Elmer Elsworth Delk
11 Feb 1861 to 4 Sep 1941

Birth: Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa

Died: Weldon, Decatur County, Iowa

Burial: 6 Sep 1941 Hebron Cemetery

Married: Martha Lutecia Maitlen

Date of Marriage: 11 Jun 1892 Dunkirk, Jay County, Indiana

Children: Franklin Elsworth (1893-1967) Charles Wesley (1894-1967) Russell Leland (1895-1971) Ira Leslie (1896-1962) Lillie Lutecia (1897-1898) Mabel Alice (1899-1899) Sarah Hazel (1900-1901) Violet (1903-1903) Chester Roosevelt (1904-1925) Mary May (1905-1994) George Henry (1909-1919)

Resources

  • Photos
  • Letters
  • Documents
    • D000008
      Obituary for Elmer Elsworth Delk
    • Document 51
      Egg Dealer's License for Delk Brothers, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 3-1-1920 to Elmer E. Delk.
    • Document 52
      Egg Dealer's License for Delk Brothers, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 3-1-1919 to Elmer E. Delk.
    • Document 53
      Sanitary License for Delk Brothers, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11-23-1920 to Elmer E. Delk.
    • Document 54
      Sanitary License for Delk Brothers, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11-10-1919 to E.E. Delk and Sons
    • Document 55
      Licence from United States Food Administration for E.E. Delk and Sons Weldon, Iowa. Issued 8/3/1918
    • Document 56
      Sanitary License for Delk Brothers, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11-10-1918 to E.E. Delk and Sons
    • Document 57
      Licence to operate a Meat Market for E.E. Delk and Sons, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11/10/1917.
    • Document 58
      Licence to operate a Slaughter House for E.E. Delk and Sons, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11/10/1916.
    • Document 59
      Licence to operate a Meat Market for E.E. Delk and Sons, Weldon, Iowa. Issued 11/10/1916
    • Document 60
      Reward of Merit issued to Elmer E. Delk. Name of teacher not legible.
    • D000068
      Business card for Elmer E. Delk for upholstering and repairing. On reverse side are the names of his chldren, wife and himself. Circa 1897 or 1898.
    • D000068
      Business card for Elmer E. Delk for upholstering and repairing. On reverse side are the names of his chldren, wife and himself. Circa 1897 or 1898.
    • D000092
      Envelope from Delk Brothers market and grocery.
     
  • 03 Elmer and Martha Delk
    Taken on Wedding Day
  • 04 Elmer Elsworth Delk
    Taken on Wedding Day
  • Second Hand Store
  • 33 Theo And Elmer Delk
    Joseph Theodore and Elmer Delk, Tin Type photo from album given to Elmer's Daughter, Mary Delk.
  • Elmer Delk
    Elmer Delk taken in front of his grocery and meat market in Weldon, Iowa
  • Photo 92
    Al Davis (L), grocer, Weldon, Iowa, Unidentified man (C), Elmer E. Delk (R), meat market, Weldon, Iowa
  • P000103
    Elmer E. Delk (L) and Joe Coffee. Probably taken in 1917.
  • P000104
    E.E. Delk & Brothers Market and Grocery. Probably taken in 1918.
  • P000107a
    Elmer E. Delk and Martha L. (Maitlen) Delk. May 26, 1940.
  • Back of P000107b
    Elmer E. Delk and Martha L. (Maitlen) Delk. May 26, 1940. (Back)
  • P000107c
    Elmer E. Delk and Martha L. (Maitlen) Delk. May 26, 1940.
  • Back of P000107d
    Elmer E. Delk and Martha L. (Maitlen) Delk. May 26, 1940. (Back)
  • P000111
    Elmer E. Delk. Date unknown.
  • P000112
    Elmer E. Delk. July 5, 1941.
  • P000113
    Photo of Elmer E. Delk's home, Weldon, Iowa. Front view.
  • P000114
    Photo of Elmer E. Delk's home, Weldon, Iowa. Back view.