Irven Sylvester Oyer (1894 - 1977)

Born 1 Apr 1894 in Livingston, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Leona Elizabeth (Amstutz) Luginbill — married 1 Sep 1951 in Berne, Adams County, Indiana, USA

Died 2 Mar 1977 at age 82 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

• born on 1 April 1894 at Livingston County, Illinois, probably at Flanagan, a son of Benjamin Oyer and Mary Zehr^[1][2][3]

• 1900 U.S. Census, Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska^[4]
  • appeared in his father's household as Earvin S. Oyer, age 6, born in Illinois in April 1894, parents born in Illinois, living with his parents and four siblings

• 1910 U.S. Census, Wilson Township, Audrain County, Missouri^[5]
  • listed in his father's household as Irvin Oyer, farm laborer, age 16, single, born in Illinois, his parents born in Illinois, attending school and able to read and write and was living with his parents and five siblings

• recorded on his WWI draft registration card as Irven S. Oyer, age 23, single, born on 1 April 1894 in Flanagan, Illinois, living in Payne, Paulding County, Ohio, signed Irven S. Oyer^[6]

• married Ellen G. Raber on 9 January 1918 at Paulding County, Ohio - they were both living at Payne, Paulding County at the time of the wedding ^[3][7]

• 1930 U.S. Census, Maumee Township, Allen County, Indiana ^[8]
  • appeared as Irven S. Oyer, head, farmer, age 36, married first at age 24, able to read and write, born in Illinois, parents born in illinois and was living with his wife on a rented farm

• 1940 U.S. Census, Harlan, Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana ^[9]
  • listed as Irven Oyer, head, farmer, age 46, highest grade completed in school was 8th, born in illinois and was living on a farm with a monthly rental of $1700 with his wife Ellen and an orphan named Melvin Thompson

• recorded on his WWII draft registration card as Irven S. Oyer, age 48, born in Livingston County, Illinois on 1 April 1894, person who would always know his address was reported as Ellen Oyer, signed Irven S. Oyer - they were both living at Grabill, Allen Indiana and his military draft date was 1942 ^[10]

• wife Ellen Raber died in November 1947

• married Leona Elizabeth Amstutz (Luginbill) at Berne, Adams County, Indiana ^[11]

• died on 2 March 1977 at Park View Hospital, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, was buried on 4 March 1977 and shares a headstone with his wife Ellen at Woodburn Mennonite Cemetery, Woodburn, Allen County, Indiana ^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1977; Roll: 03
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, Irven Sylvester Oyer.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses.
4. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0080; NARA microfilm T623, FHL microfilm: 1240929
5. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Wilson, Audrain, Missouri; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0017; NARA microfilm publication T624, Roll: 767, FHL microfilm: 1374780
6. ↑ United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
7. ↑ "Society Events", Raber-Oyer, Centralia Fireside Guard, Centralia, Missouri, 18 January 1918, page 8.
8. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Maumee, Allen, Indiana; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0063; NARA microfilm T626, FHL microfilm: 2340311
9. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Springfield, Allen, Indiana; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 2-27; NARA microfilm T627, Roll: 1025.
10. ↑ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
11. ↑ Find a Grave, Leona Elizabeth Amstutz Luginbill.