Jennie was first married to James Leroy Gilfus, born in New York in 1879 and lived in Cayuga County, New York around the Weedsport area. She was listed as a widow in the 1930 census for Brutus, New York.
There were several children of this union listed below:
Three of her sons, Burton, Leroy and Charles served overseas on WWII.
William H. Gilfus born in Auburn, Cayuga County, in 1905 and died in Auburn in 1974.
James O. Gilfus born July 9, 1907 in Cayuga County, New York.Died March, 1978.
Herman Leroy Gilfus died Aurelius, Cayuga County, on April 19, 1911.
Charles H. Gilfus born March, 3, 1912 in Cayuga County, New York.Died April 10, 1957.
Helen D. Gilfus Malvers born 1917 in Cayuga County, New York.
Burton Gilfus born April 29, 1919 in Cayuga County, New York.He married Catherine Nugent.
Leroy J. Gilfus born 1925 in Cayuga County, New York. He died in 1998 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.
She later married A Mr. Van Dyke, probably in Cayuga County, New York at some time after 1945.
Jennie spent her later years living in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.
Burial:
Weedsport Rural Cemetery
Weedsport
Cayuga County
New York, USA
Plot: Section 8
Find A Grave Memorial# 134565247
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