baby Jacob born 1873.. LIVED (so maybe Jabob/Rosa were twins???)
Rosa Metzler aged 11 months?????? that w/b Aug, 1873)
OR there are 2 Metzler families that had small children, that were involved in the FLOOD..........
Death
"14. Rosa Metzler, aged 11 months ; resided on O'Hara street; buried in St. Mary's cemetery.
15. Sophia Metzel, aged 28 years; resided on O'Hara street : buried in St. Mary's cemetery.
16. Jacob Metzel; resided on O'Hara street, and was buried in St. Mary's cemetery. "
Further on the page is this:
"There were five orphan children, for whom the Committee considered it their duty to make special provision. These orphans were left homeless, friendless and pennyless, and some of them in feeble health. There names and ages were as follows:
Mena Schneffer, aged 16; LIVED
Susan Conlon, aged 16; LIVED
Jacob Metzler, aged 1 years; LIVED (he w/b born 1873)
Susan Metzler, aged 4 years, (since deceased), (w/b born 1870 after the census)
Geo. Huber. LIVED These children were all properly cared for, and are in good places where they will be carefully trained and educated. Little Susan Metzler did not long survive her family.
Dreadful Disaster. PITTSBURGH ENGULFED IN A FLOOD 219 Lives Lost
Burial: St. Mary's cemetery
"Burial: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Troy Hill, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania," (not found on f-a-g)
Sources
↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZL9-YX1 : 19 March 2020), Mary Metzler in entry for Jacob Metzler, 1870.
The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, 30 July 1874, page 4
"Report of the Citizens' executive relief committee of the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, for the relief of the sufferers by the flood, of July 26th, 1874" Archives