Individual Details
John Henry DeWitt
(31 Oct 1880 - 23 Sep 1939)
Events
Families
Spouse | Adelaide Josephine "Addie" Neuhouse (1880 - 1911) |
Child | Gladys Catherine DeWitt (1902 - 1995) |
Child | Marie Patricia DeWitt (1904 - ) |
Spouse | Claudia Frances Kelly (1889 - 1924) |
Father | Lafayette DeWitt (1857 - 1948) |
Mother | Mary Augusta Hollenkamp (1859 - 1905) |
Sibling | Clarence Douglas DeWitt (1882 - 1937) |
Sibling | Olive May Augusta DeWitt (1884 - 1985) |
Sibling | Minna Rosalie Charlotta "Minnie" DeWitt (1886 - 1970) |
Sibling | Albert Arthur DeWitt (1886 - 1886) |
Sibling | Grace Lillian DeWitt (1886 - 1886) |
Sibling | Mary Jane "Jeanette" DeWitt (1888 - 1888) |
Sibling | Adeline DeWitt (1892 - 1893) |
Sibling | Lafayette Gilbert DeWitt Jr. (1893 - 1974) |
Sibling | Nellie Adeline DeWitt (1895 - 1961) |
Notes
Birth
Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.at #621 East Lampton Street Louisville Ky
Marriage
The marriage bond was signed by John Henry Dewitt as principal, and Lafayette Dewitt & E. [Edward] Neuhaus as surety. [The fathers of the groom & bride] on the 4th day of June 1901.Kentucky Irish American, Louisville, Ky, Saturday June 8, 1901
St. Boniface church was the scene of a brilliant wedding Wednesday morning, the contracting parties being Miss Adelphie Newhaus, one of Louisville's most talented musicians and a very attractive young lady who has a host of friends, and Henry DeWitt, a young man of fine business qualities and well known. Following the marriage ceremony and nuptial mass an elegant wedding breakfast was served at the bride's home, after which they left for the Buffalo Exposition, Niagara Falls and other places of interest in the East. Upon their return they will go to housekeeping at 443 East Kentucky street, where they will be at home to their friends.
Census (family)
rents house on Christy Ave. 1437, 187, 211DeWitt, John H. Head MW, 29 Married1 8 yrs, KY IL KY, Window Dresser Dry Goods
Addie J. Wife FW 29 M1-8yrs, 2 children born & living, KY, Germany, Germany
Gladys W Dau FW 7 KY
Marie P Dau FW 4 KY
Hildebrand, Cecilia Servant, 17 Pennsylvannia, Ger Germany, Ger Germany
Chambermaid private family.
Marriage
John Henry DeWittOccupation Window Trimmer
Father : Lafayette Dewitt b. Pike Co., Ill, Occupation: Dept Manager Residence: LA Calif.
Mother: Mary Hollencamp b. Louisville KY, deceased
married once before, wife dead Feb 4, 1911.
to Claudia Frances Kelly
Occupation: Saleslady
Father: Thos. Joseph Kelly b. Sanford, Ind. occupation: Salesman Residence Terre Haute
Mother Cecelia Delahaye, deceased, b. St. Mary's Ind.
1st marriage
Military
Tall height, medium build, gray eyes, light brown hairAdvertising Mgr, Boston Store
married to Claudia F Dewitt
Census (family)
Oakland StreetHenry Dewitt M 49y, Self, Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky, Manager, Dry Goods Store
Claudia Dewitt F 48y, Wife, Indiana Indiana Indiana, Dept Manger
Gladys Dewitt F 17y, Daughter, KY KY IN, Book-keeper, Dry Goods Store
Marie Dewitt F 14y, Daughter, KY KY IN, None
Elizabeth Black F 57y, Housekeeper, Ireland Ireland Ireland, widowed, House-keeper, Private Family
Film Number: 1820549
Digital Folder Number: 4300858
Image Number: 00980
Sheet Number: 1
Endnotes
1. DeWitt family records written by Lafe DeWitt and Olive DeWitt, 1938 (Santa Rosa, CA: Family records held by Charles DeWitt Prouty.).
2. "Society," Kentucky (Louisville) Irish American, 8 June 1901, Wedding announcement; Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/ : accessed 25 March 2010).
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > KENTUCKY > JEFFERSON > 1-WD LOUISVILLE Series: T624 Roll: 484 Page: 73.
4. US Federal Government, Federal census of Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky, 1910. E.D. 48 (read 6/2001 Nancy Prouty).
5. DeWitt family records written by Lafe DeWitt and Olive DeWitt, 1938 (Santa Rosa, CA: Family records held by Charles DeWitt Prouty.).
6. "Indiana Marriages 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 29 November 2013), John Henry Dewitt and Claudia Frances Kelly, 1914.
7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > KANSAS > SEDGWICK > 6-WD; WICHITA 4-PCT Series: T625 Roll: 549 Page: 240.
8. "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (: accessed 7 October 2020), John H Dewitt.