Della May Messer
(1883-1966)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Benjamin E. Christner
2. David Curtis Rathbun

Della May Messer 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 19 Sep 1883, , , Indiana, United States 5 6 7
  • Marriage (1): Benjamin E. Christner on 19 Feb 1901 in Trenton, Henry, Iowa, United States
  • Marriage (2): David Curtis Rathbun on 11 Apr 1914 in , Elkhart, Indiana, United States 1
  • Died: 15 Jul 1966, Washington, Washington, Iowa, United States at age 82 6 7
  • Buried: After 15 Jul 1966, Wayland, Henry, Iowa, United States 6

   Another name for Della was Della May Messer.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: 1010 Williams Ave, 2 Jan 1920, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States. 5


Della married Benjamin E. Christner on 19 Feb 1901 in Trenton, Henry, Iowa, United States. (Benjamin E. Christner was born on 4 Feb 1877 in Trenton, Henry, Iowa, United States,8 9 died on 8 Jan 1919 in Trenton, Henry, Iowa, United States 8 and was buried after 8 Jan 1919 in Wayland, Henry, Iowa, United States 10.)


Della next married David Curtis Rathbun, son of William Lewis Rathbun and Sarah Ellen Garringer, on 11 Apr 1914 in , Elkhart, Indiana, United States.1 (David Curtis Rathbun was born on 16 Mar 1871 in Pike, Jay, Indiana United States,2 11 12 13 died in 1956 in Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana, United States 13 and was buried in 1956 in Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana, United States 13 14.)

Sources

1 Jay County, Indiana, "Index to Marriage Records 1850-1920," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Mar 2012), Della Christner and David C. Rathbun; Ancestry.com.

2 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 15, Number 2, Page 31, Fall 1995. Source Medium: Magazine

3 Social Security Administration, "Social Secuirty Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Mar 2012), entry for Della Chrisner, 1966.

4 Jay County, Indiana, "Index to Marriage Records 1850-1920," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Mar 2012), Della Christner; Ancestry.com.

5 1920 U.S. census, Elkhart, Indiana, population schedule, Elkhart, enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 3, p. 3B, dwelling 66, Della Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Mar 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 432.

6 Tomb stone, Burial: Green Mound Cemetery, Wayland, Henry, Iowa.

7 Social Security Administration, "Social Secuirty Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Mar 2012), entry for Della Christner, 1966.

8 Tomb stone, Burial: Green Mount Cemetery, Wayland, Henry, Iowa.

9 Ancestry.com, "World War 1 Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Jul 2013), Benjamin E. Christner; Ancestry.com.

10 "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 Jul 2013), Benjamin E. Christner.

11 1880 U.S. census, Jay, Indiana, population schedule, Pike, enumeration district (ED) 160, p. 31, dwelling 270, family 272, Curtis Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Feb 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 287.

12 1900 U.S. census, Whitley, Indiana, population schedule, Columbia, enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 3, p. 3B, dwelling 59, family 62, David Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Mar 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 414.

13 Tomb stone, South Park Cemetery, Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana; Plot: 2-16-16.

14 "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 Jul 2013), David C. Rathbun.

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