Bertha M. Van Velson1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3570, (1883 - 1965)
FatherWilliam Henry Van Velson6 (Nov 1858 - )
MotherLaura Ann Wise4,5 (4 Oct 1862 - 17 Feb 1941)

Key Events:

Birth: Nov 1883, Illinois7,8,9
Marriage: 18 Nov 1908, Louis Adam Glabe (22 Dec 1881 - 10 Feb 1933)10,11,12
Death: 196513,14
Burial: Chatsworth Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois15
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe

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Narrative:

     Bertha M. Van Velson was born in Nov 1883 in Illinois.7,8,9 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Roberts, Ford Co., Illinois, in the household of her mother, Laura Ann Wise.4
Bertha and Louis Glabe
courtesy Patrick Kauffold

     Bertha married Louis Adam Glabe, son of John Glabe and Elizabeth Ruppel, on 18 Nov 1908.10,11,12
     Bertha and Louis appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 12 May 1910, reporting they rented their farm. Guy Coleman, a 26-year-old hired man was listed as living with them.16
     Bertha and Louis moved to Forrest Twp. by 1917. They appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Forest, Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 7 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their farm.17
     Bertha and Louis moved to Germanville Twp. in 1930. They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 2 Apr 1930, reporting they rented their farm, and owned a radio.18
     Her husband died on 10 Feb 1933 in Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois.19,20,21
     She appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Melvin, Ford Co., Illinois, in the household of her mother, Laura Ann Wise, reporting they had lived in the same house in 1935.5
     Bertha died in 1965.13,14 She was buried in Chatsworth Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois.15

Children:
     There were no children with Louis Adam Glabe

Citations

  1. [S3676] Laura A. VanVilson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois, shows name as Bertha M. VanVilson.
  2. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 22, shows name as Bertha Van Velson.
  3. [S27] "Livingston County, Illinois, Farmers Directory, 1917," Ancestry.com, Louis H. Glabe entry, shows surname as Van Valson.
  4. [S3676] Laura A. VanVilson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois.
  5. [S3674] Laura Van Velson household, 1940 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois.
  6. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Laura Ann Wise Van Velson, citing FHL #1832580 and pg 38 cert no 10547, shows him as Laura's husband, and the girl has surname Van Velson.
  7. [S3676] Laura A. VanVilson household, 1900 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois, shows month, years, age 16 and state.
  8. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 72216166, Bertha M Glabe, shows year.
  9. [S3671] Louis A. Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows age 26 and state.
  10. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 22, shows date.
  11. [S3671] Louis A. Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows married one year.
  12. [S3673] Louis A. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows married, with his first marriage at age 27 and hers at 25.
  13. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 72216166, Bertha M Glabe.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 72216166, Bertha M Glabe, shows cemetery, town, county, and state.
  16. [S3671] Louis A. Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  17. [S3672] Lewis Glabe household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  18. [S3673] Louis A. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  19. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Louis A. Glabe, citing FHL#1684955, Reg Dist 563 Reg #5, shows date, town, county, and state.
  20. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows month and year, as 1932.
  21. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 72216231, Louis A. Glabe, shows year.