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Maria LeFevre

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• Birth: about 1853, Gardiner, Ulster County, New YorkO.¹
• Marriage: to Isaac Elwell, 22 April 1879, by E. S. Mechisney, Minister, Climax Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age ~26. Hugh Elwell and Louise J. LeFevre, both of Climax, witnessed the marriage.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5279] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 4 : 252, no. 3890, 22 Jul 1879, entry for Isaac Elwell and Maria LeFevre; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Rudolph Norman

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 4 July 1906, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Death: 17 September 1907, age 1, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• The cause of his death was. cholera¹
• Burial: East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO. Lot 8.²

• Last Edited: 28 January 2023

Citations

1. [S4770] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 3 : 239, no. 10938, 7 Oct 1907, Rudolph Norman entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S2969] Sherlene Schmitt Belden, East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Author, http://www.fmschmitt.com/martin/stan/famtree/census/eastcoopercemetary.htm, 2000)

Charles Norman

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 2 December 1904, MichiganO.¹
• Death: 9 February 1909, age 4, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• The cause of his death was. an acute intestinal infection accompanied by convulsions¹
• Burial: East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO. Lot 8.²

• Last Edited: 28 January 2023

Citations

1. [S4764] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 3 : 298, no. 12249, 5 Mar 1909, Charles Norman entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S2969] Sherlene Schmitt Belden, East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Author, http://www.fmschmitt.com/martin/stan/famtree/census/eastcoopercemetary.htm, 2000)

Nathaniel Sanford

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• Parentage:¹
• Birth: about 1854, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Residence: 1889, Augusta, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Occupation: 1889, farmer.¹
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  Nathaniel Sanford and Mary Kilmer
  Marriage: 9 October 1889, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by J. N. Watley, Justice of the Peace, and witnessed by Nicholas A. Vyne and Theodore Merrill, both of Kalamazoo¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5299] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 5 : 122, no. 806, 9 Oct 1889, entry for Nathaniel Sanford and Mary Rice; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Mary Kilmer

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• Parentage:¹
• Birth: about 1853, New YorkO.¹
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  Rice and Mary Kilmer
  Marriage: before 1889.²
• Residence: 1889, New YorkO.¹
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  Nathaniel Sanford and Mary Kilmer
  Marriage: 9 October 1889, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by J. N. Watley, Justice of the Peace, and witnessed by Nicholas A. Vyne and Theodore Merrill, both of Kalamazoo¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5299] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 5 : 122, no. 806, 9 Oct 1889, entry for Nathaniel Sanford and Mary Rice; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found

Robert B. Elwell

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1814, New YorkO.²
• Marriage: to Dolly Powers, 1846, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, age ~32.³
• Occupation: , farmer.²
• Death: 30 January 1887, age ~73, Climax, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3056] John Crossley, Compiler: John Crossley, Cousins of John Crossley, Location: Carmichael, California, Url: http://homepage.mac.com/jcrossley/wc/wc_toc.htm (12 August 2006)
2. [S4518] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 2 : 19, no. 55, 1 Aug 1888, Robert B. Elwell entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
3. [S2056] Index to Marriages (A-G), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1831-1975, Film: 0984137

Dolly Powers

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• Marriage: to Robert B. Elwell, 1846, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2056] Index to Marriages (A-G), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Volume: 1831-1975, Film: 0984137

Georgia Wetherbee

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• Parentage:¹
• Birth: 25 August 1884, Oronoko, Berrien County, MichiganO.^2,3,1
• Residence: 1901, Clyde Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.¹
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  George Lewis Klinger and Georgia Wetherbee
  Marriage: 4 February 1901, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO. by A. M. Griffith, Minister of the Gospel^4,1
• Family Event - marriage of sister-in-law: 3 July 1902, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Arthur Rivers and Delila May Klinger, "Arthur Rivers and May Klinger," by J. B. Pinckard, clergyman.
  She, along with her husband, was a witness at the marriage of his sister. Georgia and her husband lived in Allegan County at the time.⁵
• Georgia Wetherbee and George Lewis Klinger resided at 1129 Seminary Street (later known as 1227 Riverview Drive)O in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, between 1906 and 1907.^6,7
• Census: 19 April 1910, 140 Brady Street, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, George Lewis Klinger.⁸
• Death: 7 August 1911, age 26, John Robinson Hospital, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO.²
• Burial: 10 August 1911, Kendall, Van Buren County, MichiganO.²
• Obituary: 11 August 1911, Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
  Dies of Blood Poisoning
  
  Allegan, Mich., Aug. 10 -- Mrs. George Klinger, wife of the proprietor of a leading music store, is dead of blood poisoning. She leaves two children beside her husband. The body will be taken to Kendall for burial.⁹
  

  Mrs. George Klinger, obituary, 11 August 1911

• Last Edited: 20 February 2023

Citations

1. [S5079] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 303, no. 4478, 4 Feb 1901, entry for George L. Klinger and Georgia A. Wetherbee; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
2. [S4596] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354694-00664: accessed 4 May 2020), certificate image, Georgie Anna Klinger, filed 9 Aug 1911, Certificates, 1897-1920, volume 152: Alcona-Berrien, 1911, no. 34, image 665 of 2790; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
3. [S4378] "Michigan Births, 1867-1902", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQH7-99Q: accessed 24 Jul 2011), birth registration image, Georgiana Wetherby, 25 May 1885, page 262, no. 71, image 276 of 879, FHL microfilm 2320699; citing "Birth Records, 1867-1902, Department of Vital Records, Lansing, Michigan."
4. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), p. 11.
5. [S5314] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 489, no. 6285, 3 Jul 1902, entry for Arthur Rivers and May Klinger; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
6. [S4659] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2469&h=436148110 : accessed 13 Jan 2022), George L. (Georgiana) Klinger entry, image 183 of 391; citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1906 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1906), p. 356."
7. [S4906] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Ihiling Bros. & Everard's Kalamazoo City and County Directory, 1907 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1907), p."
8. [S3991] 1910 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Allegan, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 5B, dwelling 138, family 144, George L. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 634.
9. [S6029] "Dies of Blood Poisoning," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 11 Aug 1911, p. 2, col. 4; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 20 Feb 2023.)

Lephia Edith Klinger

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 25 April 1902, Allegan County, MichiganO+.¹
• Census: 19 April 1910, 140 Brady Street, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of parents.²
• Death: 11 July 1965, age 63, Centreville, St. Croix County, WisconsinO.³
• Burial: after 11 July 1965, Poe Cemetery, Jones, Cass County, MichiganO.³
• Obituary: 12 July 1965, Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
  Mrs. Lephia Klinger Wetherbee
  Rte 1, Three Rivers
  
  Passed away Sunday evening. Mrs. Wetherbee was born April 25, 1902, in Brabo [sic], Mich. and resided in Kalamazoo until 4 years ago. She was a member of the Eagles Lodge. Surviving are: her husband, Marvin; 3 daughters, Mrs. Delberta Miller, Mrs. Ruthann Johnston and Mrs. Linda Lee Reynolds; 8 grandchildren; one brother, Lewis Klinger, all of Kalamazoo. Service announcements will be made by the Truesdale Downtown Chapel.⁴

• Last Edited: 22 December 2024

Citations

1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), p. 11.
2. [S3991] 1910 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Allegan, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 5B, dwelling 138, family 144, George L. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 634.
3. [S6558] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184110594/lephia_e-wetherbee : 22 December 2024), "Lephia E. Wetherbee" (25 April 1902-11 July 1965) memorial, maintained by "Scout" with tombstone image by "Scout"; citing Poe Cemetery, Jones, Cass County, Michigan.
4. [S6559] "Lephia Klinger Wetherbee," obituary, The Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 12 July 1965, p. 22, col. 1; image, GenealogyBank, https://www.genealogybank.com : 22 December 2024.

Lewis Klinger

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 11 March 1905, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 19 April 1910, 140 Brady Street, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of parents.²
• Census: 7 January 1920, 511 Sprague Ave., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of father, George Lewis Klinger. He was a student at the time of the enumeration.³
• Residence: 1926, 1011 Albert Ave.O, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁴
• Death: 11 February 1988, age 82.⁵

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S4624] M. Robert B. Klinger; Ruth A. Klinger, The Klinger Family, 1st ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1971), p. 12.
2. [S3991] 1910 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Allegan, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 5B, dwelling 138, family 144, George L. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 634.
3. [S3608] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 160, sheet 7B, dwelling 153, family 192, George Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
4. [S4662] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1926 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1926), p."
5. [S5135] Lewis F. Klinger, no. 363-14-7782, issued Before 1951, death date 11 Feb 1988, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).

John LaDuc

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• Birth: , FranceO.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S4572] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1916 : 36, no. 20, 28 Jun 1916, Mary E. King entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

August Lorio

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• Death: before 1887.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S4706] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, 2 : 22, no. 131, 1 Aug 1888, Leandor Lorio entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Timothy O'Neill

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Dorothy Hippie

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Teresa Milbeck

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• Parentage:¹
• Birth: about 1875, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
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  Edwin Selby Rector and Teresa Milbeck
  Marriage: 20 October 1906, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by A. M. Gould, Pastor of the Damon Methodist Episcopal Church, and witnessed by Charlotte N. Gould and Carrie G. Fox, both of Kalamazoo¹
• Census: 22 April 1910, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, Edwin Selby Rector. She worked as a seamstress at a factory at the time of the census. The census taker also noted that her parents were born in Germany.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5321] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 95, no. 8799, 20 Oct 1906, entry for Edwin Selby Rector and Teresa Milbeck; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S3997] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 9B, dwelling 207, family 213, Edwin S. Rector household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.

Joseph Milbeck

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Murray Ogden

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Emma

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Elizabeth E. Daley

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• Parentage:¹
• Birth: about 1881, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, MichiganO.¹
• Residence: 1904, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• Occupation: 1904, "dictator."¹
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  Rudolph Rector and Elizabeth E. Daley
  Marriage: 24 December 1904, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by Rev. H. W. Gelston, and witnessed by Mrs. A. J. Holmes and Mrs. H. W. Gelston, both of Kalamazoo¹
• Census: 27 April 1910, 610 Oak St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, Rudolph Rector. She worked in a fishing tackle factory at the time.²
• Census: 8 January 1920, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Rudolph Rector.³
• Death: October 1958, age ~77.⁴
• Burial: 20 October 1958, East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO. Lot 41.⁴

• Last Edited: 23 November 2022

Citations

1. [S5322] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 510, no. 7672, 24 Dec 1904, entry for Rudolph Rector and Elizabeth E. Daley; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S3659] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, 3rd ward, enumeration district (ED) 141, sheet 16B, dwelling 353, family 408, Rudolph Rector household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 654.
3. [S3628] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 184, sheet 13A, dwelling 120, family 124, Rudolph Rector household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 776.
4. [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 Daley

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• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Helen McDonald

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• Last Edited: 8 July 2018