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Ida
Catherine |
Ida Catherine (Firestone) Langenheim was born on March 7, 1871 in Connellsville, Fayette County, PA, the daughter of Lewis and Sarah Ann (Rose) Firestone.
On April 30,
1902, at the age of 30, Ida married 33-year-old John Randolph Langenheim (1870-1936), a native of Mount Pleasant,
in either Westmoreland County, PA, or Washington County, PA. They united
themselves in marriage. He was the son of
Charles M. and Mary Martelena Langenheim, both of whom were immigrants, he from
Germany, and she from Switzerland.
John's father Charles is seen at right in an old family portrait.
They had four children -- Eleanor Langfitt, Leroy Earl Langenheim, Howard C. Langenheim and Robert Randolph Langenheim.
John was a laborer, working in 1902 in Connellsville. In about 1904, the family resided in Sheriden, near Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.
Circa 1930, the family resided in Burgettstown, Washington County, PA.
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Bird's-eye view of Burgettstown, 1915 |
John
died in 1936, of causes unknown. He was buried in the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church cemetery in Hickory, Washington County.
This is not to be confused with the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in nearby Mount
Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA, where a number of distant cousins rest for
eternity.
Ida passed away at home of a "lingering illness" at the age of 74 on Feb. 17, 1945, as reported by the Connellsville Daily Courier. She was laid to rest in the Mount Pleasant cemetery beside her husband.
Daughter Eleanor Firestone (1909-1935) was born on Jan. 9, 1909, in Corliss, Allegheny County, PA. She married Kenneth C. Langfitt (1908- ? ), believed to be the son of A. Pearl Langfitt of Hancock County, WV. They had one or more children, and made their home in New Cumberland, Hancock County. Sadly, Eleanor contracted a deadly case of the measles, followed acute pneumonia, in the spring of 1935. She could not recover, and died at a hospital in East Liverpool, Columbiana County, OH, at the age of 26, on May 29, 1935. She was laid to eternal rest in the Union Cemetery in Pughtown, WV.
Son Leroy Langenheim (1903-1981) married Nettie (Cain) Plymire (1904-1989). He "resided in Burgettstown for 50 years and in Carmichaels for two years," said the Waynesburg (PA) Republican. "He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church at Hickory. Prior to his retirement in 1968, he had been a truck driver for the Cowden Trucking Co. at Hickory." He passed away in April 1981 in Carmichaels, Greene County. Nettie died in Carmichaels on May 31, 1989.
Son Howard Langenheim resided in Wellsburg, WV circa 1945.
Son Robert
Langenheim (1911-1978) lived in Burgettstown circa 1937. He married Margaret F. Balkovec
(1921-1994). They later moved to Allison Park, a northern suburb of Pittsburgh,
where they lived on Grandview Drive. Robert was a foreman of the Hampton
Municipal Authority and was employed there for 19 years. They were members of
St. Catherine Roman Catholic Church. Margaret was a waitress for various
restaurants in the Hampton area. Robert passed away April 19, 1978. Margaret died May 22, 1994. They are buried
at St. Augustine Cemetery in Wildwood, near Allison Park.
The Langenheim photographs are provided courtesy of Dihann Walters.
Copyright © 2004-2007 Mark A. Miner