Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameMarlie W ELLINGER 
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89Birth Date17 Apr 1900
Birth PlaceLuthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date13 Jun 198590 Age: 85
Death PlaceClearfield, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death MemoClearfield Hospital; at 6:00 a.m.
Burial Date15 Jun 1985
Burial PlaceCrown Crest Memorial Park, Hyde, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial MemoBennett and House Funeral Home, Clearfield, Rev. David McCullough officiating
ReligionWas affiliated with the Methodist Church
Soc. Sec. #209-09-6618, issued in Pennsylvania state90
FatherWilliam Charles ELLINGER (1859-<1920)
MotherJane “Jennie” LYONS (1861->1929)
Misc. Notes
This source showed his birth date as 2 May 1900.90
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His name apparently has been listed by census takers possibly in 1900 or 1910 as “Marel.” I believe this was an error on the part of the census taker as he has never heard, or seen his name in print, as anything but “Marlie.”.93
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In 1900, Marlie is listed in the home of his parents.94
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In the 1920 U.S. Federal Census Marlie is listed as a nineteen year old brickyard laborer. [Apparently he worked in the brickyards most of his life. See his mother Jane’s notes regarding more on this census].91
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Resident of Penn Township, Lumber City Borough, Clearfield, PA in February 1920.91
Resident of Clearfield, Clearfield, PA in Sep 1929.95
Resident of Lawrence Township, Clearfield, Clearfield, PA in 1930.96
Resident of Curwensville, Clearfield, PA circa 1955 (possibly earlier).97
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Marlie received a salary of $800 during the year 1939.92
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Marlie joined the civil service in late 1943 or early 1944 and was sent to the Hawaiian Islands.49
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Some time after World War Two, Marlie's step-son Eli Lines got him a job at the R.C.A. Rubber Company in Akron, OH where Eli worked.19
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Marlie worked for the Harbison-Walker Refractories fire brick plant near his home in Curwensville, PA, retiring from the company in 1963. I knew Marlie as a young boy and into my teens. He was always busy and because of my grandmother’s health took care of the housework and cooking. He was always making coffee and preparing meals on his wood-fueled stove. When my mother and I would visit he was always anxious to serve coffee and to fix up something to eat, whether we were hungry or not. He was a kind man and was among the most decent men I've ever known and a good husband to my grandmother, Nora Agnes Wertz.97
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His brother Percy also retired from Harbison-Walker Refractories.3
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Marlie was survived by seven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. He was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters.89
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His name apparently has been listed by census takers possibly in 1900 or 1910 as “Marel.” I believe this was an error on the part of the census taker as he has never heard, or seen his name in print, as anything but “Marlie.”.93
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In 1900, Marlie is listed in the home of his parents.94
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In the 1920 U.S. Federal Census Marlie is listed as a nineteen year old brickyard laborer. [Apparently he worked in the brickyards most of his life. See his mother Jane’s notes regarding more on this census].91
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Resident of Penn Township, Lumber City Borough, Clearfield, PA in February 1920.91
Resident of Clearfield, Clearfield, PA in Sep 1929.95
Resident of Lawrence Township, Clearfield, Clearfield, PA in 1930.96
Resident of Curwensville, Clearfield, PA circa 1955 (possibly earlier).97
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Marlie received a salary of $800 during the year 1939.92
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Marlie joined the civil service in late 1943 or early 1944 and was sent to the Hawaiian Islands.49
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Some time after World War Two, Marlie's step-son Eli Lines got him a job at the R.C.A. Rubber Company in Akron, OH where Eli worked.19
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Marlie worked for the Harbison-Walker Refractories fire brick plant near his home in Curwensville, PA, retiring from the company in 1963. I knew Marlie as a young boy and into my teens. He was always busy and because of my grandmother’s health took care of the housework and cooking. He was always making coffee and preparing meals on his wood-fueled stove. When my mother and I would visit he was always anxious to serve coffee and to fix up something to eat, whether we were hungry or not. He was a kind man and was among the most decent men I've ever known and a good husband to my grandmother, Nora Agnes Wertz.97
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His brother Percy also retired from Harbison-Walker Refractories.3
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Marlie was survived by seven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. He was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters.89
Spouses
Family ID622
Birth Date26 Jan 1900
Birth PlaceCenter Hill, Armstrong Co., PA, USA
Death Date16 Jun 1931 Age: 31
Death PlaceClearfield, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death MemoMemorial Hospital
Burial Date19 Jun 1931
Burial PlaceCenter Hill, Armstrong Co., PA, USA
FatherCurtin R “Curt” ROTHROCK (1860-1932)
MotherSarah A SMEAL (1870-1931)
Misc. Notes
Mrs Marlie Ellinger
Died Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. Alice Rothrock Ellinger of Clearfield, wife of Marlie Ellinger, died in the Memorial Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, June 16. The daughter of Curtin and Sarah Rothrock, the deceased was born in Centre Hill on January 26, 1900, making her age 31 years, four months and 29 days at the time of her death.
Besides her parents, she is survived by her husband and the following brothers and sisters. Mrs. Lester Ellinger, Mrs. Lynn Tiedgen, Mrs. George Shearer, and Mrs. Carl Philips, all of Clearfield; Mrs. Edward Green and John Keenan of Philadelphia; Edward of Bigler; Howard, O. L., Roy, and Boyd, all at home. Two step-sons, William and John also survive.
Before coming to Clearfiled anumber of years ago, where she made a host of friends, who have learned to love her, Mrs. Ellinger spent most of her life in Center Hill, where she was a prominent and faithful member of the M.E. Church.
Funeral services will be held from the home of her sister, Mrs. Lester Ellinger, 489 Eighth street, on Friday morning June 19, at 10:00 o'clock. Rev. J. S. Colledge in charge. Interment in Centre Hill.
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Alice and her sister Maude were married to Ellinger brothers Marlie and Lester. 3
Died Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. Alice Rothrock Ellinger of Clearfield, wife of Marlie Ellinger, died in the Memorial Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, June 16. The daughter of Curtin and Sarah Rothrock, the deceased was born in Centre Hill on January 26, 1900, making her age 31 years, four months and 29 days at the time of her death.
Besides her parents, she is survived by her husband and the following brothers and sisters. Mrs. Lester Ellinger, Mrs. Lynn Tiedgen, Mrs. George Shearer, and Mrs. Carl Philips, all of Clearfield; Mrs. Edward Green and John Keenan of Philadelphia; Edward of Bigler; Howard, O. L., Roy, and Boyd, all at home. Two step-sons, William and John also survive.
Before coming to Clearfiled anumber of years ago, where she made a host of friends, who have learned to love her, Mrs. Ellinger spent most of her life in Center Hill, where she was a prominent and faithful member of the M.E. Church.
Funeral services will be held from the home of her sister, Mrs. Lester Ellinger, 489 Eighth street, on Friday morning June 19, at 10:00 o'clock. Rev. J. S. Colledge in charge. Interment in Centre Hill.
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Alice and her sister Maude were married to Ellinger brothers Marlie and Lester. 3
Family ID621
Marr Dateabt 191996
Misc. Notes
Marlie and his brother Lester were married to Rothrock sisters Alice and Maude.370
In the 1930 U.S. Federal Census Marlie and wife Alice have two sons living at home, William (age 8) and John (age 6). They rent their home for $12 a month and he is listed as a Brickworks Laborer.96
In the 1930 U.S. Federal Census Marlie and wife Alice have two sons living at home, William (age 8) and John (age 6). They rent their home for $12 a month and he is listed as a Brickworks Laborer.96
ChildrenJohn P (->1985)
William Lewis (1922-1972)
Birth Date18 May 188683
Birth PlaceBedford County, PA, USA
Residence Date1900
Residence PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date29 Jul 196384 Age: 77
Death PlaceClearfield, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceCrown Crest Memorial Park, Hyde, Clearfield Co., PA, USA84
Cause of DeathCancer7
FatherEmanuel L WERTZ (1864-1922)
MotherHannah HOOPENGARDNER (~1860-1943)
Misc. Notes
Nora was an only child. She may also have had other pregnancies, and possibly other stillborn children that aren’t among the thirteen listed in the record with her first husband Harry W. Lines. I was told that she lost a child before her oldest recorded child Orville was born.
My grandmother had a very difficult life as a young woman, raising her children under very trying circumstances and complicated by an absent husband, who provided little. With the onset of the Great Depression in October of 1929, she was 43 years old with ten children, seven of them between the ages of three to seventeen. It was often a struggle just to have something to eat.
Yet, despite the challenges, I am told she still had a great sense of humor. My Uncle Pete (John Edward Lines), the youngest of all her children, fondly remembered my grandmother saying from time to time in jest, that she was going “to get away from all her noisy kids.” That she was going to go away so far it would “cost a dollar to mail a penny postcard.”3
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Nora was in the hospital with her leg up in a sling following knee surgery that was damaged after a fall when she gave birth to her son Reuben.41
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Resident of Curwensville, PA May 1944.25
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Resident of Curwensville, Clearfield, Pa. in Aug 1955.15
My grandmother had a very difficult life as a young woman, raising her children under very trying circumstances and complicated by an absent husband, who provided little. With the onset of the Great Depression in October of 1929, she was 43 years old with ten children, seven of them between the ages of three to seventeen. It was often a struggle just to have something to eat.
Yet, despite the challenges, I am told she still had a great sense of humor. My Uncle Pete (John Edward Lines), the youngest of all her children, fondly remembered my grandmother saying from time to time in jest, that she was going “to get away from all her noisy kids.” That she was going to go away so far it would “cost a dollar to mail a penny postcard.”3
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Nora was in the hospital with her leg up in a sling following knee surgery that was damaged after a fall when she gave birth to her son Reuben.41
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Resident of Curwensville, PA May 1944.25
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Resident of Curwensville, Clearfield, Pa. in Aug 1955.15
Misc. Notes
Marlie and Nora lived in a house on Irwin Hill in Curwensville, PA before her death. Marlie is buried next to his third wife Nora and share the same grave marker.98
Nora was fourteen years older than her second husband Marlie. They started living together in the summer or fall of 1935 and were without the benefit of marriage until 1953.49
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The home that Marlie and Nora lived in for many years, and until her death, was located on Station Street on Irwin Hill in Curwensville. The home and it’s separate garage are no longer there.7,99
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Marlie and Nora lived in a little red house very near the home on Irwin Hill where they lived for years before Nora’s death in 1963. The house was located on the property bordering the newer house’s back side property and that of their neighbor Maude Sarvey.47
Note: Maude Sarvey was Nora and Marlie’s next-door neighbor for many years. She was Harry W. Lines’ (Nora’s first husband’s) first cousin, one generation removed.100
Nora was fourteen years older than her second husband Marlie. They started living together in the summer or fall of 1935 and were without the benefit of marriage until 1953.49
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The home that Marlie and Nora lived in for many years, and until her death, was located on Station Street on Irwin Hill in Curwensville. The home and it’s separate garage are no longer there.7,99
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Marlie and Nora lived in a little red house very near the home on Irwin Hill where they lived for years before Nora’s death in 1963. The house was located on the property bordering the newer house’s back side property and that of their neighbor Maude Sarvey.47
Note: Maude Sarvey was Nora and Marlie’s next-door neighbor for many years. She was Harry W. Lines’ (Nora’s first husband’s) first cousin, one generation removed.100
Misc. Notes
Marlie married again after the death of his third wife Nora. Margaret??371
Family ID1183
Marr Dateaft Jul 19633