Donald Douglass Bingaman ^{1 2}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1920 in West Reading, Berks, PA. ¹ The 1920 census recorded at 424 Chestnut Street: Percival W. Bingaman, insurance collector, 24, living with wife Blanche A., 24; and son Donald B., 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Newspaper: Reading Times: Percy Bingaman charged with defaulting on wife, 19 Dec 1921, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. ³ -----
DISPOSED OF IN DESERTION COURT
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Orders Made Whereby Husbands Must Support Thier Wives
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MAY GO UP ON THE HILL.
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Percy Bingaman was charged with defaulting is his support payments of $3 a week for the support of his wife, Blanche Noll Bingaman, and one child. He had been ordered to pay this amount, but failed to do so, and there was no capia to be issued unless he defaulted. The wife petitioned the court to remove the capias clause in the order, and it was so ordered by Judge Wagner, who remarked "He either pays or goes up on the hill."
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3. Census in 1930 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ⁴ The 1930 census recorded Robert and Russell Bingaman as "inmates" at the Lancaster County Home for Children on South Ann St. in Lancaster. Robert, 11, and Russell, 10, and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1930 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ The 1930 census recorded renting at 639 Gordon Street: Harvey Adams, house carpenter, 44, living with wife Clara, 50; and grandson Donald Bingaman, 11. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1940 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶ The 1940 census recorded Harry Adams, 54, living with wife Clara, 62; and grandson Donald Bingaman, 21. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

6. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Donald D. Bingaman on 15 Aug 2004 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. ² Donald D. Bingaman, 85, West Lawn, died Aug. 14 in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading.
He was the husband of Florence L. (Osman) Bingaman.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Pierce and Blanche (Noll) Bingaman.
Bingaman had been employed for 15 years in maintenance by Carpenter Technology Corp., Reading, retiring in 1964.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Bingaman is also survived by a son, Douglas D., Muhlenberg Township, and a daughter, Donna D. (Bingaman) Eckert, Reading.
There are also five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Shillington.