Victim of the General Slocum disaster -Age 45, death cert # 2930 wife of Rev George C.F. Haas, pastor of the St Mark's German Lutheran Church, which hosted the ill-fated trip on the General Slocum.In order to spare the feelings of the bereaved preacher the attendance at the funeral services was restricted to intimate friends and relatives. There was a large number of Lutheran Ministers of this and adjoining cities. Rev Haas was assisted by his son George Haas.
As per "American Lutheran Biographies" by Jens Christian Roseland (1890), Rev.G.C.F. Haas was born in Philadelphia on 5 May, 1854, the son of parochial school educator and church organist John C. Haas. He attended the university of Pennsylvania and the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. After first working as assistant to Pastor Raegener at St. Mark's in New York
City, he assumed full charge of the church in 1882. In 1883, he married Anna S.Hansen.
As per "American Lutheran Biographies" by Jens Christian Roseland (1890), Rev.G.C.F. Haas was born in Philadelphia on 5 May, 1854, the son of parochial school educator and church organist John C. Haas. He attended the university of Pennsylvania and the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. After first working as assistant to Pastor Raegener at St. Mark's in New York
City, he assumed full charge of the church in 1882. In 1883, he married Anna S.Hansen.
Victim of the General Slocum disaster -Age 45, death cert # 2930 wife of Rev George C.F. Haas, pastor of the St Mark's German Lutheran Church, which hosted the ill-fated trip on the General Slocum.In order to spare the feelings of the bereaved preacher the attendance at the funeral services was restricted to intimate friends and relatives. There was a large number of Lutheran Ministers of this and adjoining cities. Rev Haas was assisted by his son George Haas.
As per "American Lutheran Biographies" by Jens Christian Roseland (1890), Rev.G.C.F. Haas was born in Philadelphia on 5 May, 1854, the son of parochial school educator and church organist John C. Haas. He attended the university of Pennsylvania and the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. After first working as assistant to Pastor Raegener at St. Mark's in New York
City, he assumed full charge of the church in 1882. In 1883, he married Anna S.Hansen.
As per "American Lutheran Biographies" by Jens Christian Roseland (1890), Rev.G.C.F. Haas was born in Philadelphia on 5 May, 1854, the son of parochial school educator and church organist John C. Haas. He attended the university of Pennsylvania and the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. After first working as assistant to Pastor Raegener at St. Mark's in New York
City, he assumed full charge of the church in 1882. In 1883, he married Anna S.Hansen.
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