Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Arthur Painter 
Birth26 Jan 1910, Joy, Elk Co, PA
Census3 Apr 1930, Newport, Washington Co, PA
MemoED#27, pg 2
Census15 Apr 1940, Knox, Clarion Co, PA
Memoroll#3468, pg 9
Death27 Jun 1969, Weston, Wood Co, OH
Burial30 Jun 1969, Callensburg Cem, Callensburg, Clarion Co, PA
OccupationTruck driver
Misc. Notes
Son of Warren A. Painter and Maude E. Howard.
First married to Flora E. Wall on 4 Jun 1927 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV, with whom he had daughter Lois Jean Painter (1926-2000).
Married second to Emma Mae Hitchcock, recorded as Marlene Warner, 1 July 1931 in Washington DC, and had daughter Theresa M. Painter (1931-2007) and son George Jr. (1932-2003). They were all listed together in the 1940 census for Clarion Co, PA.
When he registered for the WWII Draft in 1942, he listed his mother as his contact, and was divorced at the time of his death.
George is buried with his parents in Callensburg Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
First married to Flora E. Wall on 4 Jun 1927 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV, with whom he had daughter Lois Jean Painter (1926-2000).
Married second to Emma Mae Hitchcock, recorded as Marlene Warner, 1 July 1931 in Washington DC, and had daughter Theresa M. Painter (1931-2007) and son George Jr. (1932-2003). They were all listed together in the 1940 census for Clarion Co, PA.
When he registered for the WWII Draft in 1942, he listed his mother as his contact, and was divorced at the time of his death.
George is buried with his parents in Callensburg Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
Spouses
Birth28 Jan 1912, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE
FatherCharles Russell Hitchcock (1886-1964)
MotherClara Belle Wells (1875-1924)
Misc. Notes
Listed with her parents in 1920, then listed with just her brother and sister in Council Bluffs, IA in 1925 - perhaps an orphanage.
In 1930 she is listed with her aunt & uncle, Martin and Pearl Hitchcock back in Nebraska.
She was living in Lynchburg, VA and pregnant with daughter Theresa (from Roy Duff, a married man) in 1931 when she and George Painter gor their marriage license and were married in Washington DC. She listed her name as May Warner (her step-fathers name, for unknown reasons). Both her children, Theresa and George, were born in Washington DC before they moved to Pennsylvania and were listed there in 1940. Wierdly, she is listed as Marlene Painter with her husband and two children in the 1940 census.
She was then listed as Mae Painter of Omaha in her brother’s 1944 obit, apparently having left George.
They divorced and she was remarried to Fred Brandt on 11 Oct 1947 in Baltimore at the Ridgely St Presbyterian Church as Emma Mae Painter; and is listed as Mae D. Brandt (38, NE) in the 1950 Baltimore census with husband Frederick E. Brandt (52, MD) and her son George A. Painter (17, DC).
Was Mrs. Emma Brandt of Baltimore, MD in 1964 when her father died.
She was not still married to Fred Brandt when he died in 1968, as his wife was Lorraine Klem at that time.
In 1930 she is listed with her aunt & uncle, Martin and Pearl Hitchcock back in Nebraska.
She was living in Lynchburg, VA and pregnant with daughter Theresa (from Roy Duff, a married man) in 1931 when she and George Painter gor their marriage license and were married in Washington DC. She listed her name as May Warner (her step-fathers name, for unknown reasons). Both her children, Theresa and George, were born in Washington DC before they moved to Pennsylvania and were listed there in 1940. Wierdly, she is listed as Marlene Painter with her husband and two children in the 1940 census.
She was then listed as Mae Painter of Omaha in her brother’s 1944 obit, apparently having left George.
They divorced and she was remarried to Fred Brandt on 11 Oct 1947 in Baltimore at the Ridgely St Presbyterian Church as Emma Mae Painter; and is listed as Mae D. Brandt (38, NE) in the 1950 Baltimore census with husband Frederick E. Brandt (52, MD) and her son George A. Painter (17, DC).
Was Mrs. Emma Brandt of Baltimore, MD in 1964 when her father died.
She was not still married to Fred Brandt when he died in 1968, as his wife was Lorraine Klem at that time.
Marriage1 Jul 1931, Washington, DC
ChildrenGeorge Arthur (1932-2003)