Family History - Bertha M. Summers

1. Bertha M. Summers,¹ born ____ (parents not determined). Bertha married Edson Ward Safford (born ____, parents not determined).

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Ruth Safford, born 15 August 1887 in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; died 19 March 1953 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey. Married John Scott Jarvie, Jr..

2. Ruth Safford² (Bertha¹), born 15 August 1887 in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania;¹ died 19 March 1953 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey.¹ Ruth married, 1934, John Scott Jarvie, Jr.^{10, 11} (born 7 June 1873 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, the son of John Scott Jarvie and Maria Louise Heartt;^{2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} John died 25 January 1937 in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey^{4, 10}). Ruth and John are buried in Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.^{1, 4}

1. Find a Grave (website). Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, Ruth Safford Jarvie, born: 15 August 1887 in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; died: 19 March 1953 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents and husband).
2. New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980; John S. Jarvie, born: 7 June 1873 in Bloomfield Township, Essex, New Jersey; father: John S. Jarvie; mother: Mary L.
3. Draft Registration Card, World War I, John Scott Jarvie, Serial Number 337, born: 7 June 1873; occupation: sign mfg.; nearest relative: Marie Louise Jarvie (mother).
4. Find a Grave (website). Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, John Scott Jarvie, Jr., born: 7 June 1873 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey; died: 23 January 1937 in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents and wife).
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New Jersey, Essex County, Bloomfield, Enumeration District 92, Page No. 9A, family of John S. Jarvie (32, England, stock _ treasury broker); wife Louise Jarvie (28, N. York); son John S. Jarvie, Jr. (6, N. Jersey); sister-in-law Mary Heartt (33, New York); brother-in-law Oscar W. Heartt (22, Scotland, bank clerk); servant Hannah Kennedy (30, Ireland, servant).
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New Jersey, Essex County, Glen Ridge Borough, Enumeration District 213, Sheet No. 8A, family of John S. Jarvie (53, England, Sept 1846); wife of 27 years Marie L. Jarvie (47, New York, June 1852, 2 children, 2 living); son John S. Jarvie Jr. (25, June 1874, clerk, banking); son Albert L. Jarvie (18, New Jersey, Jan 1882, clerk, life ins. co.); b-in-law Oscar W. Heartt (37, New York, May 1863, clerk, banking); s-in-law Mary T. Heartt (50, New York, Apr 1850). [Most of these birth years are off by several years compared to other records. For example, Marie L. (Heartt) Jarvie appears in the 1850 census, age 2.]
7. New Jersey State Census, 1905, Essex County, Glen Ridge, Sheet No. 5A, John S. Jarvie [indexed as Jarvis], 57, England, Sept. 1847, clerk; Marie L. Jarvie, 56, New York, June 1848; John S. Jarvie, Jr., 30, New Jersey, June 1874, clerk; Mary P. Heartt, 59, New York, Oct. 1845.
8. New Jersey State Census, 1915, Essex County, Glen Ridge, 3rd Enumeration District, Sheet No. 5A, Mary L. Jarvie, 66, New York, June 1848, widow, retired; John S. Jarvie, 38, New Jersey, June 1876, single, retired; Mary P. Heartt, 74, New York, Oct. 1840, single, retired.
9. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New Jersey, Essex County, Glen Ridge, Enumeration District 7-435, Sheet No. 3A, family of John S. Jarvie (56, New Jersey); nephew Albert L. Jarvie, Jr. (26, New Jersey, proprietor, textile designing); servant Mary Carrol (45, North Carolina, servant, private family).
10. Deaths, The New York Times, available at www.fultonhistory.com, 25 January 1937, John Scott Jarvie, died 25 January 1937. The article mentions his wife and parents.
11. New Jersey Marriage Index, by Reclaim the Records (available at: archives.org), John Jarvie and Ruth Safford, married in 1934.