Notes for: Charity Eleanore Berdine
From Ronny Bodine:
1st marriage--1917--HARRY WILLIAM JARCHOW.
From Indiana Marriage Records:
Harry W. Jarchow and Charity Berdine were married 10 April 1917 in Lake County by Charles U. Stockbarger, Clergyman.
On 5 June 1917, Harry Wm. Jarchow registered for the World War I Draft in Hammond, Indiana. He reported he was born 19 Oct 1893 in Hammond, worked as a locomotice fireman, and stated he was married.
From Indiana Federal Census Records:
1920 (3 Jan) Hammond, Lake Co.: Henry W. JARCHOW 26 IN, Cherity E. 19 IN wife.
From The Star Press (Muncie, IN) of 6 Jan 1929:
Hammond, Ind., Jan. 5.---Charging that her husband, Harry Jarchow, poured alcohol on her and attempted to burn her alive on a bed in her home by setting fire to her, Mrs. Charity Jarchow today filed a petition for divorce in the Hammond Superior Court.
In 1942, Harry W. Jarchow registered for the World War II draft as a resident of Westchester, Cook County, Illinois. He reported he was born 19 Oct 1893 in Hammond, Indiana and that his wife Harriet Jarchow, was his next of kin.
From Illinois Death Records:
Harry Jarchow, 66, locomotive engineer, husband of Harriet Jarchow, born 19 Oct 1893 in Hammond, IN, died 29 Aug 1960 in Lyons, Cook County and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, in Hammond. Harriet Jarchow, informant.
Children of Charity Berdine and Harry Jarchow: Harry (7 April 1918), Harold Dean (16 Oct 1920), Burdette Wood (6 Feb 1924).
2nd marriage--VICTOR E. HANSEN.
1940 Chicago, Cook Co., IL: Victor HANSEN 38 IL cutter-oven factory, Eleanor C. 39 IN wife checker-novelty co., Harold JARCHOW 19 IN stepson, Burdett JARCHOW 16 IN stepson
VICTOR E. HANSEN of Oak Lawn, Cook Co., Illinois, registered for the World War II Draft on 16 Feb 1942. He reported he was born 28 Aug 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, worked for the Electro Motive Corporation, and named Charity Hansen [his wife] as his next of kin.
Obituary, Chicago (IL) Tribune of Friday, 14 Aug 1964.
Victor E. Hansen, beloved husband of Charity, nee Berdine; fond father of Harold Jarchow and Burdett Jarchow; grandfather of four; brother of Harry and Fred Hansen, Zena Ortman, Mabel Koller, and Amanda Jensen. Member of Oak Lawn lodge No. 1166, A. F. & A. M. Services 11 a.m., Saturday, at the Memorial Chapel, 5200 W. 95th street. Interment Cedar Park. Masonic services 8:30 p.m., Friday. GA 4-0340.
From Social Security Records:
Charity E. Hansen, born 1 May 1900, died Jan 1994. Last residence was Lemont, DuPage County, Illinois.