Jacob Allen Yohe (1918 - 1991)

Born 16 Aug 1918 in Jackson Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Jacob Yohe has German Roots.

Jacob Yohe was a Pennsylvanian.

Jacob, son of Curtis Allen Yohe and Mary Ellen Lochman, was born 16 August 1918 in Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

• Residence (1920) Jackson Township, York, Pennsylvania

Curtis A. (age 37, farmer) and Ellen M. Yohe (36) and their children Myrtle Mae (14), Lena I. (12), John Henry (11), Mary E. (10), Kathryn V. (8), Anna E. (7), Sarah E. (6), Paul E. (4), Roxie V. (2), Jacob Allen (18 months), Clova D. (one month).^[2]

• Residence (1930) Jackson Township, York, Pennsylvania

Curtis A. Yohe (age 47, paper mill fireman), his children Catherine (19), Anna (17, spinner at spinning mill), Sarah (16), Paul (14), Roxie (12), Jacob (11), Philip Emanuel (10), Clova (8, should be 13), David Chester (7), Curtis Sylvester (5), Reba R. (4), and his granddaughter Velma Sellers (1).^[3]

• Residence (1935) Same House

• Residence (1940) Jackson Township, York, Pennsylvania

Curtis A, (age 57, paper mill worker) and his children Jacob A. (21), Clova D. (20, paper mill worker) and Curtis S. (15).^[4]

• Military Service (25 Nov 1942) Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania^[5]

Jacob died 13 September 1991 and was buried at Saint Paul Zeigler's Lutheran Cemetery in North Codorus Township, York County.^[6]

Extract from obituary to be edited: Jacob A. Yohe, 73, of Seven Valleys RD 1, died at 7:20 p.m. Friday at the home of his daughter. . . . He retired in 1980 as a shipping clerk from P.H. Glatfelter Co., Spring Grove, after more than 40 years of service. Mr. Yohe was a member of St. Paul's (Zeigler's) Lutheran Church, Seven Valleys RD 1; P.H. Glatfelter's Quarter Century Club, Pvt. Allen J. Beck Jr. Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spring Grove Post No. 5265; The American Legion, Harrisburg Post No. 945; the DAV Commanders Club; American Association of Retired Persons, and was a life member of Jefferson Volunteer Fire Co. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, where he served as a staff sergeant with Company L, 393rd Infantry and received three Bronze Stars in the European theater. He was born in Jackson Township, son of the late Curtis S. and Mary Ellen (Laughman) Yohe. Mr. Yohe was the husband of the late Ruth I. (Thoman) Yohe, who died March 3, 1990. . . . Burial is to be in the church cemetery with military honors performed by the York County Veterans Honor Guard.

Sources

1. ↑ United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (19 May 2014), Jacob A Yohe, 13 Sep 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6T6-TLH : accessed 4 December 2019), Jacob Allen Yoke in household of Curtis A Yohe, Jackson, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 67, sheet 7A, line 11, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1667; FHL microfilm 1,821,667.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHCZ-MBB : accessed 4 December 2019), Jacob Yohe in household of Curtis A Yohe, Jackson, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 20A, line 4, family 451, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2165; FHL microfilm 2,341,899.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (28 July 2019), Jacob A Yohe in household of Curtis A Yohe, Jackson Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-45, sheet 24A, line 12, family 29, 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 3642.
5. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8T4-NG4 : 5 December 2014), Jacob A Yohe, enlisted 25 Nov 1942, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #14599443 for Jacob Allen Yohe.