Alice
(Minerd) Ellis Doughty
(1871-1961)
Mary
"Alice" (Minerd) Ellis-Doughty was born on Sept. 8, 1871 in Dunbar, Fayette
County, PA, the daughter of James Valentine and
Nancy (Warman) Fuller Minerd.
The Uniontown Genius of Liberty (Nov. 29, 1888) reported that 17-year-old Alice had "left ... for Braddock to meet her lover ... to be joined in holy wedlock." A month later, on Dec. 29, 1888, at Braddock, Allegheny County, PA, near Pittsburgh, Alice married 18-year-old Eugene Ellis Sr. (1869- ? ), a native of Washington County, PA. Justice of the peace John Glunt performed the ceremony.
Perhaps because Alice was so young, her father had to sign his approval that he had "been informed and consented to the intended marriage." He signed his mark with an "X."
Their children were James Alexander "Pug" Ellis, Bertha Ellis, Eugene Ellis Jr., Olive Quairiere, Phyllis Irene Cherry and a not-yet-identified child who died prior to 1900.
Eugene worked as a day laborer, likely at the Braddock Works of United States Steel. In 1900, when the federal census was taken, they resided at Braddock, on Mills Street. Eugene's fate is unknown.
During World War I, when son Pug was serving overseas, Alice was residing at Lemont Furnace.
In about 1912, Alice remarried to James Doughty (1881- ? ), who was seven years younger than she was. They lived at Continental No. 2 coal mine.In 1920, he worked as an engineer in a local by-products plant, and they lived in her parents' home. The Doughtys had one daughter, Phyllis Cherry. James' fate is not known.
In 1937, Alice was presented with her first great-grandchild -- the granddaughter of her son Eugene.
Sadly, Alice endured the death of daughter Phyllis Irene Cherry in 1953. The cause is not known.
Alice passed away on Feb. 18 1961, at the age of 90. She is buried beside Phyllis at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar. At the time of her death, she was survived by 15 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.
Son
James "Pug" Ellis (seen here) served as a Corporal in World War I as a member of Co. B,
60th Infantry. He trained at Camp Lee and was shipped overseas on Aug. 1, 1918.
He apparently was wounded with poison gas, and a cousin later recalled that Pug
"wasn't very quick." After the Armistice was signed, Pug remained with
the occupation forces in France and was there as of June 1, 1919. He is pictured
and briefly profiled in the book, Uniontown's Part in the World War.
After
the war, Pug apparently was coal mine laborer for the H.C. Frick Coke Co.,
working at the company's facilities at Lemont Furnace near Uniontown. Seen
here is a rare old postcard image of the Lemont No. 1 mine and coke works,
as well as the "Pennsylvania Lines" railroad cars.
Son Eugene Ellis ( ? - ? ) was married and circa 1936 lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH. Later, they made their home in Akron, Summit County, OH. They had one daughter, Margaret Ellis, who married George Slough of Akron.
On Feb. 25, 1915, in Dunbar, 17-year-old daughter Olive Ellis married 21-year-old Herman Quairiere Sr., who was a native of Belgium, and the son of Jacob and Mary Darterelle. Olive's distant cousin, Rev. David E. Minerd, performed the wedding ceremony. Herman also served in World War I. He was a resident of Dunbar for 30 years, and was a glass cutter for the Pennsylvania Wire Glass Company and for the final seven years of his career was employed by the West Penn Power Company.
Daughter Phyllis Irene Doughty (1912-1953) married Louis E. Cherry. They had five children -- Mary Lou Cherry, Thomas Cherry, Louis Cherry, Lawrence Cherry and James Cherry. Sadly, Phyllis died at the age of 40 on Feb. 7, 1953, leaving her husband with five young children. She was laid to rest in the Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
The Quaireres had at seven children -- Alex Quairiere, Herman Quairiere Jr., Raymond Quairere, Alice Louise Kerfoot, Althea Quairere, Elaine Quairere and Robert Quairere.
Herman
Quaieriere Sr. passed away at age 50 on D-Day
-- June 6, 1944. The obituary in the Connellsville Daily Courier said that among
his survivors were his parents and two sisters in Belgium. Herman Jr. spent a
term with a Civilian Conservation Camp team in 1936, and returned home once his
duty was completed.
The Quairieres' daughter-in-law, Dolores (May) Quairiere, was a registered nurse at Connellsville (PA) Hospital. Several Quairiere offspring also served their nation during World War II, including Olive's sons Herman and Raymond in England.
Great-grandson John Herman Quairiere (1940-1985) was an electrician and belonged to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).
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© 2000-2003, 2005-2006, 2008 Mark A. Miner.
Image of Herman Quairiere Sr. obituary
courtesy of the Dunbar (PA) Historical Society.