Martha Jane

  General Notes:

The 1930 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania, Berks Co., Reading, Ward 12, District 97 records the widow Martha J. Derr (76 - grandmother) living with Harry (38) and Dorothy (24) Grist and their daughter Betty Vivian (5). See general notes on her son LeRoy for 1920 census facts. (Harry is also shown at various records as Henry Geist ... his WWI Draft record taken in 1918 indicates his name as Harry Edward Geist, born Sept 15, 1896 and living currently at 744 Locust Street in Reading, PA.)

Martha married Alexander R. Derr circa 1877. (Alexander R. Derr was born in Sep 1853 in Pennsylvania and died circa 1925 in Reading, Berks Co., PA..)