Rhoda Alice Kelley
(1883-1956) |
Rhoda Alice Kelley 1 2 3 4 5
FamilySearch ID: LHKC-KT3. Noted events in her life were: 1. Census in 1910 in Altoona, Blair, PA. 6 The 1910 census recorded at 416 Fifth Avenue: daughter-in-law Rhoda A. Lingenfelter, 27, with her daughters Emma P. Lingenfelter, 7, and Alice I. Lingenfelter, 4, living in the household of Rhoda's father-in-law, Arthur Lingenfelter, locomotive engineer, 52; his wife Emma J., 49; and their children: Howard C., 29; Charles H., 27; George I., 24; Bruce H., 18; Allen, 14, Helen S., 12; and Stanley A., 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The census column indicates Rhoda was married and had birthed 3 children and 2 were alive in 1910. Emma had birthed 8 children and 7 were alive. 2. Census in 1930 in Logan Twp., Blair, PA. The 1930 census recorded Frederick C. Holmes, 40, born in West Virginia, living with others all born in Pennsylvania: wife Rhoda, 46, and children William 19; Jennie, 17; Wallace, 16; Eva, 13; and Amos, 13. Also in the home is step-daughter Emma Lingenfelter. [Note: Emma is the daughter of Rhoda whose husband died in 1918. Frederick's children are by his first marriage, Rhoda being his second wife. In 1929, step-daughter Emma birthed a daughter, Vyvian Alice Holmes, whose obituary identifies her step-father Federick C. Holmes as her father.]. 3. Cause of Death: arteriosclerotic heart disease, 6 Jul 1956, Logan Twp., Blair, PA. 4 4. Obituary: Altoona Tribune: Obituary of Mrs. Rhoda Alice Holmes on 7 Jul 1956 in Altoona, Blair, PA. 5 Mrs. Rhoda Alice Holmes 5. Fact: The evidence establishes that Rhoda Alice Kelley married Howard C. Lingenfelter in 1902, and he died in 1918. Following his death, Rhoda became the second wife of Frederick C. Holmes, who in 1929 sired a child Vyvian Alice with his step-daughter, Rhoda's daughter Emma Pearl Lingenfelter, who was living with Frederick and Rhoda in 1930 census. Vyvian married David Clay Beecher and her obituary reveals her father was actually her step-father, F. C. Holmes, and mother Rhoda Ligenfelter. Rhoda married Howard C. Lingenfelter on 6 Mar 1902 in Altoona, Blair, PA.1 (Howard C. Lingenfelter was born on 30 Nov 1880 in , Beaver, PA,1 2 died on 6 Apr 1918 in Altoona, Blair, PA 2 and was buried in Altoona: Rose Hill Cemetery, Blair, PA 2.) Rhoda next married Frederick Cleveland Holmes. (Frederick Cleveland Holmes was born on 3 Apr 1890 in Reedsville, Preston, WV,3 7 8 died on 11 Jan 1961 in Altoona, Blair, PA 3 7 and was buried on 14 Jan 1961 in Altoona: Greenwood Cemetery, Blair, PA 3 7.) |
1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3Z-SGR Howard C. Lingenfelter and Rhoda A. Kelly, 06 Mar 1902; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,293,325.
2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=144922270.
3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 002241-61. Frederick C. Holmes. Father John L. Holmes. Mother Katherine Dixon. Spouse Rhoda A. Holmes.
4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 60970. Rhoda Alice Holmes. Father Charles Kelley. Mother Amanda Long. Spouse Fred Holmes.
5 Altoona Tribune (Altoona, PA), 7 Jul 1956, page 14. Obituary of Mrs. Rhoda Alice Holmes.
6 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGZM-PY6 Rhoda A. and Emma P Lingenfelter in household of Arthur Lingenfelter, Altoona Ward 8, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 1A.
7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22321086.
8 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6VM-FWP Fredrick C Holmes.
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