Helen Irene Brightbill

Helen was raised by relatives. Her father moved from Pennsylvania shortly after her birth. Her mother married Charles Lutz after her birth.

William Long and his wife Kate D raised her.

I have included Federal census records in the photo section to support the information here.

Her son Herbert told me that he visited his grandfather Calvin when in the military. His grandfather lived in California at the time. Herbert shared that when he knocked on the door and introduced himself he was greeted by his grandfather who aske him to leave because his present family did not know he had a child and grandchildren in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index

about Helen I Long

Name: Helen I Long

Birthplace: Pennsylvania

State: PA

Age: 07

Color: W

Enumeration District: 0026

Visit: 0084

County: Berks

Relation: Niece

Other Residents: Relation Name Age Birth Place

Head of Household William A Long

1910 United States Federal Census 

about Helen I Long

Name: Helen I Long

Age in 1910: 7

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903

Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Relation to Head of House: Niece

Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania

Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania

Home in 1910: Jefferson, Berks, Pennsylvania

Marital Status: Single

Race: White

Gender: Female

Household Members: Name Age

William A Long 55

Kate D Long 51

Helen I Long 7

1920 United States Federal Census 

about Helen Long

Name: Helen Long

Home in 1920: Jefferson, Berks, Pennsylvania

Age: 16 years

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904

Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Relation to Head of House: Servant

Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania

Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania

Marital Status: Single

Race: White

Sex: Female

Able to read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Household Members: Name Age

William Long 66

Helen Long 16

Matilda Long 59

Helen Irene Long had a hard working life. It was told to me that she worked the farm lands and houses of the farms she grew up on along with her uncled and did the jobs as well as any male hand.

Helen and her husband to be Elmer Samuel Brightbill met at a church picnic.