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Vera Edna BLANKENSHIP 1902–1990 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 JUL 1902

Birth Location: Blairsburg, Hamilton Co., Iowa

Death Date: 1 FEB 1990

Death Location: Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Franklin Co., Iowa

Father: Henry BLANKENSHIP

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Children(s): Arlene WADDELL, Dorothy WADDELL, Lyle WADDELL

Vera Edna BLANKENSHIP was born in 1902 in Blairsburg, Hamilton Co., Iowa, the child of Henry Blankenship And Lillian Jane Sturgeon. Vera Edna BLANKENSHIP married Clarence Silas Waddell, and had children including Arlene June Waddell, Dorothy Delores Waddell, Lyle Wendell Waddell. Vera Edna BLANKENSHIP passed away in 1990 in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Franklin Co., Iowa.

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Biography

  • Vera Edna BLANKENSHIP was born in 1902 in Blairsburg, Hamilton Co., Iowa, the child of Henry Blankenship And Lillian Jane Sturgeon.
  • Vera Edna BLANKENSHIP married Clarence Silas Waddell, and had children including Arlene June Waddell, Dorothy Delores Waddell, Lyle Wendell Waddell.
  • Vera Edna BLANKENSHIP passed away in 1990 in Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Franklin Co., Iowa.

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Vera BLANKENSHIP's Ancestors

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Vera BLANKENSHIP
1902–1990
Birth Place: Blairsburg, Hamilton Co., Iowa
Parents
Henry BLANKENSHIP
1876–1961
Grandparents
Catherine (Louisa CARPENTER) [ZIMMERMAN]
1850–1908
Great-Grandparents
Peter [ZIMMERMAN]
1821–1865
Mary DICKSON
1824–1889
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John [ZIMMERMAN]
1782–1864
Rebecca [BEST]
1795–1886

Vera BLANKENSHIP's Descendants

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Vera (Edna) BLANKENSHIP (5 JUL 1902–1 FEB 1990)
  1. 1. Arlene (June) WADDELL 1921–2007 m. Edmund (F.) MEYER 1917–2013
    1. 1. Marilyn MEYER 1948–2021
  2. 2. Dorothy (Delores) WADDELL 1924–2019 m. Robert (Dale) HINTON 1921–2017
  3. 3. Lyle (Wendell) WADDELL 1928–2006

Vera BLANKENSHIP's Timeline

2 Records

1902
5 JUL 1902
Birth of Vera Edna BLANKENSHIP in Blairsburg, Hamilton Co., Iowa
Blairsburg, Hamilton Co., Iowa
1990
1 FEB 1990
Age 88
Death of Vera Edna BLANKENSHIP in Hampton, Franklin Co., Iowa
Hampton, Franklin Co., Iowa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 JUL 1902
    Event Place: Blairsburg, Hamilton Co., Iowa
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 FEB 1990
    Event Place: Hampton, Franklin Co., Iowa
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hampton Cemetery, Hampton, Franklin Co., Iowa
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

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