Family: Harry Wilbur LINES / Nora Agnes WERTZ (F3)
m. 25 Dec 1903-
Father | Male
Harry Wilbur LINES
Born 15 Nov 1881 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA 
Died 25 Jun 1974 Fellowsville, Preston County, West Virginia, USA Buried 28 Jun 1974 Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Married 25 Dec 1903 [1] Divorced Aft Apr 1940 [2] Other Spouse Margaret SANGER | F51 Married 10 Nov 1950 Father Eli Monroe LINES | F13 Group Sheet Mother Mary Jane PATTON | F13 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Nora Agnes WERTZ
Born 18 May 1886 Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 29 Jul 1963 Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Buried 31 Jul 1963 Crown Crest Memorial Park, Hyde, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Other Spouse Marlie W ELLINGER | F52 Married 18 Jun 1953 Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA Father Emanuel L WERTZ | F14 Group Sheet Mother Hannah HOOPENGARDNER | F14 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ Harry "Orville" LINES
Born 13 Feb 1906 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 13 Feb 1999 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Buried 17 Feb 1999 Crown Hill Cemetery, Twinsburg, Summit County, Ohio, USA Spouse Mary A SMAGOLA | F4 Married 7 Sep 1926
Child 2 | Female
+ Ruby Josephine LINES
Born 19 Jul 1907 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 30 Dec 2004 Buried 4 Jan 2005 Hillside Memorial Park, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA Spouse Charles Foster INGRAM, Sr. | F10 Married Bef 1927
Child 3 | Male
Monroe Clegg LINES
Born 25 Mar 1909 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 16 May 1910 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Buried 17 May 1910 Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
Child 4 | Male
+ Elmer Byron LINES
Born 29 Jan 1911 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 26 Jan 1988 Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA Cremated 30 Jan 1988 Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Spouse Sara Ellen HOOVER | F5 Married Abt 1942 Spouse Elizabeth Leanora “Betty” BLOOM | F232 Married Jun 1961
Child 5 | Female
+ Maxine Jane "Mack” LINES
Born 21 Nov 1912 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 4 Nov 1990 Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA Buried Cremated Crown Crest Memorial Park, Hyde, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Spouse James SMITH | F150 Married Abt 1928 Spouse James R “Jim” VEIHDEFFER | F151 Married Bef 1941 Spouse James Emmett “Jim” GLEASON | F11 Married Abt 1951 Spouse Leo Jackson BONNETT | F152 Married 16 Nov 1962 Beltsville, Prince George’s County, Maryland, USA
Child 6 | Female
+ Lillian Hannah “Lil” LINES
Born 29 Jan 1915 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 25 Oct 2007 Buried Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA Spouse Charles H ”Babe” HENDERSON | F12 Married 2 Apr 1935
Child 7 | Male
+ Wilbur Emanuel "Web" LINES, Sr.
Born 13 Feb 1917 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 21 Dec 2003 Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Buried 24 Dec 2003 Crown Crest Memorial Park, Hyde, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Spouse Margaret “Marg” LUCE | F6 Married 18 May 1936 Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
![Rubin Waterworth [LINES] LYONS](photos/Lines/Rubin%20Waterworth%20Lines%20%281918%29/thumb_Rubin%20Waterworth%20Lines%20%281918-1993%29.jpg)
Child 8 | Male
+ Rubin Waterworth [LINES] LYONS
Born 7 Jun 1918 Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 13 Oct 1993 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Buried 16 Oct 1993 Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Spouse Henrietta B ZEPP | F7 Married Abt 1938 Spouse Hilda LINES | F745 Married Spouse Kay [UNKNOWN] | F562 Married
Child 9 | Male
Melvin Howard LINES
Born 24 Apr 1919 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 30 Jun 1921 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
Child 10 | Male
+ Eli Enlo LINES
Born 8 Jun 1922 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 21 Apr 2009 Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA Buried 25 Apr 2009 Hillside Memorial Park, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA Spouse Mary Evelyn DONAHOE | F8 Married 23 Feb 1942 Brooke County, West Virginia, USA
Child 11 | Male
+ Richard Delmont “Dick” LINES
Born 17 Jun 1924 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 25 Aug 1955 Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Buried 28 Aug 1955 Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Spouse Myrtle Mae BARNETT | F231 Married Bef Aug 1944 Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA Spouse Joann Rosemarie HULL | F2 (Unmarried) Married Spouse Barbara Dee “Barb” MCGAUGHEY | F33 Married Bef or Abt 1954
Child 12 | Male
+ John Edward “Pete” LINES
Born 29 Apr 1926 Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 12 Jan 1998 Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA Buried 17 Jan 1998 Hillside Memorial Park, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA Spouse Ora “Edith” SALENDAY | F9 Married 3 Jul 1948 Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA
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Photos 
Harry and Nora (Wertz) Lines
This is the only photo known of the two of them together. Possibly an engagement photo? Circa 1903.
Census 
1910 United States Federal Census
Undated - Pike Township (Part of), Curwensville Precinct, Clearfield County, PA
1930 United States Federal Census
22 April 1930 - Pike Township, Clearfield Co., PA.
Family begins at line 26: Living on Bailey Road, Father Harry was not a veteran of the U.S. Military. They are living two entries from Nora's aunt, Honor (Hoopengardner) Barney.
Note: 19 year old Elmer, 17 year old Maxine and 13 year old Wilbur are not included in the household. Maxine was already married by that time. Wilbur's name appears in the 1930 Census as a pupil at the Glen Mills School House of Refuge for Boys, located in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, PA. (Richard Lee Gleason)
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Notes - As best as I can tell, during World War II my grandparents Harry and Nora had six boys serving in the military. (Elmer, Wilbur, Reuben, Eli, Richard and John.) [3]
Nora lost a baby about six months into her pregnancy in about January of 1926. She thought she was no longer pregnant after the miscarriage but a few months later discovered she was still pregnant with a twin and delivered John Edward Lines in April. Today this is known as "Vanishing twin syndrome," (VTS). [4, 5]
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Married:
- The year 1903 is per the 1910 census which indicates they had been married six years.
- Harry W. Lines married Nora A. Wetz [sic] on December 25, 1902 in Clearfield County, PA .... Doc # 18-11026 Source: Clearfield County Courthouse, Clearfield, PA. [6]
Divorced:
- In the April 1940 U.S. Census, Nora is listed as married and a "housekeeper" living in a home with Marlie Ellinger [her future husband], and her son John.
Census:
- Census does not indicate a specific date. Harry appears with wife Nora and their three oldest children Orville, Ruby, and Monroe. They are renting a house. It indicates Harry is 26 years old. Since his birthday was not until November, this would make his year of birth 1883.
The census had to have been taken some time prior to Monroe’s death on 16 May 1910, as he appears in the census. However, it shows Nora's age as 24. She turned 24 on 18 May 1910.
It indicates that they had been married for six years. Married in December that would place the year of their marriage at 1903, rather than the 1902 my handwritten notes [s87] indicate.
They lived five-doors from Nora’s parent’s home. [3]
Residence:
- Birth of daughter Maxine
Census:
- Includes parents Harry and Nora and children, Ruby (12), Maxine (7), Lillian (4) and Wilbur (2).
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Sources - [S143] 1910 United States Federal Census: Pike Township, PA 5B, line 90.
- [S706] 1940 United States Federal Census: Curwensville, PA 2B.
- [S185] Richard Lee Gleason Observations.
- [S87] Interview: Orville Lines (1906-1999), Nora's son.
- [S185] Richard Lee Gleason Observations, Nora's grandson.
- [S1193] Personal Knowledge of Penny White, posted to Harry’s FindaGrave Memorial #67555404 on 18 Jan 2016.
- [S143] 1910 United States Federal Census: Pike Township, PA 5B, line 90.