Theodore Bruce DITTY & Caroline Hazel STROUP

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Theodore Bruce DITTY
Caroline Hazel STROUP

Husband: Theodore Bruce DITTY
Birth: 25 Aug 1882, PA — probably in Dauphin Co., PA
Death: Jun 1944
Occupation: telegraph operator
Grandfather: Levi B. DITTY, b. Aug 1830, PA
Grandmother: Catherine __?__, b. Dec 1835, PA

Marriage: 1905/6

Wife: Caroline Hazel STROUP
Birth: 30 Mar 1886, Karthaus Twp., Clearfield Co., PA
Death: 4 Aug 1971, Clearfield Hospital, Clearfield, Clearfield Co., PA
Disposition: buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Karthaus, Clearfield Co., PA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Frederick STROUP
Mother: Rose Anne L. HAHN

Children — born in Cataract Pct., Clearfield Co., PA:

1. Ellsworth Clayton / Clayton Ellsworth DITTY, b. 12 Feb 1907; d. 12 Jan 1988, Edmonds, Snohomish Co., WA
2. Bernice Evelyn DITTY, b. 3 Jul 1908; d. 30 Jun 1997; m. Jesse JOLLOFF
3. Grace Eleanor DITTY, b. 13 Aug 1909; d. 25 Sep 1993; m. Francis BOSQUET
4. Harold Leroy DITTY, b. 5 Sep 1910
5. Leslie DITTY, b. 25 Sep 1912; d. 22 Apr 2006, Woodland, Clearfield Co., PA
6. Edith Vivian DITTY, b. 8 Jan 1914
7. Norman Kenneth DITTY, b. 25 Sep 1915
8. Doris Olga DITTY, b. 9 Mar 1917
9. Carolyn Elnora DITTY, b. 14 sep 1921; m. Joseph MERSCH

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

3. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Theodore Detty (æ 17, b. Aug 1882, PA) is living in Middle Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., PA (p. 189B), with his grandparents, Levi B. DITTY (æ 69, b. Aug 1830, PA — indexed "Dene P Laky") & Catherine (æ 64, b. Dec 1835, PA), plus siblings, et al. Checking earlier censuses, Levi is in Dauphin County from 1860 onwards, so it's probable that Theo was born in Dauphin County.

4. 1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 10): Cataract Pct., Clearfield Co., PA, Roll T624_1331, p. 92A, SN 2A, SD 19, ED 88, enumerated 16 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30

17 17 Stroup Frederick Head M W 66 Wd PA PA PA Eng Merchant General Store OA Y Y O F H UA

Ditty Theodore R S-in-law M W 27 M1 4 PA PA PA Eng operator telegraph W N 0 Y Y

_____ Caroline H Dau F W 24 M1 4 3 3 PA PA PA Eng none Y Y

_____ Ellsworth C GSon M W 3 S PA PA PA none

_____ Bernice GDau F W 1 11/12 S PA PA PA none

_____ Grace GDau F W 9/12 S PA PA PA none

Stroup Guy R Son M W 10 S PA PA PA Eng none Y Y Y

______ Dorothy C Dau F W 8 S PA PA PA Eng none Y

Robson Mary E Servant F Mu 68 Wd 7 2 PA PA PA Eng Servant private family W N 0 Y Y

. 1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #

. Anon. Thursday, 5 Aug 1971. "Deaths of the Area: Mrs. Theodore B. Ditty." The Progress (Clearfield, Curwensville, Philipsburg, Moshannon Valley, Pa.), Vol 65, No. 183, p. 8 (online at Ancestry.com):

MRS. THEODORE B. DITTY
   POTTERSDALE — Mrs. Caroline H. Ditty, 85, died yesterday morning at the Clearfield Hospital.
   She was a lifelong resident of Pottersdale where she was born March 30, 1886, a daughter of Frederick and Rose (Hahn) Stroup.
   These children survive: Clayton, Arlington, Va.; Mrs. Jesse (Bernice) Jolloff and Herbert, Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Mrs. George (Erma) Clark, Youngstown, N.Y.; Mrs. Francis (Grace) Bosquet, Salamanca, N.Y.; Mrs. Joseph (Carolyn) Mersch, Urbandele, Iowa; Theodore, Raystown, Mo.; Mrs. Donald (Letha) Pluebell, Forton, Calif.; Leslie, Karthaus; Harold, Norman, and Mrs. Clair (Doris) Lucas, Pottersdale; and Edith, at home.
   Thirty-six grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Darwin (Dorothy) Kiser of Emporium, also survive. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore B. Ditty, and three brothers.
   Friends will be received at the Robert L. Dixon Funeral Home in Snow Shoe tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. A.C. Kuntz of Curwensville. Interment will be made in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Karthaus, R.D.

. Public Member Trees: Egolf Family Tree (online at Ancestry.com).

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