Katie (Getz) Meyerhoffer
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Title
Katie (Getz) Meyerhoffer
Subject
Meyerhoffer, Katie Getz (1891-1982)
Description
Portrait photograph of Katie (Getz) Meyerhoffer wearing round glasses and short hair.
Katie was from the Lee District of Shenandoah County, a daughter of Charles Moses and Annie M. (Jones) Getz. The family farmed.
She married Charles Davis Meyerhoffer (1887-1942) in Bridgewater in 1929. His parents were Charles L. and Vernie Laura (Riddle) Meyerhoffer. He was born in Rockingham County.
When they married, they lived in North River, West Virginia, where her husband was a merchant. In 1930, they lived on Keezletown Road in the Ashby District of Shenandoah County where her husband was a retail merchant in a general store. Later, they lived in Mt. Crawford in Rockingham County, where Charles was a farmer and hatcheryman.
Katie’s husband died in his fifties. Eight years later, the 1950 census found her living with her brother’s family back in the Lee District.
When she died, she lived in Mount Jackson.
Katie was from the Lee District of Shenandoah County, a daughter of Charles Moses and Annie M. (Jones) Getz. The family farmed.
She married Charles Davis Meyerhoffer (1887-1942) in Bridgewater in 1929. His parents were Charles L. and Vernie Laura (Riddle) Meyerhoffer. He was born in Rockingham County.
When they married, they lived in North River, West Virginia, where her husband was a merchant. In 1930, they lived on Keezletown Road in the Ashby District of Shenandoah County where her husband was a retail merchant in a general store. Later, they lived in Mt. Crawford in Rockingham County, where Charles was a farmer and hatcheryman.
Katie’s husband died in his fifties. Eight years later, the 1950 census found her living with her brother’s family back in the Lee District.
When she died, she lived in Mount Jackson.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "July 1926" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified in 2004 by Barry Getz, a great nephew of the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
009319
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Katie (Getz) Meyerhoffer,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 27, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/31942.
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