Bertha Drullinger

1870 - 1938  (67 years)

• Name	Bertha Drullinger
  Birth	19 Oct 1870	Paw Paw, Van Buren, MI
  	1870, Oct 19, Van Buren County Birth Records, Paw Paw, Michigan, Bertha DRULLINGER, b. Keeler, dau/Leander & Jane Drullinger, (b. OH, MI) farmer Michigan, U.S., Births and Christenings Index Name: Bertha Drullinger Gender: Female Birth Place: Van Buren, Michigan Birth Date: 19 Oct 1870 Baptism Place: Van Buren, Michigan Father's Name: Leander Drullinger Mother's Name: Jane FHL Film Number: 1019201
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Jan 1938	Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI
  	Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index Name: Bertha Van Orman Birth Date: 1871 Birth Place: Michigan Death Date: 1 Jan 1938 Death Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan Burial Date: 3 Jan 1938 Cemetery Name: Keeler Death Age: 66 Occupation: Housewife Race: White Marital Status: Widowed Gender: Female Residence: Van Buren Co. Father Name: Leander Drullinger Father Birth Place: Michigan Mother Name: Jennie Suits Mother Birth Place: Michigan Spouse Name: Elmer Van Orman FHL Film Number: 2075047 Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index Name: Bertha Van Orman Birth Date: 1871 Birth Place: Michigan Death Date: 1 Jan 1938 Death Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan Burial Date: 3 Jan 1938 Cemetery Name: Keeler Death Age: 66 Occupation: Housewife Race: White Marital Status: Widowed Gender: Female Residence: Van Buren Co. Father Name: Leander Drullinger Father Birth Place: Michigan Mother Name: Jennie Suits Mother Birth Place: Michigan Spouse Name: Elmer Van Orman FHL Film Number: 2075047 Michigan, Death Records Name: Bertha Van Orman [Bertha VanOrman] [Bertha Drullinger] Gender: Female Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: 1871 Birth Place: Michigan Death Date: 1 Jan 1938 Death Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Death Age: 66 File Number: 002851 Father: Leander Drullinger Mother: Jennie Suits Resident Kalamazoo State Hospital
  Person ID	I12129	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	Leander "Lee" Drullinger,   b. 11 Jun 1846, Darke County, OH d. 11 Jun 1912, Keeler, Van Buren, MI (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Jane "Jennie" Suits,   b. 23 Feb 1852, Silver Creek, Cass, MI d. 25 Oct 1935, Dowagiac, Cass, MI (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F3888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elmer Van Orman,   b. Dec 1875, Dowagiac, Cass, MI d. 29 Oct 1945, Berrien County, MI (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1902	Hartford, Van Buren, MI
  	Groom name: Elmer Vanorman Groom race (on document): Groom age: 25 years Groom birth year: 1877 Groom birth place: Michigan Bride name: Bertha Drullinger Bride race (on document): Bride age: 29 years Bride birth year: 1873 Bride birth place: Michigan Marriage type: Marriage date: 30 Oct 1902 Marriage place: Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan Father of groom name: Carl Vanorman Mother of groom name: Rose Mcclosky Father of bride name: Lee Drullinger Mother of bride name: Jennie Shits Marital status: Groom previous wife name: Bride marital status: Bride previous husband name: Additional relatives: Film number: 2342523 Frame number: Digital GS number: 4001634 Image number: 304 Reference number: v 4 p 387 rn 4307 Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
  Divorce	3 Oct 1906	Cass County, MI
  	Michigan, Divorce Records Name: Bertha Van Orman [Bertha Drullinger] Marriage Date: 30 Oct 1903 Marriage Place: Hartford MI Decree Date: 3 Oct 1906 Decree Place: Cass Spouse Name: Elmer Van Orman State File Number: 2252 Number of Children: 0 Divorce Status: Granted desertion and cruelty
  Family ID	F6084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Oct 1870 - Paw Paw, Van Buren, MI Marriage - 30 Oct 1902 - Hartford, Van Buren, MI Divorce - 3 Oct 1906 - Cass County, MI Death - 1 Jan 1938 - Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  1910 United States Federal Census Name: Bertha Vandorman [Bertha Drullinger] [Bertha Van Orman] Age in 1910: 39 Birth Year: abt 1871 Birthplace: Michigan Home in 1910: Kalamazoo Ward 3, Kalamazoo, Michigan Street: Asylum Avenue Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Inmate Marital Status: Married Father's Birthplace: Holland Mother's Birthplace: Holland Native Tongue: English Occupation: Laundry Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Bertha Van Orman [Bertha Drullinger] Age: 48 Birth Year: abt 1872 Birthplace: Michigan Home in 1920: Kalamazoo Ward 3, Kalamazoo, Michigan Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Inmate Marital Status: Married Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Bertha Van Orman [Bertha Drullinger] Birth Year: abt 1872 Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: Michigan Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Patient Home in 1930: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan Map of Home: View Map Street address: Oakland Drive Ward of City: 3 Institution: Kalamazoo State Hospital Michigan Asylum for the Insane Attended School: No Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Able to Speak English: Yes This appears to be a sad sordid story. Bertha is married in 1902 and divorced in 1906 grounds desertion and cruelty. Did this experience drive her insane as by 1910 she is in a state hospital. She remains there until her death in 1938. Gordon L. Drollinger