Ernest Albert Burch and Lena A. Suhr

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Husband Ernest Albert Burch ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 24 Feb 1872 - Falls Village, Litchfield Co, CT 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1951
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Rev. Benjamin H. Burch (1836-1921) 3
         Mother: Catherine E. Butcher (1840-1898) 3

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       Marriage: 26 Jul 1905 - ? Venango Co, PA 3

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Wife Lena A. Suhr ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1884 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1966
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Henry Suhr (1844-1914) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Louise Schorman (      -1919) 2 4 8

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Children

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1 M Ernest S. Burch ³

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           Born: 26 Jul 1914 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elsie M. Lillard (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Ernest Albert Burch

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He received a public school educa­tion and afterward attended Wallkill Academy, at Mid­dletown, New York, from which he was graduated in 1890. He began his active career as errand boy for the W. H. Young & Company clothing store at Middletown, learned the tailoring trade and finally became a custom cutter of men's clothing, remaining in this capacity at Middletown for about five years. Afterward he came to New York City and worked for two years as a cutter with A. J. Nutting & Company, clothiers. His next connection brought him to Oil City, on March 17, 1900, when he took charge of the custom tailoring department of the McCuen Company, local clothiers, and headed it for nine years. From 1909 to 1918, he was engaged in the tailoring business for himself at Oil City. Disposing of this enterprise, he sought the larger opportunities of the oil business and with the rapid development of his interests, has become an important producer in the north­west Pennsylvania fields. As a director of the Oil City Trust Company and the Citizens' Building & Loan Asso­ciation of Oil City, he also participated in the manage­ment of these well-known financial institutions.
In addition to his business interests, he was active in a number of civic connections, which have extended the scope of his influence in community affairs. He was a member of the Oil City Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Club, the Wanango Country Club and the Oil City Boat Club. He was also prominent in the Masonic Order, in which he was affiliated with Petrolia Lodge, No. 363, Free and Accepted Masons; all higher bodies of the Scottish Rite, including the thirty-second degree of the Consistory; and Zem Zem Temple, An­cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in Erie. He was a Republican in politics and a member of Good Hope Lutheran Church at Oil City. He was fond of outdoor life and finds his principal recreation in fishing. [HNP, 54]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 619.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 134.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 54.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 917.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 617.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 132.

7 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 73.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 618.