Anna Marie Styers1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 19720, (1902 - 1976)
FatherAbraham Lincoln Styers4,3,5 (20 Feb 1875 - 19 Feb 1964)
MotherLaura Jane Hummel6,3,7 (20 Jun 1879 - 2 Feb 1925)

Key Events:

Birth: 1 Jun 1902, Milton, Pennsylvania8,9,10
Marriage: 16 Apr 1917, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, John Dewey Heimbach (3 Jan 1897 - 11 Aug 1961)11,12,13
Divorce: Mar 1924, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, John Dewey Heimbach (3 Jan 1897 - 11 Aug 1961)3
Marriage: 6 May 1924, Middletown, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, Clarence Elwood Weida (25 Apr 1895 - 10 Dec 1974)3
Divorce Filing: 11 Jan 1926, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, Clarence Elwood Weida (25 Apr 1895 - 10 Dec 1974)14
Marriage: about 1937, Jay Nicholas Simons (24 May 1906 - 19 Apr 1984)15,16,17
Death: 9 Jan 1976, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania18,19,20
Burial: 12 Jan 1976, Montandon Cemetery21
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Anna Marie Styers was born on 1 Jun 1902 in Milton, Pennsylvania.8,9,10
     She moved to Michigan with her parents before 1910. She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan, in the household of her parents, Abraham Lincoln Styers and Laura Jane Hummel.4
     Anna married first John Dewey Heimbach, son of John H. Heimbach and Mary A. Bailey, on 16 Apr 1917 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, with J. W. Hutchinson, justice of the peace, offciating.11,12,13
     John and Anna were living on Montour Ave, Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, when he registered for the draft 5 Jun 1918.22
     Anna and John appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, at 424 Piper Ave., enumerated 17 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their home. His older brother Leiser was listed as living with them.23
     Anna and John were divorced in Mar 1924 in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, on the grounds of desertion.3
     Anna married second Clarence Elwood Weida, son of Henry Weida and Alice Wessner, on 6 May 1924 in Middletown, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, with Rev. Fuller Bergstresser officiating. He had previously been married to Hallie C. Deibert.3
     Clarence filed for divorce from Anna in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. A master was appointed 11 Jan 1926 to review the case. No record of the final outcome has been found but evidently the divorce was granted.14
     Anna married third Jay Nicholas Simons, son of Bertha Mae Simons, about 1937.15,16,17
     Anna and Jay appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, at 454 Columbia Ave., enumerated 17 Apr 1940, reporting that they were renting their home, for $11 per month. Listed as living with them were his half-brother Olan, her father, Abraham Lincoln Styers, and her nephew, Clifford Daubin, age 17.24
     Anna and Jay appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Kelly, Union Co., Pennsylvania, on Mountain View Rd., enumerated 3 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm, and lived in the same house the year before.25
     She reported in the 1950 census that she was not employed, but has earned $640 the prior year, and had last worked as a gas station operator.25
     She was employed by American Home Foods in Milton in Milton.7
     Anna died on 9 Jan 1976 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, at age 73.18,19,20 She was buried on 12 Jan 1976 in Montandon Cemetery.21

Children:
     There were no children with John Dewey Heimbach

Children:
     There were no children with Clarence Elwood Weida

Children:
     There were no children with Jay Nicholas Simons

Citations

  1. [S5701] Abraham Styers household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cass Co., Michigan, shows name as Anna M. Styers.
  2. [S12679] "Heimbach -- Styers," The Lewisburg Journal, 27 Apr 1917, shows name as Anna Marie Styers.
  3. [S5725] Clarence E. Weida and Anna Marie Styers, Application for Marriage License, Dauphin County.
  4. [S5701] Abraham Styers household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cass Co., Michigan.
  5. [S5698] Jay Simons household, 1940 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows him as father-in-law and her as wife of head of household.
  6. [S5701] Abraham Styers household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cass Co., Michigan, shows the girl as daughter of Laura's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S12676] A. Marie Simons obituary, The Daily Item.
  8. [S5701] Abraham Styers household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cass Co., Michigan, shows age 8 and state.
  9. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Marie Simons, Soc. Sec. No. 197-10-5444, shows date, with year as 1902.
  10. [S12676] A. Marie Simons obituary, The Daily Item, shows town and date, with year as 1901.
  11. [S12679] "Heimbach -- Styers," The Lewisburg Journal, 27 Apr 1917, shows date, at this place, and officiant.
  12. [S12681] John Dewey Heimbach, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows her as his wife.
  13. [S12680] John Heimbach household, 1920 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows married.
  14. [S12684] "Masters Named to Hear Troubles of Mismated Couples," The Reading Times, 12 Jan 1926.
  15. [S5698] Jay Simons household, 1940 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows married.
  16. [S12677] Jay N. Simons household, 1950 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania, shows married 20 years.
  17. [S12676] A. Marie Simons obituary, The Daily Item, shows her as his wife, married 39 years.
  18. [S12676] A. Marie Simons obituary, The Daily Item, shows died today and town.
  19. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Marie Simons, Soc. Sec. No. 197-10-5444, shows month, year, and last residence as 17847 Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania.
  20. [S12674] Jay N. Simons obituary, The Daily Item, shows year.
  21. [S12676] A. Marie Simons obituary, The Daily Item, shows service Monday and cemetery.
  22. [S12681] John Dewey Heimbach, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  23. [S12680] John Heimbach household, 1920 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
  24. [S5698] Jay Simons household, 1940 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
  25. [S12677] Jay N. Simons household, 1950 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania.