Individual Details
Norman Elmer NEIDERHISER
(18 Mar 1870 - 14 Jul 1942)
Events
| Birth | 18 Mar 1870 | Donegal Twp-Westmoreland Co. PA |  | ||
| Religion | 14 Aug 1887 | at marriage, joined Mt. Joy Church of the Brethren Church - St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pleasant Unity PA |  | | |
| Confirmation | 14 Aug 1887 | St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pleasant Unity PA | | | |
| Residence | Bef 1891 | and his parental family lived - "up on the ridge" near Mt. Pleasant PA | | ||
| Marriage | 24 Dec 1891 | Pleasant Unity PA - Keturah HAYS | | | |
| Death | 14 Jul 1942 | Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg PA | | | |
| Burial | 17 Jul 1942 | adjacent to Mt. Joy Church of the Brethren, east of Mt. Pleasant PA, Mt. Joy Cemetery | | ||
| Residence (family) | From 1891 to 1907 | Pleasant Unity PA - Keturah HAYS | | | |
| Occupation | From 1891 to 1907 | a carpenter and farmer - Pleasant Unity PA | | |
Families
| Spouse | Keturah HAYS (1872 - 1958) |
| Child | Emanuel Elmer NEIDERHISER (1892 - 1976) |
| Child | Laura Rebecca NEIDERHISER (1894 - 1959) |
| Child | Winfield Scott ""Scott"" NEIDERHISER (1895 - 1983) |
| Child | Elma Viola NEIDERHISER (1897 - 1985) |
| Child | Sarah Edna NEIDERHISER (1899 - 1994) |
| Child | Clarence Edwin NEIDERHISER (1900 - 1968) |
| Child | Anne Elizabeth NEIDERHISER (1903 - 1972) |
| Child | Beulah Keturah NEIDERHISER (1905 - 1996) |
| Child | Martha Blanche NEIDERHISER (1907 - 1997) |
| Child | Mary Frances ""Frankie"" NEIDERHISER (1908 - 1996) |
| Child | Ida Rae NEIDERHISER (1910 - 2003) |
| Child | Olive Marie NEIDERHISER (1913 - 1981) |
| Child | Kathryn Lois NEIDERHISER (1914 - 1916) |
| Father | Emanuel John "John" NEIDERHISER Sr. (1844 - 1923) |
| Mother | Mary FOUST (1848 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Franklin Reuben "Frank" NEIDERHISER (1871 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Susannah "Susie" NEIDERHISER (1873 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Albert ""Bert"" NEIDERHISER (1875 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Annie Eliza NEIDERHISER (1877 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Blanche Christine NEIDERHISER (1879 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Melissa Julia NEIDERHISER (1881 - 1944) |
Notes
Religion
The History of the Church of the Brethren of trhe Western Pennsylvania District reports that "he was reared in the Lutheran faith, but after his marriage, he, with his companion, became a member of the Church of the Brethren, and he was later ["June 29, 1901" pg. 109] called to the deaconship, which office he still fills...." pg. 504.Confirmation
A. D. Potts was pastor at Norman Elmer's confirmation.Marriage
Rev. A.J. Potts, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, performed the marriage service.Death
He died at home at 559 Stanton Street, Greensburg PA.Causes of death were heart failure and cancer of the stomach.Mary Frances NEIDERHISER Allen notes that he was "72 yr 3 mo 27 da" of age at the time of his death.
Residence (family)
Clarence Rosenberger recalled, "[The] first nine children were born in the Pleasant Unity area.""[The family] moved to the Dave Fisher farm on Mt. Joy Road when Ida Rae [NEIDERHISER] was 3 months old [1910]."
Carolyn ZUNKLE Parker: Residences included "Champion, Donegal, Strahm & Forejt houses then farm on country road"
Occupation
A handwritten note in MFAllen's genealogy workbook indicates that he was "school director for 6 yrs, 1935-41."Endnotes
1. Mary Frances NEIDERHISER Allen, compiler, "Norman Elmer and Keturah Hays NIEDERHISER"; ancestral file number(s), Ancestral File, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah, pg 6.
2. Mary Frances NEIDERHISER Allen, compiler, "Norman Elmer and Keturah Hays NIEDERHISER"; ancestral file number(s), Ancestral File, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah, Genealogy notebook, pg. 9 - Confirmation Certificate.
3. Elder Jerome E. Blough, church historian, Western Pennsylvania District, Church of the Brethren, History of the Church of the Brethren of the Western District of Pennsylvania (Elgin, Illinois: Brethren Publishing House, 1916), ; on-line image, books.google.com ( : on-line 1 July 2012.
4. Carolyn Zunkle Parker, compiler, "Niederhiser"; ancestral file number(s), Ancestral File, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah and "Ancestors of Norman Elmer Neiderhiser", printed pages available at Neiderhiser Cousins' reunion, 9 July 2011.
5. Clarence H. Rosenberger, "Our Glorious Century", still photos & narration video (Greenville OH: CHR, 2001), Video #1.
6. Personal data and events; from personal knowledge of Clarence H. Rosenberger (), personal memories; provided variable, pg 1, handwritten notes, Neiderhiser genealogy, 1994.
7. Mary Frances NEIDERHISER Allen, compiler, "Norman Elmer and Keturah Hays NIEDERHISER"; ancestral file number(s), Ancestral File, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah, pg. 10 - Marriage Certificate.
8. Carolyn Zunkle Parker, compiler, "Niederhiser"; ancestral file number(s), Ancestral File, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah and "Ancestors of Norman Elmer Neiderhiser", printed pages available at Neiderhiser Cousins' reunion, 9 July 2011.
9. Mary Frances NEIDERHISER Allen, compiler, "Rudolph Neiderhiser family"; ancestral file number(s), Ancestral File, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah, pg 7.
10. Personal data and events; from personal knowledge of Clarence H. Rosenberger (), personal memories; provided variable, pg 1, handwritten notes, Neiderhiser genealogy, 1994.
11. Clarence H. Rosenberger, "Our Glorious Century", still photos & narration video (Greenville OH: CHR, 2001), Video #1, 1910 to 1954.
12. Clarence H. Rosenberger, "Our Glorious Century", still photos & narration video (Greenville OH: CHR, 2001), Video #1, 1910 to 1954.