Rebecca Alice (Whitney) Hannafius (1917 - 1999)

Born 26 Oct 1917 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Lance Hannafius — married 7 Apr 1945 in Franklin, Ohio, United States

Died 8 May 1999 at age 81 in N. Fort Myers, Lee, Florida

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Biography

Rebecca Alice Whitney was born the 26th of October 1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts.^[1] She was the daughter of Harvey Horace Whitney (1882-1970) and Alice Nettie (Walker) Whitney (1885-1970).^[2][3][4]

She married John Coleman Kelley first. They had two children.

1. Michael Anthony Kelley, born 1935.
2. Patricia Lucille Kelley, born 1937.

She married Richard Lance Hannafius (1920-1993) second on the 7th of April 1945 in Franklin, Ohio.^[5] They had two children.

1. Sarah Jane Hannifus (1948-)
2. Rebecca Sue Hannaifus

Rebecca passed away the 8th of May 1999 in North Fort Myers, Florida at eighty-one.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 4 December 2014), Whitney, 26 Oct 1917; citing Birth, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 3111, page 270, State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 1 February 2021), Rebecca A Whitney in entry for Harvey H Whitney, 1920.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: accessed 10 March 2021), Rebecca A Whitney in household of Harvey H Whitney, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 159, sheet 5A, line 44, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1801; FHL microfilm 2,341,535.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 9 January 2021), Rebecca Kelley in household of Harvey Whitney, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-247, sheet 13A, line 12, family 272, 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 3248.
5. ↑ Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 8 March 2021), Richard L Hannafius and Rebecca A Whitney Kelley, 07 Apr 1945; citing Marriage, Franklin, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
6. ↑ United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 20 May 2014), Rebecca A Hannafius, 08 May 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ United States Public Records, 1970-2009, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 18 November 2019), Rebecca A Hannafius, 1999.