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David Carleton Church

M, #12651, born 12 Oct 1884, died 2 Feb 1954

Parents

Father: Walter Abner Church (born 23 March 1853, died 16 September 1919)
Mother: Sybil Eudora Norton (born 11 November 1859, died 18 November 1894)

Children with Constance Marie Blatchley (born 9 May 1894, died 28 November 1964)

Harriet Constance Church (born 20 July 1922, died 29 March 1993)
David Church, Junior (born 17 May 1924, died 28 September 2010)
Cynthia Eudora Church+ (born 9 January 1926, died 18 June 2005)

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Biography

David Carleton Church was born on 12 October 1884 in Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, listed as "2nd child of this mother."^1,2,3
He was enumerated on the census of 1885 with Walter Abner Church in Washington Township, Franklin County, Iowa.^4,2
David Carleton Church was enumerated on the census of 1910 in Clinton, Franklin County, Iowa.⁵
He and Georgia May Ellis were married on 15 May 1911 in Steamboat Rock, Hardin County, Iowa.^6,7
He resided in Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, on 6 September 1919.⁸
He and Constance Marie Blatchley were married on 8 October 1921 in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana.^6,9,10,11
He and Constance Marie Blatchley were married on 21 October 1921.¹¹
He resided in Upton, Weston County, Wyoming, on 19 September 1923.¹²
He and Constance Marie Blatchley were enumerated on the census of 1925 in Geneva Township, Franklin County, Iowa, with David Church, Junior, and Harriet Constance Church.⁹
David Carleton Church and Constance Marie Blatchley were enumerated on the census of 1930 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, with Cynthia Eudora Church, Harriet Constance Church, and David Church, Junior,.¹³
David Carleton Church and Alabama Dickens were married on 24 January 1940 in Los Angeles County, California.¹⁴
He and Maude Henriette Pierce were married on 19 July 1948 in Los Angeles County, California.¹⁵
He died on 2 February 1954, at age 69, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.^3,6

Citations

[S1467] Franklin county, Iowa Birth records, 1880-1937; indexes, 1880-1908
[S844] 1885 Iowa State Census
<i>Name
Residence
twp/range/section
Age/Sex/color/Married
Profession
Place of Birth
Parentage N(Native) F(Foreign)

</i>4/4 Church Walter H.

31 M married
Farmer
Penn

Sibil E.

25 F married

Wis

Lura H.

3 F

Franklin county Iowa

David

1 M

Franklin county Iowa
[S2444] California Death Records (www.ancestry.com)
CHURCH
DAVID
CARLETON
10/12/1884
NORTON
CHURCH
M
IOWA
LOS ANGELES(19)

02/02/1954
566-09-0484
69 yrs
Add
[S1730] Abbas, Mary and Connie J. Meyer, Hillside Hampton [Franklin county, Iowa] Cemeteries
[S5723] 1910 Iowa Federal Census
[S5355] Recorded as Extract #7427 Interview with Virginia Cook (), by Joan Cook Rasmusson, between 1964 and 1980. ().
[S10511] Wilda Gilcrest, FranklinCoIA Genealogical Society recorded as Extract #11478
Letter from Wilda Gilcrest (PO Box 114 Hampton, IA 50441) to Jenny Rasmusson, January 22, 2010; ().
Feb. 23, 1911
Hampton Globe

Dave Church and miss mamye Ellis, of Springfield, Ill., were united in marriage the 15th inst. The happy event occured at Steamboat Rock, where the bride was visiting at the home of Chas. Starr. The wedding was a complete surprise, none of Mr. Church's friends anticipating that he would become a benedict. Dave is a progressive and hustling young man who does things, and now that he has been joined by a loving helpmate there will be a more happy home than formerly down on the farm near Geneva.
[S10511] Wilda Gilcrest, FranklinCoIA Genealogical Society recorded as Extract #11478
Letter from Wilda Gilcrest (PO Box 114 Hampton, IA 50441) to Jenny Rasmusson, January 22, 2010; ().
WALTER CHURCH DIED SUDDENLY
Sept 6th 1919 Hampton Chronicle
Hampton Man Stricken While In St. Paul Last Saturday Morning
WAS WAITING FOR LUNCH
After Giving Order To Waiter
He Was Suddenly Taken
With Apoplexy

Walter A. Church, a well known Hampton resident, died suddenly at St. Paul last Saturday morning. He had gone to the twin cities last week to spend a few days at the Minnesota state fair, and was stopping at the Foley hotel. E. R. Franklin and F. C. Holmes, of Hampton, also happened to be auartered at the same place, and the three men happened to meet Friday evening as they returned to the hotel about midnight. The three decided to get a lunch before they retired and they went to the cafe nearby and placed their order. As the men were talking Mr. Church began to cough and in a moment the end had come. A physician who was immediately called stated that death was caused by apoplexy.
A telegram was received by his mother here early Saturday morning, and C. L. Raper was requested by members of the family to go to St. Paul and arrange for shipment of the body to Hampton, which he did, and arrived home over the Rock Island at 4:35 Sunday morning. The reports of his death, given above, were verified by Mr. Raper, upon his arrival in St. Paul. Funeral services were held at the home of his mother, Mrs. Harriott Church, Monday afternoon, and burial was made in the Hampton cemetery. Rev. Dewitt Clinton, of Iowa Falls, conducted the services. He is survived by his mother and two children, Mrs. A. L. Roberts and David C. Church.

Mr. Church was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1853. His parents moved to this county when he was three years old and he grew up on the farm in Geneva township. After gorwing to young manhood he attended the Albion Seminary and following his studies at that institution read law here with W. F. Harriman, and afterwards took a law course at the State University in Iowa City; was admitted to the Franklin county bar in 1880, and during that year was joined in wedlock to Miss Sybil E. Norton at Racine, Wisconsin. Follwoing his marriage he practiced law for two years in Hampton and then engaged in farming and stock raising on the Church homestead in Geneva township, which work he followed until the death of his wife, who in November, 1894, was thrown from a buggy while returning home from a visit to a neighbor's and instantly killed. Following this fatal accident he moved from the farm to Hampton and since the death of his father, which occurred in the spring of 1909, has made his home with his mother.
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Sept. 6, 1919 (might be death date)
Hampton Chronicle
WALTER A. CHURCH DEAD VICTIM OF APOPLEXY
End Came Suddenly and Without Warning While Visiting in St. Paul Body Arrived Here Sunday, Funeral Held Monday Afternoon
[See scanned obituary]
[S9957] 1925 Iowa State Census
[S10835] Montana Marriage records, 1881-1951 ; Index, 1881-1991
Groom's Name: David C. Church
Groom's Birth Date: 1884
Groom's Birthplace: Hampton, Iowa
Groom's Age: 37
Bride's Name: Constance M. Blatchley
Bride's Birth Date: 1894
Bride's Birthplace: S...Rle City, Nebr.
Bride's Age: 27
Marriage Date: 08 Oct 1921
Marriage Place: Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana
Groom's Father's Name: Walter A. Church
Groom's Mother's Name: Sybil Norton
Bride's Father's Name: Lincoln Blatchley
Bride's Mother's Name: Deborah Quigley
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Marital Status: Divorced
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02826-6
System Origin: Montana-EASy
Source Film Number: 1943760
Reference Number: P 281 Cn 7961
Collection: Montana Marriages, 1889-1947
[S1892] Quigley Traveling Notebook
[S10511] Wilda Gilcrest, FranklinCoIA Genealogical Society recorded as Extract #11478
Letter from Wilda Gilcrest (PO Box 114 Hampton, IA 50441) to Jenny Rasmusson, January 22, 2010; ().
[S8973] California 1920 Federal Census
[S9933] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 (www.ancestry.com)
Name: David C Church
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Jan 1940
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Father's Name: Walter A Church
Mother's Name: Sybil E Norton
Spouse's Name: Alabama Perry
Spouse's Age: 55
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Spouse's Father's Name: John Jackson Dickens
Spouse's Mother's Name: Martha Jane Tew
[S9933] California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 (www.ancestry.com)
NameDavid C Church
Event TypeMarriage
Event Date19 Jul 1948
Event PlaceLos Angeles, California, United States
GenderMale
Age63
Birth Year (Estimated)1885
Father's NameWalter A Church
Mother's NameSybil E Norton
Spouse's NameMaude H Phillips
Spouse's Age61
Spouse's GenderFemale
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated)1887
Spouse's Father's NameRufus King Pierce
Spouse's Mother's NameElizabeth Minton