Elizabeth Helen (Bain) Seitz (1880 - 1926)

Born 26 Nov 1880 in Oxford, Johnson, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Melville Oscar Seitz — married 2 Mar 1908 (to before 1920) in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States

Died 16 Jul 1926 at age 45 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Biography

Notes

It appears that Helen Willitts-Bain (death information and headstone) and Elizabeth H. Seitz-Bain (christening, marriage records) are the same person considering the information in reference to the census. The difference is that Helen Willitt's headstone reads 23 Jan 1878 for her birthdate. There are no christenings for a Helen Bain to these parents. All research for Helen Willitts has been a dead end. None of this surprises me as this entire family is difficult to research in terms of consistency of information. All research of a "Fred Willits" (on her death information) has lead to a dead end as well.

Elizabeth Helen Bain and Melvin Oscar Seitz separated/divorced before he remarried 24/Apr/1920. I have been unable to locate them in a 1910 or 1920 census, so it is unknown if they had children.

Census

1880: Oxford, Johnson Co, IA pg 89A ^[1]

• Wm. Bain age 28 NEB/PA/PA
• Marthy age 20 NY/IRE/IRE
• Lizzie age 2

1885: Oxford, Johnson Co, IA ^[2]

• William Bain age 31 NY
• Martha Bain ge 23 NY
• Lizzie Bain age 7 Johnson County
• Jennie Bain age 4 Johnson County

1900: Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA pg. 72A ^[3]

• P.M. Musser age 59
• Julie E age 55
• Clifton R age 31
• Hannah J Hutchinson age 37
• Ellen Bain age 21
• Jennie Bain age 19
• William Bryant age 25

Burial

Oxford Cemetery, Johnson, IA. Helen Willitts Bain:Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d.. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Oxford, Johnson, Iowa; Roll: 347; Family History Film: 1254347; Page: 89A; Enumeration District: 223; Image: 0557
2. ↑ 1885 Census:Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
3. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa; Roll: 450; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0103; FHL microfilm: 1240450
4. ↑ http://iowawpagraves.org/view.php?id=970697

• "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV21-BXX : 3 December 2014), Bain, ; citing Oxford, Johnson Co., Iowa; FHL microfilm 986,020.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJH3-PPK : 8 March 2016), Oscar M. Seitz and Elizabeth H. Baine, 1908.

• Death of Helen Willits 23 Jan 1829 "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3C9-Q2V : 27 December 2014), William Bain in entry for Helen Willetts, 16 Jul 1926; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,877,848.