DEATH AFFIDAVITS INVOLVING JOHN W. APPLEBACH 1878-1943

DEATH AFFIDAVITS INVOLVING JOHN W. APPLEBACH 1878-1943

I was recently able to get the death affidavits for both of John APPLEBACH's two wives from the Lancaster County Archives. Death affidavits can give more information about the death of the named person, even if there is a regular death certificate. 

Since I personally do not have death certificates for either wife, getting these was helpful - even if only for the dates.

See this post for more info on the archives:  Lancaster County Family Ties : RESOURCES AT THE LANCASTER ARCHIVES . I would encourage anyone looking for info from Lancaster County, PA to view the indexes of documents available.  The archives have a treasure trove of stuff for family historians.

John was blind.  He supported himself as a chair caner. He also was well known in the Lancaster area for his singing at churches and revivals.

I do not know when he married his first wife Elizabeth, but she died in Jan. 3, 1926 and is buried at Millersville Mennonite Cemetery.  No children have ever been mentioned. Her death affidavit is below and John signed it with a mark.

John then married Katie FOX who was a widow since Oct. 1924.  She was the daughter of Conrad and Magdalena OLLENDORFER/OTTENDORFER. Their marriage license is #5079 and occurred in June 1926.

The bottom of my copy of the marriage license is cut off too - what you see is what I have.

Katie shows up the Lancaster City Directory after this listed as John's wife. They live at the same address. John's mom, Elizabeth APPLEBACH, apparently lived with them and shows up in the directories at the same address (647 High Street) until her death.

John died in 1943 and is buried at Millersville Mennonite Cemetery. Here is his obit and death cert.  

Katie APPLEBACH did not remarry after John's death. She made up a will in 1946 giving everything she owned to friend Catherine DANZ (married last name HERR). From this I would say there were no children from either of her marriages to leave anything to.

Here is the death affidavit of Katie APPLEBACH in 1948.

She is memorial #15467189 on Find A Grave.  She is buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Lancaster. 

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