Vella (Baxter) Bjornholm (1908 - 1961)

Born 10 Jan 1908 in Walton, Delaware Co., New York, USA

Ancestors

Died 29 Dec 1961 at age 53 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Vella Baxter, her name is listed as Bella in early records, was born on 10 Jan. 1908^[1] at Walton, Delaware Co., New York, USA. She appeared on the census of 5 May 1910 in the household of her parents, Walter Harold Baxter and Mary (Slevin) Baxter at Colchester, Delaware Co., New York.^[2] She appeared on the census of 13 Jan. 1920 in the household of Walter Harold Baxter and Mary Slevin at 3 Miller Ave., Walton, Delaware Co., New York.^[3]

She married Arnold Sether Jacobsen Bjornholm on 2 Feb. 1930.^[1]

She and Arnold Sether Jacobsen Bjornholm appeared on the census of 11 April 1940 at 867 56th Street, New York, Kings County, New York. ^[4]

She lived in 1960 at New York City, New York.^[5]

Vella died on Dec. 29, 1961 at Brooklyn, New York at age 52 and was buried at Walton Town & Village Cemetery, Walton, Delaware Co., New York.^[6] Family members remember having a funeral service in Brooklyn and then traveling by train to Walton for a second service there by a Baptist minister.^[7]

Sources

05 May 1910

Colchester, Delaware Co., New York, USA

• Baxter, Walter age 30 m.1 m 5 yrs b. NY Stone Cutter Stone Quarry.
• Mary wife age 23 m.1 m 5 yrs 2 children 2 living b. NY.
• Della dau. age 2 b. NY.
• Vivian dau. age 7/12 b. NY.
• Smith, Ellis boarder age 30 b. NY Laborer Stone Quarry.^[2]

13 Jan 1920

3 Miller Ave., Walton, Delaware Co., New York, USA

• Baxter, Walter age 40 b. NY weaver silk mill.
• Mary wife age 33 b. NY.
• Della dau. age 12 b. NY.
• Vivian dau. age 10 b. NY.
• Harold son age 8 b. NY.^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} :The Connecticut Baxters - Part I. Author: Gerald Cahill,: 30 Nov. 2000.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Year: 1910; Census Place: Colchester, Delaware, New York; Roll: T624_935; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 1374948. 1910 US Census. Walter Harold Baxter.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Year: 1920; Census Place: Walton, Delaware, New York; Roll: T625_1097; Page: 24A; Enumeration District: 184; Image: 311. 1920 US Census. Walter Baxter.
4. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Kings, New York; Roll: T627_2571; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 24-982. 1940 US Census. Arnold Bjornbalm.
5. ↑ Elmer Baxter Neff Obituary 1960, Walton NY Newspaper, Walton, NY, March 1960
6. ↑ Walton Town & Village Cemetery by Sharon L. Brennan Cemetery Office Manager, at Delaware County, NY Genealogy and History Site. Section: E2 Lot: 042 grave: 09 BJOENNOLN, VELLA; dod: 1961 mon: 01; day: 02; age: 53.
7. ↑ Audrey (Bjornholm) Pedersen to Phil Smith. Jan. 30, 2014.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Phil Smith for creating WikiTree profile Baxter-1399.