HARPER, Miriam Jane^[1]

1914 - 2004  (89 years)

• Name	HARPER, Miriam Jane
  Birth	13 Dec 1914	St. John, WA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 207698584
  Residence	Tinian Island, Saint John, Guam
  Residence	1994	Spokane, WA
  _COLOR	11
  Death	3 Dec 2004	Spokane, WA   [4, 5]
  Burial	Endicott, WA
  	Address: Endicott Cemetery
  Person ID	I2524	Puffers
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	HARPER, Claude Americus,   b. 27 Sep 1873, Lisbon, IA d. 8 Sep 1926, Spokane, WA (Age 52 years)
  Mother	PUFFER, Mabel Euretta,   b. 21 Dec 1876, Mechanicsville, IA d. 22 May 1953, Spokane, WA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1900	Spokane, WA   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F9263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	YOUNG, Claire Nelson,   b. 3 Apr 1908, San Francisco, CA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	CA 1935	WA   [4, 5]
  	They lived on a sugar plantation for about 10 years.
  Residence	1943	Spokane, WA   [6]
  Divorce	1948	WA
  Family ID	F20043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	TRUNKEY, Elmer D.,   b. 11 Dec 1912, WA d. 2 Jun 1986, WA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1949
  Children	1. TRUNKEY, Edgar Ross,   b. 14 Oct 1936, Waimea, HI d. 5 Dec 1997, Keno, OR (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F15742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 3	SCHIERMAN, Waldo Carl,   b. 23 Mar 1913, Endicott, WA d. 25 May 1994, Spokane, WA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1986	Spokane, WA   [3]
  Family ID	F15741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  After WWII she joined her husband (Nelson Young) on Guam and taught at Guam Junior High School. In 1946 they moved to Tinian Island where her husband was involved in an agricultural project of resettling the Chamorro people. After a year (1948) the couple returned to St. John, WA, where Mrs. Schierman began teaching. The couple later divorced. She wrote a book, “We Got Here From There,” about the early history of the St. John schools and later wrote a book about the year she spent on Tinian. She enjoyed music and sang in the St. John Methodist choir for many years.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 273. [S807] US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S448] Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013. [S861] US Obituary Collection, 1930-Current. [S1534] US Obituary Collection, 1930-2018. [S375] _US City Directories, 1821-1995.