Melvin Elwood DeHaven (1917 - 1918)

Born 25 Aug 1917 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Mar 1918 at age 0 in Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Melvin DeHaven died young.

Melvin Elwood DeHaven and his twin sister Melva Ellsworth DeHaven were born on 25 Aug 1917 in Pennsylvania. They were the ninth and tenth of eleven children born to Albert Clarence DeHaven (1876–1945) and Harriet Jennie Mensch (1885–1939).^[1] Rev. H. R. Wilkes baptized Melvin on 13 Feb 1918 at his parents' home on Brittain Street, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. ^[2]

Melvin died on 25 Mar 1918 in Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, aged 7 months. The cause of death was convulsions, with a contributory cause of acute bronchitis. He was buried on 27 Mar 1918 in Roselawn Cemetery, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.^{[3] [1]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8902866/melvin_elwood-dehaven: accessed), memorial page for Melvin Elwood DeHaven (24 Aug 1917–25 Mar 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8902866, citing Roselawn Cemetery, Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Star Kline (contributor 46964248).
2. ↑ St. Paul Methodist Church (Berwick, Pennsylvania) Records, Baptisms, image 74 of 87 - for Melvin DeHaven.
3. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Health. Death certificate #25543 (1917), Melvin E De Haven; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.