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Marriage: Children:
  1. Kathryn Ann Wilmers: Birth: 27 MAY 1907 in Michigan. Death: 12 JUL 1987 in Royal Oak, Oakland Co., Michigan


Sources
1. Title:   1881 Census of Canada
Page:   Year: 1881; Census Place: Ashfield, Huron North, Ontario; Roll: C_13274; Page: 61; Family No: 273
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
2. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Calumet, Houghton, Michigan; Roll: 714; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 0172; FHL microfilm: 1240714
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
3. Title:   1940 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1940; Census Place: Laurium, Houghton, Michigan; Roll: T627_1756; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 31-9
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
4. Title:   1930 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1930; Census Place: Laurium, Houghton, Michigan; Roll: 993; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0007; Image: 811.0; FHL microfilm: 2340728
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;
5. Title:   Web: Michigan, Find A Grave Index, 1805-2012
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
6. Title:   U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
7. Title:   1910 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1910; Census Place: Calumet, Houghton, Michigan; Roll: T624_647; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0094; FHL microfilm: 1374660
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
8. Title:   U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
9. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Laurium, Houghton, Michigan; Roll: T625_769; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 133; Image: 386
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
10. Title:   Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;

Notes
a. Note:   Katherine McLeod was born in July of 1880, to her parents Alexander McLeod and Anna McKenzie. She was born in Ontario, Canada, likely in Ashfield Township, Huron County, where they were living at the time. In about 1887, Katherine immigrated to the United States with her parents and family, to the area of Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan. Katherine's mother died in 1896, when Katherine was only about 16 years old. She apparently lived with her widowed father until she married. On January 24, 1907, she married Joseph Wilmers in Calumet. Katherine and Joseph had one child born to them, Kathryn Ann Wilmers. I believe that Katherine and Joseph lived the rest of their lives in Calumet. Joseph apparent worked as a painter and decorator. Catherine apparently died in 1957. She is buried with her husband Joseph and her parents in the Lake View Cemetery in Houghton County. Her headstone is the source for her date of death.- Rick Waggener ============= From the 1881 Census of Canada; Ashfield Township, Huron North County, Ontario, Canada; District 175, page 60, family #273. Katherine is listed in the household of her parents: - Jessie McLeod; female, age- <1; origin- Scottish, born- Ontario, born- July 9/12, religion- Presbyterian (It appears that this must be Catherine, but this is the only record I have listing her by this name. If she was actually not born until after 1881, which seems to be indicated by several of the censuses below, then this is an unknown sister and not Katherine. -RW) ============== From the 1900 Federal Census of Calumet Township, Houghton County , Michigan, Precinct #4, taken on June 12, 1900, district 172, sheet 19a, page 129, in the rented house at 2113 Log Street; from ancestry.com, image 37 of 50. Katherine is living in the home of her widowed father and a number of her siblings: --- Catherine; daughter, female, born- July 1880, age- 19, single, born- Canada, parents born- Scotland, immigrated 1887, no occupation listed, reads/ writes =============== From Michigan Marriages 1868-1925; posted on-line by the LDS: Groom name: Jos. J. Wilmers Groom race or color (on document): white Groom age: 28 years Groom residence: Laurium Groom birth year: 1879 Groom birth place: Hancock Bride name: Katherine A. Mcleod Bride race or color (on document): white Bride age: 26 years Bride residence: Calumet Bride birth year: 1881 Bride birth place: Canada Marriage date: 24 Jan 1907 Marriage place: Calumet, Houghton, Michigan Father of groom name: Henry Wilmers Mother of groom name: Annie Rusche Father of bride name: Alex Mcleod Mother of bride name: Annie Mckenzie Film number: 2342677 Digital GS number: 4208700 Image number: 495 Reference number: v 2 p 236 rn 27 Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 =============== From the 1910 Federal Census of Houghton County, Michigan; Calumet Township, Laurium Village, district #94, page 1B, household 16, address- 30 Willow Street; from ancestry.com, image 2 of 39. Katherine is listed in the household of her husband: ----- Katherine; wife, female, age- 28, married 4 years, mother of 1 child/ 1 living, born- Canada/ English, father born- Scotland/ English, mother born- Canada/ English, occupation- none, r/w's ======================= From the 1920 Federal Census of Houghton County, Michigan, Calumet Township, Laurium Village, page 190, taken January 5, 1920, the west side of Florida Street, family #6. Katherine is listed in the household of her husband: --- Kathrine; wife, female, age- 39, married, reads/writes, born- Canada, father born- Scotland, mother born- Canada, occupation- none =============== From the 1930 Federal Census of Laurium Village, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, district 31-7, sheet 5a, taken April 5, 1930, household 96, address- 321 Florida Street; from ancestry.com, image 9 of 43. Katherine is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Catherine; wife/ head, female, age- 49, married, 27 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Canada/ English, father born- Scotland, mother born- Canada, immigrated to U.S. in 1886/ Naturalized Citizen, occupation- none =============== From the 1940 Federal Census of Laurium, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan, district 31-9, sheet 8b, taken April 12, 1940, address- 321 Florida Street. Catherine is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Catherine; wife, female, age- 59, married, highest school grade completed- 8th, born- Canada/ Scotch, residence in 1935- same place ================ Catherine and her husband Joseph Wilmers are buried in the Lake View Cemetery, located at 24090 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan. Also buried in the plot with them are Catherine's parents, Alexander and Annie McLeod, and her brother William McLeod. I have not been to this cemetery, but have a photo. There is a large headstone that reads: MacLeod Wilmers I can read Catherine's stone and it reads: Mother Catherine Wilmers 1860- 1957 (At this time, this is the source of the date of death that I have for Catherine. -RW)


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