[M] #10848 George Francis Mechlin ( George Ernest Kennedy "Ernest" MechlinGeorge Washington MechlinWilliam MechlingJohn MechlingJohn Jacob MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

George was born 5 Jul 1894 in Rogers, Columbiana Co., Ohio. He died 16 Jan 1965 in Bentleyville, Washington Co., Pennsylvania. He was buried in First St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Mt. Oliver, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania.

He was a graduate of Washington & Jefferson College and received his masters degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He was an English teacher and taught in Donora, Dormont and Pittsburgh schools. He retired from Schenley High School in 1959. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Pigeon Creek Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder & clerk of the Sessions. He was also a member of the General Council of the Pennsylvania Synod of the United Presbyterian Church.

His Veteran's Compensation Application shows his birth place as Clarkson, Ohio while his draft cards show is as given here.

George married first #12729 Ruth Anne "Ruth" Butler.

Relationship notes

They married.

 

Ruth was born 23 Jul 1901.

Children of this relationship:

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George married second #62444 Emma Anna Duckstein.

Relationship notes

They married.

 

Other names for Emma: Emma D. Mechlin.

Emma was born 5 Oct 1910 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. She died 22 Nov 2001 in Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona. She was buried in First St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Mt. Oliver, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania.

She is the daughter of Heinrich Andrew & Anna Rosa (Krom) Duckstein. She served in the WAVES as a lieutenant during World War II. She was a teacher.


Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 26 May 2012.

Emma Anna Duckstein Mechlin, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #96814386.

George Francis Mechlin, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #96814626.

Pennsylvania, WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files 1917-1919, 1934-1948, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Veteran's Compensation Application, #75365.


Line Generation: 9

Relationship: Fifth Cousins Two Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling