Horace John Dehler

b. 29 November 1884
  • Horace John Dehler was born on 29 November 1884 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • John Dehler and Pauline Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 2041 Turner Street. Other members of the household included Horace John Dehler, Louisa Turner and Anna Magdalena Dexheimer.
  • Albert Horn appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included Horace John Dehler, Ada Madeline Horn, Pauline Scheck and Louisa Turner. Also in the household was lodger Mame Blau.
  • He was a railroad clerk, according to the 1910 census.
  • He married Ella Alter, daughter of Edward Alter and Kate Snyder, in 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • The following entry appeared in the 1917 General Alumni Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania: Horace John Dehler, Cert of Prof., 1910. (2436 Oxford and 233 S. 4th Sts., Phila, Pa.)
  • Horace John Dehler registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while living with his wife Ella at 1510 Euclid Avenue in Philadelphia, and employed there as a clerk by Pennsylvania Railroad at the Commercial Trust Building.
  • He officially witnessed the death of Pauline Scheck on 9 November 1919 at 3330 North 15th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Horace John Dehler and Ella Alter appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 1510 Euclid Avenue. Other members of the household included Marian C. Dehler.
  • He was a railroad clerk, according to the 1920 census.
  • Horace John Dehler and Ella Alter appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, at 213 Albemarle Avenue. Other members of the household included Marian C. Dehler.
  • He was a clerk with the steam railroad, according to the 1930 census.
  • Horace John Dehler and Ella Alter appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, at 213 West Albemarle Avenue.
  • He was an accountant with the railroad, according to the 1940 census.
  • Horace John Dehler registered for the draft in 1942 while living with his wife Ella at 213 Albemarle Avenue in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad at 15 North 32nd Street, in Philadelphia.
  • Ruth Hoffman treasured a small collection of greeting cards and postcards received during her childhood from distant family in Philadelphia, whom she supposed to be Dexheimer descendants: Louisa and Katie Heldt were daughters of Philippina Dexheimer Heldt, and Wilhelmina, Myrtle and Edith Morgan, and Horace Dehler were grandchildren of Philippina's elder sister Magdalena Dexheimer Scheck. Edna Rogers was a niece of Eugene Rogers, husband of Magdalena's daughter Adeline.
  • Last Edited: 4 Dec 2014

Family: Ella Alter b. September 1886