BIO:  W. Guy STAIR, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 49

W. GUY STAIR, jeweler and dealer in watches, clocks and spectacles, was born in 
Hanover, York Co., Penn., in 1860, and is a son of William and Maria 
(Broadenhamer) Stair.  Mr. Stair is the oldest in a family of four children, and 
is of German extraction.  His father was born in Hanover, and his mother in 
Berlin, Adams Co., Penn.  The Stair family has long been known in the history of 
York County.  By occupation the father of Mr. Stair is a painter, and a resident 
of Hanover.  At eleven years of age our subject began serving an apprenticeship 
at the jeweler’s trade, at which he has since continued to work.  In 1884 he 
came to York and engaged in his present business, which is successful beyond his 
expectations.  He makes a specialty of the famous Rockford watches.  The 
marriage of Mr. Stair occurred, in 1883, to Miss Anna M. Miller, a native of 
Penn Township, and a daughter of Jacob Miller.  They have one child – Willie J.  
Mr. and Mrs. Stair are members of the Lutheran Church.