William Bryan Jennings Heeter - Revision history

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Brady: add names and dates of Ruth Webster's parents to ancestry chart segment, 1900 US census with siblings names

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Mouser: Removed "census complete" marker in preparation for 1940 census data release

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Liz: add source 12 Heeter family members -email from Nancy (Mrs. Jeff) Heeter;

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 ! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources
 |-
-| Dorothy I.Heeter    || F || 7 Apr 1918  ||Venango Co. PA ||Eugene Switzer  ||res. Knox; died before 30 Aug 1978 || <sup class="reference">[3][4][7][8] [9][11]</sup>
+| Dorothy I. Heeter    || F || 7 Apr 1918  ||Venango Co. PA ||Eugene Switzer  ||res. Knox; died before 30 Aug 1978 || <sup class="reference">[3][4][7][8] [9][11]</sup>
 |-
 |Beatrice C. Heeter    || F || ~1920  ||  PA || Lamont Schaffer || res. Pittsburgh; died before 2005 || <sup class="reference">[4][6][9] </sup>

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    [[William B. Heeter]] --+                                  (1875-1920)
    (1927-2018)         |
-                       |                              +-- Asher Webster
+                       |                              +-- [[Asher Webster]]
                        |                              |   (1857-aft.1935)
                        +-- Ruth Anna Webster ---------+

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                        +-- Ruth Anna Webster ---------+
                            (1899-1935)                |
-                                                      +-- Amanda unknown
+                                                      +-- Amanda C. unknown
                                                           (1864-19??)
   Sources: <sup class="reference">[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][12][14]</sup>

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 | '''Birth'''  || Oct 1897  ||West Home, Richland Twp, Venango Co. PA   || || <sup class="reference">[1]  </sup>
 |-
-| '''Marriage''' || || || To Ruth Anna Webster,<br>born at Stoney Point, Rockland Twp., Venango Co. PA ||<sup class="reference"> [5] </sup>
+| '''Marriage''' || || || To Ruth Anna Webster,<br>born at Stoney Point, Rockland Twp., Venango Co. PA ||<sup class="reference"> [6] </sup>
 |-
-| '''Death''' ||April 1945  ||   ||age 43   || <sup class="reference">[7] </sup>
+| '''Death''' ||April 1945  ||   ||age 43   || <sup class="reference">[8] </sup>
 |-
-| '''Burial''' || ||Old Zion cemetery,<br>Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA  || || <sup class="reference">[6][7] </sup>
+| '''Burial''' || ||Old Zion cemetery,<br>Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA  || || <sup class="reference">[7][8] </sup>
 |}
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                                                       +-- Amanda unknown
                                                           (1864-19??)
-  Sources: <sup class="reference">[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][11][13]</sup>
+  Sources: <sup class="reference">[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][12][14]</sup>
 =Children=
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 ! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources
 |-
-| Dorothy I.Heeter    || F || 7 Apr 1918  ||Venango Co. PA ||Eugene Switzer  ||res. Knox; died before 30 Aug 1978 || <sup class="reference">[3][4][5][7] [8][10]</sup>
+| Dorothy I.Heeter    || F || 7 Apr 1918  ||Venango Co. PA ||Eugene Switzer  ||res. Knox; died before 30 Aug 1978 || <sup class="reference">[3][4][7][8] [9][11]</sup>
 |-
-|Beatrice C. Heeter    || F || ~1920  ||  PA || Lamont Schaffer || res. Pittsburgh; died before 2005 || <sup class="reference">[4][5][8] </sup>
+|Beatrice C. Heeter    || F || ~1920  ||  PA || Lamont Schaffer || res. Pittsburgh; died before 2005 || <sup class="reference">[4][6][9] </sup>
 |-
-|Eleanor M. Heeter    || F ||~ 1922  ||  PA || 1)William Carnahan, res. Clarion;<br> 2)Robert Dunlap;<br> 3) M. James Hitchcock res. Seneca   || || <sup class="reference">[4][5][7] [8][12]</sup>
+|Eleanor M. Heeter    || F ||~ 1922  ||  PA || 1)William Carnahan, res. Clarion;<br> 2)Robert Dunlap;<br> 3) M. James Hitchcock res. Seneca   || || <sup class="reference">[4][6][8] [9][13</sup>
 |-
-|Jack Leroy Heeter    || M ||11 Jan 1926  ||  PA ||  ||res. Warren PA; died 28 Mar. 1985   || <sup class="reference">[4] [5][7][8][9]</sup>
+|Jack Leroy Heeter    || M ||11 Jan 1926  ||  PA ||  ||res. Warren PA; died 28 Mar. 1985   || <sup class="reference">[4] [5][6][7][8][9]</sup>
 |-
-|[[William B. Heeter]]    || M||~ 1927  ||  PA ||  ||res. Rockland || <sup class="reference">[4] [5][7][8]</sup>
+|[[William B. Heeter]]    || M||~ 1927  ||  PA ||  ||res. Rockland || <sup class="reference">[4] [5][6][8[9]</sup>
 |-
-| Wilma June Heeter    || F || ~ Nov. 1929  ||  PA || W. Glenn Bump || || <sup class="reference">[4][5][7] [8]</sup>
+| Wilma June Heeter    || F || ~ Nov. 1929  ||  PA || W. Glenn Bump || || <sup class="reference">[4][6][8] [9]</sup>
 |-
-| Charles Wayne Heeter    || M || 21 April 1933 || Oil City PA ||1)Irene M. unknown of Corning CA<br>2)Patricia Cline Holmes  ||"youngest sibling"; res. Knox; died 7 May 2005, Kemah/Houston TX || <sup class="reference">[4][5][7][8] </sup>
+| Charles Wayne Heeter    || M || 21 April 1933 || Oil City PA ||1)Irene M. unknown of Corning CA<br>2)Patricia Cline Holmes  ||"youngest sibling"; res. Knox; died 7 May 2005, Kemah/Houston TX || <sup class="reference">[4][5][6][8][9] </sup>
 |-
 |infant daughter Heeter    || F ||birth order unknown   ||  PA ||  || || <sup class="reference">[5] </sup>

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 | '''[[Source:_1930_United_States_Federal_Census|1930 United States Federal Census]]''', Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA, Enumeration District 61-40, pg. 3 (Ancestry.com). Census date 5 April 1930.<br>Lines 21-28: '''William B. Heeter''', head, age 31, married at age 19, owns home (not a farm), valued at $500, laborer for railroad.  Wife ''Ruth A.'', age 30, age 18 when married; daughter ''Dorothy I.'' age 16; daughter ''Beatrice C.'' age 10; daughter ''Eleanor M.'' age 8; son ''Jack L.'' age 5; son ''Billie B.'' age 3; daughter ''Wilma J.'' age 5 months. All and all parents born in PA.
 |[[Image:1930 census pa venango richland dist 61-40 pg 3.jpg|50px|left]]
 |-
-!'''5'''
+!'''6'''
 | '''Obituary of Charles Wayne Heeter''',  The Derrick (Oil City, PA), publication date not noted.<br>Charles Wayne Heeter, Oil City PA native & longtime resident of Clear Lake TX area (near Houston), died 7 May 2005 at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, from complications of surgery.  Survived by wife Patricia Cline Holmes; daughter, Leslie Heeter Lundquist, son Thomas Webster Heeter, grandson Christopher Martin Lundquist; former wife Irene M. Heeter; brother William B. Heeter of Kennerdell; sisters Eleanor Hitchcock of Seneca PA and June Bump of Rockville TN.  Preceded in death by his mother Ruth Anna Webster; father William B. Heeter Sr.; brother Jack; sisters Beatrice Schaffer, Dorothy Switzer and an infant sister.  He was born in Oil City Pa 21 April 1933, raised at  the family home at Emlenton RD 1, the youngest of his siblings.  His parents died when he was a child. Services held in Emlenton; "he will be laid to rest nearby."
 |[[Image:Charles Wayne Heeter obit.jpg|50px|left]]
 |-
-!'''6'''
+!'''7'''
 | '''Gravestone transcriptions''', [[Cemetery Index|Old Zion (Zion Union) Cemetery]], Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA. Contributed by Venango County Genealogical Club, Oil City PA.
 * Heeter, William B. 1897-1945; Ruth A. 1899-1935.
 * Heeter, John S. 1872-1954; Ira Iona 1875-1920.
 |-
-!'''7'''
+!'''8'''
 | '''Obituary William B. Heeter''', Venango Citizen Press, Wednesday 2 May 1945, in column headed "West Home".Photocopy supplied by Franklin Public Library.<br>Funeral services 15 Apr at Criswell Funeral Home, Emlenton, for William B. Heeter, 43, of Tarentum, formerly this community. Survived by father John S. Heeter; children Mrs. Eugene Switzer of Knox, Mrs. Lamont Shaffer of Pittsburgh, Mrs William Carnahan of Clarion, Wayne Heeter of Knox, and Jack Leroy, William B. & June Heeter, & several grandchildren; sister Mrs. Genevieve Pierce of North East; two brothers Ray Heeter of Bradford & Chess Heeter of Pearl Harbor, & his grandmother Mrs. Dick Shaffer of this place.  Interment Old Zion Cemetery at Dislers Corners.
 |[[Image:Obit William B Heeter d 1945.jpg|50px|left]]
 |-
-!'''8'''
+!'''9'''
 | '''Obituary Beatrice C. Heeter Shaffer''', News Herald 19 May 1981. Photocopy supplied by Franklin Public Library.<br> Funeral for Mrs. Beatrice C. Shaffer, 61, of apt. 101, 1220 Chestnut St. , the Rev. John Sass Jr., pastor of Christ United Methodist Church officiating; interment Old Zion Cemetery, Emlenton.  Born in Richland Twp., 4 Feb 1920, daughter of the late William B. and Ruth A. Webster Heeter.  Spent early life in Richland Twp., attended Emlenton schools; moved to Franklin  about 15 yrs. ago; an avid poet. Surviving: daughters Mrs. Howard (Deanna) Landreth of East Camden, Ark., & Mrs. Kenneth (Sandra) Theriot of LaPorte, TX; son Dennis Shaffer of TX; sisters Mrs. M. James (Eleanor) Hitchcock of Seneca & Mrs. W. Glenn (June) Bump of Franklin; brothers William B. Heeter Jr. of Rockland, Jack L.Heeter of Warren & Wayne C. Heeter of Kemah, TX.  Sister Mrs. Eugene (Dorothy) Switzer is deceased.
 |[[Image:Obit Beatrice Heeter Shaffer.jpg|50px|left]]
 |-
-!'''9'''
+!'''10'''
 | '''Obituary Jack L. Heeter''', News Herald 29 Mar 1985.  Photocopy supplied by Franklin PA Public Library.<br>Jack L. Heeter, 59, of Warren PA, formerly of Emlenton, died Thurs. (i.e. 28 Mar. 1985) in Warren. Born 11 Jan 1926 in Emlenton, son of William B. & Ruth Webster Heeter; worked in early 1940's as railroad laborer. Surviving: sisters Mrs. M. James (Eleanor) Hitchcock of Seneca & Mrs. W. Glenn (June) Bump of Franklin; brothers William B. Heeter Jr. of Kennerdell RD 1 & Wayne C. Heeter of Houston, TX. Preceded in death by parents, two sisters Mrs. Eugene (Dorothy) Switzer & Mrs. Beatrice C. Shaffer. Funeral services in Huff Chapel Sat. , the Rev. John Sass Jr., pastor of Christ United Meth. Ch.; interment Old Zion Cemetery, Emlenton.
 |[[Image:Obit Jack L Heeter.jpg|50px|left]]
 |-
-!'''10'''
+!'''11'''
 |'''Obituary Dorothy Iona Heeter Switzer''', News Herald 31 Aug 1978.  Photocopy supplied by Franklin (PA) Public Library.<br>Dorothy Iona Switzer, 60, of Knox died Wed. (i.e. 30 Aug 1978) at home. Born 7 Apr. 1918 in Venango Co., daughter of William B. & Ruth Ann Webster Heeter; resident of Knox, member St. Paul Lutheran Church of Knox.  Married Eugene Switzer on 1 May 1937; he died 10 May 1969. Surviving: 2 sons, Lowell Switzer of Clarion & Terry Switzer of Knox; 3 brothers William B. Heeter of Rocklnad, Jack L.Heeter of Warren & Charles Wayne Heeter of Houston TX; 3 sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Shaffer of Franklin, Mrs. James (Eleanor) Hitchcock of Seneca & Mrs. Glenn (June) Bump of Franklin RD 3. Besides husband, 1 son, Tommy Switzer preceded her in death on 23 Nov 1963; infant sister also deceased.  Funeral at Roy P. Stuart Funeral Home, Knox, the Rev. Lewis R. Fox, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, officiating.
 |[[Image:Obit Dorothy Iona Heeter Switzer.jpg|50px|left]]
 |-
-!'''11'''
+!'''12'''
 |'''Obituary Ruth Ann Webster Heeter''', News Herald 27 April 1935.  Photocopy supplied by Franklin (PA) Public Library.<br>Mrs. Ruth Ann Heeter, age 35, wife of William Heeter of RD 1 Emlenton, died Friday (i.e. 26 Apr. 1935 ) at Oil City Hospital., a patient since April 18.  Survived by her husband, children Dorothy, Beatrice, Eleanor, Jack, William, June & Wayne, all at home; her parents Mr. & Mrs. A. Webster of RD 1 Emlenton; sisters Mrs. D. V. Montgomery & Mrs. G. G. Eaton of Emlenton, Mrs. John Smith & Mrs. Nelson Fox of RD 1 Emlenton, Mrs. Homer Hoffman of Grove City & Mrs. Howard Painter of Oil City.  Funeral service at family residence Monday (i.e. 29 Apr. 1935); burial at Zion Cemetery.
 |[[Image:Obit Mrs Ruth Ann Heeter.jpg|50px|left]]
 |-
-!'''12'''
+!'''13'''
 |'''Personal correspondence'' from Heeter family members, 2010-ongoing.
 *  Eleanor married most recently to James Hitchcock, however she was previously married to a  Robert Dunlap, and prior to that a Carnahan.
 * William B. Heeter Sr. was named William Bryan Jennings Heeter.  He was born at West Home  which is in the area near the Old Zion cemetery and Ruth Anna Webster was born at Stoney Point which is in Rockland, near Kennerdell.
 |-
-! '''13'''
+! '''14'''
 | '''1900 United States Federal Census''' Enum. Dist. 162 Richland Twp., Venango County, PA, pages 13 and 14.  Census dated 15 June 1900<br>Page 13, lines 42-50: Asher Webster, head, age 43, b. May, 1857, m. 18 years (1882); Amanda, wife, age 36, b. Jan 1864, m. 18 years, 8 children born, 8 living; Blanche, dau., 17, b. Oct 1882; Hattie, dau., 15, b. Dec 1994; Maud, d., 13, b. Feb 1887; Vance, son, 10, b. Dec 1889, day laborer; Mary, dau., 8, b. April 1892; Nora, dau., 5, b. Oct 1894; Clara, dau., 3, b. Jan 1897; Ruth, dau., 1, b. May, 1899.  All and all parents b. PA, all except young children can read, write and speak English.
 | [[File:1900 census pa venango richland dist 162 pg 13.jpg|50px|center]] <br>[[File:1900 census pa venango richland dist 162 pg 14.jpg|50px|center]]

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 ==NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR==
-''William B. Heeter (1899)'' is not in my ancestry. The Heeter family are ancestors of [[William B. Heeter]] of Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA, who married [[Allene M. Wilson]]. Allene was a sister of [[John Thomas Wilson]], my grandfather.
+''William Bryan J. Heeter'' is not in my ancestry. His son [[William B. Heeter]] of Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA,  married [[Allene M. Wilson]]. Allene was a sister of [[John Thomas Wilson]], my grandfather.
 |}
-William B. Heeter , Sr., resident of West Home, later of Tarentum, was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad.  He died at age 43.
+William B. J. Heeter ,  resident of West Home, later of Tarentum, was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad.  He died at age 43.
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 !  || Date || Location || Notes || Sources
 |-
-| '''Birth'''  || Oct 1897  ||   || || <sup class="reference">[1]  </sup>
+| '''Birth'''  || Oct 1897  ||West Home, Richland Twp, Venango Co. PA   || || <sup class="reference">[1]  </sup>
 |-
-| '''Marriage''' || || || To Ruth Anna Webster ||<sup class="reference"> [5] </sup>
+| '''Marriage''' || || || To Ruth Anna Webster,<br>born at Stoney Point, Rockland Twp., Venango Co. PA ||<sup class="reference"> [5] </sup>
 |-
 | '''Death''' ||April 1945  ||   ||age 43   || <sup class="reference">[7] </sup>
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                                                       +-- [[John S. Heeter]]
                                                       |   (1872-1954)
-                       +-- ''William B. Heeter (1897)'' --+
+                       +-- ''William B. Heeter, Sr.'' --+
                        |   (1897-1945)                |
                        |                              +-- Iona Shaffer
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 |Beatrice C. Heeter    || F || ~1920  ||  PA || Lamont Schaffer || res. Pittsburgh; died before 2005 || <sup class="reference">[4][5][8] </sup>
 |-
-|Eleanor M. Heeter    || F ||~ 1922  ||  PA || 1)William Carnahan, res. Clarion; 2) M. James Hitchcock res. Seneca   || || <sup class="reference">[4][5][7] [8]</sup>
+|Eleanor M. Heeter    || F ||~ 1922  ||  PA || 1)William Carnahan, res. Clarion;<br> 2)Robert Dunlap;<br> 3) M. James Hitchcock res. Seneca   || || <sup class="reference">[4][5][7] [8][12]</sup>
 |-
 |Jack Leroy Heeter    || M ||11 Jan 1926  ||  PA ||  ||res. Warren PA; died 28 Mar. 1985   || <sup class="reference">[4] [5][7][8][9]</sup>
 |-
-|William B. Heeter    || M||~ 1927  ||  PA ||  ||res. Rockland || <sup class="reference">[4] [5][7][8]</sup>
+|[[William B. Heeter]]    || M||~ 1927  ||  PA ||  ||res. Rockland || <sup class="reference">[4] [5][7][8]</sup>
 |-
 | Wilma June Heeter    || F || ~ Nov. 1929  ||  PA || W. Glenn Bump || || <sup class="reference">[4][5][7] [8]</sup>
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 |'''Obituary Ruth Ann Webster Heeter''', News Herald 27 April 1935.  Photocopy supplied by Franklin (PA) Public Library.<br>Mrs. Ruth Ann Heeter, age 35, wife of William Heeter of RD 1 Emlenton, died Friday (i.e. 26 Apr. 1935 ) at Oil City Hospital., a patient since April 18.  Survived by her husband, children Dorothy, Beatrice, Eleanor, Jack, William, June & Wayne, all at home; her parents Mr. & Mrs. A. Webster of RD 1 Emlenton; sisters Mrs. D. V. Montgomery & Mrs. G. G. Eaton of Emlenton, Mrs. John Smith & Mrs. Nelson Fox of RD 1 Emlenton, Mrs. Homer Hoffman of Grove City & Mrs. Howard Painter of Oil City.  Funeral service at family residence Monday (i.e. 29 Apr. 1935); burial at Zion Cemetery.
 |[[Image:Obit Mrs Ruth Ann Heeter.jpg|50px|left]]
 |}
 =Source Notes=
 * Daughter Dorothy's age appears to be off by 2 years in the 1930 census.