Helen Marion Van Billiard, GW #117 Helen was born on 1 February 1894 in Bethlehem, Pa. to Amandus and Margaret (Bleicher, Blacker) Van Billiard, sometimes listed as Billiard.  Sadly, both of Helen’s p [...]

Margaret Pauline Tyerman, GW #204 Margaret was born on 20 February 1916 in Champion, Chase County, Nebraska to William T. and Lulu G. (Davidson) Tyerman.  Margaret’s father was a farmer.  In 1937, whe [...]

Esther Delilah Teel, GW #130 Esther was born on 11 April 1896, probably in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, Pa, to George and Mary (Showers) Teel.  In the 1910 census, fourteen-year-old Esther [...]

Libbie E. Svecha, GW #121 Libbie was born on 11 April 1894 in Detroit, Michigan to immigrants from Bohemia/Austria Stanislaw and Catherine (Sver or Soec) Svecha.  Libbie lived with her parents in Detr [...]

Mary Emma Stutzman, GW #52 Emma was born on 1 July 1887 in Locustdale, Schuylkill County, Pa. to John and Susanna (Stitzer) Stutzman.  Emma was the youngest of eleven children.  In 1900 the family was [...]

Ida Margaret Stoneback, GW #184  Ida was born on 4 June 1906 in Quakertown to Edwin K. and Lucy (Sweitzer) Stoneback.  Even though her mother was only 19 years old, Ida was the third child born in the [...]

Cora Stirk, GW #60  Cora was born on 31 May of 1881 to Welden and Anna (Trumbauer) Stirk.  In the 1900 census, Cora is a teenager in her parents’ home in Bethlehem, Pa. and is working as a winder in a [...]

Sarah Elizabeth Sterling, GW #81 Sarah was born on 21 August 1884, according to her tombstone, but in 1883 according to the 1900 census.  Her parents were immigrant from Ireland Robert Sterling and im [...]

Ruth Rebecca Stengele, GW #107 Ruth was born on 12 February 1892 in Emerald, Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pa. to Frank and Sophia (Wehr) Stengele.  Ruth came to faith when a young girl.  She wa [...]

Laura E. Steinmetz, GW #17 Laura was born on 12 December 1879 to the Reverend Wilson Steinmetz and his wife, Mary Jane, nee Gruber.  Laura’s father was a pastor in the Mennonite Brethren in Christ chu [...]