George Delbert Rheem ^{2 3 4}

  General Notes:

George was previously married to Anna Pearl Bankes before his marriage to Blanche Lightfoot. He was divorced from Anna Bankes on 3 Jul 1922.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Derry Township, Mifflin, PA on April 1930. ²

Sheet 11B, Household 221, Roll 2078, District 0008
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Head..George D. Rheem..34..PA
(Living with wife and 6 sons.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Derry Township, Mifflin, PA on 21 May 1940. ³

Sheet 29B, Family 524, District 44-10, Roll 3574
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Last Place of Residence: Same House
home owned, $3500
Head..George Rheem..44..PA..8th grade..Spinner at Textile Mill..earned $1460 in 1939
(Living with wife and 8 children.)
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• He was buried after 4 March 1956 in the Birch Hill Cemetery in Burnham, PA.

Find A Grave Memorial #44128527
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George married Blanche Bertha Lightfoot, daughter of Stewart Oterbine Lightfoot and Myrtle Lydia Simons, on 21 August 1922 in Shippensburg, PA.^{1 2 3} (Blanche Bertha Lightfoot was born on 4 July 1905 in Cumberland County, PA,^{2 3 5 6 7} died on 25 April 1997 ⁷ and was buried after 25 April 1997 in Burnham, PA ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Derry Township, Mifflin, PA on April 1930. ²

Sheet 11B, Household 221, Roll 2078, District 0008
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Head..George D. Rheem..34..PA
Wife..Bertha B. Rheem..24..PA
Son..William C. Rheem..14..PA
Son..George D. Rheem..8..PA
Son..Howard B. Rheem..6..PA
Son..Albert L. Rheem..4..PA
Son..Charles E. Rheem..2..PA
Son..Milton C. Rheem..0..PA
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Derry Township, Mifflin, PA on 21 May 1940. ³

Sheet 29B, Family 524, District 44-10, Roll 3574
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Last Place of Residence: Same House
home owned, $3500
Head..George Rheem..44..PA..8th grade..Spinner at Textile Mill..earned $1460 in 1939
Wife..Bertha Rheem..34..PA..8th grade
Son..William Rheem..24..PA12th grade..Laborer for N.Y.A. (Believed to be the National Youth Association which was a New Deal agency)
Son..George Rheem..18..PA..10th grade
Son..Howard Rheem..16..PA..10th grade
Son..Albert Rheem..14..PA..8th grade
Son..Charles Rheem..12..PA..6th grade
Son..Milton Rheem..10..PA..3rd grade
Daughter..Mildred Rheem..7..PA
Son..Richard Rheem..2..PA
Nephew..John Belton..33..PA
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  Marriage Notes:

Blanche gave birth to 7 sons and 1 daughter. After the divorce of her parents in 1919, she was living as a boarder with another family in Philadelphia in 1920. She moved to Cumberland County, PA probably to be near her mother who had remarried and was living in the area. Blanche was married there in 1922 but by 1930 she and her entire family had moved to Mifflin County, PA where her father and his 2nd wife were living. Her father died there in 1931 but Blanche and her family remained in Mifflin County until her death in 1997.
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