Carolyn Edith (Mentzer) Dever (1902 - 1957)

Born 1 Oct 1902 in Nealmont, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Wife of Kersey Ringgold Dever Sr. — married 8 Nov 1925 in Tyrone, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Died 11 Feb 1957 at age 54 in Washington, Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Carolyn Mentzer was born 1 October 1902 in Nealmont, Pennsylvania.^[1]

1910 census^[2] 1920 census^[3]

She married Kersey R Dever 8 November 1925 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania.^[4][5]

1930 census -- Wilson, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Kersey Dever, head, rent $45, white, male, age 32, married, first married @ 27, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, purchasing agent cement mill; Carolyn Dever, wife, white, female, age 27, first married @ 22, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania;^[6]

1940 census -- Nazareth, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Kersey R Dever, head, informant, rent $40, white, male, age 42, married, 4 years college education, born Pennsylvania, same house 1935, purchasing agent cement mill; Carolyn M Dever, wife, white, female, age 37, married, 4 years high school education, born Pennsylvania, same house 1935; Kersey R Dever, son, white, male, age 9, single, attended school, 3rd grade education, born Pennsylvania, same house 1935; Carolyn D Dever, daughter, white, female, age 8, single, attended school, 2nd grade education, born Pennsylvania, same house 1935; Jane D Dever, daughter, white, female, age 6, single, attended school, 1st grade education, born Pennsylvania, same house 1935; James H Dever, son, white, male, age 4, single, born Pennsylvania^[7]

1950 census -- Washington, Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Kersey Dever, head, white, male, age 52, married, born Pennsylvania, WK 48 hrs civil engineer surveying plant; Carolyn Dever, wife, white, female, age 47, married, born Pennsylvania, H; Kersey R Dever Jr, son, white, male, age 19, single, born Pennsylvania, WK 40 hrs salesman retail store; Carolyn D Dever, daughter, white, female, age 18, single, born Pennsylvania, WK 40 hrs telephone operator telephone office; Jane Day Dever, daughter, white, female, age 16, single, born Pennsylvania, OT; James Hart Dever, son, white, male, age 14, single, born Pennsylvania, OT; Minnie L Dever, mother, white, female, age 76, widow, born Pennsylvania, U^[8]

She died 11 February 1957 in Washington, Pennsylvania.^[9] She is buried in Washington Cemetery in Washington, Pennsylvania.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:885T-Z82M : 24 July 2020), Caroline Mentzer, 1902.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG4M-DC6 : accessed 30 October 2022), Caroline Mentzer in household of Howard D Mentzer, Tyrone Ward 5, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 86, sheet 19A, family 442, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1318; FHL microfilm 1,375,331.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFT5-W9W : 3 February 2021), Caroline Mentzer in entry for Howard Mentzer, 1920.
4. ↑ Altoona Tribune; Publication Date: 7/ Nov/ 1925; Publication Place: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/57124516/?article=35f57381-ec05-4fa5-b7ce-a8c7fff3a4d1&focus=0.2676381,0.31200483,0.3833738,0.3417857&xid=3398
5. ↑ Tyrone Daily Herald (Tyrone, Pennsylvania), 11/8/1950, p 14:

   25 Years Ago

   Wedding Bells: Miss Caroline E Mentzer, 114 West Twelth street, and Kersey Ringgold Dever, Washington, Pa., by the Rev. Dr. Joseph A Speer, at the First Presbyterian manse.

6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCHQ-J4N : accessed 30 October 2022), Carolyn Dever in household of Kersy Dever, Wilson, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 103, sheet 6A, line 36, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2088; FHL microfilm 2,341,822.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ76-1Y4 : 7 January 2021), Carolyn M Diver in household of Kersey R Diver, Nazareth, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48-98, sheet 9A, line 21, family 184, 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 3593.
8. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1267; Sheet Number: 74; Enumeration District: 63-241
9. ↑ Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 016501-019350
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169287620/carolyn-edith-dever: accessed 30 October 2022), memorial page for Carolyn Edith Mentzer Dever (1 Oct 1902–11 Feb 1957), Find A Grave: Memorial #169287620, citing Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Diane Clark Smith (contributor 47611669) .