Merle Claude Homan Sr.
(1890-1972)
Mary Louise Bernhart
(1893-1951)
Pauline Catherine Homan
(1914-1997)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Edwin Floyd Burkhart

2. Gordon Elwood Golden
3. Francis Jerome Hardy

Pauline Catherine Homan 2 3 4

  • Born: 29 Dec 1914, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Marriage (1): Edwin Floyd Burkhart
  • Marriage (2): Gordon Elwood Golden on 27 Nov 1948 1
  • Marriage (3): Francis Jerome Hardy
  • Died: 11 Nov 1997, Tucson, Pima, AZ at age 82 4 5

   FamilySearch ID: GSGB-Z2L.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 6 The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 1319 Locust Street: Marle Hornar (indexed wrong due to poor handwriting), flagman for steam railroad, 29, living with wife Mary L, 26; daughter Pauline C., 5; and son Joseph R., 3 year 10 months on 8 Jan 1920 when the census was recorded. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1930 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 7 The 1930 census recorded Pauline Homan, 15, unemployed, as a "roomer" at 125 Penn St. rented by Peter Burkman, sales clerk in merchandise store, 27, single. Also living with them is Margaret Yoder, 21, and her children: Jean, 3, and Kenneth, 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1940 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 8 The 1940 census recorded at 535 Birch Street: Edmin [sic, as indexed] Burkhart, knitter in hosiery mill, 26, living with wife Pauline, 25; son Robert, 7; son David, 4; and daughter Barbara, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. They lived in the same place in 1935.

4. Census in 1950 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. The 1950 census recorded at 547 N. 14th Street: Gordon Golden, proprietor for sign display company, 50, living with wife Pauline, 36; son Kenneth Golden born Jun 1949; step son Robert Burkhart, 17; step son David Burkhart, 13; step daughter Barbara Burkhart, 11. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Newspaper: The Mercury: Three Hurt in Accident, 22 Aug 1952, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 9 ----
Three Hurt In Accident
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A 38-year-old Temple mother and two of her three children were injured at 9 o'clock last night when the late model convertible in which they were returning from Atlantic City careened off Route 122 a mile north of Morgantown, felled an evergreen tree and crashed into a house.
Mrs. Pauline Golden, the mother, is in critical condition in Reading hospital with a fractured skull and multiple cuts of the face. She was driving the automobile when the accident occurred.
Her 3-year old son, Kenneth, and a daughter by a previous marriage, Barbara Burkhart, 13, also are in the hospital. Kenneth with cuts of the scalp and right leg and possible internal injuries and Barbara with abrasions of the arms and legs, face cut, and possible internal injuries.
Another daughter, Mary Louise, 1, apparently was uninjured.
Troopers Michael Terefenko and Warren Werner of the Reading State police, said the car sped off the road and over a 4-inch high shoulder, then struck the 25-foot high evergreen tree, which was about 1 foot in diameter at its base, and crashed into the front of the house.
Three ambulances transported the injured to the hospital and the uninjured daughter home.
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6. Fact: Pauline lost her eyesight as a result of the car accident., 23 Aug 1952, Temple, Berks, PA, USA. 1

7. Residence: on 11 Apr 1997 in Temple, Berks, PA, USA. 3

8. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Pauline C. Hardy on 12 Nov 1997 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 5 Pauline C. Hardy, 82, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Temple, died of cancer early Tuesday morning in Kino Community Hospital, Tucson, where she had been a patient since Nov. 3.
She was predeceased by her husband, Francis Hardy.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Merle and Mary L. (Bernhart) Homan.
Hardy was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall West, Muhlenberg Township.
Surviving are a daughter, Mary L., wife of Ray K. Hines, Tucson; and two sons: Robert E. Burkhart, Cedar Park, Texas, and Kenneth G. Golden, Bernville.
Other survivors include a brother, Merle Homan, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County; and a sister, Doris, wife of Raymond Gracey, Mount Penn.
There are also 22 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by a son, David M. Burkhart, and a daughter, Barbara A. Bortz.
The Abbey Funeral Chapel, Tucson, is in charge of arrangements.

9. Obituary: Arizona Daily Star: obituary of Pauline C. Hardy on 13 Nov 1997 in Tucson, Pima, AZ. 4 HARDY, Pauline C., 82, of Tucson, died November 11, 1997. Mother of Mary L. Hines of Tucson, Robert Burkhart of Austin, TX and Kenneth Golden of Reading, PA; sister of Doris Redinger of Redding, PA and Merle Homan of Pine Grove, PA. Memorial Service, Saturday, November 15, 1997 at 2:00 p.m. at Jehovah's Witnesses Congregation, 1922 S. Rosemont Ave. Arrangements by Abbey Funeral Chapel, 3434 N. 1st Ave.


Pauline married Edwin Floyd Burkhart. (Edwin Floyd Burkhart was born on 13 Nov 1913 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA,10 died on 4 Aug 2000 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 10 and was buried in Reiffton: Forest Hills Memorial Park, Berks, PA 10 11.)


Pauline next married Gordon Elwood Golden, son of Allen Cyrus Bingaman and Clara Elizabeth Beechert, on 27 Nov 1948.1 The marriage ended in divorce. (Gordon Elwood Golden was born on 3 Jun 1896 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 12 13 14 15, christened on 15 Aug 1896 in Hamburg: Trinity Lutheran Church, Berks, PA,12 died on 18 May 1961 in Muhlenberg, Berks, PA 16 and was buried on 22 May 1961 in Laureldale, Berks, PA 16.)


Pauline next married Francis Jerome Hardy. (Francis Jerome Hardy was born on 11 May 1920 in , Blair, PA,17 18 died on 22 Aug 1994 in , Berks, PA 17 18 19 and was buried in Tuckerton: Laureldale Cemetery, Berks, PA 17.)


Sources


1 Email from Mary Golden Hines, 20 Aug 2019.

2 Email from Mary Golden Hines, 30 Jul 2019.

3 Morning Call (Allentown, PA), 12 Apr 1997, page 110. Obituary of David M. Burkhart.

4 Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), 13 Nov 1997, page 16. Obituary of Pauline C. Hardy.

5 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 12 Nov 1997, page B-4. Obituary of Pauline C. Hardy.

6 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M61N-X53 Marle Hornar, Reading Ward 17, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 128, sheet 6B, line 52, family 117.

7 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCZ2-ZLH Pauline Homan in household of Peter Burkman, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 24B, line 55, family 444.

8 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQJ3-K6B Pauline Burkhart in household of Edmin Burkhart, Ward 11, Reading, Reading City, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70-50, sheet 2A, line 11, family 23.

9 Pottstown Mercury (Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), 22 Aug 1952, page 1.

10 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122062569.

11 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 6 Aug 2000, obituary of Edwin F. Burkhart.

12 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 575. PA > Berks > Hamburg > Trinity Lutheran. Percy Peter Bingaman.

13 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Pierce Winfield Bingaman born 3 Jun 1896. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-26638-17085-23.

14 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6BT-HLG : Percival W Bingaman in household of Howard A Snyder, West Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 307, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821538.

15 FamilySearch.org, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-6VVR Gordan Elwood Golden, 27 Apr 1942.

16 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 42544. Gordon E. Golden born 3 Jun 1896. Father Alvin Bingaman. Mother Clara Beechert. Spouse Jeanette (Nagle) Golden (informant).

17 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141273668.

18 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB14-D2W.

19 Tyrone Daily Herald (Tyrone, PA), 04 Jan 1995, page 7. Deaths in 1994. Francis J. Hardy, 23 Aug 1994.



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