Blanche (Brown) Pettit (1861 - 1951)

Born 27 Aug 1861 in Xenia, Clay County, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Adelburt Henry Pettit — married 22 Sep 1880 in Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1951 at age 89 in Verndale, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Blanche Brown was born on 27 August 1861^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} in Xenia, Clay County, Illinois, United States^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][9]}. She was the daughter of Charles Dudley Brown^[1][2] and Eleanor Ann Barnett^[1][2].

Blanche married Adelburt Henry Pettit^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} on 22 September 1880 in Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa, United States.

Blanche and Adelburt had 3 children: Charles Percy Pettit, Sr^[3][4][5], Lynn Henry Pettit^[3][4][5], and Marie Pettit^[4][5][6]. CAUTION: Attached 1995 census refers to Charles Percy as Ralph D????????

Blanche (Brown) Pettit passed away on 18 March 1951 in Verndale, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States.

Residence

• 1870 - Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa, United States - Household of Charles Brown^[1]

• 1880 - Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa, United States - Household of Chs D Brown^[2]

• 1885 - Verndale, Wadena County, Minnesota - Household of Bert Pettit^[3]

• 1895 - Verndale village, Wadena County, Minnesota - Household of Burt H Pettit^[4]

• 1900 - Aldrich Township Verndale village, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States - Household of Bert H Pettit^[5]

• 1910 - Brown Street, Verndale Village, Aldrich Township, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States- Household of Bert H Petitt^[6]

• 1920 - Clark Street, Verndale Village, Aldrich Township, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States - Household of Burt Henry Allen^[7]

• 1930 - Verndale Village, Aldrich Township, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States - Household of Burt H Pettit^[8]

• 1935 - Verndale, Verndale Village, Aldrich Township, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States - Household of Bert H Pettit^[9]

• 1940 - Verndale, Verndale Village, Aldrich Township, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States - Household of Bert H Pettit^[9]

DNA

• Maternal relationship is SUPPORTED BY (not strong enough to be "CONFIRMED") an AncestryDNA auDNA test match between her great granddaughter Diane (Pettit) Bjerknes (Ancestry ID DP) and her fourth cousin-once removed Jeff Timmons (Ancestry ID jtimmo). Their MRCAs are Blanches' great grandparents, John Mills Lacey, Sr and Mary Hurley Clifton. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th Cousins, based on sharing 32.7 cM across 1 DNA segment; Confidence: High.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDV2-TDT : 11 June 2019), Blanch Brown in entry for Charles Brown, 1870.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDLQ-BQL : 12 August 2017), Blanche Brown in household of Chs D Brown, Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 309, sheet 519B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,356.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Minnesota State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQFK-K18 : 5 August 2017), Blanch Pettit in household of Bert Pettit, Verndale, Wadena, Minnesota; citing p. 7, volume Wadena, Sherburne, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,757.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQDH-FJG : 3 April 2016), Blanche Pettitt in household of Burt H Pettitt, Verndale village, Wadena, Minnesota; citing p. 17, line 16, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,815.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Q3-BJB : accessed 24 February 2020), Blanche Pettit in household of Bert H Pettit, Aldrich Township Verndale village, Wadena, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 204, sheet 1B, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,795.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M25M-3PF : accessed 24 February 2020), Blanche Petitt in household of Bert H Petitt, Aldrich, Wadena, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 190, sheet 2B, family 48, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 729; FHL microfilm 1,374,742.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW1R-RF7 : accessed 24 February 2020), Blanch Allen in household of Burt Henry Allen, Aldrich, Wadena, Minnesota, United States; citing ED 244, sheet 1A, line 40, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 864; FHL microfilm 1,820,864.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3DB-GNM : accessed 24 February 2020), Blanche P Pettit in household of Burt H Pettit, Verndale, Wadena, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 1A, line 40, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1133; FHL microfilm 2,340,868.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4} United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSLZ-DWY : 12 February 2020), Blanche Pettit in household of Bert H Pettit, Verndale, Verndale Village, Wadena, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 80-17, sheet 5B, line 66, family 103, 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 1966.

See Also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4VN-LDB

• Find A Grave: Memorial #93062872 [Includes a tombstone photograph with clear and consistent years of birth and death; along with links to the memorials of her parents, 3 siblings, her husband and 2 of her children.]