When Martha Emma "Marta" Lang was born on August 31, 1909, in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, her father, Georg Lang, was 26, and her mother, Philippine Katharine Lepper, was 21. She was the eldest daughter in a family of 7 children. Her father and elder brother 1st came to the US and then sent for the rest of the family. Her mother traveled with 5 children under the age of 15; the youngest under 2yo. Marta learned English through immersion methods in school. She married Charles Hazen La Rosse on October 18, 1930, in Santa Monica, California. They had three daughters during their marriage. She died on February 23, 1994, in San Diego, California, at the age of 84, and was buried there.
When Martha Emma "Marta" Lang was born on August 31, 1909, in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, her father, Georg Lang, was 26, and her mother, Philippine Katharine Lepper, was 21. She was the eldest daughter in a family of 7 children. Her father and elder brother 1st came to the US and then sent for the rest of the family. Her mother traveled with 5 children under the age of 15; the youngest under 2yo. Marta learned English through immersion methods in school. She married Charles Hazen La Rosse on October 18, 1930, in Santa Monica, California. They had three daughters during their marriage. She died on February 23, 1994, in San Diego, California, at the age of 84, and was buried there.
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Marta La Rosse
Aug 31, 1909 - Feb 23, 1994
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Buried next to her husband, Charles Hazen LaRosse
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