I looked on the SSDI just putting in the first name Blanche and the date of birth. There were five people who came up (none spelled Blanch), and here is the one I think fits: BLANCHE E PELLON [Search for this name at Ancestry.com] Request Information (SS-5) SSN 028-28-8463 Residence: 05641 Barre, Washington, VT Born 15 Nov 1914 Last Benefit: Died 23 Nov 1997 Issued: MA (1953 And 1955) Hope this helps, Joann Nichols > > Hello Windsor list, > > I am hoping someone here can help with a "mystery" - or suggest how I can > find an answer. Recently, a person diving in the White River, near the bridge in > Gaysville (Stockbridge) found a headstone, inscribed BLANCH WHEELER b. Nov > 15, 1914 There is room to put a death date, but that last line is completely > blank. So far, she doesnt seem to have been a Stockbridge resident and there is > a question as to how the stone ended up in the river. > > Thoughts: > Often pranksters steal headstones and eventually dispose of them, but.....stones > in a cemetery would usually include a death date, unless a wife who was to be > buried next to her husband, in which case it would usually be a double stone. > > The flood of 1927, which wiped out much of the village of Gaysville and which > changed the course of the river, *might* have moved a stone which was in the > process of being carved. > > Unless the stone had been (partially) carved after Blanch's death, it seems likely > that Wheeler was her married name - a stone wouldnt have been carved > assuming that she would never marry. > > Need any suggestions of how to find out who she was, have tried a few > things, with no luck. > > SSDI - no Blanch (or Blanche) Wheeler with that birth date > > 1920 census - no Blanch Wheeler in this area > no Blanch (anything) age 5 or 6 in Vermont > > Can search (by trip to Middlesex) any Wheelers and look for Blanch, but if > it is a married name (even if she married in VT) might be hard to find. > > Any ideas????????? > > Barb Vellturo > > Our Stockbridge-Gaysville Website > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtgenweb/vtwindsor/StockbridgeVT.htm > > >