Eliza Jane (Wagner) Niess (1849 - 1913)

Born 19 Dec 1849 in Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Harry H. Niess — married 21 Feb 1869 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1913 at age 63 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Birth

19 Dec 1849

Pennsylvania

Death

28 Aug 1913

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Cause of death: Apolexy; Gangrene of Foot

Burial

30 Aug 1913

Prospect Hill Cemetery

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Notes

From film #1486693, First Church of God, Harrisburg:

Membership:

#247, Eliza Jane Niess,

When converted: 14 January 1869

When received: 28 February 1869

How received: on Profession of faith

1900 census

Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg

1201 Barley Street

Niess, Harry H., born June 4, 1845, was 55 years old, married 31 years and a "joiner iron"

Eliza was born Dec 19, 1849 and was 50 years old. She had 12 children with 8 still living

Susan E., was born Dec 18, 1869, was 30 years old, single and a for-lady in a factory

Grace E. was born July 12, 1872, was 27, single and a seamstress

Meredith P., was born March 5, 1874, was 26 and single

Lottie May was born Dec 26, 1883, was 16, and was some kind of a seamstress (I can't read the word)

Mary J was born March 21, 1885, and was 15

Ruth was born Aug 19, 1888 and was 11 and at school

All were born in Pennsylvania

1910 census shows Clyde as a son, aged 17

Obituary

Patriot Newspaper, Harrisburg,

Volume 71, Issue 78, page 11

MRS. ELIZABETH J. NEISS

Mrs. Elizabeth J. Neiss, aged 68 years, died Thursday at her home, 716 Race street. She is survived by eight daughters: Ella, Grace, Myrtle, Marguerite, Catherine, Lottie, Mary, Ruth and one son, Clyde. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock, the Rev. G.W. Danner, pastor of the Nagle Street Church of God, officiating.

Interment will be made in Prospect Hill cemetery.

Sources

• Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 078691-081900 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.