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  1. Crescence M. LaBarge: Birth: 27 NOV 1903 in Laurium, Houghton Co., Michigan. Death: 19 DEC 1986 in Boca Raton, Palm Beach Co., Florida


Sources
1. Title:   1880 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1880; Census Place: Calumet, Houghton, Michigan; Roll: 581; Family History Film: 1254581; Page: 489B; Enumeration District: 010; Image: 0655
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
2. Title:   Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
3. Title:   1930 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1930; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1054; Page: 29A; Enumeration District: 539; Image: 707.0; FHL microfilm: 2340789
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;
4. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Detroit Ward 16, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: T625_815; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 496; Image: 109
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
5. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Calumet, Houghton, Michigan; Roll: 714; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0175; FHL microfilm: 1240714
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;

Notes
a. Note:   From Michigan Births 1867-1902, posted on-line by the LDS: Name: Mary Knechtges Birth date: 05 Mar 1876 Birth place: Calumet, Houghton, Michigan Gender: Female Race or color (on document): White Father name: Jacob Knechtges Father birth place: Germany Father's occupation: fireman Residence: Calumet Mother name: Margaret Knechtges Mother birth place: Wisconsin Film number: 2320448 Digital GS number: 4206421 Image number: 664 Reference number: item 2 p 302 rn 5065 Collection: Michigan Births 1867-1902 ============ From the 1880 Federal Census of Houghton County, Michigan, Calumet 2nd Precinct, page 26 B, (no date written, probably June or July of 1880), ancestry.com, Houghton County, district #10, image 26 of 82. Mary is listed in the household of her parents: ----- Mary; female, age- 4, daughter, single, born- Michigan, father born- Prussia, mother born- Wisconsin ============== From the Polk's Directory 1899-1900 of Laurium, from the Houghton County Historical Museum Library, given to me by Bruce Dunn: ****** Knechtges, Mary, dressmaker, bds 228 Osceola ============== From Federal Census of 1900; Village of Laurium, Houghton County, Calumet Township, Michigan; district #175, page 10A, taken June 6, 1900, the house number does not seem to be given but the street is Osceola, household #194; from ancestry.com, district 175, image 19 of 57. Mary is living in the household of her mother: ----- Mary; daughter, female, born-Mar 1877, age- 23, single, born- Michigan, father born- Germany, mother born- Wisconsin, no occupation listed, r/w's ============== From the Polk's Directory 1901 of Laurium, from the Houghton County Historical Museum Library, given to me by Bruce Dunn: ****** Knechtges, Mary, seamstress, bds 228 Osceola ============== From Michigan Marriages 1868-1925, posted on-line by the LDS: Groom name: William Labarge Groom race or color (on document): Groom age: 22 years Groom birth year: 1880 Groom birth place: Calumet Bride name: Maril Knechgtes Bride race or color (on document): Bride age: 26 years Bride birth year: 1876 Bride birth place: Calumet Marriage date: 15 Jul 1902 Marriage place: Calumet, Houghton, Michigan Father of groom name: Joseph Labarge Mother of groom name: Eliza Meldrum Father of bride name: Jacob Knechgtes Mother of bride name: Margaret Steffes Film number: 2342521 Digital GS number: 4208661 Image number: 255 Reference number: v 2 p 207 rn 373 Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 ============= From the probate file in June of 1913, for Mary's mother, Margaret (Steffes) Knechtges, listing the names, ages and locations of all surviving heirs: Name Relationship Age Residence Mary LeBarge daughter 36 Laurium, Michigan ============== From the 1920 Federal Census of Detroit City, Wayne County, Michigan, district 496, sheets 10b-11a, taken January 13, 1920, address- 620 Junction Ave. Mary is listed in the household of her husband: Labarge, Mary; wife, female, age- 43, married, r/w's, born- Michigan, father born- Germany, mother born- Wisconsin, occupation- sewing/ laundry ============== From the 1930 Federal Census of Detroit City, Ward 16, Precinct 60, Wayne County, Michigan, district 82-539, sheet 29a, taken April 25, 1930, household 2, address- 8325 Chalfonte Avenue; from ancestry.com, image 57 of 145. Mary is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Mary; wife/ head, female, age- 54, married, 26 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Michigan, father born- Germany/ Berlin, mother born- Wisconsin, occupation- none ============== Michigan Death Records 1921- 1947, posted on-line by the State of Michigan: County: Wayne City/village/township: Highland Park Last Name: La Barge Given Name: Mary Birth Year: 1876 Age: 67 Death Day: 25 Death Month: Jun Death Year: 1943 Father's Given Name: Jacob Father's Last Name: Knechtges Mother's Given Name: Margaret Mother's Last Name: Steffes


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