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Martha Jane (King) Kanarr (1849 - 1940)

Martha Jane Kanarr formerly King
Born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 1869 in Indiana County, Pennsylvaniamap
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Died at age 90 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Martha Jane (King) Kanarr was born on 2 Jul 1849 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States, daughter of Adam Franklin King Sr. (1819–1899) and Elizabeth (Caldwell) King (1820–1883).

Martha had a brother, Adam Franklin King (1851–1933).

Martha died on 30 Apr 1940 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States, aged 90.[1] She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Martha married Jacob Kanarr (born on 31 Mar 1843 in Grapeville, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; son of John Kanarr and Anna Magdalene Bender) in 1869 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Their known son was Simon Thomas Kanarr (1869–1945).

Obituary

Leaving thirty-three descendants, one of them a great-great-grandchild, Mrs. Martha Jane Kanarr, widow of Jacob Kanarr and who would have observed her ninetieth birthday July second, next, passed away Tuesday morning in her home, 229 Philadelphia street. A daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Caldwell) King, natives of Armstrong County, she was born in Grant township, lived there and in Rayne township, before removing to Indiana 35 years ago. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church. Surviving are these children: S. T. Kanarr of Indiana R. D. 1; Mrs. J. P. Lydic and Mrs. Robert T. Helman, both of Indiana R. D. 3, and Mrs. C. E. Henry, Ira Guy Kanarr, Mortimer A. Kanarr and Miss Hester Kanarr, all of Indiana. Surviving are 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Friends will be received after 4 p.m. today in Streams Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Arthur J. Pfohl, D. D., will officiate and the body will be placed in the Greenwood Cemetery mausoleum. [Indiana Evening Gazette, Wednesday, May 1, 1940] PA Death Cert #49980

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