Beulah Grace (Affolter) Bridgman (1887)

Born Jan 1887 in Illinois, United States

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Biography

Beulah Grace Affolter was born January 1887, in Illinois, the daughter of William Affolter and Fiducia Bliss.

20 June 1900, at the age of 13, Beulah lived with her parents and four sisters in Clinton & Fayette Townships, Linn Co., Iowa. Her father was a R. R. Operator.

19 and 20 April 1910, Beulah and her four siblings lived with her parents in Cedar, Linn Co.. Iowa. Her father was a truck farmer. Her parents had been married 30 years in this, William's second and Fiducia's first marriage. Bertha's mother had given birth to 5 children/5 still living.

In the 1915 Iowa State Census, Beulah was a 28 year-old nurse living in Story, Iowa.

27 September 1918, she married Levi Bridgman, son of LeRoy and Mary Bridgman in Kenwood Park, Linn Co., Iowa. She was 31 and he was 52.

1920 Beulah and Levi Bridgman lived in Cedar Rapids Ward 2, Linn, Iowa, where he was a landscape gardener. Eunice Prescott, a 57 year-old widow doing missionary work was a roomer in the household. Levi's, son Robert L.--20, also lived in their home. He was single. His mother had been born in Minnesota.

1925, The Bridgman family now included 2 year-old Marie. A new piece of information comes to light, as Levi's mother's maiden name is given as Berus. She was born in Ireland.

13 May 1940, at the age of 53, Beulah lived in Temescal Judicial Township, Riverside, California with her husband, Levi--74 and daughters, Marie-- and Leola--14, both children born in Iowa. Beulah was employed as a registered nurse at the county Hospital and Levi worked in termite control. They had lived in the same house since at least 1 April 1935.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M92V-P4W : accessed 3 January 2019), Beulah Affolter in household of William Affolter, Clinton & Fayette Townships, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71, sheet 17A, family 333, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,443.

• "Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM5-D1BH : 16 March 2018), Beulah Affolter, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing card #237, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,493.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGS9-M8S : accessed 31 December 2018), Bulah G Affolter in household of Wm H Affolter, Cedar, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 5A, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 410; FHL microfilm 1,374,423.

• "Iowa State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4Y-C5PP : 17 March 2018), Beulah Affolter, 1915; citing Story, Iowa, United States, card no. , Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,462,865.

• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJPV-QNL : 10 February 2018), Levi Bridgman and Beulah Grace Affolter, 27 Sep 1918; citing Kenwood Park, Linn, Ia, reference 2:3QTFHVX; FHL microfilm 1,728,212.

• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ5L-HT6 : 10 February 2018), Levi Bridgman and Beulah Grace Affolter, 28 Sep 1918; citing Kenwood, Linn, Iowa, reference 2:3Q2DHN6; FHL microfilm 1,705,351.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M81J-461 : accessed 3 January 2019), Beulah G Bridgman in household of Levi Bridgman, Cedar Rapids Ward 2, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing ED 113, sheet 7B, line 57, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 500; FHL microfilm 1,820,500.

• "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ3-G13D : 16 March 2018), Buelah Bridgman, Linn Township, Linn, Iowa, United States; citing Linn Township, Linn, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,429,426.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K94V-288 : 14 March 2018), Beulah Bridgman in household of Levi Bridgman, Temescal Judicial Township, Riverside, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-84, sheet 27B, line 78, family 653, 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 279.