Venus Rose Holmes ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Many documents for her show her middle name as Jean instead of Rose.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 31 December 1919 and a birth location of Cherry Valley, IL.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Rockford, IL on 8 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 190, Dwelling 93, Family 183, Roll 417
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
806 Elm Street; house owned with mortgage
Venus R. Holmes..Daughter..1..IL

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Rockford, IL on 7 April 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 101-28, Dwelling 76, Family 124, Roll 571
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
806 Elm Street; home owned, $20000
Venus Holmes..Daughter..11..IL

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Rockford, IL on 2 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 101-72, Household 7, Roll 915
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
604 Rome Avenue; Rent $16
Venus Bjork..Wife..20..IL..10th grade

(Living with husband and son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 31 Dec 1918, then her age should have been 21 instead of 20.
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• She was buried on 18 May 2000 in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, CA.

Plot: SECTION OFF SITE 231
Find A Grave Memorial #88339952
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Venus married Lester Richard Bjork, son of John Emil Bjork and Lavina Lundberg, on 9 April 1937 in Boone County, IL.^{1 2} (Lester Richard Bjork was born on 19 March 1919 in Rockford, IL,^{1 7} died on 30 March 1993 in San Diego, CA ⁷ and was buried on 5 May 1993 in San Diego, CA ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 9 April 1937, in Boone County, IL. ²

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Rockford, IL on 2 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 101-72, Household 7, Roll 915
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
604 Rome Avenue; Rent $16
Lester R. Bjork..Head..21..IL..11th grade..Stock clerk, National Lock Co..earned $1000 in 1939
Venus Bjork..Wife..20..IL..10th grade
Daniel Bjork..Son..1m..IL
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Lester Richard Bjork
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1937
Event Place: Boone, Illinois, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Venus G Holmes
Spouse's Gender: Female

Citing this Record
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X22C-X2V : 5 November 2017), Lester Richard Bjork and Venus G Holmes, 1937; citing Boone, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,103.
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