• Velva Delilah "Jean" Routh was born 17 December 1907 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, because her parents were nine months into their year-long honeymoon trip around the country.
  
  
• "Jean" was the daughter and eldest child of
  
  
  • Simon Elias Routh (Born 12 December 1871 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Married 11 March 1907 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. Died 25 April 1933 in Monroe County, Indiana.)
    
    
  • Nannie (Martin) Routh (Born 22 January 1877 in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Died 17 August 1955 in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana.)
    
    
    • See also Nanny (Martin) Routh's biography page.
      
      
    • See also Christmas with the Martin's in 1913 Pennsylvania.
      
      
    • See also Velva Delilah 'Jean' (Routh) Houghton's Biography page.
      
      
    • See also Velva's brother, Lawrence J. Routh's Biography page.
      
      
    • See also Velva's sister, Elda Elizabeth Routh Eddleman's Biography page.
      
      
    • Read about Velva's Routh Ancestors
      
      
    • See also Velva's Martin Ancestors
      
      
    • See also Velva's Summers Ancestors
  
  
  
• "Jean" was the granddaughter of
  
  
  • Benjamin Hopkins Routh (Born 18 April 1841 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Died 05 August 1897.)
    
    
  • Barbara Ann (Summers) Routh (Born 20 March 1841 in Ohio. Died 25 March 1915 in Indiana.)
    
    
  • James Frederick Martin (Born 14 Dec 1844 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Died 03 September 1928 in California.)
    
    
  • Eliza Jane (Lowmiller) Plank Martin (Born 27 April 1844. Died 25 January 1910.)
  
  
  
• "Jean's" great-grandparents were
  
  
  • Jacob Routh (Born about 1820 in Ohio)
    
    
  • Elizabeth (Hopkins) Routh (Born about 1824 in Ohio)
    
    
  • John Summers (Born about 1810 in Ohio)
    
    
  • Ann (_____) Summers (Born about 1811 in Ohio)
    
    
  • John Martin (Born 1814 in Ireland)
    
    
  • Rachel (_____) Martin (Born 1817 in Ireland)
    
    
  • Thomas Lowmiller (Born 1825)
    
    
  • _____ (_______) Lowmiller
  
  
  
• After "Jean" married Warren Houghton, she moved from Indiana to live with him in Detroit, Michigan.
  
  
• Warren Houghton held political office in Michigan.
  
  
• Warren and "Jean" Houghton had two sons: Donald Welbourne Houghton and
  Allan W. Houghton.
  
  
• "Jean" died an untimely death, due to cancer.
  
  
• Warren Houghton remarried.

Velva Delilah "Jean" (Routh) Houghton was the FIRST COUSIN REMOVED EIGHT TIMES of William PENN (Because she was a great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Lawrence ROUTH (Born 1660 in Hawes, Yorkshire, England), who was first cousin of William Penn.)

The following information was provided by my second cousin, Diane (Houghton) Wimberly, daughter of Donald Welbourne Houghton, and granddaughter of Warren Houghton and Velva Delilah "Jean" (Routh) Houghton.
• Donald Welbourne Houghton: born 26 September 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. Died: 30 December 1994 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Retired USN as LCDR, worked at Flamingo Hilton Hotel as an auditor until around 1992.
  
  
  • Married: Grace Loraine Wilson who had a daughter (Debra Lynn) from a previous marriage adopted by Donald Houghton. Grace was born: 11 September 1929 in Medford, Wisconsin and died 23 March 1997 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
    
    
  • Children:
    
    
    • 1)Debra Lynn (Houghton) Edwards. Born: 1955. Married to Robert Paul Edwards on 17 August 1974.
      
      • Debra Lynn (Houghton) Edwards' Children:
        
        • Robert P. Edwards Jr. Born 1976
          
        • Melinda Ann Edwards. Born 1978.
      
      
    • 2) Dale Warren Houghton. Born: 1961. Married to Cynthia Mosely.
      
      • Dale Warren Houghton's 3 children:
        
        • Dale W. Houghton, Jr. Born 1989
          
        • Dylan Houghton. Born 1996.
          
        • Olivia Grace Houghton. Born 1999.
      
      
    • 3)Diane (Houghton) Wimberly. Born 1962. Married to William Vincent Wimberly on 22 April 1989.
      
      • Diana (Houghton) Wimberly's 2 children.
        
        • William Taylor Wimberly. Born 1992
          
        • Sarah Elizabeth Wimberly. Born 1994.

William W. (Bill) Houghton & Mary Sue Nance-Houghton
have an excellent Houghton site at
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/9709/

Another great site is Joe Houghton's Web presentation at
http://www.zen.co.uk/home/page/joe.houghton/HOUGHTON.HTM

SOURCES:

Monroe County, Indiana birth records

Monroe County, Indiana marriage records

Monroe County, Indiana death records

Obituaries from Herald-Times (formerly Herald-Telephone), Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana

Various funeral home flyers from funerals of relatives

U. S. Census Records

First person accounts of Elda Elizabeth (Routh) Eddleman, sister of the above-named Velva Delilah "Jean" (Routh) Houghton

First person accounts of Winifred Jean (Eddleman) Hickman, niece of the above-named Velva Delilah "Jean" (Routh) Houghton.

Identified family and ancestral photographs copied from Elda Elizabeth (Routh) Eddleman.

Written records from Diane (Houghton) Wimberly, daughter of Donald Welbourne Houghton, and granddaughter of Warren Houghton and Velva Delilah "Jean" (Routh) Houghton.

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