Edward Alexander Breidegam
(1877-1945)
Hannah May Long
(1880-1939)
William Henry Breidegam
(1898-1937)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elsie May Bicher

William Henry Breidegam 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 2 Nov 1898, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 2 3 4 5
  • Christened: 7 Jan 1899, Reading: St. Mark's United Church of Christ, Berks, PA, USA 5
  • Marriage (1): Elsie May Bicher
  • Died: 7 Oct 1937, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA at age 38 2 4 6
  • Buried: 11 Oct 1937, Reading: Aulenbach's Cemetery, Berks, PA 2 4 6

   FamilySearch ID: L61C-RZL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Cause of Death: coronary occlusion, 7 Oct 1937, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 4

2. Occupation: truck driver, York Motor Express on 7 Oct 1937 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 4

3. Obituary: Reading Times: Obituary of William H. Breidegam on 8 Oct 1937 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 6 William H. Breidegam, 38, died yesterday at his home, 417 W. Oley st. He was a son of Edward A. and Hannah (Long) Breidgam, was a member of St. Mark's Reformed Church, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Goodwill Fire Company. He was a truck driver in the employ of the York Motor Express Company.
Surviving besides his parents are his widow, Elsie (Bicher) Breidegam; these sisters: Eleanor, wife of Earl Hoverter, Critobal, Canal Zone; Mabel, wife of Karl Behm, and Dorothy, wife of Donald Graeff, this city. Funeral at 1.30 o'clock Monday afternoon from the T. C. Auman, Inc., funeral parlors, where services will be conducted. Interment in Aulenbach's cemetery.


William married Elsie May Bicher, daughter of William Howard Bicher and Wilhelmina B. Schmid. (Elsie May Bicher was born on 8 Nov 1900 in Mohnton, Berks, PA,1 7 8 9 10 died on 29 May 1991 in , , Pennsylvania, USA 1 8 10 11 and was buried in Reading: Aulenbach's Cemetery, Berks, PA 8 11.)

Sources

1 Bicher, John M., b. 1851, Bicher Family Bible & Records (In possession of John H. Bicher Jr.).

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74301791.

3 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6KG-772 William Henry Breidegam, 1917-1918.

4 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 95344. William H. Breidegam. Father Edward A. Breidegam. Mother Hannah Long. Spouse Elsie Becker.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Berks > Reading > St. Marks United Church of Christ. William Henry Bridegam bp. 7 Jan 1899.

6 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 8 October 1937, page 38. Obituary of William H. Breidegam.

7 1910 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Mohnton Boro, Series: T624 Roll: 1313 Page: 80.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74301778.

9 FamilySearch.org, Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3SW-JT5 Henry R Miller and Elsie Bicher, 21 Feb 1942, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; citing reference ID cn 1371, Hall of Records, Dover; FHL microfilm 2,025,130.

10 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2WK-XQ9 Elsie B Miller, May 1991.

11 Aulenbach Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania (http://berks.pa-roots.com/cemetery/), http://www.berks.pa-roots.com/cemetery/AulenbachCemeteryM.html.


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