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Helen Edith Hegnauer

Born in 1911.

born 23 May 1911

Also written Helen Yeo

Life story

Helen Edith Hegnauer was born on 23 May 1911, the younger daughter of Leonard Hegnauer, an agronomist, and Clara Edith Baker.1 Her father was then working for the Oregon Agricultural College, and by 1916 the family had moved to Pullman, Washington (see his profile). In 1920 Helen, aged eight, was living at Pullman with her parents and her elder sister, Dorothy, and the family was still there in 1930.2–3

On 5 December 1933, at Pullman, Helen married Richard W. Yeo; the marriage record names her parents as Leonard Hegnauer and Clara Edith Baker.4 When her father died at Spokane in November 1963, she was listed among his survivors as "Mrs. Richard W. Yeo".5 Where she lived afterwards, and when she died, have not yet been found.

What we know

Proven

  • Birth, 1911
  • Marriage to Richard W. Yeo at Pullman, 1933
  • 3 homes, from the census and other records

What's still open

  • Sources. Her birth date comes from her father's University of Illinois alumni record (read); her censuses and her marriage are FamilySearch and Ancestry index entries (images not read); her married name in 1963 comes from an obituary index entry of her father's (not read).
  • Death. Not found. She is treated as deceased under the study's 100-year rule (born 1911).

Sources

Source 1

1 The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, entry 2681, 1901

Sources 2–3

2 United States Census, 1920, 1912
3 1930 United States Federal Census

Source 4

4 Washington, County Marriages, 1911

Source 5

5 U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s–current, 1963

Life in time

23 May 1911

Birth

proven Sources 1, 2, 4

How we know

  1. 1911 Birth 23 May 1911 · proven

    Her father's alumni record gives the date. The 1920 census index gives her birthplace as Washington, but her father was then working in Oregon (see Research Notes), so the place is left open.

    Her father's University of Illinois alumni record, published in her childhood, names her "Helen Edith, b. May 23, 1911"; her marriage index gives a birth year of 1911 and the 1920 census index about 1912. No birth record has been seen.

    Sources 1, 2, 4

  2. 1920 Residence Pullman, Whitman · proven

    Helen, born about 1912 in Washington, daughter of "Lonard" and Edith Hegnauer, with her sister Dorothy.

    FamilySearch's and Ancestry's indexes of the 1920 census at Pullman; her parents and sister identify her. The image has not been read.

    Source 2

  3. 1930 Residence Pullman, Whitman · proven

    Index entry attached in the old family tree; its details have not been read.

    The old Ancestry tree attaches the 1930 census entry at Pullman to her, with those of her parents and sister.

    Source 3

  4. 1933 Marriage, with Richard W. Yeo 5 Dec 1933 · Pullman, Whitman · proven

    Whitman County marriage record (FamilySearch indexes, which also give 6 Dec 1933, probably the date of the return or the recording). Her parents are named as Leonard Hegnauer and Clara Edith Baker.

    The Washington county marriage index names the bride, Helen Hegnauer, born 1911, daughter of Leonard Hegnauer and Clara Edith Baker, and the groom, Richard W. Yeo, at Pullman on 5 Dec 1933. An index of her father's 1963 obituary names a married daughter, "Mrs. Richard W. Yeo". The record image has not been read.

    Sources 4, 5

  5. 1963 Residence Nov 1963 · proven

    "Mrs. Richard W. Yeo", a surviving daughter, in an index of her father's obituary; her residence was not captured.

    The obituary index entry names her by her married name; the newspaper page has not been read.

    Source 5

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  1. 1 Pullman, Whitman County Residence 1920 · Residence 1930 · Marriage 5 Dec 1933

Family

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Husband · m. 5 Dec 1933 Richard W. Yeo b. bef. 1915
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The evidence 5 facts with their grades, 5 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth 23 May 1911 proven 1 , 2 , 4
Residence 1920 Pullman, Whitman, Washington, United States proven 2
Residence 1930 Pullman, Whitman, Washington, United States proven 3
Marriage with Richard W. Yeo 5 Dec 1933 Pullman, Whitman, Washington, United States proven 4 , 5
Residence Nov 1963 proven 5

Research notes

  • Sources: Her birth date comes from her father's University of Illinois alumni record (read); her censuses and her marriage are FamilySearch and Ancestry index entries (images not read); her married name in 1963 comes from an obituary index entry of her father's (not read).
  • Identity of "Mrs. Richard W. Yeo": The marriage index names Helen Hegnauer, born 1911, daughter of Leonard Hegnauer and Clara Edith Baker, as the bride of Richard W. Yeo in 1933.4 Leonard had only two daughters, and the other, Dorothy, was "Miss Dorothy Hegnauer" in 1963 and never married (see her profile). So the married daughter of the 1963 obituary index is Helen.5
  • Birthplace (open): The 1920 census index (and the old family tree) gives Washington, but her father was an agronomist of the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis from 1910 until about 1916, so she may well have been born in Oregon. The 1930 census entry and her Social Security record should settle it.2
  • Death: Not found. She is treated as deceased under the study's 100-year rule (born 1911). Leads: the Social Security Death Index and Washington death index under Helen Yeo or Helen H. Yeo; Richard W. Yeo's own records.
  • Husband: Richard W. Yeo has no study ID yet; his birth, parents and death have not been searched.
  • This profile is part of the Hegnauer one-name study.

Working notes

  • Daughter of H0012 and Clara Edith Baker; 1920 and 1930 Pullman, Wash. (6061/14137055, 6224/112944670); see Dorothy re "Mrs. Richard W. Yeo"; old tree 165462681 @I252683486350@
  • Mrs. Richard W. Yeo (m. 5 Dec 1933 Pullman); deceased by 100-year rule

Sources

  1. 1

    The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, p. 384, entry 2681, Leonard Hegnauer: "Married Clara Edith Baker, Dec. 24, 1901. Children, Dorothea Virginia, b. Apr. 14, 1909; Helen Edith, b. May 23, 1911"; in "U.S., Family History Books," database with images, Ancestry.com.

  2. 2

    "United States Census, 1920," database, FamilySearch, Pullman, Whitman County, Washington: Helen Hegnauer (born about 1912, Washington), daughter of "Lonard" and Edith Hegnauer, with her sister Dorothy (index entries; the image has not been read). FamilySearch record MHFD-XPD Also "1920 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com, Pullman, E.D. 177.

  3. 3

    "1930 United States Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry.com, Pullman, Whitman County, Washington, E.D. 67, index entry for Helen Hegnauer (record 112944670), as attached in the old Ancestry family tree "Hegnauer (Old)" (details not read in this study).

  4. 4

    "Washington, County Marriages, 1855–2008," database, FamilySearch, Helen Hegnauer (born 1911) and Richard W Yeo, married 5 December 1933, Pullman, Whitman County, Washington; bride's parents Leonard Hegnauer and Clara Edith Baker FamilySearch record QPMP-J8R4; father of the bride FamilySearch record QPMP-J8RH; further entries for the same marriage, dated 5 and 6 December 1933, Whitman County FamilySearch record QPMT-H34M; FamilySearch record QPMT-2XYT; FamilySearch record QPMT-Z1RD (index entries; the record image has not been read).

  5. 5

    "U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s–current," database, Ancestry.com, an entry for the obituary of her father, Leonard Hegnauer (died 10 November 1963, Spokane), record 754638097, attached in the old family tree, which took from it a married daughter, "Mrs. Richard W. Yeo" (the index entry and the newspaper page have not been read in this study).