Marguerite May Rathmann1,2

b. 4 August 1915, d. 10 December 1996
Pedigree
FatherDaniel H. Rathmann1,2
MotherJessie M. Anderson1,2

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     Marguerite May Rathmann was born on 4 August 1915 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan.3,1 She married Basil Edgbert DeWitt, son of Oscar J. DeWitt and Viola Rose Evans, on 11 January 1935 in Martin, Allegan Co., Michigan.1 Marguerite filed for divorce on 14 January 1941, and their divorce was finalized on 8 July 1942 in Tuscola Co., Michigan.4 She died on 10 December 1996 in Arlington, Van Buren Co., Michigan, at age 81.2,5

Citations

  1. [S4798] Basil DeWitt and Marguerite Rathmann, Marriage Record.
  2. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Record for Marguerite May Silverthorn, No. 366-22-7461.
  3. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Record for Marguerite May Silverthorn, No. 366-22-7461. Name listed as Marguerite May Silverthorn November 1942, and Marguerite Croy January 1964.
  4. [S3741] Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952; record for Basil DeWitt and Marguerite DeWitt, Docket No. 3476, State File No. 79 614.
  5. [S2131] Michigan, U.S., Death Index, 1971-1996; record for Marguerite Croy.

Ralph Watson Dunklee1,2,3

b. 3 July 1902, d. 22 June 1937
Pedigree
FatherWatson Dunklee3
MotherMary Wells3

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     Ralph Watson Dunklee was born on 3 July 1902 in Trowbridge Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.3 He married Jessie Mabel DeWitt, daughter of Oscar J. DeWitt and Viola Rose Evans, on 10 November 1931 in LaGrange Co., Indiana.4 He drowned on 22 June 1937 at age 34 in a shallow drainage creek in Leighton Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, after suffering an epileptic seizure. He and his brother-in-law Basil DeWitt were working in a beet field, and Ralph wasn't feeling well. One newspaper account says he was washing his feet when he was stricken; another says he was washing his head.3,5,6 He was buried at Miner Cemetery in Martin, Allegan Co., Michigan.7

Citations

  1. [S4803] Obituary, Edwin James Dunklee, Girrbach Funeral Home, Hastings, Michigan, 7 April 2016.
  2. [S4286] Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952; record for Carl A. Price and Rosemary Dunklee, County File No. 114, State File No. 8 3577, Film "8 Barry 2740 9 Bay 1809" (Barry (1946)-Bay (1928), Film 9). Names Rosemary's parents as Ralph Dunklee and Jessie DeWitt.
  3. [S4801] Ralph Watson Dunklee, Death Certificate.
  4. [S6352] Ralph Dunklee and Jessie DeWitt, Marriage Record.
  5. [S8246] "Drowns in Foot of Water", Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan, 23 June 1937, p. 2, col. 6.
  6. [S8247] Obituary, Ralph Dunklee, Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 23 June 1937, p. 2, col. 5.
  7. [S1871] Find A Grave; memorial for Ralph Watson Dunklee (Mem. No. 154012403), Miner Cemetery, Martin, Allegan Co., Michigan. Created by Dorothy, 20 October 2015.