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Person · Julius Karl Proeger (1917–1972)
The record
- HHomethe fan · what changed · open questions
- MMigrationbirths and deaths on a map, by decade
- TTimeline609 entries · 5 eras
- PPeople290 cards, by generationJulius Karl Proeger (1917–1972)
- LLines13 surname pages
The evidence
- DDocuments896 thumbnails, filterable
- SSourcesS1–S1207, with where each is cited
The findings
- How the wall came downProeger line
- The glass patentsProeger line
- How the Caffey half was closedCaffey line
- What the DNA saysits own page
- Four routesMigration
- The asymmetryLines
- Open questions20 questions
- Add to this recorda form, read by Earl
How to read this record
Every claim is tagged
Most family trees flatten everything into the same confident typeface. This one does not.
The three research tags below are the whole point of the exercise: they say what a document
proves, what the weight of evidence suggests, and what nobody has found yet. A fourth marks
what the family stated directly, where no document has been retrieved at all — it is kept
separate on purpose and is never quietly promoted to confirmed. A fifth, added on
13 September 2026, marks biological evidence: a DNA result is not a document, and it is not
testimony either. Two further labels mark where this page withholds information
rather than lacking it.
ConfirmedAttested by a document that was actually retrieved and read — a census sheet, a
government index, a grave marker, a family-written obituary.
ProbableStrongly supported but not nailed down: a user-contributed tree, a masked index field,
or a chain of consistent circumstances. Believable, not proven.
Not foundSearched for and not located. This is a statement about the search, not about the
person — the record may well exist somewhere unsearched.
Family testimonySupplied by the family and recorded on their word — no document has been retrieved for
it. Note the diamond rather than the dot: this is provenance, not proof, and it stands
apart from the three record tags above S24.
DNA evidenceBiological evidence consistent with a claim. It corroborates origins; it does
not by itself establish a person or a link. Note the bar rather than a dot or a diamond:
no DNA result on this page is ever counted as confirmed, because no document
was read for it S46.
Living — withheldThe person is living. By the privacy rule for this page, name and relationship are
shown, and at most a year the family has already published. Full dates of birth, ages,
places of residence and record identifiers are held back.
Research in progressA branch that is actively being worked on. The node exists in the structure so the
shape of the family is honest; the detail is simply not in yet.
- Born
- 1 October 1917
- Died
- 20 October 1972
- Parents
- William Leonard Proeger & Anna Blanche Roberts
- Married
- Ann Elizabeth "Betty" Meyers
- Sources
- 2
Research status
Research status: CONFIRMED — added 24 September 2026 from a record that names the parents; entered in the family tree the same day.
Life in the order the records give it
Birth1917
Born 1 October 1917, Tarentum, Pennsylvania; died 20 October 1972, Los Angeles
California Death Index (a memorial giving 1974 is not followed)
Military2026
🆕 His World War II draft card gives his home as
436 S. 5th St., Jeannette, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, his employer as the
American Glass Co., Greensburg, and his wife as Mrs. Betty Ann Proeger
Confirmed S970. The card gives his birthplace as “Campton, Pa.”, which is not a place that can be identified; the site keeps Tarentum. Know which place he meant? Use “Add to this record”. added 29 September 2026
Family parents, marriages, children, siblings
Marriage1918
Married Ann Elizabeth “Betty” Meyers (11 November 1918 Bellaire, Ohio – 24 June 2001), 23 August 1936, Indiana
Parents1927
On 2 June 1927 he crossed into Canada at Windsor, Ontario, aged 9, as “Julius Carl”, with his father William L., his mother Anna B., his brothers William L. [Harry], 15, and Richard F., 13, and his sister Queen Ann, 7; the family’s last residence was Lake Worth, Florida, and his father was bound for the Dominion Glass Co. at Wallaceburg
Confirmed S239In the record
Generation 3 — Earl's grandparents and their siblings
- S239Canada, Border Crossings from U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935 — The William L. Proeger family entering Canada at Windsor, Ontario. Ancestry record 2652144; Vol 3 p.261. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Canadian Immigration Service, Windsor, Ont., 2 June 1927 (Vol 3 p.261): William L. Proeger 50, glass worker, bound for the Dominion Glass Co. at Wallaceburg, with Anna B. 36 and children William L. [Harry] 15, Richard F. 13, Julius Carl 9, Queen Ann 7; last residence Lake Worth, Florida. The crossing is dated 2 June 1927 on the entry itself. William L. had been in Canada 1902–1906, at Montreal; his nearest relative is given as a brother, J. H. Proeger, of Tampa, Florida.
- S970U.S., World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940–1947 — Julius Karl Proeger, serial no. 2614, order no. 1362, Pennsylvania. Ancestry record 8836814. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28 September 2026. Confirmed Julius Karl Proeger, born 1 October 1917; home 436 S. 5th St., Jeannette, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with a temporary address at New Martinsville, West Virginia, written above it; employer American Glass Co., Greensburg; the person who will always know his address is Mrs. Betty Ann Proeger, his wife. Read from the front of the card. The birth date matches the site exactly. The card gives his birthplace as “Campton, Pa.”, which is not an identifiable Pennsylvania place; this one self-report is not followed and the site keeps Tarentum. The Ancestry index's residence “New Martinsville, Virginia” misreads the temporary West Virginia address. Collection: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men (db 2238, image 44033_04_00392-00036).