Joseph Clarence Shrader and Josephine Deniker

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Husband Joseph Clarence Shrader ¹

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           Born: 28 Jan 1884 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Daniel Shrader (1854-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Lydia Catherine Long (1864-      ) 3 5

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       Marriage: 7 Dec 1911 2

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Wife Josephine Deniker ²

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            AKA: Josephine Denniger 6
           Born:  - Manns Choice, Bedford Co, PA
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         Father: Richard S. Deniker (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Shrader ²

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           Born: 1 Jun 1914 2
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Clarence Shrader

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Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

He was born on his grandfather's farm in South Huntingdon township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. When two years of age his father moved to a farm near New Stanton, Pennsylvania, the old homestead farm of Simon Long, his maternal grandfather, and there the lad spent his childhood. He attended school at the old schoolhouse at Stanton, and after completing his studies there began a business career. After filling a number of minor positions in various places, he was employed as payroll clerk at Bovard by the Keystone Coal & Coke Company of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained two years, when he accepted another position. Mr. Shrader began in May, 1915, as stenographer, bookkeeper, and secretary of the Howard Gas Coal Company, which was one of the progressive coal companies of the region.
He and his wife attended the Second Reformed Church of Greensburg.
He was a staunch Republican and cast his first vote for William H. Taft. He was a member of William Lodge, No. 431, Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Urania Chapter, No. 192, Royal Arch Masons, of Greensburg; and Olivet Council, No. 13, Royal and Select Masters, of Greensburg. He and his wife were members of Jeannette Chapter, No. 69, Order of the Eastern Star.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 903, 1117.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1119.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 198.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 902, 1119.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 903, 1119.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 903.