Individual Record 1415

Name}   Bertram, Gusena Maria (Sena)*		Family History} Hancock
Title}	Race} White	Sex} Female
Birth:   Date} Fam ? Mar 1895	Place} Guthrie, Ford, Illinois
Marr.: Date} Fam 18 Jan 1914	Place} Eden Reformed Church, Herman, Grant, Minnesota     (Link)
Death: Date} Fam ? May 1939	Place} Petaluma, Sonoma, California
Burial: Date} Cir   ? May 1939	Place} Cypress Hill Memorial Park, Petaluma, Sonoma, Calif.
	Grave Marker} Yes	Source 1} 597 = Family history Source 2} 699 = Letter Source 3} 887 = 1900 USA cen Source 4} 890 = 1910 USA cen Source 5} 888 = 1920 USA cen Source 6} 889 = 1930 USA cen Source 7} 913 = Obituary Source 8} 1418=Family Notes Source 9} 1419=Family Notes Source 10} 1420=Cemetery rec Source 11} 1422=Family history Source 12} 1423=Photographs Source 13}
Parents: } Henry Clarence Bertram & Greetke Maria (Mary) Ommen    Relationship No.} 629
1st Household No.}
Occupation 1} Housewife        Occupation 2}
Religion/Church}
Spouses:   Prime} Rath, George John  Total Number of} 1
Notes:  *Given names conflict:  Sena's tombstone reads Sena J. Rath.  However, based on input from Sena's daughter Shirley (Source 699), Sena's actual birth and middle names were Gusena Maria — and Sena was a nickname.
Sena was born and raised in Illinois. In 1910 she resided with her parents and eight living siblings in Osceola County, Iowa.  The photo at the left shows Sena about this time. In January 1914 she married George (see the photo at the right) while briefly residing in Minnesota (circa 1913 to 1917).  The photo below shows George and Sena with infant son Gary during these years. By 1920 George and Sena had moved to the family farm in Peach Orchard Township, Ford County, Illinois, where their three daughters were born.  In 1925 daughter Roselyn died in the flu epidemic.  The family lived and farmed in Illinois until 1929. In 1929 George and Sena, discouraged with the severe weather in Illinois and encouraged by Sena’s sisters Tillie (Matilda) and Hannah, moved with their children to Petaluma, California. She remained there until her death 10 years later in 1939.
Time of Birth}	Time of Death}	Fraternal/Social}
Baptism Date}	Place}
Confirm. Date}	Photo} George, Sena, and Gary
Immigr'n Date} N/A	Port} N/A
Education: Grade}              or Top 2 Degrees}
Military: Service}                   for the State of}
Health Condition}    Cause of Death}	Last Updated by} Dan Hancock Date Updated} 16 Feb  2013 Date Created}  31 Mar 2006
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