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Thomas Elwell

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 22 November 1940, Prairieville Township, Barry County, MichiganO.¹
• Baptism: 19 January 1941, St. Augustine's Church, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Roman Catholic Church||Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Morehouse acted as his sponsors.²
• Thomas Elwell received First Holy Communion at St. Augustine's Church in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, on 15 May 1949.²
• He was confirmed on 6 May 1951 at St. Augustine's Church in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²
• Marriage: to Sharlene May Grant, November 1958, age ~18.
• Thomas Elwell and Sharlene May Grant
  Divorce: about 17 March 1961, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.³
• Death: 17 December 2013, age 73, Rose Arbor Hospice, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁴

• Last Edited: 18 August 2024

Citations

1. [S2750] Birth Record: Elwell, Thomas Edward (Barry, MI, 1940), Record Type: Michigan State Births, Name Of Person: Thomas Edward Elwell, File Number: file no. 8-5057
2. [S2751] Baptismal Record of Thomas Edward Elwell (29 December 1962)
3. [S4411] "Divorces," Sharlene and Thomas Elwell, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 17 Mar 1961, p. 40, col. 3.
4. [S5596] "Thomas Elwell," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 22 Dec 2013, p. D2, col. 4.

William Nuyen

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• Parentage:^1,1
• William Nuyen was born on 12 November 1885 in Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. at six o'clock in the evening^2,1
• On 7 February 1888, moved to in Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, with his family.³
• Emigration Ship Departure: 1 April 1905, from the port of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the NetherlandsO, to the port or New York, aboard the S.S. Potsdam. He was accompanied by his younger cousin, Wilhelmus Nuijen. He had resided in Sappemeer, Groningen before leaving for America. He had $50 and paid his own passage. He was travelling on to the home of his uncle, Thomas Nuyen, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.⁴
• Emigration Ship Arrival: 12 April 1905, at the port of New York, aboard the.⁴
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  William Nuyen and Caterina M. DeWaard
  Marriage: 22 April 1911, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁵
• Census: 29 January 1920, North West Street, RFD, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household.⁶
• Residence: 1948, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁷
• Occupation: , retired celery grower.⁵
• Death: 14 February 1963, age 77, 3518 N. Westnedge, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁵

• Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

1. [S4281] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, 1883-1912," geboorte (birth), Wilhelmus Nuijen, vol. 1885, no. 76 (13 November 1885); FHL microfilm 0444616.
2. [S2803] Social Security Death Index, Subject: Unknown subject, Series: Family Search, File Number: no. ? (Family History Library, Salt Lake City), The SSDI component of Family Search is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration
3. [S5525] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen N-Z 1870-1890, p. 584, line 1, population register, Wilhelmus Nuijen household entry, 1870, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 27 Apr 2021) > DGS 8977170 > image 35 of 372; imaged from FHL digital film 8977170.
4. [S4453] Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T715, roll 558, arranged chronologically by arrival date of vessel; SS Potsdam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 12 Apr 1905, entry for Siert Smid, group 63, list 16, line 16.
5. [S4158] "William Nuyen," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 14 Feb 1963, p. 55, col. 7.
6. [S3623] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 184, sheet 2B, dwelling 32, family 32, William Nuyen household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 776.
7. [S4162] "Wm. Nuyen, 82, Expires," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 29 Sep 1948, p. 2, col. 3.

Robert Lynn Root

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• Birth: 1 March 1941.
• Marriage: to Sharlene May Grant, about July 1964, age ~23.
• Death: 8 July 2022, age 81.¹
• Obituary: 17 July 2022, Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.)
  Root, Robert Lynn passed away July 8, 2022. Born in Michigan in 1941, he grew up helping his beloved parents and three sisters on their miniature golf course. He moved to Florida with his parents in the 1960s, first living on a sailboat while working as a high school chemistry and physics teacher. He soon transitioned to his life's work as a property developer and general contractor. Robert loved international travel, going out to eat and cracking jokes. His memory will be cherished by his family and friends.¹

• Last Edited: 28 June 2023

Citations

1. [S6219] "Robert Root," obituary, Tampa Bay Times, 17 Jul 2022; transcription, Legacy (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tampabaytimes/name/robert-root-obituary?id=35834858 : accessed 28 Jun 2023.)

Robert Earl Grant

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Robert Earl Grant (1923-2004)

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
  Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

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• Birth: 3 May 1923, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Robert Earl Grant was born on 3 May 1923 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Robert was the second child of his parents, Daniel Leroy Grant and Delilah May Klinger. They had been married 16 years earlier, but had only had one other child together, Daniel Joel, who was 8 years older than his new baby brother. Robert's mother had had 2 other children from her first marriage, Frank Benjamin Rivers and Pearl Rivers.
  
  Warren G. Harding had been president of the United States for a little more than 3 years when Robert was born. Some hundreds of miles south of Kalamazoo, the first nonstop transcontinental flight across North America, from New York to San Diego, was crossing the country on this day. His parents, if they read the newspaper that day, and if either of them were fans of baseball may have noted that the day before Walter Johnson, whom some would say many decades later was the greatest American baseball pitcher of all time, pitched his 100th shutout, leading the Washington Senators to a victory over the New York Yankees. Nevertheless the New York Yankees would go on to win their first ever World Series later that year.
  
  Robert had frequently told the story that on the day he was born Kalamazoo had been pummeled by a severe snowstorm, something essentially unheard of before or since in southwestern Michigan so relatively late in the spring. Obviously Robert was told this story, probably by one or both of his parents, however it turns out to not be quite true. In fact, southern Michigan, including Kalamazoo, was hit by a blizzard 6 days later on May 9. Robert was only 5 days old on May 8 when the temperature suddenly plummeted from the 60s to the low 30s over the course of 6 hours that afternoon followed by a light dusting of snow, but this was only the beginning, as the following day the real show started leaving 6 to 9 inches of snow over the area.
  
  Robert’s birth certificate doesn’t state where exactly he was born, so it’s not clear if he was born at home as most babies of the time still were, or whether he was born in a hospital or clinic, or even at the home of someone else. Kalamazoo didn’t have a hospital until 1889, when Borgess Hospital was opened on Portage Street. That original hospital eventually gave way to a brand new 100 bed hospital on Gull Road in 1917, where it operated in conjunction with the Portage Street hospital for about a decade before the original hospital was sold to the Upjohn Company.
  
  We are of course all shadowed by death from the moment of our birth, but Robert was somewhat more literally so. While he might have been born at Borgess Hospital that was just adjacent to Riverside Cemetery, he more likely was born at the family home at 1129 Seminary Street, immediately across the street from the cemetery where it rose up the hill to the east. The house his parents now lived in had previously been lived in by his maternal grandmother, Susan Marie (Young) Klinger. The eponymous Kalamazoo River flowed just behind the property to the west, and next door was the house where Robert’s paternal grandmother, Mary Alice (Crane) Grant still lived. Within a couple of years, many streets in Kalamazoo were renumbered and some of them renamed, and 1129 Seminary Street then became 1227 Riverview Drive, and this is where Robert spent his early formative years until sometime in the 1930s when his father traded his Packard to the Fry family for their home a little farther down the road.
  
  In all of this however there is some speculation. As already noted, his birth certificate only lists that he was born in Kalamazoo, but does not tell us where. A 1922 city directory lists Daniel L. Grant living at 1129 Seminary Street, and the 1926 directory shows Daniel living there again, although now it has been renumbered to 1227 Seminary. (Seminary Street would become Riverview Drive by the following year.) However the 1924 city directory, which likely most accurately reflects the population from the previous year, doesn’t list anyone at that address, nor does it show Daniel Grant listed anywhere in Kalamazoo. While it’s possible that Daniel moved somewhere else during that period of time, given all of the other evidence it seems more likely that the house was just accidentally overlooked when the 1924 directory was being compiled.^1,2,3,4,5
• Namesake of: Earl Henry Klinger and Robert R. Young. Robert was named for his maternal great grandfather, Robert R. Young, and his maternal uncle, Earl Klinger. His maternal grandfather had died 17 years before he was born, and he would never meet his maternal uncle, who had moved first to Idaho and then Washington state many years earlier.⁶
• Biography: May 1923. One can always say that a child’s mother was present at the time of his or her birth. Robert’s mother, Delilah, was 37 years old when he was born and would be around for several years to come. His father, Daniel Leroy, was 35 years old, and he would live to meet some of his great grandchildren. As previously noted, little Robert had an older brother, Daniel Joel, who was not quite 8 years old when his baby brother was born. It appears likely that no one else may have lived in the house at that time, although it is at least possible that his older half-brother, Frank Benjamin Rivers, was there. Frank was already 20 years old when Robert joined the world. His 19-year old half-sister, Pearl Rivers, had left the house the previous year when she married Francis Leroy “Roy” Hoare. Next door was his grandmother, Mary Alice; his Uncle Clinton; and his Uncle Horace and possibly his wife, Nellie.
• Parentage: Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant and Delila May Klinger.^1,1
• Names: Robert Earl Grant or Robert E. Grant was the name he used all his life. Most of those who knew him called him Bob, but some called him Robert.
• Census: 7 April 1930, 1227 Riverview DriveO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of parents, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, home rented for $10, family had radio.
  Robert E. Grant, son, male, white, age 6, single, at school, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, no occupation⁷
• Biography: between 1933 and 1937. Robert defined himself as a working man all his life. In fact, he first began what would be a long life of work while still a boy. His first job was selling the Saturday Evening Post and Ladies Home Journal door-to-door. He always went to a big white house in Parchment where an "old lady" lived, and he said she was a "sure sale." After that he delivered the Detroit Times for a while, but he didn't really like that, as sometimes people would move away and they wouldn't pay him. He then worked for Fred Kooey, who had a produce stand on the corner of Bridge Street and Riverview Avenue, where young Bob sold produce. Bob bought a pickup truck he later drove up to Yankee Springs from Fred Kooey. When he was twelve, he drove his friends and himself up to Yankee Springs for the summer, where they worked in the onion and cucumber fields. They would stay up there all week, and Bob would then drive them back to Kalamazoo for the weekend. Friends he went to Yankee Springs with included Randolph Dornan, John Fry, Bud Sweet, and Burton Elsey.^8,9
• Biography: between 1937 and 1940. As for other formative work experiences, he sold the Kalamzoo Gazette with his friend Bud Perkins for a while. He vividly remembers selling extras when Joe Louis won the heavyweight boxing title in 1937. After this, he worked in corn fields for a while. He also worked for Merchants Delivery Service, which delivered all manner of things.When he was 15, he started at Webb Coal Company shovelling coal, unloading it off the train cars. Shortly after starting, he was made yard boss. He hired other people to shovel coal. He said he hired anybody who'd do the work, including "winos." Around this same time, Bob began having difficulties at school. After having attended Roosevelt School in Kalamazoo through the ninth grade, Robert briefly attended Kalamazoo Central High School. According to him, he had a teacher who didn't like him the minute he walked in the door. Apparently there was some disagreement over a meal ticket book he carried for his lunch, as the teacher wanted him to turn it in. He left Central and attended Lincoln School for a short time. This didn't last long either. He made more money than his dad working as a yard boss at Webb, so his father told him he would have to start paying rent or move out. He chose to move out, and dropped out of the tenth grade at the same time. He then went to live with his friends, Delbert and Randolph Dornan, and their father, in Portage. He stayed there for some time until his father came to ask him to come back home, because "my mother wanted me there." He got his friend Johnny Fry a job at Webb Coal Company too. After Webb's, where he finished by delivering coal, he went to deliver coal for Vant Rore Coal Company. Eventually he left there and took a job delivering coal for Shepard's Coal Company. Somewhere during this time he started doing carpentry work with Ed Dill, who had narcolepsy and would sometimes fall asleep while hammering.⁸
• Biography: between 2 May 1940 and 23 October 1940. Robert initially enlisted in the U.S. Army on 2 May 1940 just before his seventeenth birthday in Kalamazoo. He apparently lied about his age in order to do so. However, after entreaties by his mother, he was honorably discharged at the rank of private from Company C of the 126th Infantry on 23 October 1940 due to his age of minority. Thus he was not completely new to the military when he was drafted into the military a few years later during World War II.^10,11
• Census: 3 May 1940, 625 Riverview Drive, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of parents, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-15B, sheet 5A, dwelling 84, home owned, home value $1300.
  Robert E. Grant, son, male, white, age 18, single, not at school, 1 year high school, born Michigan, same house 1935, private work, worked 0 hours, laborer, odd jobs, private wage worker, worked 26 weeks in 1939, earned $200 income in 1939, no other income¹²
• Biography: before 25 March 1941.
  Sometime probably around 1940, Robert met Mary Ann Smith, who was before long to become his wife. She initially had been the girlfriend of another friend of his, Randolph Dornan. This relationship, fortunately for their future descendants, didn't work out. My grandfather apparently first saw my grandmother at a tap dancing recital. She was quite the tap dancer as a young 16-year old girl. While Mary Ann initially wasn't sure what to make of young Bob because he was so quiet, she came to actually like this in him, as it reminded her of her Uncle Sam, who had raised her and was also of a taciturn nature. Robert eventually gained Uncle Sam's seal of approval when Uncle Sam one day shared his dark, European beer that he was so fond of with the young man courting his niece.The couple ultimately went to Kentucky to elope, taking along their friend, John Fry, to be a witness and best man. They got there late at night, and had to sleep under a bridge in Robert's car until they could see the Justice of the Peace in the morning.^8,13
  

  Young Bob and Mary Ann Grant, about 1941
• Marriage: to Mary Ann Smith, 25 March 1941, Louisville, Jefferson County, KentuckyO, age 17, "Robert Grant and Mary Ann A. Smith," by H. C. Lindsay, pastor of the Lutheran Church.
  John Fry and Jeanne Parsons were witnesses to the marriage.¹⁴
  

  Robert E. Grant and Mary Ann A. Smith, marriage record, 25 March 1941
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  Young Bob and Mary Ann Grant, about 1941
• Residence: between April 1941 and November 1942, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. From the time they were married until shortly after their oldest daughter, Sharlene, was born the teenage couple lived in Kalamazoo in the house next door to 625 Riverview Drive, which was owned by Robert's father. Daniel Grant had bought it from the Fry family, trading them his Packard for it, as Mr. Fry was about to lose the house to the city for back taxes. The Frys then moved to the front of a mattress factory where they worked, and where apparently they lived for the rest of their lives.
  
  The newlyweds, Robert and Mary Ann, rented this neighboring house for ten dollars a month, which Robert once joked he'd probably never pay that much for rent again. His parents still lived next door at 625 Riverview Drive, the house they had lived in for many years. In the house next to them, at the corner of Riverside Dr. and Hotop St., lived Lovell and Edith Rolfe, parents of Daniel Joel Grant's wife, Shirley. Then on the other side of Robert and Mary Ann's house lived a long time acquaintance, Burton Elsey. None of these houses remain standing today.
• Witness - Military Draft Registration: 27 April 1942, 625 Riverview Drive, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, named as the person who would always know the address of Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant.¹⁵
  

  Daniall LeRoy Grant, draft registration, 27 April 1942
  

  Daniall LeRoy Grant, draft registration, 27 April 1942
• Occupation: 1943, U.S. Rubber Company, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IndianaO.
  During most of 1943 and perhaps as early as late 1942, Robert worked for the U.S. Rubber Company ten hours a day, seven days a week. His brother, Daniel, and Daniel's father-in-law, Lovell Rolfe, had been working there, and helped him get this job. They both lived in South Bend, Indiana at this time.¹⁶
• Residence: 1943, 802 E. Lawrence Street, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IndianaO. During at least part of 1943, Robert lived here along with his wife and infant daughter.^16,13
• Military Induction: 21 October 1943, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Sometime before October 1943, the young couple and their baby daughter moved back to Robert's parents' house because Robert correctly surmised that he would be drafted soon, and he hoped he would be drafted into the same company as people he knew. Despite his hope, it didn't work out that way. He was inducted into the U.S. Army at this time after being drafted. Fortunately for him, he was not mustered into one of the outfits that many of his friends and acquaintances from Kalamazoo served in. People he knew in one particular unit in the Pacific were wiped out. His best friend, John Fry, was seriously wounded while in New Guinea. John convalesced in Australia, where he eventually met his wife and spent the rest of his adult life until just before his own death at an advanced age.¹⁷
• Military: 11 November 1943, Fort Sheridan, Chicago, Cook County, IllinoisO. Bob started his military service at Fort Sheridan in Chicago a few weeks later. Sometime between November 1943 and May 1944, Bob was transferred to New Orleans, from where he would ultimately head off to North Africa. Both Bob and his wife, Mary Ann, would talk about their experiences in New Orleans many years later. Mary Ann took a bus to New Orleans in order to spend some time with him while he waited to ship out. She left their young daughter, Sharlene, in the care of Bob's parents. When Mary Ann initially arrived, she wasn't able to see him at all as he had come down with malaria and was hospitalized. However eventually they did get to spend some time together. While listening to their stories about this time years later, I had come to believe they were both in New Orleans together for several months, however it was only in later years I realized that Mary Ann had only stayed there for a few to several weeks, probably on the shorter end. However in some ways it must have been an exciting adventure for them to be in this somewhat exotic city together, even if it was only a handful of days while Mary Ann was there. Because they had little money, Mary Ann had to work while she was there, and again while it was only for a short time she related years later that she had worked at a bakery.¹⁷
• Military Note: between 16 May 1944 and 28 May 1944, New Orleans, LouisianaO. He shipped out from New Orleans for the European Theater of Operations. His ship arrived 12 days later in Algiers, which must have been quite a culture shock for the young man.¹⁷
• Military Service: June 1944. Bob began his overseas service in North Africa, and eventually his outfit was shipped to Italy. While in North Africa and Italy, he served in Company B of the 719th Railway Operating Battalion, primarily as a light truck driver. He travelled all over Italy in this capacity. While in Italy, he was involved in the following campaigns: Rome-Arno, North Appenines, and Po Valley. Apparently while he was stationed in Livorno (or Leghorn as he called it), there was a significant German bombing campaign going on. Towards the end of the war, he spent a great deal of time on the Italian frontier, near Austria and Switzerland, as well as a brief foray into Yugoslavian territory. He also inspected several trains, including trains belonging to the Italian royal family. According to his service record, he received the following decorations and citations in the course of his service: 2 overseas service bars; a European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon; 3 bronze battle stars; a Good Conduct Medal; a World War II Victory Medal; and an American Defense Service Ribbon.¹⁷
  

  This distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 719th Railway Operating Battalion on 24 February 1943.
• Military Note: 7 August 1945, EuropeO.
  When his company left Europe on 7 August, Bob and his army buddies had been told that they were being shipped to the Pacific Theater for the continuing war against Japan. It is altogether possible that they had not yet heard about the atomic bomb being dropped at Hiroshima. Nevertheless, Japan certainly had not yet surrendered - this wouldn't occur until August 15. So, when Bob and his comrades finally departed Europe, they fully expected to cross the Atlantic, continue on through the Panama Canal, and proceed to be part of the invasion force of mainland Japan. However, the Bomb changed everything, and their ship's relatively late departure from Europe allowed them to ship back to the United States long before any of them had thought. Bob himself said that it was only because their ship had not yet passed through the Canal when news of the surrender was received that their ship had been instructed to turn around and proceed to the States. They arrived in New York on 19 August 1945.¹⁷
• Military Discharge: 5 November 1945, Camp Grant, Rockford, Winnebago County, IllinoisO.¹⁷
• City Directory: 1945, 122 W. Emerson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Robt (Mary A) USA r122 W Emerson¹⁸
• Biography: about 1946. After the war, he continued with carpentry and began working for Al DeBoer's nephew. Al DeBoer was a contractor who built some apartments on East Main Street in Kalamazoo. His nephew helped Bob get into the carpenter's union. After getting into the union - Al DeBoer's nephew signed the union papers saying Bob had apprenticed with them for 4 years, which was something of an exaggeration, but which was perhaps seen as something of a favor to a recently returned American serviceman - Bob worked on the power plant in Comstock. The carpentry work, though, didn't always prove as fruitful as it might have been. It was hard to get work, because the union kept a list, on which you would sign your name when you needed work. Unfortunately, they tended to give the work to their friends first.⁸
  

  Mary Ann and Bob Grant at a local bar shortly after the war
• Biography: between 1947 and 1952. Beginning in about 1947, Bob began acquiring property. He first bought a property on Lovers Lane in Portage, Michigan, where he built a house. So began a pattern that continued for the next few years, where Bob would buy a lot, build a house, live there with his family for awhile, and then sell the house for a small profit. After the house on Lovers Lane, he built a house on Dayton Avenue on Kalamazoo’s east side, then one on Ira Avenue a few blocks away, then on Coy Avenue and Washburn about 2 blocks from there, and finally right next door to that house, on Coy Avenue and Ira, otherwise known as 2425 Coy Avenue. This would be the house he and Mary Ann lived in for the next 50 years or so.⁸
• 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.
  This was the household of his wife's great aunt and uncle. He lived there with his wife and two daughters as well. Also living in the household were his wife's "brother," John Longjohn, and Harold Morrison, who was 16.
  
  
  
  Robert Grant, lodger, white, male, age 27, married, born Michigan, doing something else most of last week, did not do any work last week, not looking for work, has job or business¹⁹
  

  Arend Longjohn household, 1950 U.S. Census
• Biography: about 1952. Eventually sometime during the early 1950s, Bob took a job at Precast/Schokbeton in Kalamazoo, a firm that was engaged in the creation of concrete forms for large building projects. Bob eventually became a foreman there, and would stay there for the next 22 years. When he left the job there in the mid-70s, he spent a good portion of the next couple of years unemployed. Economic times were difficult in Michigan at that time, and employment was hard to come by, especially for a man now in his 50s. He eventually came to work at the Brundage Company, where his older brother, Daniel, worked. He worked there for several years before retiring. Yet even then he did not really retire, as he began to do work as a driver, like he had done when he was in the Army. Eventually he became a driver and deliveryman for Standard Federal Bank in Kalamazoo, and he did this part-time for many years, until he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1998. It was at that time that he finally, truly retired from work. He spent the remaining years of his life fishing while he was still able to, listening to his beloved country music, collecting coins (which he had done on and off for years), and spending time with his family.He, like his younger brother, Muryl, also took a greater interest in his family history, and greatly assisted his grandson in tracking down the family's many mysteries. Through the years, he had been the custodian of many old family pictures that had passed down to him from his parents, and those photographs provided the foundation for many genealogical investigations.^8,20
• Biography: between 1958 and 2004. Ever since he was a boy, Bob enjoyed hunting and fishing, but especially fishing. As a young boy, he would fish in Deke’s Pond nearby his family’s home and other nearby waterways. As he grew up, he continued to fish, and had a strong hand in teaching both of his grandsons to fish. Some of his favorite places to fish were in southern Barry County, including Crooked Lake (Delton), Jones Lake, and Little Long Lake. On 24 April 1958, he and Mary Ann acquired a cottage at Stony Point on Crooked Lake (Delton) for $6000. They paid $35 a month for the mortgage, but eventually the family gave up the cottage. It seems that after a time the family was not going to the cottage as much as they had in the past, and the monthly payment (which may seem small to us in these later years) had become too burdensome. Yet even after selling the cottage, Bob continued to fish every summer, and always said that he knew when the fish would start biting, and that was when the lilac bush in his front yard began to bloom.
  
  Bob also was interested in music since he was a young boy. We have several photographs of him as a child with a guitar in hand. He had a guitar with him pretty much the whole time he was in the Army, although he sold it on the ship when he was coming back to the States. After he returned home, Mary Ann bought him a guitar from the Gibson Guitar Company, where she had worked during the war building guidance systems for the United States Navy. He had this guitar for the rest of his life, although as he got older he played it less, but still loved listening to music, especially old-timey country music. Over the years, he enjoyed country musicians like Hank Williams, Charley Pride, and Merle Haggard. In his later years, when he had become more homebound, he still looked forward to watching the Grand Old Opry every Saturday night, not to mention a local cable access country music show, which showcased a different local country act every week. He always liked finding new music to listen to, in addition to his old favorites.^8,21
• Death: 23 June 2004, age 81, 2425 Coy AvenueO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^22,23,24
• Funeral Service: on 28 June 2004, Langeland Funeral Home], Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, followed by a graveside service at Riverside Cemetery.
  Pallbearers at his funeral were his sons-in-law, Robert Cunningham and Robert Boodt; grandsons, Budd Elwell and Terence Cunningham; great grandson, James Robert Braunschneider; and nephew, Lawrence Grant.²⁵
• Burial: 28 June 2004, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  Grave Marker: Robert E. Grant, 3 May 1923 - 23 June 2004; same stone as Mary Ann Grant. GPS: 42.311875, -85.561867
  He was buried according to the Masonic rite and with full military honors.²⁶
  

  Mary Ann and Robert E. Grant Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block 25, Lot 143, Graves 1 and 2

• Last Edited: 19 April 2025

Citations

1. [S4194] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, birth certificate no. 1338, local record no. 491 (vol. City 1923, p. 50) (5 Jul 1923), Robert Earl Grant entry, Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 10 Aug 1942 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
2. [S4660] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/7256689 : accessed 28 Jun 2020), Daniel L. (May) Grant entry, image 252; citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1922 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1922), p. 510."
3. [S4662] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/7081590 : accessed 28 Jun 2020), Danl (May) Grant entry, image 118; citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1926 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1926), p. 235."
4. [S4661] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2469/images/7060351 : accessed 28 Jun 2020), absence of entry for Daniel Grant or any residents at 1227 Seminary Street, image 116, 257; citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1924 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1924), p. 229, 510."
5. [S5906] Cassandra Rollins (Kalamazoo, Michigan), "Borgess Hospital: Kalamazoo's First Hospital," report dated Jun 2009, Kalamazoo Public Library (https://www.kpl.gov/local-history/kalamazoo-history/health/borgess/ : accessed 28 Jul 2020.)
6. [S5917] "Conversation with Robert Earl Grant," Sep 2002 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
7. [S3574] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https//www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
8. [S5918] "Conversation with Robert Earl Grant," Nov 2002 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
9. [S5305] Grant Family Traditions, T. L. Cunningham, compiler (MSS notes, circa 1970–2004; privately held by Cunningham, Seattle, Washington); Robert Grant work history, relayed by subject to the author in multiple anecdotes over several years.
10. [S2917] Enlistment record for Robert E. Grant, October 1940: Enlistment record, Record Info: Robert E. Grant, serial number 20-634-456, October 1940
11. [S2918] Honorable discharge certificate for Robert E. Grant, 23 October 1940: Certificate of honorable discharge, Record Info: Robert E. Grant, serial number 20-634-456, 23 October 1940
12. [S4430] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-15B, sheet 5A, dwelling 84, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-VH8B : accessed 24 Jan 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1770.
13. [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.
14. [S3515] Jefferson County, Kentucky, Marriage Records, volume 26 Nov 1940-13 June 1941, no. 516, Robert E. Grant and Mary Ann A. Smith marriage license, 25 March 1941; browsable images, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," > 007735253 > image 1326 of 2249 FamilySearch ( https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 6 August 2017); citing "Marriage records, 1781-1951, Jefferson County, Kentucky, browsable FHL microfilm 007735253."
15. [S5938] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Michigan, 1942, serial no. U2168, draft registration, Dannial LeRoy Grant entry, 27 Apr 1942; imaged in "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1002/ : accessed 19 Dec 2022) > Michigan > Eaby, Walter Clinton-Kinkella, George John > Graham, James Johnnie-Green, Maurice Olyn > 1497-8 of 5615; from original records housed at "Records of the Selective Service System, record group no. 147, National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri."
16. [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.
17. [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
18. [S5765] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=1301324721 : accessed 4 Apr 2022), Robt. (Mary A.) Grant entry, image 76 of 347; citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1945 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1945), p. 163."
19. [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.
20. [S3125] Robert Grant Photo Albums, Record Type: Grant-Klinger-Young Family Photo Album Series, Subject: Robert Grant (1860s-1960s), digitized reproductions
21. [S3124] Preliminary Sale Agreement for Stony Point Cottage, Record Type: preliminary agreement for sale of real estate, Subject: J.S. Fulton and wife to Robert E. and Mary Ann Grant, File Number: Cottage #9, Stony Point (Delton, Barry County, Michigan) (24 April 1958)
22. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, grandson of the decased, was present at the time of his death. Cunningham. Cunningham, grandson of the decased, was present at the time of his death.
23. [S4399] "Robert E. Grant," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 26 Jun 2004, p. B3, col. 4.
24. [S5497] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate, state file no. 2656379, county file no. D-2004-1167 (25 Jun 2004), Robert Earl Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
25. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, grandson of the decased, was a pallbearer at his funeral . Cunningham.
26. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, grandson of the decased, was present at the time of his burial. Cunningham.

Mary Ann Smith

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Mary Ann (Smith) Grant (1924-2001)

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 2 March 1924, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, MichiganO, "Marian Ilene Smith," at 4:50 in the morning. According to the birth certificate parents were Donald Nicholas and Marie Smith. Donald Nicholas was described as a 21 year old farm laborer living in Manton, while Marie was listed as a 15 year old "schoolgirl," who resided in Kalamazoo, although it is clear from all available records that her mother was actually 17 years old. Her parents were said to have been born in Michigan and the Netherlands respectively.
  
  It is not entirely clear why the young Mary Ann - here referred to as Marian Ilene Smith - was born 100 miles to the west of Kalamazoo, where her mother lived. Family stories always suggested a different father for Mary Ann, and later findings would prove this to be true.¹
  

  Marian Ilene Smith, birth, 2 March 1924
• Parentage: Alexander Linsky and Marie Smith. Mary Ann was told by her great aunt, Annie Smith, that Alex Linsky was her father. He is said to have visited her when she was about two years old. He played with her at their house, and told her aunt that he loved the little girl's mother, Marie, and thought they could work it out. He wanted both of them, mother and child, to come back with him to Hartford, Connecticut, where his family lived.
  
  Mary Ann's mother had briefly been married to Donald Nicholas at a young age in 1923, they were later divorced and it appears likely also had separated around the time that Marie became pregnant with her daughter. Moreover later ample DNA evidence has confirmed the story that Mary Ann's father was actually Alexander Linsky rather than Donald Nicholas.^2,1
• Names: Mary Ann Smith, Mary Ann Grant, Marian Ilene Smith, Marion Arleen Nicholas Like her own mother who also had the name Marianne at the time of her birth, Mary Ann was named after her great-grandmother, Marianne Nuijen. The source of her middle name from her birth certificate, Ilene, is unknown. Notably as a young woman, she often was called Darlene or Arlene, but reverted back to Mary Ann as she got older. She was referred to as Marion Arlene Nicholas in her mother's divorce filing from Donald Nicholas in 1925, and she was referred to by this same name when the divorce was granted the following year and her mother was awarded sole custody of her. A single 1930 census enumeration referred to her as Arlene.^1,3,4,5
• Census: 12 April 1930, 1924 North WestnedgeO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of granduncle, Sam Smith, enumeration district 39-18, sheet 17A, dwelling 391, family 414, home owned, value $3000, no radio.
  Arlene Smith, niece, female, white, age 6, single, did ont attend school, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Holland, no occupation⁴
• Census: 14 April 1930, Milham Park Road South, Portage Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of granduncle, Arend William Longjohn, enumeration district 39-48, sheet 8B, dwelling 183, family 190, home owned, farm, value $3500, no radio, farm schedule 52. Two days later she was enumerated again in the household her other granduncle along with her great-grandmother. These two enumerations agree with the recollections of Mary Ann herself, who described growing up with her great grandmother and great uncle, Sam, but also with her great aunt, Annie, and her husband, Bill Longjohn. When Mary Ann was young she was also known as Arlene, so despite the two different names in these two censuses, both of these listings refer to her.
  
  As listed in Longjohn household:
  Mary Smith, niece, female, white, age 6, single, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Connecticut, mother born Holland⁶
• Census: 3 April 1940, 222 E. Patterson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of granduncle, Sam Smith, ward 1, enumeration district 39-17, household 8, house rented for $20.
  Mary Ann Smith, niece, female, white, age 16, single, not attending school, finished 8th grade, born Michigan, lived in same place in 1935, not working or seeking work, housework, 0 weeks worked in 1939, no income in 1939, no other income⁷
• Marriage: to Robert Earl Grant, 25 March 1941, Louisville, Jefferson County, KentuckyO, age 17, "Robert Grant and Mary Ann A. Smith," by H. C. Lindsay, pastor of the Lutheran Church.
  John Fry and Jeanne Parsons were witnesses to the marriage.⁸
  

  Robert E. Grant and Mary Ann A. Smith, marriage record, 25 March 1941
• 

  Young Bob and Mary Ann Grant, about 1941
• Residence: between April 1941 and November 1942, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. From the time they were married until shortly after their oldest daughter, Sharlene, was born the teenage couple lived in Kalamazoo in the house next door to 625 Riverview Drive, which was owned by Robert's father. Daniel Grant had bought it from the Fry family, trading them his Packard for it, as Mr. Fry was about to lose the house to the city for back taxes. The Frys then moved to the front of a mattress factory where they worked, and where apparently they lived for the rest of their lives.
  
  The newlyweds, Robert and Mary Ann, rented this neighboring house for ten dollars a month, which Robert once joked he'd probably never pay that much for rent again. His parents still lived next door at 625 Riverview Drive, the house they had lived in for many years. In the house next to them, at the corner of Riverside Dr. and Hotop St., lived Lovell and Edith Rolfe, parents of Daniel Joel Grant's wife, Shirley. Then on the other side of Robert and Mary Ann's house lived a long time acquaintance, Burton Elsey. None of these houses remain standing today.
• Residence: 1943, 802 E. Lawrence Street, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IndianaO. During at least part of 1943, Mary Ann lived here along with her husband and infant daughter.^9,2
• Residence: before 21 October 1943, 122 W. Emerson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Sometime before 21 October 1943, the young family moved back to Robert's parents' house because Robert correctly surmised that he would be drafted soon, and he hoped he would be drafted into the same company as people he knew.^9,10
• Biography: 1944, New Orleans, LouisianaO. Sometime between November 1943 and May 1944, her husband was transferred after his military induction to New Orleans, from where he would ultimately head off to North Africa. Both Mary Ann and her husband would talk a great deal about their experiences in New Orleans many years later. Mary Ann took a bus to New Orleans in order to spend some time with him while he waited to ship out. She left their young daughter, Sharlene, in the care of Bob's parents. When Mary Ann initially arrived, she wasn't able to see him at all as he had come down with malaria and was hospitalized. However eventually they did get to spend some time together. While listening to their stories about this time years later, I had come to believe they were both in New Orleans together for several months, however it was only in later years I realized that Mary Ann had only stayed there for a few to several weeks, probably on the shorter end. However in some ways it must have been an exciting adventure for them to be in this somewhat exotic city together, even if it was only a handful of days while Mary Ann was there. Because they had little money, Mary Ann had to work while she was there, and again while it was only for a short time she related years later that she had worked at a bakery.^2,9
• Occupation: between 1944 and 1945, Gibson Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. During World War II, she was employed by the Gibson Guitar Company. While there, she built guidance systems for the U.S. Navy, which had contracted Gibson for this purpose. One might say she was a Rosie the Riveter as were so many other American women of the time.¹¹
• City Directory: 1945, 122 W. Emerson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Robt (Mary A) USA r122 W Emerson¹²
• 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 there with her husband and two daughters. This was the household of her great aunt and uncle. She always referred to them as Auntie and Uncle Bill. They had been her foster parents along with her other great uncle, "Sam." Also living in the household were her "brother," John Longjohn, and Harold Morrison, who was 16.
  
  Mary A. Grant, lodger, white, female, age 25, married, born Michigan, housework, no work last week, not looking for work, no job or business¹³
  

  Arend Longjohn household, 1950 U.S. Census
• Occupation: between 1969 and 1974, Zodys, Portage, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Between about 1969 and 1974, she worked retail in the fabric department of a discount retail store. Initially this was a Yankee Store, but they were bought out by Zodys, another retail chain in 1972. She would work there until the store closed in 1974 when Zodys filed for bankruptcy and sold all of its Michigan operations.²
• Occupation: between 1976 and 1993, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, cafeteria cashier.¹⁴
• Retirement: 8 September 1993, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. She retired from her job as a cashier in the Dietetics Department at Borgess Medical Center after 17 years of employment. She was unfortunately forced into retirement by the sudden loss of the majority of her sight from age-related macular degeneration.^14,15
• Death: 21 November 2001, age 77, the home of her daughter, Sharlene, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^16,17
• Funeral Service: on 26 November 2001, Langeland Funeral Home], Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. followed by a graveside service at Riverside Cemetery¹⁸
• Burial: 26 November 2001, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  Grave Marker: Mary Ann Grant, 2 March 1924 - 21 November 2001; same stone as Robert E. Grant. GPS: 42.311875, -85.561867¹⁹
  

  Mary Ann and Robert E. Grant Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block 25, Lot 143, Graves 1 and 2

• Last Edited: 19 April 2025

Citations

1. [S4366] Washtenaw County, Michigan, Birth Records, 1924, no. 122, 6 Mar 1924, Marian Ilene Smith entry; Washtenaw County Clerk, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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. [S4645] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 21, no. 458, Marion Nicholas v. Donald Nicholas, "Bill of Complaint," 19 Oct 1925; digital images, "Chancery docket, ca. 1847-1932; Files, ca. 1847-1939; Index, ca. 1831-1944," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3J3-897R-D : accessed 28 Jun 2020), image 3046-7 of 3107.
4. [S4050] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 17A, dwelling 391, family 414, Sam Smith household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 998.
5. [S4645] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 21, no. 458, Nicholas v. Nicholas, "Decree for Divorce."
6. [S4043] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Portage Township, enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 8B, dwelling 183, family 190, Aaron Longjohn household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 998.
7. [S4426] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-17, sheet 1A, dwelling 8, Sam Smith household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-VHD2 : accessed 24 Jan 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1770.
8. [S3515] Jefferson County, Kentucky, Marriage Records, volume 26 Nov 1940-13 June 1941, no. 516, Robert E. Grant and Mary Ann A. Smith marriage license, 25 March 1941; browsable images, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," > 007735253 > image 1326 of 2249 FamilySearch ( https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 6 August 2017); citing "Marriage records, 1781-1951, Jefferson County, Kentucky, browsable FHL microfilm 007735253."
9. [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.
10. [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
11. [S5917] "Conversation with Robert Earl Grant," Sep 2002 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
12. [S5765] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=1301324721 : accessed 4 Apr 2022), Robt. (Mary A.) Grant entry, image 76 of 347; citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1945 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1945), p. 163."
13. [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.
14. [S5313] Jamie Fredell, "Bulletin Board," Teamwork (The Borgess Medical Center Employee Newletter) (10 September 1993): p. 4.
15. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, grandson of the subject, was familiar with the event of her retirement, and moreover was intimately familiar with her diagnosis of macular degeneration and subsequent vision loss. Cunningham. Cunningham, grandson of the subject, was familiar with the event of her retirement, and moreover was intimately familiar with her diagnosis of macular degeneration and subsequent vision loss.
16. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, grandson of deceased, was contacted by family shortly after her death and was present at her funeral a few days later. Cunningham.
17. [S5496] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate, state file no. 2031809, county file no. D-2001-2302 (3 Nov 2001), Mary Ann Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 30 Nov 2001 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
18. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, grandson of the decased, was a pallbearer at her funeral . Cunningham.
19. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, grandson of the decased, was present at the time of her burial. Cunningham.

Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant

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Daniel Leroy Grant (1887-1966)

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
  Common Ancestor Chart - Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 16 October 1887, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO. Three sources agree on his birthdate and birthplace.^1,2,3
• Parentage: Mary Alice ("Alice") Crane and John Grant.²
• Census: 5 June 1900, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of father, John Grant, enumeration district 16, dwelling 29, family 29, owned free, farm, farm schedule 27.
  Daniel Grant, son, male, white, born October 1888 in Indiana, age 11, single, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, at school, able to read and write
  
  His mother, Alice, and youngest brother, Clinton, were enumerated living in Battle Creek, Michigan in this census, where Alice was working as a "washwoman." His older sister, Lucy, lived next door to her mother at that time, working as a housekeeper in the residence of John Johnson, whom she would marry three years later.⁴
• Family Event - marriage of sister: 24 December 1903, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, Jonathon Johnson and Lucy Etta Grant, by Rev. J. Cost, pastor of the United Brethren in Christ.
  Daniel Grant was a witness at the marriage of his sister, Lucy Etta Grant, to Jonathon Johnson.⁵
• City Directory: 1906, 905 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Daniel L. Grant, laborer, boards 905 Gordon Pl.⁶
• Marriage: to Delila May Klinger, 3 July 1907, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, age 19, by E. V. Armstrong, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  The bride's brother and sister, Charles and Eva Klinger, acted as witnesses to the ceremony. Daniel's uncle, Horace William Crane, was married on the same day in Kalamazoo.^7,8
• Census: 21 April 1910, 711 Rivers St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, Delila May Klinger, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7B, dwelling 172, family 177, home rented.
  Dan Grant, husband, male, white, age 20, married 3 years, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, laborer, paper mill, worker, employed, able to read and write⁹
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Daniel Joel Grant.¹⁰
• Military Draft Registration: 5 June 1917, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  His draft registration described him as being of medium build and stature with black hair and brown eyes. At the time of his registration, he resided with his wife and 2 year old child at 1120 Humphrey Street in Kalamazoo, and worked as a laborer at the Miller Coal Company.³
• Census: 27 January 1920, 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319.
  Daniel L. Grant, head, male, white, age 33, married, able to read and write, born Indiana, father born Canada (spoke English), mother born Canada, speaks English, laborer, paper company, wage worker
  May D. Klinger, wife, female, white, age 35, married, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania, speaks English
  Frank Rivers, son, male, white, age 17, single, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English, feeder, paper company, wage worker
  Pearl Rivers, daughter, female, white, age 16, single, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English, feeder, paper company, wage worker
  Daniel Grant, son, male, white, age 4, single, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English
  Susan Klinger, mother, female, white, age 68, white, able to read and write, born Pennsylvania, parents born Pennsylvania, speaks English
  
  This had earlier been the Klinger family home. The enumeration indicates that Daniel rented the home, but also notes that Susan Klinger owned the home freely. Remarkably Susan Klinger was enumerated in the census despite the fact that she had died two weeks before the census enumerator visited the home. Nevertheless, she was alive on January 1, which was the official date of the enumeration.¹⁰
  

  1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Robert Earl Grant.^11,11
• Court: between 23 March 1925 and 2 April 1925, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, sentenced to 10 days in jail.
  Daniel served 10 days in jail after being arrested over the preceding weekend. He was among 25 people arrested over that weekend, 19 of them pleading guilty to being drunk. A newspaper article reported that 4 of the men went to jail because they were unable to pay $12.50 combined fine and court costs, and it appears he was likely one of them.¹²
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Muryl Harvey Grant.¹³
• Census: 7 April 1930, 1227 Riverview DriveO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, home rented for $10, family had radio.
  Daniel L. Grant, head, male, thie, age 43, married, first married at age 19, not at school, able to read and write, born Indiana, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, speaks English, truck driver, contractor, wage worker, employed, not a veteran
  Delila M. Grant, wife, female, white, age 44, married, first married at age 16, not at school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania, speaks English, no occupation
  Frank B. Rivers, stepson, male, white, age 27, single, not at school, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English, pressman, paper mill, wage worker, employed, not a veteran
  Daniel J. Grant, son, male, white, age 14, single, at school, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation
  Robert E. Grant, son, male, white, age 6, single, at school, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, no occupation
  Merl Grant, son, male, white, age 2 11/12, single, not at school, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, no occupation¹³
• Census: 3 May 1940, 625 Riverview Drive, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, head of household, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-15B, sheet 5A, dwelling 84, home owned, home value $1300.
  Daniel L. Grant, head, male, white, age 52, married, not at school, 3rd grade, born Indiana, same house 1935, private work, worked 40 hours, caretaker foreman, cemetery, private wage worker, worked 50 weeks in 1939, earned $1200 income in 1939, no other income
  Delilah M. Grant, informant, wife, female, white, age 55, married, not at school, 4th grade, born Michigan same house 1935, housework
  Daniel J. Grant, son, male, white, age 24, single, not at school, 2 years high school, born Michigan, same house 1935, private work, worked 60 hours, outside salesman, creamery, private wage worker, worked 26 weeks in 1939, earned $390 income in 1939, no other income
  Robert E. Grant, son, male, white, age 18, single, not at school, 1 year high school, born Michigan, same house 1935, private work, worked 0 hours, laborer, odd jobs, private wage worker, worked 26 weeks in 1939, earned $200 income in 1939, no other income
  Muryl Grant, son, male, white, age 13, single, at school, 6th grade, born Michigan, same house 1935¹⁴
• Witness - Military Draft Registration: 16 February 1942, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, named as the person who would always know the address of Clinton Grant, "Clinton Delmore Grant."¹⁵
  

  Clinton Delmore Grant, draft registration, 16 February 1942 (back)
  

  Clinton Delmore Grant, draft registration, 16 February 1942 (front)
• Military Draft Registration: 27 April 1942, 625 Riverview Drive, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  At the time of his registration, he misrepresented his age as 55, giving his birthdate as 16 October 1883, 4 years before his actual birth. He also reported that he worked for the City of Kalamazoo, and that his son, Robert Grant, who lived next door to him at 623 Riverview Drive, would always know his address. The record described him as white, 5'6" tall and 156 pounds, with brown eyes, gray hair, and a ruddy complexion. It also noted that he had a gunshot wound on his left side. When and where he received that injury is unknown, but it was not mentioned at the time of his 1917 World War I draft registration, and as far as is known he never served in the military.¹⁶
  

  Daniall LeRoy Grant, draft registration, 27 April 1942
  

  Daniall LeRoy Grant, draft registration, 27 April 1942
• City Directory: 1945, 122 W. Emerson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Danl (Delilah M) h122 W Emerson¹⁷
• Witness - Military Draft Registration: 23 April 1945, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, named as nearest relative of Muryl Harvey Grant. He lived at 122 W. Emerson St. with his son at the time.¹⁸
• Census: 1950, 224 S. Pitcher St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, lodger in the household of Ethel M. Smith, dwelling 46.
  Dan L. Grant, lodger, white, male, age 63, widowed, born Indiana, unable to work¹⁹
• Residence: between November 1963 and March 1966, Fairhaven Nursing Home, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO. He resided in this nursing home for the last 2 1/2 years of his life.²⁰
• Death: 6 March 1966, age 78, Fairhaven Nursing Home, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO.
  He died of a sudden heart attack at four o'clock in the afternoon on 6 March 1966 at the age of 78.²⁰
• Burial: 9 March 1966, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  Grave Marker: Daniel L. Grant 1886-1966, Block V, Lot 153²¹
  

  Daniel L. Grant Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block V, Lot 153

• Last Edited: 15 January 2024

Citations

1. [S3822] Allegan County, Michigan, Births, liber 4: 113, record no. 856, 16 May 1888, Daniel Leroy Grant entry; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
2. [S3823] Elkhart County, Indiana, Births, vol. H-3: 42, 18 Oct 1887, Male Child Grant entry; Elkhart County Health Department, Elkhart, Indiana.
3. [S5442] "WWI Draft Registration Cards," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/563483457 : accessed 8 Feb 2021), card for Daniel Leroy Grant, no. 8, Local Draft Board No. 21-7-6, precinct 1, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives microfilm publication M1509, record group 163.
4. [S3687] 1900 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Lee, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 2A, dwelling 29, family 29, John Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 698.
5. [S4943] Elkhart County, Indiana, Marriage Records, volume 13, p. 247 (26 Dec 1903), Johnathan Johnson and Lucy Etta Grant entry; Elkhart County Courthouse, Goshen, Indiana.
6. [S4659] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=436148110 : accessed 6 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 149 of 391; citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1906 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1906), p. 293."
7. [S5318] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 79, no. 9307, 3 Jul 1907, entry for Daniel L. Grant and May Rivers; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
8. [S5872] "Double Wedding Performed," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 4 Jul 1907, p. 6, col. 5; image, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 21 Aug 2022.)
9. [S3984] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7B, dwelling 172, family 177, May Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
10. [S3601] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
11. [S4194] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, birth certificate no. 1338, local record no. 491 (vol. City 1923, p. 50) (5 Jul 1923), Robert Earl Grant entry, Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 10 Aug 1942 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
12. [S5941] "22 in City Court Monday Morning," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 23 Mar 1925, p. 2, col. 7; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 19 Dec 2022.)
13. [S3574] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https//www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
14. [S4430] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-15B, sheet 5A, dwelling 84, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-VH8B : accessed 24 Jan 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1770.
15. [S5963] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Michigan, 1942, serial no. T1114, order no. T11080, draft registration, Clinton Delmore Grant entry, 16 Feb 1942; imaged in "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/ : accessed 7 Feb 2023) > Michigan > Garner-Green > Grailer, Josephe-Grant, Edward > 2053-4 of 2174; from original records housed at "Records of the Selective Service System, record group no. 147, National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri."
16. [S5938] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Michigan, 1942, serial no. U2168, draft registration, Dannial LeRoy Grant entry, 27 Apr 1942; imaged in "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1002/ : accessed 19 Dec 2022) > Michigan > Eaby, Walter Clinton-Kinkella, George John > Graham, James Johnnie-Green, Maurice Olyn > 1497-8 of 5615; from original records housed at "Records of the Selective Service System, record group no. 147, National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri."
17. [S5765] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=1301324721 : accessed 4 Apr 2022), Danl (Deliah M) Grant entry, image 76 of 347; citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1945 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1945), p. 163."
18. [S6543] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, serial no. W412, order no. 12291, card for Muryl Harvey Grant, local draft board Kalamazoo (no. 4), 23 April 1945; imaged, "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/268435346:2238 : accessed 19 January 2025); from original records at "National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri."
19. [S6327] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 89-61, sheet 72, line 1, Ethel M. Smith household, entry of Dan L. Grant; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/179521182:62308 : accessed 15 Jan 2024) > Michigan > Kalamazoo > Kalamazoo > 89-61 > image 17 of 21; citing NARA microfilm publication T628, roll 411.
20. [S4234] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. n/a, local file no. 28 (9 Mar 1966), Daniel Leroy Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 22 Aug 1999 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
21. [S3933] Riverside Cemetery Office (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), plat record.

Delila May Klinger

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Delila May Klinger (1886-1948)

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• Birth: 9 April 1886, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.^1,2,1
• Census: 1 June 1900, 911 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents, enumeration district 110, ward 1, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541.
  Klinger, Delila May, daughter, white, female, born Apr 1886 Michigan, age 14, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania, laundress ?, 10 months unemployed³
• Delila May Klinger and Arthur Rivers were licensed to wed on 1 July 1902 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁴
• Marriage: to Arthur Rivers, 3 July 1902, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 16, "Arthur Rivers and May Klinger," by J. B. Pinckard, clergyman.
  The bride's brother, George L. Klinger, and his wife, Georgia, were witnesses to the marriage.⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Frank Benjamin Rivers.^5,6
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Pearl Lena Rivers.⁶
• Arthur Rivers and Delila May Klinger
  Divorce: 27 May 1905, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁷
• Marriage: to Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant, 3 July 1907, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, age 21, by E. V. Armstrong, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  The bride's brother and sister, Charles and Eva Klinger, acted as witnesses to the ceremony. Daniel's uncle, Horace William Crane, was married on the same day in Kalamazoo.^8,9
• Residence: 1909, 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹⁰
• Family Event - witness to marriage of brother: 3 April 1909, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Charles Monroe Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf.¹¹
• Census: 21 April 1910, 711 Rivers St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7B, dwelling 172, family 177, home rented.
  May Grant, head, female, white, age 24, married 3 years, 2 living children, 2 total children, born Michigan, parents birthplace unknown, speaks English, no occupation, able to read and write
  Dan Grant, husband, male, white, age 20, married 3 years, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, laborer, paper mill, worker, employed, able to read and write
  Pearl Rivers, daughter, female, white, age 6, single, born Michigan, father's birthplace unknown, mother born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation, able to read and write, attended school
  Frank Rivers, son, male, white, age 9, single, born Michigan, father's birthplace unknown, mother born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation, able to read and write, attended school
  Romilda Buckollen, boarder, female, age 17, single, born Iowa, father born Iowa, mother's birthplace unknown, speaks English, laundress, laundry, worker, employed, able to read and write¹²
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Daniel Joel Grant.¹³
• Correspondence - Recipient: 29 February 1916. She received a postcard from her son, Frank, who wrote to her from his hospital bed at St. Joseph's Hospital in Chicago, where we have learned that Frank underwent a surgical repair of his cleft palate. He was 13 years old at the time. He reassured his mother that he had visitors every Sunday "and when they come they bring me something." He also informed his mother that they would take out his "sticks [stitches]" in eight days, after which he would be able to return home.¹⁴
• Census: 27 January 1920, 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319.
  
  May D. Klinger, wife, female, white, age 35, married, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania, speaks English
  
  This had earlier been the Klinger family home. The enumeration indicates that her husband, Daniel, rented the home, but also notes that her mother, Susan Klinger, owned the home freely. Remarkably Susan Klinger was enumerated in the census despite the fact that she had died two weeks before the census enumerator visited the home. Nevertheless, she was alive on January 1, which was the official date of the enumeration.¹³
  

  1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Robert Earl Grant.^15,15
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Muryl Harvey Grant.¹⁶
• Census: 7 April 1930, 1227 Riverview DriveO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of spouse, Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, home rented for $10, family had radio.
  Delila M. Grant, wife, female, white, age 44, married, first married at age 16, not at school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Pennsylvania, speaks English, no occupation¹⁶
• Census: 3 May 1940, 625 Riverview Drive, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of spouse, Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-15B, sheet 5A, dwelling 84, home owned, home value $1300.
  Delilah M. Grant, informant, wife, female, white, age 55, married, not at school, 4th grade, born Michigan same house 1935, housework¹⁷
• Church Membership: , Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. She was a member of the Rose Street Church of God.¹⁸
• City Directory: 1945, 122 W. Emerson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Danl (Delilah M) h122 W Emerson¹⁹
• Illness: between 1946 and 1948. hypertension²⁰
• Residence: 1948, 122 W. Emerson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²⁰
• Death: 15 November 1948, age 62, 122 W. Emerson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Delilah Mae Grant," cause of death cerebral hemorrhage. She died at 12:30 in the afternoon.²⁰
• Burial: 17 November 1948, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  Grave Marker: Delila M. Grant, 1884-1948, block V, lot 153^21,20
  

  Delila M. Grant Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block V, Lot 153

• Last Edited: 5 January 2024

Citations

1. [S3921] Allegan County, Michigan, Birth Records, Liber 4: 80, no. 376, 28 May 1887, Delila May Klinger entry; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
2. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), 6.
3. [S3694] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 110, sheet 20A, dwelling 388, family 541, Joel Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMG-CRB : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
4. [S5314] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 489, no. 6285, 3 Jul 1902, entry for Arthur Rivers and May Klinger; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
5. [S4826] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60872&h=2762954: accessed 19 Sep 2020), certificate image, Frank Rivers, filed 19 Mar 1936, no. 011839, image 2341 of 3252; citing "Death Records (Certificates, 1921-1944, 234: Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo City), 1932-1937), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
6. [S4639] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 11, no. 41, May Rivers v. Arthur Rivers, "petition regarding non-payment of alimony," 21 Mar 1905; digital images, "Chancery docket, ca. 1847-1932; Files, ca. 1847-1939; Index, ca. 1831-1944," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C372-N9KW-3 : accessed 27 Jun 2020), image 696 of 3142.
7. [S4639] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 11, no. 41, Rivers v. Rivers, "."
8. [S5318] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 79, no. 9307, 3 Jul 1907, entry for Daniel L. Grant and May Rivers; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
9. [S5872] "Double Wedding Performed," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 4 Jul 1907, p. 6, col. 5; image, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 21 Aug 2022.)
10. [S4908] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Ihiling Bros., Everard's 1909 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1909), p."
11. [S5287] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 7 : 71, no. 10345, no. 10395, 3 Apr 1909, entry for Charles M. Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
12. [S3984] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 7B, dwelling 172, family 177, May Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
13. [S3601] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
14. [S5363] Frank Rivers, Chicago, Illinois, to May Grant, postcard, 29 Feb 1916, recovery from surgery; Cunningham Family History Archive; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington. Original postcard was in possession of Robert Grant, then inherited by his grandson, who is current holder.
15. [S4194] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, birth certificate no. 1338, local record no. 491 (vol. City 1923, p. 50) (5 Jul 1923), Robert Earl Grant entry, Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 10 Aug 1942 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
16. [S3574] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https//www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
17. [S4430] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-15B, sheet 5A, dwelling 84, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-VH8B : accessed 24 Jan 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1770.
18. [S4096] "Delila Mae Grant," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 16 Nov 1948, p. 12, col. 4.
19. [S5765] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=1301324721 : accessed 4 Apr 2022), Danl (Deliah M) Grant entry, image 76 of 347; citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1945 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1945), p. 163."
20. [S4539] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 2, no. 666, 15 Nov 1948, Delila Mae Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
21. [S3933] Riverside Cemetery Office (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), plat record.

Daniel Joel Grant

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Daniel Joel Grant (1915-1995)

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
  Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

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Biography

• Birth: 6 June 1915, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^1,2
• Namesake of: father and maternal grandfather, respectively.
• Parentage: Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant and Delila May Klinger.³
• Census: 27 January 1920, 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of parents, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319.
  Daniel Grant, son, male, white, age 4, single, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English³
  

  1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)
• Census: 7 April 1930, 1227 Riverview DriveO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of parents, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, home rented for $10, family had radio.
  Daniel J. Grant, son, male, white, age 14, single, at school, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation⁴
• Census: 3 May 1940, 625 Riverview Drive, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of parents, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-15B, sheet 5A, dwelling 84, home owned, home value $1300.
  Daniel J. Grant, son, male, white, age 24, single, not at school, 2 years high school, born Michigan, same house 1935, private work, worked 60 hours, outside salesman, creamery, private wage worker, worked 26 weeks in 1939, earned $390 income in 1939, no other income⁵
• 
  
  Daniel Joel Grant and Shirley Edith Rolfe
  Marriage: 8 June 1940, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁶
• Death: 21 September 1995, age 80, his home on Little Long Lake, Hickory Corners, Barry County, MichiganO.⁷
• Burial: 25 September 1995, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^8,9
  

  Daniel Grant Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block V, Lot 153

• Last Edited: 5 January 2024

Citations

1. [S3953] Muryl H. Grant, compiled Grant family history, Charles Grant Descendancy Chart; supplied by Grant, Honoraville, Alabama, 1996; this chart does not supply any sourced citations for the information supplied.
2. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971.)
3. [S3601] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 308, family 319, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
4. [S3574] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https//www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
5. [S4430] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-15B, sheet 5A, dwelling 84, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-VH8B : accessed 24 Jan 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1770.
6. [S5059] "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9093&h=2198476: accessed 22 Oct 2020), record image, Mr Daniel J Grant and Shirley Edith Rolfe, filed 8 Jun 1940, no. 32268 (county file), state file no. 39 8210, image 4802 of 9223; citing "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 (Certificates 1926-1944, Kalamazoo (1932-1944), roll 104), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
7. [S4093] "Daniel Joel Grant," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 23 Sep 1995, p. B2, col. 2.
8. [S3935] Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), Daniel Joel Grant marker, section V, lot 134; personally read by T. L. Cunningham and Robert E. Grant, 1996.
9. [S3088] Scott W. Grinder, Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Kalamazoo County Cemetery Website, http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikccem/documents/transcriptions/riversidetranscription.pdf, 2006), Daniel was buried in section V, lot 134. grave 2.

Muryl Harvey Grant

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Muryl Harvy Grant (1927- )

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

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 23 April 1927, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Parentage: Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant and Delila May Klinger.²
• Census: 7 April 1930, 1227 Riverview DriveO+, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of parents, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, home rented for $10, family had radio.
  Merl Grant, son, male, white, age 2 11/12, single, not at school, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan, no occupation²
• Census: 3 May 1940, 625 Riverview Drive, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of parents, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-15B, sheet 5A, dwelling 84, home owned, home value $1300.
  Muryl Grant, son, male, white, age 13, single, at school, 6th grade, born Michigan, same house 1935³
• Military Draft Registration: 23 April 1945, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. He was described as white with a ruddy complexion, 5'9", 155 pounds, and with brown hair and eyes. He lived at 122 W. Emerson St. in Kalamazoo and worked for Ralph Moore in the same city. He listed his father, with whom he lived as the person who would always know his address.⁴
• Marriage: to Rosalie Dianne Kitchen, 1 June 1947, Parchment, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 20.⁵
• Census: 6 April 1950, 122 W. Emerson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, head of household.
  Muryl Grant, head, white, male, age 22, married, born Michigan, working most of last week, worked 44 hours last week, garage mechanic, automobile garage, private
  Rosalie Grant, wife, white, female, age 21, married, born Ohio, keeping house most of last week, no other work, not seeking work, has a job, demonstrator, retail home appliances, private
  Denyse W. Grant, daughter, white, female, age 2, never married, born Michigan
  David M. Grant, son, white, male, born August 1949, never married, born Michigan⁶
• Accident: 27 March 1955, MichiganO. He was in a car accident on M-43 this Sunday morning.⁷
• Illness: 30 March 1955, Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. He underwent surgery to repair a fractured leg resulting from the motor vehicle accident.⁷
  

  Muryl Grant, news article, 31 March 1955
• News Article: 3 August 1957, Battle Creek Enquirer, (Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.) He was one of 2 callers at what was expected to be the largest public square dance in Michigan to date.
  
  
  Expect Thousands Will Dance
  More than 2,500 square dancers are expected to perform before more than 5,000 spectators in the third free summer square dance festival at the Sears, Roebuck parking lot, S.W. Capital avenue and Fountain street, at 8:30 tonight.
  
  Carl Haskin, Kalamazoo, and Muryl Grant, Paw Paw, will call for the dance, expected to be the largest ever held in Michigan. It is sponsored by the Health & Recreation Assn..⁸
• Marriage: to Doris Ardella Aman, 26 October 1957, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 30.¹
• Death: 15 November 2015, age 88, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AlabamaO.⁹
• Burial: 20 November 2015, Spring Creek Cemetery, Butler County, AlabamaO.
  Grave: Muryl H. Grant, Apr. 23, 1927 - Nov. 15, 2015^9,10
  

  Muryl H. Grant, grave marker, Spring Creek Cemetery (photo by "Rick & Kat", 2016)

• Last Edited: 20 May 2025

Citations

1. [S3953] Muryl H. Grant, compiled Grant family history, Charles Grant Descendancy Chart; supplied by Grant, Honoraville, Alabama, 1996; this chart does not supply any sourced citations for the information supplied.
2. [S3574] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 6A, dwelling 112, family 127, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https//www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
3. [S4430] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-15B, sheet 5A, dwelling 84, Daniel L. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-VH8B : accessed 24 Jan 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1770.
4. [S6543] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, serial no. W412, order no. 12291, card for Muryl Harvey Grant, local draft board Kalamazoo (no. 4), 23 April 1945; imaged, "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/268435346:2238 : accessed 19 January 2025); from original records at "National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri."
5. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), 19.
6. [S5887] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 89-81, sheet 13, line 30, Muryl Grant household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/178960301:62308 : accessed 1 Oct 2022) 14-15 of 21; citing NARA microfilm publication T628, roll 412.
7. [S6685] "Jottings," The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 31 March 1955, p. 52 col. 5; image, Newspapers.com, (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette-muryl-grant-news/172396839/ : accessed 14 May 2025).
8. [S6542] "Expect Thousands Will Dance," The Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer, 3 August 1957, p. 2 col. 5; image, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/210663502 : 5 October 2024.
9. [S4104] "Muryl H. Grant," obituary, The Greenville (Alabama) Advocate, 17 Nov 2015; HTML edition, web archives (https://www.greenvilleadvocate.com/2015/11/17/muryl-h-grant/ : 2017.)
10. [S6649] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139490740/muryl_harvey-grant : 2 May 2025), "Muryl Harvey Grant" (23 April 1927-15 November 2015) memorial, maintained by "Rick & Kat" with tombstone image by "Rick & Kat"; citing Spring Creek Cemetery, Butler County, Alabama.

John Grant

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John Grant (1848-1915)

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
  Common Ancestor Chart - Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams (#1)
  Common Ancestor Chart - Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams (#2)
  Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

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• Birth: September 1848, King Township, Home District, Canada WestO.
  This month and year of birth were indicated in his 1900 census enumeration.
  
  He was born in Canada West, the area of the Province of Canada that would later be known as Ontario. It would seem most likely that he was born in or around King Township in York County in 1848. The exact date of his birth is not known. His death certificate reports his birthdate as 14 November 1848, information that we expect may have been provided by his second wife, Mary Alice Crane. A 1900 census enumeration gives his birthdate as September 1848, and one might reasonably guess that he was the provider for that information as he was the only adult in the household at that time.
  
  The preponderance of the evidence suggests that his father died either before his birth or sometime shortly thereafter, and so he may have been primarily raised by his mother. While there was an 1851 census in Canada, I have not been able to find a record of him or his mother in that census.^1,2
• Parentage: Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams. His death certificate names his mother as Esther McWilliams, but doesn't name his father beyond his surname of Grant. John is further named in numerous records along with Esther McWilliams Grant, mostly in Canada, but also when she made her will in the United States. In all records, John is referred to as John Grant, and the only husband ever named for Esther is Charles Grant.³
• Biography: 1851, King Township, Home District, Canada WestO.
  John's father, Charles Grant, likely had died prior to 1851, leaving him to be raised by only his mother. While we have been unable to find any record of John in the 1851 Ontario census, the three eldest Grant children (Peter, James, and Mary Ann) are all enumerated in King Township living with different families. It would appear that the widowed Esther Grant could not bear the financial burdens of raising all five children. Nevertheless, no record of her and her two small children, Charlotte and John, has been found in King Township prior to 1861.^4,5,6
• Census: 14 January 1861, King Township, Home District, Canada WestO, Canada West census of 13 January 1861, enumerated in the household of Esther McWilliams, p. 21.
  Esther Grant, no occupation listed, born Upper Canada, Episcopal Methodist, age 47, female, widowed
  John Grant, no occupation listed, born Upper Canada, Episcopal Methodist, age 13, male, single, attended school⁷
• Biography: 1867, King Township, Home District, Canada WestO.
  A complicated series of land transactions involving a 50 acre property that his mother had inherited from her parents took place between John and his mother in 1867. Third parties were involved in some of these land transactions. It is not clear, but we surmise that at some point John may have tried to sell a portion of the property for which he did not have clear, unencumbered title, as at least one of the transactions had noted that John must provide for his mother in perpetuity on the land.^8,9,10
• Land Transaction: 16 January 1867, King Township, York County, Canada WestO, "Esther Grant to John Grant," southwest quarter of lot 12, 3rd concession, comprising 50 acres. This was the same 50 acres in lot 12 of the 3^rd concession that his mother had owned and paid taxes on going back to 1854, and it comprised the southwest quarter of the original 200 acres that made up the initial 1801 crown land grant to Hepsabet Wheeler for the loyalist service of her father, Ephraim Wheeler, during the American Revolutionary War. The details of this transaction were also spelled out in more detail in a document of the mortgage his mother provided him for purchase of the property. Esther sold the land to her son for one dollar which she had also provided to him for the mortgage, but in addition to this he agreed to the following:
  
  to provide for the sustenance and comfort of [Esther] during the period of her natural life as follows that is to say: to build a good log house on the premises herein mentioned and finish the same with two apartments in a good and workmanlike manner and to allow her the use of the said house with a piece of land adjoining sufficient for raising early potatoes. To supply her with all the firewood necessary, to keep well for her use and benefit two good Cows. To supply her with the four articles which follow in each and every year, that is to say: two hundred pounds of Pork, two barrels of Flour, eight bushels of Potatoes, and Two fleeces of Wool. To pay her in cash Twelve dollars per year for two years from the date hereof and Seventeen dollars per year for the remainder of her life and otherwise to give such attention to her wants as a parent should reasonably expect and within five years after the death of the said [Esther Grant] to pay Fifty dollars to each one of the said [John Grant]’s brothers and sisters who will be living at that time, and taxes and performance of statute labour.
  
  It further noted that should John default on these obligations for 3 months then the property would revert to Esther to do whatever she saw fit with the property. John Cameron, a carpenter of King Township, and Thomas Ferguson were witnesses to these transactions.
  
  Acknowledging my own lack of knowledge with regards to farm management and economics, this seems like very high expectations for a teenager. As an example, 12 Canadian dollars in 1915 would be nearly $300 in 2022 dollars, and 17 dollars would have the modern equivalent of about $420. On top of that the annual demands on him would have been probably 2 pigs, nearly 400 pounds of flour, between 400 and 500 pounds of potatoes, and 2 sheep. But how much wheat does it take to make 400 pounds of flour? Apparently, it takes about 10 square feet of wheat to make a pound of flour, which then would calculate out to 4000 square feet or about 1/10^th of an acre. As for how much acreage it would take to grow 500 pounds of potatoes, a conservative estimate may be about 1/20 of an acre. Given that this is a 50 acre lot, it now seems less onerous, but what would have been the value of a pig or a sheep at that time? An American pig at that time would have cost about $4 ($80 in 2022 U.S. dollars), while an American sheep would have cost about $2.50 ($50 in 2022 U.S. Dollars). Whether or not these financial obligations were too onerous for such a young man may be subject to debate, but it is possible they may be a factor in later events.^9,10
• Land Transaction: 30 April 1867, King Township, York County, Canada WestO.
  John and his mother took out a three year mortgage from John Ferguson, “yeoman of King Township,” for $260 with interest to paid at 8% per annum. Thomas Scott, a farmer of King Township, and John Campbell were witnesses to this.¹¹
• Land Transaction: 29 October 1867, King Township, York County, Ontario, CanadaO, "Esther Grant to John Grant," 10 acres of original 50 acre lot.
  John purchased 10 acres of this parcel outright from his mother for $12. John Ferguson witnessed this sale, and immediately following the young John Grant then sold the parcel to Ferguson for $300. John Edward McNally, a merchant of Aurora, and John Allison, a smith of Whitchurch Township, witnessed this transaction. Three days later the previous mortgage taken by John and his mother from John Ferguson was discharged.^12,13,14
• Marriage: to Herwood, 26 November 1867, York County, Ontario, CanadaO, age 19, by John Shaw, Minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
  The record states that John Grant and "Joseph Herwood" were married. It seems very unlikely that this was the bride's name - and there is other evidence to suggest this as well. I think we can safely assert that a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church would not have solemnized a same sex marriage in 1867. The question then becomes whether or not "Joseph" was truly the bride's name or if this was a transcription error. One of the witnesses to the marriage was J. Herwood of Aurora, and so I might wonder if this witness was Joseph Herwood.
  
  Groom: John Grant, age 19, residing in North Gwillimbury, born in North Gwillimbury, father Charles Grant, mother Esther McWilliams
  Bride: Joseph Herwood, age 16, residing in village of Aurora, born city of Quebec, father George Herwood, mother Julia Wire
  Witnesses: Ed. Miller and J. Herwood, both of Aurora
  Registration date: 17 January 1868¹⁵
  
• Correspondence: 21 May 1868, Toronto, York County, OntarioO, "A. N. Buell to James Elliott." An attorney in Toronto, A. N. Buell, a master of chancery for the Osgoode Hall law courts, sent a letter to John’s brother-in-law, James Elliott, thanking him for a gift of raspberry bushes from John’s mother after he had provided legal assistance to John. The nature of his legal assistance was not specified.⁸
• Court: 1868, court sentencing.
  Sometime in 1868, John was sentenced to 6 months of hard labor in jail on 1 count of larceny and 2 counts of receiving stolen goods. He apparently had either himself or with 2 others (Edward and Walter Miller) either stolen or bought goods from his accomplices that he knew to be stolen, in this case multiple tools from James McGaffin’s mill shop in King Township. The Edward Miller named may be same Ed. Miller who was a witness at his November 1867 marriage.
• Biography: 7 October 1868, Toronto, York County, OntarioO.
  The Chancery Court decreed that John was “absolutely debarred and foreclosed of and from all right, title, and equity of redemption” of any of the 50 acre property he had earlier purchased from his mother, and title of that reverted wholly to her. Shortly thereafter a judgment was made on 15 January 1869 that the remaining 40 acre property was to revert wholly to Esther's ownership.^16,17,18
• Immigration: 1869, "John Grant," from Canada.
  It is not certain that this is our John Grant, however based on other information John's arrival in the United States would have been between 1868 and 1870, and his brother, James, lived in Elkhart County at this time. Thus it certainly seems plausible that John would have at least considered going to Elkhart County shortly after arriving in the U.S.. Moreover, he did live in Goshen, Elkhart County at least intermittently over the next several years.¹⁹
• Biography: 1 June 1870, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  His brother, Peter, had been living in Ross Township for at least 15 years by this time, and their mother, Esther, is living next door to Peter around this time. Interestingly enough, Peter married his first wife, Olive Hooker, in 1855. She was the daughter of Parker Hooker, who had 2 other daughters who had married one Charles Grant in Washtenaw County, Michigan. We believe that this Charles Grant, may be the elder of two sons of Charles Grant Senior of York County, Ontario, and hence elder brother to our Charles Collins Grant, husband of Esther McWilliams Grant. (One can read more about such theories elsewhere in this genealogy.)^2,20,21
• Marriage: to Nancy Loveland, 21 June 1870, Galesburg, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 21, by A. D. Beckwith, Justice of the Peace.
  Page 57, no. 861, recorded 14 July 1870.
  Groom: John Grant, residence Ross, age 22, born in "King CW", farmer
  Bride: Nancy Loveland, residence Charleston, age 21, born in Michigan
  Witnesses: N. J. Eldred of Galesburg and Mrs. Harvey Loveland of Charleston²
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Eliza L. Grant.^22,23
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Elmira Grant.²⁴
• Marriage: to Mary Alice ("Alice") Crane, 7 August 1876, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, age 27, by M. B. Haskall, Justice of the Peace.
  The bride's brother, Horace Crane, acted as a witness to the ceremony. Strangely enough, Horace himself had married John's ex-wife, Nancy Loveland Grant, only a few months earlier. (No record of their divorce has been found.) According to Muryl Grant, John and Alice's grandson, John and Horace had come to know one another through itinerant work on pickle farms in Allegan County. Presumably this is how Horace met John's first wife and how John was introduced to Alice, Horace's younger sister. While we cannot know exactly how events transpired, the situation certainly has the flavor of a soap opera.²⁵
• Naturlization Granted: 10 October 1876, Elkhart County, IndianaO+, "John Grant," age 28.
  It would make sense for him to have naturalized about this time in Elkhart County, as he had been married to his wife, Mary Alice Crane, just 2 months earlier in Goshen.¹⁹
• Family Event - birth of daughter: between March 1878 and June 1878, IndianaO, Sarah Esther Grant.^26,27
• Family Event - birth of child: between March 1878 and June 1878, parent of Sarah Esther Grant.²⁷
• Census: 12 June 1880, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, federal census of 1 June 1880, head of household, enumeration district 39, page 27, dwelling 244, family 261.
  John Grant, white, male, age 31, married, teaming, "spinal affection," born Canada, mother born Canada
  Alice Grant, wife, white, female, age 22, married, keeping house, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Michigan
  Eliza L., daughter, white, female, age 8, at school, born Michigan, father born Canada, mother born Michigan
  Sarah E., daughter, white, female, age 2, born Michigan, father born Canada, mother born Michigan²⁷
• Family Event - Will: 1 January 1881, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, named as an heir in the will of Esther McWilliams. His siblings, James and Charlotte, were also named as heirs in their mother's will, but siblings, Peter and Mary Ann, were not included.²⁸
• Family Event - birth of daughter: 15 April 1881, IndianaO, Lucy Etta Grant.²⁹
• Family Event - birth of child: 15 April 1881, parent of Lucy Etta Grant.³⁰
• Family Event - death of mother: 11 November 1881, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, death of Esther McWilliams, age 71.^31,32
• Land Purchase: 4 May 1883, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO. John purchased from William B. Riley and his wife, Ann Riley, for the sum of $300 about forty acres of land in Lee Township. The parcel was located in the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 1 in Lee Township.³³
• Family Event - birth of child: 30 August 1883, parent of John D. Grant.³⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: 16 October 1887, parent of Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant.³⁵
• Family Event - birth of child: 17 August 1890, parent of Frederick Ulysses ("Fred") Grant.³⁶
• Tax Paid: 18 February 1891, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, 40 acres of land on the NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of section 1. The land was valued at $75, and he paid a total tax of $3.12, which included $0.11 for state tax, $0.30 for county tax, $0.43 for township tax, $1.28 for school tax, and $1 for dog tax.³⁷
  

  John Grant, tax record, 1891
• Family Event - birth of child: 24 September 1892, parent of Horace Albert Grant.^38,39
• News Article: 24 May 1896, The Sunday Post, (Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana.)
  The Sunday Post of Goshen reported on 24 May 1896 that the day before John, while doing his usual work as a teamster, lost control of his horses and his load of logs fell on top of his him as the wagon flipped over. The article suggested he had been drunk at the time of the accident.⁴⁰
  

  "John Grant Injured," 24 May 1896, The Sunday Post
• Family Event - birth of child: 8 June 1897, parent of Clinton Grant.⁴¹
• Census: 5 June 1900, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, head of household, enumeration district 16, dwelling 29, family 29, owned free, farm, farm schedule 27. Living with him at the time were his sons: John, Daniel, Fred, and Horace. His wife, Alice, and youngest son, Clinton, were enumerated living in Battle Creek in this census, where Alice was working as a "washwoman." His daughter, Lucy, lived next door to her mother at that time, working as a housekeeper in the residence of John Johnson, whom she would marry three years later.
  
  John Grant, head, male, white, born September 1848 in Canada, age 51, married, immigrated 1877, in U.S. 22 years, naturalized, father born Canada, mother born Canada, farmer, not employed 6 months, able to read, unable to write, able to speak English
  John Grant, son, male, white, born August 1883 in Michigan, age 16, single, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, at school, able to read and write, able to speak English
  Daniel Grant, son, male, white, born October 1888 in Indiana, age 11, single, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, at school, able to read and write
  Fred Grant, son, male, white, born April 1891 in Michigan, age 9, single, father born Canada, mother born Michigan
  Horis A. Grant, son, male, white, born January 1894 in Indiana, age 6, single, father born Canada, mother born Michigan¹
• Family Event - death of brother: 10 January 1904, 513 South Seventh Street, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, death of James Grant, age 68.^42,43,44
  

  James Grant, death certificate, 10 January 1904
• Family Event - named as survivor: 11 January 1904, obituary of James Grant, Goshen Daily News-Times (Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana.) His brother's obituary identifies him as a half-brother, and reports he was living in Goshen at the time of his brother's death.⁴⁴
• Family Event - named as survivor: 13 January 1904, obituary of James Grant, Goshen Democrat (Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana.) He was identified as a half-brother of James Grant.⁴⁵
  

  James Grant, obituary, 13 January 1904
• City Directory: 1906, 905 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 905 Gordon Pl.⁴⁶
• City Directory: 1907, 905 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 905 Gordon Pl.⁴⁷
• City Directory: 1908, 905 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 905 Gordon Pl.⁴⁸
• Land Purchase: 15 July 1908, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John purchased from George C. Winslow and his wife, Alice J. Winslow, for the sum of $160, a piece of property fronted on Seminary Street and running back to the Kalamazoo River, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.⁴⁹
• City Directory: 1909, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 1127 Seminary.⁵⁰
• City Directory: 1910, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 1127 Seminary.⁵¹
• Census: 19 April 1910, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household, ward 1, enumeration district 0129, page 5B, 1127 Seminary, dwelling 129, family 132, House, Own, Mortgaged.
  John Grant, Male, White, age 61, Married 33 years, born in Canada (Scotch), father born Canada (Scotch), mother born Canada, English, Driver (team), own account
  Mary A Grant, Female, White, age 50, Married 33 years, mother of 8 children, 7 living, born in Michigan, father born New York, mother born Vermont, English
  John D Grant, Male, White, age 25, Single, born in Michigan, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, English, General (Laborer), Wage Earner
  Fredrick U Grant, Male, White, age 19, Single, born in Indiana, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, English, General (Laborer), Wage Earner
  Horace A Grant, Male, White, age 17, Single, born in Indiana, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, English, General (Laborer), Wage Earner
  Clinton D Grant, Male, White, age 12, Single, born in Michigan, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, English⁵²
• City Directory: 1911, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 1127 Seminary.⁵³
• City Directory: 1912, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (M. Alice) Grant, teamster, 1127 Seminary.⁵⁴
• Family Event - witness to marriage of daughter: 4 July 1912, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Frank Wesley Lurvey and Lucy Etta Grant, by W. H. Irwin, Minister.⁵⁵
• City Directory: 1913, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (M. Alice) Grant, teamster, res 1127 Seminary.⁵⁶
• Court: 4 February 1913, Kalamazoo State Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  On 4 February 1913, he petitioned the court for the commitment of his son, John D. Grant, on the grounds of insanity.
  
  State of Michigan, the Probate Court for the County of Kalamazoo to the Probate Court for said County.
  In the matter of John D. Grant, Insane:
  I, John Grant, respectfully represent that I reside in the City of Kalamazoo in said county, and make this petition as the father of said John D. Grant.
  I further represent that said John D. Grant is a resident of the First Ward of the City of Kalamazoo in said county, and is now residing with your petitioner at 1127 Seminary Street in the City of Kalamazoo, that he is of the age of twenty-eight years, and that he has no estate of his own.
  I further represent that said John D. Grant is insane and in need of hospital treatment, and that the facts upon which said allegation of insanity is based are as follows: He has delusions and hallucinations. One of his hobbies is walking. He will walk back and forth for an hour at a time. Sometimes he will arise in the night and put on his things and go out and walk. Recently he stayed up until four o'clock in the morning in order that he might walk. He collects large quantities of practically worthless articles and puts them under his bed. A short time ago his f ather and brothers made him clean out under his bed and the things that were taken out would have made a small wagon load. He is violent at times.⁵⁷
• Family Event - death of daughter: 10 April 1913, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Lucy Etta Grant, age 31. We don't know if he was present.³⁰
• City Directory: 1914, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (M. Alice) Grant, teamster, res 1127 Seminary.⁵⁸
• Death: 23 April 1915, age 66, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  He died from spinal sclerosis [multiple sclerosis?]. His wife provided information for the death certificate.³
• Obituary: 24 April 1915, Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.) Page 7, column 3.
  John Grant, 66 years of age, died at 4:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at his home, 1127 Seminary street. He leaves his wife and five sons and one daughter. Funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday from Truesdale's chapel, Rev. W. R. Hartman officiating.⁵⁹
• Burial: 27 April 1915, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Block A, Lot 18.
  Grave Marker: none found, burial record found in plat records of cemetery office⁶⁰

• Last Edited: 11 March 2024

Citations

1. [S3687] 1900 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Lee, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 2A, dwelling 29, family 29, John Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 698.
2. [S5275] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 4 : 57, no. 861, no. 861, 14 Jul 1870, entry for John Grant and Nancy Loveland; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
3. [S3950] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Deaths, Liber 4 : 264, record no. 296, 5 May 1915, John Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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22. [S4540] Allegan County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 2 : 93, no. 925, 14 May 1889, Eliza L. Grant entry; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
23. [S2812] Supposition by author. No record of parentage has been found., No record definitively establishing parentage has been found
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26. [S5389] Elkhart County, Indiana, death certificate no. n/a (26 Mar 1886), Sarah Aster Grant, Elkhart County Health Department, Elkhart, Indiana; certificate prepared Circa 3 Jan 2021 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
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30. [S4679] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, 4 : 164, no. 14653, 12 Apr 1913, Lucy Etta Lurvey entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
31. [S3929] Oak Ridge Cemetery (Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana), Esther Grant marker; personally read by T. L. Cunningham and Robert E. Grant, 1996.
32. [S3952] "County and Neighborhood," Esther Grant death notice, The Goshen (Indiana) Times, 17 Nov 1881, p. 3, col. 2; image, Newspaperarchive.com (https://newspaperarchive.com/goshen-times-nov-17-1881-p-3 : accessed 20 Oct 2019.)
33. [S5507] Allegan County, Michigan, Land Records, Vol. 92, p. 557, indenture from William B. and Ann Riley to John Grant, recorded 4 May 1883; consulted as "Deed records, 1833-1934," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89XZ-WDXN?i=298&cat=243965 : accessed 12 Apr 2021), image 299 of 682; citing FHL microfilm 1017929.
34. [S4231] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. n/a, vol. 1, local file no. 178 (13 Dec 1939), John D. Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 24 Jan 1997 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
35. [S3823] Elkhart County, Indiana, Births, vol. H-3: 42, 18 Oct 1887, Male Child Grant entry; Elkhart County Health Department, Elkhart, Indiana.
36. [S3826] Allegan County, Michigan, Births, liber 4: 284, record no. 1876, 18 May 1891, Frederick U. Grant entry; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
37. [S3956] Allegan County, Michigan, Assessment rolls, 1843-1895, Assessment Rolls, 1891, Lee Township, page 1, "John Grant" entry; FHL microfilm 2209101, item(s) 1, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRG-17NS-J) : accessed 21 Oct 2019, image 5 of 840.
38. [S5063] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 9 : 13, no. 18400, 19 May 1919, entry for Horace Albert Grant and Nellie Salyer; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
39. [S4232] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. n/a, local file no. 129 (13 Mar 1945), Horace Albert Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 22 Apr 1997 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
40. [S5865] "John Grant Injured," The (Goshen, Indiana) Sunday Post, 24 May 1896, p. 1, col. 5; image, Newspaperarchive.com (https://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 11 Apr 2020.)
41. [S4233] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. n/a, local file no. 13 (15 Jan 1973), Clinton Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 4 Apr 1997 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
42. [S3953] Muryl H. Grant, compiled Grant family history, Charles Grant Descendancy Chart; supplied by Grant, Honoraville, Alabama, 1996; this chart does not supply any sourced citations for the information supplied.
43. [S4236] "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60716/45232_356088-00843: accessed 2017), certificate image, James Grant, filed 10 Jan 1904, no. 197, image 844 of 2799; citing "Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900-2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana."
44. [S4101] "James Grant," obituary, Goshen (Indiana) Daily News-Times, 11 Jan 1904, p. 5.
45. [S4401] "James Grant Dead," obituary, Goshen (Indiana) Democrat, 13 Jan 1904, p. 1, col. 2; image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 13 Jan 2017.)
46. [S4659] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=436148110 : accessed 6 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 149 of 391; citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1906 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1906), p. 293."
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49. [S5731] Warranty deed from Geo. C. Winslow and his wife to John Grant, Cunningham-Grant Family Archives; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington. instrument dated 15 July 1908 previously in possession of John Grant's grandon, Robert Earl Grant, and passed to current owner upon his death
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Mary Alice ("Alice") Crane

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Mary Alice Crane (1858-1927)

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,2,3,2
• Birth: 25 April 1857, MichiganO.⁴
• Census: 27 June 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Horace Parmeter, enumerated 27 June 1860. her grandfather, along with her grandmother and 2 of her uncles⁵
• Census: 24 July 1860, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of Stephen B. Crane, p. 122, dwelling 886, family 886.
  Mary A. Crane, age 2, female, born Michigan⁶
• Census: 3 June 1870, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Sarah Benson.
  Sarah Parmeter, age 60, female, white, keeping house, real estate value $1500, born Vermont
  Mary A. Crane, age 12, female, white, at school, born Michigan
  Wm. H. Parmeter, age 24, male, white, carpenter, born New York
  
  Sarah Parmeter was her grandmother, and William H. Parmeter was her uncle.⁷
• Court: 28 January 1873, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, guardianship case.
  Lucyette and John Miller were established as the legal guardians of her estate. Given the similarity of names, I have surmised that Lucyette Miller was Alice's mother, Lucyette Parmeter, although it is not certain from the record itself. The estate that would have required adult guardianship may have been the estate of Sarah (Benson) Parmeter, Lucyette's mother, with whom Alice had been living, and who may have died sometime before this date. No marriage record between John Miller and Lucyette has been discovered to corroborate this theory.¹
• Marriage: to John Grant, 7 August 1876, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, age 19, by M. B. Haskall, Justice of the Peace.
  The bride's brother, Horace Crane, acted as a witness to the ceremony. Strangely enough, Horace himself had married John's ex-wife, Nancy Loveland Grant, only a few months earlier. (No record of their divorce has been found.) According to Muryl Grant, John and Alice's grandson, John and Horace had come to know one another through itinerant work on pickle farms in Allegan County. Presumably this is how Horace met John's first wife and how John was introduced to Alice, Horace's younger sister. While we cannot know exactly how events transpired, the situation certainly has the flavor of a soap opera.⁸
• Family Event - birth of daughter: between March 1878 and June 1878, IndianaO, Sarah Esther Grant.^9,10
• Family Event - birth of child: between March 1878 and June 1878, parent of Sarah Esther Grant.¹⁰
• Census: 12 June 1880, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of spouse, John Grant, enumeration district 39, page 27, dwelling 244, family 261.
  John Grant, white, male, age 31, married, teaming, "spinal affection," born Canada, mother born Canada
  Alice Grant, wife, white, female, age 22, married, keeping house, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Michigan
  Eliza L., daughter, white, female, age 8, at school, born Michigan, father born Canada, mother born Michigan
  Sarah E., daughter, white, female, age 2, born Michigan, father born Canada, mother born Michigan¹⁰
• Family Event - birth of daughter: 15 April 1881, IndianaO, Lucy Etta Grant.¹¹
• Family Event - birth of child: 15 April 1881, parent of Lucy Etta Grant.¹²
• Family Event - birth of child: 30 August 1883, parent of John D. Grant.¹³
• Family Event - birth of child: 16 October 1887, parent of Daniel Leroy ("Dan") Grant.¹⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: 17 August 1890, parent of Frederick Ulysses ("Fred") Grant.¹⁵
• Family Event - birth of child: 24 September 1892, parent of Horace Albert Grant.^16,17
• Family Event - birth of child: 8 June 1897, parent of Clinton Grant.¹⁸
• City Directory: 1899, 147 Grove St., Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO. Mrs. Alice M. Grant, bds 147 Grove¹⁹
• Occupation: 1900, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, washwoman.²⁰
• Census: 2 June 1900, 70 Calhoun St.O, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, head of household, ward 4, enumeration district 35, sheet 3A, dwelling 44, family 56, house, rented.
  Alice A. Grant, head, white, female, born April 1859 in Michigan, age 41, married for 22 years, mother of 8 children, 6 living, father born New York, mother born Vermont, washwoman, 0 months unemployed, able to read and write, able to speak English
  Clinton D. Grant, son, white, male, born June 1897 in Michigan, age 2, single, father born Canada (English), mother born Michigan, able to read
  
  Alice and her son, Clinton, lived with another family in the same dwelling - they also were listed as renters.
  Jacob B. Randolph, head, white, male, born March 1859 in unknown place, age 41, married for 20 years, parents birthplaces unknown, house painter, 0 months unemployed, able to read and write, able to speak English
  Rebecca J. Randolph, wife, white, female, born November 1867 in Michigan, age 32, married for 20 years, mother of 1 child, 1 living, parents born Ohio, able to read and write, able to speak English
  Ettie Randolph, daughter, white, female, born September 1883 in Michigan, age 16, single, father born in unknown place, mother born Michigan, able to read and write, able to speak English
  
  Her daughter, Lucy, lived next door at 74 Calhoun St, in the household of John Johnson, where she is listed as a housekeeper. Lucy would marry Johnson 3 years later. Also nearby lived Alice’s widowed mother, Lucy Erard.
  
  Alice's husband, John Grant, was enumerated on their land in Lee Township, Allegan County, Michigan, along with their other 4 living sons, John, Daniel, Fred, and Horace.
  
  It is uncertain why Alice and her youngest son were living apart from her husband and her other sons at the time (who continued to reside at the homestead in Lee Township in Allegan County), although it is possible that the reasons were primarily economic.²⁰
• Family Event - marriage of parents: 4 December 1905, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, Joseph Delevan Crane and Lucyette Parmeter, "Joseph D. Crane and Lucy E. Parmeter Erard," by Rev. George B. Kulp, Minister. While many children could say that their parents married after their own births, exceedingly few could say that their parents married well over 45 years after their birth, which is exactly what occurred when Mary Alice's parents remarried in 1905, a full 45 years after they had divorced.²¹
  

  Joseph D. Crane and Lucy E. Erard, marriage record, 4 December 1905
• City Directory: 1906, 905 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 905 Gordon Pl.²²
• City Directory: 1907, 905 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 905 Gordon Pl.²³
• Newspaper Advertisement: 27 July 1907, Kalamazoo Gazette;, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
  Washings wanted by Mrs. John Grant, 905 Gordon Place.²⁴
  

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• City Directory: 1908, 905 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 905 Gordon Pl.²⁵
• City Directory: 1909, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 1127 Seminary.²⁶
• Family Event - death of father: 14 November 1909, the County Infirmary, South Bend, St. Joseph County, IndianaO, death of Joseph Delevan Crane, age ~83.^27,28,29
  

  Joseph D. Crane, death certificate, 14 November 1909
• Family Event - named as survivor: 20 November 1909, obituary of Joseph Delevan Crane, South Bend Weekly Tribune (South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.)²⁸
• City Directory: 1910, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 1127 Seminary.³⁰
• Family Event - death of mother: 7 March 1910, 1206 McCartney Street, South Bend, St. Joseph County, IndianaO, death of Lucyette Parmeter, age 73.^31,3
• Census: 19 April 1910, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, John Grant, ward 1, enumeration district 0129, page 5B, 1127 Seminary, dwelling 129, family 132, House, Own, Mortgaged.
  Mary A Grant, Female, White, age 50, Married 33 years, mother of 8 children, 7 living, born in Michigan, father born New York, mother born Vermont, English³²
• City Directory: 1911, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (Alice) Grant, teamster, res 1127 Seminary.³³
• City Directory: 1912, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (M. Alice) Grant, teamster, 1127 Seminary.³⁴
• Family Event - witness to marriage of daughter: 4 July 1912, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Frank Wesley Lurvey and Lucy Etta Grant, by W. H. Irwin, Minister.³⁵
• City Directory: 1913, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (M. Alice) Grant, teamster, res 1127 Seminary.³⁶
• Court: 4 February 1913, Kalamazoo State Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Her husband petitioned the probate court for the commitment of their son, John D. Grant, to the State Hospital on the grounds of insanity.³⁷
• Family Event - death of daughter: 10 April 1913, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Lucy Etta Grant, age 31.¹²
• City Directory: 1914, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. John (M. Alice) Grant, teamster, res 1127 Seminary.³⁸
• Court: 18 October 1915, Kalamazoo State Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  As her husband had before her two years earlier, Alice petitioned the probate court for the commitment of her son, John D., to the state hospital. on the grounds of insanity. She testified as follows:
  
  He has delusions and hallucinations. At times he imagines that people are following him. He goes out and picks up quantities of old papers and other things and piles them back of the house. He is very destructive so as to want to tear things to pieces. He has been in the Kalamazoo State Hospital once before.³⁹
• City Directory: 1916, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Mary A. Grant (wid John), res 1127 Seminary⁴⁰
• City Directory: 1917, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Mary A. Grant (wid John), res 1127 Seminary⁴¹
• City Directory: 1919, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Mary A. Grant (wid John), res 1127 Seminary⁴²
• Census: 27 January 1920, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household, ward 1, precinct 2, enumeration district 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 309, family 320, home owned free.
  Alice Grant, head, female, white, age 61, widowed, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born New York, speaks English
  Clinton Grant, son, male, white, age 21, single, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Canada (English), mother born Michigan, speaks English, beater, paper company, worker
  Harry Wm. Havener, grandson, male, white, age 27, single, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, laborer, paper company, worker⁴³
• City Directory: 1921, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Mary A. Grant (wid John), res 1127 Seminary⁴⁴
• City Directory: 1922, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Mary A. Grant (wid John), res 1127 Seminary⁴⁵
• City Directory: 1924, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Mary A. Grant (wid John) h 1121 (1127) Seminary⁴⁶
• City Directory: 1926, 1221 SeminaryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Mary A. (wid John), h 1221 Seminary⁴⁷
• Death: 20 January 1927, age 69, Fairmount Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. The cause of her death was uterine carcinoma and tertiary syphilis.⁴
• Burial: 22 January 1927, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Block A, Lot 18, grave 11.
  Grave Marker: none found, burial record found in plat records of cemetery office⁴⁸

• Last Edited: 4 August 2024

Citations

1. [S5793] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, guardian's bond estate of Mary A. Crane, liber 2: 190, no. 1693, microfilm no. 125, item 133, 28 Jan 1873; Kalamazoo County Probate Court, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S4632] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 1 : 416, Joseph D. Crane v. Lucyette Crane, "Decree of Divorce and Custody of Children," 7 Sep 1860; digital images, "Chancery docket, ca. 1847-1932 ; Files, ca. 1847-1939 ; Index, ca. 1831-1944," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3NT-Y9JJ-H : accessed 1996), image 302-3.
3. [S4087] "Mrs. Lucy Crane," obituary, South Bend (Indiana) Tribune, 7 Mar 1910, p. 5.
4. [S4543] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1927, no. 44, 22 Jan 1927, Mary A. Grant entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
5. [S3739] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 70 (penned), dwelling 514, family 514, Horace Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
6. [S3728] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 122 (penned), dwelling 886, family 886, Mr. Crane household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
7. [S3718] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Kalamazoo, p. 16 (penned), dwelling 135, family 129, Sarah Parmeter household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.
8. [S4944] Elkhart County, Indiana, Marriage Records, volume 4, p. 488 (7 August 1876) (14 Aug 1876), John Grant and Alice Crane entry; Elkhart County Courthouse, Goshen, Indiana.
9. [S5389] Elkhart County, Indiana, death certificate no. n/a (26 Mar 1886), Sarah Aster Grant, Elkhart County Health Department, Elkhart, Indiana; certificate prepared Circa 3 Jan 2021 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
10. [S4064] 1880 U.S. census, Elkhart County, Indiana, population schedule, Goshen, enumeration district (ED) 39, p. 27 (penned), p. 426C (stamped), dwelling 244, family 261, John Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 275.
11. [S4680] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60872&h=3451126: accessed 31 Aug 2020), certificate image, Lucy Etta Lurvey, filed 12 Apr 1913, no. 241, image 1890 of 3304; citing "Death Records (Certificates, 1897-1920, 183: Iron-Kent, 1913), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
12. [S4679] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, 4 : 164, no. 14653, 12 Apr 1913, Lucy Etta Lurvey entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
13. [S4231] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. n/a, vol. 1, local file no. 178 (13 Dec 1939), John D. Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 24 Jan 1997 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
14. [S3823] Elkhart County, Indiana, Births, vol. H-3: 42, 18 Oct 1887, Male Child Grant entry; Elkhart County Health Department, Elkhart, Indiana.
15. [S3826] Allegan County, Michigan, Births, liber 4: 284, record no. 1876, 18 May 1891, Frederick U. Grant entry; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
16. [S5063] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 9 : 13, no. 18400, 19 May 1919, entry for Horace Albert Grant and Nellie Salyer; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
17. [S4232] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. n/a, local file no. 129 (13 Mar 1945), Horace Albert Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 22 Apr 1997 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
18. [S4233] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. n/a, local file no. 13 (15 Jan 1973), Clinton Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 4 Apr 1997 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
19. [S4915] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/421455929:2469 : accessed 21 Aug 2022), Mrs. Alice M. Grant, image 86 of 241; citing "Polk's Battle Creek City Directory, 1899-1900 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1899), p. 174."
20. [S3685] 1900 U.S. census, Calhoun County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Battle Creek, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 3A, dwelling 44, family 56, Alice A. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 704.
21. [S5066] "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3J9-KZG: accessed 7 Feb 2009), record image, Joseph D. Crane and Lucy E. Parmeter Erard, filed 15 Dec 1905, volume 1, p. 302, no. 479, image 221 of 639; citing "Marriage Records (1905 -- Bay to Ingham counties, FHL film 2342672), Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing, Michigan."
22. [S4659] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=436148110 : accessed 6 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 149 of 391; citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1906 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1906), p. 293."
23. [S4906] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=412499774 : accessed 6 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 303 of 384; citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1907 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1907), p. 623."
24. [S6510] Advertisement for washing services, 27 July 1907, Kalamazoo Gazette, "Situations Wanted - Female," The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 27 July 1907, p. 11, col. 5; image, GenealogyBank, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/...: 27 July 2024.
25. [S4907] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=423712144 : accessed 6 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 161 of 392; citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1908 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1908), p. 319."
26. [S4908] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=425162574 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 226 of 484; citing "Ihiling Bros., Everard's 1909 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1909), p. 448."
27. [S2083] Grand Army of the Republic, Auten Post, No. 8, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Memorial Record
28. [S4086] "Joseph D. Crane," obituary, South Bend (Indiana) Weekly Tribune, 20 Nov 1909, p. 9.
29. [S4504] St. Joseph County, Indiana, Death Records, no. 11-4, 17 Nov 1909, Joseph D. Crane entry; St. Joseph County Health Department, South Bend, Indiana.
30. [S4909] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=419409572 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 243 of 543; citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1910 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1910), p. 483."
31. [S4505] St. Joseph County, Indiana, Death Records, liber CH-45 : 228, no. 143, 10 Mar 1910, Lucy Crane entry; St. Joseph County Health Department, South Bend, Indiana.
32. [S3646] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, 1st ward, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 5B, dwelling 129, family 132, John Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
33. [S4910] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=438575314 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 252 of 574; citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1911 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1911), p. 499."
34. [S4911] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=437124612 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (M Alice) Grant, image 248 of 603; citing "Polk's 1912 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1912), p. 483."
35. [S5071] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 8 : 45, no. 12929, 4 Jul 1912, entry for Frank Wesley Lurbey and Lucy E. Grant; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
36. [S4912] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=440663006 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (M Alice) Grant, image 248 of 600; citing "Polk's 1913 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1913), p. 486."
37. [S5794] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, petition for insanity commitment John D. Grant, liber 10: 184, no. 10101, microfilm no. 259, item 752, 4 Feb 1913; Kalamazoo County Probate Court, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
38. [S4913] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=438706718 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (M Alice) Grant, image 252 of 733; citing "Polk's 1914 Kalamazoo City and County Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1914), p. 500-501."
39. [S5795] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, petition for insanity commitment John D. Grant, liber 10: 184, no. 10101, microfilm no. 259, item 752, 18 Oct 1915; Kalamazoo County Probate Court, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
40. [S4915] Polk's Battle Creek City Directory, 1899-1900, p. 483, Mary A. Grant.
41. [S4916] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/429415826:2469 : accessed 21 Aug 2022), Mary A. Grant, image 267 of 661; citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1917 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1917), p. 529."
42. [S4917] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/411473838:2469 : accessed 21 Aug 2022), Mary A. Grant, image 259 of 770; citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1919 Kalamazoo City and County Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1919), p. 526."
43. [S3600] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 309, family 320, Alice Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
44. [S4918] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/436430433:2469 : accessed 21 Aug 2022), Mary A. Grant, image 314 of 761; citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s Kalamazoo Directory 1921 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1921), p. 620."
45. [S4660] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/434645462:2469 : accessed 21 Aug 2022), image 252 of 564; citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1922 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1922), p. 519."
46. [S4661] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/416040032:2469 : accessed 21 Aug 2022), Mary A. Grant, image 257 of 567; citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1924 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1924), p. 510."
47. [S4662] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/417978750:2469 : accessed 21 Aug 2022), Mary A. Grant, image 118 of 348; citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1926 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1926), p. 235."
48. [S3933] Riverside Cemetery Office (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), plat record, citing Mary Alice Grant, recorded 22 January 1927.

Frederick Ulysses ("Fred") Grant

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Frederick Ulysses Grant (1890-1955)

• References: Common Ancestor Chart - Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

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• Birth: 17 August 1890, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.¹
• Parentage: Mary Alice ("Alice") Crane and John Grant.¹
• Census: 5 June 1900, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of father, John Grant, enumeration district 16, dwelling 29, family 29, owned free, farm, farm schedule 27.
  Fred Grant, son, male, white, born April 1891 in Michigan, age 9, single, father born Canada, mother born Michigan
  
  His mother, Alice, and youngest brother, Clinton, were enumerated living in Battle Creek, Michigan in this census, where Alice was working as a "washwoman." His older sister, Lucy, lived next door to her mother at that time, working as a housekeeper in the residence of John Johnson, whom she would marry three years later.²
• City Directory: 1908, 905 Gordon PlaceO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Frederick Grant, laborer, boards 905 Gordon Pl.³
• City Directory: 1909, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Frederick Grant, bodymaker, Michigan Buggy Company, boards 1127 Seminary.⁴
• City Directory: 1910, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Frederick Grant, finisher, boards 1127 Seminary.⁵
• Census: 19 April 1910, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of parents, ward 1, enumeration district 0129, page 5B, 1127 Seminary, dwelling 129, family 132, House, Own, Mortgaged.
  Fredrick U Grant, Male, White, age 19, Single, born in Indiana, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, English, General (Laborer), Wage Earner⁶
• City Directory: 1911, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Frederick Grant, papermaker, Standard Paper Co., boards 1127 Seminary.⁷
• City Directory: 1913, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Fred Grant, teamster, boards 1127 Seminary.⁸
• City Directory: 1914, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Frederick U. Grant, laborer, boards 1127 Seminary.⁹
• Marriage: to Ethel May Ellard, 18 November 1915, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, age 25.¹⁰
• Family Event - death of son: 21 October 1916, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Grant. He was stillborn.¹¹
• Military Draft Registration: 5 June 1917, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. According to his registration, Fred was a tall man of medium build with black hair and brown eyes. He resided at 531 E. Main with his wife and was employed as a common laborer for the city of Kalamazoo at the time of the draft registration.¹²
• Census: 13 January 1920, 117 Butler Court, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household, dwelling 300, family 405, house rented.
  Fred G. Grant, head, male, white, age 29, married, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Canada (English), mother born Michigan, speaks English, unloader, coal yard, worker
  Ethel M. Grant, wife, female, white, age 23, married, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation
  Leon E. Ellard, brother-in-law, male, white, age 26, single, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, unloader, coal yard, worker
  William Ellard, father-in-law, male, white, age 57, divorced, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born England (English), speaks English, sorter, paper mill, worker¹³
• Divorce Filing: by Ethel May Ellard, about 1925, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Ethel May Grant v. Fred U. Grant."¹⁴
• Marriage: to Lola Maude Pontius, 1 June 1929, Peru, Miami County, IndianaO, age 38.¹⁵
• Census: 14 April 1930, Osolo Township, Elkhart County, IndianaO, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household, dwelling 225, family 225, house rented for $15, radio in home.
  Fred U. Grant, head, male, white, age 39, married, first marriage age 24, doesn't attend school, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Canada (English), mother born Michigan, speaks English, moulder, iron foundry, worked yesterday, employed, not a veteran
  Lola M. Grant, wife, female, white, age 19, married, first marriage age 18, doesn't attend school, able to read and write, born Indiana, parents born Indiana, speaks English, laborer, railroad supplies, worker, didn't work yesterday, unemployment schedule 1-43¹⁶
• Census: 1 April 1940, Washington Avenue, Osceola, St. Joseph County, IndianaO, federal census of 1 April 1940, head of household, enumeration district (ED) 71-38, sheet 3A, dwelling 42, home owned, home value $1000.
  Fred U. Grant, head, male, white, age 49, married, didn't attend school, finished 8th grade, born Michigan, same house 1935, at work yesterday, 40 hours at work last week, moulder, pulley foundry, private work, 48 weeks worked in 1939, $1800 income in 1939, no other income
  Lola M. Grant, wife, female, white, age 29, married, didn't attend school, finished 8th grade, born Indiana, same house 1935, not at work yesterday, housework, 0 weeks worked in 1939, $0 income in 1939, no other income
  Janet M. Grant, daughter, female, white, age 3 3/12, single, didn't attend school, born Indiana, same house in 1935
  Marie Daugherty, sister-in-law, female, white, age 41, divorced, didn't attend school, finished 9th grade, born Indiana, same house 1935, at work yesterday, housework, housekeeper, private family, own account, 52 weeks worked in 1939, $0 income in 1939, had other income¹⁶
• Military Draft Registration: 27 April 1942, South Bend, St. Joseph County, IndianaO. According to his registration, Fred resided on Washington Street in Penn Township - his mailing address was in Osceola - and he was employed by R. E. Patterson of Elkhart Foundry & Machine Company in Elkhart, Indiana. The draft card described Fred as being 6'1" and about 160 pounds, with gray hair, brown eyes, and a dark brown complexion. It is interesting to note that Fred spelled and signed his own name as "Fredrick Ulysess" rather than "Frederick Ulysses."¹⁷
• Death: 21 April 1955, age 64, Osceola, St. Joseph County, IndianaO.¹⁸
• Obituary: 22 April 1955, South Bend Tribune (South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.)
  Fred U. Grant, 65, of 307 E. Washington St., Osceola, died at 11 a.m. Thursday in his home. He was born in Allegan County, Michigan, and moved here 20 years ago from Kalamazoo. He married Lola Pontius June 1, 1929 in Peru, Ind.
  
  Mr. Grant was a moulder at the Elkhart Foundry. Surviving are his widow; one daughter, Janet M. Grant, at home; two brothers, Daniel and Clinton Grant, of Kalamazoo, and three nephews.
  
  Friends may call at the Warner Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today and until 11:30 a.m. Sunday when the body will be taken to the Church of the Brethren, Osceola. Friends may call there from 12:30 p.m. Sunday until the funeral hour at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Edward Stump, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in Osceola Cemetery.¹⁹

• Last Edited: 5 January 2024

Citations

1. [S3826] Allegan County, Michigan, Births, liber 4: 284, record no. 1876, 18 May 1891, Frederick U. Grant entry; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
2. [S3687] 1900 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Lee, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 2A, dwelling 29, family 29, John Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 698.
3. [S4907] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=423712144 : accessed 6 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 161 of 392; citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1908 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1908), p. 319."
4. [S4908] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=425162574 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 226 of 484; citing "Ihiling Bros., Everard's 1909 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1909), p. 448."
5. [S4909] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=419409572 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 243 of 543; citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1910 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1910), p. 483."
6. [S3646] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, 1st ward, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 5B, dwelling 129, family 132, John Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
7. [S4910] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=438575314 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 252 of 574; citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1911 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1911), p. 499."
8. [S4912] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=440663006 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (M Alice) Grant, image 248 of 600; citing "Polk's 1913 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1913), p. 486."
9. [S4913] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=438706718 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (M Alice) Grant, image 252 of 733; citing "Polk's 1914 Kalamazoo City and County Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1914), p. 500-501."
10. [S5085] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 7 : 293, no. 289, no. 289, 18 Nov 1915, entry for Fred U. Grant and Ethel May Ellard; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
11. [S2573] Kalamazoo County Death Registrations, Record Type: Death Registrations, Name Of Person: Baby Grant, Volume: Liber 1916: 59, no. 699
12. [S5444] "WWI Draft Registration Cards," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/563483458 : accessed 8 Feb 2021), card for Frederick Ulysses Grant, no. 20, Local Draft Board No. 21-7-6, precinct 3, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives microfilm publication M1509, record group 163.
13. [S3603] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 150, sheet 14B, dwelling 300, family 405, Fred G. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
14. [S3067] Ethel May Grant, Divorce: Ethel May Grant v. Fred U. Grant (1925), Second Party: Fred U. Grant, Volume: Docket 21: 288, Record Info: Circuit Court Records
15. [S5310] "Lola M. Grant," obituary, The South Bend (Indiana) Tribune, 7 Dec 2003, p. D10, col. 2; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 Dec 2020.)
16. [S4030] 1940 U.S. census, St. Joseph County, Indiana, population schedule, Penn Township, city of Osceola, enumeration district (ED) 71-38, sheet 3A, dwelling 42, Fred U. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1Y1-RGW : accessed 16 Dec 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1093.
17. [S5479] "WWII 'Old Man's Draft' Registration Cards," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/284670427 : accessed 15 Feb 2021), card for Fredrick Ulysess Grant, serial no. 1683, Local Draft Board No. 2, St. Joseph County, Indiana; citing Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registrations, National Archives record group 147.
18. [S3953] Muryl H. Grant, compiled Grant family history, Charles Grant Descendancy Chart; supplied by Grant, Honoraville, Alabama, 1996; this chart does not supply any sourced citations for the information supplied.
19. [S6016] "Fred U. Grant," obituary, The South Bend (Indiana) Tribune, 22 Apr 1955, p. 30, col. 6; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 19 Feb 2023.)

Horace Albert Grant

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Horace Albert Grant (1892-1945)

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
  Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

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Biography

• Birth: 24 September 1892, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO.
  This birthdate and place were supplied by Horace himself when registering for the World War I draft.^1,2
• Parentage: Mary Alice ("Alice") Crane and John Grant.^3,4
• Census: 5 June 1900, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of father, John Grant, enumeration district 16, dwelling 29, family 29, owned free, farm, farm schedule 27.
  Horis A. Grant, son, male, white, born January 1894 in Indiana, age 6, single, father born Canada, mother born Michigan
  
  His mother, Alice, and youngest brother, Clinton, were enumerated living in Battle Creek, Michigan in this census, where Alice was working as a "washwoman." His older sister, Lucy, lived next door to her mother at that time, working as a housekeeper in the residence of John Johnson, whom she would marry three years later.⁵
• City Directory: 1910, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Horace Grant, employee, American Playing Card Co., boards 1127 Seminary.⁶
• Census: 19 April 1910, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of parents, ward 1, enumeration district 0129, page 5B, 1127 Seminary, dwelling 129, family 132, House, Own, Mortgaged.
  Horace A Grant, Male, White, age 17, Single, born in Indiana, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, English, General (Laborer), Wage Earner⁷
• City Directory: 1911, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Horace Grant, boards 1127 Seminary.⁸
• City Directory: 1912, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Horace A. Grant, laborer, 1127 Seminary.⁹
• City Directory: 1913, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Horace A. Grant, teamster, boards 1127 Seminary.¹⁰
• City Directory: 1914, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Horace A. Grant, laborer, boards 1127 Seminary.¹¹
• Military Draft Registration: 5 June 1917, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  According to his registration, Horace was a short, slender man with black hair and brown eyes. He resided with his mother, for whom he was the key source of support, at 1127 Seminary Street, and was employed as a common laborer by the Standard Paper Company.²
• Military Service: after July 1917.⁴
• Residence: 1919, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹²
• Occupation: 1919, laborer.¹²
• Marriage: to Nellie Salyer, 2 May 1919, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 26, by H. I. Volker, clergyman. Carl Muller of Kalamazoo and Rebecca Salyer of Augusta, Michigan served as witnesses.¹²
• Horace Albert Grant and Nellie Salyer were licensed to wed on 19 May 1919 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹²
• Census: 14 April 1930, Den Bleyker Street, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of brother-in-law, Charles Hadley, dwelling 481, family 354, home rented for $20, no radio in home.
  Horace A. Grant, lodger, male, white, age 37, single, doesn't attend school, able to read and write, born Indiana, father born Canada (English), mother born Indiana, speaks English, common laborer, worker, employed.¹³
• Military Draft Registration: 27 April 1942, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Horace Albert Grant." The draft registration describes as being 5'5" tall, weighing 147 pounds, with gray hair, brown eyes, white with dark complexion, and also having a scar on his left leg. He lived on rural route #3 in Kalamazoo Township and was employed by Charles King at the W.P.A. in Fort Custer in Kalamazoo County. He named Jack Olson at 421 N. Burdick St. in Kalamazoo as the person who would always know his whereabouts.¹⁴
  

  Horace Albert Grant, draft registration, 27 April 1942 (back)
  

  Horace Albert Grant, draft registration, 27 April 1942 (front)
• Residence: 1945, 3 M Street, Comstock, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁴
• Death: 9 March 1945, age 52, Kings Highway, U.S. 12, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Horace Albert Grant," cause of death crusing injury to head and body. He died at about 2:45 in the afternoon. His death was the result of a truck trailer rolling over on to him as he walked down the street.^4,15
• Burial: 12 March 1945, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  Grave Marker: none found, burial record found in plat records of cemetery office, block A, lot 18^16,4

• Last Edited: 16 July 2023

Citations

1. [S3953] Muryl H. Grant, compiled Grant family history, Charles Grant Descendancy Chart; supplied by Grant, Honoraville, Alabama, 1996; this chart does not supply any sourced citations for the information supplied.
2. [S5443] "WWI Draft Registration Cards," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/563483459 : accessed 8 Feb 2021), card for Horace Albert Grant, no. 132, Local Draft Board No. 21-7-6, precinct 1, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives microfilm publication M1509, record group 163.
3. [S5063] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 9 : 13, no. 18400, 19 May 1919, entry for Horace Albert Grant and Nellie Salyer; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
4. [S4232] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. n/a, local file no. 129 (13 Mar 1945), Horace Albert Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 22 Apr 1997 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
5. [S3687] 1900 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Lee, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 2A, dwelling 29, family 29, John Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 698.
6. [S4909] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=419409572 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 243 of 543; citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1910 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1910), p. 483."
7. [S3646] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, 1st ward, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 5B, dwelling 129, family 132, John Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
8. [S4910] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=438575314 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (Alice) Grant, image 252 of 574; citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1911 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1911), p. 499."
9. [S4911] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=437124612 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (M Alice) Grant, image 248 of 603; citing "Polk's 1912 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1912), p. 483."
10. [S4912] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=440663006 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (M Alice) Grant, image 248 of 600; citing "Polk's 1913 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1913), p. 486."
11. [S4913] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=438706718 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (M Alice) Grant, image 252 of 733; citing "Polk's 1914 Kalamazoo City and County Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1914), p. 500-501."
12. [S5063] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 9: 13, no. 18400, no. 18400, 1919, entry for Horace Albert Grant and Nellie Salyer.
13. [S3576] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 28, sheet 13A, dwelling 481, family 354, Charles H. Hadley household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
14. [S5964] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Michigan, 1942, serial no. U2627, draft registration, Horace Albert Grant entry, 27 Apr 1942; imaged in "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1002/ : accessed 7 Feb 2023) > Michigan > Eaby, Walter Clinton-Kinkella, George John > Graham, James Johnnie-Green, Maurice Olyn > 1668-9 of 5615; from original records housed at "Records of the Selective Service System, record group no. 147, National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri."
15. [S4186] "Identify Victim As Horace Grant," death of Horace Grant, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 10 Mar 1945, p. 1, col. 4.
16. [S3933] Riverside Cemetery Office (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), plat record.

Clinton Grant

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Clinton Grant (1897-1973)

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
  Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 8 June 1897, Allegan County, MichiganO+.¹
• Parentage: Mary Alice ("Alice") Crane and John Grant.²
• Census: 2 June 1900, 70 Calhoun St.O, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of mother, Mary Alice ("Alice") Crane, ward 4, enumeration district 35, sheet 3A, dwelling 44, family 56, house, rented.
  Alice A. Grant, head, white, female, born April 1859 in Michigan, age 41, married for 22 years, mother of 8 children, 6 living, father born New York, mother born Vermont, washwoman, 0 months unemployed, able to read and write, able to speak English
  Clinton D. Grant, son, white, male, born June 1897 in Michigan, age 2, single, father born Canada (English), mother born Michigan, able to read³
• Census: 19 April 1910, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of parents, ward 1, enumeration district 0129, page 5B, 1127 Seminary, dwelling 129, family 132, House, Own, Mortgaged.
  Clinton D Grant, Male, White, age 12, Single, born in Michigan, father born Canada, mother born Michigan, English⁴
• City Directory: 1913, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Clinton Grant, student, boards 1127 Seminary.⁵
• City Directory: 1914, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Clinton Grant, boards 1127 Seminary.⁶
• Military Draft Registration: 24 August 1918, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  According to his registration, Clinton was of medium height with black hair and light brown eyes. He resided with his mother at 1127 Seminary Street and was employed by Cook Standard Tool Company.⁷
• Census: 27 January 1920, 1127 Seminary StreetO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of mother, Mary Alice ("Alice") Crane, ward 1, precinct 2, enumeration district 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 309, family 320, home owned free.
  Clinton Grant, son, male, white, age 21, single, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Canada (English), mother born Michigan, speaks English, beater, paper company, worker⁸
• Military Draft Registration: 16 February 1942, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Clinton Delmore Grant." According to his draft registration he was 5'11" tall, weighed 170 pounds, had brown hair, gray eyes, and a dark complexion. Moreover it noted that he was blind in his left eye. He lived on rural route #3 near 2700 Lake Street, worked for himself, didn't have a telephone number, and named his brother, Dan Grant, as the person who would always know his address.⁹
  

  Clinton Delmore Grant, draft registration, 16 February 1942 (back)
  

  Clinton Delmore Grant, draft registration, 16 February 1942 (front)
• Death: 10 January 1973, age 75, Franklin Community Hospital, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.
  He died at 3:45 in the afternoon. The cause of his death was kidney and heart failure, complicated by severe emphysema and bilateral lower lobe pneumonia.²
• Burial: 15 January 1973, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Block A, Lot 18.
  Grave Marker: Clinton Grant 1897-1973^10,2
  

  Clinton Grant Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block A, Lot 18

• Last Edited: 2 March 2023

Citations

1. [S3965] "Michigan Births, 1867-1902", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6213-4TV: accessed 28 Oct 2019), birth registration image, Clinton D. Grant, 3 Jun 1898, page 364 (stamped), no. 078, image 569 of 1525, Birth records, Alpena County (cont.) - Houghton County (to be cont'd), 1897, FHL microfilm 2322712; citing "Michigan Department of Vital Records, Lansing, Michigan."
2. [S4233] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. n/a, local file no. 13 (15 Jan 1973), Clinton Grant, Kalamazoo County Clerk, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 4 Apr 1997 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
3. [S3685] 1900 U.S. census, Calhoun County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Battle Creek, enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 3A, dwelling 44, family 56, Alice A. Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 704.
4. [S3646] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, 1st ward, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 5B, dwelling 129, family 132, John Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
5. [S4912] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=440663006 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (M Alice) Grant, image 248 of 600; citing "Polk's 1913 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1913), p. 486."
6. [S4913] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=438706718 : accessed 7 Nov 2021), John (M Alice) Grant, image 252 of 733; citing "Polk's 1914 Kalamazoo City and County Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1914), p. 500-501."
7. [S5441] "WWI Draft Registration Cards," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/563483456 : accessed 8 Feb 2021), card for Clinton Grant, registration no. 160, serial no. 51-A, Local Draft Board No. 21-7-6, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives microfilm publication M1509, record group 163.
8. [S3600] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 15A, dwelling 309, family 320, Alice Grant household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
9. [S5963] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Michigan, 1942, serial no. T1114, order no. T11080, draft registration, Clinton Delmore Grant entry, 16 Feb 1942; imaged in "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/ : accessed 7 Feb 2023) > Michigan > Garner-Green > Grailer, Josephe-Grant, Edward > 2053-4 of 2174; from original records housed at "Records of the Selective Service System, record group no. 147, National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri."
10. [S3933] Riverside Cemetery Office (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), plat record.

Marie Smith

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Marie Smith

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 5 January 1907, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. at two o'clock in the morning¹
• Marie Smith emigrated with Garrett Smith and Lena ten Cate on 2 May 1908 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the NetherlandsO.²
• Census: 29 April 1910, 1823 North West Street (now North Westnedge Avenue)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of uncle, Arend William Longjohn.³
• Census: 9 January 1920, 316 Sarah St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of grandmother, Marianne Nuijen.⁴
• Marriage: to Donald Nicholas, 27 March 1923, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 16, "Donald Nicholas and Marion Smith," by Marin Luther Fox, clergyman.
  It would appear that at least in some respect this marriage would not have been considered entirely legal, as Nicholas had been prohibited by order of the court from remarrying for 2 years when he was divorced in 1922 in Wexford County, Michigan.
  
  Groom: Donald Nicholas, age 20, residing Manton, Michigan, born Indiana, laborer, parents R. A. Nicholas and Ida Judd, married once before
  Bride: Marion Smith, age 16, residing Kalamazoo, born Netherlands, no occupation, parents Geert Smith and Leentje Ten Cate, never married
  Witnesses: A. William and Annie Longjohn, both of Kalamazoo^5,6
  

  Donald Nicholas and Marion Smith, marriage, 27 March 1923
  

  Gladys Nicholas v. Donald Nicholas, divorce, 22 April 1922
• Donald Nicholas and Marie Smith
  Separation: about 1924.⁷
• Family Event - birth of child: 2 March 1924, parent of Mary Ann Smith.^8,9
• Donald Nicholas and Marie Smith
  Reconciliation: about May 1925.⁷
• Donald Nicholas and Marie Smith
  Separation: 15 July 1925.⁷
• She and Donald Nicholas filed for divorce on 19 October 1925 in Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, "Marion Nicholas by Mrs. Annie Longjohn her next friend v. Donald Nicholas," for reason of non-support.⁷
• Divorce granted: from Donald Nicholas, 5 January 1926, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, age 19, "Marion Nicholas by her next friend v. Donald Nicholas."
  Donald Nicholas never appeared in court and did not contest the divorce. Custody of the minor child, Marion Arleen Nicholas, was awarded to her mother. Donald Nicholas was further ordered by the court to pay his wife the sum of one dollar in lieu of her dower of property rights. It was further ordered that "the question of requiring the defendant to contribute to the support and maintenance of the minor child herein shall be reserved for further consideration and for adjudication and determination upon the filing of a petition therefor [sic] by the plaintiff and notice thereof to the defendant." It is unclear if Marion ever filed any further petition in that regard.¹⁰
• 
  
  Charles Peters and Marie Smith
  Marriage: after 1926.⁸
• Census: 27 April 1950, 2849 Gull Road, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, household of spouse, Charles Peters, enumeration district 39-28, sheet 79, dwelling 256.
  Marie Peters, wife, white, female, age 43, married, born Netherlands, naturalized, housework, no work last week, not looking for work, no job or business, lived in same house 1 year ago, parents born Netherlands, completed 7th grade¹¹
  

  Charles Peter household, 1950 census enumeration
• She suffered from and in in 1980 Marie Smith. hypertension||had a stroke, which left her partially paralyzed¹²
• Death: 1 March 1987, age 80, Friendship Village on 2400 N. Drake Rd., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹²
• The cause of her death was. stroke¹²
• Burial: 4 March 1987, Mt. Olivet CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹²

• Last Edited: 29 January 2023

Citations

1. [S3839] Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten 1897-1912, Huwelijken 1883-1912, Overlijden 1883-1906," geboorte (birth), Marianne Smit, vol. 1907, no. 6 (5 January 1907); FHL microfilm 1300580.
2. [S4456] Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T715, roll 1101, arranged chronologically by arrival date of vessel; SS Noordam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 12 May 1908, entry for Geert Smit family, group 16, list 23, lines 22-24.
3. [S3993] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 136, sheet 17A, dwelling 351, family 377, William Langegan household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
4. [S3635] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, precinct 8, 2nd ward, enumeration district (ED) 153, sheet 9B, dwelling 201, family 217, Mary Smit household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
5. [S5956] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Registers, p. 11, no. 22029, marriage record, Donald Nicholas and Marion Smith entry, 27 Mar 1923, recorded 27 Mar 1923; imaged in "Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9093/ : accessed 29 Jan 2023) > Registers, 1887-1925 > 1921-1925 > 1923 Genesee-Kalkoska > image 499 of 565; from original records housed at "Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
6. [S5958] Wexford County, Michigan, Divorce Records, record no. 2268, Kathleen Hyde v. Eugene Hyde entry, 3 Dec 1921, recorded 22 Apr 1922; imaged in "Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9092/ : accessed 29 Jan 2023) > 1897-1923 > 1922 Wayne - 1923 Menominee > image 274 of 653; from original records housed at "Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
7. [S4645] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 21, no. 458, Marion Nicholas v. Donald Nicholas, "Bill of Complaint," 19 Oct 1925; digital images, "Chancery docket, ca. 1847-1932; Files, ca. 1847-1939; Index, ca. 1831-1944," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3J3-897R-D : accessed 28 Jun 2020), image 3046-7 of 3107.
8. [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.
9. [S4366] Washtenaw County, Michigan, Birth Records, 1924, no. 122, 6 Mar 1924, Marian Ilene Smith entry; Washtenaw County Clerk, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
10. [S4645] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 21, no. 458, Nicholas v. Nicholas, "Decree for Divorce."
11. [S5759] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Kalamazoo Township, enumeration district (ED) 39-28, sheet 79, line 11, Charles Peters household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-5QHW-5WFG : accessed 2 Apr 2022) 42 of 45; citing NARA microfilm publication T628.
12. [S5364] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. SL02320148, local file no. 366 (5 Mar 1987), Marie Peters, Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 17 Dec 2020 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.

Alexander Linsky

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Alexander Linsky (1902-1964)

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• Birth: 17 June 1902, Chapel Street, Newark, Essex County, New JerseyO, "Alexsander Lentauskas (Linsky)," born at his parents' home.¹
  

  Alexsander Lentauskas, delayed birth registration, 7 April 1943 (page 1)
  

  Alexsander Lentauskas, delayed birth registration, 7 April 1943 (page 2)
• Parentage: Agnes Gretchen and Jurgis Plentauskas. According to his delayed birth record, he was the fourth son of George Lentauskas and Agatha Grecna.¹
• Names: Alexander (Alex) Linsky, Alexander Lindsey, Alexander Lentauskas
  He likely was known as Alexander Lenstauskas for only a short time, as his father may have been using some version of his Lithuanian surname Plentauskas at that time, but most other later records start referring to him as Alexander Linsky, then at some point during adulthood, certainly by 1930, he started going by Alexander Lindsey, although some records refer to him as Linsky even then.
• Baptism: after 17 June 1902, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Newark, Essex County, New JerseyO. He was baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Newark, New Jersey.¹
• Census: 29 January 1920, Windsor, Hartford County, ConnecticutO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of parents, "George Linsky" household, dwelling 419, family 449, farm owned on mortgage, farm schedule 183.
  Alecsander Linsky, son, male, white, age 18, single, did not attend school, able to read and write, born New Jersey, parents born Lithuania, parents speak Lithuanian, speaks English, laborer, on farm, worker²
• Alexander was U.S. Army in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, about June 1923. in the U.S. Army and stationed^3,4
• Family Event - birth of child: 2 March 1924, parent of Mary Ann Smith.^5,6
• Marriage: to Mary Kauset, between 1926 and 1927.^7,8
• Census: 23 April 1930, 327 Hubbard St., Glastonbury, Hartford County, ConnecticutO, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household, "Alexander Lindsey" household, dwelling 327, family 413, home rented for $16.
  Alexander Lindsey, head, male, white, age 27, married, first marriage age 24, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Connecticut, parents born Lithuania, speaks English, soap maker, soap factory, worker, employed yesterday, veteran, World War
  Mary R. Lindsey, wife, female, white, age 26, married, first marriage age 21, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Connecticut, parents born Lithuania, speaks English, no occupation
  Mary Lindsey, daughter, female, white, age 3 11/12, single, did not attend school, born Connecticut, parents born Connecticut, no occupation
  
  In the same house, but renting their dwelling for $20, lived Peter and Mary Kauset and their sons (William, Peter, and Victor). Peter and his two eldest sons worked as boxers at a soap factory, presumably the same soap factory where Alexander worked. Peter and his wife were both born in Lithuania and would appear to be likely candidates to be Mary R. Lindsey's parents.
  
  Also in the house, renting their dwelling for $15, were Benjamin and Margaret Winston, ages 72 and 63, both born in England, so suspected to not be a relation.⁸
• Social Security Registration: 11 January 1937, 12 Union St., Hartford, Hartford County, ConnecticutO. He was unemployed at the time.⁹
• Family Event - named as survivor: 4 April 1957, obituary of Agnes Gretchen, Hartford Courant (Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.) He lived in Hartford at the time of his mother's death.¹⁰
  

  Mrs. Robert Beaty, obituary, 4 April 1957
• Residence: 1964, 126 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, Hartford County, ConnecticutO.⁷
• Death: 22 July 1964, age 62, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Hartford County, ConnecticutO.^11,7

• Last Edited: 20 April 2025

Citations

1. [S4191] New Jersey, delayed birth certificate no. 01961 (issued 1943), Alexsander Lentauskas [Linsky]; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey.
2. [S3611] 1920 U.S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, town of Windsor, district 6, enumeration district (ED) 201, sheet 23B, dwelling 419, George Linsky household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 Jan 2004); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 180.
3. [S4969] Smith Family Traditions, T. L. Cunningham, compiler (MSS notes, circa 1970–2001; privately held by Cunningham, Seattle, Washington).
4. [S4969] Smith Family Traditions, military service of Alex Linsky, previously evaluated in earlier note.
5. [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.
6. [S4366] Washtenaw County, Michigan, Birth Records, 1924, no. 122, 6 Mar 1924, Marian Ilene Smith entry; Washtenaw County Clerk, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
7. [S4125] "Alexander Lindsey," obituary, The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, 23 Jul 1964, p. 4, col. 4; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 15 Jul 2017.)
8. [S3581] 1930 U.S. census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Glastonbury, enumeration district (ED) 139, sheet 16A, dwelling 327, Alexander Lindsey household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Oct 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 262.
9. [S3105] Alexander Linsky, SS no. 048-03-8602, 11 January 1937, Application for Account Number (Form SS-5), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.
10. [S3876] "Mrs. Robert Beaty," obituary, The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, 4 Apr 1957, p. 4, col. 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 Jul 2017.)
11. [S5139] Alexander Linsky, no. 048-03-8602, issued Before 1951, death date Jul 1964, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).

Garrett Smith

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Garrett Smith (1886-1967)

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

Parents

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Population Register, 1870-1890: between between 10 May 1880 and 1 January 1890, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, household of father, Albert Smit.
  Geert Smit, son, born 16 July 1886 in Zuidbroek, no occupation, recorded in register 17 July 1886²
  

  Albert Smit household, population register entry, 1880
• Garrett Smith was born on 16 July 1886 in Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. at two o'clock in the afternoon^3,1
• Population Register, 1890-1900: between between 1 January 1890 and 19 May 1890, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, household of father, Albert Smit.
  Geert Smit, male, son, born 16 June 1886 in Zuidbroek, no occupation⁴
• Population Register, 1890-1900: between between 4 April 1891 and 30 May 1892, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, household of father, Albert Smit.
  Geert Smit, male, son, born 10 June 1886 in Zuidbroek, no occupation⁵
• Population Register, 1880-1900: between between 30 May 1892 and 28 January 1895, Slochteren, Groningen, the NetherlandsO+, household of father, Albert Smit.
  Geert Smit, male, son, born 10 June 1886 in Zuidbroek, no occupation⁶
• Occupation: between 1905 and 1907, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, milk vendor.^7,8
• 
  
  Garrett Smith and Lena ten Cate
  Marriage Bann: 20 August 1905, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. 27 August 1905⁸
• Marriage: to Lena ten Cate, 2 September 1905, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, age 19, "Geert Smit and Leentje ten Cate."⁸
• He emigrated on 2 May 1908 from Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the NetherlandsO. S.S. Noordam⁹
• Census: 29 April 1910, 1823 North West Street (now North Westnedge Avenue)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of brother-in-law, Arend William Longjohn.¹⁰
• Census: 26 January 1920, North West Street (now North Westnedge Avenue), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household.¹¹
• Census: 14 April 1930, Milham Park Road South, Portage Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household. At the time of the census, Garrett owned and operated a celery farm where he lived. It was valued at $2500. According to the census enumeration, the family also owned a radio.¹²
• At the time of his death, Garrett Smith was self-employed in the landscaping business in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹³
• Church Membership: , Parchment, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Parchment Christian Reformed Church¹⁴
• Death: 3 September 1967, age 81, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹³
• The cause of his death was. coronary disease, after suffering from cardiorenal failure for five years¹³
• Burial: 6 September 1967, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Block 16, Lot 2.¹⁵
  

  Garrett and Lena Smith Tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, Block 16, Lot 2, Graves 1 and 2

• Last Edited: 23 November 2022

Citations

1. [S4341] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, 1883-1892," geboorte (birth), Geert Smit, vol. 1886, no. 55 (17 July 1886); FHL microfilm 444616.
2. [S5797] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen N-Z 1870-1890, p. 691, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 10 May 1880, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 2 May 2022) > DGS 8977170 > image 143 of 372; imaged from FHL digital film 8977170.
3. [S2803] Social Security Death Index, Subject: Unknown subject, Series: Family Search, File Number: no. ? (Family History Library, Salt Lake City), The SSDI component of Family Search is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration
4. [S5522] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen S-Z 1890-1900, p. 874, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 1890, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 27 Apr 2021) > DGS 8977174 > image 52 of 380; imaged from FHL digital film 8977174.
5. [S5523] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen S-Z 1890-1900, p. 874, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 30 Jun 1891, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 27 Apr 2021) > DGS 8977174 > image 52 of 380; imaged from FHL digital film 8977174.
6. [S5744] Slochteren, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk B, K, D 1880-1900, p. 156, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 11 Jun 1892, arranged by district; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/85502 : accessed 1 Mar 2022) > DGS 8976839 > image 446 of 541; imaged from FHL digital film 8976839.
7. [S3839] Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten 1897-1912, Huwelijken 1883-1912, Overlijden 1883-1906," geboorte (birth), Marianne Smit, vol. 1907, no. 6 (5 January 1907); FHL microfilm 1300580.
8. [S5009] Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1883-1912," huwelijke (marriage), Geert Smit and Leentje ten Cate, vol. 1905, no. 30 (2 September 1905); FHL microfilm 1300580.
9. [S4456] Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T715, roll 1101, arranged chronologically by arrival date of vessel; SS Noordam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 12 May 1908, entry for Geert Smit family, group 16, list 23, lines 22-24.
10. [S3993] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 136, sheet 17A, dwelling 351, family 377, William Langegan household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
11. [S3636] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 184, sheet 3B, dwelling 48, family 48, Garrett Smith household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 776.
12. [S3586] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Portage, enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 8B, dwelling 186, family 193, Garrett Smith household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 998.
13. [S5365] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. SL02320147, local file no. 873 (7 Sep 1967), Garrett Smith, Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 17 Dec 2020 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
14. [S4181] "Garrett Smith," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 4 Sep 1967, p. 25, col. 8.
15. [S3933] Riverside Cemetery Office (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), plat record.

Lena ten Cate

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Person Exhibits

Lena ten Cate (1889-1963)

Parents

Biography

• Parentage: Geeltje Jonker and Jurjen ten Cate.¹
• Birth: 17 February 1889, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. at six o'clock in the evening¹
  

  Leentje ten Cate, birth registration, 17 February 1889
• 
  
  Garrett Smith and Lena ten Cate
  Marriage Bann: 20 August 1905, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. 27 August 1905²
• Marriage: to Garrett Smith, 2 September 1905, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, age 16, "Geert Smit and Leentje ten Cate."²
• She emigrated on 2 May 1908 from Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the NetherlandsO. S.S. Noordam³
• Census: 29 April 1910, 1823 North West Street (now North Westnedge Avenue)O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of brother-in-law, Arend William Longjohn.⁴
• Census: 26 January 1920, North West Street (now North Westnedge Avenue), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Garrett Smith.⁵
• Census: 14 April 1930, Milham Park Road South, Portage Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of spouse, Garrett Smith.⁶
• Illness: between 1948 and 1963, diabetes.⁷
• Death: 25 January 1963, age 73, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Lena Smith," died from a heart attack after 5 year struggle with heart disease.⁷
  

  Lena Smith, death certificate, 28 January 1963
• News Article: 31 January 1963, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
  Mrs. Lena Smith -
  
  We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the acts of kindness, messages of sympathy and beautiful floral offerings received from our kind friends, neighbors and relatives during our recent bereavement in the loss of our beloved wife, mother and grandmother. We especially thank the Sisters and nurses at Borgess Hospital, Dr. Malone, Kalamazoo Gazette, Upjohn Co., KVP-Sutherland, Lockshore Dairy, Delco Radio, Ladies Friendship Circle, pallbearers, Rev. Oren Holtrop and Rev. A. Poel for their comforting words and the Langeland Memorial Chapel for their kind services.
  
  Mr. Garrett Smith
  Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peters
  Mrs. Helene Thompson
  Mr. and Mrs. John Smith
  Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Smith
  Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith
  Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith
  Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burnham and Families⁸

• Last Edited: 19 August 2024

Citations

1. [S4367] Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, 1883-1896," geboorte (birth), Leentje ten Cate, vol. 1889, no. 25 (18 February 1889); FHL microfilm 1300572.
2. [S5009] Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1883-1912," huwelijke (marriage), Geert Smit and Leentje ten Cate, vol. 1905, no. 30 (2 September 1905); FHL microfilm 1300580.
3. [S4456] Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T715, roll 1101, arranged chronologically by arrival date of vessel; SS Noordam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 12 May 1908, entry for Geert Smit family, group 16, list 23, lines 22-24.
4. [S3993] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 136, sheet 17A, dwelling 351, family 377, William Langegan household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
5. [S3636] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 184, sheet 3B, dwelling 48, family 48, Garrett Smith household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 776.
6. [S3586] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Portage, enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 8B, dwelling 186, family 193, Garrett Smith household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 998.
7. [S5366] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. SL02320146, local file no. 80 (28 Jan 1963), Lena Smith, Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 17 Dec 2020 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
8. [S6520] "Cards of Thanks," Mrs. Lena Smith, The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 31 Jan 1963, p. 40, col. 3; image, GenealogyBank (https://genealogybank.com : accessed 19 Aug 2024.)

Marianne Nuijen

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Person Exhibits

Marianne (Nuijen) Smit, c. 1911

• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 4 March 1864, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. at eleven o'clock in the evening¹
• 
  
  Albert Smit and Marianne Nuijen
  Declaration of Intention to Marry: 8 November 1879, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+.²
• 
  
  Albert Smit and Marianne Nuijen
  Marriage Bann: 9 November 1879, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. 16 November 1879^3,3
• Marriage: to Albert Smit, 24 November 1879, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, age 15.⁴
• Marianne and Albert Smit moved to in Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, on 20 December 1879. from Zuidbroek⁵
• Population Register, 1880-1900: between between 1 January 1880 and 4 May 1880, Zuiderstraat, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, household of spouse, Albert Smit.
  Marianne Nuijen, female, wife, born 4 March 1864 in Zuidbroek, married⁶
• Population Register, 1870-1890: between between 10 May 1880 and 1 January 1890, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, household of spouse, Albert Smit.
  Marianne Nuijen, female, wife, born 4 March 1864 in Zuidbroek, married, no occupation⁷
  

  Albert Smit household, population register entry, 1880
• Population Register, 1890-1900: between between 1 January 1890 and 19 May 1890, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, household of spouse, Albert Smit.
  Marianne Nuijen, female, wife, born 4 March 1863 in Zuidbroek, married, no occupation⁸
• Population Register, 1890-1900: between between 4 April 1891 and 30 May 1892, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, household of spouse, Albert Smit.
  Marianne Nuijen, female, wife, born 4 March 1863 in Zuidbroek, married, no occupation⁹
• Population Register, 1880-1900: between between 30 May 1892 and 28 January 1895, Slochteren, Groningen, the NetherlandsO+, household of spouse, Albert Smit.
  Marianne Nuijen, female, wife, born 4 March 1863 in Zuidbroek, married, no occupation¹⁰
• Family Event: 30 January 1898, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. Marianne's brother, Wilhelmus Nuijen, was assaulted by two young men as he arrived at her home to visit. They apparently suddenly attacked him while he was at her door, and he sustained a head wound from a knife or some other hard object.¹¹
  

  Wilhelmus Nuijen, newspaper article, 8 April 1898
• Family Event - marriage of son: 2 September 1905, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, Garrett Smith and Lena ten Cate, "Geert Smit and Leentje ten Cate." Marianne was also a witness to the marriage.¹²
• Emigration Ship Departure: 7 April 1906, from the port of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the NetherlandsO, to the port or New York, aboard the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam.
  She was accompanied by her daughters, Antje and Jantje. Her passage was paid for by her brother, and she was joining her brother, G. Nuyen, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She was recorded as having $4 and an additional $25 with the clerk of accounts.¹³
• Emigration Ship Arrival: 19 April 1906, at the port of New York, aboard the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam.¹³
• Divorce Filing: from Albert Smit, 2 May 1908, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, "Mary Smith v. Albert Smith."
  It appears that Marianne saw an attorney to make the initial complaint on 7 December 1907, but the bill was not officially filed until 2 May 1908. There are no further records in the file to indicate that the case was ever heard or ruled upon.¹⁴
  

  Mary Smith v. Albert Smith, bill for divorce, 4 December 1907 (page 1)
  

  Mary Smith v. Albert Smith, bill for divorce, 4 December 1907 (page 2)
  

  Mary Smith v. Albert Smith, bill for divorce, 4 December 1907 (page 3)
  

  Mary Smith v. Albert Smith, bill for divorce, 4 December 1907 (page 4)
• Census: 30 April 1910, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of son-in-law, Jerry Boelman.¹⁵
• Witness - Military Draft Registration: 12 September 1918, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, named as nearest relative of Sam Smith. She was listed as the nearest living relative when her son, Sam Smith, registered for the draft.¹⁶
• Census: 9 January 1920, 316 Sarah St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household.
  While the enumeration reports that she had had 4 chlidren, 4 of whom were living (which contradicts all oral family history which indicates her oldest child was murdered). As Marianne never learned to speak more than a smattering of English, it is unlikely that she was the informant for the information provided, which more likely came from her son Sam or granddaughter, Marie. If it was Marie, it is possible that she didn't know about her grandmother's oldest son, nor that she had had a stillborn child in 1896. It may be that the story of her eldest son's death was one they collectively chose to speak about as little as possible.¹⁷
• Census: 12 April 1930, 1924 North WestnedgeO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of son, Sam Smith, enumeration district 39-18, sheet 17A, dwelling 391, family 414, home owned, value $3000, no radio.
  Marion Smith, mother, female, white, age 65, widowed, did not attend school, unable to read or write, born Holland, parents born Holland, spoke Dutch before coming to U.S., immigrated 1906, alien, does not speak English, no occupation¹⁸
• Census: 14 April 1930, Milham Park Road South, Portage Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of son-in-law, Arend William Longjohn, enumeration district 39-48, sheet 8B, dwelling 183, family 190, home owned, farm, value $3500, no radio, farm schedule 52. Two days later she was enumerated again in the household her son-in-law along with her great-granddaughter.
  
  Mary Smith, mother-in-law, female, white, age 66, married at age 18, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Holland, parents born Holland, spoke Dutch before coming to U.S., immigrated 1906, not naturalized, does not speak English, no occupation¹⁹
• Census: 3 April 1940, 222 E. Patterson St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of son, Sam Smith, ward 1, enumeration district 39-17, household 8, house rented for $20.
  Mary Anne Smith, mother, female, white, age 76, widowed, finished 6th grade, born Holland, alien, lived in same place in 1935, not working or seeking work, housework, 0 weeks worked in 1939, no income in 1939, no other income²⁰
• Family Event - death of son: 5 June 1944, Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Sam Smith, age 61.^21,22
• Death: 16 May 1947, age 83, 4908 Lovers Lane, Portage, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. She died from myocardial degeneration at five o'clock in the afternoon.²³
• Obituary: 17 May 1947, Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
  Mrs. Mary Anna Smith, 83, native of the Netherlands and a resident here since 1906, died Friday evening at her home, 4908 Lovers Lane, after a lingering illness. Mrs. Smith was born March 4, 1864, in the Netherlands. She was a member of the Third Reformed Church. Survivors are two daughters and a son, Garrett Smith, Parchment, Mrs. Annie Longjohn and Mrs. Jennie Boelman, Kalamazoo; a brother, William Nuyen, Kalamazoo; 17 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.²⁴
• Burial: about 18 May 1947, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²⁵

• Last Edited: 25 August 2024

Citations

1. [S4273] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, 1859-1864," geboorte (birth), Marianne Nuijen, vol. 1864, no. 20 (5 March 1864); FHL microfilm 0235905.
2. [S5687] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand, 1811-1940, vol. 1879, no. 21, huwelijksaangifte (marriage intention), Albert Smit and Marianne Nuijen entry, 18 Nov 1879, arranged by record number; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100601 : accessed 11 Dec 2021) > DGS 4742518 > image 260 of 446; imaged from FHL digital film 4742518.
3. [S2501] Zuidbroek Marriage Banns (1877-1880), Number: 1879, Film: 0235909
4. [S5088] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1877-1880," huwelijke (marriage), Albert Smit and Marianne Nuijen, vol. 1879, no. 22 (24 November 1879); FHL microfilm 0235909.
5. [S5529] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen N-Z 1870-1890, p. 697, line 1, population register, Albert Smit in Jan Smit household entry, 18 Sep 1877, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 27 Apr 2021) > DGS 8977170 > image 149 of 372; imaged from FHL digital film 8977170.
6. [S5743] Sappemeer, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk B-C 1880-1900 Bk 2, p. 380, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 1880, arranged by district; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/72751 : accessed 1 Mar 2022) > DGS 8976867 > image 385 of 465; imaged from FHL digital film 8976867.
7. [S5797] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen N-Z 1870-1890, p. 691, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 10 May 1880, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 2 May 2022) > DGS 8977170 > image 143 of 372; imaged from FHL digital film 8977170.
8. [S5522] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen S-Z 1890-1900, p. 874, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 1890, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 27 Apr 2021) > DGS 8977174 > image 52 of 380; imaged from FHL digital film 8977174.
9. [S5523] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen S-Z 1890-1900, p. 874, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 30 Jun 1891, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 27 Apr 2021) > DGS 8977174 > image 52 of 380; imaged from FHL digital film 8977174.
10. [S5744] Slochteren, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk B, K, D 1880-1900, p. 156, line 1, population register, Albert Smit household entry, 11 Jun 1892, arranged by district; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/85502 : accessed 1 Mar 2022) > DGS 8976839 > image 446 of 541; imaged from FHL digital film 8976839.
11. [S5850] "Uit de Rechtzaal," Winschoter (Groningen) Courant, 8 Apr 1898, p. 3, col. 1; image, Delpher (https://www.delpher.nl : accessed 9 Jul 2022.)
12. [S5009] Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1883-1912," huwelijke (marriage), Geert Smit and Leentje ten Cate, vol. 1905, no. 30 (2 September 1905); FHL microfilm 1300580.
13. [S4457] Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T715, roll 695, arranged chronologically by arrival date of vessel; SS Nieuw Amsterdam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 19 Apr 1906, entry for Marianna Smith family, group 63, list 10, lines 10-12.
14. [S4638] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court Docket 12, no. 164, Mary Smith v. Albert Smith, "bill for divorce," 2 May 1908; digital images, "Chancery docket, ca. 1847-1932; Files, ca. 1847-1939; Index, ca. 1831-1944," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3JM-QSH5 : accessed 27 Jun 2020), image 507-10 of 3102.
15. [S3644] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, 2nd ward, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 19A, dwelling 428, family 433, Jerry Borlman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
16. [S5471] "WWI Draft Registration Cards," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/563491150 : accessed 15 Feb 2021), card for Samuel Smith, order no. 3008, serial no. 353, Local Draft Board No. 21-7-7, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives microfilm publication M1509, record group 163.
17. [S3635] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, precinct 8, 2nd ward, enumeration district (ED) 153, sheet 9B, dwelling 201, family 217, Mary Smit household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
18. [S4050] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 17A, dwelling 391, family 414, Sam Smith household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 998.
19. [S4043] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Portage Township, enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 8B, dwelling 183, family 190, Aaron Longjohn household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 998.
20. [S4426] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 39-17, sheet 1A, dwelling 8, Sam Smith household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-VHD2 : accessed 24 Jan 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1770.
21. [S4853] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60872&h=2334290: accessed 20 Sep 2020), certificate image, Sam Smith, filed 9 Jun 1944, no. 13918045, local file no. 355, image 448 of 822; citing "Death Records (Certificates, 1921-1944, 237: Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo City), 1943-1944), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
22. [S4179] "Sam Smith," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 6 Jun 1944, p. 22, col. 6.
23. [S6483] "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2277358:60872 : accessed 13 June 2024), volume 39 (Kalamazoo, 1941-1945), state file no. 8419, local register no. 12, Mrs. Mary Anna Smith, Kalamazoo County, death 16 May 1947, recorded 22 May 1947; citing "Death Certificates, 1921-1945, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
24. [S4163] "Mary Anna Smith Expires at Home," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 17 May 1947, p. 8, col. 4.
25. [S3940] Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), Mary Anna Smith marker, section II, lot 68; personally read by T. L. Cunningham and Robert E. Grant, 1995.