Harry Joseph "H.J." and Frank Baldwin Daibler were sons of German immigrants who settled on Carson Street in the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Harry married Maude E. Byers and purchased a home at 325 Walnut Street in Homestead; Frank married Bessie Conlin and purchased a home on Main Street in Munhall.

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In 1919, Frank, Harry, George A. Taylor, James Gatehouse, and Walter House, founded the fourth Boy Scout Troop of Mifflin Township, Troop 4, in Munhall. Frank was the first Scoutmaster; Walter was designated the Assistant Scoutmaster; and the remaining men were designated as the Troop Committee. They originally met at the Homestead Park Volunteer Fire Department No. 4, of which Harry was a charter member.

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Eighteen months later, the Troop was officially chartered into the Boy Scouts of America on 18 Mar 1920. Troop 4 moved their meetings to the Homestead Park United Methodist Church, where they still remain active today. Since its inception in 1920, over 115 Eagle Scouts have made rank through Troop 4, and it’s estimated that nearly 20,000 local residents have been a part of the Troop.

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Frank died on 02 Jun 1923 at the age of 45 of hypostatic pneumonia caused by a worsening general paralysis he experienced for 5 years. He had worked as a chemist before his retirement due to his medical condition. His funeral arrangements were handled by Gillen and Coulter Mortuary, and he was buried in the Homestead Cemetery on 05 Jun 1923. Besides his brother, Harry, he was survived by his wife, Bessie; and a son, Harry Conlin Daibler.

 

Harry died on 16 Oct 1952 at the age of 78 from stomach cancer that spread throughout his abdomen. He had worked with the Homestead Park Land Company, and was a government steel inspector for the US Navy. He had been a member of the Homestead Park United Methodist Church, the Free and Accepted Masons Homestead Lodge # 582, the Pittsburgh Consistory, the Knights Templar, and the Pittsburgh Shrine. His funeral arrangements were handled by the George I. Green Funeral Home of Munhall, and he was buried in the Homestead Cemetery on 18 Oct 1952. Besides his wife, Maude, he was survived by two daughters, Mrs. William Downey and Ruth (Charles) Myers.

 

Information:

• :Harry J. Daibler,” Pittsburgh Press, 17 Oct 1952, p. 24.

• Marriage Records. Pennsylvania Marriages. Various County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania.

• Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 067501-070500

• Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1852-1973; County: Allegheny; Year Range: 1898 - 1899; Roll Number: 549734

• Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, Year Range: 1906 - 1912

• Registration State: Pennsylvania; Registration County: Allegheny County

• U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, Homestead, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1921

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1094; Page: 162D; Enumeration District: 158

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Homestead Ward 1, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1368; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0399; FHL microfilm: 1241368

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Mifflin, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1369; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0445; FHL microfilm: 1241369

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Mifflin, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1514; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 246

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Munhall, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Page: 26B; Enumeration District: 0697; FHL microfilm: 2341702

• Year: 1940; Census Place: Munhall, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3412; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 2-378