Elizabeth Mary "Polly" (Stevens) McKernan

8. Mary “Polly” Stevens: Born 6 July 1827. Died May 1893/3 July 1894. Married Peter McKernan (b. Jun 1803 in Ireland, d. Oct 1867; interred Catholic Cemetery), generation 2 of the McKernan Annex, and had the following children: (further details in the McKernan Annex)

a. Ellen McKernan: Married Henry Knowles and had 5 children.

b. Theresa C. McKernan: Born 13 May 1853. Died 24 July 1932. Married James Monroe Biles, paragraph 4.C.3. of the Jacob Place Biles page, who is generation 8 of the Ancestors of John Addison Biles.

c. Katherine “Kate” McKernan: Married William Bowman French and had 10 children.

d. Mary McKernan: Married Frank Evans and had 3 children.

e. Luke McKernan: Married Lura Chapman and had 13 children.

f. John McKernan: Married Theresa McDermit and had 8 children.

g. Emma McKernan: Married Wesley Steafather and had 3 children, including the following daughter:

(1. Clinton Steafather: Moved to California with his father and brother about 1899. No known further contact with his sister, Grace.

(2. Grover Steafather: Born 3 July 1893. Died at Lopez, Pennsylvania. Moved to California with his father and brother about 1899. Drove east from California to visit his sister, Grace, and her family in Pennsylvania at least once.

(3. Grace Steafather: Orphaned when quite young. Raised by her Aunt Theresa (McKernan) Biles and Theresa’s family (see Para. 4.C.3.h. of the Jacob Place Biles page.

h. Ann McKernan: Married Frank Height and had 2 children.