Nora Silvia Wiest1

F, #15362, b. 28 September 1889, d. 14 December 1918
Last Edited=16 Oct 2020
     Nora Silvia Wiest was born on 28 September 1889, Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, PA.2 Some sources list Nora's father as Daniel Merkel Wiest Jr., but that is impossible if, as most sources indicate, he died in infancy. Other sources list her father as Daniel T. Wiest, but that is inconsistent with her death certificate.3 She married Charles E. Hoffman circa 1908.1,4 Nora Silvia Wiest was buried on 18 August 1918, at Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery, Rough and Ready, Schuylkill County, PA.2,5 She died on 14 December 1918, Upper Mahantango Township, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 29, of influenza and pneumonia.2,1 She was buried on 18 December 1918, at Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery, Rough and Ready, Schuylkill County, PA.2

Child of Nora Silvia Wiest and Charles E. Hoffman

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  2. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 193587; Filed: December 17, 1918;
    https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  3. [S401] Brian Barr Wiest, Genealogy of the Wiest Family (Transcribed and updated by Bruce T. Hall, 2001: Unpublished typescript, undated). Hereinafter cited as Wiest Family History.
  4. [S199] 1910 Census , Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1419; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0106; FHL microfilm: 1375432; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll
  5. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171177009/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  6. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182759619/hilda-paul