Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Melvin Entsminger BING Family

Submitted by: Ginny 


HUSBAND: Melvin Entsminger BING
Birth date: 14 Oct 1865
Birthplace: Coffin Grove, Delaware Co, IA
Death date: 28 Dec 1943
Place of death: Oelwein, Jefferson, Fayette Co, IA
Burial date: 1 Jan 1944
Burial place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette Co, IA
Other Spouse: 
Father: Samuel Lewis BING (1821-1894)
Mother: Caroline A. SMITH (1827-1902)

Marriage date: 25 Dec 1903
Marriage place: Oelwein, Fayette Co, IA

WIFE: Catherine Almira 'Allie' KING
Birth date: 16 Sep 1881
Birthplace: Keokuk, IA
Death date: 13 Dec 1957
Place of death: Oelwein, Jefferson, Fayette Co, IA
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Burial place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette Co, IA
Other Spouse: 
Father: John KING
Mother: Catherine COLEMAN


CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Lewis Dorr BING
Sex: M
Birth date: 3 Nov 1905
Birthplace: Oelwein, Jefferson, Fayette Co, IA
Death date: 29 Mar 1975
Place of death: Seattle, WA
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Spouse's name: Mable L. FINCH
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Child No. 2: Helen Catherine BING
Sex: F
Birth date: 21 Nov 1907
Birthplace: Oelwein, Jefferson, Fayette Co, IA
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Spouse's name: Stanley H. SMITH
Marriage date: 5 Aug 1934
Marriage place: Oelwein, Jefferson, Fayette Co, IA

Child No. 3: Melva Caroline BING
Sex: F
Birth date: 12 Oct 1916
Birthplace: Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA
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Spouse's name: Howard Edmund BURKE
Marriage date: 21 Feb 1946
Marriage place: Oelwein, Jefferson, Fayette Co, IA


Documentation and Sources:

Book of Family Records by Nora Skinner Norton
1895 census for Harlin Twp, Fayette Co

Melvin and Catherine were married in a "real blizzard," according
to daughter Helen. 

Lewis was a teacher; Melva, a librarian

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