Virginia Ruth Billups

Birth Name Virginia Ruth Billups
Gender female
Age at Death 85 years, 1 month, 15 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth October 28, 1916 Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States   1 2a
Census (Daughter) 1920 Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States   3a
Event Note

1920 Census Perkiomen, Montgomery, Pennsylvania;
Roll: Series T625, Roll 1606, Page 8B, Enumeration District 155.
[indexed as Billips at ancestry.com]

Billips, Thomas, 43, PA ENG ENG, Marketer, own shop
------, Sarah, 40, PA x 3,
------, Virginia, 3 8/12, PA x3

Residence (Daughter) from 1922 to 1935 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   4a
Event Note

1920 St Petersburg City Directory
no Thomas F Billups

1922 St Petersburg City Directory
Thomas F (Sarah) Billups, cook, resides 910 Tangerine

1924 St Petersburg City Directory
no Thomas F Billups

1925 St Petersburg City Directory
Thomas (Sarah) Billups chef home 989 Wood Street

1926 St Petersburg City Directory
Thomas F (Sara) Bilups [sic] cook Betty's Cafeteria home 1009 1/2 7th Avenue N

1927
no Thomas F Billups

1928 St Petersburg City Directory
Thomas F (Sarah) Billups, chef home 829 Kinyon

1929 St Petersburg City Directory
Thomas F (Sarah) Billups, chef home 847 Highland St N

1930 St Petersburg City Directory
Thomas F (Sarah) Billups chef Senior High School Cafeteria home 847 Highland St N

1931 St Petersburg City Directory
Thomas F (Sara M) Billups cook home 847 Highland N

no 1932 Directory

1933 St Petersburg City Directory
Thomas F (Sara M) Billups chef home 847 Highland N
Virginia R Billups resides 847 Highland St N

1934 St Petersburg City Directory
Thomas F (Sara M) Billups chef Peck's Drug Store resides 847 Highland St N

1935 St Petersburg City Directory
Thomas F (Sara M) Billups baker resides 847 Highland St N
Virginia R Billups resides 847 Highland St N

Census (Daughter) April 1, 1930 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States 847 Highland Street 3b
Event Note

1930 Census, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, ED 52-3, sheet 15A
Apr 1, 1930

[indexed as Bilsups at familysearch.org and ancestry.com]

renting for $20 at 847 Highland Street

Thomas Billups, 46, married 1st at 31, born in Pennsylvania, parents in England, chef, high school
Sarah Billups, 46, married 1st at 31, born in Pennsylvania, parents also, assistant chef, high school
Virginia R Billups, 13, born in Pennsylvania, parents also

United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SBW3-Q2M

Census (Daughter) 1935 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States 847 Highland  
Event Note

1935 Florida Census. Series S5, Roll 223, Page 12, Line 46. Precinct 3 of Pinellas County, St Petersburg
At 847 Highland
Thomas F. Billups, 55, BP: PA, tenant, chef, college education
Sarah M. Billups, 55, PA, cook, grammar school education
Virginia R. Billups, 18, PA, daughter, student, high school education

 

Census (Daughter) 1940 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States 818 15 Ave South 5a
Event Note

United States Census, 1940,Florida, Pinellas, Election Precinct 27, Saint Petersburg
owns the house at 818 15 Ave South. no indication of who provided the information. All lived in the same place (St Petersburg) in 1935.

Billups, Thomas F, head, 60, 8 years of school, born in PA, worked 75 hours last week as a manager ["own" is crossed out], the business is unreadable. worked 39 weeks last year for $487
Billups, Sarah M, wife, 60, 8 years of school, born in PA
Billups, Virginia R, daughter, 23, 4 yrs of high school, born in PA, worked 52 hours last week as a clerk in a retail ice cream store. worked 49 weeks last year for $313.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27763-13058-46?cc=2000219

 

Census (Wife) 1945 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States 820 15 Ave South 6a
Event Note

There were no records of E.C and Virginia Mitchell in the St Petersburg City Directories for 1942 or 1944

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1945 Census, St Petersburg, Florida
at 820 15th Avenue South
[her parents were at 818]

Virginia Mitchell, 28, born in Pennsylvania, high school education, housewife
Edward C Mitchell, 30, born in Ohio, high school education, service

 

Residence (Daughter) from 1946 to 1949 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   4b
Residence (Wife) 1951 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   4c
Event Note

1951 St Petersburg City Directory

Kohler Jos S (Virginia R) garage formn Sou Dairies h818 15th av S
Virginia R Mrs slswn Tropical Cloth Shop h 818 15th av S

 

Property July 1993 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States sale of home  
Event Note

July 31, 1993, Tampa Bay Times
5832 N 60th Ave, to Terri R Rozell by Virginia Kohler, $56,000, June 25, 1993.

Death December 12, 2001 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   1
Event Note

Tampa Tribune
December 14, 2001, page 39
Kohler, Virginia "Ginny" R., 85, of Odessa, passed away December 12, 2001, in Tampa. Born October 21, 1916, in Norristown, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Thomas F and Sara Billups. Mrs Kohler was a secretary for Power Line Construction and a member of Crescendo, The Tampa Bay Womens Chorus. Survivors include her companion, Maxine "Max" Morris of Odessa. Visitation will be held Friday Dec. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Trinity Memorial Funeral Home, SR 54, New Port Richey. Services will be held Saturday, Dec. 15 at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.

Burial   Sunnyside Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   7
Event Note

from findagrave.com

Virginia R. Kohler
Birth 21 Oct 1916
Death 12 Dec 2001 (aged 85)
Burial Trinity Memorial Gardens, Trinity, Pasco County, Florida, USA
Memorial ID 198787212

headstone
Maxine C Morris
"Max"
March 28, 1941
Dec 2, 2009

Virginia R Kohler
"Ginny"
Oct 21, 1916
Dec 12, 2001

Her name is also engraved on the headstone of her husband in Sunnyside Cemetery, St Petersburg. the image is on findagrave. See her husband's burial information.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Thomas Franklin BillupsSeptember 9, 1879July 18, 1945
Mother Sarah Markley Kulpabout 1879December 1965
         Virginia Ruth Billups October 28, 1916 December 12, 2001

Families

Family of Edward Charles Mitchell and Virginia Ruth Billups
Married Husband Edward Charles Mitchell ( b. about 1915 d. June 26, 1973 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage August 31, 1941 Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   8a
Event Note

Florida, County Marriage Records, 1823-1982
Name: E C Mitchell
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Marriage Date: 31 Aug 1941
Marriage Place: Pinellas, Florida, USA
Spouse: Virginia R Billups
Film Number: 002115492

Event Note

St. Petersburg Times
Sept 4, 1941

Miss Billups, E.C. Mitchell Are Married

Announcement was made yesterday of the marriage of Miss Virginia R. Billups to E.C. (Buddy) Mitchell. The wedding took place in Clearwater last Saturday night.

Mrs. Mitchell wore a pink tailored dress with a coconut straw hat. Mrs. Carl Lininger, her matron of honor, chose a light blue silk sport dress and white turban.

Mrs. Mitchell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Billups of this city. She is a native of Norristown, Pa., attended schools here and is a graduate of the Senior high school.

Mr. Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Mitchell of Cleveland, attended schools in Lakewood, O., and has made his residence here for the last eight months at Madeira beach. He is associated with Stover's pharmacy at Madeira beach, where the couple will make their home.

Family of Joseph Silas Kohler and Virginia Ruth Billups
Married Husband Joseph Silas Kohler ( b. July 19, 1924 d. October 10, 1989 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage August 14, 1949 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   9
Event Note

St. Petersburg Times - Aug 7, 1949
BILLUPS, KOHLER

Mrs. Thomas Franklin Billups, 820 Fifteenth Avenue South, is announcing the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Virginia Ruth, to Joseph Silas Kohler, son of Mrs. Joseph Anthony Kohler, 1761 Nineteenth Street South, and the late Mr. Kohler.

Miss Billups, daughter of the late Thomas Franklin Billups, graduated from Senior High School and the Tomlinson School of Beauty Culture.

Mr. Kohler graduated from Sarasota High School and has been with Southern Dairies Incorporated for the past five and a half years.

The wedding will take place at 2 p.m., Aug. 14 at Grace Methodist Church. Harris De Weese will officiate.

Mrs. Leslie Kohler and Alvin W. Kohler, brother of the bridegroom, will serve as attendants.

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Shower announcement in the Aug 6, 1949 St. Petersburg Times. Shower given by Mrs. Robert C. Taylor. Other names mentioned were Mrs. Joseph A. Kohler, mother of the groom, and a Mrs. Lee Truax.

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August 18, 1949 Tampa Bay Times
Miss Virginia Ruth Billups, daughter of Mrs Thomas Franklin Billups, 820 Fifteenth Avenue South, became the bride of Joseph Silas Kohler, son of Mrs Joseph Anthony Kohler, at 2 pm Sunday afternoon. The wedding took place at Grace Methodist Church ... Harris De Wese officiated.

Source References

  1. Social Security Death Index
  2. Tampa Bay Tribune
      • Page: 14 Dec 2001, obituary, Virginia R Billups
  3. National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
      • Page: Series T625, Roll 1606, Page 8B, Enumeration District 155.
      • Page: Thomas Billups, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, ED 52-3, sheet 15A
  4. City Directories
      • Page: St Petersburg Fl, 1920 to 1935
      • Page: St Petersburg, Florida, 1945-49
      • Page: St Petersburg, Florida, 1951
  5. 1940 United States Census
      • Page: St Petersburg FL, Precinct 27
  6. 1945 Florida Census
      • Page: Edward C Mitchell household, St Petersburg, citing line 34
      • Citation:

        "Florida State Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNNX-C95 : 9 August 2017), Virginia Mitchell, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida; citing line 34, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,204.

  7. Cemetery Records online. http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/ pinellas/cemetery/sunnyside.txt.
  8. Florida County Marriage Records
      • Page: Mitchell-Billups, Pinellas Co, 31 Aug 1941
  9. Announcement St. Petersburg Times - Aug 7, 1949, page 31. Confirmed by SSDI for both in Pinellas Co.