George Daniel Meyer
(1898-1971)
Mabel E. Martz
(1902-1967)
Katharine Mary Meyer
(1927-1993)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. William Gates Jacobs

Katharine Mary Meyer 2

  • Born: 15 Jun 1927, , Berks, PA 2
  • Marriage (1): William Gates Jacobs on 11 Nov 1949 in , Schuylkill, PA 1
  • Died: 20 May 1993, Loma Linda, San Bernardino, CA, USA at age 65 2 3

   Another name for Katharine was Catherine Mary Myers.1 4 5

   FamilySearch ID: LKTS-H8B.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: E. Arch St., Pottsville, PA in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. 5

2. Residence: Lancaster Avenue, Wilmington, DE from 1954 to 1975 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. 3

3. Residence: 308 Killoran Drive, Collins Park, DE on 11 Jun 1954 in Collins Park, New Castle, DE, USA. 4

4. Residence: in 1978 in Newark, New Castle, DE. 3

5. Moved: 1979, , , CA. 3

6. Residence: 7180 Goodview Ave., Riverside, Calif in 1993 in Riverside, Riverside, CA. 3

7. Obituary: News Journal: obituary of Katharine Mary Meyer Jacobs Hirst on 28 May 1993 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE. 3 KATHARINE MARY MEYER JACOBS HIRST, 65, of 7180 Goodview Ave., Riverside, Calif., formerly of Newark, Del., and Wilmington, died May 20 of chronic kidney failure in Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda. Mrs. Hirst was a homemaker and a self-employed seamstress for about 40 years. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Wilmington. She enjoyed making latch hook rugs. She moved to California in 1979 from Newark. Until 1975, she lived on Lancaster Avenue near Jackson Street, Wilmington, where she settled in 1954. She was raised in Pottsville, Pa. Her husband David George Hirst is deceased. She is survived by three daughters, Mae Rose F. Rodriguez, Bernadette C. Claudio, and Deborah Hirst, all of Riverside; a brother, George D. Meyer of Pottsville, Pa.; a sister, Virginia Meyer of Mohrsville, Pa.; five grandchildren and a great-grandson. A service will be at 7 p.m. Saturday at Arlington Seventh-day Adventist Church, 8778 Magnolia Ave., Riverside. Burial will be private. Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Box 2000, Room A-607, Loma Linda 92354.


Katharine married William Gates Jacobs, son of William Kenneth Jacobs and Sarah Mae Rose, on 11 Nov 1949 in , Schuylkill, PA.1 (William Gates Jacobs was born on 14 Nov 1921 in Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA,4 6 died on 11 Jun 1954 in Collins Park, New Castle, DE, USA 4 6 and was buried on 16 Jun 1954 in Minersville, Schuylkill, PA 4.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMZ8-WLZ William G Jacobs and Catherine M Meyers, 11 Nov 1949; citing Marriage, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania.

2 FamilySearch.org, California Death Index, 1940-1997 (Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPSC-X66 Katharine Mary Hirst, 20 May 1993.

3 The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), 28 May 1993, page 27 obituary of Katharine Mary Meyer Jacobs Hirst.

4 FamilySearch.org, Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974, Certificate 1705. William G. Jacobs, father W. K. Jacobs, mother Mae Rose, spouse Catherine Meyers Jacobs, informant.

5 Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 12 Jun 1954, page 14. Obituary of William Jacobs.

6 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB1H-P6N William Jacobs, Jun 1954.



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