Blattenberger/Plattenberger Family Geneology


Rolla Blake Bender [Parents] was born on 10 Jun 1892 in Shade Twp., Somerset Co., PA. He died on 16 Oct 1982 in Bedford, Bedford Co., PA and was buried in Fishertown Cemetery, Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA. Rolla married Ella Elizabeth Blattenberger.

Other marriages:
Knee, Mary G.

Prior to his marriage to Ella Elizabeth (nee Blattenberger), Rolla Blake Bender had been the husband of Mary G. (nee Knee; 1893-1916).

(Sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 45278625)

Ella Elizabeth Blattenberger [Parents] was born on 6 Apr 1898 in Bedford Co., PA. She died on 21 May 1972 in Bedford Co., PA and was buried in Fishertown Cemetery, Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA. Ella married Rolla Blake Bender.

(Sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 45278645)

They had the following children:

  M i Blair Francis Bender
  M ii Dick Blattenberger Bender

Francis Seigle Bender married Anna Ellen Miller.

Anna Ellen Miller married Francis Seigle Bender.

They had the following children:

  M i Rolla Blake Bender

Rolla Blake Bender [Parents] was born on 10 Jun 1892 in Shade Twp., Somerset Co., PA. He died on 16 Oct 1982 in Bedford, Bedford Co., PA and was buried in Fishertown Cemetery, Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA. Rolla married Mary G. Knee.

Other marriages:
Blattenberger, Ella Elizabeth

Prior to his marriage to Ella Elizabeth (nee Blattenberger), Rolla Blake Bender had been the husband of Mary G. (nee Knee; 1893-1916).

(Sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 45278625)

Mary G. Knee was born in 1893. She died in 1916 in Bedford Co., PA and was buried in Fishertown Cemetery, Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA. Mary married Rolla Blake Bender.

(Sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 45278574)

They had the following children:

  F i Alma Elizabeth Bender

Dick Blattenberger Bender [Parents] was born on 11 May 1926 in Saint Clairsville, Bedford Co., PA. He died in May 1966 in Bedford, Bedford Co., PA and was buried in Fishertown Cemetery, Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA. Dick married Rebecca Lee Evans.

(Sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 45278926)

Rebecca Lee Evans [Parents] was born on 12 Mar 1922 in Rig, WV. She died on 24 Apr 1996 in Johnstown, PA and was buried on 27 Apr 1996 in Fishertown Cemetery, Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA. Rebecca married Dick Blattenberger Bender.

Rebecca Lee Evans Kessel Bender, age 74, died in Good Samaritan Hospital in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Wednesday evening, April 24, 1996. Mrs. Bender had been a resident of Everett Christian Home.

Mrs. Bender was born March 12, 1922 at Rig, West Virginia, the daughter of the late James Marvin "Boss" Evans and the late Pearl Riggleman Evans.

She moved to Pennsylvania in the early 1950's where she was employed as a craftsperson at Bedford Village.

She was preceded in death by her second husband, Dick Bender of Everett, Pennsylvania; her sister, Dot Evans Rumers and three brothers, Emory, Paul and Floyd Evans. Mrs. Bender is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Ruth Kessel Sherman of Owings Mills, Maryland, and Susan Laurene Kessel, Santa Cruz and El Paso, Texas; two sons, Steven Bender of Memphis, Tennessee and Stacey Bender of Everett, Pennsylvania; one brother, Herbert Evans of Rig; one sister, Betty Smith of Rig and Laurel Hill, Florida; 9 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Bedford, PA, and had been a resident of Everett Christian Home for several years.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 27, 1996, by her pastor at Giesel Funeral Home of Bedford, Pennsylvania.

(Other Sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 45278915)


James Marvin "Boss" Evans married Pearl Riggleman.

Pearl Riggleman married James Marvin "Boss" Evans.

They had the following children:

  F i Rebecca Lee Evans

Daniel Miller married Rebecca Mary Emerick.

Rebecca Mary Emerick married Daniel Miller.

They had the following children:

  F i Clara E. Miller

Donald Quinter Brumbaugh [Parents] was born on 23 Jan 1918 in Altoona, Blair Co., PA. He died on 26 Feb 1989 in Washington, DC and was buried in Fishertown Cemetery, Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA. Donald married Mary Rebekah Blattenberger on 12 Oct 1940 in Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA.

Bedford County Historical Society Obituary Collection, Bedford, PA, Book 71, Page 11:
Donald Brumbaugh
A son of Jacob Quinter and Laura Letitia (Jenkins) Brumbaugh. He married Mary Blattenberger October 12, 1940.

He was survived by his wife and these children: Letitia Rennings of Alexandria, VA; Karen Brumbaugh of Beltsville, MD; Orson Brumbaugh of Columbia, SC; and David Brumbaugh of Ambler, PA; He was also survived by six grandchildren, and two brothers, Robert Brumbaugh of Pottstown, PA, and Eugene Brumbaugh of New Orleans, LA.

Mr. Brumbaugh was employed as a physicist by the Naval Ordinance Laboratory in White Oak, MD, from 1940 to 1977 and was a consultant for British Aerospace in Washington, D. C., naval attache to the United Kingdom and director of Air and Anti-Submarine Warfare Analysis and Planning Division for the United States Navy.

He was a member of the University Methodist Church in College Park, MD, and a member of Phi Sigma Phi Honorary Society. He received an undergraduate degree in physics from Juniata College and master's degree in engineering administration from George Washington University. He was also the owner of several patents.

The Mickel-Geisel Funeral Home, Schellsburg was in charge of arrangements.
Burial in Fishertown Cemetery with Rev. Richard Russell officiating.

(Other sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 49652367)

Mary Rebekah Blattenberger [Parents] was born on 31 Mar 1918. She died on 19 Dec 2003 and was buried in Fishertown Cemetery, Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA. Mary married Donald Quinter Brumbaugh on 12 Oct 1940 in Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA.

(Sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 49652331)

They had the following children:

  F i Clara Letitia Brumbaugh
  F ii Karen Brumbaugh
  M iii Orson Brumbaugh
  M iv David Brumbaugh

Jacob Quinter Brumbaugh married Laura Letitia Jenkins.

Laura Letitia Jenkins married Jacob Quinter Brumbaugh.

They had the following children:

  M i Donald Quinter Brumbaugh

Frederick "Fred" Miller Blattenberger [Parents] was born on 15 Aug 1905 in Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA. He died on 29 Feb 1956 in Memorial Hospital, Bedford, Bedford Co., PA and was buried on 3 Mar 1956 in Bedford County Memorial Park, Bedford, Bedford Co., PA. Frederick married Arvilla Stayer.

Other marriages:
Taylor, Virginia Pittcairn Freighm

In 1930 Frederick M. (listed as F. M.) Blattenberger, age 24, a laborer - road work, was living in Napier Twp., Bedford Co., PA, with his first wife, Virginia Blattenberger, age 24, a music teacher, and one daughter:
- Elsie Elizabeth Blattenberger, age 2
Frederick and Virginia had been married at the age of 21. All were born in PA. (1930 census, microfilm roll 1998, Page 9A, house #182, family #188)

In 1940 Frederick's former wife, Virginia Blattenberger, age 34, divorced, was living along Main St. in New Paris, Bedford Co., PA, in the household of her father, Howard Taylor, age 72, a widower. Both were born in PA. (1940 census, microfilm roll T627_3431, Page 1B, household #19)

(Other Sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 70016980
2. PA Certificate of Death #11894: Fred M. Blattenberger, RD 2, Bedford, Bedford Co., PA, born 5 Aug 1905 in Fishertown, PA, D.O.A. at Memorial Hospital, Bedford, Bedford Co., PA, 29 Feb 1956, age 50, automobile salesman, married, father - Dan (?) Blattenberger, mother - Clara Stoner Miller, informant - Mrs. Fred Blattenberger
3. SSDI)

Arvilla Stayer [Parents] was born on 24 Jan 1913 in PA. She died on 2 Apr 1989 in Bedford Co., PA and was buried in Bedford County Memorial Park, Bedford, Bedford Co., PA. Arvilla married Frederick "Fred" Miller Blattenberger.

Other marriages:
Thompson, Chester William

Prior to her marriage to Frederick M. Blattenberger, Arvilla (nee Stayer) had been married to Chester William Thompson by whom she had a son, Carl Alvin Thompson. Carl, born around 1932, married Betty Jane Davis on 10 April 1950 in Beford Co., PA.

(Sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 70017059
2. US Social Security Applications and Claims Index
3. SSDI. Last residence - Bedford, Bedford Co., PA 15522
4. US Public Records Index)


Stephen W. Rennings

Clara Letitia Brumbaugh [Parents] was born on 29 Aug 1941. She died on 26 Nov 1994 and was buried in Fishertown Cemetery, Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA. Clara married Stephen W. Rennings.

In 1989 Clara Letitia (Brumbaugh) Rennings was living in Alexandria, VA.

(Other sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 49653168)

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