[M] #42963 George Jonas Mechling ( George Mechling • Philip Jonas Mechling • Philip Mechling • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
George was born 3 Mar 1862 in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died 9 Jan 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma. He was buried in Rose Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma.
He was living in Lamar, Colorado at the time of his first marriage.
On the 1900 Census George was living in Newkirk Twp., Kay Co., Oklahoma Territory. He was a lawyer. George is shown as married but living alone. See the notes under his daughter, Audrey.
In 1910 he shows on the census of Irwin Twp., Woodward Co., Oklahoma with his second wife. Audrey and George are shown. He is a Deputy State Examiner.
On the 1920 Census he is now in Woodward, Woodward Co., Oklahoma. His children, George and Maxine, are shown.
On the 1930 Census he is in Oklahoma City with the same family members.
I've included the following obituary image since it has a picture, albeit quite grainy, of George.
George married and divorced first #62841 Sarah Elizabeth Warren.
Relationship notes |
They married 22 Oct 1888 in Corry, Erie Co., Pennsylvania. They divorced Bef 1901. George and Sarah were married by her father who was one of the founding ministers of the Chautauqua Institution in the 1870s. |
Sarah was a soprano opera singer who performed in the United States and Europe. She used several names professionally; she is listed as Eleanore Meredith in an announcement of her second wedding. Others report that she used the first name Elsie at times and the surname Warren-Mechling. After her divorce from George, she married a childhood sweetheart, Charles E. Stock.
Children of this relationship:
| #65505 | F | i | Audrey Mechling | (Abt 1897–) |
George married second #42966 Sarah M..
Relationship notes |
They married 1903 in Oklahoma. |
Sarah was born 17 Jan 1881 in Missouri. She died 31 Jul 1965. She was buried in Oklahoma City Cemetery.
She had a daughter, Audry, by a previous marriage.
Children of this relationship:
| #42969 | M | i | George Seanor Mechling | (10 Dec 1905–16 Aug 1914) |
| #42970 | M | ii | Hugh Taylor Mechling | (23 Nov 1910–16 Aug 1914) |
| #42971 | F | iii | Maxine Mechling | (29 Nov 1915–13 Sep 1971) |
Bill Korstick, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 29 Jul 2013.
Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 3 Nov 2011.
Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-2000, Volume VI - Philip Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 2000). Ref. as [Mercy VI-00].
Mechling-Warren marriage license, (25 Oct 1888) Corry, Pennsylvania, per license #1583 issued by the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Erie Co., Pennsylvania.
Line Generation: 7
Relationship: Third Cousins Four Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊