Born Jan 22, 1923 in Baltimore, MD to Fred and Pauline A. Karolus Davis.
She attended Baltimore Public Schools, graduating from Eastern High School
of Baltimore City. While attending Baltimore Business College, she worked
for the C & P Telephone Company as a long distance operator. Upon completing
school, she entered the banking business, working for banks in Maryland
and Florida and retired from Suburban Bank, now part of Bank of America,
in 1985.
Pauline met her husband to be, Robert T. Leitner of Florida, while he was
stationed at Ft. Meade, MD. Robert returned from military duty in Europe
in December 1945 and they were married Jan 20, 1946 in The First United Presbyterian
Church, 31st Street, Baltimore, MD by Rev. John F. Arneal.
Pauline's interest in genealogy started in 1966, while living in Orlando,
FL. A relative of her husband was doing research on the Leitner Family of
South Carolina and Florida and asked Pauline to provide data on her husband's
branch. That started the flame burning that went on for the remainder of
her life.
In addition to researching her own family line, Pauline enjoyed collecting
data to help others with their family search. She worked many hours in transcribing
census records for the US GenWeb project. She also transcribed church and
cemetery records for several libraries in Maryland and Pennsylvania. In
April 2004, The Board of Trustees for Washington County Free Library honored
the contribution that Pauline made to the library by selecting a genealogy
book, The Organized Family Historian, and placed in the library in her memory.
She served as committee treasurer for the Maryland 350th Anniversary Celebration
held July 22, 1984 in Hagerstown, MD
She served as the Maryland coordinator for the 265th Anniversary Celebration
of the Getzendanner Family in Maryland. This was held in Frederick, MD,
July 11 thru 13, 1997 and was attended by family members from many states
and several other countries. The celebration included visits to many landmarks
associated with the Getzendanner family, including the well preserved Schifferstadt
House. Activities also included refurbishment of the Getzendanner family
Cemetery, located in the West part of Frederick, and dedicating a new
monument in memory of the first family members to settle in the Frederick
area.
We sincerely hope her attitude of people helping people in the interest
of genealogy will carry on. Pauline was laid to rest Nov 24, 2003 in Quantico
National Cemetery, Triangle, VA.
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