Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-29
EUWER-ELLIoTT REUNION.
Immigrants Meet nj springdaIe-A Pro.
life Family-Omcers of the Family As.

Two Hundred Of the Descendants of Pioneer
Immigrants Meet Mt springdaIe-A Pro.
life Family-Omcers of the Family As.
sociafion EIected-A Happy Day.
The fourteenth annual reunion Of the Euwer-
Elliott families was celebrated in right royal
style yesterday on the lovely grounds of Mr..
Jacob 81. Walters, at Springdale. ON the West
Penn road. There were present over 200 Of the
two families, but over 1000 descendants were
entitled to a part in the enjoyments
Of the occasion. The day was charac-
terized by the most glorious sunshine and
remarkable fact is that in the 13 preceding
reunions, Old Sol has treated the event with
the same warm beams. and has never allowed
cloud to shroud for one instant his smiling
face. The Springdale Brass Band was in at
tendance, and discoursed popular airs during
the entire day, much to the enjoyment Of the
little folks, of whom there was q right smart
sprinklng as welleas the enjoyment of the
older members of the extensive family An
elaborate luncheon OF the basket picnic
order was served on long tables that fairly
groaned under their weight of good things.
Among those present were the six surviving
sisters and one brother Of the Euwer family.
Mrs. Jacob II. Walters Mrs. r. d. P. Mccall,
of Tarentum; Mrs. Margaret Gibson, of ALLIE
county; Mrs. Nancy Kennedy, Springdale;
Mrs. Eliza McLain, Logan's Ferry and Mr..
Samuel Eward, Springdale. In the company
methods of travelling, five counties were repre-
sented, and possibly every tow wnship south of
Springdale.
A Delightful Day.
The day was spent very delightfully."- in games
of various kinds. under the direction of Mr.. X.
A. Kennedy, Esq, and in social intercourse.
The only formal programme was the election
Of the officers of the association, which re-
suited In Squire r. s. P. Mccall, of Tarentum,
being chosen President; Miss Nancy McLain.
Mr.. Il. A. Kennedy Chairman of the Executive
Committee.
The reading of the history of the two fam
lilies by Mr.. j. M. Kennedy, Principal of the
sprlngdale schools. was a very interesting por-
tion OF the days programme. And condensed
IS as follows: In the year l745 Andrew Elliott
and his wife emigrated from Scotland and
settled in Mary land, where they had a large
family, and where one son was scalped by the
Indians: Another son, John, settled in Murrys-
vile. Westmoreland county. Pa, in which
county he has many grandchildren. great
granucnldren, and great great-grandchtldren
living at the present time, as he had a very
large family of children who lived and mar.
ried in that vicinity. The name has been spelled
Elliott
The Other Side.
The Euwer family have also varied the SPELL
ing OF tnelr name the same number Of times,
and from Eurr and Yourd have evolved Euwer.
Samuel Eurr came from Ireland about 1870, and
settled on Plum creek. Allegheny county, Pa,
having been married before leaving the old
country. He had four children. and It was one
of his descendants who figures in the following
bit of writing taken from an old Bible: John
Yourd and Jane Elliott were lawfully Joined
together in marriage by the Rev. John Black,
pastor. of Pittsburg, on December, the 18th,
1917" This marriage united the two fam
lilies, and it was during the life of Jane
Yourd that the first reunion was held
eight of whom are living, and seven of whom
were present yesterday. The living descend
ants of the marriage of December 10, 1917, with
their living husbands and wives. number 18l
and the ElliottEuwer connections exceed
1000.
Those who reuned yesterday were delighted
at the hospitality extended by their kinsfolk,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob II. Walters.