Homer Samuel Diehl (1903 - 1982)

Born 27 Oct 1903 in Port Republic, Rockingham, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Loretta Valentine (Fike) Diehl — married 29 Oct 1932 (to 1982) in Preston County, West Virginia, United States

Died 23 Apr 1982 at age 78 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Homer was born in 1903. ^{[1] [2]}He was the son of Arthur Diehl and Rebecca Long. The 1910 and 1920 census information shows him living with his parents and siblings in Rockingham County, Virginia. ^[3][4] In 1932 he married Loretta Valentine Fike. ^[5] Homer lived in the Hummelstown, Pennsylvania area his adult life, engaged in farming. Homer passed away in 1982. ^{[6] [7]}

Research Notes

Children need to be researched, possibly 5. Long-14382 17:03, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

No burial site is listed on Find A Grave, with a notation that body was donated to science. Long-14382 17:03, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Personal recorded family history by Rodney Long.
2. ↑ Information can be confirmed in Baker History, Johnson, Baker & Johnson, 1964, page 158.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPGC-LPF : accessed 19 December 2021), Homer S Dichlt in household of Authur J S Dichlt, Stonewall, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 81, sheet 15B, family 292, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1647; FHL microfilm 1,375,660.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJNX-DZP : accessed 1 June 2018), Homer Diehl in household of A J S Diehl, Stonewall, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; citing ED 96, sheet 10A, line 18, family 203, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1913; FHL microfilm 1,821,913.
5. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTBD-T9S : 11 February 2018), Homer Samuel Diehl and Loretta Valentine Fike, 1932; citing Preston, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 827,884.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JR41-J6D : 8 January 2021), Homer Diehl, Apr 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47432225/homer-samuel-diehl : accessed 19 December 2021), memorial page for Homer Samuel Diehl (27 Oct 1903–23 Apr 1982), Find A Grave: Memorial #47432225, ; Maintained by Rita & Lee Gordon (contributor 46554879) Body donated to medical science.