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Note: Mary Lorraine MacKay Knechtges was born in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York. Lorraine was the only child born to her parents, William George MacKay and Catherine Cecilia Doherty, on February 18, 1908. Reportedly her parents separated shortly after her birth and she was raised by her mother and her maternal grandmother, Mary L. Van Woert. Some time before 1920, they moved to Detroit, Michigan. In the 1920 census Lorraine, her mother and grandmother are living at 74 Custer Street in Detroit. Her mother is listed as working in an auto factory. In the 1930 census, the three of them are living together at 108 Grand Avenue in Highland Park, and her mother is again listed working in an auto factory. They were only a few blocks from the Ford factor in Highland Park. Lorraine attended the Holy Rosary High School in Detroit. On October 15, 1937, Lorraine married John Paul "Bud" Knechtges at the St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Highland Park. Lorraine and Bud raised two sons, Paul Thomas Knechtges born in 1939, and John Charles Knechtges born in 1948. Bud died on March 8, 1977, while visiting his son Paul in Rochester, New York. Lorraine died on May 20, 1984, in Fraser, Macomb County, Michigan. They are buried together in the Holy Sepulcre Cemetery in Southfield, Michigan, near to the graves of Bud's parents and his sister Bern.- Rick Waggener =============== From the 1920 Federal Census of Detroit City, Wayne County, Michigan, District 42, sheet 2a, taken January 10 & 12, 1920, household 50, address: 74 Custer; from ancestry.com: Mackay, Katherine; head of household, rents home, female, age- 36, divorced, r/w's, born- New York, parents born- New York, occupation- majesto? worker/ auto factory ------ Lorraine; daughter, female, age- 11, in school, r/w's, born- New York, father born- Canada/ Scotch, mother born- New York VanWoert, Mary; mother, female, age- 61, widowed, r/w's, born- New York, father born- New York, mother born- Ireland/ Irish ================ From the 1930 Federal Census of Highland Park City, Wayne County, Michigan, district 82- 1001, sheet 15 a, taken April 14, 1930, household 329, address: 108 Grand Ave.; from ancestry.com: MacKay, Katherine C.; head of household, rents home/ $40, (no radio in home), female, age- 43, widowed, 17 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- New York, parents born- New York, occupation- assembler/ auto factory, wage worker, not currently employed ------ Lorraine; daughter, female, age- 22, single, r/w's, born- New York, parents born- New York, occupation- stenographer/ bond office, wage worker, currently employed Van Woert, Mary L.; mother, female, age- 65, widowed, 22 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- New York, parents born- Ireland =============== From the 1940 Federal Census of Detroit City, Wayne County, Michigan, district 84-637, sheet 4a, taken April 5, 1940, address- 2969 Gladstone Ave. Lorraine is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Lorraine; wife, female, age- 32, married, highest grade completed- 4th year of high school, born- New York, residence in 1935- same place, not working/ working housework (Lorraine and Bud are living next door to the household of Lorraine's mother Catherine and her mother.- RW) =============== From Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records. Michigan Death Index, 1971-96 [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1998: Surname: KNECHTGES Given Name: Mary Initial: L Sex: Female Day of Birth: 18 Month of Birth: February Year of Birth: 08 Day of Death: 20 Month of Death: May Year of Death: 84 City of Residence: Fraser County of Residence: Macomb State of Residence: Michigan City of Death: Fraser County of Death: Macomb State of Death: Michigan Death Certificate No.: 27700 ============== From the Social Security Death Index: Name: Mary L Knechtges Birth Date: 18 Feb 1908 Death Date: 20 May 1984 Gender: Female Residence: Fraser, Macomb, Michigan Place of Death: Fraser, Macomb, Michigan ============== From a memorial prayer card from the funeral service of Lorraine, given to me by Gloria Waggener: In loving memory Mary Lorraine Knechtges Date of birth February 18, 1908 Date of death May 20, 1984 Age 76 years ============== Lorraine is buried with her husband John Paul Knechtges in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, located at 25800 W. 10 Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan. They are buried in Section 20, lot 195, next to the grave John Paul's sister Bernadette Knechtges. Her headstone reads: M. Lorraine Knechtges 1908 - 1984
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