Individual Details
Harold Emery "Bi" HELSTERN
(24 Jul 1899 - 28 Mar 1980)
August1936. He was ordained as an Elder in 1939. His occupation was
traffic, shipping, freight and worked for Duro Pump Company after he
left the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was a part time pastor of West
Milton Church of the Brethren and also of Harris Creek Church of the
Brethren. He transferred his ordination to the Grace Brethren Church
in the early 1950's. Harold and Christine bought the farm on Air Hill
Road in the early 1940's.
Events
| Birth | 24 Jul 1899 | Montgomery County, Ohio |  | ||
| Education | Abt 1918 | graduating from high school at Trotwood-Madison High School? - Montg Co OH | | ||
| Marriage | 21 May 1919 | Montgomery County, Ohio - Christine Pauline "Teenie" Long | | ||
| Death | 28 Mar 1980 | Dayton OH | | ||
| Burial | 1980 | Erstine Cemetery |  | | |
| Residence (family) | abt 1920 and following | Dayton OH, Westwood area, on Crestmore Ave. - Christine Pauline "Teenie" Long | | | |
| Occupation | abt 1918 to retirement | was employed at Pennsylvania RR, Duro Pump Co. and served as minister in 2 Churches of the Brethren - Montg Co OH, Darke Co OH and Miami Co OH | | |
Families
| Spouse | Christine Pauline "Teenie" Long (1900 - 1982) |
| Child | Charlotte Marjorie HELSTERN (1922 - ) |
| Child | Rollie Maurice HELSTERN (1925 - 1996) |
| Child | A[lvin] James "Jim" HELSTERN (1927 - ) |
| Father | George HELSTERN (1872 - 1937) |
| Mother | Bessie ERBAUGH ( - 1961) |
| Sibling | Wilbur "Bink" HELSTERN (1901 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Unnamed girl HELSTERN (1902 - 1902) |
| Sibling | Russell Fred "Russ" HELSTERN (1903 - 1973) |
Notes
Burial
Gravestone is located in center, newer part of Ehrstine Cemetery in row # 7.Residence (family)
"Then my folks moved to Residence Park where they paid $32.50 a month rent. (Dad made $30 a week!) For part of the year when Russ [HELSTERN] had his splenectomy, 1933-34, the two couples and their 5 children lived together to share on expenses and rent...They "moved to West Milton [where Dad served] as part-time paid pastor at the Church of the Brethren...
"They went from West Milton to Harris Creek Church of the Brethren (about 1924-25) but Harold continued his full-time work at Duro Pump Company."
Occupation
"Dad first worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad but he saw 'the handwriting on the wall' [the necessity of frequent travel and up-rooting his family] and he left in 1924-25" He then went to work full-time for Duro Pump Company.."In the summer of 1939, they moved to West Milton [where Dad served] as part-time paid pastor at the Church of the Brethren there...
"They went from West Milton to Harris Creek Church of the Brethren but Harold continued his full-time work at Duro Pump Company."
Endnotes
1. Family History Album,, memory.
2. Interview with Charlotte HELSTERN Paugh (), by Mary Sue HELSTERN Rosenberger, 21 Apr & 5 May 2006. Transcript held by mshr (). questionnaire & mini-tape, questionnaire & mini-tape.
3. Family History Album,, conversation.
4. Family History Album,, memory.
5. Cemetery records and headstone, burial marker.
6. Interview with Charlotte HELSTERN Paugh (), by Mary Sue HELSTERN Rosenberger, 21 Apr & 5 May 2006. Transcript held by mshr (). questionnaire & mini-tape, questionnaire & mini-tape.
7. Interview with Charlotte HELSTERN Paugh (), by Mary Sue HELSTERN Rosenberger, 21 Apr & 5 May 2006. Transcript held by mshr (). questionnaire & mini-tape, questionnaire & mini-tape.