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Wiswell

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• Parentage:^1,2,1,2
• Birth: about 1808.¹
• Wiswell may have been enumerated on the 1810 federal census in the household of William Wiswell in Marlborough, Cheshire County, New HampshireO.¹
• She may have been enumerated on the 1820 federal census in the household of William Wiswell in *Conneauttee Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3780] 1810 U.S. census, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, Marlborough, p. 72 (stamped), col. 2, Wm. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M252, roll 23.
2. [S3782] 1820 U.S. census, Erie County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Conneauttee Township, p. 27 (penned), Wm. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 102.

Robert Lee Cunningham

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Robert Lee Cunningham (1938-2010 )

• References: Descendants of Francois Louis Heyraud and Elise Desmarty
  Descendants of Martin Cunningham

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Biography

• Parentage: Dale Carrigan and Anna Mary Wiswell. His mother, Anna Mary Wiswell, told him that Dale Carrigan was his biological father.¹
• Birth: 13 September 1938, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MichiganO.²
  

  Robert Lee Cunningham, amended birth certificate, 3 March 1943
• Adoption: 24 February 1943, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, adoption by Joseph Richard Cunningham. His sister, Maralee, was also adopted the same day.²
• Census: 3 April 1950, 1416 12th St., Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, household of parents, enumeration district 39-88, dwelling 99.
  Robert L. Cunningham, son, white, male, age 11, never married, born Michigan³
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham household, 1950 U.S. census enumeration
• Social Security Registration: 2 July 1954, 2061 Coolidge, San Diego, San Diego County, CaliforniaO, "Bob Lee Cunningham," born 13 September 1938 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. According to the application he was unemployed.⁴
  

  Bob Lee Cunningham, social security application, 2 July 1954
• Military Induction: 5 June 1962, Detroit, Wayne County, MichiganO, U.S. Army.⁵
• Military Promotion Rank: 13 February 1963, private first class.⁵
• Military Service: 1964, badges awarded. While he was in the military he was awarded the following badges: expert with machine gun (MG .45) and .45 pistol, sharpshooter with 105 mm tactical weapons (Tk Wpns), and marksman with an M-1 rifle.⁵
• Military Honorable Discharge: 18 May 1964, Fort Hamilton, New York, Kings County, New York, from the U.S. Army and transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve.⁵
  

  Robert Lee Cunningham, military discharge, 18 May 1964
• Marriage: to Sharlene May Grant, 27 October 1967, Marshall, Calhoun County, MichiganO, age 29.⁶
  

  Robert Lee Cunningham and Sharlene M. Lorio, marriage, 27 October 1967 (page 1)
  

  Robert Lee Cunningham and Sharlene M. Lorio, marriage, 27 October 1967 (page 2)
• Military Discharge: 4 June 1968, the U.S. Army Reserve.⁵
• Family Event - Funeral Service: on 8 June 1972, Royal Funeral HomeO, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, pallbearer at the funeral of Gleora Wiswell. Glee was his aunt.⁷
• Family Event - Funeral Service: on 26 November 2001, Langeland Funeral Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, pallbearer at the funeral of Mary Ann Smith. Mary Ann was his mother-in-law.⁸
• Family Event - Funeral Service: on 28 June 2004, Langeland Funeral Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, pallbearer at the funeral of Robert Earl Grant. Robert was his father-in-law.⁹
• Death: 30 December 2010, age 72, his home, Lake Township, Lake County, MichiganO.¹⁰
  

  Robert Lee Cunningham, death certificate, 30 December 2010

• Last Edited: 6 April 2025

Citations

1. [S5909] "Conversations with Robert Cunningham," Between 1971 and 2010 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
2. [S3543] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, certificate of adoption, state file no. 14176185 (5 Mar 1943), Robert Lee Cunningham; Probate Court, Kalamazoo; reproduction of certificate on file, Michigan Department of Public Health, Lansing; certificate prepared 31 Aug 1970 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
3. [S5799] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Texas Township, enumeration district (ED) 39-88, sheet 71, line 18, Joseph R. Cunningham household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/178705889:62308 : accessed 5 May 2022) 34 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication, roll 3423.
4. [S6610] Bob Lee Cunningham, Social Security no. 116-05-4655, 2 July 1954, "Application for Account Number" (Form SS-5); Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.
5. [S3346] Robert Lee Cunningham, Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge, service no. US55737757; National Personnel Records Center; St. Louis, Missouri.
6. [S4237] Calhoun County, Michigan, marriage license and certificate, state file no. 1230 (27 Oct 1967), Robert Lee Cunningham and Sharlene M. Lorio entry; original, family copy, Cunningham-Grant Family Archives; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington, 2019.
7. [S2961] Royal Funeral Home, Funeral Card of Gloria "Glee" Homich, Name Of Person: Gloria "Glee" Homich (8 June 1972)
8. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, grandson of the decased, was a pallbearer at her funeral . Cunningham. Cunningham, grandson of the decased, was a pallbearer at her funeral .
9. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, grandson of the decased, was a pallbearer at his funeral . Cunningham.
10. [S4510] Lake County, Michigan, death certificate, local file no. 12-1, county file no. 1-2011, state file no. 3027485 (3 Jan 2011), Robert Lee Cunningham, Lake County Clerk's Office, Baldwin, Michigan; certificate prepared 10 Jan 2011 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.

Sharlene May Grant

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Sharlene May Grant (1942-2017)

• References: Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

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• Birth: 31 October 1942, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
• Residence: 1943, 802 E. Lawrence Street, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IndianaO. During at least part of 1943, Sharlene lived here along with her parents.^1,2
• Residence: before 21 October 1943, 122 W. Emerson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Sometime before 21 October 1943, she moved with her parents back to her grandparents' house in Kalamazoo.^1,3
• Census: 14 April 1950, 4908 Lovers Lane, Portage, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, lodger in the household of Arend William Longjohn.
  
  She lived in the house with her parents and sister. This was also the household of her mother's great aunt and uncle. She always referred to them as "Auntie and Uncle Bill." Sharlene's mother had been raised as a foster daughter by them, also as a foster daughter of her "Uncle Sam.".
  
  Charlene M. Grant, lodger, white, female, age 7, never married, born Michigan⁴
  

  Arend Longjohn household, 1950 U.S. Census
• Marriage: to Thomas Elwell, November 1958, age 16.
• Thomas Elwell and Sharlene May Grant
  Divorce: about 17 March 1961, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.⁵
• Marriage: to Robert Lynn Root, about July 1964, age ~21.
• Marriage: to Charles August Lorio, 19 March 1966, 1969 River St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 23, "Charles August Lorio and Sharlene May Root," by James Meints, Justice of the Peace. The ceremony was witnessed by Rosemary E. and Lonie L. Brown.⁶
• Charles August Lorio and Sharlene May Grant
  Divorce: about 20 July 1967, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.⁷
• Marriage: to Robert Lee Cunningham, 27 October 1967, Marshall, Calhoun County, MichiganO, age 24.⁸
  

  Robert Lee Cunningham and Sharlene M. Lorio, marriage, 27 October 1967 (page 1)
  

  Robert Lee Cunningham and Sharlene M. Lorio, marriage, 27 October 1967 (page 2)
• Death: 27 December 2017, age 75, 15675 S. Star Lake Dr., Lake Township, Lake County, MichiganO.⁹

• Last Edited: 20 June 2024

Citations

1. [S5913] "Conversations with Robert Earl Grant," Between 1971 and 2004 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
2. [S5915] "Conversations with Mary Ann (Smith) Grant," Between 1971 and 2001 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
3. [S2919] Enlistment record and report of separation for Robert E. Grant, 5 November 1945: Enlistment record and report of separation, Record Info: Robert E. Grant, serial number 36-886-497, 5 November 1945
4. [S5758] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Portage, enumeration district (ED) 39-72, sheet 1, line 18, Arend W. Longjohn household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-9QHW-593V-R : accessed 2 Apr 2022) 2 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T628.
5. [S4411] "Divorces," Sharlene and Thomas Elwell, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 17 Mar 1961, p. 40, col. 3.
6. [S2208] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, no. 63972, Charles August Lorio and Sharlene May Root, 19 March 1966.
7. [S4410] "Divorces," Sharlene and Charles Lorio, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 20 Jul 1967, p. 40, col. 3.
8. [S4237] Calhoun County, Michigan, marriage license and certificate, state file no. 1230 (27 Oct 1967), Robert Lee Cunningham and Sharlene M. Lorio entry; original, family copy, Cunningham-Grant Family Archives; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington, 2019.
9. [S4449] Lake County, Michigan, death certificate no. SP01757997, state file no. 279936, county file no. 001-2018 (3 Jan 2018), Sharlene May Cunningham, Lake County Clerk's Office, Baldwin, Michigan; certificate prepared 3 Jan 2018 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.