Family Group Sheet
NameEdward Ernest Kiger
Birth21 Jun 1895, Montpelier, Blackford Co., Indiana
DeathJan 1981, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
FatherBorter Gibson Kiger (1872-1935)
MotherMary E. Quirk (1875-)
Marriage15 Jan 1916, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
SpouseRena Mae Jones, 1C3R
Birth15 Jun 1899, Hoggstown, Rowan Co., Kentucky
DeathJul 1978, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
FatherJames William ("Jim") Jones (1856-1936)
MotherSarah Ann Clark (1859-1901)
Children
1 FDeloris Kiger, 2C2R
Birth1920, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio
2 FNorma June Kiger, 2C2R
Birth9 Feb 1922, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
Death27 Jun 1989, Delaware Co., Indiana
SpouseNelson P. Orr
3 MDarrel Kiger, 2C2R
Birthabt 1924, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
4 FPatti Kiger, 2C2R
Birthabt 1925, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
5 MDonald Kiger , 2C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Edward Ernest Kiger
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917 in Delaware Co., Ind, records Edward Ernest Kiger, age 21, born 21 June 1895 in Montpelier, Ind, residence 2704 S. Madison, Muncie, Ind, laborer, employer Republic Iron & Steel Co., Muncie, Ind, married supporting a wife.
His WW II draft registration card, filed April 1942, records Ernest Kiger, age 46, born 21 June 1895 in Montpelier, Ind, address 2315 Rochester Center, Delaware Co., Indiana, nearest relative Rena Kiger, same address, employer Warner Gear, plant one, Muncie, Ind.
The SSDI records Ernest Kiger, born 21 June 1895, died Jan 1981, last residence Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana.
His WW II draft registration card, filed April 1942, records Ernest Kiger, age 46, born 21 June 1895 in Montpelier, Ind, address 2315 Rochester Center, Delaware Co., Indiana, nearest relative Rena Kiger, same address, employer Warner Gear, plant one, Muncie, Ind.
The SSDI records Ernest Kiger, born 21 June 1895, died Jan 1981, last residence Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana.
Notes for Rena Mae Jones
The SSDI lists Rena Kiger, born 15 June 1898, died July 1978 in Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana, SSN issued in Indiana before 1951.
Notes for Edward Ernest & Rena Mae (Family)
Delaware Co., Indiana marriage book C-23, page 468, records the marriage on 15 Jan 1916 of Ernest Kiger and Rena Jones.
Census
I am not sure that I’ve found this family in the 1920 census. The following is the closest I can find:
1920 census of Scioto Co., Ohio, Wayne township, Portsmouth ward 4, enumerated 13 Jan, lists on p. 23B as family #453/523, in a houseboat on the Ohio River:
Kiger, Ernest, 34, b. WV WV WV, laborer Gencra Controls (sp?); Rena 21 b. Ind Ind Ind.
With the birthplaces for both not matching, and the age for Ernest being off by 10 years (it is very clear handwriting), it doesn’t at first seem like a very good fit.
Considering the Ohio birthplace of their daughter Delorice, though, this is probably them. The line above them is for a widowed Richard Lovell living alone born WV WV WV, and the family below them, which is the last on the page, are all born Ky Ky Ky. So I suspect what happened is that the census taker took rough notes in a notebook and then copied them onto the official forms later. (This was a very common practice.) In doing so, he may have accidentally copied the West Virginia line from Richard Lovell twice, thereby shifting the Ind Ind Ind that should have been for Ernest down onto Rena’s line, and mistaking her Ky Ky Ky line as being for part of the family below. He may have also made his letters less carefully in his rough notes, and misread his own 24 as 34.
1930 census of Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana, Muncie ward 5, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 16A as family #346/358, at 2520 S. Walnut St:
Kiger, Earnest, 34, age at first marriage 20, b. Ind Ind Ind, laborer at machine factory; Reada, wife, 31, age at first marriage 17, b. Ky Ky Ky; Delorice, dau, 10, b. Ohio Ind Ky; Norma, dau, 8, b. Ind Ind Ky; Dearel, son, 6, b. Ind Ind Ky; Patti, dau, 5, b. Ind Ind Ky; Donald, son, 2, b. Ind Ind Ky.
1920 census of Scioto Co., Ohio, Wayne township, Portsmouth ward 4, enumerated 13 Jan, lists on p. 23B as family #453/523, in a houseboat on the Ohio River:
Kiger, Ernest, 34, b. WV WV WV, laborer Gencra Controls (sp?); Rena 21 b. Ind Ind Ind.
With the birthplaces for both not matching, and the age for Ernest being off by 10 years (it is very clear handwriting), it doesn’t at first seem like a very good fit.
Considering the Ohio birthplace of their daughter Delorice, though, this is probably them. The line above them is for a widowed Richard Lovell living alone born WV WV WV, and the family below them, which is the last on the page, are all born Ky Ky Ky. So I suspect what happened is that the census taker took rough notes in a notebook and then copied them onto the official forms later. (This was a very common practice.) In doing so, he may have accidentally copied the West Virginia line from Richard Lovell twice, thereby shifting the Ind Ind Ind that should have been for Ernest down onto Rena’s line, and mistaking her Ky Ky Ky line as being for part of the family below. He may have also made his letters less carefully in his rough notes, and misread his own 24 as 34.
1930 census of Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana, Muncie ward 5, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 16A as family #346/358, at 2520 S. Walnut St:
Kiger, Earnest, 34, age at first marriage 20, b. Ind Ind Ind, laborer at machine factory; Reada, wife, 31, age at first marriage 17, b. Ky Ky Ky; Delorice, dau, 10, b. Ohio Ind Ky; Norma, dau, 8, b. Ind Ind Ky; Dearel, son, 6, b. Ind Ind Ky; Patti, dau, 5, b. Ind Ind Ky; Donald, son, 2, b. Ind Ind Ky.
