A Descendant of the Kartchner/Wilcox family of Philadelphia.
To more accurately state Bernice's name and marital history:
Bernice M. (nee Bartos) Mentzer, Santee, Moore, Mentzer, White.
Married Clarence Edward Mentzer sometime before 1925, listed with him in a 1926 Huron city directory. Must have been a very short marriage. (Clarence was found married to Leila in 1930 census, they appeared to have had at least two daughters, Leila died in 1932; he was found married to Blanche in 1940 census in Wyoming)
South Dakota Marriage Records
Name: Lewis Howard Santee
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 32
Birth Date: abt 1895
Residence Post Office: Huron
Residence Place: Beadle
Marriage Date: 20 Aug 1927
Marriage Place: Beadle, South Dakota, USA
Spouse: Bernice Millie Bartus
Certificate: 119248
Lewis H Santee (1895-1964; had married once before to Esther Haney in 1916, Woodbury, IA ; would remarry after Bernice - to Genevieve Mitchel in 1939, Long Beach ,CA - she died in 1979)
Ended in divorce, they had one daughter, Betty Jean born in 1928 (she assumed the surname of Bernice's third husband, William A Moore, she stayed in Graham, TX after William and Bernice separated and married Paul L. Beckham in 1945. They had four children, Betty died in 2001.). Betty was mentioned in a 1943 Huron paper relating an article from a Graham, TX paper, as responsible for saving 3 lives as a lifeguard at a Graham pool. The article said the family left Huron about 8 years before.
Married William A. Moore (1906–1956) lived in Graham, TX; William was the informat on his father's 1939 death certificate, noted his address as 722 Indiana, Graham (a different family was living there in 1940 census); Bernice was noted on his 1942 WWII draft registration living at 724 Indiana St; 724 Indiana had not entry on the 1940 Census, suggesting that the census taker missed the houes; they divorced before 1950, his stepdaughter Betty Beckham was informat on his Death Certificate.
Bernice and William appeared to have had one child:
Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Tommy Jack Moore
Date of Birth: 14 Sep 1943
Gender: Male
Birth County: Hardeman
Father's name: William Alton Moore
Mother's name: Millie Bernice Bartos
(Tommy would go with Bernice when she remarried Mentzer, apparently assuming his surname and was found in Omaha, NE during late 1990's. It appears that he may have reclaimed the Moore surname and died 2005 in Omaha, NE).
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Tommy Jack Mentzer
[Tom Jack Mentzer]
[Tom Moore]
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1943 | Birth Place: Quana, Texas
[Qwana, Texas]
Death Date: 27 Nov 2005
Notes: Feb 1963: Name listed as TOMMY JACK MENTZER; 08 Oct 1982: Name listed as TOM JACK MENTZER; 27 Mar 1986: Name listed as TOM JACK MOORE; 08 Dec 2005: Name listed as TOM J MOORE)
Remarried Clarence Mentzer (1904-1975), buried with him.
Married ???? White.
[Researched and compiled by the Kartchner Brothers]
A Descendant of the Kartchner/Wilcox family of Philadelphia.
To more accurately state Bernice's name and marital history:
Bernice M. (nee Bartos) Mentzer, Santee, Moore, Mentzer, White.
Married Clarence Edward Mentzer sometime before 1925, listed with him in a 1926 Huron city directory. Must have been a very short marriage. (Clarence was found married to Leila in 1930 census, they appeared to have had at least two daughters, Leila died in 1932; he was found married to Blanche in 1940 census in Wyoming)
South Dakota Marriage Records
Name: Lewis Howard Santee
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 32
Birth Date: abt 1895
Residence Post Office: Huron
Residence Place: Beadle
Marriage Date: 20 Aug 1927
Marriage Place: Beadle, South Dakota, USA
Spouse: Bernice Millie Bartus
Certificate: 119248
Lewis H Santee (1895-1964; had married once before to Esther Haney in 1916, Woodbury, IA ; would remarry after Bernice - to Genevieve Mitchel in 1939, Long Beach ,CA - she died in 1979)
Ended in divorce, they had one daughter, Betty Jean born in 1928 (she assumed the surname of Bernice's third husband, William A Moore, she stayed in Graham, TX after William and Bernice separated and married Paul L. Beckham in 1945. They had four children, Betty died in 2001.). Betty was mentioned in a 1943 Huron paper relating an article from a Graham, TX paper, as responsible for saving 3 lives as a lifeguard at a Graham pool. The article said the family left Huron about 8 years before.
Married William A. Moore (1906–1956) lived in Graham, TX; William was the informat on his father's 1939 death certificate, noted his address as 722 Indiana, Graham (a different family was living there in 1940 census); Bernice was noted on his 1942 WWII draft registration living at 724 Indiana St; 724 Indiana had not entry on the 1940 Census, suggesting that the census taker missed the houes; they divorced before 1950, his stepdaughter Betty Beckham was informat on his Death Certificate.
Bernice and William appeared to have had one child:
Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Tommy Jack Moore
Date of Birth: 14 Sep 1943
Gender: Male
Birth County: Hardeman
Father's name: William Alton Moore
Mother's name: Millie Bernice Bartos
(Tommy would go with Bernice when she remarried Mentzer, apparently assuming his surname and was found in Omaha, NE during late 1990's. It appears that he may have reclaimed the Moore surname and died 2005 in Omaha, NE).
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Tommy Jack Mentzer
[Tom Jack Mentzer]
[Tom Moore]
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1943 | Birth Place: Quana, Texas
[Qwana, Texas]
Death Date: 27 Nov 2005
Notes: Feb 1963: Name listed as TOMMY JACK MENTZER; 08 Oct 1982: Name listed as TOM JACK MENTZER; 27 Mar 1986: Name listed as TOM JACK MOORE; 08 Dec 2005: Name listed as TOM J MOORE)
Remarried Clarence Mentzer (1904-1975), buried with him.
Married ???? White.
[Researched and compiled by the Kartchner Brothers]
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