HARPER, Miriam Jane

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• Residence: Tinian Island, Saint John, Guam
• _COLOR: 11
• Residence: 1994, Spokane, WA

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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.

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Miriam married YOUNG, Claire Nelson in CA 1935 in WA, and was divorced in 1948 in WA. Claire was born on 3 Apr 1908 in San Francisco, CA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Miriam married TRUNKEY, Elmer D. in 1949. Elmer (son of TRUNKEY, John S. and M., Annabell) was born on 11 Dec 1912 in WA; died on 2 Jun 1986 in WA; was buried in Saint John, WA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Miriam married SCHIERMAN, Waldo Carl on 21 Nov 1986 in Spokane, WA. Waldo (son of SCHIERMAN, Conrad S. and BAFUS, Lydia) was born on 23 Mar 1913 in Endicott, WA; died on 25 May 1994 in Spokane, WA; was buried in Endicott, WA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _COLOR: 11

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Veteran, LCpl, US Marines, enlisted 1958, stationed in Okinawa and Japan

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