Notes for: Catherine ("Kitty") Isabelle Bodine
From Ronny Bodine (Sept. 23, 2020):
In April 1910, Catherine was aged 4 and in Jan 1920 she was Katy, age 15, and lived with her parents John & Lillian BODING [sic] in Clayton, Kent Co., Delaware. In April 1930 she was 22 and in April 1940 was 31. Her Feb 1993 obituary gives her age as 85. This places her birth in 1906, 1908, and 1909. Her sister Rosie was born just 7 months after her own birth.
1st marriage--1924--JOHN CLARENCE DULIN.
From Central New Jersey Home News (New Brunswick, NJ) of Thur., 21 Feb 1924.
A pretty wedding was solemnized by Recorder Charles Larason at his home in Highland Park yesterday when Miss Catherine I. Bodine of Woodbridge avenue, Highland Park, became the bride of John C. Dulin, also of Highland Park. The bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bodine was attired in a beautifully embroidered brown Georgette frock, with hat to match. Mr. Dulin comes from Wilmington, Del., and although living in the Park but a short time, has made many warm friends.
From Middlesex County, New Jersey Marriage Records:
John Clarence Dulin AND Catherine Isabelle Bodine, 20, were married 17 Feb 1924 in Highland Park.
On 2 Sept 1924, their daughter, Marian Elizabeth Dulin, was born in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ. When she applied for a SS number in June 1949, she furnished these details and named her parents as John C. Dulin and Catherine I. Bodine. [She was married to Charles I. Budd, Jr., of Dover, DE, a truck driver who died in a traffic accident 1964 in Maine. She died 4 May 2005 in Daytona Beach, Florida.]
The Morning News (Wilmington, DE) of 26 March 1929 reported that Mrs. Ella Dulin and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dulin, of Camden, N.J., were visitors on Sunday with Odessa friends. [Mrs. Ella Dulin was Clarence Dulin's mother.]
1930 Hyland Road, District 10, Sussex Co., NJ: John DULIN 24 DE trucker, Katherine 22 DE wife, Marion 5 DE dau, Ella 44 DE mother widow, Norman 13 DE son. [Norman was Ella Dulin's son and John's brother.]
On 12 Feb 1942, Clarence John Dulin of Camden, New Jersey registered for the World War II Draft. He reported he was born 28 Nov 1903 [sic] in Wilmington, Delaware, was unemployed and named no next of kin. He signed the registration as Clarence Dulin.
From 29 Sept 1943 to 28 Sept 1945 The News Journal and the Morning News of Wilmington, Delaware reported on the divorce case of Catherine B. Dulin vs. John Clarence Dulin being decided in the Kent County Superior Court.
Obituary, Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, PA) of Friday, 26 July 1974.
Calling hours will be 7 to 9 tonight at the John Clancy Funeral Home, 9th and Upland Sts., Chester, for John C. Dulin, 69, of 215 E. 4th St., Chester, who died Wednesday in Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland. Burial will be private and at the convenience of the family. Mr. Dulin was born in Wilmington, Del., and was the son of the late Elwood and Ella Dulin of Odessa, Del. He was a retired, self-employed well driller. Surviving in addition to his wife, the former Reba Ryan, are a daughter, Mrs. Marian Budd of Daytona Beach, Fla.; a stepson, Carl Ryan of Chester; and three brothers, Frank of Holly Oak, Del., Joseph of Trainer and Norman of Upland.
2nd marriage--JOHN LEPORE.
In 1920, John Lepore, 18, single, lived withhis parents in Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey. On 22 March 1927, he submitted a Petition for Naturalization, stated thereon he was living at Silver Lake, New Jersey, was born 29 May 1902 in Naples, Italy, and was unmarried.
In 1930, John Lepore, 28, born in Italy, single, was an inmate of the New Castle County Workhouse in Delaware, working as a kitchen clerk. Local newspapers of September 1929 reported he was charged with the illegal sale of liquor and was under a $3000 bond.
On 13 June 1935, his daughter, Camilla Marie Lepore, was born in Dover, Delaware. When she aspplied for a Social Security Number in June 1949 she furnished these details and named her parents as John Lepore and Catherine I. Bodine. [Camilla 1st married Frank Raymond Lewis in 1952 and John S. Griffin III in 1957. She died 13 May 2003 in Newark, Delaware.]
1940 Dover, Kent Co., DE: John LEPORE 38 Italy, Catherine 31 MD wife, Marian 15 NJ dau, Camelia 4 DE (no relationship given, but a dash -----). Here we see Catherine's daughter Marian Dulin from her 1st marriage.
On 16 Feb 1942, John Lepore of Dover, Delaware registered for the World War II Draft. He reported he was born 29 May 1902 in Naples, Italy and named Mrs. catherine Lepore as his next of kin.
1940 Dover, Kent Co., DE: John LePore 38 Italy trucker, Catherine 31 MD, Marian 15 NJ dau, Camilla 4 DE dau.
Catherine was named as Mrs. Katherine Lepore of Dover, Delaware as surviving the death of her brother William Bodine in his newspaper obituary of July 1963.
Obituary, The News Journal (Wilmington, DE) of Thur., 30 Jan 1992.
John Lepore, 89, of Dover, was pronounced dead Wednesday at Kent General Hospital, Dover, after being stricken at home. Mr. Lepore owned Capital Tavern & Package store on Loockerman Street for more than 47 years. He retired in the early 1980s. He was a longtime member of Elks Lodge in Dover and Moose Lodge 534 in Harrington. He was born in Naples, Italy. He is survived by is wife, Catherine; a daughter, Camilla Marie Griffin of Newark; a brother, Albert Jack of Dover; a sister, Anna Derocco of Marydel, Md.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Funeral Home of Michael J. Ambruso, 1175 S. State St., Dover, where friends may call from 9. Burial will be in Sharon Hill Memorial Park, Dover.
Obituary, The News Journal (Wilmington, DE) of Tue., 2 Feb 1993.
Catherine "Kitty" Lepore, 85, of Dover, died Saturday of pneumonia in Riverside Hospital, Wilmington. Mrs. Lepore, born in Denton, Md., lived in Dover for many years. She and her husband, John, owned and operated Capital Liquors on Loockerman Street for more than 47 years. They retired in 1981. Mr. Lepore died in 1992. She is survived by a daughter, Camilla Marie Griffin of Newark, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Funeral Home of Michael J. Ambruso, 1175 State St., Dover, where family and friends may call at 10. Burial will be in Sharon Hill Memorial Park, Dover. The family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society, Dover.
Burials in Sharon Hills Memorial Park, Dover, Kent County, Delaware.
(For grave marker photos see Find A Grave Memorial No. 132780236)
LEPORE JOHN 1902---1992 CATHERINE 1909---1993
Based upon the foregoing details it is clear that Catherine married both John Dulin and John Lepore and had a daughter by each husband. What is unclear is that the 1940 census names Catherine as the wife of John Lepore and in 1942 John Lepore names his wife Catherine as his next of kin. Yet, her marriage to John Dulin was not ended until September 1945 as reported in the Wilmington, Delaware newspaper. There is no record of her marriage in Delaware to John Lepore. Perhaps the marriage took place in neighboring Maryland or elsewhere.