Verna May Guignon ^{1 2 3}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Verna M. Guignon
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 12 Oct 1902
Event Place: Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: George Guignon
Mother's Name: Mary Lightfoot
GS Film number: 956348
Digital Folder Number: 004309526
Image Number: 00038

Citing this Record:
"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XV8H-G4G : accessed 10 Oct 2013), George Guignon in entry for Verna M. Guignon, 1902.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1910 US Census, April 1910, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States. ³ Sheet 8B, Household 236, District 149
Denver, Denver County, Colorado
Daughter..Verna M. Guignon..7..IA
(Living with parents and maternal grandfather.)

2. 1930 US Census, 10 April 1930, Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States. ¹ 1930 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 18, Dwelling 300, Family 311, Roll 649
Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa
2524 Grant; Home rented, $18
Verna McNamara..Wife..27..IA
(Living with husband and 3 children.)

3. 1940 US Census, 20 April 1940, Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States. ² 1940 US Census
Sheet 61B, District 23-19A, Family 436, Roll 1150
Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa
210 16th Placer; Home rented, $15
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
210 16th Place; rented $13
Verna McNamara..Wife..37..IA..8th grade
(Living with husband and 3 children.)

4. Cemetery: Clinton Lawn Cemetery, After 21 May 1982, Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States.

Verna married John Henry Behtz, son of Christian Bettz and Bertha Bierstadt, on 31 December 1918 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States. (John Henry Behtz was born about 1900 and died after 1920.)

  Marriage Notes:

Name: John H. F. Behtz
Spouse's Name: Verna May Guignon
Spouse's Birth Date: 1902
Spouse's Birthplace: Burlington, Iowa
Spouse's Age: 16
Event Date: 31 Dec 1918
Event Place: Burlington, Iowa
Father's Name: Christian Behtz
Mother's Name: Bertha Bierstadt
Spouse's Father's Name: George Guignon
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Lightfoot
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86824-4
System Origin: Iowa-VR
GS Film number: 1547822
Reference ID: 2:3HJS973

Citing this Record:
"Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJT4-52B : accessed 10 Oct 2013), George Guignon in entry for John H. F. Behtz and Verna May Guignon, 31 Dec 1918.
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Given the young age of the bride (16 years), this was a short marriage that supposedly resulted in the birth of one daughter, Verna Geraldine Behtz. Verna was remarried in 1923. I have found other records that show a John Henry Behtz being remarried in 1926 to Edna Aurand in nearby Galesburg, Illinois. I'm not totally sure if it is the same John Henry Behtz but those records provide a birth date for him of 23 Dec 1897 and a death date in Burlington, Iowa of Dec 1984.
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Verna next married Arthur Timothy McNamara, son of Timothy McNamara and Mary T. Conners, in January 1923.^{1 2} (Arthur Timothy McNamara was born on 8 August 1901 in Illinois, United States,^{1 2 4} died on 5 January 1976 ⁴ and was buried after 5 January 1976 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1930 US Census, 10 April 1930, Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States. ¹ 1930 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 18, Dwelling 300, Family 311, Roll 649
Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa
2524 Grant; Home rented, $18
Arthur T. McNamara..Head..28..IL..Barber, Barber Shop
Verna McNamara..Wife..27..IA
Arthur McNamara Jr..Son..6..IA
Hazel McNamara..Daughter..3..IA
Douna M. McNamara..Daughter..1..IA

2. 1940 US Census, 20 April 1940, Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States. ² 1940 US Census
Sheet 61B, District 23-19A, Family 436, Roll 1150
Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa
210 16th Placer; Home rented, $15
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
210 16th Place; rented $13
Arthur McNamara..Head..38..IL..8th grade..Barber, Barber Shop..earned $1520 in 1939
Verna McNamara..Wife..37..IA..8th grade
Arthur McNamara..Son..16..IA..9th grade
Hazel McNamara..Daughter..13..IA..8th grade
Donna Mae McNamara..Daughter..11..IA..5th grade

NOTE - Living next door to Verna's maternal grandfather, Charles Avon Lightfoot.

Verna next married Albert Robert Risch, son of Juergen Risch and Emma Voelkers, on 16 July 1941. (Albert Robert Risch was born on 3 July 1895,⁵ died on 18 February 1970 ⁵ and was buried after 18 February 1970 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States ⁵.)