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Alice Edith <I>Morgan</I> Wentz

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Alice Edith Morgan Wentz

Birth
Truman, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
12 May 1963 (aged 77)
Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Alice Edith (Morgan) Wentz
Her true name was Edith Alice not Alice Edith but I'm keeping her name in the search line as Alice Edith otherwise no one would find her and a duplicate memorial might be created.
born Apr 29, 1886 in Cameron County, PA and died May 12, 1963 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA

Daughter of William Gibson and Sarah Ann (Horn) Morgan.

Sister of:
1) Dawnsella or Donsela (correct spelling unknown) "Donnie" Morgan; b) abt 1866; d) abt 1882; age 16
2) Stephen Lemuel Morgan; b) abt 1869; d) abt 1887
3) Zachariah Dewitt Morgan; b) abt 1871; d) unknown
4) Andrew Franklin "Frank" Morgan; b) abt 1873 ; d) unknown
5) William Melvin "Mell" Morgan; b) Dec 25, 1875; d) Nov 1, 1918
6) John Joshua Morgan; b) Mar 27, 1878; d) Dec 2, 1954
7) Ellrie Ingram Morgan; b) Sept 4, 1880; d) Apr 9, 1971
8) Ernest Emory Morgan; b) Nov 24, 1883; d) Apr 1, 1935
9) Etta Mae Morgan (twin); b) Apr 29, 1886; d) in 1887 (lived about 1 year)

Wife of John Emmons Blain Wentz. He was born on Aug 4, 1881 in Bedford County, PA and died Oct 22, 1946 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA. Blain was the son of Isaac and Emily (Griffith) Wentz.

Alice and Blain had 7 children. They are in order of birth:
1) Velma Myrtle Wentz; b) Feb 2, 1904 in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio; d) Dec 11, 1927 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA of tuberculosis, age 23.
2) Ruth Lavanda Wentz; b) Apr 3, 1909 in Princess Anne, Somerset County, MD; d) Apr 22, 1975 in New Kensington, Indiana County, PA; married Harry Silvester Grove. They had no children.
3) Vera Lenore Wentz; b) Apr 13, 1912 in Pavia, Union Township, Bedford County, PA; d) Feb 2, 1993; married Raymond O. Hill on Jun 21, 1940 in New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, PA.
4) Olive Mae Wentz; d) Apr 10, 1919 in Cherry Hill Township, Indiana County, PA; d) Aug 8, 1996 at Inter Community Hospital in Newfane, NY but lived in Gasport NY; married Lisle Short.
5) Emily Elizabeth Wentz; b) May 17, 1922 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; d) Aug 3, 2007 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; married 3 times; 1st marriage on Jan 16, 1942 to Quinn Hess Jr (killed in WWII), 2nd marriage in 1948 to Blaine Emerson Nicewonger (drowned in NJ) and 3rd marriage in 1966 to Virgil Harrison Petitt.
6) Robert Emerson Wentz; b) Mar 10, 1924 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; d) Feb 4, 1944 plane shot down in WWII over Sardinia Island, Italy; never married and no children.
7) Donald Edwin Wentz; b) Oct 9, 1930 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; d) Feb 21, 2002 in Luthersburg, Clearfield County, PA; married twice; 1st marriage to JoAnn Marie Peters in 1957, 2nd marriage to Dianna Faye Rhine in 1998; no natural born children, one adopted son named Bob.

Alice was a twin with her sister Etta. Alice hated her true first name, Edith, and made everyone call her by her middle name Alice. She went by Alice her whole life. But the twin girls were named Edith and Etta. Sadly, Etta died before reaching her first birthday.
Alice Edith (Morgan) Wentz
Her true name was Edith Alice not Alice Edith but I'm keeping her name in the search line as Alice Edith otherwise no one would find her and a duplicate memorial might be created.
born Apr 29, 1886 in Cameron County, PA and died May 12, 1963 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA

Daughter of William Gibson and Sarah Ann (Horn) Morgan.

Sister of:
1) Dawnsella or Donsela (correct spelling unknown) "Donnie" Morgan; b) abt 1866; d) abt 1882; age 16
2) Stephen Lemuel Morgan; b) abt 1869; d) abt 1887
3) Zachariah Dewitt Morgan; b) abt 1871; d) unknown
4) Andrew Franklin "Frank" Morgan; b) abt 1873 ; d) unknown
5) William Melvin "Mell" Morgan; b) Dec 25, 1875; d) Nov 1, 1918
6) John Joshua Morgan; b) Mar 27, 1878; d) Dec 2, 1954
7) Ellrie Ingram Morgan; b) Sept 4, 1880; d) Apr 9, 1971
8) Ernest Emory Morgan; b) Nov 24, 1883; d) Apr 1, 1935
9) Etta Mae Morgan (twin); b) Apr 29, 1886; d) in 1887 (lived about 1 year)

Wife of John Emmons Blain Wentz. He was born on Aug 4, 1881 in Bedford County, PA and died Oct 22, 1946 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA. Blain was the son of Isaac and Emily (Griffith) Wentz.

Alice and Blain had 7 children. They are in order of birth:
1) Velma Myrtle Wentz; b) Feb 2, 1904 in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio; d) Dec 11, 1927 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA of tuberculosis, age 23.
2) Ruth Lavanda Wentz; b) Apr 3, 1909 in Princess Anne, Somerset County, MD; d) Apr 22, 1975 in New Kensington, Indiana County, PA; married Harry Silvester Grove. They had no children.
3) Vera Lenore Wentz; b) Apr 13, 1912 in Pavia, Union Township, Bedford County, PA; d) Feb 2, 1993; married Raymond O. Hill on Jun 21, 1940 in New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, PA.
4) Olive Mae Wentz; d) Apr 10, 1919 in Cherry Hill Township, Indiana County, PA; d) Aug 8, 1996 at Inter Community Hospital in Newfane, NY but lived in Gasport NY; married Lisle Short.
5) Emily Elizabeth Wentz; b) May 17, 1922 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; d) Aug 3, 2007 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; married 3 times; 1st marriage on Jan 16, 1942 to Quinn Hess Jr (killed in WWII), 2nd marriage in 1948 to Blaine Emerson Nicewonger (drowned in NJ) and 3rd marriage in 1966 to Virgil Harrison Petitt.
6) Robert Emerson Wentz; b) Mar 10, 1924 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; d) Feb 4, 1944 plane shot down in WWII over Sardinia Island, Italy; never married and no children.
7) Donald Edwin Wentz; b) Oct 9, 1930 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; d) Feb 21, 2002 in Luthersburg, Clearfield County, PA; married twice; 1st marriage to JoAnn Marie Peters in 1957, 2nd marriage to Dianna Faye Rhine in 1998; no natural born children, one adopted son named Bob.

Alice was a twin with her sister Etta. Alice hated her true first name, Edith, and made everyone call her by her middle name Alice. She went by Alice her whole life. But the twin girls were named Edith and Etta. Sadly, Etta died before reaching her first birthday.


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