Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth Grater Jones 
Birth21 November 1879, Illinois
Memo(find-a-grave)
Death6 December 1953
Memo(find-a-grave)
BurialFernwood Cemetery, Royersford, PA
FatherRobert Jones (1833-1905)
MotherSusan Landis Grater (1841-1915)
Spouses
Birth2 April 1876, Montgomery Co, PA
Memo(find-a-grave)
Death2 December 1961
Memo(find-a-grave)
BurialFernwood Cemetery, Royersford, PA
FatherHenry M Harley (1850-1934)
MotherAmanda Schultz Price (1853-)
Marriage4 July 1905
ChildrenJames Jones (1910-1990)
Parent-Proof notes for Elizabeth Grater Jones
Elizabeth Grater Jones, wife of Alvin Price Harley, was born in Illinois in 1879. Her parents were living there at the time of the 1880 Census but by 1900 had moved to Montgomery County, PA where her family was originally from. The sequence of events that led from Montgomery County to Illinois and back would be interesting to know.
Elizabeth’s father was Robert Jones. He came from Ireland in about 1870.
Elizabeth’s father was Robert Jones. He came from Ireland in about 1870.
My Comments notes for Alvin Price (Spouse 1)
Alvin Price Harley’s ancestry makes an interesting story.
His people have spent a longer amount of time in one very specific geographic area than any family I have ever studied. They came to Montgomery County, PA in the early 1700’s and stayed there until at least the mid-1900’s and some descendants still be there today.
There is more information available on the Internet on different branches of his family tree than any family I have studied. There are quite a number of books that deal with these people.
When you get back into the 1700’s, you find that his ancestors were Schwenkfelders and Dunkards and perhaps other religious groups that might generally be termed Anabaptists. (A simple definition is that Anabaptists do not believe in infant baptism, rather see it as a rite for adult believer’s.) Mennonites and Amish are better known names of Anabaptist religious groups.
I wonder if it is because of their religious associations that this family seems to have stayed so many generations so close to their earliest geographic roots in America.
One of the most interesting questions that arises in studying this family history is to track what religion each succeeding generation practiced. The Price family and the Becker family were Dunkards. Because the Harley family is so closely associated with these families, I would guess they were Dunkards too.
But, the Schultz family were Schwenkfelders. So when Jacob H Price married Salome A Schultz, which religion did they practice as a family? And if it was Schwenkfelder, what then happened when their daughter married Henry M Harley? I do not know the religious affiliations of any of the later Harleys, only the very earliest ones. I do not know how many generations back the Harleys ceased being Anabaptists, if they did.
His people have spent a longer amount of time in one very specific geographic area than any family I have ever studied. They came to Montgomery County, PA in the early 1700’s and stayed there until at least the mid-1900’s and some descendants still be there today.
There is more information available on the Internet on different branches of his family tree than any family I have studied. There are quite a number of books that deal with these people.
When you get back into the 1700’s, you find that his ancestors were Schwenkfelders and Dunkards and perhaps other religious groups that might generally be termed Anabaptists. (A simple definition is that Anabaptists do not believe in infant baptism, rather see it as a rite for adult believer’s.) Mennonites and Amish are better known names of Anabaptist religious groups.
I wonder if it is because of their religious associations that this family seems to have stayed so many generations so close to their earliest geographic roots in America.
One of the most interesting questions that arises in studying this family history is to track what religion each succeeding generation practiced. The Price family and the Becker family were Dunkards. Because the Harley family is so closely associated with these families, I would guess they were Dunkards too.
But, the Schultz family were Schwenkfelders. So when Jacob H Price married Salome A Schultz, which religion did they practice as a family? And if it was Schwenkfelder, what then happened when their daughter married Henry M Harley? I do not know the religious affiliations of any of the later Harleys, only the very earliest ones. I do not know how many generations back the Harleys ceased being Anabaptists, if they did.