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Nelda Spencer Michener

Female 1916 - 2004  (88 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Nelda Spencer Michener was born 25 May 1916, West Chester, Pennsylvania (daughter of Norman Elwood Michener and Mabel V. Reynolds); died 9 Dec 2004, Pennsylvania.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Norman Elwood Michener was born 22 Mar 1881, Lower Oxford, Pennsylvania; died 4 Aug 1965, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Union Hill Cemetery, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

    Norman married Mabel V. Reynolds 27 Apr 1904, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Mabel (daughter of Samuel Thomas Reynolds and Mary Elizabeth Wason/Wasson) was born 24 Feb 1883, Cecil County, Maryland; died 17 Oct 1921, Allentown, Pennsylvania; was buried , Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mabel V. Reynolds was born 24 Feb 1883, Cecil County, Maryland (daughter of Samuel Thomas Reynolds and Mary Elizabeth Wason/Wasson); died 17 Oct 1921, Allentown, Pennsylvania; was buried , Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    Children:
    1. Pearl Elizabeth Michener was born 3 Jul 1911, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died 12 Dec 1911, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Horace W. Michener was born 21 Feb 1909, Cecil County, Maryland; died 11 Oct 1985, Pennsylvania; was buried , Grand View Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
    3. 1. Nelda Spencer Michener was born 25 May 1916, West Chester, Pennsylvania; died 9 Dec 2004, Pennsylvania.
    4. Mary Bernice Michener was born 25 Dec 1914, Pennsylvania; died 6 Feb 1988, Pennsylvania; was buried , Saint Agnes Cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Samuel Thomas ReynoldsSamuel Thomas Reynolds was born 3 Nov 1853, Pennsylvania (son of Ira Reynolds and Hannah Iva Ferguson); died 17 Oct 1921, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; was buried , Union Hill, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    John Franklin Reynolds was the Uncle to Samuel.. John Franklin passed away in 1902 Cecil County, Maryland and is buried in West Nottingham Friends Cemetery. John Franklin Reynolds lived with Samuel till his death in 1902.

    1900 Cecil County, Maryland census

    Name: John F Reynolds
    Age: 69
    Birth Date: Apr 1830
    Birthplace: Maryland
    Home in 1900: Rising Sun, Cecil, Maryland
    Street: Wilson Ave
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Uncle
    Father's Birthplace: Maryland
    Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
    Occupation: Farmer

    Samuel T Reynolds 46
    Mary E Reynolds 37



    Name:
    Death Certificate says 1838 but census says 1853

    Samuel married Mary Elizabeth Wason/Wasson 16 Dec 1880, Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Mary was born 24 May 1862, Maryland; died 9 Mar 1931, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Mary Elizabeth Wason/WassonMary Elizabeth Wason/Wasson was born 24 May 1862, Maryland; died 9 Mar 1931, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    Children:
    1. 3. Mabel V. Reynolds was born 24 Feb 1883, Cecil County, Maryland; died 17 Oct 1921, Allentown, Pennsylvania; was buried , Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Lillian May Reynolds was born 26 Jun 1883, Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland; died Mar 1968, Pinellas, Florida.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Ira ReynoldsIra Reynolds was born 6 Aug 1808, Little Brittain, Chester, PA (son of Samuel Reynolds and Ann Reynolds); died 15 Mar 1896, Horseshoe Farm, Chester County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Eastland Friends Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    http://www.octoraro.org/~balmat/hsratlas/timeline.html




    1826
    "Land passed into the Reynolds Family, where it remained until the early part of the 20 Century."
    (MacElree, p. 156, 1933) "The property was purchases by Samuel Reynolds (listed on 1830 Census
    as living in Nottingham) the purchase price was 300 dollars and paid for in dried peaches and sheep.
    (Jones, p. 1, 1958)

    1828?
    Ira, approximately 18-30 years old, purchased land from his dad. The sum was $1,100.
    He constructed a large double-deck barn, a wagon shed, and smoke house over the years.


    1847
    Andrew B. Reynolds is born, apparently son of Ira Reynolds. (Census records

    Ira married Hannah Iva Ferguson Bef 1852. Hannah was born 1819, Ireland; died 21 Jan 1899, Reynolds Horseshoe Farm, Chester County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Eastland Friends Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Hannah Iva FergusonHannah Iva Ferguson was born 1819, Ireland; died 21 Jan 1899, Reynolds Horseshoe Farm, Chester County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Eastland Friends Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
    Children:
    1. 6. Samuel Thomas Reynolds was born 3 Nov 1853, Pennsylvania; died 17 Oct 1921, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; was buried , Union Hill, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Mary Ann Reynolds was born 24 Apr 1855, Rising Sun, Maryland; died 13 May 1933, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Harriett Reynolds was born 1860, Cecil, Maryland; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Margaret Reynolds was born 1858, Little Brittain, Chester, PA or Cecil, MD; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Benjamin Franklin Reynolds was born 31 Oct 1857, Cecil County, Maryland; died 26 May 1931, Chester County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Eastland Friends Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.