Some records show her last name as Taney.
Ellwood Roberts’ Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, 1904, volume 2, page 156 shows under Jacob T. Trinley: "John Taney (maternal grandfather) was of German descent. He was a laboring man, skillful with tools, and built boats for use on the Reading canal. He also worked on different farms. He maintained a good home and was comfortable but not wealthy. Be was a member of the German Reform church. His children Elizabeth (Mrs. A. Soures); Barbara, married Peter Yeager, who served in the war of 1812, his wife still drawing a pension; John, worked in iron foundries and became a skilled laborer, dying near Johnstown; Ablena (Mrs. Charles W. Wisner); Hannah (Mrs. David Lloyd), her husband being a machine molder; and Mary (mother), who was the second child".
Some records show her last name as Taney.
Ellwood Roberts’ Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, 1904, volume 2, page 156 shows under Jacob T. Trinley: "John Taney (maternal grandfather) was of German descent. He was a laboring man, skillful with tools, and built boats for use on the Reading canal. He also worked on different farms. He maintained a good home and was comfortable but not wealthy. Be was a member of the German Reform church. His children Elizabeth (Mrs. A. Soures); Barbara, married Peter Yeager, who served in the war of 1812, his wife still drawing a pension; John, worked in iron foundries and became a skilled laborer, dying near Johnstown; Ablena (Mrs. Charles W. Wisner); Hannah (Mrs. David Lloyd), her husband being a machine molder; and Mary (mother), who was the second child".
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