Rebecca was the niece of my great grandfather Daniel Romberger, by virtue of her being fathered by his little brother, Ralph. Baptized November 28, 1910 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Trinity in Norristown, Pennsylvania, her sponsor was her paternal Aunt Rebecca K. (Romberger) Winters. Her middle name of Estella was probably a nod to another paternal aunt, Clara Estella Romberger. Both aunties were childless widows and likely honored to become part of the next generation.
Rebecca was a member of the 1933 class at Ursinus College. It made me smile to see that had she carried on her family's tradition of producing teachers. Comparatively late in life, she married Dr. George J. M. Grant and had one daughter. The 1950 census shows Rebecca living with her husband George and 3 year old daughter Mary in Lowell, Massachusetts, along with his widowed 81 year old mom. George reported working 70 hours the previous week as a general practice physician, while Rebecca reported working 40 hours as a high school teacher of social studies and English. They lived in an apartment at 545 School Street.
They were at this address at least until September of 1959, when an article in the Boston Globe reported that several physician's bags, tools and drugs were stolen from the trunk of George's garaged car there. George was alive at least until 1970, when he was putting in a few hours a week as a student physician at Lowell State. No obituary has yet been found for Rebecca or her husband.
From The Lowell (MA) Sun, Monday October 22, 1945:
Dr. Grant to Wed Penn. Girl
ACTON, Me.- The engagement of Miss Rebecca E. Romberger, teacher in the Rittenhouse junior high school in Norristown, Penn., to Dr. George J. Grant, son of Mrs. Frank T. Grant of Lowell, Mass., and Acton, Me., has been announced by Miss Romberger's mother, Mrs. Ralph E. Romberger of Norristown.
Miss Romberger is a graduate of Ursinus college and studied at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Grant is a graduate of Boston College and Boston University Law school. He received his degree in medicine at Georgetown university and interned at Garfield Memorial hospital, Washington, D.C.
No date for the wedding has been announced.
Many thanks to fellow contributor Airborne Steve. Photographing the cemetery, Steve came across a temporary marker he could not read. Pulling out the damp paper inside, he allowed it to dry, and was then able to read just enough that he and I were able to make the connection. This kindness and attention to detail finally gave our family a known place of rest for Rebecca. That wet scrap of paper was 29 years old as of this 2022 update! A small miracle conferred by a kind gent who took the time to care and finish the mission. Thanks, Steve.
Rebecca was a member of the 1933 class at Ursinus College. It made me smile to see that had she carried on her family's tradition of producing teachers. Comparatively late in life, she married Dr. George J. M. Grant and had one daughter. The 1950 census shows Rebecca living with her husband George and 3 year old daughter Mary in Lowell, Massachusetts, along with his widowed 81 year old mom. George reported working 70 hours the previous week as a general practice physician, while Rebecca reported working 40 hours as a high school teacher of social studies and English. They lived in an apartment at 545 School Street.
They were at this address at least until September of 1959, when an article in the Boston Globe reported that several physician's bags, tools and drugs were stolen from the trunk of George's garaged car there. George was alive at least until 1970, when he was putting in a few hours a week as a student physician at Lowell State. No obituary has yet been found for Rebecca or her husband.
From The Lowell (MA) Sun, Monday October 22, 1945:
Dr. Grant to Wed Penn. Girl
ACTON, Me.- The engagement of Miss Rebecca E. Romberger, teacher in the Rittenhouse junior high school in Norristown, Penn., to Dr. George J. Grant, son of Mrs. Frank T. Grant of Lowell, Mass., and Acton, Me., has been announced by Miss Romberger's mother, Mrs. Ralph E. Romberger of Norristown.
Miss Romberger is a graduate of Ursinus college and studied at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Grant is a graduate of Boston College and Boston University Law school. He received his degree in medicine at Georgetown university and interned at Garfield Memorial hospital, Washington, D.C.
No date for the wedding has been announced.
Many thanks to fellow contributor Airborne Steve. Photographing the cemetery, Steve came across a temporary marker he could not read. Pulling out the damp paper inside, he allowed it to dry, and was then able to read just enough that he and I were able to make the connection. This kindness and attention to detail finally gave our family a known place of rest for Rebecca. That wet scrap of paper was 29 years old as of this 2022 update! A small miracle conferred by a kind gent who took the time to care and finish the mission. Thanks, Steve.
Rebecca was the niece of my great grandfather Daniel Romberger, by virtue of her being fathered by his little brother, Ralph. Baptized November 28, 1910 at Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Trinity in Norristown, Pennsylvania, her sponsor was her paternal Aunt Rebecca K. (Romberger) Winters. Her middle name of Estella was probably a nod to another paternal aunt, Clara Estella Romberger. Both aunties were childless widows and likely honored to become part of the next generation.
Rebecca was a member of the 1933 class at Ursinus College. It made me smile to see that had she carried on her family's tradition of producing teachers. Comparatively late in life, she married Dr. George J. M. Grant and had one daughter. The 1950 census shows Rebecca living with her husband George and 3 year old daughter Mary in Lowell, Massachusetts, along with his widowed 81 year old mom. George reported working 70 hours the previous week as a general practice physician, while Rebecca reported working 40 hours as a high school teacher of social studies and English. They lived in an apartment at 545 School Street.
They were at this address at least until September of 1959, when an article in the Boston Globe reported that several physician's bags, tools and drugs were stolen from the trunk of George's garaged car there. George was alive at least until 1970, when he was putting in a few hours a week as a student physician at Lowell State. No obituary has yet been found for Rebecca or her husband.
From The Lowell (MA) Sun, Monday October 22, 1945:
Dr. Grant to Wed Penn. Girl
ACTON, Me.- The engagement of Miss Rebecca E. Romberger, teacher in the Rittenhouse junior high school in Norristown, Penn., to Dr. George J. Grant, son of Mrs. Frank T. Grant of Lowell, Mass., and Acton, Me., has been announced by Miss Romberger's mother, Mrs. Ralph E. Romberger of Norristown.
Miss Romberger is a graduate of Ursinus college and studied at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Grant is a graduate of Boston College and Boston University Law school. He received his degree in medicine at Georgetown university and interned at Garfield Memorial hospital, Washington, D.C.
No date for the wedding has been announced.
Many thanks to fellow contributor Airborne Steve. Photographing the cemetery, Steve came across a temporary marker he could not read. Pulling out the damp paper inside, he allowed it to dry, and was then able to read just enough that he and I were able to make the connection. This kindness and attention to detail finally gave our family a known place of rest for Rebecca. That wet scrap of paper was 29 years old as of this 2022 update! A small miracle conferred by a kind gent who took the time to care and finish the mission. Thanks, Steve.
Rebecca was a member of the 1933 class at Ursinus College. It made me smile to see that had she carried on her family's tradition of producing teachers. Comparatively late in life, she married Dr. George J. M. Grant and had one daughter. The 1950 census shows Rebecca living with her husband George and 3 year old daughter Mary in Lowell, Massachusetts, along with his widowed 81 year old mom. George reported working 70 hours the previous week as a general practice physician, while Rebecca reported working 40 hours as a high school teacher of social studies and English. They lived in an apartment at 545 School Street.
They were at this address at least until September of 1959, when an article in the Boston Globe reported that several physician's bags, tools and drugs were stolen from the trunk of George's garaged car there. George was alive at least until 1970, when he was putting in a few hours a week as a student physician at Lowell State. No obituary has yet been found for Rebecca or her husband.
From The Lowell (MA) Sun, Monday October 22, 1945:
Dr. Grant to Wed Penn. Girl
ACTON, Me.- The engagement of Miss Rebecca E. Romberger, teacher in the Rittenhouse junior high school in Norristown, Penn., to Dr. George J. Grant, son of Mrs. Frank T. Grant of Lowell, Mass., and Acton, Me., has been announced by Miss Romberger's mother, Mrs. Ralph E. Romberger of Norristown.
Miss Romberger is a graduate of Ursinus college and studied at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Grant is a graduate of Boston College and Boston University Law school. He received his degree in medicine at Georgetown university and interned at Garfield Memorial hospital, Washington, D.C.
No date for the wedding has been announced.
Many thanks to fellow contributor Airborne Steve. Photographing the cemetery, Steve came across a temporary marker he could not read. Pulling out the damp paper inside, he allowed it to dry, and was then able to read just enough that he and I were able to make the connection. This kindness and attention to detail finally gave our family a known place of rest for Rebecca. That wet scrap of paper was 29 years old as of this 2022 update! A small miracle conferred by a kind gent who took the time to care and finish the mission. Thanks, Steve.
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