT 1868 d: 27 FEB 1934
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Ella Stoops b: 1872 d: 9 JUN 1949
Ella Stoops b: 1872 d: 9 JUN 1949
Margaret A. Stoops b: 1873 d: 1950
Margaret A. Stoops b: 1873 d: 1950
Samuel Foster b: 22 JUL 1844 d: 2 NOV 1907
Catherine McGarvey b: 19 DEC 1849 d: 12 JAN 1917
John Wesley Foster b: 22 MAR 1871 d: 11 OCT 1946
Margaret M Myers b: 1866 d: 1932
Samuel Wilbert Foster b: 9 JUN 1891 d: 9 SEP 1952
Jessie Rickel b: 1895 d: 1981
Virginia Melinda Foster b: 22 MAR 1912 d: 26 SEP 1997
Ray Harold Black b: 18 APR 1908 d: 8 APR 1966
Ray Delair Black b: 5 MAY 1934 d: 7 DEC 1934
Freddie Foster b: 1893 d: 1894
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Harriet A. Foster b: JUN 1873 d: 7 OCT 1902
Harriet A. Foster b: JUN 1873 d: 7 OCT 1902
Armenta M Foster b: AUG 1879
Armenta M Foster b: AUG 1879
Pearl Rose Foster b: 19 NOV 1883 d: 9 JUL 1946
Paul Robert Hornberger b: 14 SEP 1915 d: 25 OCT 1948
Bessie Lucile Hornberger b: 3 JUL 1917 d: 15 JUL 1917
Charles Raymond Foster b: 24 MAR 1889 d: 13 JUN 1962
Infant Daughter Foster b: 1870 d: 1870
Infant Daughter Foster b: 1870 d: 1870
James R Foster b: ABT 1886 d: 21 DEC 1888
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Martha "Mattie" Foster b: 1877 d: 1881
Martha "Mattie" Foster b: 1877 d: 1881
Nancy J Foster b: 1846 d: AFT 1870
Nancy J Foster b: 1846 d: AFT 1870
Margaret Foster b: 1849 d: AFT 1870
Margaret Foster b: 1849 d: AFT 1870
James Glen McClatchey b: ABT 1820
Robert H McClatchey b: OCT 1856 d: AFT 1913
Robert Hays b: 16 AUG 1812 d: 22 DEC 1877
Deborah Jane McKee b: BET 25 AND 27 JUL 1815 d: 10 MAR 1883
Elizabeth Ann Hays b: 2 DEC 1838 d: 18 JUL 1910
William Campbell Storey Jr b: 31 DEC 1835 d: 14 JAN 1920
Deborah Jane Storey b: 31 MAR 1868 d: 15 JUL 1951
Francis Murphy b: 1843
Harvey L Storey b: 4 FEB 1870 d: 4 APR 1933
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Charles Milton Storey b: 2 DEC 1871 d: 9 SEP 1957
Julia Kamerer b: 1879 d: 1968
William N Storey b: 2 OCT 1873 d: 25 JAN 1960
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John Burt Storey b: 2 JUN 1875 d: 23 DEC 1940
Carrie Maude Burke b: 1876 d: 24 NOV 1959
Catherine B Storey b: 1908 d: AFT 1940
William Ryan Storey b: 1911 d: AFT 1930
Elmira P. Michael b: JUL 1877 d: 1927
Bertrum Ferdinand Michael b: 9 AUG 1871 d: 2 MAY 1956
Margaret A Michael b: 1899 d: 1986
Frank A. Helfrich b: 1895 d: 1981
Dorothy Ellen Michael b: 13 JUL 1901 d: 14 DEC 1957
Marion Alonzo Morrow b: 17 FEB 1898 d: 23 NOV 1981
Ward B. Michael b: 1903 d: 1966
Eleanor Katheryn Jackson b: 1909 d: 1965
Russel Storey Michael b: 29 JUL 1909 d: 14 MAR 1995
John Milton Hays b: 22 JUL 1841 d: 23 DEC 1914
Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Campbell b: 26 SEP 1850 d: 14 SEP 1930
Laura Elizabeth Hays b: 2 FEB 1871 d: 9 DEC 1953
William Alexander Campbell b: 11 APR 1864 d: 20 AUG 1949
Hazel Elizabeth Campbell b: 22 JAN 1898 d: 29 MAY 1968
Charles Snyder b: 1902 d: BEF 1960
Glades Campbell b: 1903 d: 1904
Ora D Hays b: 17 MAR 1875 d: 26 DEC 1953
John R Hays b: SEP 1878 d: AFT 1930
William H Hays b: 24 AUG 1885 d: NOV 1968
Mary Agnes Best b: 1884 d: 6 MAY 1976
Helen Eleanor Hays b: 21 AUG 1921 d: 22 AUG 1921
Margaret Hays b: 2 APR 1844 d: 15 SEP 1907
Robert O. Shira b: 10 JUN 1838 d: 26 MAY 1915
James Harvey Hays b: 7 SEP 1845 d: 23 DEC 1908
Florinda S. Harrold b: 24 JUL 1841 d: 14 SEP 1906
Edward Christopher Hays b: 4 OCT 1871 d: 3 SEP 1929
Jennie D. Hayes b: 22 MAR 1873 d: 12 MAR 1959
Story L Jameson b: 1869 d: 23 JUN 1914
Bessie P Jameson b: SEP 1893
William H Johnson b: 5 NOV 1918 d: 13 DEC 1936
Don Hayes Jameson b: 26 MAR 1896 d: 21 NOV 1963
Don W Jameson b: 4 JUN 1927 d: 5 MAY 1990
Capt Vance Jay Jameson b: 1 JUL 1931 d: 5 SEP 1967
Robert W. Hayes b: 1874 d: AFT 1880
Bessie Edith Hays b: 21 JAN 1878 d: 19 MAR 1904
George Clarence Hackett b: 23 DEC 1876 d: 1955
William G. Hays b: 16 APR 1846 d: AFT 1880
Jennie Hart b: ABT 1848 d: AFT 1880
Robert L. Hays b: 1874 d: AFT 1880
Bessie Blanche Hays b: 1875 d: AFT 1880
Bertha May Hays b: 1877 d: AFT 1880
C Robert Hays b: 30 MAY 1851 d: 25 DEC 1931
Catharine Helm b: 18 JUN 1851 d: 18 SEP 1912
Robert Shira Hayes b: 11 AUG 1894 d: 21 APR 1986
Mildred Genevieve Holstein b: 30 AUG 1896 d: 26 OCT 1975
Dona Gene Hayes b: 18 JUL 1928 d: 10 SEP 2008
Barbara Lou Hayes b: 30 MAR 1921 d: 12 JAN 2006
Charles Roy Hayes b: NOV 1877 d: 18 MAY 1925
Emmet M Hayes b: 13 JUN 1886 d: 31 AUG 1930
Stella E Hayes b: 12 APR 1891 d: 18 MAR 1916
Harry Earl Hays b: 1 SEP 1879 d: 23 JAN 1965
Vernie M Hays b: NOV 1881 d: AFT 1900
Otto Merrel Hays b: 2 APR 1884 d: 16 NOV 1959
Samuel Wallace Hays b: 3 OCT 1854 d: 9 DEC 1918
Martha Leard b: 1854 d: 1935
Carl Wallace Hayes b: 1889 d: 1954
T Clifford Hays b: 1891
Raymond A Hays b: 1894
David Reddick Hays b: 19 DEC 1859
Catherine Spies b: 1873
Thomas Hays b: 19 JAN 1840 d: 29 FEB 1920
Keziah Jane Foster b: 27 MAR 1841 d: 22 JUN 1919
Christopher Foster Hays b: 13 DEC 1868 d: 7 DEC 1952
Lilley A Logan b: JUN 1878 d: 27 FEB 1929
George Thomas Hays b: 22 MAY 1901 d: JAN 1974
Margaret Brown b: 6 APR 1897 d: 22 FEB 1978
Patricia Louise Hays b: 31 MAR 1931 d: 1 JAN 2003
Barbara Ann Hays b: 31 MAR 1931 d: 14 JUN 2016
George R Denison III b: 1930 d: 30 SEP 2014
Lilley A Logan b: JUN 1878 d: 27 FEB 1929
George Thomas Hays b: 22 MAY 1901 d: JAN 1974
Margaret Brown b: 6 APR 1897 d: 22 FEB 1978
Patricia Louise Hays b: 31 MAR 1931 d: 1 JAN 2003
Barbara Ann Hays b: 31 MAR 1931 d: 14 JUN 2016
George R Denison III b: 1930 d: 30 SEP 2014
Robert Nye Hays b: 13 NOV 1870 d: 9 JUL 1952
Mary Iva Brackney b: 14 DEC 1875 d: 1943
Audrey Ivetta Hays b: 28 JUL 1898 d: 30 APR 1997
(unknown) Hellett d: BEF 1930
Maude Bell Hays b: 16 OCT 1872 d: 2 APR 1942
John Victor Cowden b: ABT 1870 d: 18 AUG 1941
Thomas Henderson Hays b: 19 DEC 1874 d: 24 AUG 1901
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Charles Frederick Wells Hays b: 12 NOV 1876 d: 24 NOV 1902
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Jennie L. Hays b: 16 JAN 1867 d: 10 MAY 1947
Victor Francis Thomas Sr. b: 7 MAR 1861 d: 5 DEC 1959
Lister Hays Thomas b: 25 NOV 1891 d: 15 OCT 1963
Hazel Dicky b: 3 JUN 1892 d: 20 FEB 1923
Richard Hays Thomas b: 15 MAY 1917 d: 5 JUL 1995
Evelyn Sylvia Lundin b: 29 JUN 1917 d: 1 MAR 1995
Lil (Thomas) d: AFT 2006
Aleta J. Brown b: FEB 1895 d: 13 OCT 1964
Alan Wilson Thomas b: 13 APR 1899 d: JAN 1979
Marion Davis b: 2 MAY 1901 d: OCT 1979
Genevieve Thomas b: 31 MAR 1903 d: 23 NOV 1989
Alfred Waldemar Lago b: 3 FEB 1896 d: 27 APR 1988
William Eugene Pelto b: 15 JUN 1922 d: 25 DEC 2000
Victor Frank Thomas b: 27 SEP 1905 d: 29 FEB 1992
La Dene Duke b: 31 JUL 1919 d: 14 FEB 2007
Ethel Maude Thomas b: 9 AUG 1896 d: 28 MAY 1975
William Edward McCullough b: 26 FEB 1886 d: DEC 1972
William Victor McCullough b: 6 DEC 1923 d: 17 JAN 2002
Gloria Steele Ivory b: 24 FEB 1928 d: 4 MAY 1951
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Dorothy Anna Day b: 28 FEB 1921 d: 11 SEP 2008
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The first of the family to settle in America was George Hays , who came from County Donegal, Ireland, town of Raymelton, where he was born. By occupation he was a farmer. He was accompanied by his wife Elizabeth (Bettie), also of Raymelton, County Donegal, where they were married; her maiden name was also Hays, but they were not related. About 1821-22, with their family (then consisting of six children -- David, the youngest, was born in Washington township, Armstrong county, Pa.), they started for America, embarking on a sailing vessel at Londonderry, Ireland, and they landed at St. John, N.B., after a six weeksÂ’ sail. After remaining there a couple of months, during which time Mr. Hays worked in a tobacco factory, they proceeded to Quebec, Canada, and there reshipped to Norfolk, Va., thence continuing their journey to Baltimore, Md., where David Hays, his wife's brother, had a wholesale grocery business.

A short time afterward they came overland by way of the Baltimore and Pittsburgh pike, through Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Greensburg, and from there by way of Freeport to Kittanning. The old Miller farm was the first place Mr. Hays looked at, but he refused to buy it because the timber was too small. He continued north on the Kittanning and Wattersonville road to the home of his sister's husband, John Foster, where the family stopped a few days. One and a half miles from there George hays found land to suit him, 125 acres, heavily timbered with chestnut, oak, etc., about one mile northwest of Sherrett, in Washington (formerly Sugar Creek) township. He soon built his log cabin, began to clear out a farm, and made a permanent home, living there with his family until his death, which occurred in 1828, when he was aged about fifty years. His wife survived him, dying in 1841, and they are buried in the Union Presbyterian cemetery at Cowansville, in East Franklin township, Armstrong county.

Source: Pages 640-647, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Published 2001 by the Armstrong County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project

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