Florence Van Meter1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 24631, (1893 - 1940)
FatherCharles W. Van Meter4,3,5 (abt 30 Sep 1864 - 27 Aug 1904)
MotherAnna Burton6,3,5 (May 1866 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 1 Aug 1893, Highland Co., Ohio7,8,9
Marriage: 16 Jul 1910, Lynchburg, Highland Co., Ohio, Truman Brose (11 Jun 1887 - 7 Feb 1964)10,11,12
Divorce: 9 Jun 1927, Highland Co., Ohio, Truman Brose (11 Jun 1887 - 7 Feb 1964)13,14
Marriage: about 1928, Elva Ervin Gebhart (21 Feb 1892 - 5 Mar 1976)15,16
Death: 2 Apr 1940, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio17
Burial: 5 Apr 1940, Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio18,19
ChartsDescendants of Maximilian Friderich Wiemann and Anna Maria Margaretha Elisabeth Lüken

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Florence Van Meter was born on 1 Aug 1893 in Highland Co., Ohio.7,8,9
     She moved to Oklahoma Territory with her parents before 1900. She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Otoe Reservation, Noble Co., Oklahoma Territory, in the household of her parents, Charles W. Van Meter and Anna Burton.4
     Her father died on 27 Aug 1904, when Florence was 11 years old.20,21
     Florence returned to Ohio before 1910, but how that happened is unknown. No evidence has been found that her mother returned to that area. She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Dodson Twp., Highland Co., Ohio, in the household of William Isaac Brose and Elizabeth Hendrickson, listed as a servant. He was the older brother of the man she would marry later that year.22
     On 13 Jul 1910 in Highland Co., Ohio, probate court, Florence requested that Lee Terrell, brother-in-law of her employer and of her prospective husband be appointed her guardian. At age 17 she was able to select her guardian. The request was approved, and the court required no bond because the appointment was for the purpose of secure a marriage license.23
     Florence married first Truman Brose, son of William Joseph H. Brose and Edna Caroline Shaffer, on 16 Jul 1910 in Lynchburg, Highland Co., Ohio, with Rev. George Trosth officiating, with the consent of Lee Terrell, her guardian, as she was under age.10,11,12
     Florence and Truman appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, at 3435 Germantown St., enumerated 9 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their home. Their children Lola and Harold were listed as living with them.24
     Truman filed a petition for divorce against Florence in Oct 1924 in Montgomery Co., Ohio divorce court. He charged that she "jabbed him in the leg with a butcher knife, threw an aluminum kettle at him, locked him out of the house at night, and wounded his affections by going out with another man." They were listed with separate addresses. Apparently they reconciled as she filed a new petition several years later.25
     Florence was granted a divorce against Truman on 9 Jun 1927 in Highland Co., Ohio.13,14
     Florence married second Elva Ervin Gebhart, son of Edward Gebhart and Marietta Nicholas, about 1928.15,16
     Florence and Elva appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, at 119 Xenia Ave., enumerated 11 Apr 1930, reporting they rented their home, for $30 per month, and owned a radio. Her daughter Lola by her prior marriage was listed as living with them.26
     Florence and Elva appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, at 315 St. Paul Ave., reporting they rented their home, for $22 per month, and that they had lived in the same house in 1935.27
     Florence died on 2 Apr 1940 in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, at age 46.17 She was buried on 5 Apr 1940 in Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio.18,19

Children:
     Children with Truman Brose:

  • Lola Edith Brose28,29,30 (4 Jul 1911 - 16 Feb 1996)
  • Harold Robert Brose31,32 (23 Jul 1913 - 27 Nov 2001)
  • Ralph Junior Brose33,34 (14 Jun 1920 - 8 Jan 1996)

Children:
     There were no children with Elva Ervin Gebhart

Citations

  1. [S13818] Charles Vanmater household, 1900 U.S. Census, Noble Co., Oklahoma, shows name as Florance Vanmater.
  2. [S13745] William I. Brosie Jr household, 1910 U.S. Census, Highland Co., Ohio, shows name as Florence VanMater.
  3. [S13702] Marriage Record, Highland Co., Ohio, 16:470, no. 10223, Truman Brose and Florence Van Meter.
  4. [S13818] Charles Vanmater household, 1900 U.S. Census, Noble Co., Oklahoma.
  5. [S13820] Florence Gebhart, Certificate of Death.
  6. [S13818] Charles Vanmater household, 1900 U.S. Census, Noble Co., Oklahoma, shows girl as daughter of Anna's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S13818] Charles Vanmater household, 1900 U.S. Census, Noble Co., Oklahoma, shows month, year, age 6, and state.
  8. [S13702] Marriage Record, Highland Co., Ohio, 16:470, no. 10223, Truman Brose and Florence Van Meter, shows age 16 on 1 Aug 1909, county, and state.
  9. [S13820] Florence Gebhart, Certificate of Death, shows date, county, and state.
  10. [S13702] Marriage Record, Highland Co., Ohio, 16:470, no. 10223, Truman Brose and Florence Van Meter, shows date, city, county, state, and officiant.
  11. [S13816] Truman Brose household, 1920 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio, shows married.
  12. [S13839] "Husbamd Kicked Wife From Bed Petition Says," The Dayton Herald, 15 Oct 1924, shows married Aug 1910, and city.
  13. [S13817] "Wife Tells of Beatings That She Received," Dayton Daily News, 9 Jun 1927, shows granted Thursday.
  14. [S9234] Marriage License and Return, Campbell Co., Kentucky, 123:46, Truman Brose and Frances Smart, shows him as divorced.
  15. [S13819] Alva E. Gephart household, 1930 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio, shows married, with his age at first marriage as 36, and hers as 17.
  16. [S13821] Erva E. Gebhart household, 1940 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio, shows married.
  17. [S13820] Florence Gebhart, Certificate of Death, shows date, municipality, county, and state.
  18. [S13820] Florence Gebhart, Certificate of Death, shows date and cemetery.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 85291012, Florence VanMeter Gebhart, includes tombstone photo.
  20. [S7130] Record of Deaths, Highland Co., Ohio, , 2:533, Chas. W. Vanmeter, shows date, township, county, and state.
  21. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 43231052, Charles W. Van Mater, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  22. [S13745] William I. Brosie Jr household, 1910 U.S. Census, Highland Co., Ohio.
  23. [S13840] Probate Journal, Brown Co., Ohio, T:197, guardianship of Florence Van Meter.
  24. [S13816] Truman Brose household, 1920 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio.
  25. [S13839] "Husbamd Kicked Wife From Bed Petition Says," The Dayton Herald, 15 Oct 1924.
  26. [S13819] Alva E. Gephart household, 1930 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio.
  27. [S13821] Erva E. Gebhart household, 1940 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio.
  28. [S13816] Truman Brose household, 1920 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio, shows girl as daughter of Florence's husband.
  29. [S13819] Alva E. Gephart household, 1930 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio, shows the girl as step-daughter and Florence as wife of head of household.
  30. [S10770] "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," FamilySearch.org, record for L. Edith Beeler, citing cert. no. 13615, shows mother's surname as Meter.
  31. [S13816] Truman Brose household, 1920 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio, shows him as the son of her husband.
  32. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Harold Robert Brose, Soc. Sec. No. 291-10-8460.
  33. [S13822] Truman Bruse household, 1930 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio, shows shows him as the son of the man who as her husband when the child was born.
  34. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Ralph Junior Brose, Soc. Sec. No. 276-14-0734.