Thomas Kervin Rohrbach (1882 - 1958)

Born 27 Feb 1882 in Spring Garden Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Oct 1958 at age 76 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Thomas Rohrbach has German Roots.

Thomas Rohrbach was a Pennsylvanian.

Thomas, also called Kervin, son of Elmer Ellsworth Rohrbach and Alice Elizabeth Eppley, was born 27 February 1882 in Spring Garden Township, York County, Pennsylvania.^[1][2][3]

Thomas lived most of his life in the house at 238 South Penn in York, York County, that was owned by his parents.^[1] In 1900, the household there encompassed his parents, Elmer E. (age 37, traveling salesman) and Alice E. Rohrbach (37, mother of six, five living), Kervin Thomas (18, packer), and his siblings Daisy Alverta (16), Verna May (14, student), Letitia Almeda "Lettie" (11, student) and Harry Stephen Rohrbach (9, student), as well as Alice's divorced sister Franie E. Eppley (31). ^[1]

Kervin T. (age 25, shoe factory worker) remained with his parents Elmer E. (47, hardware store clerk) and Alice E. (47, mother of six, five living) and siblings Lettie A. (21) and Harry S. Rohrbach (18, shoe factory worker) on South Penn in 1910.^[4]

When he registered for the draft in 1918, Thomas was a 36-year-old laborer for a company in York, while he resided there at 238 South Penn.^[2] At that time he was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair with no disabilities that would preclude military service.^[2]

His sister Lettie A. (Rohrbach) Bupp (age 30) married William Henry Bupp (33, cigar maker), who joined the household at 238 South Penn before 1920, together with their daughter Alice Marie Bupp (6).^[5] Thomas K. (37, candy factory worker) and his parents Elmer E. (56, telephone salesman) and Alice E. Rohrbach (56) rounded out the household.^[5]

The Bupps established their own residence before 1930, leaving only Elmer (age 66, commercial saleman for a wholesale office), Alice E. (66, candy factory worker) and Curvin Rohrback (47, gas company collector) in the family home.^[6]

His father died in 1932,^[7] The 1940 census shows the Bupps living at 236 South Penn, while Kervin (age 58) and his mother Alice E. (76) lived next door, where they always did.^[8] The record shows that Alice had completed three years of formal education; Thomas, five; his sister Lettie, her freshman year of high school, and her husband, eight years.^[8]

Thomas died 17 October 1958 in York, York County, and was buried there at Greenmount Cemetery^[9]

^{[1] [4] [5] [6] [8] [7] [2] [3] [9]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 21 January 2020), Kevin T. Rohrbach in household of Elmer E. Rohrbach, District 1 York city Ward 9, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 196, sheet 23B, family 540, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,503.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (26 August 2019), Thomas Kerwin Rohrbaugh, 1917-1918.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, database with images, FamilySearch (9 March 2018), Thomas Kervin Rohrbach, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 21 January 2020), Kervin T Rohrbach in household of Elmer E Rohrbach, York Ward 9, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 125, sheet 12A, family 281, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1435; FHL microfilm 1,375,448.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 21 January 2020), Thomas K Rohrbach in household of Elmer E Rohrbach, York Ward 9, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 132, sheet 12B, line 70, family 274, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1669; FHL microfilm 1,821,669.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 21 January 2020), Curvin Rohrback in household of Elmer Rohrback, York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 107, sheet 15A, line 39, family 405, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2167; FHL microfilm 2,341,901.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 February 2021), memorial page for Elmer Ellsworth Rohrbach (27 Jun 1863–16 Apr 1932), Find A Grave: Memorial #89200857, citing Greenmount Cemetery, York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Corey & Douglas Marshall-Steele (contributor 47477063).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (7 January 2021), Lettie Bupp in household of William Bupp, York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-132, sheet 10B, line 49, family 211, 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 3645. Her mother and brother are shown living next door.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 February 2021), memorial page for Thomas K. Rohrbach (27 Feb 1882–17 Oct 1958), Find A Grave: Memorial #89201177, citing Greenmount Cemetery, York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Corey & Douglas Marshall-Steele (contributor 47477063).

Acknowledgements

This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein (unrelated).