Ethel was born in 1896, a daughter of Frederick Oehrli and Sallie Lloyd Pierce. At the age of 23 in 1920, she was living with her parents in South Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and was not working. However, the following year she had moved to Philadelphia and was working as a registered nurse at Episcopal Hospital. [1]
By 1930 she had moved as a lodger to Stephen Rosbert's home in Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. By 1935 Stephen had died, and she had moved with his family to 1501 57th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was still a registered nurse, now working in private homes.
Ethel remained unmarried. Later residences in Philadelphia included 715 E Church Land and 3901 Conshohocken Avenue, Apartment M29. [2]
Ethel died at the age of 97 in 1994 in Bryn Mawr, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. She was returned to Lycoming County and buried with her family in Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Sources
↑ Philadelphia City Directory, 1921, page 879. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data from Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3Q8-VX3 : 22 January 2015), Ethel Aehrli in household of Frederick Aehrli, South Williamsport borough Ward 2, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,438.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDV-WQR : 29 October 2015), Ethel Oehrke in household of Fred Oehrke, South Williamsport Ward 2, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 9B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,385.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFB1-292 : 14 December 2015), Hazel Oechli in household of Fred Oechli, South Williamsport Ward 2, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,599.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQJT-53Z : accessed 4 November 2016), Ethel Oehrli in household of Clara Rosbert, Ward 34, Philadelphia, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-1174, sheet 3A, family 43, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3724.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYSG-9JX : 19 May 2014), Ethel H Oehrli, 26 Jul 1994; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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