Isaac Prizer
(1834-1879)
Maria Rececca Sheffey
(1837-1916)
Harry W. Prizer
(1862-1946)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Bertha Mary Beecher

Harry W. Prizer 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 1 May 1862, Fricks Lock, Chester, PA, USA 4 6
  • Marriage (1): Bertha Mary Beecher on 23 Apr 1903 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA 1 2
  • Died: 20 Mar 1946, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA at age 83 6 7
  • Buried: 23 Mar 1946, Pottstown: Edgewood Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 6

   FamilySearch ID: L6HC-QLC.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 8 The 1870 census recorded Isaac Prizer, locomotive engineer, 34, living with wife Rebecca, 32; and sons George, 11; and Harry, 8. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Newspaper: Reading Times: "Pottstown Affairs: Mr. H. W. Prizer, manager of the P. & R. telegraph office, of this place, has returned home from his trip to Atlantic City.", 3 Sep 1884, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 9

3. Residence: in 1903 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 1

4. Census in 1910 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 10 The 1910 census recorded at 542 High Street: Harry W. Prizer, secretary Glasgow Mon. Co., 46, living with wife Bertha, 39. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1920 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 3 The 1920 census recorded Harry Prizer, secretary iron company, 54, living with wife Bertha, 48, and mother-in-law Mary Feger, widow, 74. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Census in 1940 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 4 The 1940 census recorded Harry W. Prizer, 76, living with wife Bertha M., 68. They were born in Pennsylvania.

7. Cause of Death: cardiac failure due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease, 20 Mar 1946, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 6

8. Occupation: retired Secretary of Glasgew Iron Co. on 20 Mar 1946 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 6

9. Residence: 542 Hight St., Pottstown, PA on 20 Mar 1946 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 6

10. Obituary: Pottstown Mercury: obituary of Harry W. Prizer on 21 Mar 1946 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 7 Harry W. Prizer, husband of Bertha (Beecher) Prizer died yesterday afternoon at his residence, 542 High Street. He was former secreatry of the Glasgow Iron company, retiring from that position 16 years ago. He was born in Fricks Locks, the son of the late Isaac and Rebecca (Sheffy) Prizer and lived in this section all his life. He was a member of Transfiguration Lutheran church. His only survivor is his wife. Funeral arrangement are not complete.

11. Newspaper: Pottstown Mercury: "Harry W. Prizer, Pottstown, who died March 20, left an estate valued at $10,000 to his wife, Bertha M., according to his will filed here for probate.", 2 Apr 1946, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 11


Harry married Bertha Mary Beecher, daughter of William Herr Beecher Sr. and Elizabeth Mary Sites, on 23 Apr 1903 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA.1 2 (Bertha Mary Beecher was born on 28 Jan 1869 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA 1 5, christened in Oct 1869 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA,1 died on 15 Dec 1949 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA 5 and was buried on 19 Dec 1949 in Pottstown: Edgewood Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 5.)


Sources


1 Trinity Reformed Church, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

2 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Montgomery --> Pottstown --> Trinity United Church of Christ.

3 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Pottstown Ward 4, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1607; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 160; Image: 227.

4 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQCD-T8D Harry W Prizer, Ward 4, Pottstown, Pottstown Borough, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-170, sheet 2B, family 47.

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 107915. Bertha M. Prizer. Father William Beecher. Mother Mary Sites. Spouse Harry W. Prizer.

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 25773. Harry W. Prizer. Father Isaac Prizer. Mother Rebecca Sheffy. Spouse Bertha Beecher.

7 Pottstown Mercury (Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), 21 Mar 1946, page 2. Obituary of Harry W. Prizer.

8 1870 United States Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1378; Page: 284B; Image: 573; Family History Library Film: 552877.

9 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 3 Sep 1884, page 1. Pottstown Affairs.

10 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Pottstown Ward 4, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1378; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0135; FHL microfilm: 1375391.

11 Pottstown Mercury (Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), 2 Apr 1946, page 8. Harry Prizer Leaves Estate of $10,000.



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