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)
Robert James Knerr
(1881-1943)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Louise S. Mattern

Robert James Knerr 1 2 3

  • Born: 10 Oct 1881, Lowhill Twp., Lehigh, PA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Louise S. Mattern on 22 Sep 1915 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA 1
  • Died: 17 Sep 1943, West Point, Montgomery, PA, USA at age 61 3
  • Buried: 21 Sep 1943, Allentown: Grandview Cemetery, Lehigh, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: KCPS-3YG.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. 5 The 1900 census recorded at 1029 Turner Street: Willoughby Knerr, contractor - laborer, 55, Sep 1845, living with wife Martha, 49, Mar 1851; Annie C., knitting factory cutter, 26, May 1874; Sallie N., knitting factory, operator, 21, Oct 1879; Robert J., shoe factory parking dept., 19, Oct 1881; John A., tailor, 17, Feb 1883; Minnie B., shoe factory tarnishing, 13, Nov 1887; Eva B., 14, May 1886; Grace F., 13, NOv 1887; and Mary S., 9, Feb 1891. Also in the home are two cousins: Emma S. J. Knerr, 29, Dec 1871; and Louisa M. Knerr, 26, Jun 1874. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Martha had birthed 10 children and all were alive in 1900.

2. Newspaper: Morning Call: Misses Knerr Entertain, 15 Nov 1904, Allentown, Lehigh, PA. 6 MISSES KNERR ENTERTAIN.
Misses Minnie B. and Grace F. Knerr of 17 North Madison Street entertained a number of friends at a birthday party. The evening was pleasantly spent. A fine supper was served. The following were present: Misses Annie Minninger, Elsie Dennis, Lizzie E. Knerr, Emma L. and Katie I. Knerr, Grace F., .Estella A., Eva B., Minnie B., and Mary S. Knerr, John A. Knerr, Charles Butz, Roland Schubert, Fred Muthard, Fred Schmoyer, Elmer Wolf, George Sterner, John Schubert, Frank Wenner, Frank Schuliz, Arthur Cavanaugh, Robert J. Knerr, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kocher, Mr. and Mrs. Knerr, Allentown; Lizzie Knerr, Edgar Smith. Raymond Knerr, Kreidersville, and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Kocher, Fogelsville.

3. Cause of Death: carcinoma of liver, 17 Sep 1943, West Point, Montgomery, PA, USA. 3


Robert married Louise S. Mattern on 22 Sep 1915 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA.1 (Louise S. Mattern was born on 30 Aug 1877 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA,1 7 died on 22 Aug 1959 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA 7 and was buried on 26 Aug 1959 in Allentown: Grandview Cemetery, Lehigh, PA 7.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF4K-RVL Robert J. Knerr and Louise S. Mattern, 22 Sep 1915; citing Allenstown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, 29577 Image 836; FHL microfilm 2080232.

2 FamilySearch.org, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQFY-5CX Robert James Knerr, 1942.

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 82536. Robert J. Knerr. Father Willoughby Knerr. Mother Martha Schliecher. Spouse Louise Knerr.

4 John Richard Knarr, Ph.D, Abraham Knoerr and Maria Eva Faess: European Roots & the New Land (Copyright 1998
John Richard Knarr, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 306
N. Manchester, IN 46962
email: jknarr@hoosierlink.net
phone: 219/982-7219; 982-2678 fax: 219/982-6129
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/n/a/John-Richard-Knarr).

5 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M33T-NFH Willoughby Knerr, District 2 Allentown city Ward 7, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 6B, family 143.

6 Morning Call (Allentown, PA), 15 Nov 1904, page 6. Misses Knerr Entertain.

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.), Certificate 75820. Louisa S. Knerr. Father David W. Mattern. Mother Emma E. Seagreaves. Spouse Robert Knerr.



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