Edith M. Morgan

b. 26 March 1893, d. 12 January 1975
  • Edith M. Morgan was born on 26 March 1893 in Pennsylvania.
  • John Morgan and Wilhelmina Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 2517 Harland. Other members of the household included Edith M. Morgan, Myrtle M. Morgan, Wilhelmina M. Morgan and Joseph Constant Turner.
  • John Morgan and Wilhelmina Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 3330 West 15th Street. Other members of the household included Edith M. Morgan, Myrtle M. Morgan, Wilhelmina M. Morgan and Anna Magdalena Dexheimer.
  • The following appeared on 23 July 1915 in The Philadelphia Inquirer: More than five thousand Welsh residents of this city and the surrounding country attended the annual celebration of Welsh Day at Willow Grove Park yesterday afternoon and evening. The program, consisting chiefly of old Welsh melodies and choruses, was arranged by the Welsh Church at Twenty-first street and Fairmount avenue. . . . The chorus, which rendered typical native musical productions of the Welsh people, was directed by Miss Edith Myfanwy Morgan, who conducts the choir of the Welsh Church. . . .
  • The following appeared on 18 March 1917 in The Philadelphia Inquirer: The United Welsh Singers are to give a concert at the Academy of Music, under the directio of Edith Mytanwy Morgan on Tuesday evening, April 10, when Coleridge Taylor's "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" will be rendered. . . .
  • She was a steel works tracer, according to the 1920 census.
  • Wilhelmina Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 3330 15th Street. Other members of the household included Edith M. Morgan, Myrtle M. Morgan and Wilhelmina M. Morgan.
  • She married Harry Ranson Bobst, son of Isaac Walton Bobst and Alice Holmes, in 1920.
  • Harry Ranson Bobst and Edith M. Morgan appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, at 627 Fifth Avenue West. Other members of the household included Barbara Alice Bobst.
  • Edith M. Morgan became a widow at the 10 October 1957 death of her husband Harry Ranson Bobst.
  • She officially witnessed the death of Harry Ranson Bobst on 10 October 1957 in Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina.
  • Edith M. Morgan died on 12 January 1975 at age 81 in Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina, at Transylvania Community Hospital.
  • She was interred at St. Paul's Cemetery, Transylvania County, North Carolina.
  • 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: 2 Jul 2012

Family: Harry Ranson Bobst b. 31 March 1883, d. 10 October 1957