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TFA TQ Editor/Publisher

TFA TQ Editor/Publisher

 

The Thayer Quarterly is the Official Newsletter of the Thayer Families Association. Future issues will be mailed at the end of the month as follows: Winter, February; Spring, May; Summer, August; Fall, November.

  • Stories Needed. Stories are always welcome, and needed, in order to maintain your newsletter. Please consider sharing a Thayer related family with the rest of your family. Submit completed stories to the Editor at the address listed on the back of this newsletter or email them. Feeling timid? Just send the information and I will write the article for you. Just This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. me, the Editor, your information and I will write the article for you. Send all information to the address listed at the bottom of this page.
  • Research Needed. We know of many locations in the United States named Thayer. I would like to ask all our readers to look into a location near them and research it for us. We would like to know how these places came to be named Thayer. Here is a partial list: Indiana; Thayer, Iowa; Thayer, Kansas; Thayer, Mississippi; Thayer, Nebraska; Thayer, South Carolina; Thayer, West Virginia; Thayer Corners, New York. If you know of others, please e-mail the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and he will include them here.
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  • Your membership to the Thayer Families Association, Inc. includes subscription to The Thayer Quarterly. This money will be used for the future publication of the "A Comprehensive Genealogy of the Thayers of America". Many of your are involved in writing all Thayers in the United States to tell them about TFA and ask them to join. It is essential that we gather as much genealogical information as possible on present day generations. If you are holding out, trying to find just one more birth or death date, WAIT NO LONGER! Please send your information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , our Assistant Genealogist/Historian, as soon as possible. Make it your New Year resolution, and stick to it!

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Article Submission

Submit articles for publication, comments, or suggestions to the editor at the address listed below. I will credit anyone for writing his or her own article or for providing information that I can write an article from. I can scan any photographs provided without damaging them. Photographs with a very light background are best. All materials provided will be returned if requested. Please submit completed articles of 2-3 type written pages. If you wish to write an article on information you provide, you may submit as much information as you have. Please cite your sources of information and allow me enough time to request permission to use copyrighted material. Please feel free to write me with your comments.

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Best of The Thayer Quarterly

Welcome to the world of Thayers! This new section will provide you with a glimpse of the best articles that have appeared in past issues of The Thayer Quarterly, the official newsletter of the Thayer Families Association. All articles are copyright © Thayer Families Association, all rights reserved. Some corrections to articles have been made since the articles were first printed.

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Sugarland, TX 77478-3715

William G. Thayer Memorial

Obituaries

Buryl Stewart THAYER

Buryl Stewart Thayer, who lived in Seattle the past fifteen years and in Spokane for forty years, passed away April 7, 2012. Constance Buryl Lavinia Stewart was born in 1922 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and moved to Everett, Washington with her parents when she was three years old. She graduated from Everett High School, and then from Washington State University in 1945, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. She received a master's degree in fine arts from WSU in 1953. She met J. Lewis Thayer-who had returned to college after service in the Navy during World War II-at Washington State, and they were married in 1948. Over the next nine years they had five children. Early in the marriage, Lewis's employer, Union Oil Company, transferred him (and so his family) from Eugene, Oregon to Wenatchee and then to Ephrata, Washington. The family moved to Spokane in 1957, and Lewis began operating the family wheat farm near Almira, Washington, commuting between Almira and Spokane. Lewis passed away in 1982. Buryl taught interior design at the Spokane Community College extension school for sixteen years, and worked as a freelance interior designer. In 1997 she moved to Seattle to be closer to her children. Buryl is survived by her sons James S. Thayer and his wife Patricia of Seattle, John L. Thayer M.D. and his wife Kathleen of Medina, WA, Joseph T. Thayer of Shoreline, WA, her daughter Constance Jill Thayer of Shoreline, and seven grandchildren. Her fourth son, Jay M. Thayer, died in 2010. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, and friend, and will be sorely missed. The family is planning a private memorial gathering. Published in The Seattle Times on May 6, 2012


IN MEMORY OF:

William G. Thayer

William G. Thayer, age 96 of Delta, passed away Wednesday evening, February 15, 2012 at Swanton Health Care. He was born in Mount Hope, WV on May 3, 1915 to the late J. Guy Thayer and Ida (Crawford) Thayer. Bill graduated college from Virginia Tech and later worked for Dupont in West Virginia and Mine Safety Appliance Co. in Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Jeane DeWeese in 1940 and she preceded him in death in 1989. Together they were blessed with two children, Diane (Lonnie) Price of Canal Winchester, OH and William David (Kathy) Thayer of Lincoln City, OR. Bill later married Louise (Sintobin) McDonnall in 1990 and she survives. Along with his parents and first wife, Bill was preceded in death by his brothers, Paul and Royal Thayer. Left to cherish Bill’s memory, in addition to his wife and children, are his stepsons, James (Suzanne) McDonnall and Jerry (Nancy) McDonnall both of Delta; stepdaughter, Janet (Terry) Greisinger of Grand Ledge, MI; grandchildren, Allyson Price, Mitchell (Lara) Price and Greg (Aimee) Price; three great grandchildren; seven step grandchildren and nine step great grandchildren. Bill was a resident of Bradenton, FL for 27 years; where he was a member of Emmanuel United Methodist Church. He moved to Delta in 2005 and began attending Winameg Christian Church. Bill enjoyed reading and was known to donate many books to the Delta Public Library. He was generous with his time, including being a longtime hospital volunteer. A funeral service for Bill will be held at 12 Noon on Monday, February 20, 2012 at Barnes Funeral Chapel, 5825 St. Hwy. 109, in Delta; with receiving of friends and family prior from 10:00 AM – 12 Noon. Pastor Floyd Vincent will be officiating. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Delta. Those wishing a show of sympathy are asked to consider contributions to Winameg Christian Church, 10925 Co Rd 10-2, Delta, Ohio 43515 in Bill’s memory. Online condolences may be sent to the family through our website at www.barnesfuneralchapel.com 


Comments from our guestbook...

Several years ago I inquired about John Thayer (abt. 1814) and Nancy Brown; with children Robert, Sylvester, Mary Ann, Emmily, Harriett D. who lived for a time at Gouverneur, NY. Jerry Thayer responded as follows, but I am unable to find any Jean Baptiste Thayer born Quebec, or Nancy Delilah Brunette. Can anyone help? 
"I think that you are looking at the family of John Baptiste Thayer b. 7 Mar 1812 in the Province of Quebec and Nancy Delilah Brunette, sometimes anglicized to Brown. We have 11 children listed for them but I do not have a Caroline. 
I am CCing Douglas Thayer who has done the most work on this family. In 1872 Nancy was a widow and lived in Saginaw MI and in the 1880 census she is in Jackson MI with her son Sylvester's family and her husband John is in Bethany Gratiot Co. MI with his daughter Catherine Thayer Morrow's family."

TFA Board Members June 2010 - June 2012

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Officers:

 

Directors:
Duane Erland Thayer
Charles Russell Thayer
Madora Allin Boyd
William Russell Thayer
Barbara Thayer Knight

 

 

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Thayer Families Association
785 Williams Street # 303
Longmeadow MA 01106-2063

The General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace is a historic house located at 786 Washington Street, Braintree, Massachusetts. It is the birthplace of Sylvanus Thayer, "the Father of West Point", and now operated as a non-profit museum by the Braintree Historical Society. The house is open year-round. Please contact the Braintree Historical Society for more information.

Click the radio below to hear DeWolf Hopper narrate "Casey At The Bat" written by cousin Ernest Lawrence Thayer. (August 14, 1863 - August 21, 1940) He actually wrote three versions: the first printing, a self-corrupted version, and the revised version. For an entirely new modern rendition, click here!

Click the Radio to Hear De Wolf Hopper Perform Casey at the Bat

When William De Wolf Hopper performed the poem at Wallack's Theatre, on Broadway and 30th Street in New York City, players from the New York Giants and Chicago White Stockings were guests in the auditorium.

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