Individual Details
Keturah HAYS
(7 Jul 1872 - 20 May 1958)
Events
| Birth | 7 Jul 1872 | Champion PA, Fayette Co. |  | ||
| Residence | Bef 1891 | with her parental family - Pleasant Unity PA |  | | |
| Marriage | 24 Dec 1891 | Pleasant Unity PA - Norman Elmer NEIDERHISER | | | |
| Death | 20 May 1958 | Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg PA | | | |
| Burial | 23 May 1958 | adjacent to Mt. Joy Church of the Brethren, east of Mt. Pleasant PA, Mt. Joy Cemetery, East of Mt. Pleasant | | ||
| Residence (family) | From 1891 to 1907 | Pleasant Unity PA - Norman Elmer NEIDERHISER | | | |
| Occupation | bef 1891 marriage | a school teacher for a short time - Pleasant Unity PA? | | ||
| Religion | life-long | Mt., Joy house of the Jacob's Creek Church of the Brethren, Near Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Norman Elmer NEIDERHISER (1870 - 1942) |
| 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 | Winfield Scott, Sr. HAYS (1848 - 1904) |
| Mother | Rebecca MARTIN (1850 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Emery Martin HAYS (1874 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Nora HAYS [Truxal] (1875 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Birdella ""Della"" HAYS (1878 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Raymond HAYS (1880 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Viola HAYS (1882 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Riley Lloyd HAYS (1884 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Winfield Scott HAYS Jr. (1886 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Harry Samuel HAYS (1888 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Naomi HAYS (1890 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Beula HAYS [McClain] (1892 - 1950) |
Notes
Residence
Baptized into membership of the Mt. Joy Church of the Brethren at age 17 years.Marriage
Rev. A.J. Potts, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, performed the marriage service.Death
She died at Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg PA. Cause of death was coronary thrombosis (ruptured ventricle)Mary Frances NEIDERHISER Allen's genealogy workbook contains a handwritten note that she was "85 yr 10 mo 13 da" at the time of her 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"
Religion
The history of the Western Pennsylvania District of the Church of the Brethren indicates that Keturah inherited her Brethren faith from her "great grand-mother" but does not indicate which side of the family was that influence.Endnotes
1. Mary Frances NEIDERHISER Allen, compiler, "Rudolph Neiderhiser family"; ancestral file number(s), Ancestral File, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah, pg 7.
2. Clarence H. Rosenberger, "Our Glorious Century", still photos & narration video (Greenville OH: CHR, 2001), Video #1, 1910 to 1954.
3. 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.
4. Personal data and events; from personal knowledge of Clarence H. Rosenberger (), personal memories; provided variable, pg 1, handwritten notes, Neiderhiser genealogy, 1994.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Mary Frances NEIDERHISER Allen, compiler, "Rudolph Neiderhiser family"; ancestral file number(s), Ancestral File, Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah, pg 7.
8. Keturah HAYS Niederhiser obituary, , Mt. Pleasant PA, 22? May 1958,, unnumbered pg, HAYS genealogy; obit Keturah Niederhiser.
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. Clarence H. Rosenberger, "Our Glorious Century", still photos & narration video (Greenville OH: CHR, 2001), Video #1, 1910 to 1954.
11. Clarence H. Rosenberger, "Our Glorious Century", still photos & narration video (Greenville OH: CHR, 2001), Video #1, 1910 to 1954.
12. 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.