Catherine Perkins Harlan (1876-1953)

Catherine Perkins Harlan was born on 27 August 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died on 22 April 1953 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She married Jacob Sterneman Groff on 20 May 1897 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware.

Catherine Perkins Harlan

Catherine Perkins Harlan's marriage certificate

Catherine Perkins Harlan's death certificate

Intelligencer Journal, 23 April 1953

Mrs. Catherine P. Harlan Groff, seventy-six, widow of Jacob S. Groff, died yesterday at 3:55 a.m. at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Hess, Conestoga R1, after an illness of two years.

She and her late husband celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary May 20, 1948. Mr. Groff died in December of that year.

She was born in Philadelphia, a daughter of the late John P. and Eliza Hemple Harlan, and was a member of Boehm's Methodist Church. She resided with her daughter for the past four years, and had been a resident of Pequea Twp. for 45 years, moving here from Wilmington, Del.

Surviving are two children, Helen C., wife of Frank Hess, Conestoga R1; and J. Howard Groff, Wayne; also these sisters and brothers; Mrs. Lena Jefferis, Bella, W. Va.; Bessie, wife of Luther Thompson, Wilmington, Del.; William Harlan, Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. Emma Chambers and George Harlan, both of Wilmington; and Mrs. Eva J. Burlin, Tampa, Fla.; seven grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.

PARENTS

John Perkins Harlan

Elizabeth Ann Hemphill

SPOUSE

Jacob Sterneman Groff

CHILDREN

Helen Catherine Groff

Jacob Howard Groff

SOURCES

• 1880 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1900 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1910 census, Martin, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• 1920 census, Pequea, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• 1930 census, Pequea, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• 1940 census, Pequea, Lancaster, Pennyslvania
• Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) 23 April 1953