Catherine E. Metzger1 
F, (August 1865 - 1943)
Catherine E. Metzger was born in August 1865.1 She was the daughter of Jacob Metzger and Mary Hyde. Catherine E. Metzger married William H. Getz, son of Daniel Getz and Katharina Kiess, in 1888 at Salladasburg, Mifflin Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.2,1 Catherine E. Metzger died in 1943 at Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 77 years.1 She was buried in the State Road United Methodist Church Cemetery, located in Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1
The anniversary announcement for Catherine E. Metzger and William H. Getz was published sometime in 1938 in the local paper, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. This announcement stated:
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Getz, of Salladasburg R. D. 1, recently observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a dinner given at their home by their daughter, Mrs. Watson Ulmer and Mr. Ulmer. Married at Salladasburg 50 years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Getz have always lived in the same vicinity. Present at the anniversary celebration besides Mr. and Mrs. Ulmer were a son, Clarence, of Dunellen, NJ, and another son, Lester Getz, and Mrs. Getz, of Jersey Shore, and their grandchildren.3
The anniversary announcement for Catherine E. Metzger and William H. Getz was published sometime in 1938 in the local paper, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. This announcement stated:
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Getz, of Salladasburg R. D. 1, recently observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a dinner given at their home by their daughter, Mrs. Watson Ulmer and Mr. Ulmer. Married at Salladasburg 50 years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Getz have always lived in the same vicinity. Present at the anniversary celebration besides Mr. and Mrs. Ulmer were a son, Clarence, of Dunellen, NJ, and another son, Lester Getz, and Mrs. Getz, of Jersey Shore, and their grandchildren.3
Children of Catherine E. Metzger and William H. Getz
- Mary A. Getz+ (18 Feb 1891 - 27 Jun 1974)
- Clarence E. Getz+1 (3 Jul 1894 - May 1977)
- D. Lester Getz+ (30 Jan 1906 - 2 Nov 2001)
Last Edited=29 Dec 2009
Citations
- [S1860] Blooming Grove Historical Society, compiler, Descendants of Thomas Ulmer (Cogan Station, PA: n.pub., 1998), p. 69.
- [S21] Watson Kiess, History of the Kiess Family, Who Came From Germany and Settled In Pennsylvania In The Early 1800's (Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: n.pub., 1957), p. 11.
- [S1900] Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Getz 50th Wedding Anniversary, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1938. The original article was from a scrapbook of personal memorabilia compiled by Zella (Lovell) Stabler (1916- ). Viewed at her home, RD #3, Box 156 (now Jobs Run Road), Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania in October of 1992, by Kevin Sholder. Zella Elvira Lovell, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.