Myrtle (Merian) Govka

  General Notes:

The 1920 Federal Census for Lancaster City, PA, Ward 9, District 83, page 257A, dated January 6, 1920 records Myrtle G. (26 - PA/PA/PA) and William (37 - PA/PA/PA) Rohrer with son Everett V. Rohrer (7) living on 440 Frederick Street. William is a machinist in a machine shop.

See notes on her husband, Harry Collins Hagen, for 1930 census facts and general notes on her son Harry Collins Hagen Jr. for the obituary that gives her surname as Govka.

The 1940 Federal Census for Lancaster City, PA, District 36-57, page 989A, dated April 18, 1940 records a divorced Marion M. Grube (47 - PA) with a number of children with different surnames: Helen J. Grube (2), Emma P. Wickersham (21), Warren H. Rhoker (sic) (19), Lindy J. Hagen [son] (12), and Anna M. Hagen (9) living at 319 Rockland. Marion, Emma, and Warren have completed 6 years of schooling and are not employed.
Note: Emma P. Wickersham is most likely Emma P. Rohrer as recorded in the 1930 census. The 1940 census has an M with a line through it in the "marital status" column next to Emma P. Wickersham.

The following are possible sons:
Everett V. Rohrer
SSN: 173-03-9411
Born: 17 Feb 1912
Died: 9 Dec 1991
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
Warren M. Rohrer
SSN: 203-07-7043
Last Residence: 97539 Shady Cove, Jackson, Oregon
Born: 3 Oct 1921
Died: 15 Feb 2000
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)

  Research Notes:

The obituary for Harry Collins Hagen Jr. that gives the surname as Govka; however, there is some evidence it should be Grube (see general notes and 1940 census facts). With that in mind this researcher looked for a Myrtle Marion Grube and found a likely candidate, but nothing definitive:
The 1900 Federal Census for Fair Hill, Cecil Co., Maryland, District 18, page 124A, dated June 1, 1900 records Myrtle M. Grube (Aug 1893 - PA/PA/PA) living with her parents David (Sept 1843 - PA/PA/PA) and Anna (June 1865 - PA/PA/PA) and siblings Catherine L. Grube (Nov 1896) and David W. Grube (Nov 1898). David is employed as a Beaterman at a Paper Mill and has been married to Anna for 8 years. They have had 3 children.
Additional research points to this family surname as possibly Griebe ...
A PA Death Certificate for David Grube:
Name: David Grube (married)
Residence: Lower Oxford, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 71
Birth Date: 13 Apr 1846
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 14 Apr 1918
Death Place: Lower Oxford, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Uremia
Burial: April 17, 1918 at Coleraine Baptist Church
Certificate Number: 43681
Informant: Mrs. Katheirne Russell of Hopewell, PA
then ... David's wife???
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
Name:Anna Elizabeth Grube [Anna Elizabeth McComsey] (widowed)
Residence: E. Nottingham, Chester Co., PA
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 56
Birth Date: 8 Jun 1865
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 7 Sep 1921
Death Place: East Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Tubercular Diarrhea
Burial: Sept 10, 1921 at Coleraine Baptist Church
Father Name: John McComsey
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Mary McFadden
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 86649
Mrs. Clara Alexander of Oxford, PA
Now looking for children from the 1900 census above one finds: The 1920 Federal Census for East Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, District 34, page 73A, dated Jan 28, 1920 records Katherine (25) and Walter (27) Russell with a son Gabriel Russell (4/12). Also in the household is an uncle, Gabriel Russell (73).
Assuming this might be our family one finds: The 1930 Federal Census for Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, District 73, page 43A, dated April 15, 1930 records Katherine L. Delcorse (29) and Charles L. Delcorse (30) with daughters Mary A Delcorse (3 7/12) and Evelyn R. Delcorse (2 1/12) and step son Gabriel Russell (10).
Apparently Walter Russell dies or was divorced ...
Further research finds:
The 1940 Federal Census for Warwick, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, District 36-150, page 2680A, dated April 15, 1940 records Charles Delcorse (40) with daughters Mary Delcorse (13) and Evelyn Delcorse (12) and a housekeeper, Katherine Hoffman (31) and her children Richard Hoffman (14) and Esther Hoffman (12). Also in the household is Charles' widowed brother, Isaac Delcorse (53).
Finally, from www.findagrave.com
Name: Kathryn "Kate" Griebe Delcorse
Birth: Oct. 26, 1895 - Lancaster Co., PA
Death: Aug. 1, 1930 - Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA
Spouse: Charles L Delcorse (1900 - 1979)
Burial: Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA
Plot: Section C 111 A Space 1
Created by: G. Stoecklein
Record added: Mar 17, 2009
... although no death certificate has been located

Myrtle married Harry Collins Hagen Sr., son of Valentine Hagen and Rachael Aikens, circa 1925 in Lancaster Co., PA. (Harry Collins Hagen Sr. was born on 28 Jul 1883 in Martic Township, Lancaster PA, died on 30 May 1955 in Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA. and was buried on 2 Jun 1955 in Millersville, Lancaster Co., PA.) The cause of his death was Cardiac Failure / Pneumonia.

Myrtle next married William Rohrer. (William Rohrer was born circa 1883 in Pennsylvania and died after 1920 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA.)