Katherine (Schaefer) Loerch (1877 - 1961)

Born 10 Nov 1877 in Germany

Wife of George (Lörch) Loerch — married 1 Jun 1898 (to 12 Jul 1939) in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 8 Mar 1961 at age 83 in Harrison Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Katherine was born in 1877 to Adam Schaffer and _______. Katie immigrated to the USA in 1896. She married George Loerch in 1898. They settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and raised a family.

She passed away in 1961 and is buried with her husband in Union Dale Cemetery, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. ^[1]

Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, 1845-1963^[2]

• Name: George Loerch
• Age: 24
• Birth Date: 7 Mar 1874
• Birth Place: Germany
• Marriage Date: 1 Jun 1898
• Marriage Place: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
• Spouse: Katie Schaefer B. 10 Nov 1877, Germany
• Certificate Number: 17211

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918^[3]

• Name: George Loerch
• Race: White
• Birth Date: 17 Mar 1874
• Street address: 1214 Colfor Street
• Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
• Physical Build: Medium
• Height: Medium
• Hair Color: Light
• Eye Color: Brown
• Relative: Catherin Loerch
• Relative's Relationship: Wife

Year: 1900; Census Place: Allegheny Ward 3, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0024 ^[4]

• TRANSCRIPTION ERROR ON NAME, it is Loerch
• George Sverch head, 26/m, Mar 1874, md 2yrs, Ger/Ger/Ger, im1888na, barber
• Katarina Sverch wife, 22/f, Nov 1877, md 2yrs, 1birth/1living, Ger/Ger/Ger, im1896,
• Esther Sverch dau, 2/f, Apr 1898, PA/Ger/Ger
• Frank Kriger boarder, 21/m, May 1879, PA/Ger/Ger, barber

Year: 1910; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 21, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1307; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0578; FHL microfilm: 1375320 ^[5]

• George Loerch head, 36/m, md 11yrs, Ger/Ger/Ger, im1888na, barber,own shop
• Katharina Loerch wife, 32/f, md 11yrs, 4births/4living, Ger/Ger/Ger, im1890
• Esther L Loerch dau, 11/f, PA/Ger/Ger
• Karl A Loerch son, 9/m, PA/Ger/Ger
• Elmer G Loerch son, 7/m, PA/Ger/Ger
• Elizabeth A Loerch dau, 4/f, PA/Ger/Ger

Year: 1920; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 27, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1527; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 744 ^[6]

• George Loerch head, 43/m, md, im1890na1897, Ger/Ger/Ger barber, shop
• Katherine Loerch wife, 42/f, md, im1889na1897, Ger/Ger/Ger
• Ester L Loerch dau, 20/f, PA/Ger/Ger, stenographer
• Carl A Loerch son, 19/m, PA/Ger/Ger, butcher, retail shop
• George E Loerch son, 17/m, PA/Ger/Ger, apprentice const engineer
• Elizabeth F Loerch dau, 14/f, school, PA/Ger/Ger
• Herbert J Loerch son, 8/m, school, PA/Ger/Ger

Year: 1930; Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0478 ^[7]

• George Lorech head, 56/m, md 1@24, Ger/Ger/Ger, im1898, barber, own shop
• Catherine Lorech wife, 52/f, md 1@20, Ger/Ger/Ger, im1898
• Herbert Lorech son, 18/m, PA/Ger/Ger

Year: 1940; Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania^[8]

• Street: Gerber Avenue; owned, value $7000 [1]
• Catherine Loerch 62 Head, wd, Germany
• Otto Wasserman 43 Son-in-law, md, PA, bookkeeper, Atlantic refining co
• Esther Wasserman 41 Daughter, md, PA
• Helen Wasserman 15 (Granddaughter), PA

Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968^[9]

• Name: Katherine Loerch [Katherine Schaffer]
• Gender: Female
• Race: White
• Death Age: 81
• Birth Date: 10 Nov 1877
• Birth Place: Germany
• Death Date: 8 Mar 1961
• Death Place: Harrison, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
• Father: Adam Schaffer
• Mother: Unknown
• Spouse: George Loerch
• Informant: Mrs. Ester Wasserman
• Certificate Number: 021383-61

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 29 December 2021), memorial page for Katherine Schaefer Loerch (10 Nov 1877–8 Mar 1961), Find A Grave: Memorial #219677614, citing Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Terry Fillow (contributor 46487843) .
2. ↑ Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, 1845-1963
3. ↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
4. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Allegheny Ward 3, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0024
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGWB-D3R : accessed 14 June 2018), George Loerch, Pittsburgh Ward 21, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 578, sheet 6A, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1307; FHL microfilm 1,375,320.
6. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Pittsburgh Ward 27, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1527; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 744
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCCP-C14 : accessed 14 June 2018), George Lorech, Pittsburgh (Districts 251-488), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 478, sheet 8A, line 45, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1987; FHL microfilm 2,341,721.
8. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03675; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 69-785; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
9. ↑ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.