12.18.06
Link between Utah Mineer and Arizona Mineer
As far as I can tell the split of the Mineer name – some stayed in Utah while others responded to the call of President Brigham Young and moved their families to Arizona – occured with the family of my Great-Great-Grandfather Alma Ambrose Mineer. It seems as though one of his brothers was called and accepted the Prophets invite to move. Alma stayed in Utah and eventually remarried (his first wife was one of the first casualties of an automobile accident in Salt Lake City). From this second marriage came my grandfather, Kenneth Alma Mineer, who was the youngest of 7 children. Therefore, it was the uncle to my grandfather who, as far as I can tell, was called to go to Arizona.
And, from everything I have read, heard, and learned, the Mineer clan in Arizona is a pretty great group of people. They have given us even more to be proud of for our name.
Please feel free to post if you have any information on the Mineer family no matter where they might be.
09.11.06
I Have Dropped!!!
Well, for some unkown reason. I have dropped out of the number 4 slot on google for the name Mineer. Although I don’t know why it has actually made it a little more fun and a little bit more of a challenge. When, at first, I was 4th after only a few days I guess I got a little cocky. However, the Mineer name is a name of toughness, endurance, and stubborness. So, the others decided that they weren’t going to give me that position that quickly.
So, for now, I have to ensure that I keep a daily post on the Mineer name to ensure that Google likes what they see when they come to and crawl my blog. Again, the purpose of the Mineer blog is to, most of all, teach myself how to optimize SEO while using a keyword phrase that is a little bit less competitive than many others that are out there.
I do invite any of you who are a Mineer to link to my blog at http://www.mmineer.wordpress.com because it would help my ranking.
Finally, today I would like to give a little bit of history on the Mineer name. The earliest I have record of is a Carl Christian Mineer (Minuer) born in or near Malmhous Sweden. Fortunately the name was changed to Mineer making it easier to grow up carrying that name (sound out the original spelling in your head). Carl Christian Mineer was my 4th Great Grandfather. However, his grandson Andrew Mineer, was the first to come to America after being baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was indeed a pioneer who crossed the plains on foot arriving probably in 1861 or 1862. Hence, we are truly decendents of Mormon Pioneers.
Until next time.
Michael Mineer
