NameWilliam Charles Trexler
Birth27 Sep 1876
Death10 Dec 1911
FatherJonas Trexler (1839-1910)
MotherCatherine Amanda (Kitty) Fenstermacher (1842-1924)
Misc. Notes
Close upon the tragic death of his wife, William Trexler, of Topton, met his death under a train on Sunday morning. He was wandering along the tracks at midnight and was cautioned to keep away; but some time between one and two o'clock he was struck by an East Penn train, and his body was found lifeless at 2 a.m. The remains were removed to the rooms of Undertaker Schafer at Topton. The deceased was about 38 years of age [35] and leaves four small children, two brothers, one employed at the Topton Furnace and the other is the baker at Topton, and one sister. He was lately employed at the Topton Foundry. About three months ago he served as watchman at the Topton Foundry. The story of his wife's serious illness was then to the effect that the wife boasted of her husband having such a good job, and some of the other women grew jealous and clubbed her with brooms. The clubbing caused her to suffer internally, and she died in the Allentown Hospital. After her death, the four small children were given out to relatives, and one [Bertha] is at the Topton Orphans Home. The date of the funeral has not yet been fixed.
father of:
1. Ellen Gertrude (1901-?) m. Aaron Reinert (1875-1963) and Earl Moyer (1898-?)
2. Esther Mae (1903-?) m. Harvey Ruppert (1898-1945)
3. Bertha b. 1907 m. Benjamin Houck
4. Earl b. 1908 m. Alice
5. Raymond E. b. 1909
Spouses
Birth8 May 1877
Death25 Sep 1911, Allentown, PA