Matilda Helen Miller1,2 
F, (25 September 1874 - 11 November 1960)
Matilda Helen Miller was born on 25 September 1874 at Carroll, Greene Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.3,1 She was the daughter of David Miller Jr. and Sarah Barner. Matilda Helen Miller married, at age 21, Frederick Sholder, age 23, son of Charles Emanuel Sholder and Mary Anna Kinley, on Tuesday, 14 January 1896 at Presbyterian Parsonage, Newberry, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, by the Reverend Edward P. Morse.3,1,2 Matilda Helen Miller died on 11 November 1960 at Williamsport Hospital, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 86 years, 1 month and 17 days. She died on Armistance Day of 1960.3,1 She was buried on 15 November 1960 in the Buchanan Baptist Church Cemetery, located in Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.4,1
She appeared on the census of 10 June 1880 in the household of David Miller Jr. and Sarah Barner at Greene Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. The marriage announcement for Matilda Helen Miller and Frederick Sholder was published on 16 January 1896 in the Daily Gazette & Bulletin, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. This announcement stated:
Frederick and Helen were married by Rev. E. P. Morse at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Newberry. They are both living in Old Lycoming Township at this time. Matilda Helen Miller and Frederick Sholder appeared on the census of 7 June 1900 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Matilda Helen Miller and Frederick Sholder appeared on the census of 21 April 1910 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Matilda Helen Miller appears in snapshot circa 1918. This was taken at the home of Fred and Matilida Sholder. She appears in four generation family snapshot circa 1947.
She appeared on the census of 10 June 1880 in the household of David Miller Jr. and Sarah Barner at Greene Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. The marriage announcement for Matilda Helen Miller and Frederick Sholder was published on 16 January 1896 in the Daily Gazette & Bulletin, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. This announcement stated:
Frederick and Helen were married by Rev. E. P. Morse at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Newberry. They are both living in Old Lycoming Township at this time. Matilda Helen Miller and Frederick Sholder appeared on the census of 7 June 1900 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Matilda Helen Miller and Frederick Sholder appeared on the census of 21 April 1910 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Matilda Helen Miller appears in snapshot circa 1918. This was taken at the home of Fred and Matilida Sholder.
She appears in four generation family snapshot circa 1947.Children of Matilda Helen Miller and Frederick Sholder
- Charles Sholder (1896 - 1896)
- Nelson Richard Sholder+3,2 (15 Jan 1898 - 5 Aug 1984)
- Victor Paul Sholder+2 (1 May 1900 - 19 Jul 1979)
- Vinnie Mabel Sholder+2 (5 Dec 1902 - 16 Jul 2003)
- Erma Alberta Sholder+2 (26 Mar 1905 - 23 Mar 2005)
- Frederick Sholder Jr. (1906 - 1906)
- James Lloyd Sholder+ (19 Jun 1913 - 9 Jan 1969)
Last Edited=18 Mar 2010
Citations
- [S212] Frederick and Matilda H. (Miller) Sholder tombstone, Buchanan Baptist Church Cemetery, 3240 Grimesville Road, Williamsport, Pennsylvania; photographed by Kevin Sholder, in March 2002. An upright memorial tombstone made of granite and in excellent shape. It states surname Sholder, then Father, Frederick 1872 - 1931 and Mother, Matilda H. 1874 - 1960.
- [S1240] Victor P. Sholder obituary, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 19 July 1979. The original was given to the author, on 1 June 1999 by Donna [Edler] Sayah. The original newspaper clipping came from Donna's mother Johanna [Weiss] Edler (1915-1999) and was a part of her collection of personal memorabilia that she had collected throughout her lifetime. Kevin Leonard Sholder, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- [S43] Family records from Frederick Sholder Family Bible, The Pronouncing Edition of the Holy Bible original owned in 2005 by Leonard Paul Sholder, (Lebanon, Ohio).
- [S5] Newspaper clipping from Williamsport Newspaper. (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date), Lena G. Bower.