Karns, Blanche

Birth Name Karns, Blanche
Gramps ID I1893
Gender female
Age at Death 90 years, 1 month, 4 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1877-09-15 Bluffton, Wells Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1880 Bluffton, Wells Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Event Note

In the 1880 US Census, Anne M.E. Thomas is listed as living with her younger sister, Georgia Anna (Thomas) Karns and family, prior to her own marriage in 1882.

Census 1920 Bluffton, Wells Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1930 Bluffton, Wells Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Census 1940 Bluffton, Wells Cty, Indiana, USA  
5a
Death 1967-10-19    
 
Burial   Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Karns, Samuel Mcbride [I1057]18391901-10-08
Mother Thomas, Georgia Anna [I1012]1851-02-271923-01-23
    Sister     Karns, Pauline [I1895] 1875-11-17 1956-11-17
         Karns, Blanche [I1893] 1877-09-15 1967-10-19
    Brother     Karns, John S. [I1892] 1879-05-13 1958
    Sister     Karns, Hazel [I1896] 1882-12-28 1965-04-19
    Brother     Karns, James Edgar [I1894] 1884-08-26 1933-09-08
    Sister     Karns, Andra [I1897] 1888

Families

    Family of Seiter, Albert L. and Karns, Blanche [F0569]
Married Husband Seiter, Albert L. [I1947] ( * 1886-04-13 + 1967 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1950-07-24 Wells Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a

Narrative

According to the notes in the files I have from Jane Anne Thomas, Blanche Karns was a well-known long-time grade-school teacher in the Bluffton (Wells Cty, Indiana) schools. She did not marry during her parents' lifetimes, instead living at home with them until after both their deaths, then living on her own for some years. She finally married, at the age of 72, to Albert L. Seiter. There is an interment listing for Blanche Seiter Karns on FindaGrave.com with no picture of the gravestone and no birth or death dates given. I do not know at this point when she died or where for certain she may be buried. Albert died at approximately eighty years of age, in 1967, and is buried in a cemetery south of Chicago (Sauk Village, Cook Cty, Illinois). As best I'm able to determine, she likely preceded him in death and is _not_ buried with him.

Pedigree

  1. Karns, Samuel Mcbride [I1057]
    1. Thomas, Georgia Anna [I1012]
      1. Karns, Pauline [I1895]
      2. Karns, Blanche
        1. Seiter, Albert L. [I1947]
      3. Karns, John S. [I1892]
      4. Karns, Hazel [I1896]
      5. Karns, James Edgar [I1894]
      6. Karns, Andra [I1897]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 [S0069]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVM1-PDS7 : accessed 07 Aug 2014), Albert L Seiter and Blanche Karns, 1950.

  2. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSY-KJJ : accessed 9 June 2015), Anna M E Thomas in household of Samuel M Karns, Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district 149, sheet 180D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0323; FHL microfilm 1,254,323.

        Event Year: 1880
        Event Place: Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States
        Samuel M Karns Self M 40 Ohio, United States
        Georgie A Karns Wife F 28 Ohio, United States
        Pauline Karns Daughter F 4 Indiana, United States
        Blanche Karns Daughter F 2 Indiana, United States
        Oliver Messenger Other M 19 Indiana, United States
        Charles Sheets Other M 21 Germany
        Anna M E Thomas Other F 30 Ohio, United States
        John S Karns Son M 1 Indiana, United States

  3. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFHZ-WMX : accessed 07 Aug 2014), Blanche Karns in household of Georgie Karns, Bluffton Ward 2, Wells, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 11A, family 293, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820474.

        Event Year: 1920
        Event Place: Bluffton Ward 2, Wells, Indiana, United States
        Georgie Karns Head F 68 Ohio
        Blanche Karns Daughter F 42 Indiana
        Frank Herbst Roomer M 46 Indiana
        Henry Carlisle Roomer M 29 Indiana

  4. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X41Z-STR : accessed 07 Aug 2014), Blanche Karns, Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0005, sheet 1B, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 638.

        Event Year: 1930
        Event Place: Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, United States
        Blanche Karns Head F 52 Indiana

  5. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V1B2-TK4 : accessed 07 Aug 2014), Blanche Karnes, Ward 1, Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 90-3A, sheet 8B, family 198, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1110.

        Event Date: 1940
        Event Place: Ward 1, Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells, Indiana, United States
        Blanche Karns Head F 62 Indiana