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Note: Jessie was the eighth of nine children born to her parents, Charles Thomas Sturman and Eliza Hill. Jessie was born on June 8, 1881 in Michigan, probably Redford in Wayne County. She apparently grew up on her parents farm there. On December 13, 1905, she married John A. Lee in Redford. John was a farmer, originally from England, and they lived on their farm in the Township of Lyon, in Oakland County, Michigan. They raised six children that I know of: Ruth L., Adam R., Ralph D., Jake S., Harold C., and Betty R. Jessie died in January of 1965, and is buried with her husband in Grand Lawn Cemetery in Detroit. -Rick Waggener ============= Agnes Sturman apparently had a Family Prayer Book that had been in possession of Charles and Eliza, and apparently later Agnes' father Charles James Sturman. The following is a transcription by Agnes of family information in that Prayer Book. I have the entire transcription in the notes for Charles Thomas Sturman: - Jessie Flora Sturman; born- June 8, 1881 in Redford; died (cause cerebral thrombosis) Jan. 1, 1945 in New Hudson, Mi. Married John A. Lee; born Jan. 7, 1861 in Wedmare, England; died May 6, 1943 (cause thrombosis stroke) in New Hudson, Mi. ============= From the 1900 Federal Census in Wayne County, Michigan; Redford Township, page 53A, taken June 5, 1900; from Ancestry.com, Wayne County #197, image 7 of 40; Jessie is living in the home of her parents: Section 11, household #79 ----- Jessie, daughter, female, born June 1881, age 18, single, born- Michigan, parents born- England, r/w ============== From Michigan Marriages 1868-1925, from the LDS: Groom name: John A. Lee Groom age: 37 years Groom birth year: 1868 Groom birth place: England Bride name: Jessie F. Sturman: Bride age: 24 years Bride birth year: 1881 Bride birth place: England Marriage date: 13 Dec 1905 Marriage place: Redford, Wayne, Michigan Father of groom name: John Mother of groom name: Sara Tinkmore Father of bride name: Charles Mother of bride name: Eliza Film number: 2342673 Digital GS number: 4208688 Image number: 42 Reference number: v 1 p 417 rn 48645 Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 ============= From the 1910 Federal Census of Redford Township, Wayne County, Michigan, district 303, sheet 18b, taken May 12, 1910, household 398; from ancestry.com, image 36 of 44. Jessie is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Jessie; wife, female, age- 28, married (1st) 5 years, mother of 2 children/ 2 children living, born- Michigan, parents born- England, r/w's ============= From the 1920 Federal Census of the Township of Lyon, Oakland County, Michigan, district 172, sheet 1b, taken January 6-7, 1920, household 15; from ancestry.com, image 2 of 12. Jesse is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Jesse; wife, female, age- 38, married, r/w's, born- Michigan, parents born- England, occupation- none ============= From the 1930 Federal Census of Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan, district 63-34, sheet 5b, taken April 12, 1930, household 127; from ancestry.com, image 10 of 21. Jessie is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Jessie F.; wife/ head, female, age- 48, married, 24 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Michigan, parents born- England, occupation- none ============ From the 1940 Federal Census of Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan, district 62-55, sheet 6b, taken April 17, 1940, address- 900 S. Hibbs Rd. Jessie is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Jessie; wife, female, age- 58, married, highest grade completed- 8th, born- Michigan, residence in 1935- same place, not working/ engaged in housework ============ From The South Lyon Herald - Whitmore Lake News, dated Thurs. Jan. 7, 1965: Mrs. Jessie Lee Jessie Flora Lee, 28277 South Hill Road, New Hudson, died of heart failure at her home on January 1, 1965, at the age of 83. She had been ill for five years. Born on June 8, 1881, in Redford, Michigan, to Charles and Eliza Hill Sturman, she was married to John Lee in 1905 and has made her home in New Hudson since that time. She is survived by seven children: Esther, Mrs. Ruth Barnes and Adam of New Hudson, Ralph of Detroit, John of New Hudson, Harold of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace of New Hudson. There are 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The funeral was held January 4 at the Phillips Funeral Home, with burial in Grand Lawn Cemetery. Services were conducted by the Rev. R. LaVere Webster of New Hudson Methodist church, where Mrs. Lee had been a member. ============ From Social Security Death Index at ancestry.com: Name: Jessie Lee SSN: 368-38-4719 Last Residence: Michigan Born: 8 Jun 1881 Died: Jan 1965 State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (1955) =========== Jessie is buried with her husband John and at least one child, son Adam, in the Grand Lawn Cemetery, located at 23501 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Michigan ([313] 531-2050). This is just east of Telegraph Avenue. His headstone reads: Mother Jessie F. June 8, 1881 Jan. 1, 1965
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