Blanche (Oehrli) Sents (1899 - abt. 1970)

Born 18 Jan 1899 in South Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Died about Oct 1970 at about age 71 in Oneida County, New York

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Biography

Blanche was born in 1899, a daughter of Frederick Oehrli and Sallie Lloyd Pierce. In 1917 she was working as a clerk and boarding at 501 Park Avenue, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

She married Casper Jacob Sents (1898-1971) in about 1918. They had two sons:

1. Charles Sents - born 24 February 1919 and died 2 hours later, due to premature birth
2. Casper B. Sents - born in about 1921 in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

In 1930 Casper J. was working as a messenger for the Pennsylvania Railway Agency, and Blanche was a housewife. His widowed father, Casper R. Sents, was living with them in Williamsport, Lycoming County. Casper Sr. was working as a laborer in a flour mill and died in 1931.

They moved to Utica, Oneida County, New York by 1932. ^[1] While there he worked as a messenger for Railway Express, and she worked as a sales lady for a department store.

Blanche died in 1970 in Washington Mills, Oneida, New York, USA. Casper died the following year.

Sources

1. ↑ Utica New York City Directory, 1932, page 954. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3Q8-VXQ : 22 January 2015), Blanche Aehrli in household of Frederick Aehrli, South Williamsport borough Ward 2, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,438.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDV-WQT : 29 October 2015), Blanch Oehrke in household of Fred Oehrke, South Williamsport Ward 2, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 9B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,385.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHCJ-MS3 : 8 December 2015), Casper J Sents, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ32-86P : accessed 4 November 2016), Blanche Sents in household of Casper Sents, Ward 15, Utica, Utica City, Oneida, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-91B, sheet 1A, family 2, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2862.
• Williamsport City Directory, 1917, page 419. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Death certificate for baby Charles Sents: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Certificate Number Range: 025001-028000. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPHG-TY9 : 20 May 2014), Blanche Sents, Oct 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. Number: 107-01-7155; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

• Information for Casper:
  • "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K623-37J : 12 December 2014), Casper Jacob Sents, 1917-1918; citing Williamsport City, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,927,080.
  • "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTD3-948 : 20 May 2014), Casper Sents, May 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).