Edith Selma Michael
My dad's mother, Edith Michael, was a school physician and psychiatrist, born in New York City in 1894, the daughter of Annie Hamerschlag and Bernard Michael, a printer. Annie's parents William Hamerschlag and Fannie Brummel came from Bohemia in the 1860's. Bernard's parents Solomon Michael and Esther Abrahams came from Wreschen, Posen, Prussia, around 1850.

Sam and Edith were married at the 86th Street Temple in New York in 1920.

Mary Chambers Hunter
My mother's mother, Mary Chambers Hunter, was born in Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1894, the daughter of John Porter Hunter, City Solicitor of Pittsburgh, and Mary Hannah Agnew. John's father Thomas Armstrong Hunter came from County Tyrone, Ireland, around 1850. His mother Sarah Porter was born in Allegheny County of Irish parents. Mary Hannah Agnew's parents were John Agnew, grandson of Robert Agnew who emigrated from County Antrim in 1757, and Mary Ann Chambers, born at sea on her way to America from County Armagh, Ireland, in 1820. The Agnew and Chambers families were glass manufacturers.

Hugh Douglas Stier
My mother's father, Hugh Douglas Stier (known as Douglas), a sales manager, was born in Perryman, Harford County, Maryland, in 1893, the son of Jay Hugh Stier from New Market, Frederick County, Maryland, and Lily Powell Patterson of Perryman. Jay's parents were Hamilton Stier and Achsah Barbour of New Market. Lily's parents were Frederick Ethelred Patterson of Perryman and Olivia Clagett Powell of Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. They were descendants of colonial families of Maryland and Virginia.

Doug and Mary were married in Pittsburgh in 1919.