Arminta Emanatha Beals

Arminta, known as Minta, or Aunt Mint, was born 18 March, 1883, to James Francis Beals and his second wife Olive Samantha Bower, on a farm near the high point of Richland Township, Venango County, PA. She had one younger sister, Florence Beals, born in 1884, a younger brother James Elgie Beals, born in 1889, and two older step-siblings, Charles and Bernice, from James Francis Beals’ first marriage to Adeline Kribbs. When Minta was eleven years old her mother died in childbirth, and the baby died also. Arminta married Joe Dittman, had ten children, and lived to be 79 years old.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	18 Mar. 1883	James Francis Beals' farmhouse, Richland Township, Venango County, PA
Marriage			To Joe Dittman
Death	1962
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 3         Generation 4            
 
                                          
                                                     
                 +-- James Francis Beals
                 |   (1846-1930)        
 Arminta Beals --+                       
 (1883-1962 )    |                           
                 +-- Olive Samantha Bower
                      (1862-1894)

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Children

(all children with Winnifred May Kline)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Esther Dittman	F			Jay Ruper
Leo J. Dittman	M
Wilbur J. Dittman	M
Fred H. Dittman	M
Homer W. Dittman	M
Elva Dittman	F			Linsey Renfrew
Grace Dittman	F			Robert Schneider
Ralph Dittman	M			Unknown Altmire
Donald W. Dittman	M
Ruth W. Dittman	F			William Schultz

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources class="reference">[7]</sup>

Photo Gallery

Florence Bell, James Elgie Beals, and Minta Beals

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1900 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp., Venango Co., PA, Enumeration District 162, Supervisor's District 15, Page 6, lines 27-30 lists James Beals, 52, born June 1847, and his three children: daughter Arminta Beals, 17, born Mar. 1888; daughter Florence Beals, 15, born July 1884; and son James E. Beals, 10, born Apr. 1890. James Elgie is listed as being born in PA, having attended school for 7 months that year, and able to read, write, and speak English. This census is dated June 13, 1900.
2	1910 United States Federal Census,Salem T., Clarion Co. PA, Enumeration District 30, Pg 7. Date of census 26 Apr 1910. Lines 61-66: Joseph Dittman age 22, married 8 yrs, farmer, ownes mortgaged farm; wife Minta age 21, married 8 yrs, 4 children, all living; daughter Esther age 8, son Wilbur age 6; son Leo age 4; son Fred age (8?) mos.
2	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of James Elgie Beals.	N/A