Velva Pearl (Breeden) Birkhimer (1916 - 1993)

Born 23 Apr 1916 in Byesville, Guernsey, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Clarence Victor Birkhimer — married 28 Oct 1935 in Wheeling, West Virginia

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1993 at age 76 in Dresden, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Dresden, Ohio One Place Study.

Velva Pearl was born 23 April 1916 in Byesville to Henry Breeden and Lucy Clark. She was the fifth child of their seven children. Her siblings were Vera, Elsie, Arnold, Eva, Wilma and Larcena. The Breeden family was living in Jackson Township, Guernsey County, in 1920.^[1] In 1930, they were living in Washington Township, Coshocton County.^[2]

Velva married Clarence Birkhimer on 28 October 1935 in Ohio County, West Virginia.^[3] Their first son, Jackie, was stillborn in May 1936. In 1940, Clarence and Velva were living in Dresden with their 2-year-old son Charles.^[4] They would have five more children: Jerry, Bonnie, Kenny, Trudy and Julie.

Velva died in her sleep on 3 January 1993 at her home in Dresden.^[5] Burial was in Dresden Cemetery.^[6] Clarence followed his wife three months later.

Note: Velva is the grandmother of the profile manager.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDY2-FFJ : 3 February 2021), Velva Pearl Breeden in entry for Henry Breeden, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4S2-ZXD : accessed 1 August 2021), Velva P Breeden in household of Henry C Breeden, Washington, Coshocton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 5A, line 25, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1758; FHL microfilm 2,341,492.
3. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FY13-N4W : 11 February 2018), Clarence V Birkhimer and Velva P Breeden, 1935; citing Ohio, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 862,717.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW2Y-W1V : 15 March 2018), Velva P Birkhimer in household of Clarence Birkhimer, Dresden Village, Jefferson Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-17, sheet 1A, line 38, family 10, 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 3122.
5. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKKV-YJJ : 8 December 2014), Velva Pearl Birkhimer, 03 Jan 1993; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 29273, certificate number 005224, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.
6. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q8-K3W6 : 1 July 2016), Velva P. Birkhimer, died 03 Jan 1993; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Dresden Cemetery, Dresden, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.