Lena Helmsdoerfer

  Lena was born on April 11, 1891 to Christena Hutzel and August Carl Helmsdoerfer in Dover, Ohio.  Lena was christian Helena, but all the census and her gravestone she has Lena.

   The first census that Lena appears in is the 1900 census. Lena is 9 and residing with her parents at her grandfather George Peter Hutzel’s house at 71 Poplar Street in Dover, Ohio.

   In the 1910 Census Lena is 19 and not employed and living with her parents at a home they own.  She is at 308 Poplar Street Dover, Ohio.

   In the 1920 census Lena is 28 and employed as a salesperson at a confections store. She is living with her parents at their Poplar Street in Dover, Ohio.

   Lena died on April 13, 1923 at the age of 32.  She was single and living in Dover, Ohio.  Walter E signed the death certificate. According to the certificate she died due to shock from her appendix operation.  She was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Dover, Ohio.