William Louis Karrer
Born: Egg Harbor City, Feb. 22, 1889, son of William & Maria Dorothea (Werner) Karrer.
Educated: Egg Harbor City High School; National Traffic College, Chicago, Ill.
Married: Oct. 15, 1910, Laura Sophia, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth D. (Lang) Ehrlich, of Egg Harbor City.
Children: Dorothea Maria, Feb. 27, 1913; William Albert, Feb. 25, 1914; Ruth Laura, March 23, 1920.
Residence: 319 Buffalo Ave.;
Business: Pennsylvania Railroad station, Egg Harbor City.
George Karrer, grandfather of William Louis Karrer, resided in Zucenhausen, Baden, Germany, and was father of eight sons. An opponent to compulsory military service, he brought his family to the United States after the death of his wife. He arrived in New York City in January, 1855, and began work as a shoemaker. A short time afterward he moved to Egg Harbor City.
Before long Mr. Karrer had prospered sufficiently to enable him to buy two tracts of land- one in the city for his shoe shop and living quarters in winter, and some land in the country to be cultivated in the summer, following the European custom. The family still occupies the old homestead, in Egg Harbor City, built on that portion of land which George Karrer bought in 1858.
William Karrer, one of George Karrer's eight sons, was born in Germany, October 18, 1846. He attended school for three years in New York and in 1862 was a pupil in Egg Harbor City's first schoolhouse. He became a very successful agriculturist and one of the community's foremost citizens, serving as a member of City Council. William Karrer married Maria Werner, also a native Germany. She came from Saxony in 1855. William Louis Karrer was a son of this marriage.
Upon graduating from high school, William L. Karrer began his career as a freight clerk in Egg Harbor City station of the Pennsylvania Railroad and has continued in the service of this railroad since that time. He also pursued a course with the National Traffic College, of Chicago, to better fit himself for the railroad work, studying traffic in all branches as well as inter-state commerce law and rulings.
After clerking for a year, he was promoted to telegraph operator. Then after a year as clerk at Egg Harbor City, Mr. Karrer was placed on the extra list, working up and down the line, wherever there happened to be need of an operator or agent. This lasted but a year, at the expiration of which time he was assigned to Ancora as station agent. He remained there two years, before receiving his transfer to Kirkwood. His stay at Kirkwood was a lengthy one, he being stationed there for eleven years. At the end of this period, on August 1, 1921, he was transferred to his home town to become Egg Harbor City's freight and passenger agent. He still continues to ably perform the duties of this position. The year 1925 rounds out twenty of railroad service for Mr. Karrer. A faithful, conscientious service that has given him an unblemished record with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mr. Karrer also holds a high place in the regard of his fellow townsmen. He was chosen in 1924 as a member of the Egg Harbor City Board of Education and since 1922 has been secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He is active in the work of the Kiwanis Club, which organization he has also served as secretary since 1922.
During the World War he was residing in Clementon Township and there he took an active part in the local Liberty Loan drives and other was campaigns.
Member: Kickapoo Tribe, No. 237, Imp'd O.R.M.; Spring Garden Council, No. 176, Jr. O.U.A.M. ; Egg Harbor Kiwanis Club (secretary); Egg Harbor City Parent-Teacher Association (president); Egg Harbor City Chamber of Commerce (secretery). Politics: Republican. Religion: Protestant. Recreations: hunting, swimming, boating, fishing.
Submitted by Walter Doernbach from "Who's Who in New Jersey, 1925"
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Mr. Karrer continued with the Board of Education and was in its office at the "Pike" school when it closed in 1960. Mr. Karrer passed away in the Atlantic City Hospital.
Born: Egg Harbor City, Feb. 22, 1889, son of William & Maria Dorothea (Werner) Karrer.
Educated: Egg Harbor City High School; National Traffic College, Chicago, Ill.
Married: Oct. 15, 1910, Laura Sophia, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth D. (Lang) Ehrlich, of Egg Harbor City.
Children: Dorothea Maria, Feb. 27, 1913; William Albert, Feb. 25, 1914; Ruth Laura, March 23, 1920.
Residence: 319 Buffalo Ave.;
Business: Pennsylvania Railroad station, Egg Harbor City.
George Karrer, grandfather of William Louis Karrer, resided in Zucenhausen, Baden, Germany, and was father of eight sons. An opponent to compulsory military service, he brought his family to the United States after the death of his wife. He arrived in New York City in January, 1855, and began work as a shoemaker. A short time afterward he moved to Egg Harbor City.
Before long Mr. Karrer had prospered sufficiently to enable him to buy two tracts of land- one in the city for his shoe shop and living quarters in winter, and some land in the country to be cultivated in the summer, following the European custom. The family still occupies the old homestead, in Egg Harbor City, built on that portion of land which George Karrer bought in 1858.
William Karrer, one of George Karrer's eight sons, was born in Germany, October 18, 1846. He attended school for three years in New York and in 1862 was a pupil in Egg Harbor City's first schoolhouse. He became a very successful agriculturist and one of the community's foremost citizens, serving as a member of City Council. William Karrer married Maria Werner, also a native Germany. She came from Saxony in 1855. William Louis Karrer was a son of this marriage.
Upon graduating from high school, William L. Karrer began his career as a freight clerk in Egg Harbor City station of the Pennsylvania Railroad and has continued in the service of this railroad since that time. He also pursued a course with the National Traffic College, of Chicago, to better fit himself for the railroad work, studying traffic in all branches as well as inter-state commerce law and rulings.
After clerking for a year, he was promoted to telegraph operator. Then after a year as clerk at Egg Harbor City, Mr. Karrer was placed on the extra list, working up and down the line, wherever there happened to be need of an operator or agent. This lasted but a year, at the expiration of which time he was assigned to Ancora as station agent. He remained there two years, before receiving his transfer to Kirkwood. His stay at Kirkwood was a lengthy one, he being stationed there for eleven years. At the end of this period, on August 1, 1921, he was transferred to his home town to become Egg Harbor City's freight and passenger agent. He still continues to ably perform the duties of this position. The year 1925 rounds out twenty of railroad service for Mr. Karrer. A faithful, conscientious service that has given him an unblemished record with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mr. Karrer also holds a high place in the regard of his fellow townsmen. He was chosen in 1924 as a member of the Egg Harbor City Board of Education and since 1922 has been secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He is active in the work of the Kiwanis Club, which organization he has also served as secretary since 1922.
During the World War he was residing in Clementon Township and there he took an active part in the local Liberty Loan drives and other was campaigns.
Member: Kickapoo Tribe, No. 237, Imp'd O.R.M.; Spring Garden Council, No. 176, Jr. O.U.A.M. ; Egg Harbor Kiwanis Club (secretary); Egg Harbor City Parent-Teacher Association (president); Egg Harbor City Chamber of Commerce (secretery). Politics: Republican. Religion: Protestant. Recreations: hunting, swimming, boating, fishing.
Submitted by Walter Doernbach from "Who's Who in New Jersey, 1925"
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Mr. Karrer continued with the Board of Education and was in its office at the "Pike" school when it closed in 1960. Mr. Karrer passed away in the Atlantic City Hospital.
William Louis Karrer
Born: Egg Harbor City, Feb. 22, 1889, son of William & Maria Dorothea (Werner) Karrer.
Educated: Egg Harbor City High School; National Traffic College, Chicago, Ill.
Married: Oct. 15, 1910, Laura Sophia, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth D. (Lang) Ehrlich, of Egg Harbor City.
Children: Dorothea Maria, Feb. 27, 1913; William Albert, Feb. 25, 1914; Ruth Laura, March 23, 1920.
Residence: 319 Buffalo Ave.;
Business: Pennsylvania Railroad station, Egg Harbor City.
George Karrer, grandfather of William Louis Karrer, resided in Zucenhausen, Baden, Germany, and was father of eight sons. An opponent to compulsory military service, he brought his family to the United States after the death of his wife. He arrived in New York City in January, 1855, and began work as a shoemaker. A short time afterward he moved to Egg Harbor City.
Before long Mr. Karrer had prospered sufficiently to enable him to buy two tracts of land- one in the city for his shoe shop and living quarters in winter, and some land in the country to be cultivated in the summer, following the European custom. The family still occupies the old homestead, in Egg Harbor City, built on that portion of land which George Karrer bought in 1858.
William Karrer, one of George Karrer's eight sons, was born in Germany, October 18, 1846. He attended school for three years in New York and in 1862 was a pupil in Egg Harbor City's first schoolhouse. He became a very successful agriculturist and one of the community's foremost citizens, serving as a member of City Council. William Karrer married Maria Werner, also a native Germany. She came from Saxony in 1855. William Louis Karrer was a son of this marriage.
Upon graduating from high school, William L. Karrer began his career as a freight clerk in Egg Harbor City station of the Pennsylvania Railroad and has continued in the service of this railroad since that time. He also pursued a course with the National Traffic College, of Chicago, to better fit himself for the railroad work, studying traffic in all branches as well as inter-state commerce law and rulings.
After clerking for a year, he was promoted to telegraph operator. Then after a year as clerk at Egg Harbor City, Mr. Karrer was placed on the extra list, working up and down the line, wherever there happened to be need of an operator or agent. This lasted but a year, at the expiration of which time he was assigned to Ancora as station agent. He remained there two years, before receiving his transfer to Kirkwood. His stay at Kirkwood was a lengthy one, he being stationed there for eleven years. At the end of this period, on August 1, 1921, he was transferred to his home town to become Egg Harbor City's freight and passenger agent. He still continues to ably perform the duties of this position. The year 1925 rounds out twenty of railroad service for Mr. Karrer. A faithful, conscientious service that has given him an unblemished record with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mr. Karrer also holds a high place in the regard of his fellow townsmen. He was chosen in 1924 as a member of the Egg Harbor City Board of Education and since 1922 has been secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He is active in the work of the Kiwanis Club, which organization he has also served as secretary since 1922.
During the World War he was residing in Clementon Township and there he took an active part in the local Liberty Loan drives and other was campaigns.
Member: Kickapoo Tribe, No. 237, Imp'd O.R.M.; Spring Garden Council, No. 176, Jr. O.U.A.M. ; Egg Harbor Kiwanis Club (secretary); Egg Harbor City Parent-Teacher Association (president); Egg Harbor City Chamber of Commerce (secretery). Politics: Republican. Religion: Protestant. Recreations: hunting, swimming, boating, fishing.
Submitted by Walter Doernbach from "Who's Who in New Jersey, 1925"
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Mr. Karrer continued with the Board of Education and was in its office at the "Pike" school when it closed in 1960. Mr. Karrer passed away in the Atlantic City Hospital.
Born: Egg Harbor City, Feb. 22, 1889, son of William & Maria Dorothea (Werner) Karrer.
Educated: Egg Harbor City High School; National Traffic College, Chicago, Ill.
Married: Oct. 15, 1910, Laura Sophia, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth D. (Lang) Ehrlich, of Egg Harbor City.
Children: Dorothea Maria, Feb. 27, 1913; William Albert, Feb. 25, 1914; Ruth Laura, March 23, 1920.
Residence: 319 Buffalo Ave.;
Business: Pennsylvania Railroad station, Egg Harbor City.
George Karrer, grandfather of William Louis Karrer, resided in Zucenhausen, Baden, Germany, and was father of eight sons. An opponent to compulsory military service, he brought his family to the United States after the death of his wife. He arrived in New York City in January, 1855, and began work as a shoemaker. A short time afterward he moved to Egg Harbor City.
Before long Mr. Karrer had prospered sufficiently to enable him to buy two tracts of land- one in the city for his shoe shop and living quarters in winter, and some land in the country to be cultivated in the summer, following the European custom. The family still occupies the old homestead, in Egg Harbor City, built on that portion of land which George Karrer bought in 1858.
William Karrer, one of George Karrer's eight sons, was born in Germany, October 18, 1846. He attended school for three years in New York and in 1862 was a pupil in Egg Harbor City's first schoolhouse. He became a very successful agriculturist and one of the community's foremost citizens, serving as a member of City Council. William Karrer married Maria Werner, also a native Germany. She came from Saxony in 1855. William Louis Karrer was a son of this marriage.
Upon graduating from high school, William L. Karrer began his career as a freight clerk in Egg Harbor City station of the Pennsylvania Railroad and has continued in the service of this railroad since that time. He also pursued a course with the National Traffic College, of Chicago, to better fit himself for the railroad work, studying traffic in all branches as well as inter-state commerce law and rulings.
After clerking for a year, he was promoted to telegraph operator. Then after a year as clerk at Egg Harbor City, Mr. Karrer was placed on the extra list, working up and down the line, wherever there happened to be need of an operator or agent. This lasted but a year, at the expiration of which time he was assigned to Ancora as station agent. He remained there two years, before receiving his transfer to Kirkwood. His stay at Kirkwood was a lengthy one, he being stationed there for eleven years. At the end of this period, on August 1, 1921, he was transferred to his home town to become Egg Harbor City's freight and passenger agent. He still continues to ably perform the duties of this position. The year 1925 rounds out twenty of railroad service for Mr. Karrer. A faithful, conscientious service that has given him an unblemished record with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mr. Karrer also holds a high place in the regard of his fellow townsmen. He was chosen in 1924 as a member of the Egg Harbor City Board of Education and since 1922 has been secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He is active in the work of the Kiwanis Club, which organization he has also served as secretary since 1922.
During the World War he was residing in Clementon Township and there he took an active part in the local Liberty Loan drives and other was campaigns.
Member: Kickapoo Tribe, No. 237, Imp'd O.R.M.; Spring Garden Council, No. 176, Jr. O.U.A.M. ; Egg Harbor Kiwanis Club (secretary); Egg Harbor City Parent-Teacher Association (president); Egg Harbor City Chamber of Commerce (secretery). Politics: Republican. Religion: Protestant. Recreations: hunting, swimming, boating, fishing.
Submitted by Walter Doernbach from "Who's Who in New Jersey, 1925"
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Mr. Karrer continued with the Board of Education and was in its office at the "Pike" school when it closed in 1960. Mr. Karrer passed away in the Atlantic City Hospital.
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