Randal BREDBENNER

Male 1903 - 1930  (27 years)


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  • Name Randal BREDBENNER  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 23 Jan 1903  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1910  Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1930  Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Age: 27Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    1930 Census Apr 1930  W. Nantikoke, Plymouth Township, Luzerne, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 27 - Head of household Living with Wife Iva, 3 children, Brother in law, Brother and his family 
    Occupation American Car and Foundry, Blacksmith helper 
    Died 24 Oct 1930  Berwick, Clumbia, PA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried 28 Oct 1930  Mifflinville, PA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID P231  Wisser and Bryant 2013 | Dale Wisser family
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2014 

    Father Emanuel Edward BREDBENNER,   b. 21 Mar 1866, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1917, Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Laura MICHAEL,   b. About 1867,   d. About 1928  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Family ID F252  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Iva Margaret CORNELL,   b. 9 Jun 1906, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Sep 1974, San Bernardino, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 27 Aug 1921  Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Edward Carl BREDBENNER,   b. 25 Jun 1922, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 2002  (Age 79 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Donald William BENNER,   b. Abt 1924, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 2014, El Salvador Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years)
    +3. Laberta Bessie BREDBENNER,   b. 19 Apr 1925, Nescopeck, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 2017, Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2015 
    Family ID F27  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Aug 1921 - Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Oct 1930 - Berwick, Clumbia, PA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 28 Oct 1930 - Mifflinville, PA, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1910UnitedStatesFederalCensusForRandallBredbenner.jpg
    1910UnitedStatesFederalCensusForRandallBredbenner.jpg
    Randall Bredbenner (7) was the first husband of Iva Cornell
    1921 Iva Cornell and Randall Bredbenner Marriage
    1921 Iva Cornell and Randall Bredbenner Marriage
    Randall M. Bredbenner and Iva Cornell married on 27 Aug 1921 in Wilkes Barre, PA.
    1930 Randall Bredbenner Death Cert
    1930 Randall Bredbenner Death Cert
    Randall Montgomery Bredbenner died on October 24, 1930. The story is that he was cleaning a train boxcar at work and he injested something. He died that evening.
    1921 Bredbenner Iva Cornell Babtized
    1921 Bredbenner Iva Cornell Babtized
    Mrs. Margaret Iva Bredbenner
    Child of Peter Cornell and Bertha Cornell
    Born 9 June 1906
    Baptized in the United Evangelical Church
    23 Oct 1921
    1930UnitedStatesFederalCensusForRandallBredbenner.jpg
    1930UnitedStatesFederalCensusForRandallBredbenner.jpg
    Bredbenner, Randall 27
    Iva 23
    Edward 8
    Donald 6
    Laberta 4 8/12
    Cornell, Earl 29
    Bredbenner, Elwood 23
    Ruth 19
    C. Elwood 1 4/12
    1921_Iva_Cornell-Bredbenner_marriage_crop.jpg
    1921_Iva_Cornell-Bredbenner_marriage_crop.jpg
    Randall M Bredbenner license to marry Iva Cornell _ August 1921, Luzerne County Pennsylvania

    Don_and_Laberta_Bredbenner_Baptism_1931_web.jpg
    Don_and_Laberta_Bredbenner_Baptism_1931_web.jpg
    Don Bredbenne and his sister Laberta Bredbenner
    Baptised April 5, 1931
    Parents: Randall and Iva Bredbenner
    St Paul Methodist Church
    Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA

  • Notes 
    • Worked for American Car and Foundry (AC&F) Berwick, PA sandblasting train cars. Believed to have died from dust inhalation. Got sick at lunch time while working and went home. Died that same evening. He was 25 years old. Left behind wife
      Iva, son Ed (approx 8 yrs) , son Don (approx 6 yrs), and daughter Laberta (approx 5 years old). Children were sent to boarding homes.

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2129628380] Ed and Laberta Bredbenner, Oct 2000.

    2. [S-2129628368] 1930 Census Luzerne, paart of Plymouth Township.

    3. [S-2138213468] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit), Year: 1910; Census Place: Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1369; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 112; Image: 948.
      Birth date: abt 1903 Birth place: Pennsylvania Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania

    4. [S-1717998928] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1930; Census Place: Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2072; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 194; Image: 79.0; FHL microfilm: 2341806.

    5. [S-2129628352] 110 Pennyslvania Inf. Civil War Muster Rolls as connected by Gary Wisser, Page 1.