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Leah E. Black 1915–2006 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 May 1915

Birth Location: South Canaan Wayne County Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 2006

Death Location: Maplewood, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Emmett Black

Mother: Grace Hobbs

Spouse(s): Roy Miller, Robert Muir

Children(s): Robert Muir, Elsie Miller, Clinton Muir, Evelyn Kushnerick, Beverly Muir

Leah E. Black was born in 1915 in South Canaan Wayne County Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Emmett Black And Grace J Hobbs. In 1950, Leah E. Black resided in Lake, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA. Leah E. Black married Robert B Muir, Roy John Miller, and had children including Barbara R Muir, Beverly G Muir, Clinton E Muir, Elsie Grace Miller, Evelyn Kushnerick, Lois Muir, Mary Muir, Robert John Muir. Leah E. Black passed away in 2006 in Maplewood, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Leah E. Black was born in 1915 in South Canaan Wayne County Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Emmett Black And Grace J Hobbs.
  • In 1950, Leah E. Black resided in Lake, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Leah E. Black married Robert B Muir, Roy John Miller, and had children including Barbara R Muir, Beverly G Muir, Clinton E Muir, Elsie Grace Miller, Evelyn Kushnerick, Lois Muir, Mary Muir, Robert John Muir.
  • Leah E. Black passed away in 2006 in Maplewood, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Leah Black's Ancestors

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Leah Black
1915–2006
Birth Place: South Canaan Wayne County Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Emmett Black
1879–1966
Pennsylvania
Grace (J) Hobbs
1885–1973
Dunmore Lackawanna County Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Spencer (Emmett) Black
1852–1897
Lake Ariel, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
Sylvia (Amanda) Shaffer
1858–1933
South Canaan Wayne, Pennsylvania
John Hobbs
1854–1904
Dunmore, Pennsylvania
Sara (Frances) Swingle
–1922
S Carman, Pennsylvania
Great-Grandparents
William Black
1815–1893
Catherine Augustine
1825–1870
Sylvester Shaffer
1826–1903
Hannah Swingle
1832–1911
Ashbel Hobbs
1819–1888
Maria Hobbs
1816–1900
Daniel Sr.
1825–1895
Sarah Francisco
1826–1886
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johnathan Black
1780–1840
Anne Briant
1785–1872
Moses Shaffer
1786–1861
Mary Swingle
1788–1839
Charles Swingle
1809–1869
Elmira Quick
1812–1894
Roxina Welsh
1797–1840
Hiram Hobbs
1795–1865
Daniel Swingle
1798–1878
Eunice Buckingham
1795–1875
John Francisco
1792–1865
Margaret Weiss
1794–1865

Leah Black's Descendants

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Leah (E.) Black (25 May 1915–2006) m. Roy (John) Miller (24 November 1910–November 1968) m. Robert (B) Muir (25 Jan 1914–12/14/1995)
  1. 1. Robert (John) Muir 1942–2025
  2. 2. Elsie (Grace) Miller 1936–1936
  3. 3. Clinton (E) Muir 1951–2010
  4. 4. Evelyn Kushnerick 1946–2021 m. Edmund (Kushnerick) Sr. 1940–1988
  5. 5. Beverly (G.) Muir 1940–2018 m. Robert (W.) Knecht 1938–2013

Leah Black's Timeline

4 Records

1915
25 May 1915
Birth of Leah E. Black in South Canaan Wayne County Pennsylvania, USA
South Canaan Wayne County Pennsylvania, USA
1950
1950
Age 35
Leah E. Black resided here in Lake, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
Lake, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
2006
27 July 2006
Age 91
Death of Leah E. Black in Olyphant, Lackawanna, PA
Olyphant, Lackawanna, PA
2006
2006
Age 91
Burial of Leah E. Black in Maplewood, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Maplewood, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 May 1915
    Event Place: South Canaan Wayne County Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Issue State: Maryland; Issue Date: Before 1951
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Times-Tribune; Publication Date: 29 Jul 2006; Publication Place: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.24085562,0.6507059,0.57184947&xid=3355
    [3] 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Lake, Wayne, Pennsyl

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Lake, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Lake, Wayne, Pennsyl

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Dunmore, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Times-Tribune; Publication Date: 29 Jul 2006; Publication Place: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.24085562,0.6507059,0.57184947&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Wayne, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Lake, Wayne, Pennsyl

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 July 2006
    Event Place: Olyphant, Lackawanna, PA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Issue State: Maryland; Issue Date: Before 1951
    [2] U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Times-Tribune; Publication Date: 29 Jul 2006; Publication Place: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA; ,0.24085562,0.6507059,0.57184947&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 2006
    Event Place: Maplewood, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA

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