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Elmer Alvira Helms

Male 1858 - 1928  (70 years)


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  • Name Elmer Alvira Helms  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 25 Mar 1858  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Name Lee Helm  [6
    Death 22 Nov 1928  Lewis Twp., Holt County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Cause: bladder cancer 
    Burial 24 Nov 1928  Maitland Cemetery, Holt County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I18938  CCBasic
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2025 

    Father David Helms,   b. Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Kathryn Stevens   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F7317  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice C. Hamlin,   b. 7 Mar 1867   d. 25 Jul 1927 (Age 60 years) 
    Children 
     1. Dayton Brooks Helms,   b. 12 May 1896, Hartford, Lyon County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1951, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     2. Carl Helms   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lionel Helms   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Edna Helms   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Frances Helms   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Gladys Helms   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Fayetta Helms   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Stella Helms   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Sterl Helms   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F7304  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2025 

  • Photos
    Elmer and Alice Hamlin Helms -- Grave Marker
    Elmer and Alice Hamlin Helms -- Grave Marker

    Documents
    Elmer Alvira Helms -- Death Certificate
    Elmer Alvira Helms -- Death Certificate

  • Sources 
    1. [S502] Maitland Cemetery (Holt County, Missouri), Missouri, Holt County -- Maitland Cemetery, 7 Oct 2025, Elmer and Alice Hamlin Helms marker, photographed by Cynthia Kenny, November 2014.

    2. [S503] Iowa -- Marriage Records 1880-1949, ((https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8823/ : 2014)), 8 Oct 2025, accessed 07 Oct 2025), Dayton Helms - Hildred Pulley.

    3. [S64] Missouri Bureau of Vital Records, Missouri Secretary of State, Missouri -- Death Certificates 1910-1974, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ :n.d.), 9 Oct 2025, death certificate 36724 (1928), Elmer A. Helms, accessed 09 Oct 2025.

    4. [S409] Social Security Administration, United States -- Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007, (United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/5000016)), 12 Oct 2025, entry for David B. Helms, 1936, SS no. N/A, accessed 08 Oct 2025.

    5. [S409] Social Security Administration, United States -- Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007, (United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/5000016)), 12 Oct 2025, entry for David Brooks Helm, 1943, SS no. N/A, accessed 08 Oct 2025.

    6. [S64] Missouri Bureau of Vital Records, Missouri Secretary of State, Missouri -- Death Certificates 1910-1974, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ :n.d.), 13 Oct 2025, death certificate 16580 (1951), David Brook Helm, accessed 13 Oct 2025.