Alverta Jane (Rabenstine) McCann (1876 - 1947)

Born 24 Sep 1876 in West Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Chester H. Dubbs — married 18 Sep 1892 in West Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Charles Eugene Sullivan — married 23 Aug 1908 in York, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Nov 1947 at age 71 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Alverta (Rabenstine) McCann has German Roots.

Alverta (Rabenstine) McCann was a Pennsylvanian.

Alverta, daughter of Edward and Sarah A. Rabenstine, was born 24 September 1876 in West Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania.

• Residence (1880) West Manheim

Edward Rabenstine Self Male 41 Pennsylvania, United States Sarah A Rabenstine Wife Female 39 Pennsylvania, United States Mary A Rabenstine Daughter Female 13 Pennsylvania, United States Elverde J Rabenstine Daughter Female 5^{[1] [1]}

On 18 September 1892 in West Manheim Township, she married Chester H. Dubbs, son of Joseph Dubbs and Lucy Ann Schmidt.^[2]

• Residence (1900) West Manheim Township. Note: Their eldest daughter is living with her maternal grandparents.

Chester H Dubs Head Male 25 Pennsylvania Alvirta J Dubs Wife Female 26 Pennsylvania Claud E Dubs Son Male 5^[3]

The widow Dubbs remarried 23 August 1908 in York County to the widower Charles Eugene Sullivan, son of David Brown Sullivan and Catherine Zepp.

• 1910 Hanover, York County (Note that the Dubbs's children were given the surname of Sullivan by the enumerator, but this was in error. Additionally, Charles's sons are listed as 'boarders.' Also note that Claude later married the servant Lily Rickrode. The youngest child, Noah, is with his maternal grandparents. Charles and his sons were born in Maryland; everyone else, in Pennsylvania.)

Charles Eugene Sullivan (age 42, lime kiln fireman) Alverta Sullivan Wife (36, mother of five, all living) Claude Edward Dubbs (15, wire cloth factory worker), Robert R. Dubbs (9), John M. Dubbs (6) Rolena L, Dubbs (4), Lillie Amelia Rickrode (23, servant, later married into the family) and her daughter Grace E. Rickrode (three months) Charles's sons are listed as boarders: Roy E. Sullivan (18, machinist at machine shop), Edward Bernard Sullivan (17, wire cloth factory worker), John Louis Sullivan (14, wire cloth factory worker), David Henry Sullivan (12).^[4]

• 1920 York, York, Pennsylvania,

Charles Eugene Sullivan (age 59, factory worker), Alverta Jane Sullivan (45, boarding house keeper), their three children: Adlin C. Sullivan (8), Archie K. Sullivan (5), Frances J. Sullivan (2); Alverta's children: Claude Edward Dubbs (24, chain works laborer), his wife Lillie Amelia (Rickrode) Dubbs (28) and Claude's two daughters May F. Dubbs (9) and Mary A. Dubbs (7); Robert R. Dubbs (18, chain works welder), John M. Dubbs (17, chain works welder), Rolena L, Dubbs (15), Sarah Queenetta (Dubbs) Krafft Stepdaughter (25), Nettie's husband Joseph Krafft (25, box builder, Safe & Lock) and two sons Gerald K. Krafft (6) and Clair Vincent Wentz (10); Rolena's future husband Israel Frederick Sowers (26, laborer for contractor), and possibly Alverta's third husband, a boarder Stevenson A. McCann (49, chain works inspector).^{[5] [5]}

• Residence (1930) York^[6]

After Sullivan's death and before 1935, she married for a third time to a man named McCann, as evidenced on the 1940 census when she is shown as the widow McCann living with her first-born son.

• Residence (1935) York, York, Pennsylvania, United States

• Residence (1940) York.^[7]

Alverta died 19 November 1947 in York County, and was buried there at Prospect Hill Cemetery.^[8]

Research Notes

• The birth date used is the unsourced date given on Find-a-Grave. Various documents show birth dates ranging from 1873 to 1878. The 1900 census lists September 1874.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWV1-Q76 : 15 July 2017), Elverde J Rabenstine in household of Edward Rabenstine, West Manheim, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 87C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,206.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFMV-F9N : 6 November 2017), Chester H. Dubs and Alberta Jane Rabenstine, 18 Sep 1892; citing Marriage, West Manhein, York, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3H4-ZGK : accessed 7 November 2019), Alvirta J Dubs in household of Chester H Dubs, West Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 182, sheet 6A, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,502.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGCP-JYS : accessed 7 November 2019), Alverta P Sullivan in household of Charles C Sullivan, Hanover Ward 1, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 58, sheet 7A, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1433; FHL microfilm 1,375,446.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNMQ-TB6 : accessed 7 November 2019), Alverta Sullivan in household of Charles E Sullivan, York Ward 6, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 124, sheet 9A, line 47, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1669; FHL microfilm 1,821,669.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHCX-F54 : accessed 7 November 2019), Alverta Sulivan in household of Claud C Dubbs, York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 110, sheet 16A, line 42, family 407, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2167; FHL microfilm 2,341,901.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (28 July 2019), Alverta Mccann in household of Claude Dubbs, Ward 9, York City, York City, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-137, sheet 10B, line 64, family 202, 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, roll 3645.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #100375321 for Alverta J. McCann.

• Family Tree, database, FamilySearch (modified 07 November 2019, 14:53), entry for Alverta Jane Rabenstine; contributed by various users.
• Acknowledgements: This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein (unrelated).