Blanche Bertha Lightfoot ^{2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

Given Name: Blanche
Middle Name: B
Surname: Rheem
Birth Date: 4 July 1905
Social Security Number: 188-07-1461
State: Pennsylvania
Last Place of Residence: Burnham, Mifflin, Pennsylvania
Previous Residence Postal Code: 17009
Event Date: April 1997
Age: 92

Citing this Record:
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J1MT-4MW : accessed 03 Nov 2013), Blanche B Rheem, April 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Southampton Township, Franklin County, PA on 27 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 35, Family 200, Roll 1348
Southampton Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Home owned, no mortgage
Blanch Lightfoot..Daughter..5..PA

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 4 Jul 1905, then her age should have been 4 instead of 5.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Philadelphia, PA on January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 3A, Household 46, District 428
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
John Schraz..Head..41..PA
Mary Schraz..Wife..40..PA
John C. Schraz..Son..16..PA
Catherine Schraz..Daughter..12..PA
Walter Vanderslice..Nephew..15..PA
Louisa Vanderslice..Niece..11..PA
Blanche Lightfoot..Boarder..15..PA
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Derry Township, Mifflin, PA on April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 0008, Household 221, Roll 2078
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Bertha B. Rheem..Wife..24..PA

(Living with husband and 6 sons.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Derry Township, Mifflin, PA on 21 May 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 29B, District 44-10, Family 524, Roll 3574
Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home owned, $3500
Bertha Rheem..Wife..34..PA..8th grade

(Living with husband and 8 children.)
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• She was buried after 25 April 1997 in the Birch Hill Cemetery in Burnham, PA.

Find A Grave Memorial #44128526
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Blanche married George Delbert Rheem, son of Benjamin C. Rheem and Naomi Liedy, on 21 August 1922 in Shippensburg, PA.^{1 2 3} (George Delbert Rheem was born on 24 October 1895 in Pennsylvania,^{2 3 7} died on 4 March 1956 ⁷ and was buried after 4 March 1956 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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