George Adam May Sr.
Catharine
George Adam May
(1870-1945)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Josephine Waldfogle

George Adam May 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 3 May 1870, , , , DEU 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Josephine Waldfogle on 27 Jan 1900 in , Lebanon, PA 1 2
  • Died: 5 Feb 1945, Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA at age 74 3 5 7
  • Buried: 8 Feb 1945, Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 3 5

   Another name for George was Adam May.

   FamilySearch ID: LDPX-8J8.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: The Daily News, 31 Jan 1900, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 2 JOINED IN WEDLOCK
MAY-WALDFOGEL
On Jan. 27 Rev. T. E. Schmauk, D. D. pastor of Salem Evenagelical Lutheran church, joined in marriage George Adam May and Miss Josephine Waldfogel, both of this city.

2. Census in 1910 in Juniata, Blair, PA. 4 The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 915 Fifth Street: George A. May, machinist for railroad, 39, living with wife Josephine, 31; son George A., 8; and daughter Freda M., 2. George Sr. and his parents were born in Germany and he immigrated in 1890 and became a U.S. citizen. Josephine, her parents and her children were born in Pennsylvania. They had been married for 10 years and birthed 2 children by 1910.

3. Residence: on 22 Aug 1913 in Altoona, Blair, PA. 8

4. Census in 1930 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 9 The 1930 census recorded owning a $2000 home at 631 Bollman Street: George A. May, machinist in steel mill, 59, with his wife Josephine, 21; and daughter Freda M., operator in hosiery mill, 22, single. George and his parents were born in Germany, and he immigrated in 1890 and became a U.S. citizen. His wife and daughter and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Cause of Death: acute heart failure, myocarditis, 5 Feb 1945, Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA. 5

6. Obituary: Daily News: George May Dies on 5 Feb 1945 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 7 George A. May, Myerstown R. 2, died at two-thirty o'clock this morning at his home. He had been ill for two days. Mr. May, who was seventy-four years of age was a retired machinist having been employed by the Bethlehem Steel Co. His wife Josephine nee Waldfogle survives as well as a son, George May, Lebanon; a daughter, Mrs. Morris Bicher, West Myerstown; and five grandchildren.

7. Occupation: machinist, Bethlehem Steel Co. On 5 Feb 1945 in Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA. 5

8. Residence: RD 2, Myerstown, PA on 5 Feb 1945 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA. 5


George married Josephine Waldfogle, daughter of Anthony Waldfogle and Johanna Fritz, on 27 Jan 1900 in , Lebanon, PA.1 2 (Josephine Waldfogle was born on 19 Mar 1879 in , Lebanon, PA,10 died on 12 Dec 1952 in , Lebanon, PA 10 and was buried on 17 Dec 1952 in Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 10 11.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V26F-LF5 Georg Adam May and Josephine Waldvogel, 1900.

2 "The Daily News (Lebanon, PA)," 31 Jan 1900, page 1.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42009730.

4 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGZS-QYC George A May, Juniata Ward 2, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74, sheet 38A, family 751, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375330.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 13787. George Adam May. Father George A. May. Mother unknown. Spouse Josephine Waldfogle.

6 FamilySearch.org, Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9F-LQ8G Morris S Bicher and Freda May, 27 Apr 1940 citing Winchester, , Virginia, United States, certificate 13759.

7 "The Daily News (Lebanon, PA)," 5 Feb 1945, page 8. Obituary of George May.

8 Lebanon Courier Newspaper (Lebanon Borough, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania), 22 Aug 1913, page 2.

9 1930 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHQX-BTG George A May Lebanon PA.

10 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42009731.

11 Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 17 Dec 1952, page 11. Deaths.



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