William Henry Bierbower^[1]

1878 - 1939  (60 years)

• Name	William Henry Bierbower
  Born	22 Jul 1878	Goldsboro, York County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Census	11 Jun 1880	Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  		Steelton, 1880 512.512: Erastus Bierbower (head) age 29, carpenter; Mahala (wife), age 22; William H. (son), age 2
  Census	6 Jun 1900	Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  		Middletown Borough, 1900 170.177, West Main Street. Erastus J. Bierbower (head), b. Feb. 1851, boiler maker; Mahala (wife), b. Dec. 1857; William (son), b. Jul. 1878; Iva V. (daughter-in-law), b. Aug. 1881; Chester C. (son), b. Feb. 1884; Ralph (son), b. Feb 1890
  Census	25 Apr 1910	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Reading, 1910 339 Third Street: William Bierbower (head), age 32, laborer at mill; Ivy (wife), age 28; Helen (daughter), age 7; Oma (daughter), age 5
  Residence	Feb 1916	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  	334 South Third Street
  Census	6 Jan 1920	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Reading, 1920 334 South 3rd Street: H. William Bierbower (head), age 41, foreman at pipe mill; V. Ivy (wife), age 38; Oma, age 15
  Land Purchase or Sale	29 Dec 1921	West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  	purchased two story brick dwelling at 315 3rd Avenue from Irvin F Impink for $3975
  		Bierbower, William H. & Ivy V. - Deed 315 Third Avenue, West Reading, PA
  Census	9 Apr 1930	West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		West Reading Borough, 1930 315 South 3rd Street: William H. Bierbower (head), age 51, laborer at pipe mill; Ivy V. (wife), age 49; Helen Ulrich (sister-in-law), age 45; Mahala Bierbower (mother), age 72
  Died	20 Jul 1939	West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Death Certificate William Henry Bierbower
  		Obituary William H. Bierbower. Reading Eagle
  		W. H. Bierbower - obituary The Middletown Press, July 1939
  Buried	24 Jul 1939	Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  		Bierbower, William H. William H. Bierbower 1878 - 1939
  Person ID	I000014	Strausstown Roots | KaMaMaBaHe
  Last Modified	4 May 2011

  
  

  Father	Erastus Jones Bierbower,   b. 18 Feb 1851, Goldsboro, York County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 May 1919, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mahala Bowers,   b. 05 Dec 1857, Goldsboro, York County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 Mar 1934, West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 76 years)
  Married	18 Feb 1877	Goldsboro, York County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F00283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ivy Virginia Ulrich,   b. 06 Aug 1881, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 14 Oct 1946, Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 65 years)
  Married	8 Mar 1900	Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
  	married by Rev. T. W. Staley
  Children	+ 1. Helen Blanche Bierbower,   b. 20 Sep 1900, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Jan 1969, Bellmawr, Camden County, New Jersey  (Age 68 years) + 2. Oma Jean Bierbower,   b. 15 Feb 1905, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1969, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona  (Age 63 years)
  Photos		Ivy Ulrich & William Bierbower - Wedding Party Aunt Helen Ulrich,far left, is Maid of Honor Melinda's 039
  Documents		Marriage License William Bierbower & Ivy Ulrich
  Family ID	F00006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 22 Jul 1878 - Goldsboro, York County, Pennsylvania Census - 11 Jun 1880 - Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Married - 8 Mar 1900 - Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Census - 6 Jun 1900 - Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Census - 25 Apr 1910 - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Residence - 334 South Third Street - Feb 1916 - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 6 Jan 1920 - Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Land Purchase or Sale - purchased two story brick dwelling at 315 3rd Avenue from Irvin F Impink for $3975 - 29 Dec 1921 - West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 9 Apr 1930 - West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Died - 20 Jul 1939 - West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Buried - 24 Jul 1939 - Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		William Bierbower & Billy
  		Ulrich Family 1917 Reading
  		Bierbower residence, 315 So. 3rd Ave. West Reading, PA
  		William & Ivy, Reading
  		William & Ivy
  		William, Ivy and Billy

  
  

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  Funeral Card William H.Bierbower

  
  

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  [S2] Reading Eagle (Reliability: 3), 20 Jul 1939. William H. Bierbower, 60, died at 12:30 o'clock this morning at his home, 315 South Third avenue, West Reading. He was a native of Goldsborough and lived in Middletown until 30 years ago. He was a member of St. Peter's Methodist Church, Camp 163, P. O. S. of A. and the Reading Iron Company Relief Association. Bierbower was formerly employed in the sheet metal department of the Reading Iron Company. Surviving are his widow, Ivy (Ulrich); two daughters, Helen, wife of Ross Stevens, of Philadelphia; Oma, wife of Theodore Bhaer, of Washington, D. C.; seven grand-children, one brother, Ralph Bierbower, of Reading. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p. m. in the Roth Funeral Parlors, Middletown. Interment will be made in Middletown Cemetery.