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Note: No record of birth has been found for Bertha in Battle Creek. The marriage records for Bertha and Walter Harmon in Buffalo, NY, states her name as Bertha I. GOODRICH, age 19, father: Albert (no surname listed), mother: Nettie ASHLEY. They were married by Rev. George Whitman. Witnesses: Mrs. Estella E. HARMON (mother of Walter) and Candace D. Whitman. No divorce record was found in Buffalo.
Correspondence with Diane TIERNEY, November 1987:
"Grandma (Bertha) was born in Battle Creek. I think Grandma Goodrich took her to New York where they lived until 1910. My father (Sheldon HARMON) was three months old when Homer, Bertha, Goodrich and he came back to Michigan (June 1910). When Bertha was a very little girl, her mother left her with the Goodrich family. Bertha's mother left Harley and Harold with other people. When the Goodrich family heard Abbot was coming back to town to get Bertha (who at that time couldn't even remember her mother) they moved to Buffalo, New York. Bertha was 17 before she found out Nettie (who was called Ett) wasn't her mother.
1900 Census: "Daughter" Living with Albert & Nettie Goodrich.
1910 Census (Erie Co., NY) Living with Nettie Goodrich (widow).States Bertha Harmon, age 18, widow.199 Trenton Ave., Buffalo.
1913 Mrs. Bertha Harmon, bds 411 S. Woodbridge, Saginaw.
1914 Not listed in Saginaw directory.
1916 Mrs. Bertha I. Harmon, bds 311 S. Woodbridge, Saginaw.
1917 Mrs. Bertha I. Harmon, dipper, Minto Toothpick & Specialty Co., bds 311 S. Woodbridge, Saginaw.
1920 Census states Bertha first married at age 15.
1921 McCartney, Bertha (wid Russell H) h 918 Throop, Saginaw.
1922p.538Bertha McCartney (widow of Russel) 918 Throop. Saginaw. Employed by D. A. Bentley.
1923p.516Bertha McCartney (widow of Russel) 314 1/2 N Oakley, Saginaw.
1924p.257Willis T. & Bertha Bennett 301 N. Webster, Saginaw. Machinist.
1925p.112Willis T. & Bertha Bennett 405 N. Oakley, Saginaw. Polisher.
1926p.122Willis T. & Bertha Bennett128 Greenwich, Saginaw. Laborer.
1930 Census: Nettie Goodrich is listed as Bertha's mother. The Family was living at 1320 Machinaw St., Saginaw. Renting home for $33, Had radio. Willis Bennett was employed as a sander in a furniture factory. Willis married first at 39. Bertha married first at 15.
April 1988: (Diane Tierney)
We think her parents were divorced when Grandma was very young. No one knows what happened to her father, but her mother showed up from time to time. When I was about ten years old, Grandma went to Livingston, Montana to see her mother. Her mother had remarried and his name was O'Brien. She died and is buried in Montana. Uncle Homer said Grandma was left with the Goodrichs', one of the boys (Harley) was left with someone else (Florence McCallum - 1900 census for Battle Creek) and Grandma's mother kept one of the boys (Harold) with her. Harold was a career soldier in the Cavalry and Harley was an inventor. Uncle Homer knew them both because they ended up in Michigan."
SAGINAW CITY DIRECTORIES:
1944p.47Willis T. & Bertha I. Bennett314 Rust. Engineer, Montgomery Ward.
1948-9p.50Willis T. & Bertha I. Bennett1909 Harris. Engineer, Montgomery Ward.
1950none
1952p.33Willis T. & Bertha I. Bennett314 Rust.
Church: Salvation Army
Funeral Home: Case
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