Rebecca Jane Moyer

1882 - 1934  (52 years)

• Name	Rebecca Jane Moyer  [1, 2]
  Born	07 Feb 1882	Rebersburg, Centre County, PA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	08 Jul 1934	Mont Alto, Franklin County, PA   [3, 4]
  	Cause: Leukemia
  Buried	Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA   [3, 4, 5]
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76817249/rebecca-ziegler Plot: Section 1, Row 2, #2
  Person ID	I1652	Kreider Moyer
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Joseph Klose Moyer,   b. 25 Mar 1840, Coburn, Centre County, PA ,   d. 10 Mar 1910, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Kline,   b. 23 Aug 1845, Pennsylvania ,   d. 26 Feb 1921, Miles Township, Centre County, PA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	15 Feb 1868
  Family ID	F546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edwin Allen Ziegler,   b. 20 Sep 1880, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA ,   d. 14 Oct 1967, Lewisburg, Union County, PA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1905
  Last Modified	17 May 2018
  Family ID	F631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 07 Feb 1882 - Rebersburg, Centre County, PA Died - Cause: Leukemia - 08 Jul 1934 - Mont Alto, Franklin County, PA Buried - - Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Moyer children portrait taken about 1886 Seated, left to right Sara, Jason (Jay), Mary Elizabeth, Rebecca. Standing, left to right Hiram Bruce, Eva, Flora, John Nevin.
  		Moyer family portrait taken about 1893 Seated on ground, left to right: Rebecca, Jason (Jay), George Calvin (the only photo of George Calvin) Seated: Sara, Mary Elizabeth (holding Miriam), Mary Elizabeth Kline Moyer, Joseph Klose Moyer Standing: Eva, Hiram Bruce, John Nevin, George Limbert (married Flora in 1894), Flora
  		Moyer family portrait taken Christmas 1900 Top, left to right Elizabeth, Nevin, Sara, Bruce, Eva, Jay Front, left to right Rebecca, Mary Elizabeth Moyer and Joseph Moyer, Miriam, Flora.
  		Moyer homestead Centre Mills, PA 1902 across from the mill
  		Moyer, Rebecca, age 16 in 1898
  		Moyer, Rebecca Jane.jpg 1900
  		Moyer women Front row: Flora Moyer Limbert, Mary Elizabeth Moyer Kreider, Miriam Moyer Sherman. Back row: Sara Moyer Bray, Mary Elizabeth Kline Moyer, Eva Moyer, Rebecca Moyer Ziegler. Taken 1910 - 1915 probably on the front porch of Mary Eliz. Kline Moyer's house in Rebersburg, PA
  		KreiderAlbum006A.jpg Possibly taken at the wedding of Paul Moyers Limbert to Anna Myers. Lancaster, PA, 1922. Flora Moyer Limbert, Sara Moyer Bray, Elizabeth Moyer Kreider, Rebecca Moyer Ziegler.
  		Kreider Album Front row: Josephine Kreider, Rebecca Ziegler, Henry Kreider, Jr., Ruth Kreider. Back row: Henry Kreider, Jason Moyer (child), Edwin Ziegler, Elizabeth Kreider, Dorothy Moyer. Mont Alto, PA
  		Moyer sisters

  
  

  Headstones

  Ziegler, Edwinna (1942-1943) Edwin Allen Ziegler (1940-1941) and Rebecca Jane Moyer (1882-1934) St. Peters Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Miles Township, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location Plot: Section 1, Row 2, #2

  
  

• Notes

  Rebecca and her husband, Edwin Ziegler cared for her sister, Miriam Sherman's children, Miriam & Nevin, after her death in 1925 until the children's father, Anson, remarried in 1929. Mrs. Edwin A. Ziegler Mrs. Rebecca Ziegler, wife of Dr. Edwin A. Ziegler, died yesterday after three weeks illness at her home in Mont Alto. She was in her 53rd year and was a member of the Zion Reformed Church of town. She is survived by her husband, who is director of the Forest Research Institute at Mont Alto, and these brothers and sisters, Nevin Moyer of Rebersburg, Jay Moyer of Binghamton, N.Y., Mrs. Elizabeth Kreider of Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. Flora Limbert of Tyrone and Mrs. Sarah Grey of Drums. Mrs. Ziegler had been in ill health for the past five years and was bedfast for three weeks prior to her death. She resided at Mont Alto since 1909, with the exception of a few years during the World War, when her husband was employed by the government at New Orleans, La. She attended Allentown College for Women and was graduated from the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. She taught school for four years. She also taught a class in the United Brethren Sunday school at Mont Alto. Mrs. Ziegler was a member of the Chambersburg Garden Club. The funeral services, conducted by her pastor, Rev. Dr. Irvin W. Hendricks, will be held at the home on the Mont Alto Forest School campus at 4 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon. Further services will be held at 11 A.M. Wednesday at Rebersburg; burial at Rebersburg Union cemetery. Public Opinion, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Monday, 9 July 1934, page 2. [4, 6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] The Meyer Family Tree compiled by John D. Meyer, Tyrone, PA, October 1937. [S48] Genealogy of the Morr Family, Calvin F. Moyer, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382), 246. [S38] Find A Grave database. [S32] obituary. [S3] Cemeteries of Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, (Name: Centre County Genealogical Society, 2004;). [S76] Newspaper article, newspapers.com.