Warren Abraham Donahe1,2

b. 9 September 1922, d. 11 May 1992
FatherEmil Donahe2
MotherEva Witter2
     Warren Abraham Donahe was born on 9 September 1922 in Osage, Becker Co., Minnesota.2,1 He married first Lola McDonald on 17 April 1948 in Chehalis, Lewis Co., Washington.3 He married second Nellie Belle DeWitt, daughter of Oscar J. DeWitt and Viola Rose Evans, on 11 July 1954 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada.4 They separated on 17 February 1958, and Nellie filed for divorce within a month, asking for custody of their two children and $150/month in support.4 They were not officially divorced, howver, until January 1974 in Santa Clara Co., California.1 He died on 11 May 1992 in Santa Clara Co., California, at age 69.5 He was buried at Cedar Lawn Memorial Park in Fremont, Alameda Co., California.6
     He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, enlisting on 2 November 1942 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California.7

Citations

  1. [S4269] California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984; record for Warren A. Donahe and Nellie B. Dewitt, State File No. 10591.
  2. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Record for Warren Abraham Donahe, No. 569-28-9929.
  3. [S8258] Warren A. Donahe and Lola Conlee, Marriage Record.
  4. [S8255] "Divorce Complaints", The Californian, Salinas, California, 12 March 1958, p. 25, col. 2.
  5. [S702] California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997; record for Warren Abraham Donahe, SSN 569-28-9929.
  6. [S1871] Find A Grave; memorial for Warren A. Donahe (Mem. No. 30839204), Cedar Lawn Memorial Park, Fremont, Alameda Co., California. Created by Patti LaPine, 24 October 2008.
  7. [S1957] U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; record for Warren A. Donahe.

Ylartio Martin Rodriguez1,2

b. 3 November 1906
FatherBentura Rodriguez2
MotherYsalbella Martinez2
     Ylartio Martin Rodriguez was born on 3 November 1906 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co., Texas.1 He married Willowdean Elizabeth DeWitt, daughter of Oscar J. DeWitt and Viola Rose Evans, on 3 July 1937 in Ithaca, Gratiot Co., Michigan.2

Citations

  1. [S8261] World War II Draft Card, Ylartio Martin Rodriguez.
  2. [S4807] Ylarto M. Rodriguez and Willowdean DeWitt, Marriage Record.

Robert Eldon Chubb1,2

b. 23 September 1906, d. 26 April 1965
     Robert Eldon Chubb was born on 23 September 1906 in Barry Co., Michigan.3,2 He married first Ethel Mary Schwaegler on 2 September 1927 in Elkhart Co., Indiana.4 They were divorced before 1940.5 He married second Willowdean Elizabeth DeWitt, daughter of Oscar J. DeWitt and Viola Rose Evans.1 He died on 26 April 1965 in Washtenaw Co., Michigan, at age 58.2 He was buried at Highland Cemetery in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Michigan.6
     He and his first wife Ethel are listed in the 1930 census living with Robert's brother Jay and his wife Mina in Cooper Twp., Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.7,8 In 1940 he was living as a lodger with the family of Ben Parks in Thornapple, Barry Co., Michigan, and listed in the census as divorced.9 He and his second wife Willowdean may have lived for a time in California. They are listed there in San Francisco in the 1945 city directory.10 They were back in Michigan by 1950, listed in the census in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., along with their son Robert, age 5. Living with them were Willowdean's brother Robert DeWitt and his family.11
     He was listed as a farmer at the time of his first marriage in 19274, then worked at the Allied Paper Mill in Kalamazoo for several years7,3,9, and was later a railroad telegraph operator.11

Citations

  1. [S4829] Obituary, Robert A. Chubb, Geer Funeral Home, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Names his parents as Robert E. and Willowdean E. Dewitt Chubb.
  2. [S4828] Washtenaw Co. Clerk's Office, compiler, Washtenaw Co., Michigan, Online Document Searching; death certificate for Robert Eldon Chubb, 26 April 1965, Doc. No. D1965-00671.
  3. [S8263] World War II Draft Card, Robert Eldon Chubb.
  4. [S8262] Robert Eldon Chubb and Ethel Mary Schwaegler, Marriage Record.
  5. [S8265] 1940 U.S. Census, Ben Parks household, Barry Co., Michigan. Robert is listed as divorced.
  6. [S1871] Find A Grave; memorial for Robert Eldon Chubb (Mem. No. 35889374), Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Michigan. Created by RickW, 14 April 2009.
  7. [S8264] 1930 U.S. Census, Jay F. Chubb household, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  8. [S3346] Listed with them as Jay Chubb's nephew is Robert E. Chubb, age 1 11/12. This is presumably the son of Robert and Ethel (Schwaegler) Chubb. Note that Robert Sr. and his second wife Willowdean DeWitt also had a son named Robert, born in 1945. No additional information has been found online about Ethel (Schwaegler) Chubb or her son Robert.
  9. [S8265] 1940 U.S. Census, Ben Parks household, Barry Co., Michigan.
  10. [S6235] City Directory(s) for San Francisco, California; 1945, p. 348.
  11. [S8266] 1950 U.S. Census, Robert E. Chubb household, Washtenaw Co., Michigan.

Fred Thomas Marshall1

b. 2 September 1940, d. 5 January 2018
     Fred Thomas Marshall was born on 2 September 1940.2 He married Willowdean Elizabeth DeWitt, daughter of Oscar J. DeWitt and Viola Rose Evans, on 18 December 1965 in Washtenaw Co., Michigan.1 He died on 5 January 2018 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Michigan, at age 77.2
     He served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, and later worked for many years as a metal finisher at Telegraph Polishing in Belleville, Wayne Co., Michigan.2

Citations

  1. [S4828] Washtenaw Co. Clerk's Office, compiler, Washtenaw Co., Michigan, Online Document Searching; marriage record for Fred Thomas Marshall and Willowdean Elizabeth (Dewitt) Chubb, Lic. No. 01975.
  2. [S7644] Obituary, Fred Thomas Marshall, Janowiak Funeral Home, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 5 January 2018.

Katherine A. Miller1

b. 3 September 1927, d. 25 October 1989
FatherAlvin E. Miller2
MotherMary A. (?)2,1
     Katherine A. Miller was born on 3 September 1927 in Ionia Co., Michigan.2,3,1 She married Robert John Leo DeWitt, son of Oscar J. DeWitt and Viola Rose Evans, on 1 January 1945 in Ionia Co., Michigan.1 She died on 25 October 1989 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, at age 62.3,2
     In 1950 she and her husband Robert were living with Robert's sister Willowdean and her family in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Michigan.4

Citations

  1. [S4286] Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952; record for Robert J. DeWitt and Katherine A. Miller, County File No. 175, State File No. 8 2729, Film "7 Baraga 1293 8 Barry 2739" (Baraga (1945)-Barry (1946), Film 8).
  2. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Record for Katherine Ann Dewitt, No. 369-72-5300.
  3. [S2131] Michigan, U.S., Death Index, 1971-1996; record for Katherine A. Dewitt.
  4. [S8266] 1950 U.S. Census, Robert E. Chubb household, Washtenaw Co., Michigan.

Walter Raymond Clark1

b. 24 August 1894, d. 8 April 1949
FatherW. S. Clark1
MotherElla Weston1
     Walter Raymond Clark was born on 24 August 1894 in Gold Hill, Jackson Co., Oregon.2,3 He married Kathleen Ann Horine, daughter of Orval Tilman Horine and Maude M. Evans, on 25 January 1930 at the courthouse in Silver Bow Co., Montana.4 He died on 8 April 1949 at Washoe General Hospital in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada, at age 54 from pulmonary tuberculosis, with silicosis as a contributing factor.5 He was buried on 9 April 1949 at Mountain View Cemetery in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada.5
     He was a copper miner.2,6,5 In 1930 he and his wife (listed as Katherine) were living in Centerville, Silver Bow Co., Montana.6 He was living in Talkeetna, Alaska, in 1935, and back in Silver Bow Co., Montana, in 1940, as a lodger along with many other miners in a house headed by Mary McBride in Butte. He was then listed in the census as single.7 In 1942 he was living in Enterprise, Butte Co., California,3, and shortly afterward moved to Nevada.8

Citations

  1. [S4846] Walter Raymond Clark and Kathleen Horine, Marriage Record.
  2. [S4843] World War I Draft Registration, Walter Raymond Clark.
  3. [S4844] World War II Draft Card, Walter Raymond Clark.
  4. [S4846] Walter Raymond Clark and Kathleen Horine, Marriage Record. Walter gave his age as 30, but was actually 35.
  5. [S4847] Walter Clark, Death Certificate.
  6. [S4845] 1930 U.S. Census, Walter Clark household, Silver Bow Co., Montana.
  7. [S8276] 1940 U.S. Census, Walter R. Clark household, Silver Bow Co., Montana.
  8. [S8269] Obituary, Walter Clark, Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nevada, 8 April 1949, p. 13, col. 4.

Demus Stanley Solberg1,2

b. 28 February 1911, d. 7 August 1963
FatherFrank Solberg3,4 b. a 1872
MotherMary Jane Robinson3,4 b. a 1878
     Demus Stanley Solberg was born on 28 February 1911 in Oak Point, Cowlitz Co., Washington.2 He married Kathleen Ann Horine, daughter of Orval Tilman Horine and Maude M. Evans.5,6 He died on 7 August 1963 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, at age 52 from pneumonia, after undergoing surgery for a brain aneurysm.7 He was buried on 10 August 1963 at Murray Hill Cemetery in Clatskanie, Columbia Co., Oregon.7
     He went by the nickname "Nick."8
     He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a technician 5th grade in the 1262nd Engineer Combat Battalion, enlisting on 13 May 1942. He was discharged on 17 January 1946.9,10 At the time of his enlistment his occupation was given as fisherman and oysterman.10
     No marriage record has been found for online for Demus Stanley Solberg and Kathleen Ann Horine, but Roland Solberg's obituary names his parents as Demus Stanley Solberg and Kathleen Horine, and Demus's wife is listed as Kathleen in the 1950 census, in his obituary, and on his death certificate.1,11,12,7 They lived in Clatskanie, Columbia Co., Oregon, and are listed there in the 1950 census next to Demus's parents.11

Citations

  1. [S6367] Obituary, Roland Andrew Solberg, The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, 27 August 2017.
  2. [S8270] World War II Draft Card, Demus Stanley Solberg.
  3. [S6360] 1920 U.S. Census, Frank Salberg household, Columbia Co., Oregon. Household includes (among others) Frank Solberg, wife Mary, and sons Tillman and Demus.
  4. [S6361] Tillman Solberg and Mildred Virginia Stanley, Marriage Record. Names Tillman's parents Frank Solberg, born in Norway, and Mary Jane Robinson, born in North Carolina.
  5. [S6367] Obituary, Roland Andrew Solberg, The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, 27 August 2017. Names his parents as Demus Stanley Solberg and Kathleen Horine.
  6. [S8271] Obituary, Demus Solberg, Longview Daily News, Longview, Washington, 9 August 1963, p. 12, col. 7. Names his wife as Kathleen.
  7. [S8180] Demus S. Solberg, Death Certificate.
  8. [S6363] "Midland-Marshl'd", The Clatskanie Chief, Clatskanie, Oregon, 16 September 1949, p. 7, col. 5. "Friends were sorry to learn that the twin daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Nick Solberg [Marian and Molly] on Wednesday at the St. John's hospital in Longview did not live."
  9. [S3321] U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970; record for Demus S. Solberg, 17 August 1963.
  10. [S1957] U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; record for Demus S. Solberg.
  11. [S8267] 1950 U.S. Census, Demus S. Solberg household, Columbia Co., Oregon.
  12. [S8271] Obituary, Demus Solberg, Longview Daily News, Longview, Washington, 9 August 1963, p. 12, col. 7.