I have a letter written in October, 1925 from Bertha Baurlie or Bourlie or Burley (the
signature is hard to read) to my grandfather Benjamin Harrison Coatney. Bertha was a
daughter of George Combe Coatney brother of BHC and his wife Eliza Ella McClellan. She
first Married Earl A. Wells and I believe this marriage ended in divorce but I have no
proof as of yet. She then apparently married a Baurlie. This letter is written on
stationary from the Marion County Home. Bertha mentions in the letter that she was in the
City Hospital for two months and then Social Services sent her to the Marion County Home.
She does not say why she was in the Hospital nor why she was in the County Home. I am
looking for any information on Bertha May Coatney Wells Baurlie I can find. If any of
these names sound familiar please let me know. Bertha May Coatney was born on March 22
1887 and married Earl A. Wells on December 23, 1906. I do not know when she died or where.
Thanks in advance for your co!
nsiderations. Don Coatney