Jonas Knerr
(1814-1895)
Susanna Muehlhausen
(1819-1893)
James Schlicher
(1823-1885)
Caroline Reinert
(1829-1904)
Willoughby Knerr
(1845-1920)
Martha Ann C. Schlicher
(1851-1912)
George Elmer Knerr
(1876-1946)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Katie Maria Butz
2. Sallie Weiss Seibert

George Elmer Knerr 1 2 3

  • Born: 28 Nov 1876, , Lehigh, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Katie Maria Butz on 14 Aug 1897 in Emmaus, Lehigh, PA
  • Marriage (2): Sallie Weiss Seibert on 18 Sep 1920 in , Lehigh, PA
  • Died: 22 Jun 1946, Upper Saucon Twp., Lehigh, PA at age 69 1 2
  • Buried: 27 Jun 1946, East Texas: Salem United Methodist Church, Lehigh, PA 1 2

   FamilySearch ID: LHWH-K43.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Heidelberg Twp., Lehigh, PA. 4 The 1880 census recorded Willoughby Knerr, hotel proprietor, 34, living with wife Martha A., 29; Lydia M., 9; Margaret K., 7; Annie C., 5; George E., 3; Sarah L., born 7 months born Oct 1879. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Newspaper: Morning Call: Mrs. Sallie Schantzenbach and George E. Knerr, both of Emaus R. 1., were united in wedlock on Saturday afternoon at the Lutheran parsonage by Rev. W. W. Kistler. The couple will reside at the grooms homestead near Lanark., 22 Sep 1920, Emmaus, Lehigh, PA. 5

3. Cause of Death: chronic myocarditis due to arteriosclerosis, 22 Jun 1946, Upper Saucon Twp., Lehigh, PA. 2

4. Occupation: farmer on 22 Jun 1946 in Lanark, Lehigh, PA, USA. 2

5. Residence: on 22 Jun 1946 in Lanark, Lehigh, PA, USA. 2


George married Katie Maria Butz on 14 Aug 1897 in Emmaus, Lehigh, PA. (Katie Maria Butz was born on 6 Mar 1878 in Alburtis, Lehigh, PA,3 6 died on 10 Dec 1918 in Lanark, Lehigh, PA, USA 3 6 and was buried on 15 Dec 1918 in East Texas: Salem United Methodist Church, Lehigh, PA 6.)


George next married Sallie Weiss Seibert on 18 Sep 1920 in , Lehigh, PA. (Sallie Weiss Seibert was born on 3 Sep 1881 in Hosensack, Lehigh, PA, USA,7 8 died on 18 May 1955 in Lanark, Lehigh, PA, USA 7 8 and was buried on 22 May 1955 in Coopersburg: Woodland Cemetery, Lehigh, PA, USA 7 9.)


Sources


1 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23737499.

2 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.), Certificate 52867. George E. Knerr. Father Willoughby Knerr. Mother Martha Schlicher. Spouse: Sallie Knerr. Informant: A. B. Knerr.

3 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.), Certificate 183773, Katie M. Knerr. Father Levi W. Butz. Mother Calistina Romig. Informant/spouse: George E. Knerr.

4 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWN7-N2P Willoughby Knerr, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 207, sheet 614D.

5 Morning Call (Allentown, PA), 22 Sep 1920, page 13. Married. Sallie Schantzenbach and George E. Knerr.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23737498.

7 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135485505.

8 Morning Call (Allentown, PA), d19 May 1955, page 39, obituary of Mrs. Sallie Knerr.

9 Morning Call (Allentown, PA), 19 May 1955, page 39, obituary of Mrs. Sallie Knerr.



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