Eliza Jane Boring

The above photo was found on the website Ancestry.com and was originally shared there by Barbara Fogle on June 18, 2016. Pictured is Eliza Jane (Keith) Boring and her twin daughters, Lena May and Lottie Mae Boring who were born September 5, 1899, when Eliza Jane was 38 years old. She had one more child, a son, John William in 1902 and was the mother of 11 children with her husband Philip George Boring.

Eliza Jane Keith had a daughter, Dolly Belle Engle, with Charles Emanuel Engle 1856-1932 (not married), Find a Grave.com Memorial #64306108. She married Philip George Boring 1855-1925 on May 23, 1882. Eliza was the daughter of John McDonald Keith and Ruth (Rachael Elizabeth) Boring Keith. Eliza died age 73 at home near Flinton, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

Obituary from the Johnstown Tribune, June 19, 1934: Fallentimber, June 19 – Mrs. Eliza J. Boring, aged 73, died Sunday evening at her home near Flinton after a long illness of a complication of disease. Mrs. Boring has 117 surviving descendants. She is survived by these children: Mrs. Daniel (Dolly Belle) Cummings of Portage, Mrs. Tine (Emma Jane) Gallaher of Flinton, Mrs. Ray (Martha Belle) Blott of Hastings, Luther Jay Boring of Fallentimber, Mrs. Roy (Maria Adeline) Baker of Flinton, Mrs. John (Etta Mae) Stiffler of Portage, Mrs. Stanley (Lottie Mae) Kava of Flinton and Mrs. Doris Shaffer of Hastings. She also leaves three sisters - Mrs. Richard (Catherine) Keith of Fallentimber, Mrs. George (Martha Rebecca) Benn of Bellwood and Mrs. William (Dora V.) Lloyd of Williamsburg. Surviving also are 64 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon in the Beaver Valley United Methodist Church. Interment will be in the Beaver Valley Cemetery, in charge of R.E. Chaplin, mortician.

Parents:

John McDonald Keith (1834 - 1895)

Spouses:

Philip George Boring (1855 - 1926)

Emanuel Charles Engle (1860 - 1932)

Children:

Dolly Belle Keith Cummings (1880 - 1952)

Emma Jane Boring Gallaher (1882 - 1957)

Rebecca Catherine Boring Mothersbaugh (1884 - 1916)

Martha Belle Boring Kuhn (1887 - 1975)

Luther Jay Boring (1892 - 1962)

Maria Adeline Boring Baker (1894 - 1976)

Lena Mae Boring McCracken (1899 - 1973)

Lottie Mae Boring Kava (1899 - 1977)

John Wiliam Boring (1902 - 1905)

Siblings:

William David Keith (1860 - 1932)

Eliza Jane Keith Boring (1861 - 1934)

Catherine (Katherine) Keith Keith (1863 - 1949)

Headstone Inscription: BORING, PHILIP, 1855-1926, ELIZA J, 1871-1984

Created by: Joan of VA

Record added: Aug 21, 2008

Find A Grave Memorial# 29200012