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Anna Mary Wiswell

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Anna Mary "Susie" Wiswell (1918-2015)

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• Birth: 6 April 1918, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO.¹
• Namesake of: Anna Mary was named for both her grandmothers. Anna May (Rector) Norman was her maternal grandmother, and Mary Jane (Norman) Wiswell was her paternal grandmother. Both were still living at the time of her birth. Despite this for the majority of her adult life anyway she went by the name Susie.
• Census: 8 January 1920, Orangeville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of grandfather, Leonard Norman, enumeration district 59, dwelling 37, family 37, farm owned, farm schedule 32.
  Wiswell, Anna, daughter, female, white, age 2, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none²
• Census: 17 April 1930, Shafter[?] Road, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, farm rented for $12, no radio.
  Anna M. Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 10, single, attended school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none³
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Robert Lee Cunningham.⁴
• Marriage: to Joseph Richard Cunningham, 13 June 1942, Oshtemo Methodist Church, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 24, "Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell," by Wirth G. Tennant, Minister of the Oshtemo Methodist Church.
  Groom: Joseph R. Cunningham, age 26, white, resides Oshtemo, birthplace Oshtemo, occupation milkman, never before married, mother's maiden name "Blanche"
  Bride: Anna Mary Wiswell, age 23, white, resides Oshtemo, birthplace Battle Creek, occupation waitress, father Claude Wiswell, mother Grace Norman, never before married
  Witnesses: Alice Sowles of Oshtemo, and Jack A. Meyer of Kalamazoo [Alice Sowles was Joseph's sister.]
  Marriage License: 6 June 1942, Kalamazoo County, Michigan^5,6,7
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, 13 June 1942, marriage record
• Anna Mary Wiswell witnessed the adoption of Robert Lee Cunningham on 24 February 1943 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁸
• She witnessed the adoption of Maralee Joy Cunningham on 24 February 1943 in Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.
• Census: 3 April 1950, 1416 12th St., Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, household of spouse, Joseph Richard Cunningham, enumeration district 39-88, dwelling 99.
  Anna M. Cunningham, wife, white, female, age 31, married, born Michigan, housework, didn't work last week, not looking for work, not employed⁹
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham household, 1950 U.S. census enumeration
• Land Transaction - Grantor: about 9 September 1950, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Cunningham to Mr. and Mrs. George S. DeKam." They sold land in section 35 of Oshtemo Township to Joseph's mother and stepfather.¹⁰
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham, news item, 9 September 1950
• Divorce granted: from Joseph Richard Cunningham, about 22 July 1958, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, age ~40.¹¹
• Marriage: to Frederick Albert Sauer, Sr., about 25 April 1960, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, age ~42. According to a newspaper article, a marriage license was issued to the couple: "Fred Albert Sauer Sr., 53, Kalamazoo Route 5, and Anna M. Cunningham, 42, Kalamazoo Route 5."¹²
• Death: 12 February 2015, age 96, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.¹
  

  Anna Mary Sauer, death certificate, 12 February 2015

• Last Edited: 3 September 2024

Citations

1. [S4829] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. SL01626403, county file no. D-2015-0433, state file no. 206802 (19 Feb 2015), Anna Mary Sauer, Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 6 Sep 2018 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
2. [S3616] 1920 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Orangeville, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 2A, dwelling 37, family 37, Lenard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 756.
3. [S4052] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Comstock Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, Claude O. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
4. [S5909] "Conversations with Robert Cunningham," Between 1971 and 2010 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
5. [S2056] Index to Marriages (A-G), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1831-1975, Film: 0984137
6. [S4750] "Mrs. Joseph Cunningham," marriage announcement, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 21 Jun 1942, p. 19, col. 4.
7. [S4656] "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9093/images/41326_342201-00317 : accessed 27 Jul 2020) Certificates, 1926-1944, Ionia-Kalkaska, Kalamazoo (1932-1944), marriage registration image, Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, 13 Jun 1942, volume 1942, no. 34345, license no. 39 10266, image 6894 of 9223; citing "Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
8. [S3543] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, certificate of adoption, state file no. 14176185 (5 Mar 1943), Robert Lee Cunningham; Probate Court, Kalamazoo; reproduction of certificate on file, Michigan Department of Public Health, Lansing; certificate prepared 31 Aug 1970 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
9. [S5799] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Texas Township, enumeration district (ED) 39-88, sheet 71, line 18, Joseph R. Cunningham household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/178705889:62308 : accessed 5 May 2022) 34 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication, roll 3423.
10. [S6531] “Real Estate Transfers,” The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 9 September 1950, p. 26, col. 3; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : 1 June 2024).
11. [S6536] “Jottings,” The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 22 July 1958, p. 36, col. 3; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : 1 June 2024).
12. [S6537] “Marriage Licenses,” The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 25 March 1960, p. 28, col. 3; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : 3 September 2024).

Maralee Joy Cunningham

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

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 21 May 1937, Plainwell, Allegan County, MichiganO.¹
• Adoption: 24 February 1943, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, adoption by Joseph Richard Cunningham. Her brother, Robert, was adopted the same day.
• Census: 3 April 1950, 1416 12th St., Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, household of parents, enumeration district 39-88, dwelling 99.
  Maralee J. Cunningham, daughter, white, female, age 12, never married, born Michigan²
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham household, 1950 U.S. census enumeration
• Marriage: to Robert Walker, 5 December 1958, age 21.³
• Family Event - witness to marriage of brother: 27 October 1967, Marshall, Calhoun County, MichiganO, Robert Lee Cunningham and Sharlene May Grant.⁴
  

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

  Robert Lee Cunningham and Sharlene M. Lorio, marriage, 27 October 1967 (page 2)
• On 16 September 1999, husband, Robert died.³
• Death: 19 December 2016, age 79, Sue's Loving Care, 2827 Courtland Avenue, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, cause of death chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic respiratory failure. She died at 8:59 in the morning.^5,1
• Burial: Hillside Cemetery, Plainwell, Allegan County, MichiganO. She was cremated.^5,1

• Last Edited: 26 January 2025

Citations

1. [S6597] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. SL03180687, state file no. 268419, county file no. D-2016-2793, Maralee Joy Walker, 19 December 2016, filed 22 December 2016; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan; certificate prepared 26 October 2023 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
2. [S5799] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Texas Township, enumeration district (ED) 39-88, sheet 71, line 18, Joseph R. Cunningham household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/178705889:62308 : accessed 5 May 2022) 34 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication, roll 3423.
3. [S2258] Kalamazoo Gazette: Robert G. Walker obituary, Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan (17 November 1999)
4. [S4237] Calhoun County, Michigan, marriage license and certificate, state file no. 1230 (27 Oct 1967), Robert Lee Cunningham and Sharlene M. Lorio entry; original, family copy, Cunningham-Grant Family Archives; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington, 2019.
5. [S4172] "Maralee Joy Walker," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 21 Dec 2016; transcription, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 12 Mar 2017.)

Robert Eugene Alban, Jr.

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Biography

• Birth: 11 May 1948, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Marriage: to Cheri Jo Cunningham, 1968, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, age ~20.²
• Death: 3 August 2024, age 76, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹

• Last Edited: 22 September 2024

Citations

1. [S6540] "Obituary," Betzler Life Story Funeral Homes (https://betzlerlifestory.com/obituaries/rob-alban-jr.147107 : accessed 22 Sep 2024), Rob Alban, Jr., died 5 Aug 2024.
2. [S2056] Index to Marriages (A-G), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1831-1975, Film: 0984137

Michael Wolf

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Biography

• Birth: 13 December 1947, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
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  Michael Wolf and Annette Jane Cunningham
  Marriage:.
• Family Event - Funeral Service: on 8 June 1972, Royal Funeral HomeO, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, pallbearer at the funeral of Gleora Wiswell. Glee was his wife's aunt.²
• Death: 22 October 2022, age 74, Dunedin, Pinellas County, FloridaO.^3,1
• Burial: 18 November 2022, Fort Custer National CemeteryO, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹

• Last Edited: 22 September 2024

Citations

1. [S6539] "Michael Wolf," obituary, The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 11 Nov 2022; transcription, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/18DBEA27D94C2688-18DBEA27D94C2688 : accessed 22 Sep 2024.)
2. [S2961] Royal Funeral Home, Funeral Card of Gloria "Glee" Homich, Name Of Person: Gloria "Glee" Homich (8 June 1972)
3. [S6506] Annette Wolf, [phone number for private use], to T. L. Cunningham, text message, 22 October 2022,4:38 AM; privately held by Cunningham, [phone number and street address for private use], Seattle, Washington, 2022.

Grace Lillian Norman

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Grace Lillian Norman (1895-1988)

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• Birth: 28 April 1895, Allegan County, MichiganO+.^1,2
• Parentage:¹
• Census: 16 June 1900, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents.³
• Census: 23 April 1910, 1122 S. BurdickO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of parents.⁴
• News Article: 25 May 1913, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.) At 8:20 p.m. on a Saturday night, 24 May 1913, Grace Norman was on the corner of Cedar and Rose Streets in Kalamazoo when a man of medium stature wearing a straw hat and no collar snatched her purse, which contained $3.⁵
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  Claude Oscar Wiswell and Grace Lillian Norman
  Marriage: 6 January 1916, Elkhart, Elkhart County, IndianaO. ||Other researchers have suggested that they were married a year earlier on 9 January 1916 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, but no record of this marriage has been found.^6,7
• Census: 8 January 1920, Orangeville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of father, Leonard Norman, enumeration district 59, dwelling 37, family 37, farm owned, farm schedule 32.
  Wiswell, Grace, wife, female, white, age 25, married, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, occupation none⁸
• His parents divorced on 17 September 1921 in Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.⁹
• Census: 17 April 1930, Shafter[?] Road, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of spouse, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, farm rented for $12, no radio.
  Grace L. Wiswell, wife, female, white, age 33, married age 18, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, occupation none¹⁰
• She and Claude Oscar Wiswell resided in Plainwell, Allegan County, MichiganO, in 1933.¹¹
• Occupation: , Kalamazoo State Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, cook.^1,12
• Census: 10 April 1940, 3147 Park Street, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of spouse, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 39-65, sheet 4B, dwelling 93, house owned, home value $900.
  Gracelle Wiswell, wife, female, white, age 43, married, did not attend school, finished 1st year of high school, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working or seeking work, housework¹³
• Family Event - marriage of daughter: 13 June 1942, Oshtemo Methodist Church, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Joseph Richard Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, "Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell," by Wirth G. Tennant, Minister of the Oshtemo Methodist Church.^14,15,16
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, 13 June 1942, marriage record
• Census: 27 April 1950, Parkview Ave., Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, household of spouse, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 39-61, sheet 33, dwelling 314.
  Grace Wiswell, wife, white, female, age 54, married, born Michigan, working most of last week, worked 40 hours last week, cook, state mental institution, government¹⁷
  

  Claude Wiswell household, 1950 census enumeration
• Grace Lillian Norman suffered from. For the last 20 years of her life||aortic stenosis, for which she underwent an aortic valve repair¹
• She had a quick wit and laughed easily. She was always ready with an entertaining story. Moreover she had collected several photographs of her extended family, which she eventually passed along to her eldest daughter.^18,19
• Death: 15 April 1988, age 92, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, at 9:45 in the evening, cause of death congestive heart failure.¹
• Burial: Prairie Home CemeteryO, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. following her cremation.^12,2

• Last Edited: 16 December 2024

Citations

1. [S3797] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, death certificate no. 637 (25 Apr 1988), Grace Lillian Norman, Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S3798] "Grace L. Wiswell," obituary, The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 17 Apr 1988, p. F9, col. 6.
3. [S3699] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Cooper, enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 9A, dwelling 206, family 215, Leonard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
4. [S3996] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 13B, dwelling 285, family 308, Leonard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
5. [S5392] "Bold Gang Rob Three Women Saturday Night: Purse snatchers again busy but secure small amount money," The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 25 May 1913, p. 1, col. 7; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 25 Jan 2021.)
6. [S2287] Compiler: Indiana Works Projects Administration, Index to Marriage Records, Elkhart County, 1850-1920, Volume V, Letters U-Z Inclusive (Indiana Works Projects Administration, Indianapolis, 1940)
7. [S2743] IGI: Wiswell, Claude Oscar, Subject: Claude Oscar Wiswell entry (2002), no source cited
8. [S3616] 1920 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Orangeville, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 2A, dwelling 37, family 37, Lenard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 756.
9. [S4644] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court docket 19, no. 116, Anna May Norman v. Leonard Norman, "decree of divorce," 15 Jul 1921; 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-P3JS-NN6S : accessed 28 Jun 2020), image 2051-2 of 3133.
10. [S4052] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Comstock Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, Claude O. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
11. [S4142] "Leonard Norman," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 16 Mar 1933, p. 13, col. 2.
12. [S5909] "Conversations with Robert Cunningham," Between 1971 and 2010 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
13. [S4741] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 39-65, sheet 4B, line 50, dwelling 93, Claude R Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1773.
14. [S2056] Index to Marriages (A-G), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1831-1975, Film: 0984137
15. [S4750] "Mrs. Joseph Cunningham," marriage announcement, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 21 Jun 1942, p. 19, col. 4.
16. [S4656] "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9093/images/41326_342201-00317 : accessed 27 Jul 2020) Certificates, 1926-1944, Ionia-Kalkaska, Kalamazoo (1932-1944), marriage registration image, Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, 13 Jun 1942, volume 1942, no. 34345, license no. 39 10266, image 6894 of 9223; citing "Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
17. [S5760] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Oshtemo, enumeration district (ED) 39-61, sheet 33, line 13, Claude Wiswell household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-9QHW-59Q6-G : accessed 3 Apr 2022) 34 of 60; citing NARA microfilm publication T628.
18. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, great grandson of the subject, knew her and paid numerous weekend visits to her when a young boy. Cunningham. Cunningham, great grandson of the subject, knew her and paid numerous weekend visits to her when a young boy.
19. [S3311] Susie Sauer Photograph Collection, Record Type: Wiswell-Norman-Rector Family Photograph Collection, Subject: Susie Sauer (1870s-1960s), digitized reproductions

Claude Oscar Wiswell

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Claude Oscar Wiswell (1890-1974)

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Biography

• Birth: 9 July 1890, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. although another source suggests he was born exactly a year later, while another reports exactly a year earlier^1,2,3
• Census: 12 June 1900, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of father, Thomas Henry Wiswell, enumeration district 123, dwelling 249, family 256.
  Wiswell, Clode O., son, white, male, born Jul 1889 Michigan, age 10, father born Michigan, mother born Michigan⁴
• Census: 19 April 1910, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of father, Thomas Henry Wiswell, enumeration district 161, dwelling 86, family 86.
  Wiswell, Claude, son, male, white, age 19, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, able to speak English, laborer, odd jobs, 0 weeks unemployed, able to read and write⁵
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  Claude Oscar Wiswell and Grace Lillian Norman
  Marriage: 6 January 1916, Elkhart, Elkhart County, IndianaO. ||Other researchers have suggested that they were married a year earlier on 9 January 1916 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, but no record of this marriage has been found.^6,1
• Military Draft Registration: 5 June 1917, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.
  He was self-employed as an automobile mechanic in Richland, where he resided, at the time of his registration, which describes him as tall and slender, with blue eyes and light brown hair.³
• Census: 8 January 1920, Orangeville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of father-in-law, Leonard Norman, enumeration district 59, dwelling 37, family 37, farm owned, farm schedule 32.
  Wiswell, Clawd, son-in-law, male, white, age 37, married, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, machinist at a garage⁷
• Occupation: 1923, Plainwell, Allegan County, MichiganO, mechanic.⁸
• Census: 17 April 1930, Shafter[?] Road, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household, enumeration district 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, farm rented for $12, no radio.
  Claude Wiswell, head, male white, age 38, married age 23, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, mechanic for contractor, unemployed, line 57 on unemployment schedule, not a veteran
  Grace L. Wiswell, wife, female, white, age 33, married age 18, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, occupation none
  Bernoun R. Wiswell, son, male, white, age 14, single, attended school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none
  Richard B. Wiswell, son, male, white, age 11, single, attended school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none
  Anna M. Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 10, single, attended school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none
  Irene M. Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 9, single, attended school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none
  Patricia Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 7, single, attended school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none
  O.K. Wiswell, son, male, white, age 5, single, did not attend school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none
  Gladys Wiswell, daughter, male, white, age 4 6/12, single, did not attend school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none
  Nadine Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 8, single, did not attend school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none⁹
• Claude Oscar Wiswell and Grace Lillian Norman resided in Plainwell, Allegan County, MichiganO, in 1933.¹⁰
• Census: 10 April 1940, 3147 Park Street, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, head of household, enumeration district 39-65, sheet 4B, dwelling 93, house owned, home value $900.
  Claude R. Wiswell, head, male, white, age 48, married did not attend school, finished 2nd year of high school, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working but seeking work, unemployed 12 weeks, excavator (contractor), worked 52 weeks in 1939, income $672 in 1939, no other income
  Gracelle Wiswell, wife, female, white, age 43, married, did not attend school, finished 1st year of high school, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working or seeking work, housework
  Gleora Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 19, single, did not attend school, finished 2nd year of high school, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working, seeking work, housework, 52 weeks out of work, housework (private family)
  Patricia Wiswell, daughter female, white, age 18, single, attended school, finished 2nd year of high school, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working or seeking work, at school
  O.K. Wiswell, son, male, white, age 16, single, attended school, finished 7th grade, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working or seeking work, at school
  Evangeline G. Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 15, single, attended school, finished 9th grade, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working or seeking work, at school
  Claudine Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 6, single, attended school, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working or seeking work, at school
  Mary J. Wiswell, mother, female, white, age 79, widowed, did not attend school, finished 7th grade, born Michigan, lived in same place in 1935, not working or seeking work, housework, other source of income¹¹
• Family Event - marriage of daughter: 13 June 1942, Oshtemo Methodist Church, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Joseph Richard Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, "Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell," by Wirth G. Tennant, Minister of the Oshtemo Methodist Church.^12,13,14
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, 13 June 1942, marriage record
• Census: 27 April 1950, Parkview Ave., Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, head of household, enumeration district 39-61, sheet 33, dwelling 314.
  Claude Wiswell, head, white, male, age 58, married, born Michigan, doing something other than work most of last week, no work last week, not looking for work, has a job or business, farmer, farming, own house
  Grace Wiswell, wife, white, female, age 54, married, born Michigan, working most of last week, worked 40 hours last week, cook, state mental institution, government
  Claudine Wiswell, daughter, white, female, age 16, never married, born Michigan, doing something other than work last week, no work last week, not looking for work, does not have a job¹⁵
  

  Claude Wiswell household, 1950 census enumeration
• Death: 8 October 1974, age 84, Leila HospitalO, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO.^16,17
• Burial: 10 October 1974, Prairie Home CemeteryO, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^16,17
• Funeral Service: on 10 October 1974, Redmond Funeral Home], Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹⁷

• Last Edited: 3 April 2022

Citations

1. [S2743] IGI: Wiswell, Claude Oscar, Subject: Claude Oscar Wiswell entry (2002), no source cited
2. [S5186] Claude Wiswell, no. 366-14-3847, issued Before 1951, death date Oct 1974, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
3. [S5475] "WWI Draft Registration Cards," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/563496538 : accessed 15 Feb 2021), card for Claud Oscar Wiswell, no. 56, Local Draft Board No. 21-7-8, precinct Richland, Richland, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives microfilm publication M1509, record group 163.
4. [S3704] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 11B, dwelling 249, family 256, Henry L. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
5. [S3999] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, MIchigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 161, sheet 3B, dwelling 86, family 86, Henry Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 655.
6. [S2287] Compiler: Indiana Works Projects Administration, Index to Marriage Records, Elkhart County, 1850-1920, Volume V, Letters U-Z Inclusive (Indiana Works Projects Administration, Indianapolis, 1940)
7. [S3616] 1920 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Orangeville, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 2A, dwelling 37, family 37, Lenard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 756.
8. [S4292] Allegan County, Michigan, Birth Records, liber 9: 493, 6 Oct 1923, O. K. Wiswell entry; Allegan County Clerk, Allegan, Michigan.
9. [S4052] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Comstock Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, Claude O. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
10. [S4142] "Leonard Norman," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 16 Mar 1933, p. 13, col. 2.
11. [S4741] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 39-65, sheet 4B, line 50, dwelling 93, Claude R Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1773.
12. [S2056] Index to Marriages (A-G), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1831-1975, Film: 0984137
13. [S4750] "Mrs. Joseph Cunningham," marriage announcement, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 21 Jun 1942, p. 19, col. 4.
14. [S4656] "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9093/images/41326_342201-00317 : accessed 27 Jul 2020) Certificates, 1926-1944, Ionia-Kalkaska, Kalamazoo (1932-1944), marriage registration image, Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, 13 Jun 1942, volume 1942, no. 34345, license no. 39 10266, image 6894 of 9223; citing "Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
15. [S5760] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Oshtemo, enumeration district (ED) 39-61, sheet 33, line 13, Claude Wiswell household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-9QHW-59Q6-G : accessed 3 Apr 2022) 34 of 60; citing NARA microfilm publication T628.
16. [S5909] "Conversations with Robert Cunningham," Between 1971 and 2010 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
17. [S3799] "Claude O. Wiswell," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 9 Oct 1974, p. D5, col. 3.

Leonard Norman

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Leonard Norman (1865-1933)

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Biography

• Parentage:¹
• Birth: July 1865, MichiganO.²
• Census: 26 August 1870, Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Leendert Noorman, household 203, family 204.
  Leonard Norman, age 5, male, white, born Michigan, father foreign birth, attended school³
• Census: 15 June 1880, Cooper, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of brother, Aaron Norman.
  Norman, Leonard, white male, age, 15, brother, single, attended school, born Michigan, father born Holland, mother born New Jersey⁴
• Leonard Norman and Anna May Rector were licensed to wed on 24 September 1894 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• He and Anna May Rector were married on 26 September 1894 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by the Rev. George K. McDonald¹
• Census: 16 June 1900, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, head of household.²
• Census: 23 April 1910, 1122 S. BurdickO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household. The family was noted to be renting their home at the time of the census taking.⁵
• Leonard Norman and Anna May Rector
  Separation: 1 October 1918.⁶
• Census: 8 January 1920, Orangeville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household, enumeration district 59, dwelling 37, family 37, farm owned, farm schedule 32.
  Norman, Lenard, head, male, white, age 54, married, born Michigan, father born Holland (Dutch), mother born New York, farmer on own farm
  Norman, Anna, wife, female, white, age 45, married, born Michigan,, father born Michigan,, mother born Ohio, occupation none
  Wiswell, Clawd, son-in-law, male, white, age 37, married, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, machinist at a garage
  Wiswell, Grace, wife, female, white, age 25, married, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, occupation none
  Wiswell, Bernard, son, male, white, age 4, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none
  Wiswell, Richard, son, male, white, age 3, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none
  Wiswell, Anna, daughter, female, white, age 2, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none
  Wiswell, Irene, daughter, female, white, age 10/12, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none⁷
• Divorce Filing: by Anna May Rector, 15 July 1921, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Anna May Norman v. Leonard Norman."⁶
• Leonard Norman and Anna May Rector
  Divorce: 17 September 1921, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.⁸
• Residence: between 1923 and 1933, Plainwell, Allegan County, MichiganO.⁹
• Census: 28 April 1930, Orangeville Township, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household. According to this enumeration, Leonard was divorced and lived alone. He owned his home, which was valued at $1500. Although somewhat advanced in years, he worked as a laborer at odd jobs. He apparently did not own a radio at this time.¹⁰
• Death: 15 March 1933, age 67, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹¹
• The cause of his death was. streptococcal cellulitis¹¹
• Burial: East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO. Lot 8.¹²

• Last Edited: 21 April 2025

Citations

1. [S5294] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 5 : 259, no. 2850, 24 Sep 1894, entry for Leonard Norman and Anna Rector; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S3699] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Cooper, enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 9A, dwelling 206, family 215, Leonard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
3. [S5740] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Pavilion Township, p. 25 (penned), p. 289 (stamped), dwelling 203, family 204, L. Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 Feb 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.
4. [S3772] 1880 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Cooper, enumeration district (ED) 130, p. 21 (penned), dwelling 211, family 237, Aaron Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 586.
5. [S3996] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 13B, dwelling 285, family 308, Leonard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
6. [S4644] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court docket 19, no. 116, Anna May Norman v. Leonard Norman, "bill of complaint," 15 Jul 1921; 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-P3JS-NN6S : accessed 28 Jun 2020), image 2037-2042 of 3133.
7. [S3616] 1920 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Orangeville, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 2A, dwelling 37, family 37, Lenard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 756.
8. [S4644] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court docket 19, no. 116, Norman v. Norman, "decree of divorce."
9. [S4142] "Leonard Norman," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 16 Mar 1933, p. 13, col. 2.
10. [S4045] 1930 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Orangeville Township, enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 10B, dwelling 234, family 240, Leonard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 974.
11. [S4772] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60872&h=2760829: accessed 19 Sep 2020), certificate image, Leonard Norman, filed 20 Mar 1933, no. 139 9714, image 216 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."
12. [S2969] Sherlene Schmitt Belden, East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Author, http://www.fmschmitt.com/martin/stan/famtree/census/eastcoopercemetary.htm, 2000)

Anna May Rector

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Anna May Rector (1876-1947)

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• Birth: 6 April 1876, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 17 June 1880, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of parents.²
• Anna May Rector and Leonard Norman were licensed to wed on 24 September 1894 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.³
• She and Leonard Norman were married on 26 September 1894 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by the Rev. George K. McDonald³
• Probate - heir: 11 February 1899, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, heir to the estate of Samuel Willard Rector. She was identified as a child of Samuel W. Rector and heir to 1/10th of his real estate property, excepting the dower right of her mother.⁴
  

  Samuel W. Rector, probate settlement of final accounts, 11 February 1899
• Census: 16 June 1900, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of spouse, Leonard Norman.⁵
• Census: 23 April 1910, 1122 S. BurdickO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, Leonard Norman.⁶
• Leonard Norman and Anna May Rector
  Separation: 1 October 1918.⁷
• Census: 8 January 1920, Orangeville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Leonard Norman, enumeration district 59, dwelling 37, family 37, farm owned, farm schedule 32.
  Norman, Anna, wife, female, white, age 45, married, born Michigan,, father born Michigan,, mother born Ohio, occupation none⁸
• Divorce Filing: from Leonard Norman, 15 July 1921, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Anna May Norman v. Leonard Norman."⁷
• Leonard Norman and Anna May Rector
  Divorce: 17 September 1921, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.⁹
• Family Event - death of mother: 1 June 1937, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Adeline Hawley, age 97.¹⁰
• Illness: between 1945 and 1947. secondary anemia and myocarditis¹¹
• Death: 7 March 1947, age 70, Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹¹
• The cause of her death was. ovarian cancer, which had generalized throughout her abdomen¹¹
• Burial: 10 March 1947, Lot 8, East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^11,12

• Last Edited: 16 June 2024

Citations

1. [S2038] International Genealogical Index
2. [S3773] 1880 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, enumeration district (ED) 140, p. 19 (penned), dwelling 181, family 181, Samuel Rector household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 586.
3. [S5294] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 5 : 259, no. 2850, 24 Sep 1894, entry for Leonard Norman and Anna Rector; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
4. [S6641] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Probate Court records, vol. 47, p. 176, estate of Samuel W. Rector, settlement of final account by Adelbert D. Whipple, 11 February 1899; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S1-126B : accessed 27 April 2025); citing "The Regional History Collection and Archives, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan."
5. [S3699] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Cooper, enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 9A, dwelling 206, family 215, Leonard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
6. [S3996] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 13B, dwelling 285, family 308, Leonard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
7. [S4644] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court docket 19, no. 116, Anna May Norman v. Leonard Norman, "bill of complaint," 15 Jul 1921; 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-P3JS-NN6S : accessed 28 Jun 2020), image 2037-2042 of 3133.
8. [S3616] 1920 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Orangeville, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 2A, dwelling 37, family 37, Lenard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 756.
9. [S4644] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Circuit Court docket 19, no. 116, Norman v. Norman, "decree of divorce."
10. [S4284] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355400-01474: accessed 30 Dec 2019), certificate image, Adeline Rector Hawley, filed 3 Jun 1937, no. 3, state office no. 39 5214, image 1475 of 3020; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of VItal Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
11. [S4763] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, volume 2, no. 150, 11 Mar 1947, Anna Norman entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
12. [S2969] Sherlene Schmitt Belden, East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Author, http://www.fmschmitt.com/martin/stan/famtree/census/eastcoopercemetary.htm, 2000)

Thomas Henry Wiswell

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 26 March 1856, Monterey Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 5 June 1860, Prairieville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of William Louis Wiswell.²
• Census: 3 August 1870, Prairieville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of William Louis Wiswell.³
• Occupation: between 1880 and 1932, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, barber.¹
• Census: 25 June 1880, Prairieville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of parents.⁴
• 
  
  Thomas Henry Wiswell and Mary Jane Norman
  Marriage: 3 July 1880, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by Rev. Milton Bradley of Richland⁵
• Probate - witness: 27 June 1897, Barry County, MichiganO+, probate witness for the estate of William Louis Wiswell.⁶
• Census: 12 June 1900, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, head of household, enumeration district 123, dwelling 249, family 256.
  Wiswell, Henry L., head, white, male, born Mar 1858 Michigan, age 42, married 20 years, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Ireland, barber
  Wiswell, Mary J., wife, white, female, born Nov 1861 Michigan, age 38, married 20 years, 3 living, father born Netherlands(?), mother born New Jersey
  Wiswell, George, son, white, male, born Jul 1881 Michigan, age 18, father born Michigan, mother born Michigan, day laborer
  Wiswell, William L., son, white, male, born Dec 1884 Michigan, age 15, father born Michigan, mother born Michigan
  Wiswell, Clode O., son, white, male, born Jul 1889 Michigan, age 10, father born Michigan, mother born Michigan
  Schoer, Andrew, boarder, white, male, born Jan 1872 Michigan, age 28, father born Germany, mother born Germany, paper maker⁷
• News Article: 27 September 1900, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
  Our barber, James Maans, has sold his shop to Henry Wiswell of Kalamazoo.⁸
  

  Henry Wiswell, news item, 27 September 1900
• Census: 19 April 1910, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household, enumeration district 161, dwelling 86, family 86.
  Wiswell, Henry, head, male, white, age 56, married 32 years, born Michigan, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Ireland, able to speak English, barber, able to read and write
  Wiswell, Mary J., wife, female, white, age 54, married 32 years, mother of 3 children, 3 living, born Michigan, parents born Massachusetts, able to speak English, able to read and write
  Wiswell, George, son, male, white, age 29, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, able to speak English, barber in home shop, 0 weeks unemployed, able to read and write
  Wiswell, William, son, male, white, age 25, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, able to speak Englsih, "cutter[?]," 0 weeks unemployed, able to read and write
  Wiswell, Claude, son, male, white, age 19, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, able to speak English, laborer, odd jobs, 0 weeks unemployed, able to read and write⁹
• Census: 2 January 1920, Kalamazoo Avenue, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household.¹⁰
• Census: 3 April 1930, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household. According to the census, Henry owned the family's home, which was valued at $2500. The census also notes that Henry's mother was born in Northern Ireland.¹¹
• Thomas Henry Wiswell and Mary Jane Norman resided in Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1933.¹²
• He was afflicted with. arteriosclerosis¹
• Death: 22 January 1938, age 81, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^1,1
• The cause of his death was. uremia, which he had suffered from for two weeks, complicated by a biliary obstruction of three days duration¹
• Burial: 24 January 1938, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹

• Last Edited: 16 December 2023

Citations

1. [S6482] "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3009408:60872 : accessed 13 June 2024), volume 139 (Kalamazoo City, 1937-1941), state file no. 13267, local register no. 58, Thomas Henry Wiswell, Kalamazoo County, death 22 January 1938, recorded 24 January 1938; citing "Death Certificates, 1921-1945, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.", Informant: Claude Wiswell, Richland, Michigan (son)
2. [S3741] 1860 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Prairieville, p. 15 (penned), dwelling 118, family 106, William Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 536.
3. [S3723] 1870 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Prairieville, p. 31 (penned), p. 251 (stamped), dwelling 226, family 230, William Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 661.
4. [S3778] 1880 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Prairieville, enumeration district (ED) 47, p. 23 (penned), dwelling 225, family 232, William Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 571.
5. [S5282] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 4 : 272, no. 4189, 28 Jul 1880, entry for Thomas Henry Wiswell and Mary Jane Norman; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
6. [S6293] Barry County, Michigan, Probate estate files, case file no. 2844, probate court estate file, William L. Wiswell entry, 17 Jun 1899, arranged by case file number; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1118388 : accessed 16 Dec 2023) > DGS 9172037 > images 87-118 of 1896; imaged from FHL digital film 9172037; from original records housed at "Archives Regional History Collections, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan."
7. [S3704] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 11B, dwelling 249, family 256, Henry L. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
8. [S6295] "Richland," Henry Wiswell news item, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 27 Sep 1900, p. 2, col. 2; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 16 Dec 2023.)
9. [S3999] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, MIchigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 161, sheet 3B, dwelling 86, family 86, Henry Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 655.
10. [S4024] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 189, sheet 1A, dwelling 12, family 12, Henery Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 776.
11. [S4053] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 1B, dwelling 24, family 24, Henry Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 998.
12. [S4142] "Leonard Norman," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 16 Mar 1933, p. 13, col. 2.

Mary Jane Norman

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Biography

• Birth: November 1861, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 26 August 1870, Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Leendert Noorman, household 203, family 204.
  Mary J. Norman, age 9, female, white, born Michigan, father foreign birth, attended school²
• Census: 15 June 1880, Cooper, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of brother, Aaron Norman.
  Norman, Mary J., white female, age, 20, sister, single, works in house, born Michigan, father born Holland, mother born New Jersey³
• 
  
  Thomas Henry Wiswell and Mary Jane Norman
  Marriage: 3 July 1880, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by Rev. Milton Bradley of Richland⁴
• Census: 12 June 1900, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of spouse, Thomas Henry Wiswell, enumeration district 123, dwelling 249, family 256.
  Wiswell, Mary J., wife, white, female, born Nov 1861 Michigan, age 38, married 20 years, 3 living, father born Netherlands(?), mother born New Jersey¹
• Census: 19 April 1910, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, Thomas Henry Wiswell, enumeration district 161, dwelling 86, family 86.
  Wiswell, Mary J., wife, female, white, age 54, married 32 years, mother of 3 children, 3 living, born Michigan, parents born Massachusetts, able to speak English, able to read and write⁵
• Census: 2 January 1920, Kalamazoo Avenue, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Thomas Henry Wiswell.⁶
• Census: 3 April 1930, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of spouse, Thomas Henry Wiswell.⁷
• She and Thomas Henry Wiswell resided in Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1933.⁸
• Census: 10 April 1940, 3147 Park Street, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of son, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 39-65, sheet 4B, dwelling 93, house owned, home value $900.
  Mary J. Wiswell, mother, female, white, age 79, widowed, did not attend school, finished 7th grade, born Michigan, lived in same place in 1935, not working or seeking work, housework, other source of income⁹
• She suffered from. valvular heart disease during the last several months of her life¹⁰
• Death: 27 March 1948, age 86, 4461 Parkview, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. at 7:20 in the evening¹⁰
• The cause of her death was. pneumonia, which had lasted for two days¹⁰
• Burial: 29 March 1948, Richland Cemetery, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹⁰

• Last Edited: 28 January 2023

Citations

1. [S3704] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 11B, dwelling 249, family 256, Henry L. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
2. [S5740] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Pavilion Township, p. 25 (penned), p. 289 (stamped), dwelling 203, family 204, L. Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 Feb 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.
3. [S3772] 1880 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Cooper, enumeration district (ED) 130, p. 21 (penned), dwelling 211, family 237, Aaron Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 586.
4. [S5282] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 4 : 272, no. 4189, 28 Jul 1880, entry for Thomas Henry Wiswell and Mary Jane Norman; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
5. [S3999] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, MIchigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 161, sheet 3B, dwelling 86, family 86, Henry Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 655.
6. [S4024] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 189, sheet 1A, dwelling 12, family 12, Henery Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 776.
7. [S4053] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 1B, dwelling 24, family 24, Henry Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 998.
8. [S4142] "Leonard Norman," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 16 Mar 1933, p. 13, col. 2.
9. [S4741] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 39-65, sheet 4B, line 50, dwelling 93, Claude R Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1773.
10. [S4734] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1, no. 11, 3 Apr 1948, Mary Jane Wiswell entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Bernard Wiswell

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Bernard Wiswell (1916-1997)

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• Birth: 6 March 1916, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 8 January 1920, Orangeville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of grandfather, Leonard Norman, enumeration district 59, dwelling 37, family 37, farm owned, farm schedule 32.
  Wiswell, Bernard, son, male, white, age 4, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none²
• Census: 17 April 1930, Shafter[?] Road, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, farm rented for $12, no radio.
  Bernoun R. Wiswell, son, male, white, age 14, single, attended school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none³
• 
  
  Bernard Wiswell and Betty
  Marriage:.
• Death: 1 January 1997, age 80, FloridaO.^4,5
• Burial: Plainwell, Allegan County, MichiganO.⁶

• Last Edited: 26 October 2020

Citations

1. [S5370] "Bernard L. Wiswell," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 5 Jan 1997, p. D7, col. 5.
2. [S3616] 1920 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Orangeville, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 2A, dwelling 37, family 37, Lenard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 756.
3. [S4052] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Comstock Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, Claude O. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
4. [S5909] "Conversations with Robert Cunningham," Between 1971 and 2010 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
5. [S5185] Bernard L. Wiswell, no. 381-05-7338, issued Before 1951, death date 1 Jan 1997, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
6. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Claudine Wiswell

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Person Exhibits

Claudine Wiswell (1934-1991)

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 14 April 1934, Plainwell, Allegan County, MichiganO.^1,2
• Census: 10 April 1940, 3147 Park Street, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 39-65, sheet 4B, dwelling 93, house owned, home value $900.
  Claudine Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 6, single, attended school, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working or seeking work, at school³
• Census: 27 April 1950, Parkview Ave., Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, household of parents, enumeration district 39-61, sheet 33, dwelling 314.
  Claudine Wiswell, daughter, white, female, age 16, never married, born Michigan, doing something other than work last week, no work last week, not looking for work, does not have a job⁴
  

  Claude Wiswell household, 1950 census enumeration
• 
  
  Sidney Webb and Claudine Wiswell
  Marriage: before 11 March 1967, Van Buren County, MichiganO+. Sidney Webb, 30, Marshall, and Claudine Wiswell, 32, Mattawan.⁵
• Sidney Webb and Claudine Wiswell
  Divorce:.⁶
• Death: 3 August 1991, age 57.²
• Burial: Prairie Home CemeteryO, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^6,2

• Last Edited: 16 March 2022

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
2. [S4171] "Claudine Webb," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 5 Aug 1991, p. C5, col. 2.
3. [S4741] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 39-65, sheet 4B, line 50, dwelling 93, Claude R Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1773.
4. [S5760] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Oshtemo, enumeration district (ED) 39-61, sheet 33, line 13, Claude Wiswell household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-9QHW-59Q6-G : accessed 3 Apr 2022) 34 of 60; citing NARA microfilm publication T628.
5. [S5752] "Marriage Licenses in Van Buren," The (Benton Harbor, Michigan) News-Palladium, 11 Mar 1967, p. 19, col. 1; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 Mar 2022.)
6. [S5909] "Conversations with Robert Cunningham," Between 1971 and 2010 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Evangeline Wiswell

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Person Exhibits

Evangeline Wiswell (1924-2011)

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 21 September 1924, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^1,2
• Census: 17 April 1930, Shafter[?] Road, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, farm rented for $12, no radio.
  Gladys Wiswell, daughter, male, white, age 4 6/12, single, did not attend school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none³
• Census: 10 April 1940, 3147 Park Street, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 39-65, sheet 4B, dwelling 93, house owned, home value $900.
  Evangeline G. Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 15, single, attended school, finished 9th grade, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working or seeking work, at school⁴
• 
  
  Richard Lawrence Schnepel and Evangeline Wiswell
  Marriage: 26 December 1946.²
• Family Event - death of spouse: 11 June 2005, Ashley Manor, Hermiston, Umatilla County, OregonO, death of Richard Lawrence Schnepel, age 90.⁵
• Death: 9 September 2011, age 86, Hermiston, Umatilla County, OregonO.²
• Burial: 13 September 2011, Weston Cemetery, Weston, Umatilla County, OregonO.²

• Last Edited: 14 September 2020

Citations

1. [S2066] Index to Births, Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1867-1975, Film: 0984131
2. [S4748] "Memorial Page," Burns Mortuary of Hermiston (https://www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com/notices/Evangeline-Schnepel : accessed 16 Sep 2011), Evangeline Gladys (Wiswell) Schnepel, died 9 Sep 2011.
3. [S4052] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Comstock Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, Claude O. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
4. [S4741] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 39-65, sheet 4B, line 50, dwelling 93, Claude R Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1773.
5. [S3196] East Oregonian: Richard Lawrence Schnepel, Location: Pendleton, OR (14 June 2005)

Gleora Wiswell

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Person Exhibits

Gloria Wiswell (1921-1972)

Parents

Biography

• Number of Children: , no known.¹
• Birth: 6 March 1921, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²
• Census: 3 April 1930, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of grandparents.³
• Census: 10 April 1940, 3147 Park Street, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 39-65, sheet 4B, dwelling 93, house owned, home value $900.
  Gleora Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 19, single, did not attend school, finished 2nd year of high school, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working, seeking work, housework, 52 weeks out of work, housework (private family)⁴
• Gleora Wiswell and Leland K. Smith were licensed to wed on 18 May 1940 in Bryan, Williams County, OhioO.⁵
• 
  
  Leland K. Smith and Gleora Wiswell
  Marriage:.^1,5
• Leland K. Smith and Gleora Wiswell
  Divorce:.¹
• 
  
  Ray Homich and Gleora Wiswell
  Marriage:.¹
• Ray Homich and Gleora Wiswell
  Divorce:.¹
• Death: 6 June 1972, age 51, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^6,7
• Burial: 8 June 1972, Prairie Home CemeteryO, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁷
• Funeral Service: on 8 June 1972, Royal Funeral HomeO], Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO.⁸

• Last Edited: 23 January 2022

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
2. [S2038] International Genealogical Index
3. [S4053] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 1B, dwelling 24, family 24, Henry Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 998.
4. [S4741] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 39-65, sheet 4B, line 50, dwelling 93, Claude R Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1773.
5. [S2211] Marriage License of Leland K. Smith and Gloria Wiswell (1940), Record Type: License of 1940 marriage, Spouses' Names: Leland Smith-Gloria Wiswell, Manuscript Info: Original copy in possession of Jeanne Pierre (daughter of Claudine Wiswell), Lawton, Michigan (18 May 1940)
6. [S5127] Gloria Homich, no. 376-22-6856, issued Before 1951, death date Jun 1972, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
7. [S4112] "Gloria (Glee) Homich," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 7 Jun 1972, p. D5, col. 1.
8. [S2961] Royal Funeral Home, Funeral Card of Gloria "Glee" Homich, Name Of Person: Gloria "Glee" Homich (8 June 1972)

Irene Wiswell

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Person Exhibits

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 22 February 1919, MichiganO.^1,2
• Census: 8 January 1920, Orangeville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of grandfather, Leonard Norman, enumeration district 59, dwelling 37, family 37, farm owned, farm schedule 32.
  Wiswell, Irene, daughter, female, white, age 10/12, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none¹
• Census: 17 April 1930, Shafter[?] Road, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, farm rented for $12, no radio.
  Irene M. Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 9, single, attended school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none³
• 
  
  Michael Keeler, , Sr., and Irene Wiswell
  Marriage:.
• Death: 21 January 1998, age 78.^2,4
• Burial: Cedar Creek Cemetery, Hope Township, Barry County, MichiganO.⁴

• Last Edited: 14 September 2020

Citations

1. [S3616] 1920 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Orangeville, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 2A, dwelling 37, family 37, Lenard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 756.
2. [S5130] Irene M. Keeler, no. 370-14-3647, issued Before 1951, death date 21 Jan 1998, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
3. [S4052] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Comstock Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, Claude O. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
4. [S4114] "Irene Keeler," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 25 Jan 1998, p. F10, col. 2.

Richard Everett Wiswell

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Person Exhibits

Richard Everett Wiswell (1917-1955)

Parents

Biography

• 
  
  Richard Everett Wiswell and Laura
  Marriage:.¹
• Number of Children: , no known.²
• Birth: 16 May 1917, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO. Alternatively he may have been born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana.^3,4
• Census: 8 January 1920, Orangeville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of grandfather, Leonard Norman, enumeration district 59, dwelling 37, family 37, farm owned, farm schedule 32.
  Wiswell, Richard, son, male, white, age 3, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none⁵
• Census: 17 April 1930, Shafter[?] Road, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, farm rented for $12, no radio.
  Richard B. Wiswell, son, male, white, age 11, single, attended school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none⁶
• Military Service: about 1943. during World War II¹
• In in 1955 Richard Everett Wiswell was employed as an in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Death: 3 September 1955, age 38, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• -According to the coroner, Ralph G. Cook, he had committed suicide at home by taking a combination of mercressin, aspirin, and nail polish¹
• Burial: 6 September 1955, East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^1,4

• Last Edited: 14 September 2020

Citations

1. [S4736] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Richard B. Wiswell, liber 3, 543, 6 Sep 1955, Richard B. Wiswell entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
3. [S2038] International Genealogical Index
4. [S3800] "Richard B. Wiswell," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 4 Sep 1955, p. 28, col. 6.
5. [S3616] 1920 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Orangeville, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 2A, dwelling 37, family 37, Lenard Norman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 756.
6. [S4052] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Comstock Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, Claude O. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.

Nadine Wiswell

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Person Exhibits

Nadine Jane Wiswell, 1948

Parents

Biography

• 
  
  Worthington DeBoer and Nadine Wiswell
  Marriage:.
• Birth: 5 July 1929, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^1,2
• Census: 17 April 1930, Shafter[?] Road, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, farm rented for $12, no radio.
  Nadine Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 8, single, did not attend school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none³
• Family Event - named as survivor: 28 May 1985, obituary of Worthington DeBoer, Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.)⁴
• Death: 5 November 1990, age 61.¹
• She was at in Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+. cremated, and her ashes are in the Rose Garden⁵

• Last Edited: 14 September 2020

Citations

1. [S5114] Nadine J. Deboer, no. 369-28-1137, issued Before 1951, death date 5 Nov 1990, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
2. [S2066] Index to Births, Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1867-1975, Film: 0984131
3. [S4052] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Comstock Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, Claude O. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
4. [S6686] "Worthington DeBoer," obituary, The Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer, 28 May 1985, p. B2, col. 3; image, Newspapers.com, (https://www.newspapers.com/article/battle-creek-enquirer-worthington-deboer/172696860/ : accessed 19 May 2025).
5. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

O. K. Wiswell

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Person Exhibits

O. K. Wiswell (1923-1984)

Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• O. K. was born on 19 August 1923 in Gunplain Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.^1,2
• Census: 17 April 1930, Shafter[?] Road, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, farm rented for $12, no radio.
  O.K. Wiswell, son, male, white, age 5, single, did not attend school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none³
• Census: 10 April 1940, 3147 Park Street, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 39-65, sheet 4B, dwelling 93, house owned, home value $900.
  O.K. Wiswell, son, male, white, age 16, single, attended school, finished 7th grade, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working or seeking work, at school⁴
• 
  
  O. K. Wiswell and Margaret Anderson
  Marriage: 4 June 1945, Otsego, Allegan County, MichiganO.⁵
• O. K. Wiswell and Margaret Anderson
  Divorce:.⁶
• Family Event - death of daughter: 20 May 1962, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Nancy Lee Wiswell, age 12.⁷
• Family Event - death of daughter: 29 May 1968, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Rosemary Wiswell, age 16.⁸
• O. K. died on 3 November 1984 in Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, at age 61. at 4:40 in the afternoon¹
• The cause of his death was. metastatic lung cancer¹
• His remains were cremated and inurned in Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁶

• Last Edited: 14 September 2020

Citations

1. [S4735] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, no. 1545, 5 Nov 1984, Ok Wiswell entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S4292] Allegan County, Michigan, Birth Records, liber 9: 493, 6 Oct 1923, O. K. Wiswell entry; Allegan County Clerk, Allegan, Michigan.
3. [S4052] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Comstock Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, Claude O. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
4. [S4741] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 39-65, sheet 4B, line 50, dwelling 93, Claude R Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1773.
5. [S4877] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records : record 37101, no. 37101, 30 May 1945, entry for O. K. Wiswell and Margaret Anderson; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
6. [S5909] "Conversations with Robert Cunningham," Between 1971 and 2010 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
7. [S4187] "Two Auto Accident Victims Die," death of Nancy Wiswell, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 21 May 1962, p. 1, col. 8.
8. [S2080] Index to Deaths (L-Z), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1867-1975, Film: 0984129

Patricia Wiswell

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Person Exhibits

Patricia Wiswell (1922-2004)

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 17 March 1922, Plainwell, Allegan County, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 17 April 1930, Shafter[?] Road, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, farm rented for $12, no radio.
  Patricia Wiswell, daughter, female, white, age 7, single, attended school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, occupation none²
• Census: 10 April 1940, 3147 Park Street, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1940, household of father, Claude Oscar Wiswell, enumeration district 39-65, sheet 4B, dwelling 93, house owned, home value $900.
  Patricia Wiswell, daughter female, white, age 18, single, attended school, finished 2nd year of high school, born Michigan, lived in Plainwell in 1935, not working or seeking work, at school³
• 
  
  Dwight Phillipps and Patricia Wiswell
  Marriage: 6 January 1943.¹
• Death: 1 April 2004, age 82.¹
• Burial: Prairie Home CemeteryO, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁴

• Last Edited: 14 September 2020

Citations

1. [S4166] "Patricia Phillipps," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 2 Apr 2004, p. B4, col. 3.
2. [S4052] 1930 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Comstock Township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 18A, dwelling 344, family 344, Claude O. Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 997.
3. [S4741] 1940 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Richland, enumeration district (ED) 39-65, sheet 4B, line 50, dwelling 93, Claude R Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 Sep 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1773.
4. [S5959] Personal knowledge of the author, grandnephew of the decased, was present at the time of her graveside service. Cunningham. Cunningham, grandnephew of the decased, was present at the time of her graveside service.

Margaret Anderson

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1926, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• 
  
  O. K. Wiswell and Margaret Anderson
  Marriage: 4 June 1945, Otsego, Allegan County, MichiganO.¹
• O. K. Wiswell and Margaret Anderson
  Divorce:.²
• Family Event - death of daughter: 20 May 1962, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Nancy Lee Wiswell, age 12.³
• Family Event - death of daughter: 29 May 1968, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Rosemary Wiswell, age 16.⁴
• Death: 13 December 2015, age ~89.

• Last Edited: 13 January 2025

Citations

1. [S4877] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records : record 37101, no. 37101, 30 May 1945, entry for O. K. Wiswell and Margaret Anderson; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S5909] "Conversations with Robert Cunningham," Between 1971 and 2010 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
3. [S4187] "Two Auto Accident Victims Die," death of Nancy Wiswell, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 21 May 1962, p. 1, col. 8.
4. [S2080] Index to Deaths (L-Z), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1867-1975, Film: 0984129

Joseph Richard Cunningham

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Person Exhibits

Joseph Richard Cunningham, about 1970

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

Parents

Biography

• Parentage: Joseph Cunningham and Blanche Heyraud.
  His death certificate identifies his parents as Joseph Cunningham and Blanche (unknown maiden name). His father, Joseph Cunningham, married "Blanche Heyrand" on 1 May 1915 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her last name was actually Heyraud.^1,2
• Birth: 31 March 1916, Jackson County, MichiganO.
  While there is disagreement in the records as to the location of his birth, this military draft registration record is the earliest identified where he himself would have provided the information. It is unclear from this record whether Jackson refers to the city or county of Jackson. A brief newspaper item in the Battle Creek Enquirer less than a month before he was born reports that his parents lived in Jackson at the time they visited his mother's father near Battle Creek.^3,4
• Residence: June 1917, 201 S. Larch St., Lansing, Ingham County, MichiganO. He lived there with his parents.⁵
• Family Event - death of brother: 8 December 1919, Saginaw, Saginaw County, MichiganO, death of Thomas Cunningham, age 0.⁶
• Census: 8 January 1920, Saginaw, Saginaw County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of parents.
  Joseph Cunningham, son, male, white, age 3, single, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan⁷
• Family Event - death of father: 2 August 1923, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Joseph Cunningham, age 34.^8,9,10
• Census: 1 April 1930, federal census of 1 April 1930 - NOT FOUND IN CENSUS.
  Both his sisters are enumerated in a children's home in Kalamazoo in the census, while his mother is a n attendant at the state hospital in Kalamazoo.
  
  No listing for names close to Joseph Cunningham born within 2 years of 1916 in either Michigan or Indiana has been found. Also no listing for first names close to Joseph born within 2 years of 1916 living in Kalamazoo County, Michigan has been found.
• Social Security Registration: 2 July 1937, Kokomo, Summit County, ColoradoO, "Joseph Richard Cunningham," born 31 March 1916 in Jackson, Michigan. The application idenitified his parents as Joseph Cunningham and Blanche "Heyurd." At the time of his application, he worked for McNulty Placers, a gold mine within a few miles of Kokomo. The application also noted that he had registered with the U.S. Employment Service on 21 June 1937.¹¹
  

  Joseph Richard Cunningham, social security application, 2 July 1937
• Family Event - marriage of mother: 26 September 1940, Williams County, OhioO, F. Howell Colman and Blanche Heyraud, "F. Howell Colman and Blanche Cunningham," by Rev. Emil F. Carlsten of Bryan, Ohio. While Colman, a pharmacist, was living in Oshtemo, Michigan at the time of their marriage, Joseph's mother, Blanche was working as a nurse in Kunkle, Williams County, Ohio.^12,13
• Military Draft Registration: 16 October 1940, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+. Joseph described himself as 24 years of age when he registered for the military draft in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He gave his address as RFD 8, Kalamazoo County and his phone number as Kalamazoo 738 F1-1. He was described as white, 5’8” tall, 178 pounds, with brown hair, hazel eyes, and a light complexion. He listed his mother, “Mrs. Howell Coleman” of Oshtemo, as the person who would always know his whereabouts. His employer was C. E. Hope, also of RFD 8. Census records from the same year would suggest that C. E. Hope was probably Chauncey E. Hope, a milk distributor who lived in Oshtemo.³
• Marriage: to Anna Mary Wiswell, 13 June 1942, Oshtemo Methodist Church, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 26, "Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell," by Wirth G. Tennant, Minister of the Oshtemo Methodist Church.
  Groom: Joseph R. Cunningham, age 26, white, resides Oshtemo, birthplace Oshtemo, occupation milkman, never before married, mother's maiden name "Blanche"
  Bride: Anna Mary Wiswell, age 23, white, resides Oshtemo, birthplace Battle Creek, occupation waitress, father Claude Wiswell, mother Grace Norman, never before married
  Witnesses: Alice Sowles of Oshtemo, and Jack A. Meyer of Kalamazoo [Alice Sowles was Joseph's sister.]
  Marriage License: 6 June 1942, Kalamazoo County, Michigan^14,12,15
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, 13 June 1942, marriage record
• Family Event - adoption of child: 24 February 1943, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, adoption of Robert Lee Cunningham. On 24 February 1943, Joseph adopted his son, Robert Lee, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.¹⁶
• Family Event - adoption of child: 24 February 1943, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, adoption of Maralee Joy Cunningham.
• Family Event - marriage of mother: 9 May 1945, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, George DeKam and Blanche Heyraud, "George S. DeKam and Blanche Colman," by Paul Silas Heath, minister, First Presbyterian Church of Kalamazoo.^17,18
• Census: 3 April 1950, 1416 12th St., Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, head of household, enumeration district 39-88, dwelling 99.
  Joseph R. Cunningham, head, white, male, age 32, married, born Michigan, working last week, 40 hours of work, plumbing (plumbing shop)
  Anna M. Cunningham, wife, white, female, age 31, married, born Michigan, housework, didn't work last week, not looking for work, not employed
  Maralee J. Cunningham, daughter, white, female, age 12, never married, born Michigan
  Robert L. Cunningham, son, white, male, age 11, never married, born Michigan
  Sherry J. Cunningham, daughter, white, female, age 3, never married, born Michigan
  Annette J. Cunningham, daughter, white, female, born December, never married, born Michigan¹⁹
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham household, 1950 U.S. census enumeration
• Land Transaction: about 9 September 1950, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Cunningham to Mr. and Mrs. George S. DeKam." They sold land in section 35 of Oshtemo Township to Joseph's mother and stepfather.²⁰
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham, news item, 9 September 1950
• Land Transaction: about 12 June 1954, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Joseph R. Cunningham and wife to William Feist Jr." They sold land "in US-12."²¹
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham, news item, 12 June 1954
• Family Event - death of mother: 28 March 1956, 3464 Chime St., Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Blanche Heyraud, age 65. His mother was found dead in her home "as the result of a gunshot wound." The article implies that her death was self-inflicted.^22,23
  

  Blanche De Kam, death notice, Kalamazoo Gazette, 29 March 1956
• Residence: 28 March 1956, San Diego, San Diego County, CaliforniaO. According to a news article reporting the death of his mother in Michigan, Joseph was said to reside at the time in San Diego, California.²³
• Divorce granted: from Anna Mary Wiswell, about 22 July 1958, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, age ~42.²⁴
• News Article: 4 December 1970, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.) "Joseph R. Cunningham has been installed as worshipful master of Fidelity Lodge 513, Free and Accepted Masons."²⁵
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham, news article, 4 December 1970
• Death: 19 November 1983, age 67, Almena Township, Van Buren County, MichiganO.^26,1

• Last Edited: 6 April 2025

Citations

1. [S4509] Van Buren County, Michigan, death certificate no. SP02869540, county file no. 0601210, state file no. 68 (21 Nov 1983), Joseph R. Cunningham, Van Buren County Clerk's Office, Paw Paw, Michigan; certificate prepared 30 Aug 2018 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
2. [S5545] Calhoun County, Michigan, Marriage Records, vol. 1, p. 279, no. 189, Joseph Cunningham and Blanche Heyrand entry, 1 May 1915, recorded 30 Apr 1915, arranged chronologically by license; imaged in "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1452395 : accessed 27 Jul 2014) > 004209290 > image 492 of 642; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 4209290.
3. [S6497] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, serial no. 749, order no. 717, card for Joseph Richard Cunningham, local draft board Kalamazoo (no. 1), 16 October 1940; imaged, "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/records/267697809 : accessed 19 January 2025); from original records at "National Archives, St. Louis, Missouri."
4. [S6521] "From Other News Centers - Emmett," The Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer, 4 March 1916, p. 7 col. 3; image, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/1044425825 : 24 August 2024.
5. [S6551] "WWI Draft Registration Cards," database with images, Fold 3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/563512556 : accessed 12 Apr 2020), card for Joe Cunningham, order no. 1520, serial no. 267, Local Draft Board No. 1-5, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan; citing World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives microfilm publication M1509, record group 163.
6. [S4445] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354940-02785: accessed 22 Feb 2020), certificate image, Thomas Cunningham, filed 9 Dec 1919, p. 1327, no. 879, image 2786 of 3131; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
7. [S3594] 1920 U.S. census, Saginaw County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Saginaw, ward 8, enumeration district (ED) 185, sheet 10A, dwelling 178, family 199, Joseph Cunningham household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 793.
8. [S4511] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355402-02668: accessed 27 May 2018), certificate image, Joseph Cunningham, filed 2 Aug 1923, Certificates, 1921-1944, volume 154: Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo City), 1921-1924, no. 601, state file no. 139 2380, image 2382 of 3002; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
9. [S3873] Find A Grave, database and images, (https://www.findagrave.com : 27 Jul 2014), memorial page for Joseph Cunningham (4 March 1889 - 2 August 1923), Find A Grave Memorial no. 13729082, created and maintained by contributor 46826522, "Rochelle Riordan"; citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana; accompanying marker photo(s) from contributor 46925705, "Donna Hardebeck", added 22 Jul 2010.
10. [S4089] "Former Local Man Died at Kalamazoo," Shelbyville (Indiana) Democrat, 9 Aug 1923, p. 6, death notice of Joseph C. Cunningham; image, Newspaperarchive.com (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 1 Aug 2014.)
11. [S6611] Joseph Cunningham, Social Security no. 524-05-8045, 2 July 1937, "Application for Account Number" (Form SS-5); Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.
12. [S4750] "Mrs. Joseph Cunningham," marriage announcement, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 21 Jun 1942, p. 19, col. 4.
13. [S3566] "Ohio County Marriages, 1789-2013", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-BR9W-2Y?i=171&cc=1614804 : accessed 30 Mar 2019), marriage registration image, F. H. Colman and Blanche Cunningham, 26 Sep 1940, volume 19, page 280, no. 559, image 172 of 286, Marriage Records, 1824-1941, FHL microfilm 2131076; citing "Williams County, Ohio, Probate Court, Marriage records, 1824-1941, Bowling Green State University, Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green, Ohio."
14. [S2056] Index to Marriages (A-G), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1831-1975, Film: 0984137
15. [S4656] "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9093/images/41326_342201-00317 : accessed 27 Jul 2020) Certificates, 1926-1944, Ionia-Kalkaska, Kalamazoo (1932-1944), marriage registration image, Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, 13 Jun 1942, volume 1942, no. 34345, license no. 39 10266, image 6894 of 9223; citing "Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
16. [S3543] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, certificate of adoption, state file no. 14176185 (5 Mar 1943), Robert Lee Cunningham; Probate Court, Kalamazoo; reproduction of certificate on file, Michigan Department of Public Health, Lansing; certificate prepared 31 Aug 1970 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
17. [S4751] "Blanche Colman and George DeKam," marriage announcement, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 14 May 1945, p. 8, col. 5.
18. [S6530] "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5002770:9093 : accessed 2 June 2024) > Certificates, 1926-1946 > Ionia-Kalkaska > Kalamazoo (1932-1945) > image 9506 of 9890, marriage record, state file no. 39 12882, local file no. 37059, George S. DeKam and Blanche Colman, 9 May 1945; citing "Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
19. [S5799] 1950 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Texas Township, enumeration district (ED) 39-88, sheet 71, line 18, Joseph R. Cunningham household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/178705889:62308 : accessed 5 May 2022) 34 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication, roll 3423.
20. [S6531] “Real Estate Transfers,” The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 9 September 1950, p. 26, col. 3; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : 1 June 2024).
21. [S6532] “Real Estate Transfers,” The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 12 June 1954, p. 8, col. 4; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : 1 June 2024).
22. [S4513] "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQX-9Q9: accessed 27 Jul 2014), Blanche A. Dekam entry, 28 Mar 1956, no. 49, FHL microfilm 2113661; citing "Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City."
23. [S6533] “Gunshot Kills Nurse, 66,” The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 29 March 1956, p. 2, col. 1; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : 1 June 2024).
24. [S6536] “Jottings,” The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 22 July 1958, p. 36, col. 3; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : 1 June 2024).
25. [S6535] “Cunningham Installed by Lodge,” The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 4 December 1970, p. A14, col. 4; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : 1 June 2024).
26. [S5113] Joseph Cunningham, no. 524-05-8045, issued Before 1951, death date Nov 1983, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).

Frederick Albert Sauer, Sr.

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Frederick Albert Sauer, Sr.

Biography

• 
  
  Frederick Albert Sauer, Sr., and Anna Mary Wiswell
  Marriage: about 25 April 1960, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+. According to a newspaper article, a marriage license was issued to the couple: "Fred Albert Sauer Sr., 53, Kalamazoo Route 5, and Anna M. Cunningham, 42, Kalamazoo Route 5."¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S6537] “Marriage Licenses,” The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 25 March 1960, p. 28, col. 3; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : 3 September 2024).

Sarah McGinnis

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 15 March 1833, *Cavan, Ireland.
  Her eldest son's death certificate indicated that his mother was born in "Cave Co.," Ireland. No such county exists, but this might indicate the actual Irish counties of Kerry, Cavan, Clare, Kildare, Kilkenny, or Cork. Cavan would at least seem to be the most likely candidate, however her own death certificate indicates she was born in "Wood Town," Ireland. As of this time no town of that name in County Cavan has been found, however there is a town called Woodtown in County Donegal. Her eldest son's 1930 census enumeration also reports that she had been born in Northern Ireland. Neither County Cavan or County Donegal are in Northern Ireland, but both, most especially Donegal, are in the north of Ireland, Cavan just south of Northern Ireland, and Donegal is in the northwest corner of Ireland.^1,2,3
• Sarah McGinnis emigrated with James McGinnis and Nancy Patterson between 1833 and 1835 in IrelandO.⁴
• One record suggests that she immigrated to the United States in 1849, although this is almost certainly incorrect, as her father was here much earlier.⁵
• Census: 31 July 1850, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of James McGinnis, dwelling 844, family 858.
  Sarah Meginnis, age 17, female, born Ireland⁴
• Residence: 1854, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁶
• 
  
  William Louis Wiswell and Sarah McGinnis
  Marriage: 23 April 1854, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+. The couple was married by William Stafford, Minister of the Gospel, and witnessed by Isaac Kimball and Mark Skinner.⁶
• Census: 5 June 1860, Prairieville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, household of William Louis Wiswell.⁷
• Census: 3 August 1870, Prairieville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of William Louis Wiswell.⁸
• Family Event - Will: 1 April 1875, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, named as an heir in the will of James McGinnis. Her father bequeated her $200 upon the death of his wife, Nancy.⁹
• Census: 25 June 1880, Prairieville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of spouse, William Louis Wiswell.¹⁰
• She was among the heirs who received a portion of 's estate after his death.¹¹
• Family Event - Will: 15 April 1897, named as executor in the will of William Louis Wiswell.¹²
• She witnessed the death of William Louis Wiswell on 18 June 1897 in Prairieville, Barry County, MichiganO.¹³
• Probate - witness: 27 June 1897, Barry County, MichiganO+, probate witness for the estate of William Louis Wiswell.¹²
• Census: 6 June 1900, Prairieville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, head of household.⁵
• 
  As the executrix of her husband's estate, Sarah sent a note to Judge Mills of the Barry County Probate Court on 14 October 1900, noting a description of "the other land" apparently owned by her husband. According to this note, William had also owned 80 acres of land in the town of Redmond, Emmet County, Michigan.¹²
• Census: 26 April 1910, Prairieville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household.¹⁴
• Census: 2 February 1920, Prairieville, Barry County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of son, James L. Wiswell.¹⁵
• Death: 18 October 1922, age 89, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^1,3
• The cause of her death was. arteriosclerosis¹

• Last Edited: 18 December 2023

Citations

1. [S4732] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1922, village of Augusta : 2, no. 16, 18 Oct 1922, Sarah Wiswell entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S6482] "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3009408:60872 : accessed 13 June 2024), volume 139 (Kalamazoo City, 1937-1941), state file no. 13267, local register no. 58, Thomas Henry Wiswell, Kalamazoo County, death 22 January 1938, recorded 24 January 1938; citing "Death Certificates, 1921-1945, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.", Informant: Claude Wiswell, Richland, Michigan (son)
3. [S4731] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60872&h=2299755: accessed 12 Sep 2020), certificate image, Sarah Wiswell, filed 24 Oct 1922, no. 39 486, local register no. 16, image 488 of 3752; citing "Death Records (Certificates, 1921-1944, 227: Kalamazoo, 1921-1933), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
4. [S3752] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Oshtemo, p. 59A (stamped), dwelling 844, family 858, James Meginnis household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
5. [S3705] 1900 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Prairieville, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 3B, dwelling 72, family 74, Sarah Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 700.
6. [S5073] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 2 : 94, no. 302, 25 May 1854, entry for W. L. Wiswell and Sarah Maginnis; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
7. [S3741] 1860 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Prairieville, p. 15 (penned), dwelling 118, family 106, William Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 536.
8. [S3723] 1870 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Prairieville, p. 31 (penned), p. 251 (stamped), dwelling 226, family 230, William Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 661.
9. [S5393] "Michigan, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8793/images/005647619_00346 : 25 Jan 2021), Kalamazoo County, Michigan, entry for James McGinis, probate record and will, page(s) 572-575, image 346-347 of 381, 4 Mar 1883; citing "Probate of Wills, (Volume 19, 1878-1883), Kalamazoo County Circuit Court, Kalamazoo, Michigan."
10. [S3778] 1880 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Prairieville, enumeration district (ED) 47, p. 23 (penned), dwelling 225, family 232, William Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 571.
11. [S2746] Kalamazoo County estate file, Name Of Person: James McGinnis, Series: Liber 4: 31, File Number: 2848, Film: 133, item 540 (1883)
12. [S6293] Barry County, Michigan, Probate estate files, case file no. 2844, probate court estate file, William L. Wiswell entry, 17 Jun 1899, arranged by case file number; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1118388 : accessed 16 Dec 2023) > DGS 9172037 > images 87-118 of 1896; imaged from FHL digital film 9172037; from original records housed at "Archives Regional History Collections, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan."
13. [S4738] Barry County, Michigan, Death Records, liber B : 52, no. 747, 18 Jun 1898, William L. Wiswell entry; Barry County Clerk's Office, Hastings, Michigan.
14. [S4000] 1910 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, Prairieville Township, enumeration district (ED) 49, sheet 4A, dwelling 84, family 87, Sarah Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 636.
15. [S3639] 1920 U.S. census, Barry County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Prairieville, enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 7B, dwelling 186, family 188, James Wiswell household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 756.