Leah Rineer

   Cause of her death was See notes below for factors in here death.

  Research Notes:

From: Karen Clupper <kdclupper@hotmail.com>
Subject: Hagen/Alexander/Brubaker families
To: lhagen@vt.edu
Date: Sept 2, 2008
... Leah Alexander lived until 1950 and Thomas Edward's (Eddie) wife Susan lived until 1984.
Entire email in research notes for Leah's son, Thomas Edward Alexander.


Leah's death certificate (see medical notes) names her father as Tobias Alexander and mother as Mary Clark. However, this researcher can find no mention of a Tobias Alexander and census records and various death certificates seem to infer that Leah's parents were Job Rineer and Mary Clark:
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name: Mary Rineer [Mary Clark]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 75
Birth Date: 2 May 1840
Birth Place: Oxford, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 24 Mar 1916
Death Place: Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Burial: March 28, 1916 at Colemanville M. W. Cemetery, PA
Father Name: ? Clark
Note: Interesting that Leah is the informant but her father's given name is blank and that her father is still living at the time of her mother's death in 1916.
Mother Name: Mary Clark
Spouse Name: Jobe Rineer
Certificate Number: 29884
Informant: Leah Alexander of Pequea, PA


Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name: Job Rineer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: abt 1836
Birth Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 28 Nov 1917
Death Place: Martin, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Burial: Dec 1, 1917 at Colemanville, PA
Father Name: Job Rineer
Mother Name: Susan Frinefrock
Certificate Number: 120862
Informant: Adam Fljoehenem of Safeharbor, PA


The 1870 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, Bethesda P. O., records Leah Rinier (3) living with her parents Job (33) and Mary (32) Rinier and siblings Susan (6), Aaron (4), and John (6/12).

The 1880 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA records Leah Rhinier (12) living with her parents Job (45) and Mary (42) Rhinier and siblings Susan (16), Aaron (14), John (10), Emma (8), Edward (5), and Catherine (2).

The 1900 Federal Census for Conestoga Township, Lancaster Co., PA records Joab (unknown) and Mary (May 1839) Rhinier children the widower Aaron (Sept 1864) and a married Rebecca Rhinier (Oct 1880) and grand children Wesley Rhinier (Sept 1891), Jesse Rhinier (May 1893), and Celia (Sept 1897).

  Medical Notes:

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name: Leah Rineer Alexander (widowed)
Residence: Rural Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 82
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1867
Birth Place: Conestoga Township County, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 17 Mar 1950
Death Place: Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Leah fell at home on February 27, 1950 and broke her left femur. She was treated for 3 days at the hospital for a intertrochanteric comminuted fracture. In addition, she had been treated for 7 years for Chronic Myocarditis. For 3 days, contributing to her death, was Hypostatic Pulmonary Congestion, bilateral.
Father Name: Tobias Alexander
Mother Name: Mary Clark
Certificate Number: 22266
Informant: Roy E. Alexander of Pequea, PA

Leah married George Alexander, son of Thomas Alexander and Hannah Hagen, in Dec 1888 in Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA. (George Alexander was born in Apr 1844 in Mount Nebo, Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA and died on 21 Feb 1901 in Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA.) The cause of his death was Cancer.

  Marriage Notes:

Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008
From: Karen Clupper <kdclupper@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Hagen/Alexander/Brubaker families
To: "L. Bolling Hagen" <lhagen@vt.edu>
.... I have found a lot of stuff over the years about various relatives such as: George and Leah Rineer Alexander married in December 1888 and their first son Roy was born in February 1889.