[M] #24075 Harry Ellsworth Mechling ( Benjamin Mechling • Sara Mechling • Jacob Mechling • John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling◊ • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
Alternate line: ( Benjamin Mechling • Michael Macklin • Peter Macklin • Dewalt Mechling • John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling◊ • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
Harry was born 28 Jul 1868/1869 in Delaware, Ohio. He died 17 Mar 1941 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky from heart attack. He was buried 19 Mar 1941 in Resthaven Memorial Park, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky.
He was a medical student at U.N.C. (presumably University of North Carolina) from 1896 to 1898. He received his M.D. from the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky in 1900. He was Director of Physical Education at the Louiseville YMCA from 1898 to 1908 when he started the Swiss Cleaning & Dyeing Company, which he ran until 1937. He worked as a Field Worker for the Old Age Assistance Office in Louisville. He was a well-known wresting and boxing judge.
His birth date is listed as 1868 on his death certificate.
Harry married first #27276 Elizabeth M. "Bessie" Taylor.
Relationship notes |
They married. Bessie lists herself as a widow prior to Harry's death. The presumption is a divorce. |
Bessie was born in Monroe, Michigan.
Children of this relationship:
| #27277 | F | i | Helen Mignone Mechling | (24 May 1895–) |
Harry married second #27280 Margaret M. Slattery.
Relationship notes |
They married 7 Sep 1927 in Ironwood, Gogebic Co., Michigan. |
Margaret was born Oct 1896 in New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana.
She is the daughter of John P. & Sophia T. (Broder) Slattery. Note that the age she gave on Harry's death certificate would put her birth Abt 1902. She was a musician.
Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 15 Feb 2012.
Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 31 Jul 2013.
Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-1998, Volume I-Dewalt Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 1998). Ref. as [Mercy I-98].
Harry E. Mechling death certificate, file no. 7592, registered no. 1224 (14 Mar 1941), Vital Statistics, Dept. of Health, Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Mechling-Slattery marriage license & certificate, No. 11408, Gogebic Co., Michigan, 9 Sep 1927.
Line Generations: 8, 9
Relationship: Third Cousins Three Times Removed through John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling◊
Relationship: Fourth Cousins Two Times Removed through John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling◊