M. Catherine (Newcomer) Brechbiel (1914 - 2006)

Born 17 Jan 1914 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Nov 2006 at age 92 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

On 17 Jan 1914, M. Catherine was born in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[1]

On 10 Jan 1920 at the time of the 1920 US Census, head of household Fred Newcomer (age 46, born in PA) was employed as a Farmer on a General Farm and living in a home he owned with a mortgage in Hopewell, Pennsylvania with his wife, Alice Newcomer (age 41, born in PA); son Arthur Newcomer (age 16, born in Indiana); son Chester Newcomer (age 11, born in Indiana); son Lewis Newcomer (age 8, born in PA); and daughter Catharine Newcomer (age 6, born in PA). Both of Fred's parents were born in Pennsylvania; Alice's father was born in Germany and her mother in Pennsylvania. ^[2]

Marriage and Family

Harold B. Brechbiel married M. Catherine Newcomer. ^[3]

Death and Legacy

On 14 Nov 2006, M. Catherine Brechbiel died at age 92 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA. She was buried at Otterbein Cemetery in Otterbein, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[4] Catherine's obituary included mention of her husband, Harold B. Brechbiel; son H. James; son Joseph W. Brechbiel; daughter Nan M. Clugston; daughter Mary Ann Brechbiel; daughter Rachel S. Peitz; son Nathan F. Brechbiel; father Fred Newcomer; mother Alice Hosfeld Newcomer; brother Samuel Newcomer; daughter-in-law Lois; and child-in-law Mrs. Chris Peitz. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTR-23PX : accessed 1 November 2020), M Catherine Brechbiel, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 14 Nov 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Public Opinion, born-digital text.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFY9-698 : accessed 1 November 2020), Fred Newcomer, Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 18, sheet 3B, line 93, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1556; FHL microfilm 1,821,556.
3. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTR-23PX : accessed 1 November 2020), M Catherine Brechbiel, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 14 Nov 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Public Opinion, born-digital text.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 October 2020), memorial page for M. Catherine Newcomer Brechbiel (17 Jan 1914–14 Nov 2006), Find a Grave Memorial no. 186505536, citing Otterbein Cemetery, Otterbein, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Barbara Stein (contributor 47224390) .
5. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTR-23PX : accessed 1 November 2020), M Catherine Brechbiel, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 14 Nov 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Public Opinion, born-digital text.