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Bonnie Merritt Reynolds, Jr.

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 10 July 1941.¹
• Family Event - named as survivor: 17 September 1987, obituary of Bonnie Merritt Reynolds, The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.) He lived with his spouse, Lorrie, in Middleville at the time of his father's death.²
  

  Bonnie M. Reynolds, obituary, 17 September 1987
• Death: 29 May 1989, age 47.¹
• The cause of his death was. an accident¹

• Last Edited: 4 March 2023

Citations

1. [S5414] Maria Reynolds, "Genealogy," e-mail message from (, Byron Center, Michigan), to Judith Altug, 21 Apr 1999.
2. [S6614] "Bonnie M. Reynolds," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 17 September 1987, p. G5 col. 6; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-16D540CEC2823917%402447056-16D53BF2AFEF690C%4062-16D53BF2AFEF690C%40 : 12 April 2025.

Charlotte B. Reynolds

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 22 August 1918.²
• Census: 2 January 1920, Fennville, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of parents, dwelling 11, family 11, rented farm, farm schedule 4.
  Charlot B. Reynolds, daughter, female, white, age 1 4/12, single, doesn't attend school, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, no occupation³
• Family Event - Parents Initiated Divorce Proceedings:
  26 December 1929, Willard Cleveland Reynolds and Bessie Bell Grant, "Bessie B. Reynolds v. Willard C. Reynolds," on the grounds of extreme repeated cruelty and non-support.⁴
• Census: 28 April 1930, Saugatuck Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of parents, dwelling 177, family 179, farm owned, farm schedule 115.
  Charlotte Reynolds, daughter, female, white, age 11, single, attended school, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation⁵
• Marriage: to Orie J. Kalee, 20 January 1940, Paris Township, Kent County, MichiganO, age 21.^1,6
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1948, parent of Bruce Ronald Kalee.^7,8
• Census: 3 April 1950, 3782 Oriole, Wyoming, Kent County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, household of spouse, Orie J. Kalee, "Orie J. Kalee household," dwelling 50, not a farm.
  Charlotte B. Kalee, wife, white, female, age 31, married, born Michigan, keeping house, not employed or seeking work⁷
  

  Orie J. Kalee household, 1950 U.S. census enumeration
• Family Event - named as survivor: 22 July 1968, obituary of Willard Cleveland Reynolds, The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.) She lived in Jenison, Michigan at the time of her father's death.⁹
  

  W. C. (Bonnie) Reynolds, obituary, 22 July 1968
• Family Event - named as survivor: 17 September 1987, obituary of Bonnie Merritt Reynolds, The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.) She lived with her husband, Orie, in Middleville, at the time of her brother's death.¹⁰
  

  Bonnie M. Reynolds, obituary, 17 September 1987
• Family Event - named as survivor: 18 March 1997, obituary of Dorcas Belle Reynolds, The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.) She was living with her husband, Orie Kalee, in Middleville, Michigan at the time of her sister's death.¹¹
  

  Dorcas B. Stull, obituary, 18 March 1997
• Death: 30 September 1998, age 80.¹²
• Obituary: 1 October 1998, Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.)
  Mrs. Charlotte B. Kalee, aged 80 of Middleville passed away Wednesday, September 30, 1998. She was preceded in death by her brother, Bonnie Reynolds, and her sisters, Dorothy Slotman and Dorcas Stull. Surviving are her husband of 58 years, Orie J. Kalee; her children, Orie Jr. and Sandra Kalee of Clarkston, MI, Bruce and Becky Kalee, Corinne and Murtin Wustman, Neil and Sharon Kalee all of Middleville, Cindy and John Boezwinkle of Rockford; eight grandchildren; four great grandchildren, her brother, Dwaine and Vivian Reynolds; her brother-in-law, Milo Slotman; her sisters-in-law, Alice and Joe Czerney, Jane Kalee; several nieces and nephews. The Funeral Service will be held 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, Chaplain Carol Fliestra officiating. Interment Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be given to Oak Crest Manor. The family will receive friends Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Stroo Funeral Home, 1095 68th St. S.E.¹³
  

  Charlotte B. Kalee, obituary, 1 October 1998

• Last Edited: 12 April 2025

Citations

1. [S5413] Maria Reynolds, "Grant line," e-mail message from (, Byron Center, Michigan), to T. L. Cunningham, 23 Apr 1999.
2. [S4643] Allegan County, Michigan, Circuit Court calendar 11, page 545, no. 7391, Bessie B. Reynolds v. Willard C. Reynolds, "petition for divorce," 26 Dec 1929; digital images, "Chancery records, ca. 1847-1937," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3FW-VBRB : accessed 28 Jun 2020), image 1725 of 3164.
3. [S3631] 1920 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Fennville, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 1A, dwelling 11, family 11, Wilard C. Reynolds household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 753.
4. [S4643] Allegan County, Michigan, Circuit Court calendar 11, page 545, no. 7391, Reynolds v. Reynolds, "bill for divorce."
5. [S4046] 1930 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Saugatuck Township, enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 7A, dwelling 177, family 179, Cleveland Reynolds household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 973.
6. [S5582] Kent County, Michigan, Marriage Records, no. 24102, marriage license, Orie J. Kalee and Charlotte B. Reynolds entry, 20 Jan 1940, recorded 19 Jan 1940; imaged in "Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9093/ : accessed 5 Mar 2017) > Certificates, 1926-1944 > Kent > Kent (1937-1944) > image 5081 of 15776; from original records housed at "Marriage Records, 1867–1952, microfilm 41, Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan."
7. [S6613] 1950 U.S. census, Kent County, Michigan, Wyoming, enumeration district (ED) 41-115, sheet 6, household 50, Orie J. Kalee; imaged, "1950 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/180025083:62308 : accessed 12 April 2025).
8. [S6617] "Bruce Ronald Kalee," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 8 December 2013, p. B5 col. 6; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-1751116CE59BE065%402456635-175110845308EAAB%4022-175110845308EAAB%40 : 12 April 2025.
9. [S6615] "W. C. (Bonnie) Reynolds," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 22 July 1968, p. 42 col. 8; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-16D1672AE1235766%402440060-16CFEDBD65D17162%4041-16CFEDBD65D17162%40? : 12 April 2025.
10. [S6614] "Bonnie M. Reynolds," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 17 September 1987, p. G5 col. 6; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-16D540CEC2823917%402447056-16D53BF2AFEF690C%4062-16D53BF2AFEF690C%40 : 12 April 2025.
11. [S6619] "Dorcas B. Stull," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 18 March 1997, p. L2 col. 6; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-16E40D6060A3DFE2%402450526-16E215346439EBDF%4039-16E215346439EBDF%40 : 12 April 2025.
12. [S5129] Charlotte B. Kalee, no. 365-01-7525, issued Before 1951, death date 30 Sep 1998, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
13. [S6616] "Charlotte B. Kalee," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 1 October 1998, p. 38 col. 5; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-16E959E706D2ACED%402451088-16E8412C475380CC%4037-16E8412C475380CC%40 : 12 April 2025.

Orie J. Kalee

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Biography

• Birth: about 1917, MichiganO.¹
• Marriage: to Charlotte B. Reynolds, 20 January 1940, Paris Township, Kent County, MichiganO, age ~23.^2,3
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1948, parent of Bruce Ronald Kalee.^1,4
• Census: 3 April 1950, 3782 Oriole, Wyoming, Kent County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1950, head of household, "Orie J. Kalee household," dwelling 50, not a farm.
  Orie J. Kalee, head, white, male, age 33, married, born Michigan, working, 40 hours, occupation welder maintenance, auto sections and parts, private work
  Charlotte B. Kalee, wife, white, female, age 31, married, born Michigan, keeping house, not employed or seeking work
  Orie J. Kalee Jr., son, white, male, age 7, never married, born Michigan
  Bruce R. Kalee, son, white, male, age 2, never married, born Michigan
  Corrine L. Kalee, daughter, white, female, born November 1949, never married, born Michigan, parents born U.S.¹
  

  Orie J. Kalee household, 1950 U.S. census enumeration
• Family Event - named as survivor: 1 October 1998, obituary of Charlotte B. Reynolds, Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.) He was living in MIddleville, Michigan at the time of his wife's death.⁵
  

  Charlotte B. Kalee, obituary, 1 October 1998

• Last Edited: 12 April 2025

Citations

1. [S6613] 1950 U.S. census, Kent County, Michigan, Wyoming, enumeration district (ED) 41-115, sheet 6, household 50, Orie J. Kalee; imaged, "1950 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/180025083:62308 : accessed 12 April 2025).
2. [S5413] Maria Reynolds, "Grant line," e-mail message from (, Byron Center, Michigan), to T. L. Cunningham, 23 Apr 1999.
3. [S5582] Kent County, Michigan, Marriage Records, no. 24102, marriage license, Orie J. Kalee and Charlotte B. Reynolds entry, 20 Jan 1940, recorded 19 Jan 1940; imaged in "Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9093/ : accessed 5 Mar 2017) > Certificates, 1926-1944 > Kent > Kent (1937-1944) > image 5081 of 15776; from original records housed at "Marriage Records, 1867–1952, microfilm 41, Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan."
4. [S6617] "Bruce Ronald Kalee," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 8 December 2013, p. B5 col. 6; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-1751116CE59BE065%402456635-175110845308EAAB%4022-175110845308EAAB%40 : 12 April 2025.
5. [S6616] "Charlotte B. Kalee," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 1 October 1998, p. 38 col. 5; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-16E959E706D2ACED%402451088-16E8412C475380CC%4037-16E8412C475380CC%40 : 12 April 2025.

Dwain Clarence Reynolds

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 5 May 1922.²
• Family Event - Parents Initiated Divorce Proceedings:
  26 December 1929, Willard Cleveland Reynolds and Bessie Bell Grant, "Bessie B. Reynolds v. Willard C. Reynolds," on the grounds of extreme repeated cruelty and non-support.³
• Census: 28 April 1930, Saugatuck Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of parents, dwelling 177, family 179, farm owned, farm schedule 115.
  Dwain Reynolds, son, male, white, age 7, single, attended school, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation⁴
• Family Event - named as survivor: 22 July 1968, obituary of Willard Cleveland Reynolds, The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.) He lived in Wyoming, Michigan at the time of his father's death.⁵
  

  W. C. (Bonnie) Reynolds, obituary, 22 July 1968
• Family Event - named as survivor: 17 September 1987, obituary of Bonnie Merritt Reynolds, The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.) He lived with ihs wife, Vivian, in Middleville, at the time of his brother's death.⁶
  

  Bonnie M. Reynolds, obituary, 17 September 1987
• Family Event - named as survivor: 18 March 1997, obituary of Dorcas Belle Reynolds, The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.) He was living with his wife, Vivian, in Middleville, Michigan at the time of his sister's death.⁷
  

  Dorcas B. Stull, obituary, 18 March 1997
• Family Event - named as survivor: 1 October 1998, obituary of Charlotte B. Reynolds, Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.) He was living with his wife, Vivian, at the time of his sister's death.⁸
  

  Charlotte B. Kalee, obituary, 1 October 1998

• Last Edited: 5 January 2024

Citations

1. [S5413] Maria Reynolds, "Grant line," e-mail message from (, Byron Center, Michigan), to T. L. Cunningham, 23 Apr 1999.
2. [S4643] Allegan County, Michigan, Circuit Court calendar 11, page 545, no. 7391, Bessie B. Reynolds v. Willard C. Reynolds, "petition for divorce," 26 Dec 1929; digital images, "Chancery records, ca. 1847-1937," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3FW-VBRB : accessed 28 Jun 2020), image 1725 of 3164.
3. [S4643] Allegan County, Michigan, Circuit Court calendar 11, page 545, no. 7391, Reynolds v. Reynolds, "bill for divorce."
4. [S4046] 1930 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Saugatuck Township, enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 7A, dwelling 177, family 179, Cleveland Reynolds household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 973.
5. [S6615] "W. C. (Bonnie) Reynolds," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 22 July 1968, p. 42 col. 8; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-16D1672AE1235766%402440060-16CFEDBD65D17162%4041-16CFEDBD65D17162%40? : 12 April 2025.
6. [S6614] "Bonnie M. Reynolds," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 17 September 1987, p. G5 col. 6; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-16D540CEC2823917%402447056-16D53BF2AFEF690C%4062-16D53BF2AFEF690C%40 : 12 April 2025.
7. [S6619] "Dorcas B. Stull," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 18 March 1997, p. L2 col. 6; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-16E40D6060A3DFE2%402450526-16E215346439EBDF%4039-16E215346439EBDF%40 : 12 April 2025.
8. [S6616] "Charlotte B. Kalee," obituary, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 1 October 1998, p. 38 col. 5; image, GenealogyBank.com, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1231FD919F0C27A4%40GB3NEWS-16E959E706D2ACED%402451088-16E8412C475380CC%4037-16E8412C475380CC%40 : 12 April 2025.

Charles C. Stedman

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Biography

• Birth: about 1877, MichiganO.¹
• Marriage: to Elnora Grant, 4 January 1906, Allegan, Allegan County, MichiganO, age ~29. by Herman H. Cook, Justice of the Peace||William Stedman of Pearl and Bernice Grant of Valley Township acted as witnesses. It's not known who this Bernice is, although it may be Norie's sister, Bessie.²
• Census: 30 April 1910, Clyde Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, head of household, "Charles Stedman," dwelling 131, family 132, farm owned freely, farm schedulee 125.
  Charles Stedman, head, male, white, age 33, married 4 years, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, farmer, own farm, works on own account, able to read and write
  Nora Stedman, wife, female, white, age 22, married 4 years, mother of 2 children, 1 living, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation
  Okie C. Stedman, son, male, white, age 1, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan³
• Census: 10 February 1920, Clyde Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household, "Charles C. Stedman household," dwelling 246, family 251, farm owned freely, farm schedule 144.
  Charles C. Stedman, head, male, white, age 43, married, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, speaks English, farmer, general farm, works on own account
  Nora Stedman, wife, female, white, age 32, married, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation
  Robert C. Stedman, son, male, white, age 6, single, attended school, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, no occupation
  Everett Stedman, son, male, white, age 4 3/12, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, no occupation
  The family lived next door to Nora's parents.⁴
• Census: 16 April 1930, Clyde Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 April 1930, head of household, "Charles C. Stedman household," dwelling 106, family 107, farm owned, farm schedule 74.
  Charles C. Stedman, head, male, white, age 53, married at age 21, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, farmer, general farm, works on own account
  Nora Stedman, wife, female, white, age 42, married at age 18, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Ohio, speaks English, factory work, cannery factory, employed worked, unemployment schedule 16
  Robert Stedman, son, male, white, age 16, single, did not attend school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, laborer, farm, employed worker
  Everett C. Stedman, son, male, white, age 14, single, attended school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation
  Madeline Stedman, daughter, female, white, age 7, single, attended school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation
  
  His father-in-law, Theodore Grant, lived next door.¹
• Witness - Military Draft Registration: 16 October 1940, Allegan County, MichiganO+, named as the person who would always know the address of Okey C. Stedman, "Okey C. Stedman," residing in Fennville.⁵
  

  Okey C. Stedman, draft registration, 16 October 1940
  

  Okey C. Stedman, draft registration, 16 October 1940
• Death: 1955, age ~78.⁶

• Last Edited: 14 April 2025

Citations

1. [S6089] 1930 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Clyde Township, enumeration district (ED) 3-9, sheet 4B, dwelling 106, family 107, Charles C. Stedman household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Mar 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 972.
2. [S5083] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 7 : 71, no. 7050, 4 Jan 1906, entry for Charles C. Stedman and Nora Grant; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
3. [S6096] 1910 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, Clyde Township, enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 11A, dwelling 131, family 132, Charles Stedman household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Mar 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 634.
4. [S3637] 1920 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Clyde, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 10B, dwelling 246, family 251, Charles C. Stedman household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 753.
5. [S6100] Allegan County, Michigan, Draft Records, serial no. 1472, order no. 1335, draft registration, Okey C. Stedman entry, recorded 16 Oct 1940, arranged alphabetical; imaged in "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238/ : accessed 3 Mar 2023) > Michigan > Skiba-Steen > Stevens, Harl-Steen, Robert > images 736-7; from original records housed at "Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II, Multiple Registrations. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975, Record Group Number 147. National Archives and Records Administration."
6. [S5972] "Mrs. Nora Stedman, 78, Succumbs in Allegan," Holland (Michigan) Evening Sentinel, 29 May 1965, p. 10, col. 4; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7686/ : accessed 12 Feb 2023) > Holland Evening Sentinel (Holland, Michigan) > 1965 > May > 29 > image 18 of 24.

Aaldrik Aaldriks Pot

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  Aaldrik Aaldriks Pot and Hindrikje Everts Penning
  Marriage: before 1849.¹
• Death: before October 1879.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S4974] Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, huwelijken, overlijden 1879-1882," huwelijke (marriage), Johannes Nuijen, vol. 1879, no. 26 (30 October 1879); FHL microfilm 0235471.

Hindrikje Everts Penning

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Biography

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  Aaldrik Aaldriks Pot and Hindrikje Everts Penning
  Marriage: before 1849.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S4974] Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, huwelijken, overlijden 1879-1882," huwelijke (marriage), Johannes Nuijen, vol. 1879, no. 26 (30 October 1879); FHL microfilm 0235471.

Wilhelmus Siert Molog

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 9 October 1882, Kerklaan, Muntendam, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. at four o'clock in the morning¹
• 
  
  Wilhelmus Siert Molog and Harmke Porringa
  Marriage: 26 May 1906, Muntendam, Groningen, NetherlandsO+.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S4219] Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, huwelijken, overlijden 1879-1882," geboorte (birth), Wilhelmus S. Molog, vol. 1882, no. 84 (9 October 1882); FHL microfilm 235471.
2. [S4988] Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1883-1912," huwelijke (marriage), Wilhelmus Siert Molog and Harmke Porringa, vol. 1906, no. 13 (26 May 1906); FHL microfilm 1300655.

Josephine Woldendorf

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Josephine Woldendorf (c1891- )

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1891, the NetherlandsO.¹
• 
  
  Charles Monroe Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf
  Marriage: 3 April 1909, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by Joseph William Lawrence, Minister of the Gospel,¹
• She and Charles Monroe Klinger resided at 1128 1st in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1910.²
• Census: 26 April 1910, 1128 First St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of spouse, Charles Monroe Klinger.³
• She and Charles Monroe Klinger resided at 1006 Hotop Ave.O in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, between 1911 and 1917.^{4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
• Census: 6 January 1920, 408 Elm Street, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Charles Monroe Klinger.¹¹
• Family Event - witness to marriage of brother-in-law: 4 February 1920, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, George Lewis Klinger and Lulu Colvin.^12,13
• Josephine Woldendorf and Charles Monroe Klinger resided at 428 S. Burdick St. in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1921.¹⁴
• Social Event - Host: 27 July 1922, 408 Elm Street, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, birthday celebration for Charles Klinger. She hosted the party in honor of her husband's birthday, and gave a recitation of "Years That Roll By" in toasting her husband.
  
  The newspaper article on the actual birthday 3 days later described the event as follows:
  
  An enjoyable birthday party was given by Mrs. Charles Klinger, at her home on Elm street, Thursday evening, in honor of the birthday anniversary of her husband. The color scheme was prettily carried out in white and yellow clusters of garden flowers being used.
  
  The evening was spent in music and games, after which a dainty luncheon was served. A recitation, "Years That Roll By," was given by Mrs. Klinger, as a toast to her husband. A solo, "Loves Old Sweet Song," was sung by Mrs. Roy Hoare, a niece of the host, and solos were rendered by Eva Stevens and Calvin Klinger.
  
  The guests at the party included Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klinger, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Klinger, Mr. and Mrs. George Klinger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klinger, Mrs. Eva Klinger Stevens, Mrs. May Klinger Grant, Charles Klinger, Jr., Theodore Klinger, John Klinger, the MIsses Gladys, Susan and May Klinger, Frank Rivers, Mrs. William Grant, Mrs. Nellie Grant. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hoare, of Elmo, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. John Woldendorff, and the Misses Elleta, Razza, and Helen Woldendorff, of Portage Center.¹⁵
• She and Charles Monroe Klinger resided at the north side of Whites Road in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, between 1924 and 1926.^16,17

• Last Edited: 16 July 2023

Citations

1. [S5287] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 7 : 71, no. 10345, no. 10395, 3 Apr 1909, entry for Charles M. Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S4909] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1910 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1910), p."
3. [S3989] 1910 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 5, enumeration district (ED) 151, sheet 13A, dwelling 268, family 287, Charles M. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T524, roll 654.
4. [S4910] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1911 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1911), p."
5. [S4911] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's 1912 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1912), p."
6. [S4912] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's 1913 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1913), p."
7. [S4913] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's 1914 Kalamazoo City and County Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1914), p."
8. [S4914] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's 1915 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1915), p."
9. [S4915] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Battle Creek City Directory, 1899-1900 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1899), p."
10. [S4916] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s 1917 Kalamazoo City Directory (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1917), p."
11. [S4013] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, ward 2, enumeration district (ED) 156, sheet 5B, dwelling 112, family 125, Charles C. M. Klinger household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
12. [S4625] M. Robert B. Klinger, The Klinger Family: with notes on the ancestral families in Germany and the United States, 8th ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1986), page 42.
13. [S5061] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 9 : 68, no. 19201, 31 Jan 1920, entry for George L. Klinger and Lulu Rogers; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
14. [S4918] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s Kalamazoo Directory 1921 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1921), p."
15. [S5495] "Two Kalamazoo Girls Will Enter Meet for Tennis Championship," society news, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 30 Jul 1922, p. 5, col. 2, Charles Klinger birthday party; image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 27 Mar 2021.)
16. [S4661] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1924 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1924), p."
17. [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."

Abco(?) Woldendorf

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Biography

• 
  
  Abco(?) Woldendorf and Trientje Hogue
  Marriage: before 1891, the NetherlandsO.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5287] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 7 : 71, no. 10345, ; supposition based on birthplace and calculated birthdate of daughter, Josephine, given in her marriage record, no. 10395, 3 Apr 1909, entry for Charles M. Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Trientje Hogue

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Biography

• 
  
  Abco(?) Woldendorf and Trientje Hogue
  Marriage: before 1891, the NetherlandsO.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5287] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 7 : 71, no. 10345, ; supposition based on birthplace and calculated birthdate of daughter, Josephine, given in her marriage record, no. 10395, 3 Apr 1909, entry for Charles M. Klinger and Josephine Woldendorf; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Lulu Colvin

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Biography

• Birth: about 1885, Joliet, Will County, IllinoisO.¹
• 
  
  Rogers and Lulu Colvin
  Marriage: before 1920.²
• Census: 7 January 1920, 511 Sprague Ave., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, lodger in the household of George Lewis Klinger. At the time of the census, Lulu is said to be married, although George Klinger is noted to be a widow. The census also records that she was a housekeeper, and she may have been a housekeeper in the Klinger house. Based on this information, it appears that Lulu and George married at a later date, although no record of their marriage has been found.²
• 
  
  George Lewis Klinger and Lulu Colvin
  Marriage: 4 February 1920, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by G. A. Buell, Minister||The groom's brother, Charles, and his wife, Josephine, stood as witnesses for the marriage. At the time of the marriage, George worked as a moulder and Lulu did laundry work.^3,1
• She and George Lewis Klinger resided at 511 Sprague Ave. in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, between 1921 and 1924.^4,5,6

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5061] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 9 : 68, no. 19201, 31 Jan 1920, entry for George L. Klinger and Lulu Rogers; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [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.
3. [S4625] M. Robert B. Klinger, The Klinger Family: with notes on the ancestral families in Germany and the United States, 8th ed. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: M. Robert B. Klinger [2015 Devonshire Road], 1986), page 42.
4. [S4918] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "R. L. Polk & Co.'s Kalamazoo Directory 1921 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1921), p."
5. [S4660] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1922 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1922), p."
6. [S4661] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry ( : accessed); citing "Polk's Kalamazoo City Directory, 1924 (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1924), p."

Garrett Weening

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 14 October 1902.²
• Birth: before 1911.¹
• Residence: 1980, Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²
• Death: 1 May 1980, age 77, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2137] Kalamazoo County estate file, Name Of Person: Gerrit Nuyen, Series: Liber 19: 489, File Number: 26,395, Film: 82, item 101 (7 December 1939)
2. [S2136] Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996, Ancestry.com, Url: http://www.ancestry.com

Bert Weening

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: before 1911.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2137] Kalamazoo County estate file, Name Of Person: Gerrit Nuyen, Series: Liber 19: 489, File Number: 26,395, Film: 82, item 101 (7 December 1939)

Peter Weening

• Interactive Family Tree

Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: before 1911.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2137] Kalamazoo County estate file, Name Of Person: Gerrit Nuyen, Series: Liber 19: 489, File Number: 26,395, Film: 82, item 101 (7 December 1939)

Alice Weening

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Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: before 1911.¹
• 
  
  Rose and Alice Weening
  Marriage: before 1940.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2137] Kalamazoo County estate file, Name Of Person: Gerrit Nuyen, Series: Liber 19: 489, File Number: 26,395, Film: 82, item 101 (7 December 1939)

Rose

• Interactive Family Tree

Biography

• 
  
  Rose and Alice Weening
  Marriage: before 1940.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2137] Kalamazoo County estate file, Name Of Person: Gerrit Nuyen, Series: Liber 19: 489, File Number: 26,395, Film: 82, item 101 (7 December 1939)

Joseph Cunningham

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• References: Descendants of Martin Cunningham

Parents

Biography

• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: March 1889, Shelbyville, Shelby County, IndianaO+.^1,2
• At least one document indicates he may have been born on 4 March 1889.³
• Census: 2 June 1900, 237 E. Jackson St., Shelbyville, Shelby County, IndianaO+, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents.²
• Family Event - death of brother: 3 August 1907, Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IndianaO, death of John Cunningham, age 22.⁴
• At the time of his marriage in May 1915, Joseph was in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO. toll inspector¹
• Marriage: to Blanche Heyraud, 1 May 1915, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, age 26.¹
  

  Joseph Cunningham and Blanche Heyraud, marriage, 1 May 1915
• News Article: 4 March 1916, Battle Creek Enquirer, (Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.)
  Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cunningham of Jackson visited the latter's father, Francis Heyraud, over Sunday.⁵
• Family Event - birth of child: 31 March 1916, parent of Joseph Richard Cunningham.^6,1
• Residence: June 1917, 201 S. Larch St., Lansing, Ingham County, MichiganO. He lived there with his wife, Blanche, and child, Joseph Richard.⁷
• Family Event - birth of child: 14 January 1918, parent of Marie Elise Cunningham.⁸
• Family Event - birth of child: 25 August 1919, parent of Thomas Cunningham.⁹
• Family Event - death of son: 8 December 1919, Saginaw, Saginaw County, MichiganO, death of Thomas Cunningham, age 0.⁹
• Census: 8 January 1920, Saginaw, Saginaw County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household.
  Joseph Cunningham, head, male, white, age 29, married, able to read and write, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Ohio, speaks English, representative for government
  Blanche Cunningham, wife, female, white, age 29, married, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born France, parents native language French, speaks Englsih, occupation none
  Joseph Cunningham, son, male, white, age 3, single, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan
  Marie Cunningham, daughter, female, white, age 2, single, born Michigan, father born Indiana, mother born Michigan¹⁰
• Family Event - birth of child: 7 July 1922, parent of Alice Lucie Cunningham.¹¹
• Death: 2 August 1923, age 34, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Joseph Cunningham," cause of death pneumonia.^12,3,13
• Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, IndianaO+.³
  

  Joseph B. Cunningham, grave marker, Forest Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Indiana (Credit: Donna Hardebeck, 22 July 2010)

• Last Edited: 9 December 2024

Citations

1. [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.
2. [S3680] 1900 U.S. census, Shelby County, Indiana, population schedule, city of Shelbyville, 5th ward, enumeration district (ED) 106, sheet 2A, dwelling 32, family 32, Margaret Cunningham household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 402.
3. [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.
4. [S6467] "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2745997:60716 : accessed 3 June 2024) > Certificate > 1907 > 01 > image 439 of 1908, p. 192, no. 466, John Cunningham, 3 August 1907, filed 5 August 1907; citing "Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana."
5. [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.
6. [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.
7. [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.
8. [S5863] "Moonbeams," birth announcement, The Battle Creek (Michigan) Moon-Journal, 15 Jan 1918, p. 5, col. 2; transcription, Chronicling Battle Creek: Historic Local Newspapers (https://archives.willardlibrary.org/newspapers/chronicling_bc.php : accessed 11 Jul 2022.)
9. [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."
10. [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.
11. [S6498] "Births," The (Battle Creek Michigan) Enquirer and Evening News, 11 July 1922, p. 13 col. 2; image, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/203858064 : 6 July 2024.
12. [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."
13. [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.)

Blanche Heyraud

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• References: Descendants of Francois Louis Heyraud and Elise Desmarty

Parents

Biography

• Birth: 14 November 1890, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO.¹
• Parentage:^2,3
• Census: 1 June 1900, Pennfield Township, Calhoun County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents.
  Blanch Heyraud, Daughter, white, female, born December 18 93 in Michigan, age 7, single, parents born in France, attended school 9 months, able to read and write, speaks English³
• Family Event - marriage of sister: 25 June 1903, Emmett Township, Calhoun County, MichiganO, Dewey Abbey and Louise Heyraud, by Wm. S. Potter, Minister.⁴
  

  Dewey Abbey and Louise Heyraud, marriage, 3 July 1903
• Family Event - death of sister: 16 May 1905, Emmett Township, Calhoun County, MichiganO, death of Jeanne Lucilla Heyraud, age 17.⁵
  

  Jeanne Lucilla Heyrood, death certificate, 16 May 1905
• Census: 7 May 1910, Emmett Township, Calhoun County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of parents, dwelling 244, household 252, farm owned on mortgage, farm schedule 142.
  Blance Heyraud, daughter, female, white, age 19, single, born in Michigan, parents born in France, speaks English, no occupation, able to read and write⁶
• Family Event - death of mother: 29 July 1914, Emmett Township, Calhoun County, MichiganO, death of Elise DesMarty, age 54.⁷
  

  Eliza D. Heyraud, death certificate, 29 July 1914
• Occupation: May 1915, Emmett Township, Calhoun County, MichiganO, housekeeper.²
• Marriage: to Joseph Cunningham, 1 May 1915, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, age 24.²
  

  Joseph Cunningham and Blanche Heyraud, marriage, 1 May 1915
• News Article: 22 May 1915, Battle Creek Enquirer, (Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.)
  A VARIETY SHOWER
  
  Mrs. Joseph Cunningham, formerly Miss Blanche Heyraud, was given a variety shower Thursday at her home in Emmett township. About fifty friends of Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham gathered at the home for the evening and a most delightful time was spent with a program of music, games, and readings. Refreshments were served by several of the ladies. The guest of honor was well remembered with gifts. Mrs. Clarence A. Palmiter and Mrs. John Palmerton were in charge of the entertainment.⁸
• News Article: 4 March 1916, Battle Creek Enquirer, (Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.)
  Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cunningham of Jackson visited the latter's father, Francis Heyraud, over Sunday.⁹
• Family Event - birth of child: 31 March 1916, parent of Joseph Richard Cunningham.^10,2
• Residence: June 1917, 201 S. Larch St., Lansing, Ingham County, MichiganO. She lived there with her husband, Joseph Cunningham, and child, Joseph Richard.¹¹
• Family Event - birth of child: 14 January 1918, parent of Marie Elise Cunningham.¹²
• Family Event - marriage of sister: 14 April 1919, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, Benjamin E. Brown and Laura Rose Heyraud, "Benjamin E. Brown and Laura Rose Heyraud," by W. F. Kendrick, Minister.¹³
  

  Benjamin E. Brown and Laura Rose Heyraud, marriage, 14 April 1919
• Family Event - birth of child: 25 August 1919, parent of Thomas Cunningham.¹⁴
• Family Event - death of son: 8 December 1919, Saginaw, Saginaw County, MichiganO, death of Thomas Cunningham, age 0.¹⁴
• Census: 8 January 1920, Saginaw, Saginaw County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Joseph Cunningham.
  Blanche Cunningham, wife, female, white, age 29, married, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born France, parents native language French, speaks Englsih, occupation none¹⁵
• Family Event - birth of child: 7 July 1922, parent of Alice Lucie Cunningham.¹⁶
• Family Event - death of spouse: 2 August 1923, Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Joseph Cunningham, age 34.^17,18,19
• Family Event - death of father: 8 September 1933, Emmett Township, Calhoun County, MichiganO, death of François Louis Heyraud, age 77.²⁰
  

  Francis Louis Heyraud, death certificate, 8 September 1933
• Occupation: September 1940, Kunkle, Williams County, OhioO, nurse.²¹
• Marriage: to F. Howell Colman, 26 September 1940, Williams County, OhioO, age 49, "F. Howell Colman and Blanche Cunningham," by Rev. Emil F. Carlsten of Bryan, Ohio.^22,21
• Witness - Military Draft Registration: 16 October 1940, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, named as the person who would always know the address of Joseph Richard Cunningham. The record identified her as "Mrs. Howell Coleman," and she lived in Osthemo at the time.²³
• Family Event - marriage of son: 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.^24,22,25
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham and Anna Mary Wiswell, 13 June 1942, marriage record
• Marriage: to George DeKam, 9 May 1945, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, age 54, "George S. DeKam and Blanche Colman," by Paul Silas Heath, minister, First Presbyterian Church of Kalamazoo.^26,27
• Land Transaction - Grantee: about 9 September 1950, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, "Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Cunningham to Mr. and Mrs. George S. DeKam." She and her husband purchased the land from her son, Joseph, and his wife.²⁸
  

  Joseph R. Cunningham, news item, 9 September 1950
• Family Event - death of sister: 23 April 1951, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of Louise Heyraud, age ~67.²⁹
• Family Event - named as survivor: 24 April 1951, obituary of Louise Heyraud, The Battle Creek Enquirer and News (Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.) She was identified as Mrs. George DeKam of Kalamazoo.²⁹
  

  Louise S. Abbey, obituary, 24 April 1951
• Death: 28 March 1956, age 65, 3464 Chime St., Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^1,30
  

  Blanche De Kam, death notice, Kalamazoo Gazette, 29 March 1956
• News Article: 29 March 1956, Kalamazoo Gazette, (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.)
  Gunshot Kills Nurse, 66
  
  Mrs. Blanche De Kam, 66, wife of George S. De Kam, 3464 Chime St., Oshtemo, was found dead in a second story room of her home as the result of a gunshot wound, at 4:05 yesterday afternoon.
  
  Deputies Ronald Keim, Donald Lewis, William Robinson, James Von Her and Undersheriff Glenn K. Hammel investigated the death and said Mrs. De Kam was killed by the discharge of a 16-gauge shotgun which was found at the side of the body. The death was discovered by Mr. De Kam upon his return home from work.
  
  Mrs. De Kam had been a nurse at Kalamazoo State Hospital for 27 years.
  
  Under Doctor’s Care
  
  The husband, a plumber, told officers that his wife had been in an extremely nervous condition and had been under the care of two doctors.
  
  Dr. Leo Rasmussen, Vicksburg, county coroner, was summoned and authorized that the body be removed to the Truesdale Funeral Home.
  
  Mrs. De Kam’s survivors in addition to her husband include two daughters, Mrs. Mary Blair, Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., and Mrs. Alice Barlevi, Chicago, Ill.; a son, Joseph Cunningham, San Diego, Calif.; three stepsons, Ronald, George Jr. and Burton De Kam, all of Kalamazoo; a sister, Mrs. Laura Brown, Pontiac, Mich.; 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
  
  Funeral services will be at Truesdale’s at 1 Saturday afternoon, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek.³⁰
• Obituary: 5 April 1956, The Battle Creek Enquirer and News (Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.)
  NEWS NOTES
  
  Former Resident Dies - Mrs. Blanch Anna DeKam, the former Blanch Heyraud of Battle Creek, died March 28 in Oshtemo, near Kalamazoo. Services were held in Kalamazoo last Saturday, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery here. A native of Battle Creek, she was born Nov. 14, 1890, the daughter of Francois and Elise (Desmarty) Heyraud. Her father was a long-time French chef at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Mrs. DeKam was educated in the local public schools. For the past 27 years she was a registered nurse employed by the Kalamazoo State Hospital. She is survived by two daughter, Mrs. Mary Blair of Grosse Pointe Woods and Mrs. Alice Barlevi of Chicago; a son, Joseph Cunningham of San Diego, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Laura Brown of Pontiac.³¹

• Last Edited: 6 April 2025

Citations

1. [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."
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. [S6550] 1900 U.S. census, Calhoun County, Michigan, population schedule, Pennfield, enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 1, dwelling 8, family 9, Francis Heyraud household; imaged, "1900 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/24670716:7602 : accessed 9 December 2024).
4. [S5456] "Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9093&h=2767084: accessed 9 Jun 2018), record image, Abbey Dewey and Louise Heyraud, filed 6 Jul 1903, p. 402, no. 255, image 286 of 623; citing "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 (1903 Alcona-Hillsdale, film 77), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
5. [S4553] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355315-02602: accessed 28 Jul 2014), certificate image, Jeanne Lucilla Heyrood, filed 17 May 1905, Certificates, 1897-1920, volume 078: Arenac-BattleCreek, 1905, p. 467 (stamped), no. 3, image 2603 of 3036; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
6. [S6555] 1910 U.S. census, Calhoun County, Michigan, Emmett Township, enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 10A, dwelling 244, family 252, Francis Heyraud household; imaged, "1910 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/11943256:7884 : accessed 15 December 2024).
7. [S4551] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_354857-00761: accessed 28 Jul 2014), certificate image, Eliza D. Heyraud, filed 31 Jul 1914, Certificates, 1897-1920, volume 194: Berrien-Crawford, 1914, no. 11, image 762 of 3167; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
8. [S6547] "A Variety Shower," The Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer, 22 May 1915, p. 4, col. 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/1044417393 : accessed 8 Dec 2024.)
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