Leonard Milton Masteller

Brief Life History of Leonard Milton

When Leonard Milton Masteller was born on 5 January 1894, in Nuremberg, North Union Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Albert Masteller, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth R. Rudolph, was 25. He married Mae A Apgar on 24 December 1913, in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Delabole, Plainfield Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940 and Plainfield Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. He died in May 1976, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Saint Marks Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Milton Masteller
1894–1976
Mae A Apgar
1893–1931
Marriage: 24 December 1913
Clarence Masteller
1914–1974
Richard I. Masteller
1918–1991
Margaret Mausteller
1925–2010

Sources (14)

  • Leonard M Mostella, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Leonard M. Marsteller, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Leonard Milton Masteller, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Name Meaning

Altered form of German Marsteller .

History: Peter Masteller (born 1706) is recorded as an immigrant at the Port of Philadelphia, PA, in 1736.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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