Charles Norman MAURER

1882 - 1941  (58 years)

• Name	Charles Norman MAURER
  Born	26 Dec 1882	Pitman, PA
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	171
  _UID	FEF309D9D9034D9F9C2232E27CCFFAFFB13A
  Died	17 Feb 1941	Helfenstein, PA
  Buried	Zions Evangelical Congregational Church Cemetery Pitman Schuylkill County PA
  Person ID	I171	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Lewis F MAURER,   b. 7 Jul 1860, Schuylkill County, Pennsyvlania ,   d. 1921, Schuylkill County, Pennsyvlania  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Catherine (Kate) H. KUTZ,   b. Jun 1860, Pennsyvlania ,   d. 1931  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	1878	Pennsyvlania
  Family ID	F2744	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Anna Ida MARLOW,   b. 22 Aug 1886, Ashland, PA ,   d. 19 Jan 1957, Helfenstein, PA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	6 Jun 1903	Mt. Carmel, PA
  Children	1. Arthur E. MAURER,   b. 1902, Helfenstein, PA ,   d. Oct 1980  (Age 78 years)   2. Stella I. MAURER,   b. 6 Nov 1905, Helfenstein, PA ,   d. 31 Oct 1989, Tamaqua, Schuylkill, PA  (Age 83 years)   3. Earl L. MAURER,   b. 29 Nov 1909, Helfenstein, PA ,   d. 12 Jan 1995, Lancaster, PA  (Age 85 years)   4. Raymond 'Ray' F. MAURER,   b. 4 Oct 1911, Helfenstein, PA ,   d. 15 Apr 1999, Ashland, PA  (Age 87 years)   5. Paul F MAURER,   b. 1917, Helfenstein, PA ,   d. Sep 1974  (Age 57 years)   6. Lloyd MAURER,   b. 1922, Helfenstein, PA ,   d. 1922, Helfenstein, PA  (Age 0 years)   7. Luther Sunday MAURER,   b. 15 Mar 1915, Schuylkill Co, PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Miriam MAURER,   b. 1927, Schuylkill Co, PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Naomi MAURER   10. Beatrice P MAURER
  Last Modified	17 May 2014
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Charles and Anna were married in Mt. Carmel, PA in June 6, 1903 by W.A. Shoemaker. They settled in Helfenstein building their new home about 1909. The homestead remains in the family at the present time, occupied by Esther, the youngest, who mar ried Ralph Wetzel in 1951. Charles parent's owned and operated an Inn in Helfenstein where Charles worked as a 'Hostler'- which meant he cared for the horses of the patrons. Anna worked as a 'Chamber Maid' taking care of cleaning rooms for guest s of the inn. She later became the head cook. Charles and Anna fell in love and at the age of 17 she became his bride. Charles was 21 years old at the time. In early married life, Charles worked as a bar tender in his family hotel until be became a miner at Locust Gap Colliery. It was at this coal mine where he met his death in a 1941 mine collapse.