Luella Blanche (Owen) Lea (1867 - abt. 1948)

Born 7 Sep 1867 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Robert B Lea — married 24 Oct 1888 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Died about 1948 at about age 80 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Luella Blanche Owen was born in 1867 to Sheldon D. Owen and Mary (Unknown) Owen in Sandy Lake Boro, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. She was living in Sandy Lake Boro with her parents in the 1870 United States Census. The family moved to Allegheny City, Pennsylvania sometime between 1870 and 1880.

She married Robert B. Lea on 24 October 1888 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Together they had eight children: Mary Lea, Jane Lea, Sheldon Lea, Francis Lea, Bradley Lea, Blanche O. Lea, William Stewart Lea and Marian Lea.

In 1900 Robert and Blanche were living at 1306 (unreadable) in Allegheny City. Also that year they bought interest in the house Robert's parents had owned on 1410 Pennsylvania Avenue, Allegheny City from parents' heirs. The couple updated their new home adding a three story addition to complement the original Gothic Revival structure. They sold the home in 1905. The family was living at 1328 Locust Street, Pittsburgh at the time of the 1910 United States Census.

Blanche was a widow living with her son, William, in South Bend, Indiana at the time of the 1930 United States Census. She was still living in South Bend in the 1940 Census.

Blanche Owen Lea passed away in 1948. She is interred at Highland Cemetery in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.

Sources

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5Q-KCQ : 12 April 2016), Luella B Owen in household of Sheldon D Owen, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 10, family 82, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,873.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6H-G9L : 16 July 2017), Luella B Owen in household of S D Owen, Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 101C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1086; FHL microfilm 1,255,086.

"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9J-NPL : 6 November 2017), Robert B. Lea and Luella Blanche Owen, 1888.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS1X-9ZH : accessed 8 March 2018), Blanch Lea in household of Robert B Lea, Precinct 2 Allegheny city Ward 6, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 15A, family 324, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,356.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGWB-F8P : accessed 8 March 2018), Blanche Lea in household of Robert B Lea, Pittsburgh Ward 21, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 575, sheet 9B, family 195, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1307; FHL microfilm 1,375,320.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6BG-7W3 : accessed 8 March 2018), Blance Lea in household of Robert B Lea, Pittsburgh Ward 4, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 374, sheet 5A, line 28, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1519; FHL microfilm 1,821,519.

"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJZM-NRK : 26 September 2017), Blanche L. Owen in entry for Carl Theofore Kayser and Mary Jeanette Lea, 29 Oct 1912, Webster, Iowa, United States; citing reference MAR 675, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,401,730.

"Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJRL-R6F : 10 February 2018), Blanch L. Owens in entry for Carl Theofore Kayser and Mary Jeanette Lea, 29 Oct 1912; citing Webster, Iowa, reference 2:3WPT7MP; FHL microfilm 1,401,730.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4B8-2B7 : accessed 8 March 2018), Blanche Lea, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 6A, line 2, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 625; FHL microfilm 2,340,360.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V115-MJG : accessed 8 March 2018), Blanche Lea, Ward 1, South Bend, Portage Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97-14, sheet 81A, line 25, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1133.

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