Herman William Meyer was born May 26, 1889, the third child of Frederick J. Meyer and Wilhelmina F. Dietrich and was reared in Philadelphia. Both of his parents were German immigrants.
As an adult he was tall, slender, had thick brown hair and blue eyes, according to his 1917 WWI draft registration card. The 1930 census confirms that he was a veteran of World War I and other sources indicate he was seriously injured. After serving in the military, he returned home and returned to college.
Herman remained single until age 38 and lived in the Meyer family's Philadelphia home at 3210 N. Broad Street. He was a well educated man, having studied finance, and was working as an auditor for the Aetna Insurance Company in Hartford, CT in 1917 at the time he registered for the draft at age 28.
While a student at Temple University in Philadelphia, he met Lola Lovicia Obenchain, also a student at Temple and eventually proposed to her by mail. When they were ages 38 and 30, the two married in 1927 at Christ Church, a historic Episcopal church on 2nd Street above Market Street in Philadelpha where George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Betsy Ross all worshiped. Herman's friend, William Mayer, and his wife stood up with Herman and Lola. William and his brother Conrad had been boyhood friends of Herman.
Immediately after their wedding, Herman took his bride to the Vineland, New Jersey home of his friend to stay for two weeks and left her there while he resumed some business in Philadelphia. The couple bought a house in Vineland, New Jersey across the street from his friend Conrad, and they were living there when their two sons, Russell Obenchain and Louis Converse Meyer, were born. The 1930 census indicates the house was valued at $4,000, and Herman was not working.
Herman's second son, Louis, died at age 7 months of pneumonia at home. After only a few years of marriage Lola left Herman and took Russell with her. The couple did not divorce, but Lola moved back to Greenville, PA where her parents lived, and she taught school for a living. In the 1940s she sold everything and took Russell to Fort Worth, Texas when he was an adolescent. Because Texas law did not permit married women to purchase homes in their own right, she finally did divorce Herman, who by that time was physically ill and not doing well; his lawyer wrote Lola on his behalf inviting her to come back and take care of Herman, an offer she firmly rejected.
Herman apparently remained single in the New Jersey home until his death. The following newspaper article (probably from The Times Journal, since an ad below the article gave that as a respond-to address) was apparently sent to Lola Meyer by a neighbor in New Jersey. We know his date of burial in Chelten Hills Cemetery was July 31, 1952, so this probably is a 1952 article:
"POLICE DISCOVER CRIPPLED MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION -- Herman Meyers (sic), 62, of Roosevelt Boulevard, is in a serious condition today in the Newcomb Hospital. Meyers (sic), a World War I veteran, was found helpless on the floor of the bathroom of his home this morning by Landis Township police. The man is crippled from the waist down, and lived alone. His non-appearance was noticed by a milkman, Thomas L. Woodley, who told Fred Kidston, south Main road service station owner. Kidston heard a radio playing loudly, and the shades drawn. He notified the police, and an investigation revealed Meyers (sic) desperately ill. The man was taken to the Newcomb Hospital by Paul Corridori in the American Legion ambulance. Relatives in Philadelphia were notified by Township Police Chief Peter T. Maguire. Meyers (sic) is believed to have suffered an attack of illness Friday night, and was unable to reach a telephone in the house to summon aid."
Herman William Meyer died July 1952 and was buried at Chelten Hills Cemetery in the Meyer family plot in Philadelphia.
As an adult he was tall, slender, had thick brown hair and blue eyes, according to his 1917 WWI draft registration card. The 1930 census confirms that he was a veteran of World War I and other sources indicate he was seriously injured. After serving in the military, he returned home and returned to college.
Herman remained single until age 38 and lived in the Meyer family's Philadelphia home at 3210 N. Broad Street. He was a well educated man, having studied finance, and was working as an auditor for the Aetna Insurance Company in Hartford, CT in 1917 at the time he registered for the draft at age 28.
While a student at Temple University in Philadelphia, he met Lola Lovicia Obenchain, also a student at Temple and eventually proposed to her by mail. When they were ages 38 and 30, the two married in 1927 at Christ Church, a historic Episcopal church on 2nd Street above Market Street in Philadelpha where George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Betsy Ross all worshiped. Herman's friend, William Mayer, and his wife stood up with Herman and Lola. William and his brother Conrad had been boyhood friends of Herman.
Immediately after their wedding, Herman took his bride to the Vineland, New Jersey home of his friend to stay for two weeks and left her there while he resumed some business in Philadelphia. The couple bought a house in Vineland, New Jersey across the street from his friend Conrad, and they were living there when their two sons, Russell Obenchain and Louis Converse Meyer, were born. The 1930 census indicates the house was valued at $4,000, and Herman was not working.
Herman's second son, Louis, died at age 7 months of pneumonia at home. After only a few years of marriage Lola left Herman and took Russell with her. The couple did not divorce, but Lola moved back to Greenville, PA where her parents lived, and she taught school for a living. In the 1940s she sold everything and took Russell to Fort Worth, Texas when he was an adolescent. Because Texas law did not permit married women to purchase homes in their own right, she finally did divorce Herman, who by that time was physically ill and not doing well; his lawyer wrote Lola on his behalf inviting her to come back and take care of Herman, an offer she firmly rejected.
Herman apparently remained single in the New Jersey home until his death. The following newspaper article (probably from The Times Journal, since an ad below the article gave that as a respond-to address) was apparently sent to Lola Meyer by a neighbor in New Jersey. We know his date of burial in Chelten Hills Cemetery was July 31, 1952, so this probably is a 1952 article:
"POLICE DISCOVER CRIPPLED MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION -- Herman Meyers (sic), 62, of Roosevelt Boulevard, is in a serious condition today in the Newcomb Hospital. Meyers (sic), a World War I veteran, was found helpless on the floor of the bathroom of his home this morning by Landis Township police. The man is crippled from the waist down, and lived alone. His non-appearance was noticed by a milkman, Thomas L. Woodley, who told Fred Kidston, south Main road service station owner. Kidston heard a radio playing loudly, and the shades drawn. He notified the police, and an investigation revealed Meyers (sic) desperately ill. The man was taken to the Newcomb Hospital by Paul Corridori in the American Legion ambulance. Relatives in Philadelphia were notified by Township Police Chief Peter T. Maguire. Meyers (sic) is believed to have suffered an attack of illness Friday night, and was unable to reach a telephone in the house to summon aid."
Herman William Meyer died July 1952 and was buried at Chelten Hills Cemetery in the Meyer family plot in Philadelphia.
Herman William Meyer was born May 26, 1889, the third child of Frederick J. Meyer and Wilhelmina F. Dietrich and was reared in Philadelphia. Both of his parents were German immigrants.
As an adult he was tall, slender, had thick brown hair and blue eyes, according to his 1917 WWI draft registration card. The 1930 census confirms that he was a veteran of World War I and other sources indicate he was seriously injured. After serving in the military, he returned home and returned to college.
Herman remained single until age 38 and lived in the Meyer family's Philadelphia home at 3210 N. Broad Street. He was a well educated man, having studied finance, and was working as an auditor for the Aetna Insurance Company in Hartford, CT in 1917 at the time he registered for the draft at age 28.
While a student at Temple University in Philadelphia, he met Lola Lovicia Obenchain, also a student at Temple and eventually proposed to her by mail. When they were ages 38 and 30, the two married in 1927 at Christ Church, a historic Episcopal church on 2nd Street above Market Street in Philadelpha where George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Betsy Ross all worshiped. Herman's friend, William Mayer, and his wife stood up with Herman and Lola. William and his brother Conrad had been boyhood friends of Herman.
Immediately after their wedding, Herman took his bride to the Vineland, New Jersey home of his friend to stay for two weeks and left her there while he resumed some business in Philadelphia. The couple bought a house in Vineland, New Jersey across the street from his friend Conrad, and they were living there when their two sons, Russell Obenchain and Louis Converse Meyer, were born. The 1930 census indicates the house was valued at $4,000, and Herman was not working.
Herman's second son, Louis, died at age 7 months of pneumonia at home. After only a few years of marriage Lola left Herman and took Russell with her. The couple did not divorce, but Lola moved back to Greenville, PA where her parents lived, and she taught school for a living. In the 1940s she sold everything and took Russell to Fort Worth, Texas when he was an adolescent. Because Texas law did not permit married women to purchase homes in their own right, she finally did divorce Herman, who by that time was physically ill and not doing well; his lawyer wrote Lola on his behalf inviting her to come back and take care of Herman, an offer she firmly rejected.
Herman apparently remained single in the New Jersey home until his death. The following newspaper article (probably from The Times Journal, since an ad below the article gave that as a respond-to address) was apparently sent to Lola Meyer by a neighbor in New Jersey. We know his date of burial in Chelten Hills Cemetery was July 31, 1952, so this probably is a 1952 article:
"POLICE DISCOVER CRIPPLED MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION -- Herman Meyers (sic), 62, of Roosevelt Boulevard, is in a serious condition today in the Newcomb Hospital. Meyers (sic), a World War I veteran, was found helpless on the floor of the bathroom of his home this morning by Landis Township police. The man is crippled from the waist down, and lived alone. His non-appearance was noticed by a milkman, Thomas L. Woodley, who told Fred Kidston, south Main road service station owner. Kidston heard a radio playing loudly, and the shades drawn. He notified the police, and an investigation revealed Meyers (sic) desperately ill. The man was taken to the Newcomb Hospital by Paul Corridori in the American Legion ambulance. Relatives in Philadelphia were notified by Township Police Chief Peter T. Maguire. Meyers (sic) is believed to have suffered an attack of illness Friday night, and was unable to reach a telephone in the house to summon aid."
Herman William Meyer died July 1952 and was buried at Chelten Hills Cemetery in the Meyer family plot in Philadelphia.
As an adult he was tall, slender, had thick brown hair and blue eyes, according to his 1917 WWI draft registration card. The 1930 census confirms that he was a veteran of World War I and other sources indicate he was seriously injured. After serving in the military, he returned home and returned to college.
Herman remained single until age 38 and lived in the Meyer family's Philadelphia home at 3210 N. Broad Street. He was a well educated man, having studied finance, and was working as an auditor for the Aetna Insurance Company in Hartford, CT in 1917 at the time he registered for the draft at age 28.
While a student at Temple University in Philadelphia, he met Lola Lovicia Obenchain, also a student at Temple and eventually proposed to her by mail. When they were ages 38 and 30, the two married in 1927 at Christ Church, a historic Episcopal church on 2nd Street above Market Street in Philadelpha where George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Betsy Ross all worshiped. Herman's friend, William Mayer, and his wife stood up with Herman and Lola. William and his brother Conrad had been boyhood friends of Herman.
Immediately after their wedding, Herman took his bride to the Vineland, New Jersey home of his friend to stay for two weeks and left her there while he resumed some business in Philadelphia. The couple bought a house in Vineland, New Jersey across the street from his friend Conrad, and they were living there when their two sons, Russell Obenchain and Louis Converse Meyer, were born. The 1930 census indicates the house was valued at $4,000, and Herman was not working.
Herman's second son, Louis, died at age 7 months of pneumonia at home. After only a few years of marriage Lola left Herman and took Russell with her. The couple did not divorce, but Lola moved back to Greenville, PA where her parents lived, and she taught school for a living. In the 1940s she sold everything and took Russell to Fort Worth, Texas when he was an adolescent. Because Texas law did not permit married women to purchase homes in their own right, she finally did divorce Herman, who by that time was physically ill and not doing well; his lawyer wrote Lola on his behalf inviting her to come back and take care of Herman, an offer she firmly rejected.
Herman apparently remained single in the New Jersey home until his death. The following newspaper article (probably from The Times Journal, since an ad below the article gave that as a respond-to address) was apparently sent to Lola Meyer by a neighbor in New Jersey. We know his date of burial in Chelten Hills Cemetery was July 31, 1952, so this probably is a 1952 article:
"POLICE DISCOVER CRIPPLED MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION -- Herman Meyers (sic), 62, of Roosevelt Boulevard, is in a serious condition today in the Newcomb Hospital. Meyers (sic), a World War I veteran, was found helpless on the floor of the bathroom of his home this morning by Landis Township police. The man is crippled from the waist down, and lived alone. His non-appearance was noticed by a milkman, Thomas L. Woodley, who told Fred Kidston, south Main road service station owner. Kidston heard a radio playing loudly, and the shades drawn. He notified the police, and an investigation revealed Meyers (sic) desperately ill. The man was taken to the Newcomb Hospital by Paul Corridori in the American Legion ambulance. Relatives in Philadelphia were notified by Township Police Chief Peter T. Maguire. Meyers (sic) is believed to have suffered an attack of illness Friday night, and was unable to reach a telephone in the house to summon aid."
Herman William Meyer died July 1952 and was buried at Chelten Hills Cemetery in the Meyer family plot in Philadelphia.
Gravesite Details
Obelisk marks a family plot where many are buried. However, the only names which were engraved were those of Frederick J. Meyer (Herman's father) and Emilie M. Meyer (Herman's sister).
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