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Melber, Bruce Rutherford

Melber, Bruce Rutherford

Male 1903 - 1989  (85 years)

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  • Name Melber, Bruce Rutherford 
    Birth 24 Sep 1903  Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 16 Jan 1908  Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 22 Apr 1910  Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census Jan 1920  Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 17 Apr 1930  Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 14 Apr 1940  Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Tombstone Photo Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Evergreen Cemetery 
    Death 24 Jan 1989  Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 8] 
    Burial Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I47  My Damon Genealogy
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2023 

    Father Melber, Harry [George Heinrich],   b. 28 Nov 1879, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1933, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother McLean, Edna Banks,   b. 07 Oct 1879, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1938, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Family ID F77  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Moulthrop, Dorothy Irene,   b. 21 May 1914, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1992, Fountain Hill, Lehigh Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jun 1932  Weatherly, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Melber, Phyllis Irene,   b. 15 Jan 1933, Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 2024, Mahoning, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     2. Melber, Joyce Corine,   b. 19 Jun 1934, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 2015, Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     3. Melber, D.M.
     4. Melber, Bruce Robert,   b. 12 Apr 1939, Coaldale, Schuylkill Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 2022, Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     5. Melber, Donald Keith,   b. 02 Feb 1941, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 2024, Hometown, Schuylkill Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     6. Melber, S.L.
     7. Melber, D.J.
    Family ID F71  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Sep 1903 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 16 Jan 1908 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 22 Apr 1910 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Jan 1920 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 17 Apr 1930 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Jun 1932 - Weatherly, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 14 Apr 1940 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTombstone Photo - Evergreen Cemetery - - Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Jan 1989 - Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
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  • Photos
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford
    Melber, Donald Keith
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

    Documents
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford    		Melber, Bruce Rutherford
    SS Card
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford    		Melber, Bruce Rutherford
    Baptism Certificate
    1930 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk, enumeration district 26, p. 13A    		1930 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk, enumeration district 26, p. 13A
    1910 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk Ward 2, enumeration district 0022, p. 4B     		1910 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk Ward 2, enumeration district 0022, p. 4B
    1920 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk Ward 2, enumeration district 29, p. 2B    		1920 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk Ward 2, enumeration district 29, p. 2B
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford    		Melber, Bruce Rutherford
    WWII Draft Registration Card
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford and Dorothy Moulthrop    		Melber, Bruce Rutherford and Dorothy Moulthrop
    22nd Anniversary
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford     		Melber, Bruce Rutherford
    Purchase of Home
    Mauch Chunk (Pennsylvania) Times-News
    5 June 1943
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford and Dorothy Moulthrop    		Melber, Bruce Rutherford and Dorothy Moulthrop
    Marriage Certificate
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford    		Melber, Bruce Rutherford
    Death Certificate
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford    		Melber, Bruce Rutherford
    Baptism Certificate, PhotoShop Reconstruction

    Headstones
    Melber, Bruce Rutherford    		Melber, Bruce Rutherford

  • Notes 
    • Bruce was named after his mother's brother, Rutherford.
      Part of the years that he worked for the railroad, he worked in the round house.

      1940 Census lists highest education as 7th grade.

      BRUCE R. MELBER: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
      The (Allentown, PA) Morning Call, - Wednesday, January 25, 1989
      Deceased Name: BRUCE R. MELBER

      Bruce R. Melber, 85, of 623 South Ave., Jim Thorpe, died Tuesday in Gnaden Huetten Hospital, Lehighton. He was the husband of Dorothy I. (Moulthrop) Melber. They observed their 56th wedding anniversary last year.
      Melber was a machinist for the former Jersey Central Railroad in Jim Thorpe and Bethlehem for 30 years before retiring in 1970.
      Born in Jim Thorpe, he was a son of the late Harry G. and Edna (McLean) Melber.
      He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, South Avenue, Jim Thorpe.
      Survivors: Wife; sons, Bruce R. Jr., at home, and Donald of Jim Thorpe; daughters, Phyllis, wife of Ronald Esrang, Donna, wife of Richard Armbruster, and Mrs. Joyce Reed, all of Jim Thorpe, Mrs. Doris Farrell of Bethlehem and Sharon, wife of Elbert Damon of Manchester, York County; brothers, Nathan of Jim Thorpe and Adam of Pittsburgh; 12 grandchildren and eight great- grandchildren.
      Services: At convenience of the family. No calling hours. Arrangements, Edward F. Melber Funeral Home, Jim Thorpe.
      Author: The Morning Call
      Edition: FIFTH
      Page: B12

  • Sources 
    1. [S952] Evergreen Cemetery.
      (Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania), Dorothy I and Bruce R Melber marker

    2. [S130] Death Certificate.
      Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, copy of origial death certificate form H105 112 REV. 11.85, no. 1932697 (1989), Bruce R. Melber, Pennsylvania Department of Health - Vital Records

    3. [S20] Record of Baptism.
      Bruce Rutherford Melber, baptism certificate, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, 1908, privately held by Elbert Damon, Manchester, Pennsylvania

    4. [S592] 1910 U.S. census.
      Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk Ward 2, enumeration district 0022, p. 4B (penned), dwelling 90, family 90, Edna and Harry Melber, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T624_1327.

    5. [S22] 1920 U.S. census.
      Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk Ward 2, enumeration district 29, p. 2B (penned), dwelling 49, family 49, Edna and Harr Melber Sr., digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625_1534, image 578.

    6. [S583] 1930 U.S. census.
      Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk, enumeration district 26, p. 13A (penned), dwelling 32, family 32, Edna and Harry G. Melber, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 October 2013); citing FHL microfilm publication 2341749, roll 2015, image 251.0.

    7. [S697] 1940 U.S. census.
      Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk, enumeration district 13-36, p. 61A (penned), household 52, Dorothy I. and Bruce R. Melber, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627_3461.

    8. [S674] Obituary.
      "Bruce R. Melber," 25 January 1989, The (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Morning Call, sec. B, p. 12: GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 24 February 2014)

    9. [S21] Birth Record.
      Bruce Robert Melber, Coaldale State Hospital birth record, 1939, Pennsylvania Department of Welfare


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