Individual Details
Rebecca Hoy
(2 Dec 1844 - 9 Mar 1906)
Events
| Birth | 2 Dec 1844 | Shiloh, Centre County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Census | 1850 | Spring twp, Centre County, Pennsylvania |  | | |
| Marriage | Bet 1865 and 1866 | John M. Myers | | | |
| Census | 12 Aug 1870 | Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 11 Jun 1880 | Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 1890 | Harris Township, Boalsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 9 Jun 1900 | Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Death | 9 Mar 1906 | Harris Township, Boalsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Burial | 12 Mar 1906 | Boalsburg Cemetery, Boalsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Alt name | Rebecca Myers |
Families
| Spouse | John M. Myers (1842 - 1884) |
| Child | William Hoy Myers (1867 - 1938) |
| Child | John Frarnklin Myers (1877 - 1932) |
| Child | Joseph Alfred Myers (1869 - 1918) |
| Child | Mary Elizabeth Myers (1871 - 1963) |
| Child | Anna Frances Myers (1873 - 1947) |
| Child | Rebecca Jane Myers (1877 - 1952) |
| Father | Peter Hoy (1806 - 1893) |
| Mother | Mary Vanada ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Hoy ( - 1806) |
| Sibling | Mary Hoy ( - ) |
| Sibling | Susanna Hoy ( - ) |
Notes
Census
Peter Hoy age 44 farmer born PennsylvaniaMary age 43 born Pennsylvania
William age 18 born Pennsylvania attending school
Catherine age 14 born Pennsylvania attending school
Mary E age 12 born Pennsylvania attending school
Sussanh age 9 born Pennsylvania attending school
Rebecca age 6 born Pennsylvania
Caroline age 3 born Pennsylvania
Marriage
Becca wrote to John while he was in the military, she was single at the time.Census
In the 1870 census Rebecca is married to John Myers and 24 years old.Census
John was a farm laborer age 38; wife Rebecca age 35, Joseph A, 11; Mary E., 8; Anna A. 6, John F. 3, Rebecca J. 3. Also living with them is Anna Schreffler a cousin age 22.Census
Rebecca Myers (wid) of John Myers a veteran of the Union forces of the civil war.Census
Rebecca Myers widow, born December 1849 in Pennsylvania and parent born in Pennsylvania is a pensioneer. She has had 6 children and all are alive. She lives on a farm free of mortgage.Anna, daughter age 26 born July 1873 in Pennsylvania
John H. Close son-in-law, born March 1871, married 1 year, born in Pennsylvania and parents born in Pennsylvania. John is a laborer on a farm.
Rebecca Jane daughter, born Febrauary 1877, has no children, born in Pennsylvania.
Death
Obituary: Mrs Rebecca Meyers died at her home in Boalsburg, Friday afternoon of last week. For the past thirty four years she has been an invalid, and for almost half that time was practically helpless. She was 61 years of age and born at Shiloh, this County. Her husband died in 1884 but surviving her are the following children; William and John, of Millheim; Mrs. John Close, of Oak Hall; Mrs, Charles Corl, Joseph and Miss Anna, of Boalsburg; she also leaves two sisters, Mrs Samuel Ishler, of Boalsburg, and Mrs, Jacob Fishburn, of the Branch. Rev A. A. Black of the Reformed church officiated at the Funeral which was held Monday morning.cause Arthritis deformities for 38 years.
Endnotes
1. , , ; , Tomestone inscription.
2. Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Harris twp, ED 20, sheet 8, family 184, Rebecca Myers, NARA micropublication T623, roll1391.
3. 1850 U.S. Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Spring twp, page 200 printed, household 200, Peter Hoy; NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 763.
4. Letter from () to Elizabeth L Albright;, Letters from the Past.....
5. 1870 US Census, Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Harris Township, page 532, family 359, line 22, John Myers, NARA micropublication M593, roll 1321.
6. 1880 US Census, Berks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Birdsboro, ED 63, sheet 251D, family 141, line 26, page 251, William Goheen, NARA microfilm T9, roll 1100.
7. , 1890 U.S. census, , population schedule, NARA microfilm M407, roll, Census 1890 File # 123 roll 85. Schedule Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War, SD 6 ED 73, page2, line 19, dwelling 59, family 59, widow..
8. Centre County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Harris twp, ED 20, sheet 8, family 184, Rebecca Myers, NARA micropublication T623, roll1391.
9. , , ; , Tomestone inscription.
10. "," , ; online archives ( : accessed ).
11. Rebecca Myers, death certificate no. 28544 (1906), Commpnwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health Bureau of Vital Stastistics, Ancestry.com.
12. , , ; , Tomestone Inscription.
13. , Newspaper articles, , Democratic Watchman, Bellefonte, PA Friday March 16, 1906.