Notes for: Charles Elmer Berdine
From Ronny Bodine:
On 5 June 1917, Charles Elmer Berdine, single, registered for the World War I draft in Winnebago, Faribault County, Minnesota. In 1930, Charles and Neta Berdine lived in Madison, Lee County, Iowa where Charles worked as a locomotive fireman. Charles E. and Neta F. Berdine appear in Polk directories for Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa from 1939 to 1949. The couple appears in the 1930-1940 censuses without children.
From Martin County, Minnesota Marriage Records:
Charles E. Berdine, 23, of Fairbault Co., Minnesota AND Lelia May Walker, 20, of Martin Co. were married 18 April 1918 at Fairmont by A. R. Sanches, Judge of Probate, in the presence of Mrs. Belle Berdine. [Note: In 1900, Lelia M. Walker, born March 1898 in Illinois, lived with her parents, William W. & Daisy E. Walker, in Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois.]
From Hancock County, Illinois Marriage Records:
Charles Elmer Berdine, 25, son of Charles Sherman & Mary Belle (Miller) Berdine AND Neta Frances Denton, 24, dau. of Edmund Grant & Mary Lydia (Hardy) Denton, were married 16 June 1920.
From Social Security Records:
Neta Denton Berdine applied for a SSN in March 1942 and reported she was born 13 March 1896 in Hamilton, Illinois, dau. of Edmund G. & Lydia M. (Hardy) Denton. No death claim was filed.
From Minnesota Death Records:
Lelia May Berdine, dau. of Wm. & Daisy Edith (Boone) Walker, died 12 Dec 1918 in Winnebago, Fairbault County, aged 20 years.
From Iowa Death Records:
Mrs. Neta Frances Berdine died 1949 in Fort Madison, Lee County, aged 53 years.
Burials in Rosehill Cemetery, Winnebago, Fairbault County, Minnesota.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 66400667)
Lelia M. Walker wife of C. E. Berdine Mar. 8, 1898 Dec. 12, 1918