Grace Vernon Dockens

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• Name	Grace Vernon Dockens  [1, 2]
  Born	18 May 1917 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	1918 Pennsylvania, USA [3]
  Race	Negro [3]
  Name	Grace Dockens [3]
  Name	Grace J Dickins [3]
  Name	Gruce Dockens [3]
  Residence	1920 Ward 2, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
  Residence	1930 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
  Residence	1935 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3]
  Residence	1940 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3]  –  StreetAddress: Wallace Street; 22 Age: 22; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 7th; EmploymentCode: 7; EmploymentDetails: Unable to Work; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 22-36; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 6th grade; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter
  Died	17 Feb 1941 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4, 5]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	GRACE VERNON DOCKENS Grace Vernon Dockens passed away on Monday afternoon at her residence, located at 1622 Wallace Street, at the tender age of 23 years. She leaves behind a grieving family, including her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Dockens; her son, Walter Ross of Harrisburg; six sisters, Brenon, Dorothy, Rella, Jean, Joan, and Marva Dockens, all residing at home; three brothers, William, Howard, and John Dockens of Harrisburg; and her grandfather, Edward Brightfull, of Pittsburgh. Funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Charles W. Curtis Funeral Home, 1000 North Sixth Street. The services will be led by the Rev. J. Dozier, rector of St. Gerald's Episcopal Church, with assistance from the Rev. W. J. Winfield, pastor of Monroe Street Church of God. The final interment will take place in Lincoln Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances may pay their respects at the funeral home this evening from 6 to 9:30 o'clock. The Evening News Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Wed, Feb 19, 1941 Page 6
  Person ID	I2166 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	William Aldinger Dockens, I (Age 72 years) b. 1 Apr 1890, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Feb 1963, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Grace Elizabeth Brightful (Age 90 years) b. 11 Nov 1892, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Nov 1982 (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F729 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S1] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for Grace Elizabeth Brightful https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=370179005521&indiv=try [S2] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 016251-019250. [S22] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03481; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 22-36. Record for Gruce E Dockens https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=18138158&indiv=try [S4] Findagrave, (Location: Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1885;), Grace Vernon Dockens 17 Feb 1941. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/264121984/grace_vernon-dockens [S5346] Newspapers.com - The Evening News - 19 Feb 1941 - Page 6, (Name: The Evening News; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 19 Feb 1941;), 19 Feb 1941. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80260141/the-evening-news/?xid=637