Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Spouses
Birth9 January 1848, Freeburg, PA
BurialRiverview Cemetery, North’d, PA
Father2G GF George Peter Mertz (P4a4) (1821-1887)
Mother2G GM Amelia Amanda Hummel (1823-1880)
Marriage28 November 1878, North’d Co, PA
Marr Memo(newspapers.com)
Parent-Proof notes for Hammond Rhoadenbaugh
His dc says he was s/o Jno and Kathryn (Vandling) Rhodenbaugh
Research notes for Mary Ellen (Spouse 1)
Her death record is present on LDS film # 961101 with dod as shown and age 55y 3m 7d. Listed as d/o Geo Mertz.
My Comments notes for Mary Ellen (Spouse 1)
She was the twin of Katherine. She married Hammond Rodenbaugh and they stayed in Point Township where he was a farmer. They had two daughters: Bertha and Gertrude. I have been in touch with Mark Libeck, my third cousin, who has helped me document this line. He was the son of Rudolph Libek (from Latvia) and Shirley Yager and Shirley was the daughter of Myron Yager and Gertrude Rhodenbauch.
Mark’s mother Shirley had an interesting biography, told more fully in my on-line database.
Shirley Yager Libeck received a master's degree in special education from Shippensburg University in 1976, served as a lieutenant in the Navy Reserves during WWII and retired from the U.S. Army Petroleum Field Activity, Fort Belvoir, Va., in 1988. She taught chemistry in Turkey and mathematics at Shikellamy Middle School. She was featured in a photographic exhibit on women in the military. Yager broke new ground for women in many ways, according to her son. "She was considered a trail-blazer in terms of what women hadn't pursued before," Libeck said. "She was among the first group of commissioned WAVES, or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, officers to be sworn in from Pennsylvania." She received a master's degree in chemistry from Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pa., and then accepted a commission in the U.S. Naval Reserves. Neither career choice was considered an appropriate one for a woman in those days. In fact, Libeck says his mother originally applied to Lehigh University and was denied admission merely because she was a woman. His mother attained the rank of lieutenant, and while in the reserves, was assigned to Washington, D.C., in the Ordnance Department, part of what was then the Navy Department. Her duties included ensuring quality control standards were met, a job that was not generally considered one for a woman. "Her service in the Navy inspired me to enlist," said Libeck who served as a radioman on USS Nimitz from May 1974 through September 1978.
Mark’s mother Shirley had an interesting biography, told more fully in my on-line database.
Shirley Yager Libeck received a master's degree in special education from Shippensburg University in 1976, served as a lieutenant in the Navy Reserves during WWII and retired from the U.S. Army Petroleum Field Activity, Fort Belvoir, Va., in 1988. She taught chemistry in Turkey and mathematics at Shikellamy Middle School. She was featured in a photographic exhibit on women in the military. Yager broke new ground for women in many ways, according to her son. "She was considered a trail-blazer in terms of what women hadn't pursued before," Libeck said. "She was among the first group of commissioned WAVES, or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, officers to be sworn in from Pennsylvania." She received a master's degree in chemistry from Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pa., and then accepted a commission in the U.S. Naval Reserves. Neither career choice was considered an appropriate one for a woman in those days. In fact, Libeck says his mother originally applied to Lehigh University and was denied admission merely because she was a woman. His mother attained the rank of lieutenant, and while in the reserves, was assigned to Washington, D.C., in the Ordnance Department, part of what was then the Navy Department. Her duties included ensuring quality control standards were met, a job that was not generally considered one for a woman. "Her service in the Navy inspired me to enlist," said Libeck who served as a radioman on USS Nimitz from May 1974 through September 1978.