Hannah Jane Langstroth Drexel

Hannah Jane Langstroth Drexel (1826-1858) was the daughter of Piscator Langstroth and Eliza Lehman Langstroth. Hannah married Francis A. Drexel in 1854. The couple had two daughters, Elizabeth Langstroth Drexel and Katharine Mary Drexel (who was canonized by the Catholic Church in 2000). Hannah Langstroth died shortly after giving birth to Katharine in 1858. After Francis remarried, Hannah’s family stayed in regular touch with Hannah’s daughters often having them visit the Langstroth home in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia.

While Hannah’s daughters were raised in an observant Catholic home, Hannah’s family had been German Baptist Brethren (also called Dunkers).

Black and white print of a photograph of Hannah Langstroth Drexel
Undated
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Papers
Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
H50 E, box A3, folder 2