John Shay (abt. 1828 - abt. 1865)

Born about 1828 in Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Mr. King married, April 24, 1892, Margaret Buschner, a native of Oakmont, Pennsylvania, born on the lot now occupied by herself and family. Mrs. King is a daughter of John Gotleib and Eliza (Rimmel-Shay) Buschner. Mr. Buschner was a native of Germany who came to the United States about the middle of the last century, with a family of the name of Feistel, who settled in the Pittsburgh vicinity, and with whom he made his home. Here he met his future wife, a native of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. She was a daughter of George Rimmel, of French descent, and was first married to John Shay, and became the mother of his three children. After Mr. Shay's death, his widow and her father removed to Oakmont, and lived on the Black farm, and there Mr. Rimmel made baskets.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 2, p. 1045-1046)

• 1860: Franklin, Armstrong, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1069; Page: 208; Family History Library Film: 805069