Verna May Kline (1911 - 1947)

Born 25 Aug 1911 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Raymond Earnest Wilgis — married 26 Sep 1927 in Elkton, Cecil, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1947 at age 35 in Bethel Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Verna May Kline was born to Bertha and Lewis Kline on 8/25/1911. Verna's father Lewis died about a month after registering for the WWI draft from complications of the 1918 flu during the pandemic . In 1920 her mother Bertha is listed as a widow with no occupation on the Delaware county PA census. Verna was not listed on the 1920 census which also did not have header info filled out. As a young woman Verna worked as a machinist's helper at the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company which was a major shipbuilding company in Chester, Pennsylvania on the Delaware River. According to Wikipedia the company was developed by Sun Oil Company, and launched its first ship in 1917, just as the United States was entering World War I. Verna was also a member of the Ladie's Auxilliary Bethel Township Fire Company No1 and she belonged to the Delta Mu sorority, EMO Philadelphia. She married Raymond Wilgis on 9/26/1927 in Elkton, Maryland. In 1930 Verna lived with Raymond and her daughter Verna Grace in his parents house in Upland, PA (Verna Grace was born 10/5/1928). Verna and Raymond's son Donald was born 12/29/1933. In 1940 Verna and Raymond were living in Chester Township PA with Verna Grace and Donald. In 1941 Raymond and Verna bought land on Garnet Mine Road and built their own house there. Verna died due to respiratory failure (primary cause of carcinoma of breast) on 2/26/1947 in Bethel Township, PA. She is buried with family members in Lawncroft Cemetery in Linwood, Delaware county, PA and her name appears on the headstone that also contains the names of her parents Lewis C and Bertha J Kline.

Research Notes

Verna May Kline does not appear in the family 1920 census record.

Sources

• Birth and baptism record: Memorial United Presbyterian Church Register in Boothwyn, PA - Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Accession Number: Vault BX 9211 .P49061 M42 v.1, Year: 1886-1941

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRN6-FKK?cc=1488411&wc=QZJT-R24%3A1036473501%2C1037004201%2C1039286201%2C1589332319 : 13 September 2019), Pennsylvania > Delaware > Chester Ward 10 > ED 145 > image 29 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RCQ-S7F?cc=1810731&wc=QZFQ-PWV%3A649490601%2C649796601%2C649361701%2C1589284032 : 8 December 2015), Pennsylvania > Delaware > Upland > ED 140 > image 25 of 60; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MT-L3Y5?cc=2000219&wc=QZX5-HMN%3A790227701%2C792107701%2C790121301%2C801740001 : accessed 3 November 2019), Pennsylvania > Delaware > Chester Township > 23-48 Chester Township outside Chester City and Parkside and Upland Boroughs, Brookhaven, Feltonville > image 54 of 55; citing 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.

• Death Cert for Verna Mae: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 011251-013800, file no 12712

• Death Cert for Clara Bertha Wilgis, stillborn: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 048501-051500, file no 49709

• Obit - Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, PA), 2/27/1947, Thu Page 2

• Burial - Linwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8454196