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Hildinger family Washtenaw Co., Michigan

kjenter — 2009-10-23 19:54:45Z

I am looking for help on the Hildinger family of Washtenaw Co., Michigan. Bessie Hildinger was the daughter of Charles J. and Marion (Babcock) Hildinger. Bessie was born 3 Jul 1900 in Jackson Co., Michigan, in the twp of Napoleon.

On 30 March 1918 Bessie Hildinger married Alfred Douglas Graves, in Jackson, Jackson Co., Michigan. Alfred was born 26 Mar 1896 in Chesaning, Michigan, the son of Stephenson and Mary (Robbin) Graves. Alfred and Bessie had a son Alfred Graves on 17 Mar 1919, born Michigan, not sure where, and he graduated from Manchester High School in 1935. I was told that during high school Alfred Jr lived with the Sodt family headed by father George with a son Clifton who was the same age as Alfred jr. But he is not with them in the 1930 census.

In 1920 census Bessie Hildinger Graves and infant son Alfred G. Graves were living with her parents Charles and Marion Hildinger in Manchester Twp. Washtenaw Co., Beessie's husband Alfred Douglas Graves and father of her son Alfred was killed (non comnbat) in France while in the military during WW 1. Alfred Douglas Graves died 13 Jan 1919 when his son Alfred was only about 10 months old. There is a VA military tombstone for Alfred in Norvell Cemetery, Jackson Co., Michigan

I can't find Bessie and Alfred her son in 1930 census. Did Bessie Hildinger Graves re marry? Does anyone know if she did, what is her married name,who her husband was, is she still livnig, or deceased, if deceased, do you know when and where she is buried. Did she have other children???? Where was she and son Alfred in 1930???

Now I need to also know on Alfred Graves son of Bessie and Alfred. Alfred again was born 30 Mar 1919, he died 20 Aug 1983 while living in West Palm Beach, FL. Did Alfred Jr. have a family, a wife and children, does anyone know of any descendants???/

thanks

Karen Jenter
Washtenaw Co., Michigan

Laura Beard, William Oliver Beard, Anna Patricia Beard Crane

bobbiek811 — 2007-04-05 14:59:56Z

Hello Everyone!

I'm hoping this post will lead me to some answers that I have been searching for for quite some time!! My g g grandmother was Anna Patricia (possibly Tarthrina instead of Patricia) Beard. She was born approx 1874. She had a brother named William Oliver Beard (he went by Oliver, b approx 1870). I believe their mother was Laura Beard (maiden name unknown)and father was Franklin Beard. Oliver married Hattie E. and had 3 daughters: Bertha, Lucy Bell, and Maude Beard. He ran an ice cream shop/restraunt in Carthage, SD. His 3 daughters are believed to have returned down south where (it is believed) they were all originally from. Anna Beard married Jesse V. Crane. They had 5 children before her death in 1907 (Raymond, Franklin, Oliver, Ethel, and Baby Crane). Only 2 of the 5 children lived: 2 died of pneumonia and one was a still birth. The 2 that lived were Oliver Irvin Crane and Ethel Ann Crane. Anna had died when Oliver was 7 years old. He remembered that his grandmother had came to SD to take care of his mom when she became sick and stayed until she died. After Anna passed away and was buried, the grandmother (who we believe was Laura), left behind her son William Oliver Beard (the only living child she had remaing from what we can tell) and all 5 of her grandchildren and returned to her home. I do not know where her home was. I don't know if she remarried cause it seems odd to leave all her family behind to return to no one. Anyhow, what I know of Anna and William Oliver Beard's mom...........she had a 1st marriage to a minister (name unknown) that ended in divorce. He was abusive. They had no children. She then married Franklin Beard and had 2 (maybe 3 children). But Franklin became sick and she took him to the hot springs to see if that would help him recover. It didn't and he died at a young age. I found a census record from 1880 for Dade Co, MO with a Laura Beard mentioned as a window with 2 children: Anna and Oliver. I believe this to be my family. The census record is for the same county that later shows record of Anna marrying Jesse V. Crane.

The problem I have is I can not find any record of Laura after 1880. I know she was alive in 1907 when Anna passed away. I don't know if she remarried and if she did, who? Did she have more children? Where was her 1st marriage and to who? What was her maiden name? I've looked at census records that William Oliver Beard (her son) had filled out over the years in SD........and every census record every 10 years, the place of birth for his mother changes! He listed 3 different states on each of the 3 census records I looked at. The 3 states were: Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio. The census record I found for 1880 in Dade Co, MO that she filled out (if this is the right woman with the 2 kids), put her birth place as Illinois.

If you have any information that can help me locate Franklin Beard's line, who Laura was and her line, or any information on the children of William Oliver Beard it would be so appreciated!!!!!!!!

Laura?? (B: approx 1840)

Children:

Anna P. Beard (Jesse V. Crane)(B approx 1874)
William O. Beard (Hattie E.)(B approx 1870)

Anna and Jesse Children:

Oliver Irvin Crane
Ethel Anne Crane

William O. Beard & Hattie E Children:

Bertha (B approx 1902)
Lucy Bell (B approx 1893)
Maude (or Maudie Y) (B approx 1896)

Dwight B. HILDINGER INMAN DIEL

Judyngaryyoung — 2007-01-15 01:56:32Z

I am searching for an obit for Dwight B. Hildinger Inman Diel. Or any other information could be found.

Descendants of Dwight B. HILDINGER
Generation No. 1

1. DWIGHT B.3 HILDINGER (GEORGE T. (SR.)2, THOBIAS1) was born Mar 12, 1916 in Oklahoma, United States of America, and died Nov 28, 2003 in Riverside, California, United States of America. She married (1) UNKNOWN INMAN. He was born Abt. 1916, and died Unknown. She married (2) UNKNOWN DIEL. He was born Abt. 1916, and died Unknown.

Notes for DWIGHT B. HILDINGER:
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Prairie, Grant, Oklahoma; Roll: 1905; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 25; Image: 253.0.
George Hildinger 61 head
Sarah G Hildinger 46 wife
Dwain L Hildinger 16 son
Dwight B Hildinger 14 daughter
George Jr.Hildinger 8 son
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Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Prairie, Grant, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1460; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 85; Image: 803.
George Hildinger 50 head
Sarah Hildinger 35 wife
Dwain L Hildinger 6 son
Dwight B Hildinger 2 daughter
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Database: jaywhle Individual: I37888
Link: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?o...

SSDI: DWIGHT B DIEL 12 Mar 1916 28 Nov 2003 (V), Resident of Indio, Riverside, CA 92201. SSN: 446-03-6741 Issued Oklahoma.
Funny I always thought Dwight was a male ... hummmm female married 1: Inman married 2: Diel.
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Judy I found a picture of her on the Internet ... she was in the Air force and Flew wth the WASP during WWII. She was one of the Women who flew B-15 and AT-6 Stationed at Love Field, (think that is in Dallas). They where the women who flew these planes to deliver them to the Pilots over seas or around the USA. Went back and read some old Notes of the original LUSTER researcher ... I Assumed Dwight was male,nope female
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found this photo and have a hard copy of it. She was blonde.
Diel, Dwight B. (Inman)* PDF Link Hildinger 43-W-4 Bio
http://www.twu.edu/wasp/wsp_cdtable.htm
http://enterprise.twu.edu/cgi-bin/Pscandoc.cgi?app=19&fo...
2 different photos of her.
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http://www.twu.edu/wasp/wafspage.htm
TWU Home > Library > Archival Collection>WASP history
In the Spring of 1942 the toll of war was being felt through all levels of society and the shortages of men, supplies, and equipment were commonplace. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Major William H. Tunner, headof the newly created Air Transport Command (ATC), saw most of his qualified pilots transferred to combat positions. New military aircraft, fresh off the assembly line, were sittting on runways without pilots to fly them to military bases and transport ships where they were needed.
Nancy Love, Leader of the WAFS and later, Executive Director of the WASP in the ATC
In May of 1940, twenty-six year old Nancy Harkness Love wrote general Bob Olds, Major Tunner's superior, with a plan to use women pilots to ferry planes in the ATC. At first the idea of using women pilots was dismissed but in 1942, as the shortage of women pilots became acute, General Olds decided the time was right to put Love's plan into action. Most of his colleges, including Major Tunner, were skeptical or flatly believed that women were incapable of flying military aircraft.
In September of 1942, Nancy Love was appointed as the director of the Women's Auxiliary Flying Squadron (WAFS) under Major Tunner and given a chance to prove the skeptics wrong. Nancy initially sent telegrams out to eighty-three of America's best women pilots recruiting them as civilian pilots serving in the Ferry Command. The women had to be between twenty-one and thirty-five, have logged at least 500 hours in the air, hold a commercial license, a 200-horsepower engine rating, and have recent cross-country flying experience. Twenty-seven women met these rigorous standards and answered the call to serve their country during wartime.
WAFS Betty Gillies seated in the cockpit of a PT-19. Nancy Love standing on the wing.
WAFS Evelyn Sharp stepping into the cockpit of a pursuit aircraft These twenty-eight women, "The Originals" as they would come to call themselves, began ferrying light aircraft and primary trainers such as Stearmans and PT-19 Fairchilds. They quickly went on to check-out in larger aircraft including pursuit planes such as the P-38 and P-51. The WAFS merged with Jackie Cochran's program, the Womens Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) in 1943 to become the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Collectively these women surpassed all expectations and proved that women could fly military aircraft with as much sill and competency as their male counterparts.
WASP History
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http://www.twu.edu/wasp/class_43w4.htm
This was her class
TWU Home > Library > Archival Collection
Class 43-W-4
Women Airforce Service Pilots General Information
Graduated: 112 Graduation Date: August 7, 1943
Entered Training: 151 Band: Midland AAF Band
Principal Speaker:
Maj. Gen. Gerald C. Brant, CO, AAF/GCTC
M.C. Lt. Patrick B. McAnany, Intelligence Officer, 318th AAFFTD Distinguished Guests:
Jacqueline Cochran, Director, WASP/Air Staff
Lt. Col. E.D. Cassady, Aide to Maj. Gen. Brant
Graduates
Name: Maiden Name: Collection:
Baker, Nancy Lee Bio, O.H.
Bane, Elizabeth B. * Mitchell
Beith, Eleanor P. * Moriarity Bio
Berkstresser, Betty L. Heinrich Bio
Bishop, Edna Hines Pedlar Bio
Born, Martha H. * Bevins
Bower, Julia S. Sapp Bio
Brennan, Ann C. *
Brown, Helen Jean LePoer Trench Bio
Brown, Mary Louise Bowden Bio
Burbeck, Genevieve "Jennie" (Longacre) * Brown Bio
Caldwell, Hazel W. Pracht Bio
Calhoun, Helen B. "Peg" Bio
Clair, Virginia * Bio
Cleary, Mary Ann * Thielges Bio
Colburn, Dorothy R. *
Collins, Bertha * Miller Bio
Cook, Vera *
Cooke, Juanita * Bolish Bio
Cowden, Violet "Vi" Thurn Bio
Crout, Nancye Ruth Lowe Bio
Dickerson, Rosa Lea (Meek) Fullwood Bio
Diel, Dwight B. (Inman) * Hildinger Bio this is her. shows deceased.
Dirlam, Janet J. * Zuchowski Bio
Dodd, Bert H. *
Edwards, Marian Jackson * Bradley Bio
Engle, Mary Edith Bio
Fahy, Natalie L. * Ellis Bio
Fender, Grace Clark Bio, O.H.
Fliesbach, Jane * Waite Bio
Florey, Ruth T. Underwood Bio
Ford, Maryalice L'Hommedieu Bio
Foy, Lauretta Beaty Bio
Gamber, Ruth I. Bio
Grant, Mary E. Hines Bio
Grohman, Rosalie R. *
Hagerstrom, Virginia Lee "Virgie" Jowell Bio, O.H.
Harris, Janice R. * Tate Bio
Heinrich, Barbara Willis
Hickerson, Gwendolyne E. Cowart Bio
Holben, Margery * Moore Bio, O.H.
Houser, Catherine M. * Bio
Howerton, Constance * Llewellyn Bio
Jenks, Joan M. * Trebtoske Bio, Mss. 289c
Jones, Rena D'Arcy * Wilkes Bio
Kafka, Cornelia Colby
Karkau, Isabel M. Steiner Bio,Mss. 622c
Keefe, Lyda M. * Dunham Bio
Kelly, Willie Jewell (Throckmorton) * Peacock Bio
Kenny, Lydia N. * Lindner Bio
Kesti, Eileen Marjorie * Roach Bio
King, Kittie Learning
Krahn, Virginia (Hronek) Luttrell Bio, O.H.
Landis, Jean (White) * Landis Bio
Lazarsky, Barbara * Ward Bio
Lee, Hazel Ah Ying * Bio
Lewis, Mary M. Rosso Bio
Lundy, Martha M. Bio
Lundy, Sarah E. "Liz" * Pearce Bio
Lyman, Mary * Clifford Bio
Maddox, Marjorie "Margie" Heckle Bio
Manuel, Doris *
Martin, Betty Louise * Naffz Bio
Mason, Viola * Thompson Bio
McConkey, Mary C. Wilson Bio
Meikle, Mary Jane Stephens Bio
Meloney, Virginia Malany Bio
Mensching, Ruby E * Mullins Bio
Minton, Madge A. Rutherford Bio, Bio Mss. 299 Ltrs.
Moorman, Dorothea "Didi" Johnson Bio, Mss. 358, O.H.
Nelson, Mary Amanda * Bowles Bio
Newlon, Patricia L. (Shields) * Hanley
Nichols, Eolyne Y. *
Oates, Eunice S. * Bio
Olsen, Dorothy Kocher Bio
Petto, June L. * Ellington Bio
Phillips, Martha J. (Munson) Potter
Reiman, Jennie X. Hrestu Bio
Richards, Faith "Bucky" Buchner Bio, Mss.254, O.H.
Richmond, Henrietta * Bio
Riviere, Margaret H. Reeves Bio
Robertson, Jeanne B. Bio, Mss. 631c
Sargent, N. Frances Rohrer Bio, O.H.
Schaefer, Helen M. Hrestu Bio, Mss.477
Scharlau, Autumn Geneva (Teague)* Slack Bio, Mss. 445c
Sharon, Ethel Marie * Bio
Shultz, Dorothea G. Bio
Sliker, Margaret * Bruns Bio
Snapp, Helen Wyatt Bio
Stadler, Patti M. (Owsley) * Canada
Staples, Nancy E. Nesbit
Starr, Alice-Jean May Bio
Steele, Frances (Rabun) Sanderson Bio
Strehle, Katherine S. * Loft Bio
Sweet, Virginia L. "Ginger" (Disbrow) Sweet Bio
Talcott, Alice Jane *
Thomas, Alta Corbett Bio
Tilton, Mary Josephine (Baker) Farley Bio, Mss. 368c
Titland, Kathleen Kelly
Trebing, Mary E. * Bio
Tucker, Marcella J. Fatjo
Van Lorn, Isabel "Pete" Madison Bio, Mss. 487c
Volkomener, Martha V. Lawson Bio
Walters, Esther N. Reinholdt Bio
Watry, Virginia * Harris Bio
Watson, Ann Howell Bio
Wierzbcki, Violet S. NA Bio
Wiggins, Mary L. * Wiggins Bio
Wood, Betty * Taylor Bio, Mss. 301c
Wood, Virginia Hill Bio
Woods, Inez S. Woodward Bio
Wortz, Eleanor E. Thompson Bio

Trainees
Bingham, Betty Atkins (Bennett) Jackson, Vale I. Richards, Elizabeth
Bradshaw, Maurine Jensen, Alyce Richey, Jean d'Arc (Christian)
Bruce, Martha C. Kennedy, Nora Rosenthal, Bernice
Carrol, Mary B. Koutz, Margaret L. Schmitt, Patricia
Champlin, Jane Leary, Ruby Lee Selby, Marjorie J.
Chaney, Olive Leavitt, Lois E. (Splinter) Simmons, Jeanette
Cooper, Marion L. Loban, Jane (Lorenz) Sink, Margaret W.
Deutchman, Bernice A. Mapes, Frances D. Swetitch, Teresa (Hickernell)
Drance, Dorthy A. McClain, Ruth Tipton, Margaret N.
Ehlers, Frances McEnroe, Kathryn Traber, Stella
Fager, Alice Eugene Oldenburg, Margaret ** White, Lillian M.
Harkins, Nellie P. Poggianiti, W. Lee Young, Ruth M.
Hawks, Nellie V. Powell, Mary
Holmes, Patricia B. (Poppaw) Rhoads, Doris (Lockness)
Notes * indicates deceased. ** indicates killed in training
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Ancestry.com
U.S. Public Records Index
Name: Dwight B Diel
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1916
Street address: 5801 North Oakwood Rd 109
City: Enid County: Garfield State: Oklahoma Zip Code: 73703
Phone Number: 580-233-5272
Household Members: Name Est. Age Birth Year
Dwight B Diel 90 1916
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Ancestry.com
Source Citation: City: Enid; State: Oklahoma; Year(s): 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002.
U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002 l
Name: Dwight Diel Address: 5801 N Oakwood Rd A10
City: Enid State: Oklahoma Zip Code: 73703-9306
Phone Number: 580-233-5272
Residence Years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
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LUBBOCK ARMY AIR BASE -- LUBBOCK, TEXAS Dallas Texas.
WASP flew AT-10, UC-78, and AT-6 as engineering/test and administrative pilots.
She flew AT-6 and BT-15
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More About DWIGHT B. HILDINGER:
Census 1: 1920, Prairie, Grant County, Oklhoma, United States of America
Census 2: 1930, Prairie, Grant County, Oklhoma, USA
Social Security Number: 446-03-6741 Issued Oklahoma.

Re: Hildingers from Michigan

kjenter — 2006-08-17 16:27:25Z

Hi Lori,
I am taking a chance your email is still the same. I have 2 cemetery books from Oak Grove in Manchester. My great grandfather Ernest Christian Jenter started the funeral home here in 1884. It continued in our family until 1990 when my dad retired and sold it.

I found some Hildinger entries in the books. These books go to the mid 1920's so there are probably more buried in the cemetery here.

If I remember correctly one of our first pastors at our church Emanuel UCC in Manchester was a Hildinger.

I am German ancestry and am related to just about every other German in Washtenaw Co. I have probably30,000 or moire in my family tree.

Let me know if you would like the info I have from the cemetery books. I can scan it for you.

Karen Jenter
Manchester

Hildingers/Indiana