Aldus Wesley (Wes) (AW) Hagen

   Cause of his death was Acute Pulmonary Edema (1 HR) / Acute Congestive Heart Failure (3 Mons) / Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease (18 Mons).

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census (ED#89, page 215B) records Aldus (Dec 1870) and Ada (Nov 1872) living in Martic Township, Southern District, Lancaster Co., PA where he is a General Blacksmith. They have been married 1 year.

The 1910 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, District 118, page 3B, dated April 22, 1910 records Aldus Hagens (sic) (38) and wife Ada (38) with their son, Oram W. (3). Aldus (Wes) is a Blacksmith with his own shop and has been married to Ada for 11 years. They have had 1 child.

The 1920 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, District 104, page 58A dated January 2, 1920 records Aldus Hagen (49) and wife Ada (47) with son, Oram W. Hagen (13). Also in the household is Aldus' widowed father, John Hagen (79). Aldus is a Blacksmith with his own shop while his father, John, is listed as a Blacksmith at a Blacksmith Shop. Living nearby is the Stokes family including 11 year old Margaret who will marry Oram in 1929.

The 1930 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, District 96, page 115A dated April 2, 1930 records Aldus W. Hagens (sic) (59) with his wife Ada A. Hagens (54) living at the corner of Lancaster and Mount Nebo Roads. Aldus is the "Propreitor of a BlackSmith Shop". Aldus has a home valued at $5,500 and has been married to Ada for almost 25 years. Also in the household is Aldus' father, John Hagen (89-widower) and Oram W. Hagen (23) and his wife Margaret M. Hagen (21) and son John W. (11/12). Oram is listed as a "Mechanic" at a Blacksmith Shop. Oram has been married for 1 year.

The 1940 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, District 36-123, page 2197B, (image 36 of 58) dated April 30, 1940 recordsAldus W. (69 - PA) and Ada W. (67 - PA) Hagen living in Rawlinsville in a house valued at $6,000. Aldus has completed 6 years of school as has Ada. They indicate that they were living in the same house as of April 1, 1935. Aldus reports "working on own account" as a Blacksmith in a Private Blacksmith Shop having earned $0 working 52 weeks during the last year.
Also in the household is their son, Oram Hagen (33 - PA), with his wife Margaret Hagen (32 - PA) and their children John (11), Nancy (9), and Mary Ann (4). Oram has completed 8 years of school as has Margaret while John has completed 5 years and Nancy 4 years. Oram reports being a "wage or salary worker in private work" and is employed as a Blacksmith in a Machine Shop with a 52 week income of $960. Margaret is an "unpaid family worker".

Birth Records for this family are in the John Hagen Family Bible presently with John Wesley Hagen.

  Medical Notes:

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name: A Wesley Hagen (widowed)
Residence: Holtwood RD#2
Occupation: Retired Blacksmith
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 87
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1870
Birth Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 21 Sep 1958
Death Place: Heisey Nursing Home, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Burial: Sept 25, 1958 at Rawlinsville Methodist Church Cemetery
Father Name: John Hagen
Mother Name: Emma C Keller
Spouse Name: Ada N Tshudy
Certificate Number: 83247
Informant: Oram Hagen [son] of Holtwood

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Blacksmith with his own shop (1920/1930).

Aldus married Ada Ann Tshudy, daughter of Hiram Tshudy and Delilah Cochran, on 19 Mar 1899 in Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA. (Ada Ann Tshudy was born on 28 Nov 1872 in Willow Street, West Lampeter, Lancaster Co., PA, died on 11 Jun 1944 in Martic Township, Lancaster PA. and was buried in Rawlinsville Methodist, Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA.) The cause of her death was Carcinoma of the Liver.

  Marriage Notes:

Marriage Certificate in the John Hagen Family Bible presently with John Wesley Hagen.

Marriage License Docket
Lancaster Co., PA
March 16, 1899
A. W. Hagen (age 27) and Ada Tshudy (age 26)
A. W. Hagen born in Mt. Nebo, Lancaster Co., PA and resides in Rawlinsville with occupation of Blacksmith.
Ada Tshudy was born in Willow Street and resides in Buck, Lancaster Co., PA.
Certificate filed March 20, 1899 for the wedding on March 19, 1899.