Spotlight: Gladys Irene Millburn Krohn

The original Milburn Connection often spotlighted individual descendants of Jeremiah Milburn and wife Sarah Smith.

This is the first one I came across today, the spotlight on Gladys Millburn Krohn from The Millburn Connection Vol 3 1986 no. 2 page 10.  I can't help but wonder what Toni Krainock and Beverly Murphy could have done with all the resources of the internet!  To add to this spotlight, there is also a FindAGrave Page for Gladys here.here.

The Milburn Connection shows Glady's birth date as 30 October, 1901.  Her obituary and FindAGrave list her birth date as 12 October 1903.

Spotlight on Gladys Millburn Krohn from The Millburn Connection Vol 3 1986 no. 2 page 10

The Milburn Connetion described the descendancy from Jeremiah in the following way (If a FindAGrave page exists, I have linked their name to the FindAGrave page.):

Sarah Smith & Jeremiah Milburn

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Olive McLaskey & Isaac Millburn

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Melissa A Harris & R. Addison Millburn

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Gladys Millburn

This is the pedigree I have for Gladys on my own ancestry.com tree:

Pedigree of Gladys Millburn Krohn

I love all the records FamilySearch.org has published for Iowa.  Here we can see the information about Gladys' marriage to Walter Harry Krohn:

• "Name: Walter Harry Krohn
• Birth Date:
• Birthplace: Cedar Rapids, Linn, Ia
• Age:
• Spouse's Name: Gladys Irene Millburn
• Spouse's Birth Date: 1903
• Spouse's Birthplace: Cedar Rapids, Linn, Ia
• Spouse's Age: 19
• Event Date: 03 Jun 1922
• Event Place: Cedar Rapids, Linn, Ia
• Father's Name: Homer Krohn
• Mother's Name: Emma Millie Zbanek
• Spouse's Father's Name: Robert Addison Millburn
• Spouse's Mother's Name: Melissa Adelaide Harris
• Race: White
• Marital Status:
• Previous Wife's Name:
• Spouse's Race: White
• Spouse's Marital Status:
• Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
• Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86664-1
• System Origin: Iowa-VR
• GS Film number: 1704243
• Reference ID: 2:3QM9FWM"

Citing this Record:"Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ5V-QRF : accessed 24 June 2015), Walter Harry Krohn and Gladys Irene Millburn, 03 Jun 1922; citing Cedar Rapids, Linn, Ia, reference 2:3QM9FWM; FHL microfilm 1,704,243.

From FindAGrave I discover that Gladys' middle name is Irene.  I can now add a "Burial Fact" to my ancestry.com tree.  The picture displayed at findagrave is apparently the one used in The Milburn Connection.  I also requested a photo of the gravestone on FindAGrave.  There are many links to family members as well, so I can update those profile pages on my ancestry.com tree.  CAUTION:  FindAGrave provides great hints & leads, but never take anything for fact. . . Trust BUT VERIFY!

If you sign up for a free account for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa digital Newspaper Archives, you can view Gladys' obituary here.  In addition to finding obituaries, you can also find exciting stories, like how Gladys escaped an explosion at the Cooperative Dairy.  I found this article in the "10 years ago this day" section.

Obituaries of Gladys' siblings, her husband, and 2 sons can also be found on the free Cedar Rapids, Iowa digital Newspaper Archives pages:

Husband:  Walter H Krohn (FindAGrave Page?)

Sons:

• Donald V Krohn (FindAGrave Page?)
• Richard H Krohn (FindAGrave Page)

Brothers:

• Garland (FindAGrave Page)
• Floyd (FindAGrave Page?)
• Faye Everett Millburn 'Ted' (FindAGrave Page)
• Bruce (FindAGrave Page)  (Obituary is currently posted on FindAGrave, tho may not be for long as FindAGrave has removed every obituary, funeral card, and document I added to the site. . . in the 1000s).

Sisters:

• Ethel (FindAGrave Page?)
• Florence (FindAGrave Page)
• Pearl (FindAGrave Page)
• Winnie (Cecil Winnifred Langridge) (FindAGrave Page?)
• Ollie (FindAGrave Page)
• Ruth (FindAGrave Page?)

Grandson: Daniel Phillips (FindAGrave Page)

From Ancestry.com I have found Gladys in the following census records:

• 1905 Iowa State Census (indicates she was born in Iowa in 1904)
• 1910 US Federal Census (indicates she was born in Iowa about 1904 and was living in 'Cedar, Linn County, Iowa';Mother: Malissa A, Father: Robert A)
• 1915 Iowa State Census (indicates she was born in Iowa in 1904 and was living in 'Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA)
• 1920 US Federal Census (indicates she was born in Iowa about 1904 and was living in 'Cedar, Linn County, Iowa'; Mother: Malicia, Father: Addison)
• 1925 Iowa State Census (Indicates she is married to Walter Krohn, was born about 1904 in Iowa, is living in Cedar Rapids Precinct 16, Linn, Iowa,USA;  Mother: Melissa Haris, born about 1870 in South Dakota, Father: Robb Millburn, born about 1860 in Iowa.  Declares religion as "U.B.") (Remember when looking at the 1925 Iowa State Census there are 3 pages of information!)
• 1930 US Federal Census  (indicates she was born in Iowa about 1904 and was living in 'Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa'; She is a tester in the Dairy Industry.)
• 1940 US Federal Census (indicates she was born in Iowa about 1904 and was living in 'Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa'; Her occupation is 'Tester Cream' for Dairy Products Industry.)
• SSDI which lists her name as Gladys Krohn, birth date:  12 October 1903; death date: 16 March 1993
• Plus numerous directly listings for Gladys and husband Walter.

(Wow!  This has taken me hours to update all the people associated with Gladys in my tree!  For every obituary, I also add a 'Residence Fact' to people mentioned in the obituary, for example, if Gladys had had a daughter named Jane, and it said 'Surviving is daughter, Jane Doe, Omaha, Neb"  I would add a 'Residence Fact' for Jane Doe, say:  1993, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA, and in the description I would add:  'Residence at time of mother's death'.  If I didn't know Jane had married I would add the husband as 'Unknown' [first name] and 'Whatever her married last name was' [last name].  I also add a 'Burial Fact' with the cemetery information.  If no gravestone picture exists on FindAGrave I usually try to request one.)

Gladys is my 2nd cousin 2x removed as determined by ancestry.com:

How Gladys Millburn Krohn is related to me