Ancestry of
Jon Cryer

TV and Movie Actor

Jane Doty

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Jon Cryer — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 25 
  • Father:
  • (probable) John Doty 
  • Mother:
  • (probable) Eliza McBride   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Sep 1845 
  • Birth Location:
  • Oxford, Butler, Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 May 1921 
  • Death Location:
  • Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana 
  • Burial Date:
  • 11 May 1921 
  • Burial Location:
  • College Corner Cemetery, West College Corner, Union, Indiana 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Harvey Kiger
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Nov 1862 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Butler County, Ohio 
  • Children:
  
  

  Mary Dora Kiger

  Samuel D. Kiger

  Lewella Kiger

  Bessie Kiger

  Earl William Kiger (Ahnentafel No:12 )

  • Notes: 

  • Jane Doty's given name is also seen as Jennie.

    Jane Doty's tombstone gives her birth year as 1847, however, her death certificate gives it as 1845.

    There were two Jane Doty’s in Butler County, Ohio, both born about 1845. They were first cousins with one being the daughter of Samuel Doty and Sarah Morris, and the other the daughter of Samuel’s brother John Doty and his wife Eliza McBride. The two Jane Dotys married Harvey Kigel and Joseph Russell respectively at Butler County, Ohio in the 1860s. The question is, which daughter married which man?

    Most online genealogies, at the time of this writing, state that the Jane Doty who married Harvey Kigel was the daughter of Samuel Doty, and the Jane Doty who married Joseph Russell was the daughter of John Doty. It seems likely that the opposite is true for the following reasons.

    First, the death certificate for Jane (Doty) Kigel states that her father was John Doty born at Oxford, Ohio, although it also gives her mother’s name as Jane not Eliza. This may be explained by Jane's mother having died when Jane was very young. Her father also died a decade later while Jane was still a minor. Another piece of evidence, although very circumstantial, is that Harvey Kigel lived next door to Clarissa Sumpter at Union, Indiana in the 1860 federal census. Clarissa later married Aaron Doty, son of John and Eliza (McBride) Doty.

    Based on the father's name on the death certificate, and the two spouses for Aaron and Jane being next door neighbors, it seems likely that the Jane Doty who married Harvey Kigel was the sister of Aaron Doty. Therefore, this Jane Doty was likely the daughter of John Doty, and the other Jane Doty, wife of Joseph Russell, was the daughter of Samuel Doty.

• Sources for Jane Doty

  • ¹ Federal Census, OH, Butler County, 1850, Oxford, Image 64 of 75.
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Butler County, 1860, Oxford, p. 71, Image 71 of 108.
  • ³ Federal Census, IN, Union County, 1870, Union, p. 31, Image 31 of 33.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, IN, Union County, 1880, Union, E.D. 52, p. 23, Image 15 of 23.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/14/2023).
  • ⁶ Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Death certificate for Jane Kiger.
  • ⁷ Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Death certificate for son Samuel D Kiger.
  • ⁸ Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, Marriage record for son Earl W Kiger and Lora Alice Canaday.
  • ⁹ Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Marriage record for Harvey Keiger and Jane Doty.
  • ¹⁰ The Fairmount News (Fairmount, Indiana), 29 JAN 1920, p. 1, Obituary for son Samuel D Kiger.
  • ¹¹ The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana), 09 MAY 1921, p. 12, Obituary for Jennie Kiger.
  • ¹² The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), 13 MAY 1921, p. 8, Obituary for Jane Kiger.

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