Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJames Melvin Hillman 
Birth10 Apr 1872, Monongahela, Washington Co, PA
Census2 Apr 1940, Pease Twp, Belmont Co, OH
Memoroll#3029, pg 1
Death12 Mar 1948, Martins Ferry, Belmont Co, OH
BurialLinwood Cem, Blaine, Belmont Co, OH
Misc. Notes
In 1940 James (68, PA) is living in Pease, Belmont Co, OH and working as a groundman for the electric company. With him are son Donald J. (19, OH) and daughter Betty Jane (13, OH).
Spouses
Birth16 Sep 1885, Wills Twp, Guernsey Co, OH
Death1 Nov 1966, Guernsey, Guernsey Co, OH
BurialLinwood Cem, Blaine, Belmont Co, OH
MemoSection B, Row 16
FatherHugh E. Wells (1859-1923)
MotherFlora May Erskine (1862-1896)
Misc. Notes
She was baptised in 1887 as Gertrude Laughlin Wells, born 16 Sept 1885 to Hugh and Flora Wells. Some records list her middle initial as “H”.
Married to James Hillman (1878) of Fayette Co, PA on 12 March 1907 in Guernsey Co, OH.
They are listed in Belmont Co, OH in 1920; James (47, PA) as a coal miner and Gertrude (36, OH) with their 11 month old dau Wilma.
In 1930 they are living in Brookside, Belmont Co, where he (50, PA) is working in an electric plant and she is Gertrude H. (42, OH) with children Wilma V. (11), Donald (8), and Betty L. (2 1/12).
In 1940 husband James (68, PA) is living in Pease, Belmont Co, OH and working as a groundman for the electric company. With him are son Donald J. (19, OH) and daughter Betty Jane (13, OH). It appears that Gertrude is listed in the Columbus State Hospital for the Insane as an inmate (54, OH) where she had been for at least 5 yrs.
Listed as Gertrud L. Hillman b. 1885 in Ohio Death records for 1 Nov 1966 of Cambridge Mental Health and Devlp Hospital in Guernsey Co. (widowed)
Married to James Hillman (1878) of Fayette Co, PA on 12 March 1907 in Guernsey Co, OH.
They are listed in Belmont Co, OH in 1920; James (47, PA) as a coal miner and Gertrude (36, OH) with their 11 month old dau Wilma.
In 1930 they are living in Brookside, Belmont Co, where he (50, PA) is working in an electric plant and she is Gertrude H. (42, OH) with children Wilma V. (11), Donald (8), and Betty L. (2 1/12).
In 1940 husband James (68, PA) is living in Pease, Belmont Co, OH and working as a groundman for the electric company. With him are son Donald J. (19, OH) and daughter Betty Jane (13, OH). It appears that Gertrude is listed in the Columbus State Hospital for the Insane as an inmate (54, OH) where she had been for at least 5 yrs.
Listed as Gertrud L. Hillman b. 1885 in Ohio Death records for 1 Nov 1966 of Cambridge Mental Health and Devlp Hospital in Guernsey Co. (widowed)
Marriage12 Mar 1907, Guernsey Co, OH