Harry Cleveland Ackerman (1891 - 1917)

Born 18 Nov 1891 in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 3 Oct 1917 at age 25 in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Obituary.

He married Helen M Brader (1892 – 1981) and had 3 children: Russel, Dorothy and Helen who was just an infant at his death.

His WWI draft list his occupation as a conductor for the P B & N E railroad^[1]

His death certificate lists Bethlehem Steel Company Conductor and that he was crushed by the engine^[2]. He is buried in the Union Cemetery, Hellertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA^[3]

Census

1900 Lower Saucon Township South Bethlehem borough Ward 4, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States^[4]

1910 Bethlehem Ward 5, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6VT-PYJ : accessed 19 April 2015), Harry Cleveland Ackerman, 1917-1918; citing Northampton County no 3, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,907,405.
2. ↑ Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates #109662, 1906–1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18018247
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3QY-825 : accessed 19 April 2015), Harry Ackerman in household of Henry Ackerman, Lower Saucon Township South Bethlehem borough Ward 4, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,447.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGZN-MYW : accessed 19 April 2015), Harry Ackerman in household of Henry Ackerman, Bethlehem Ward 5, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 163, sheet 9A, family 197, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,377.