Nellie Elizabeth Kline

Nellie Elizabeth Kline

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Nellie Elizabeth Klein is not in my direct ancestry. She is 4 steps removed in the following ways: Great great-granddaughter of Johan Jacob Klein and Elizabetha Vogele Great-granddaughter of Johan Jacob Kline & Susanna Weeter Granddaughter of Harry Kline & Barbara Slaugenhoupt; daughter of George Emanuel Kline & Ollie Wise

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	22 Aug 1894	Nickleville, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA
Marriage	30 Nov 1910	Lamartine (i.e. Salem), Clarion Co. PA	To: Norman Lester Best, b. 8 Feb 1891 PA; d. 16 Oct 1961
Occupation
Death	13 Nov 1988	Franklin, Venango Co. PA
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

  Generation 3                Generation 4               Generation 5     Generation 6                       
                                              
                                                                      +-- Johan Jacob Kline                          
                                                                      |    (1796-1861)         
                                                                      |                        
                                                     +-- Harry Kline--+                             
                                                     |   (1829-1903)  |
                                                     |                |
                           +--George Emanuel Kline --+                +-- Susannah Weeter
                           |  (1861-1910)            |                    (1808-1861)
                           |                         |
  Nellie Elizabeth Kline --+                         +-- Barbara Slaugenhoupt
  (1894-1988)              |
                           |
                           +-- Olive Irene Wise
                               (1865-1931)
Sources: 

Children

(Children with Norman Lester Best)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
living Best	M
living Best	M
living Best	F
living Best	M

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Clarion Co, PA.

Photo Gallery

George E. & Ollie Kline, children Otho & Nellie

Lester Best as a child

Lester Best

gravestone for Lester Best & Nellie Kline at Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
3	1920 U.S.Federal Census, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA, Enumeration District 139, pg.22 ancestry.com, date of census 23 Feb 1920. Lines 9-12: Ruben Best, head,age 56, owns farm; wife Mary age 52. son Lester age 28; daughter-in-law Nellie age 26. All born in PA; all read & write.
4	1930 U.S.Federal Census, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA, Enum. Distr. 61-40, p. 15 ancestry.com. Date of census: 19 Apr. 1930. Lines 16-22: Ruben E. Best, head, age 67, married at age 25, owns home, farm, owns radio. farmer, general farming. Mary M, wife, age 65, age 23 at marriage. Lester N., son, age 38, age 19 at marriage. Nellie E., daughter-in-law, age 36, age 17 at marriage. Ralph O., grandson, 19; Mary O., granddaughter, 4 1/2; Eugene K., grandson, 2yr & (3?) mos. (part of age is smudged)
5	"Descendants of Johan Jacob Klein" research manuscript by descendant Kelly Fulcher, correspondant 2008-ongoing. Sources include various histories and documents, as well as family interviews. Nellie Elizabeth Kline b. 22 Aug 1894 in Nickleville, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA; d. 13 Nov 1988 in Franklin, Venango Co. PA; m. Norman Lester Best (b. 08 Feb 1891 in PA; d. 16 Oct 1961). Their children: Ralph Othol Best b. 12 Apr 1911, m. Esther Barger (b. 09 Oct 1911, d.25 Nov 1975) Thomas Best Mary Olive Best b. 02 Dec 1925, m. Elgar Jackson "Jack" Fisher (b. 05 Aug 1924) Eugene K. Best b. 12 Dec 1927, m. Donna Mae Beels (b. 08 Apr 1930); 5 children living. Line of descent: Johannes Jacob Kline (1796-1861) & Susanna Weeter (1808-1861) > Harry Kline (1829-1903) & Barbara Slaugenhoupt (1836-1889) > George Emanuel Kline (1861-1910) & Olive Irene Wyse/Wise ((1865-1931) > Nellie Elizabeth Kline (1894-1988) & Norman Lester Best (1891-1961)
6	Interviews with Eugene Best and Donna Mae Beels, 2007 & 2008, by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. Eugene Best is a grandson of George Emanuel Kline, and a son of Nellie Elizabeth Kline.
7	Marriage certificate N. Lester Best and Nellie E. Kline, from collection of Eugene K. Best & Donna Mae Beels, 2008. No. 5816, State of PA, Clarion Co. Permission granted to any minister, justice of the peace, etc. to marry N. Lester Best, age 19, consent of father filed, and Nellie E. Kline, age 16, consent of mother filed; neither heretofore married. Filed in Orphans Court, Clarion Co. PA 30 Nov 1910. Rev. A. M. Himes certified that on 30 Nov 1910 at Lamartine PA, he married N. Lester Best and Nellie E. Kline.
8	Gravestone transcriptions, Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA Transcribed June 2009 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams: BEST Norman Lester 1892-1961; Nellie Kline 1894-1988