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Cletius Laverne Helwig

Female 1919 - 1984  (64 years)

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  • Name Cletius Laverne Helwig  [1]
    Birth 6 Jul 1919  Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 9 Jan 1920  Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 2 Apr 1930  Woodcock Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 9 Feb 1984  Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial Laurel Hill Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Cletius' daughter Carol returned from Australia for her mother's funeral.
    Cletius L. Gavitt Memorial    		 Cletius L. Gavitt Memorial
    Maintained by Dottie Kunselman
    at Find A Grave
    Person ID I1785  Bisbee
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2011

    Father William Harry Helwig,   b. 11 Mar 1867, Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1934, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Mother Matilda Louisa Bulgrin,   b. 10 Nov 1883, Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1955, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Marriage 26 May 1903  Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Richard Charles Gavitt,   b. 12 Nov 1919   d. 25 Dec 1982, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Marriage 26 Apr 1941  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. C.J. Gavitt
    +2. M.L. Gavitt
    Photos
    Richard Charles Gavitt (1919-1982) and Cletius Laverne Helwig Gavitt (1919-1984)    		Richard Charles Gavitt (1919-1982) and Cletius Laverne Helwig Gavitt (1919-1984)
    Parents of Carol Joanne Gavitt Bisbee (1942- )
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Jul 1919 - Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 9 Jan 1920 - Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Apr 1930 - Woodcock Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Feb 1984 - Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Laurel Hill Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Although she worked briefely at General Electric Appliance Division in Erie, Cletius (pronounced Cletus) was a homemaker and loving mother. As a child during the Great Depression, her parents were forced to place Cletius and several of her siblings in an orphanage, where they remained until emancipated.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 406.

    2. [S461] Gavitt, Cletius Laverne Helwig: Death Certificate, (Pennsylvania Department of Health, New Castle).
      Informant: Mary Lou Calabrese, 3101 Hershey Road, Erie, Pennsylvania (daughter).
      Gives date of birth: 7/16/19 in Erie, County of Erie, Pennsylvania.

    3. [S1414] Helwig, William Harry (I2036) 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1565; enumeration district (ED) 78, sheet 8A, page 124A, line 30, dwelling 111, family 153; image downloaded 1/8/2009.), 1920.PA.Erie.Erie W2.78.15.

    4. [S1417] Bethesda Children's Home: 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 2023; enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 1B, page 257B, line 75; image accessed 1/7/2009), 1930.PA.Crawford.Woodcock.52.2.

    5. [S461] Gavitt, Cletius Laverne Helwig: Death Certificate, (Pennsylvania Department of Health, New Castle).
      Died February 9, 1984 at 3101 Hershey Road, Erie, Pennsylvania (address of her daughter, Mary Lou Calabrese).

    6. [S888] Gavitt, Richard Charles: Death Certificate, (Pennsylvania Department of Health, New Castle).
      Maiden name of spouse: Cletius Helwig.