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Aretta Heall

F, b. about 1874

Parents

Family 1: Martin

Family 2: Robert John Klinger (b. 9 June 1876, d. 26 July 1942)

Biography

  • Parentage:1
  • Birth: about 1874, IllinoisO.1
  • Residence: 1900, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.1


  • Robert John Klinger and Aretta Heall
    Marriage: 20 June 1900, Bravo, Allegan County, MichiganO, "Robt. Jno. Klinger and Rosetta Martin," by Joseph C. Heall, Justice of the Peace.1
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S5080] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 289, no. 4266, 12 Jun 1900, entry for Robt. Jno. Klinger and Rosetta Martin; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
 
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Martin

M

Family: Aretta Heall (b. about 1874)

  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018
 
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S. D. Heall

M

Family: Elizabeth Reymall

  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018
 
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Elizabeth Reymall

F

Family: S. D. Heall

  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018
 
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George N. Wetherbee

M

Family: Mincey J. Edmonds

Biography

  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
 
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Mincey J. Edmonds

F

Family: George N. Wetherbee

Biography

  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
 
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H. A. Burrows

M

Family:

  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018
 
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Patterson

M

Family: Alma Lillian Haight (b. 20 March 1858)

Biography

  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
  2. [S5706] St. Joseph County, Indiana, Marriage Records, application for marriage license, vol. 20 (May-June-July 1909), pp. 263-4, Horace William Crane and Alma Lillian Patterson entry, recorded 12 Jun 1909; imaged in "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1410397 : accessed 20 Jan 2022) > St. Joseph > 1909-1909 Volume20 > images 264-5 of 557; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 5206306.
 
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Lathan Haight

M, d. before 1909

Family: Mary Elizabeth Hovey (d. before 1909)

Biography

  • Death: before 1909.1
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S5706] St. Joseph County, Indiana, Marriage Records, application for marriage license, vol. 20 (May-June-July 1909), pp. 263-4, Horace William Crane and Alma Lillian Patterson entry, recorded 12 Jun 1909; imaged in "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1410397 : accessed 20 Jan 2022) > St. Joseph > 1909-1909 Volume20 > images 264-5 of 557; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 5206306.
 
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Mary Elizabeth Hovey

F, d. before 1909

Family: Lathan Haight (d. before 1909)

Biography

  • Death: before 1909.1
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S5706] St. Joseph County, Indiana, Marriage Records, application for marriage license, vol. 20 (May-June-July 1909), pp. 263-4, Horace William Crane and Alma Lillian Patterson entry, recorded 12 Jun 1909; imaged in "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1410397 : accessed 20 Jan 2022) > St. Joseph > 1909-1909 Volume20 > images 264-5 of 557; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 5206306.
 
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Julia Ann Bebee

F, b. about 1817

Family: Leander Lorio (b. about 1818, d. 10 June 1887)

Biography

  • Birth: about 1817.1


  • Leander Lorio and Julia Ann Bebee
    Marriage: 4 October 1863, Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by Charles H. Booth, Justice of the Peace, and witnessed by John H. Bushnell and George Ingham, both of Texas Township1
  • She and Leander Lorio were licensed to wed on 5 October 1863 in Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.1
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S5077] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 3 : 56, no. 135, no. 135, 5 Oct 1863, entry for Leander Lorio and Julia Ann Bebee; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
 
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Mary A. Lorio

F, b. about 1867

Parents

Family: John J. Flanigan (b. about 1862)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • Birth: about 1867, MichiganO.2
  • Census: 12 July 1870, Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Leander Lorio, page 20, dwelling 58, family 60.
    Mary Lorio, age 2, female, white, at home, born Michigan, parents of foreign birth3
  • Occupation: 1891, draper.2
  • Mary A. Lorio and John J. Flanigan were licensed to wed on 22 April 1891 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.2
  • Marriage: to John J. Flanigan, 23 April 1891, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age ~24, by Denis O. Mulcahy, Curate. The cermony was witnessed by John Morrisy of Kalamazoo and Ella Fantoro.2
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S3192] Kalamazoo County estate file, Name Of Person: Mary Lorio, Series: Liber 6: 3, File Number: 5055, Film: 150, item 24 (1895)
  2. [S5300] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 5 : 163, no. 1419, 22 Apr 1891, entry for John J. Flanigan and Mary A. Lorio; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  3. [S5790] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Texas Township, p. 20 (penned), p. 396B (stamped), dwelling 158, family 160, Leander Lorio household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 29 Apr 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.
 
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John J. Flanigan

M, b. about 1862

Parents

Family: Mary A. Lorio (b. about 1867)

Biography

  • Parentage:1
  • Birth: about 1862, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, MissouriO.1
  • Occupation: 1891, printer.1
  • John J. Flanigan and Mary A. Lorio were licensed to wed on 22 April 1891 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.1
  • Marriage: to Mary A. Lorio, 23 April 1891, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age ~29, by Denis O. Mulcahy, Curate. The cermony was witnessed by John Morrisy of Kalamazoo and Ella Fantoro.1
  • Last Edited: 18 August 2024

Citations

  1. [S5300] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 5 : 163, no. 1419, 22 Apr 1891, entry for John J. Flanigan and Mary A. Lorio; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
 
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Peter Flanigan

M

Family: Anastasia Morrisy

  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018
 
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Anastasia Morrisy

F

Family: Peter Flanigan

  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018
 
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Leonard Lee Whitaker

M, b. 31 March 1920, d. 3 April 2002

Person Exhibits

Leonard Lee Whitaker

Parents

Family: Nell Pruitt (b. 9 March 1923, d. 11 July 2004)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,2
  • Birth: 31 March 1920, Ward, Lonoke County, ArkansasO.3,2


  • Leonard Lee Whitaker and Nell Pruitt
    Marriage: 24 November 1939, Woodruff County, ArkansasO.4
  • He and Nell Pruitt were licensed to wed on 24 December 1939 in Woodruff County, ArkansasO.4
  • Death: 3 April 2002, age 82, Metron Nursing Home, Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, MichiganO.3,2
  • Burial: 6 April 2002, Lee Cemetery, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO.2
  • Last Edited: 18 October 2021

Citations

  1. [S5920] "Conversations with Sherman Lee Whitaker," Between 1995 and 1999 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
  2. [S3832] "Leonard Whitaker, 82," obituary, The Holland (Michigan) Sentinel, 5 Apr 2002; transcription, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 26 Aug 2018.)
  3. [S5183] Leonard L. Whitaker, no. 430-24-1361, issued Before 1951, death date 3 Apr 2002, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
  4. [S5573] Woodruff County, Arkansas, Marriage Records, vol. Y, pp. 252-253, Lenard Whitaker and Nellie Pruitt entry, 24 Nov 1939, recorded 24 Nov 1939; imaged in "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417439 : accessed 24 Jun 2014) > 004616654 > image 632 of 891; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 4616654.
 
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Nell Pruitt

F, b. 9 March 1923, d. 11 July 2004

Person Exhibits

Nell Pruitt

Parents

Family: Leonard Lee Whitaker (b. 31 March 1920, d. 3 April 2002)

Biography

  • Parentage:1
  • Birth: 9 March 1923. She was so born.2
  • Census: 7 April 1930, Point Township, Woodruff County, ArkansasO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of parents, He is referred to as A. D. Pruett in the census. According to the census, he worked as a farmer and the family rented their home and had a radio in the home.3
    A. D. Pruett, 1930 U.S. Census, Woodruff County, Arkansas


  • Leonard Lee Whitaker and Nell Pruitt
    Marriage: 24 November 1939, Woodruff County, ArkansasO.4
  • She and Leonard Lee Whitaker were licensed to wed on 24 December 1939 in Woodruff County, ArkansasO.4
  • Death: 11 July 2004, age 81, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.2,5
  • Last Edited: 4 November 2021

Citations

  1. [S5308] "Deaths: Andrew D. Pruitt," obituary, (Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat, 1 Dec 1956, p. 6, col. 4; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 21 Dec 1956.)
  2. [S5184] Nellie Whitaker, no. 369-38-3114, issued 1955, death date 11 Jul 2004, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
  3. [S3808] 1930 U.S. census, Woodruff County, Arkansas, population schedule, Point Township, enumeration district (ED) 74-19, sheet 3A, dwelling 52, family 53, A. D. Pruett household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Apr 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 99.
  4. [S5573] Woodruff County, Arkansas, Marriage Records, vol. Y, pp. 252-253, Lenard Whitaker and Nellie Pruitt entry, 24 Nov 1939, recorded 24 Nov 1939; imaged in "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417439 : accessed 24 Jun 2014) > 004616654 > image 632 of 891; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 4616654.
  5. [S5513] "Nellie Whitaker, 81," obituary, The Holland (Michigan) Sentinel, 13 Jul 2004; transcription, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 26 Aug 2018.)
 
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Leander Sherman Whitaker

M, b. October 1867, d. 23 February 1938

Parents

Family 1: Easter M. Raney (b. between 2 July 1870 and 1 July 1871)

Family 2: Myrtle Cummins (b. October 1895, d. 29 April 1941)

Biography

  • Birth: October 1867, KentuckyO.1


  • Leander Sherman Whitaker and Myrtle Cummins
    Marriage: 17 March 1917, Prairie County, ArkansasO.2,3
  • Death: 23 February 1938, age 70, Clatskanie, Columbia County, OregonO.4
  • Last Edited: 4 January 2020

Citations

  1. [S4303] 1900 U.S. census, Pulaski County, Kentucky, population schedule, Burdine Voting Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 114, p. 234 (stamped), sheet 7A, dwelling 118, family 124, Sherman Whitaker household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 4 Jan 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 549.
  2. [S3832] "Leonard Whitaker, 82," obituary, The Holland (Michigan) Sentinel, 5 Apr 2002; transcription, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 26 Aug 2018.)
  3. [S5379] "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4XR-FM4: accessed 24 Jun 2016), record image, L. S. Whitaker and Myrtle Robbins, filed 20 Mar 1917, volume J, p. 481, image 314 of 790; citing "Marriage Records, Prairie County (Volumes J-K, 1912-1924), Prairie County Courthouse, Des Arc, Arkansas."
  4. [S4723] Columbia County, Oregon, death certificate, state registation no. 23, local registration no. 4 (24 Feb 1938), Sherman Lee Whitaker, Oregon State Board of Health, Portland, Oregon; certificate prepared 22 Jan 2018 in possession of Tami Spears.
 
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Newton Sanford

M, b. about 1818, d. 30 April 1872

Parents

Family: Betsey Barber (b. 26 October 1832, d. 30 November 1887)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • Birth: about 1818, New YorkO.1


  • Newton Sanford and Betsey Barber
    Marriage: before 1854.2
  • Occupation: 1872, farmer.1
  • Death: 30 April 1872, age ~54, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. He died from pneumonia.1
  • Last Edited: 28 January 2023

Citations

  1. [S4828] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 70, no. 23, 18 May 1873, Newton Sandford entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  2. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
 
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