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http://web.archive.org/web/20030419171132/www.rootsweb.com/~paberks/montgomery/h01.html
HAAGE, GEORGE DeTEMPLE, p. 1183
Surnames: HAAGE, BETTIG, DeTEMPLE, DRAESCKE, MAYERS, MOTER, REUSS, SHERWOOD GEORGE DE TEMPLE HAAGE George DeTemple Haage the organist of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Reading, Pa., pianist and instructor on the piano and organ, was born July 3, 1873, near Landis Store, Berks Co., Pa., son of George K. and Mary (De Temple) Haage.
George K. Haage, who followed agricultural pursuits until his retirement, died May 3, 1906, in Reading, aged seventy years, while his wife, Mary De Temple, is still living. They had children: Emma, Albert, Rosie, J. Augustus, Ambrose and George D. They were all reared in the faith of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Haage was a Democrat in political matters.
George D. Haage received his education in the public schools of Landis Store and Douglassville, his parents removing to the latter place when he was seven years old, and he was fourteen when they came to Reading. His first employment was as a clerk in the grocery store of George Mayers, after which he spent five years in Edward's music store in Reading, at the same time studying piano with Mr. Berg and Carl Moter. He then made a trip to Europe to pursue his musical studies, and remained at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Dresden for three years, then taking private instruction for one year. His instructors in Dresden were Edward Reuss and Percy Sherwood on the piano, and Felix Draescke in theory and composition. He returned to Reading in 1902, and since his return he has devoted his entire attention to teaching and concert work. Prof. Haage is a young man of considerable genius and since the spring of 1903 has been organist at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, being one of the first to introduce the Gregorian Chant in this country and to instruct a male choir therein. He is also director of the Reading Liederkranz, a popular German singing society of forty-five men.
In 1906 Prof. Haage married Theresa Bettig, daughter of Eugene Bettig, of Reading, and on June 8, 1907, their union was blessed with a daughter, Angela. The Professor is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Literary and Social Union, the Knights of St. John, the Musical Club of Reading, and the Verband Deutscher Chor-dirigenten von Amerika. His home is at No. 226 South Fifth street.
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