Ancestors of





Dorothy Eldora Hayes



      Sex: F

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 3 Apr 1911 - West Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
    Christening: 
          Death: 28 Feb 1993 - Honey Brook, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States ( at age 81)
         Burial: in Forks of the Brandywine Presbyterian Cemetery, Glenmoore, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
 Cause of Death: 
Find A Grave ID: 137386699

Parents
         Father: John Heenan Hayes  {Find A Grave ID: 239847697}
         Mother: Blanche Letita Shute  {Find A Grave ID: 239758975}

Spouses and Children
1. *John D. Stapleton Jr.
       Marriage: 5 Dec 1934 - Coatesville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage Notes 

Per Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968
Marriage Date5 Dec 1934
Marriage PlaceCoatesville, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
No prior marriages for either
License issued 11/27/1934
NameJohn Stapleton
GenderMale Color White
Marriage Age23 Birth Dateabt 1911 Birthplace Wilmington, Dela.
Residence 202 N E Lonewell, Wilmington, Del.
SpouseDorothy Eldora Hayes
GenderFemale Color White
Marriage Age23 Birth Dateabt 1911 Birthplace Brandamore
Residence Brandamore, Pa.
Film Number000556693
Children: 1. Ellen Nadene Stapleton 

Notes
General:
Per 1920 US Census 1/20/1920 Farm Reidio Creamery, West Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania
John H. Hayes is the 48 year old white male head of household, who owns his home, with a mortgage. Born in Pennsylvania, as were his parents, he works of his own account as a butcher. His wife is 42 year old Blanche L. Hayes, born in Minnesota, her father in New York, her mother in Pennsylvania. They have 6 children still living at home, all born in Pennsylvania. Stella P. Hayes is their 17 year old daughter, attends school. J. Carroll Hayes is their 10 year old son, attends school. Dorothy E. Hayes is their 8 year old daughter, attends school. William J. Hayes is their 7 year old son, attends school. Thomas W. Hayes is their 5 year old son. Parke S. Hayes is their 9 month old son.

Per 1940 US Census 4/11/1940 435 on Map, West Brandywine, Chester, Pennsylvania
John Stapleton Jr is the 29 year old white male head of household, who rents his home on a farm for $25 a month. Born in Delaware, educated through 4 years of high school, he works as a farmer on his own farm, working 50 hours last week, and in 50 weeks of work earned no wages in 1939. He and his family lived in this same house in 1935. His wife, 29 year old Dorothy Stapleton, was born in Pennsylvania, educated through 4 years of high school, does home housework. John D. Stapleton III is their 3 year old son, born in Pennsylvania. Emma Atkins, 85 year old widow, is John's aunt, born in Pennsylvania, educated through 6th grade, and is unable to work. Mark Sibley Jr is the 3 year old nephew, born in Pennsylvania.

Per 1950 US Census 5/5/1950 T-437 On Route 82 & 437, W. Brandywine, Chester, Penn.
Their house is on a farm of 3 or more acres. John D. Stapleton is the 39 year old white male head of household, born in Delaware, working as a welder in a steel mill, worked 48 hours last week. His wife, 39 year old Dorothy Stapleton, was born in Pennsylvania and keeps house. They have 2 children, both born in Pennsylvania - 13 year old son John D. Stapleton, and 6 year old daughter Ellen N. Stapleton. Living with them is John's mother, 79 year old Elizabeth J. Stapleton, a widow born in Pennsylvania, keeps house.

Per Findagrave
Dorothy Eldora Hayes Stapleton
Birth 1911 West Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 28 Feb 1993 (aged 81\endash 82) Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial Forks of the Brandywine Presbyterian Cemetery Glenmoore, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Memorial ID 137386699

Per U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
NameDorothy H Stapleton
GenderFemale
Birth Date3 Apr 1911
Death Date28 Feb 1993
Claim Date17 Jan 1976
SSN204074963

Per U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
NameDorothy H. Stapleton
Social Security Number204-07-4963
Birth Date3 Apr 1911
Issue yearBefore 1951
Issue StatePennsylvania
Last Residence19320, Coatesville, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Death Date28 Feb 1993

Obituary from The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3/4/1993
Dorothy Stapleton, 81, W. Brandywine native by Bill Price
Dorothy Hayes Stapleton, 81, of West Brandywine, a homemaker and retired employee of Lukens Steel in Coatesville, died Sunday at Brandywine Hospital and Trauma Center.
For 25 years, Mrs. Stapleton worked in the microfilm laboratory at Lukens. She retired in 1976.
A lifelong resident of West Brandywine, Mrs. Stapleton graduated from Coatesville Area High
School in 1928.
She was a member of Hibernia United Methodist Church and was active in several women's groups there. She also taught Sunday School for more than 10 years.
Mrs. Stapleton was a former member of the West Brandywine Election Board and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Honey Brook. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, John D. Stapleton Jr.; a son, John D. Stapleton 3d; a daughter, Ellen N. Eckert; a brother, eight grandchildren and two great-grand-children.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Hibernia United Methodist Church on Hibernia Road in Coatesville. Interment will follow in Brandywine Manor Cemetery in West Brandywine.
Friends may call at the church from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. today.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Hibernia United Methodist Church Building Fund, R.D. 6, Box 443, Coatesville, Pa. 19320. Arrangements were made by Wilde Funeral Home in Parkesburg.


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