I have been a lister for some months now and reading and hoping to see
someone researching my surnames. Presently I will just list two and later
add more as these are the parents of my mother and my fathers surname.
BURTON is my mothers maiden name. My grandpa went by Vern, Babe and Bobo I
think is was the grandchildren that used the Bobo more that anyone else as my
father called him Babe most often. His name was Wilbert BURTON and he
married Rosa Mae Widvey of Knightstown. He had a Sinclar Service Station on
OLD 40 west of Dunrieth, IN in the early 1930's (before the new SR 40 was
built north of the railroad tracks) it was west of the bridge that now is
west of Dunrieth that is SR 3 south. Yrs ago there was a two story white
house that was there that my father rented in the 30's.
My father is William Earl BALLENGER of New Castle, IN and an employ of the
Chrystler plant there for yrs. and retired from there several yrs. ago he
went by Earl to all relitives and friends.
Our last place of residence was on a farm east of Cadiz, IN and that is where
me and my oldest sister graduated from me in 1950, Billie Jean
Ballenger(REESE) and she Marguerite Earline BALLENGER (EVERHART) graduate yr.
I think 1947. We lived in Dunrieth, Lewisville, Knightstown a few yrs.,
then last east of Cadiz. I have younger brothers and sisters that went to
school in that area
Chester Leon, Carol Kay, and Mark Allen BALLENGER. Mark was the only one to
granduate from the consolodated school of Shenandoah.
Hopeful someone will know of my grandfather as I know there are some BURTON'S
in Spiceland, oh, and that is another place my grandparents lived while they
were caring for my Uncle Everett and Aunt Helen's children while there were
in service during WWII. My mothers name was Ethel Marie BURTON (BALLENGER),
I failed to mention that.
Billie Jean (BALLENGER) REESE
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