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Gertrude was born 28 Dec 1887[1] in Allegheny City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. She was the sister of Erma Kingsbacher[2], Alvin Kingsbacher[2] and Florence Kingsbacher[2]
On 13 June 1900, Gertrude, age 13 lived in Allegheny city, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. She was born in Pennsylvania and her parents in Germany and Missouri. She was attending school and able to read, write and spoke English. Her parents were renting the home where she lived with them, her three siblings and two servants.[2]
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Enumerated on 15 April 1910
Gertrude and Eli were married, 16 Jun 1910 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. [3]
In 1920, Gertrude and Elias lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. She was born in Pennsylvania and her parents in Germany and Missouri. She is listed as able to read and write. Gertrude stayed at home and took care of their three children while her husband worked as a general practice attorney. The couple owned the home in full where they lived with their three children and two servants.[4]
In 1930, Gertrude and Elias lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. She was born in Pennsylvania and her parents in Germany and Missouri. She was not attending school, but was able to read and write. Gertrude stayed at home and took care of their four children while her husband worked as a general practice attorney. The couple owned a home valued at 20,000 dollars, where they lived with their children, one lodger and two servents.[5]
In 1940, Gertrude, age 52 and Elias, age 56 lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. with three of their four children and two lodgers.[6]
She died at 86 years old and was buried in West View Cemetery, located in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.[7]
From Ann Sunstein:
Gertrude attended Central Public High School, attended two years at Bryn Mawr College in the Class of 1910. Gertrude was the captain of the girls' basketball teams in both high school and college. She met her husband-to-be at college, via J. David Stern and his fiancee, Jill. She left Bryn Mawr so her younger sister could attended college, as family means were limited.
Gertrude and Eli were married in Pittsburgh in 1910. She was active with the Pittsburgh League for Women's Suffrage (later known as the League of Women Voters), and she and her husband marched in parades and distributed literature. When the vote came in 1920, she became a lifelong Democrat, while Eli remained a lifelong Republican.
Gertrude and Eli were a devoted couple (though she was more apt to drive a car and carve a turkey than he) who celebrated their 61st anniversary. She founded Community School, the only "progressive" school in Pittsburgh, now the Falk School of the University of Pittsburgh, which all four of their children attended. She was active in worker's education for Bryn Mawr Summer School. She was written up in the Who's Who of American Women.
Her best friend was her sister, Florence, who lived across the street. She died at the age of 85. She is buried next to her husband in Woodlawn Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They lived in one house, 5506 Aylesburg Avenue, Pittsburgh, from 1916 until they died. They had 18 grandchildren.
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