Elsie Elizabeth Eberly

   Cause of her death was Acute Nephritis / Paralysis Agitans - which means “shaking palsy,” is another term for Parkinson’s disease.

  General Notes:

The 1900 Federal Census for Lancaster City, PA, (ED#52, page 28B) records Elsie E. Reilly (Jan 1871) living with her parents, Adam (Jan 1840) and Mary E. (Nov 1843) Eberly at 314 West Chestnut Street in Lancaster. Also in the household is Salome Pearson (Nov 1824), Elsie's grandmother. Elsie is reported as "single".

The 1910 Federal Census for Lancaster City, PA, (ED#70, page 163B) records the widow Elsie Reily living with her mother on West Chestnut Street in Lancaster. She is listed as having had one child but none are presently living.

The 1920 Federal Census for Lancaster City, PA, Ward 9, (ED#84, page 77A) records Henry [Harry] M. (43) and Elsie E. (45) Musser living at 844 College Ave. Henry is a Manufacturer of Umbrella Handles. This is our happy couple in that Henry's parents are from PA and NJ as is indicated in Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903 ... see notes on Harry Musser.

The 1930 Federal Census for Lancaster City, PA, (ED#75, page 77A) records the widow Elsie E. Musser (59) living at 1009 Buchanan Street. Elsie has real estate valued at $40,000.

In some family history notes from Mary Elizabeth Hagen Blair, Elsie is described as a "socialite, married to a man named Musser - he owned a umbrella factory.

  Medical Notes:

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944
Name: Elsie E Musser [Elsie E Eberly]
Residence: 1009 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 68
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1870
Birth Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 23 Dec 1939
Death Place: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Burial: Dec 26, 1939 at Longeneckers Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster Co., PA
Father Name: Adam J Eberly
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Mary E Pearson
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse Name: Harry Milton Musser
Certificate Number: 109112
Informant: William J. Eberly [brother] of 35 E. Grant Street, Lancaster

Elsie married Robert Emmet Reilly on 11 Feb 1892 in Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA. (Robert Emmet Reilly was born circa 1868 in Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA and died circa 1900 in Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA.)

Elsie next married Willard Lee Hall on 19 Jun 1906 in Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA. (Willard Lee Hall was born circa 1863 in Altoona, Blair Co., PA and died on 30 Oct 1936 in San Francisco, California.)

  Marriage Notes:

Written in the Hagen/Eberly Family Bible is the date of the divorce, December 17, 1907 and a notation that the record can be found in the November Term No. 2 Court of Common Please of Lancaster County Pennyslvania.

Elsie next married Harry Milton Musser on 26 Nov 1910 in Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA. (Harry Milton Musser was born on 28 Sep 1876 in Lancaster City, PA, died on 21 Apr 1928 in Lancaster City, PA and was buried on 25 Apr 1928 in Longeneckers Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster Co., PA.) The cause of his death was Chronic Myocarditis.