George Leo Hagen Sr. ^131,137

   Cause of his death was Broncho Pneumonia / Acute Bronchitis.

  General Notes:

The 1890 Reading City Directory lists the George L. Hagen family at 1024 Elm Street. The 1900 Directory list both George L. Hagen, machinist, h 1024 Elm and his daughter Mamie Hagen, topper, h 1024 Elm. The 1901 Directory list George L. Hagen, machinist, h 1024 Elm and his daughter Mamie Hagen, topper, h 1024 Elm and sister Minnie Hagen, trimmer, h 1024 Elm.

The 1900 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Berks Co., Reading, ED# 76 page 228B records George L. (June 1860) and Amelia (Sept 1860) with children Mamie (March 1882), Katie (Nov 1884), Albert R. (Dec 1887), George L. (Sept 1890), and LeRoy (Aug 1894) living at 1124 Elm Street.

In the 1910 Federal Census, Reading, Berks Co., Pa., District 74, page 99B, George L. Hagen (49) is living at 1124 Elm Street with his wife Amelia (49), and children Mary A. ( 25), Albert R. (23), George L. (21), and Leroy W. (16). He is listed as a machinist at a locomotive shop while Mary is a Knitter in a Hosiery Mill, Albert is a Machinist in a Textile Mill, and George is a Bar Clerk in a Hotel, and LeRoy is a Cutter in a Hosiery Mill. Amelia's parents are listed as born in Germany.

In the 1920 Federal Census, Reading, Berks Co., Pa., George L. Hagen (60 - PA/PA/PA) is living with son-in-law William J. Buckley (48) and family at 942 Elm Street in Reading, PA. William's wife, Mary A. (37), and daughter, Irwin M. (5) (the name is difficult to read and could be Irma), are also in the home. George is listed as a widower and employed as a machinist is a locomotive shop.

Death notice in The Reading Eagle - March 19, 1922
HAGEN - In this city, on the 17th last., GEORGE L. HAGEN, aged 61 years, 8 months and 19 days.
Relatives and friends, also P. & R. Relief Veterans Association and Rainbow Fire Co. are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, 942 Elm street, on Tuesday morning at the house. High mass of requiem at St. Peter's Catholic Church at 10 o'clock. Interment in Catholic Cemetery.

George L. Hagen died in 1922 and is buried in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery AKA Nanny Goat Hill Cemetery, Reading, PA. His headstone reads Father / George L. Hagen / 1860 - 1922. http://www.pa-roots.com/~berks/cemetery/index.html
The date of his will, posted at Berks Co., PA Register of Wills, is March 17, 1922.

George L. Hagen is buried at St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery AKA Nanny Goat Hill Cemetery, Reading, PA - His Tombstone reads Father / George L. Hagen / 1860 - 1922 ... Nanny Goat Hill Cemetery is located at 111 Duke St. (now known as 7th Street) Reading, Berks County, PA.

  Medical Notes:

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924
Name: George L Hagan
Residence: 942 Elm St.
Occupation: Machinist
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 26 Jun 1860
Birth Place: Reading, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 17 Mar 1922
Death Place: Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania
Burial: Catholic Cemetery on March 21, 1922
Father Name: Joshua Hagen
Father Birth Place: Lancaster
Mother Name: Sara Reese
Mother Birth Place: Reading Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 32945
Informant: George L. Hagen Jr. (son) of 115 Buttonwood Street
Interesting to note that George L. Hagan is written as the name of the deceased on the death certificate while the informant is his son and he signs his name as George L. Hagen Jr.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Apprentice machinist (1880) / Machinist in Locomotive Shop, Machinist (1900, 1910).

George married Amelia Reisinger, daughter of Wolfgang Reisinger and Mary Gruver, on 9 Jan 1881 in Reading, Berks Co., PA. (Amelia Reisinger was born on 3 Sep 1860 in Reading, Berks Co., PA, died on 19 Oct 1913 in Reading, Berks Co., PA and was buried on 22 Oct 1913 in Catholic Cemetery, Reading, Berks Co., PA.) The cause of her death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

  Marriage Notes:

Reading, Pennsylvania Marriages, 1876-84 <http://www.ancestry.com>
George L. Hagen married Amelia Reisinger on January 9, 1881
Line Number: 587
Source: City of Reading, Pennsylvania Marriage Records