Alveretta Locele Rohrer^{[1, 2]}

1853 - 1918  (65 years)

• Photos » Slide Show		Head shot for Alveretta Cropped from a 4-generation picture 0531
  		4-generation photo c. 1896 Left to right, Alveretta, Viletta, Lillian Izora, and Sophronia
  		Five generation family picture Great great grandmother Sophronia Pettitt Great grandmother Alveretta Wood Grandmother Viletta Hedburg Mother Van Waes Baby Bernard Van Waes December 1917 Left to Right, Standing: Izelma Hedburg | Viletta Locele Buffett Left to Right, Seated: Alvaretta Rohrer | Bernard Van Waes | Sophronia

  
  

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  		Poem by Alveretta in 1903. Page 12 of a document created in 1969 by Izora. Click the source link to see the entire document. Poem: I am eighty-three today, ah me-- How fast the years glide by. My birthday comes and ere I think One more is drawing nigh. In looking back the time seems short, Yet crowded in those years Are many griefs and many joys Glad smiles and bitter tears. I mark with joy the happy hours In days gone by I've past With husband, children at my side-- Too great a joy to last. For in the church yard one May day My husband's form was laid And words can never, never tell How dark my life was made. But for my precious children three I, too, would fain have died But thoughts of them gave me fresh hope To keep them near my side My grief was great yet hard I tried To Say, "Thy will be done." For faith seemed shaken at the first But grace has led me on. Dark were the days, I journeyed on Alone my grief to bear Once more death came and took my babe And left me weeping there. The years rolled on and passed, and I Once more became a wife. Four children more were given me And cheered me on through life. And still the years rolled on and they Are men and women grown Yet still to me are just as dear Since childhood days have flown. For each has tried to be to me True as the stars above And in return I give them all A mother's tender love. I have my children, but alas A chair is empty there My dear companion fell asleep The angels' home to share. Can it be true he will not come And call my name once more? No, but ere long I'll go to him When earthly days are o'er. Yes, eighty-three years old today How many more for me Will number on this side the grave This side eternity? Yet few or many though they be I fear not death or harm For God is ever at my side With his protecting arm. --Mrs. Alveretta Wood (1903) At the top of this document it is stated that 1903 was "sixteen years ago." I don't know if this typewritten version was from 1919 or if Izora retyped this document in 1969 with everything else.
  		Handwritten notes to Alveretta's poem. Page 13 of a document created in 1969 by Izora. Click the source link to see the entire document.

  
  

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• Name	Alveretta Locele Rohrer  [3]
  Born	8 Jan 1853	Annawan Township, Henry County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Dec 1918	Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois   [4]
  Notes	8/31/2005. I have her parents as David Rohrer and Sophronia Troyer. David born Dec. 28, 1817 and died May 19, 1853. Sophronia was born July 15, 1820 and died July 10, 1922. Both of them are buried in Fairview Cemetery just south of Annawan. Sophronia's second husband Samuel Pettitt is buried with them as well. Alveretta had 2 sisters: Selestia who died young and Priscilla. I have Alveretta married Emmett Osborn Buffett on Jan. 1, 1872. I have she married Lester Wood on March 9, 1882. Me. Vigor. 8/31/2005. Born Jan. 8, 1853 in Annawan Township and died Dec. 14, 1918. From her obit: Name: Alveretta Locele Rohrer. She and Emmett had 4 children: Charles, Clyden, David and Viletta. The obit lists Emmett died May 16, 1879. It lists she and Lester had 1 child: Atlee (son). It also lists 3 brothers: David, Allie and John Pettitt. and 2 sisters: Mrs. T.E. Davis and Mrs. J.P. Heaps. Pricilla married Tom Davis and Sarah Pettitt married J.P. Heaps. The Pettitts would be half-siblings since they have different dads. It also lists an adopted daughter of Alveretta and Lester's -- Mrs. Florence Clark. In Lester's obit it lists he died at step-granddaughter's Mrs. Joseph Dollander on Oct. 9, 1929. He was born June 10, 1853. Also lists thier son Atlee on 112 East Eighth Street. and adopted daughter Mrs. Florence Thunburg so she married again. Both Alveretta and Lester are buried in Pleasant View. Me. Vigor.
  Person ID	I676	Vigor Family Tree | Vigorside
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	David Rohrer,   b. 28 Dec 1817, Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 May 1853, Annawan, Henry, Illinois, United States  (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Sophronia Troyer,   b. 15 Jul 1820,   d. 10 Jul 1922, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois  (Age 101 years)
  Married	ABT. 1840  [1]
  Family ID	F253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emmett Osborn Buffett,   b. 13 Oct 1851,   d. 16 May 1879  (Age 27 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1872	Henry County, Illinois   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Charles Emmett P. Buffett,   b. 9 Sep 1873,   d. 13 Feb 1967  (Age 93 years) + 2. Viletta C. Locele Buffett,   b. 26 Jan 1875, Annawan Township, Henry County, Illinois ,   d. 6 Jun 1963, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois  (Age 88 years) + 3. Clyden Esman Samuel Buffett,   b. 7 Feb 1877,   d. 8 Apr 1963  (Age 86 years) + 4. David C. Buffett,   b. 1 Jul 1879,   d. Nov 1966  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2006
  Family ID	F237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lester Wood,   b. 10 Jun 1853,   d. 9 Oct 1929, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois  (Age 76 years)
  Married	9 Mar 1882	Henry County, Illinois
  Children	+ 1. Atlee R. Wood,   b. Apr 1885,   d. 3 Apr 1944  (Age 59 years) + 2. Florence Bell Jacobson,   b. 17 Mar 1899,   d. 19 Jun 1974, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois  (Age 75 years)  [Adopted]
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2006
  Family ID	F238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1855] Letter from D. VanWaes to Me. Vigor, D. VanWaes (Reliability: 2). [S1861] Ancestors and Descendants of Viletta (Lettie) Locele Buffett Hedburg, Lillian Izora Dollander, 9 (Reliability: 2). Pages 8, 9 and 10 are "Ancestors of Sophrona Troyer Rohrer Pettitt" [S1985] Familysearch.org , https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNQK-5Z4, 17 Mar 2021. [S1819] Illinois Statewide Death Index, Certificate #0019532 (Reliability: 2). [S1835] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, (State of Illinois), Volume 00B, Page 0054, License No. 01871665 (Reliability: 2).