The Tener Family Crest
Azure, a chevron or between three escallops of the second; crest, a demi-greyhound; motto, Tenax et Fidelis — "Steadfast and Faithful." Recorded for the name in Rietstap's Armorial Général (1887) and reproduced in the 1949 family history. This rendering was made for the 2026 revised edition.
Associated with: the family at large — see Thomas Tener I and the descent at the family tree.
The Family of Hampden E. Tener I, c. 1888
The whole surviving family in one frame: Hampden Evans Tener I and Eliza (Frost) Tener seated at centre, surrounded by their ten surviving children. The likeliest occasion is the summer of 1888 in Pittsburgh, when Mary — who had stayed behind in England with her grandmother — at last crossed the Atlantic and the family was together for the first time since emigrating in 1884.
Back row, standing (left to right): James W. (b. 1874) · Hampden E. Jr. (b. 1865) ·
one of the two eldest daughters, Mary E. (b. 1867) or Winifred B. (b. 1871) · Norman Leslie (b. 1870) ·
Alice M. (b. 1873).
Seated: the other of Mary E. / Winifred B. · Hampden E. Tener I · Robert William
(b. 1876) in the white blouse at centre · Eliza Frost Tener · John Frost (b. 1868).
On the floor: Ethel D. (b. 1879) and Wilfrid A. (b. 1881).
How the sitters were identified: by matching the ten children's apparent ages against the family's birth ladder in the 1949 history. Hampden and Eliza had twelve children; the two not pictured — Arthur K. (1877) and Philip S. (1886) — each died in infancy. Ten children in the portrait is therefore the complete surviving family. The two eldest daughters may be transposed — if your album settles it, we would dearly love to hear from you.
Governor John K. Tener
John Kinley Tener (1863–1946), born in County Tyrone, Governor of Pennsylvania 1911–15. Profile portrait from a period publication of his years in public life, its printed caption preserved.
Shown: Gov. John Kinley Tener, grandson of John Kinley Tener I of Moree.
The Governor as a Ballplayer
Before politics, Tener pitched in the major leagues in the 1880s — and later returned to the game as President of the National League (1913–18). The only man to govern a state and a league.
Shown: Gov. John Kinley Tener in his playing days.
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