52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 37

 Week 37:

The theme for Week 37 is “In the News.” Have you made a family history discovery in a newspaper?


Minnie Jane Free Taylor

Birth: 15 Mar 1870 Newberry, York, Pennsylvania

Death: 14 Jan 1952 Rural Newberry, York, Pennsylvania

2nd great-grandmother 

The death of my 2nd great-grandmother.

I learned through Newspapers.com that Minnie's death was the result of being run over by a car. Her obituary states that she died at home, but it did not list a cause of death. I always assumed that she had died from old age. 

I found a newspaper article about her daughter, Lillian, filing a suit for damages. The driver of the car was a man from Washington D.C. named Charles Maywood. Lillian filed for damages totaling $16,388.17. 

Minnie was crossing the Old Trail in front of her house in Newberry Township when she was hit by Maywood's car. She suffered serious injuries and her death was determined to be a direct result of the crash. 





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