Joseph Knerr Kehler
(1827-1897)
Catherine Haupt Hepler
(1828-1912)
Joseph H. Kehler
(1856-1921)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Cathryne Sevilla Snyder

Joseph H. Kehler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 3 Apr 1856, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA 3 6
  • Marriage (1): Cathryne Sevilla Snyder in 1876 1
  • Died: 19 Mar 1921, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA at age 64 1 3 6
  • Buried: 23 Mar 1921, Allentown: Greenwood Cemetery, Lehigh, PA 1 3 6

   FamilySearch ID: L8WR-TRL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 8 The 1880 census recorded on Centre Street: William S. Snyder, stage courier, 42, living with wife Harriet, 41, who had rheumatism and dropsy; Frank, laborer, 16; Alice, 13; Richard, 7; and John, 4. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Next door is William's son-in-law Joseph H. Kehler, cigar marker, 24, living with wife Kate, 21; and their daughter Sarah Agnes Kehler, 3; and son Harvey J., 1.

2. Cause of Death: acute yellow atrophy, 19 Mar 1921, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 6

3. Occupation: packer, grocery department on 19 Mar 1921 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 6

4. Residence: 872 N. 41st St., Philadelphia, Pa. on 19 Mar 1921 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 6

5. Obituary: on 21 Mar 1921 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. KEHLER-On March 19 1921. Joseph H., husband of Catherine Kehler. Relatives and friends, Employes of Gimbal Bros. and all organizations of which he was a member are invited to the service. Tuesday evening at 8'O clock, at his late residence. 872 N 41st street. Interment at Allentown, PA.

6. Book: The Geist Relation, 1940. 1
Catherine Snyder-Kehler (3-5) a granddaughter of Mary Geist-Eisenhart (11-3) was born at Ringtown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on February 1858 and died at Allentown, Lehigh County on October 1930. She is buried in the Greenwood cemetery at Allentown but has no tombstone. She married Joseph Kehler (3-5) on 1876 and they had twelve children. She was a housewife and had the public school education.
1- Sadie Kehler
2-Harvey Kehler
3- William Kehler
4- Harriet Kehler
5- Harry Kehler
6- Walter Kehler
7- Warren Kehler
8- Ralph Kehler
9- Raymond Kehler
10- Harold Kehler
11- Roland Kehler
12- Elsie Kehler
Joseph Kehler (3-5) the husband of Catherine Snyder-Kehler (3-5) was born at Leck Kill, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania on May 1854 and died at Philadelphia on He is buried in the Greenwood cemetery at Allentown but has no tombstone. He married Catherine Snyder-Kehler (3-5) on 1876 and their twelve children are given under her name. He was a letter carrier and had the public school education.


Joseph married Cathryne Sevilla Snyder, daughter of William S. Snyder and Harriet Eisenhart, in 1876.1 (Cathryne Sevilla Snyder was born on 12 Feb 1858 in Ringtown, Schuylkill, PA,1 2 9 10 11 died on 23 Oct 1930 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1 7 9 and was buried on 25 Oct 1930 in Allentown: Greenwood Cemetery, Lehigh, PA 1 7 9.)


Sources


1 Geist, A. Frank, The Geist Relation, 200 years in America (Valley View, Pa.: 1940, 925 pgs.), Page 427.

2 Genealogy Research conducted by Bruce Franklin Beacher Ph.D. (1919-2004).

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39558412.

4 Wiley & Ruoff, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1893 (1893), Pages 357-358. Biography of J. K. Kehler.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 47185. Frank Snyder. Father William Snyder. Mother Harriett. Spouse Emma Snyder.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 32398. Joseph H. Kehler. Father Joseph Kehler. Mother Catharine Hepler.

7 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 101647. Catherine Kehler. Father Wm Snyder. Mother not listed. Spouse Jos. H. Kehler.

8 1880 United States Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1192; Family History Film: 1255192; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 202; Image: 0339.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39558569.

10 Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions (Washington, DC), Civil War Pension questionnaire of William S. Snyder. 14 Sep 1897.

11 1860 United States Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Upper Mahanoy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1149; Page: 362; Image: 367; Family History Library Film: 805149.



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