Born in Indiana County Pennsylvania, USA
Daughter of Peter Miller
and Elizabeth (Slasman) Miller
Sister of
Jane (Miller) Braughler
Wife of
Thomas Means
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Thaddeus Means, Mary Elizabeth (Means) Depp, Henry Miller Means, Martha Jane (Means) Lewis, Cornelia (Means) Evans, Amanda M (Means) Gourley, Harry Peter Means, Oran Means and Thomas Monroe Means
Died
at age 66
in Jefferson County Pennsylvania, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 26 May 2015
This page has been accessed 117 times.
Biography
On 4 June 1821 Martha was born to Peter and Elizabeth Miller.
Martha Miller married Thomas Means and had four children, Thaddeus, Miller, Oran and Harriet
In the 1880 census of Perry Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, Martha (57) is married to Thomas Means (68) a farmer, born in Pennsylvania, and whose parents were born in Ireland. Son Thomas M. is 17, (born in Perry 21 June 1863, died in Cambria 31 Dec 1938). [1]
Their son Orran or Oran is 21. [2]
On 14 Aug 1887 she passed away, a week after her husband.. She is buried in the Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Frostburg, Jefferson, Pa. [3]
Inscription:
- THOMAS MEANS
- JULY 23, 1812
- AUG. 8, 1887
- MARTHA, HIS WIFE
- JUNE 4, 1821
- AUG. 14, 1887
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFK-JY5 : 14 January 2022), Orran Means in household of Thomas Means, Perry Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
- Martha Means
- Sex Female
- Age 57
- Event Date 1880
- Event Place Perry Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States
- Event Place (Original) Perry, ED 194, Jefferson, PA, United States
- Birth Year (Estimated) 1823
- Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
- Marital Status Married
- Occupation Keeping House
- Race White
- Relationship to Head of Household Wife
- Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
- Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
- Event Type Census
- Household Identifier 9787807
- Person Number 1
- Sheet Letter C
- Sheet Number 138
- Sheet Number and Letter 138C
- Volume 1
- Affiliate Film Number 1136
- Affiliate Line Number 00011
- Affiliate Publication Number T9
- ↑
Orran Means
- Sex Male
- Age 21
- Event Date 1880
- Event Place Perry Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States
- Event Place (Original) Perry, ED 194, Jefferson, PA, United States
- Birth Year (Estimated) 1859
- Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
- Marital Status Single
- Occupation Farm Laborer
- Race White
- Relationship to Head of Household Son
- Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
- Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
- Event Type Census
- Household Identifier 9787807
- Person Number 2
- Sheet Letter C
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #115047926
- Martha Miller Means
- BIRTH 4 Jun 1821
- Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
- DEATH 14 Aug 1887 (aged 66)
- Perry Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA
- BURIAL
- Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery
- Frostburg, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZP8-JGJ : accessed 22 July 2015), Martha Means in household of Thomas Means, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 15, family 110, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,851.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFK-JYP : accessed 22 July 2015), Martha Means in household of Thomas Means, Perry, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district 194, sheet 138C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1136; FHL microfilm 1,255,136.
Is Martha your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
-
~1.56%
Courtney (Morse) Zumwalt
:
23andMe, GEDmatch PY2468573 [compare]
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured National Park champion connections: Martha is 17 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 21 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 14 degrees from George Catlin, 15 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 22 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 16 degrees from George Grinnell, 27 degrees from Anton Kröller, 16 degrees from Stephen Mather, 23 degrees from Kara McKean, 18 degrees from John Muir, 18 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 27 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
M > Miller | M > Means > Martha (Miller) Means
Categories: Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Frostburg, Pennsylvania