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  • Name: Hetty Jane BYERS
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 4 Oct 1831 in West Alexander, Washington Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 20 Feb 1901 d
  • Burial: East Finley, Washington Co, Pennsylvania u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas BYERS Birth: 22 Apr 1790 in East Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 8 Sep 1863 in Washington, Washington Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Margaret HAMILTON Birth: 9 May 1794 in Canton Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 15 Jan 1881 in Washington, Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Census 1850, Pennsylvania, Washington Co, Donegal, p18. M432-834. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004205397 image 506. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1850 PA Washington Donegal 18].
  2. Census 1860, Pennsylvania, Washington Co, West Ward Washington, p22. M653-1192. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/001571192 image 635. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1860 PA Washington WestWashington 22].
  3. Census 1870, Pennsylvania, Washington Co, Washington, p36. M593-1463. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004276450 image 240. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1870 PA Washington Washington 36].
  4. Census 1880, Pennsylvania, Washington Co, Mt Pleasant, ED255, p31. T9-1201. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005162304 image 680. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1880 PA Washington MtPleasant ED255 31].
  5. Beers, J. H., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, PA, J.H. Beers Co, Chicago, 1893, reprinted by Polyanthos, Inc, New Orleans, LA, 1976. Available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008651804. Available at http://archive.org/details/commemorativebio03jhbe Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p[0-9-]*].
  6. Bell, Raymond Martin, The BYERS Family of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Washington, PA, 1987, LDS Film#1320702#7. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/526675. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p[0-9]*].
  7. Bell, Raymond Martin, BYERS, Keyhole XXIII,3 (July 1995). p101-103 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell BYERS-95 p10[1-3]].
  8. Craig, Marion Stark, My BYERS-BONAR-SHANNON And Allied Families, 1976, LDS Film#1036519 item#3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig BYERS p[0-9]*].
  9. Eagleson, Andrew S, BYERS Family History, 1908, LDS Film #1320634#5 1988. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/456946. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p[0-9-ab]*].
  10. -, Thomas Byers Family Record, copy obtained from Virginia Gebhardt 9/4/94 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ThomasBYERS Family].
  11. Truan, Van, Descendants of Thomas Byers, private email, 10/18/2000. Author address renegade dot royal at juno dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Van Truan 10/18/2000].
  12. Washington County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Will Books 1781-1872. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1972. Book 8, 1857-1872, Film#863628#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005537972 image 285. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WashingtonCoPA Wills 8-459].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p13, ThomasBYERS Family]
age 18 in 1850 [Ref: 1850 PA Washington Donegal 18]
age 24 in 1860 [Ref: 1860 PA Washington WestWashington 22]
age 34 in 1870 [Ref: 1870 PA Washington Washington 36]
age 48 in 1880 [Ref: 1880 PA Washington MtPleasant ED255 31],
place:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p13]
Donegal Twp [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p804, Craig BYERS p15]
Pennsylvania [Ref: 1850 PA Washington Donegal 18, 1860 PA Washington WestWashington 22, 1880 PA Washington MtPleasant ED255 31],
parents:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p805, Bell BYERS-87 p9, Bell BYERS-95 p102, Eagleson BYERS p13, ThomasBYERS Family, Van Truan 10/18/2000],
father:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p804, Craig BYERS p15, WashingtonCoPA Wills 8-459],
name:
Betty Jane and also as Hetty Jane [Ref: WashingtonCoPA Wills 8-459]
Betty [Ref: Eagleson BYERS p13]
Hetty J [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p804]
Hetty Jane [Ref: ThomasBYERS Family]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p13]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p21]
Sources with Information about marriage to Robert DONALDSON
date:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p804, Craig BYERS p15],
names:
[Ref: Eagleson BYERS p21]
Robert DONALDSON & Hettie B ___ [Ref: 1880 PA Washington MtPleasant ED255 31]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Hetty Jane BYERS
                                     /-----Thomas BYERS
                            /-----James BYERS
                   /-----Samuel BYERS
          /-----Thomas BYERS
         |        |         /-----Thomas WHITE
         |         \-----Jane WHITE
         |                  \-----Ann (WHITE)
 /-----Thomas BYERS
|        |                                             /-----John SHANNON
|        |                                    /-----John SHANNON
|        |                           /-----Robert SHANNON
|        |                  /-----Thomas SHANNON
|        |                 |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
|        |         /-----John SHANNON
|        |        |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
|         \-----Margaret SHANNON
|                 |                  /-----Thomas REID
|                 |         /-----John Col REID
|                 |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
|                  \-----Sarah REID
|                           \-----Jane STUART
Hetty Jane BYERS
|         /-----Robert HAMILTON
 \-----Margaret HAMILTON
          \-----Mary (HAMILTON)



Descendants of Hetty Jane BYERS
1. Hetty Jane BYERS m. Robert DONALDSON
m. Robert DONALDSON