Death Record Of Archie Cameron

A death record for Archie (Archibald Douglas Cameron) from the Genealogical Record Provided by the Flint Genealogical Society:

Last Name:  CAMERON   First Name:  Archie

Sex: Male

Color:  White

Birthdate: (Blank)

Death Date: 6/14/1919

Where Died:  Flint City, County Genesee

Doc_Book:  1919  2NQT  Doc Page: 13  Doc Record: 406  Doc Cert: FC

Book: V5   Page 048   Record: 406   Line No: 11

Age Death:  70 Y 4M

Occupation: Laborer

Father:  Archie Cameron

Mother: Nancy MacMillan

Cause of Death:  Head Exhaustion

Filed: 7/16/1919

Added information from Archie Cameron's death record online at Seeking Michigan (where his name is incorrectly spelled Camaron):

Archie died at Hurley Hospital
His residence was 242 Lakeview Ave. in the 6th Ward (Of Flint, Genesee County, Michigan)
He was married; his wife's name was Mary A. Camaron [sic]
Archie's DOB was February 14, 1849
Age: 70 years, 4 Months
The physician attended him from June 13 to June 14, 1919 and that he was last seen alive on June 14, 1919; he died at 6:35 A.M.
He was a Laborer
Name of Employer:  Golf Links
Birthplace:  Canada
Name of Father: Archie Cameron
Birthplace of Father:  Not Known
Maiden Name of Mother:  Nancy MacMillan
Birthplace of Mother: Not Known
Informant:  Mrs. Mary Ann Camaron, 242 Lakeview Ave.
Place of Burial: Sterling, Mich.
Undertaker: W. H. Loss, #I459

Here's a border crossing record of Archibald D. Cameron.

Donald & Clara (Mainprize) Cameron

I don't really know much about my great-uncle, Donald Cameron, except that he married Clara Mainprize and they adopted a son. Donald was the son of Donald & Anna (Cameron) Cameron.

Clara was the daughter of Robert & Martha (Wallace) Mainprize. Robert was the son of William & Sarah (Vermilyea) Mainprize of Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Robert married Martha Wallace in Midland County, Michigan, in 1916.


Donald and Clara weren't married when the 1940 census was taken:

United States Census, 1940

name: Donald R Cameron

event place: Ward 3, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan, United States

marital status: Single

relationship to head of household (standardized): Brother-in-law

birthplace: Michigan

estimated birth year: 1912

residence in 1935: Same Place

Household Gender Age Birthplace

head Loren D Carpenter M 57 Michigan

wife Ellen C Carpenter F 55 Michigan

mother-in-law Anna Cameron F 73 Michigan

brother-in-law Donald R Cameron M 28 Michigan

United States Census, 1940

name: Clara Mainprize

event place:  Burton Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States

marital status: Single

relationship to head of household (standardized):  Daughter

birthplace: Michigan

estimated birth year: 1917

residence in 1935: Flint, Genesee, Michigan

Household Gender Age Birthplace

head Robert Mainprize M 62 Canada

wife Martha Mainprize F 52 Michigan

daughter Clara Mainprize F 23 Michigan

son Archie Mainprize M 18 Michigan

son Bobby Mainprize M 13 Michigan

Who Was Born On May 17, 1929?

Richard N. Powers, the son of Beatrice Cameron and Ralph N. Powers, was born in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, May 17, 1929.  He was my Dad and he would have been 83 years old today.  He died on Father's Day, June 16, 1974, at the age of 45.  Dad was known for his unflappable good humor.

A Flint Journal column written as a tribute, included the following excerpts:

Our world is composed of doers and takers. It's easy to figure where Dick Powers belonged. The Industrial Mutual Association has lost its Most Valuable Player and the Flint area has lost a guy who seemed to have his finger in all the pies. Having his finger in the pies was natural because he made some of 'em.


Dick returned to the Flint area as coach at old Utley High and later at Swartz Creek. Then came a return to college for an advanced degree and stint with the Michigan Department of Public Instruction. He joined the IMA in 1964 in what ranks as one of the best decisions in IMA history.


HIS JOB required mixing with Flint's elite and its sub-standard folk but he was the same Dick Powers with the Motts as with the Nots. However, I always felt that Dick was happiest when his sleeves were rolled up and he was working behind the scenes.

Dick Powers's short career in Flint resembled an iceberg. What showed on the surface was just a fraction of what he really accomplished. In that respect, his loss is Titanic.

Obituary of Anna Cameron

Flint Journal
May, 1941
RESIDENT 25 YEARS
DIES HERE SUDDENLY

Mrs. Anna Cameron, 74, of 754 East Dayton Street, died of a heart attack Tuesday night while sitting on the front porch of her home with her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence [sic] Carpenter. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Reigle funeral home. Burial will be in Grace Lawn with the Rev. O. H. Hood* officiating. A Flint resident for the last 25 years, she is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Lawrence [sic] Carpenter, Mrs. Warren Stout, Mrs. Ralph Powers and Mrs. George Bennett of Flint, and Mrs. Paul Schantz of Charlevoix; two sons, Archie Johnston of Canada and Donald of Flint.

Anna Cameron was my great-grandmother; Beatrice Powers (Mrs. Ralph Powers), was my grandmother.

*Rev. O.H. Hood's daughter, Alice, married Anna Cameron's grandson, William Cameron Powers, several years later.

A.D. & Mary Ann (Cameron) Cameron

Archibald and Mary Ann Cameron had 4 daughters; Catherine, Florence, Anna Jane and Lucy Belle, and 1 son; Richard.

Richard Cameron, a bachelor, died January 14, 1911, in Standish, Arenac County, Michigan.  His obituary, published in the Saginaw News on January 23, 1911, stated that Richard, age 24, leaves a father, mother, brothers (sic?) and sisters.

Catherine Cameron married John McMillan; she died February 1, 1914, in Arenac County, Michigan. 

Anna Jane (Cameron) Pellette died in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, on March 30, 1920, of tuberculosis.

Florence Cameron married John Moffatt and stayed in Canada.

Archibald Douglas (A.D.) Cameron and his wife, Mary Ann (Cameron) Cameron purchased property in Flint, Michigan, in 1918.

George Bennett's Obituary (Husband of Flora (Cameron) Bennett

Published in the Flint Journal, 13 June 1978:



BENNETT--George W. -- 1105 Frost St., age 73, died Monday, June 12, 1978, at McLaren General Hospital.  Funeral services will be held 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sunset Chapel, Rev. Dr. Elmer I. Braden officiating.  Burial in Sunset Hills Cemetery.  Mr. Bennett will be at the funeral home.  Mr. Bennett was born in New Jersey, July 4, 1904.  He was a member of Community Presbyterian Church since 1967 and had been employed by Buick Motor Division for 44 years.  Surviving are:  daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and David Jaworski of Flint; sister, Agnes Trankle of Flint; several nieces and nephews.
REIGLE FUNERAL HOME
Sunset Chapel
4305 Clio Road
[Flint, Genesee County, Michigan]

George Bennett was marred to Flora Cameron.  Flora (Aunt Bub) was the daughter of Donald & Anna (Cameron) Cameron and was my grandmother's (Beatrice Cameron Powers') sister.  George and Flora had a daughter, Sandra, who died as a child and a daughter, Diane*, who was in her 20's when she died of a heart problem.  Daughter Ellen died 8 Aug. 1999 and had no children.  There are no living descendants of George & Flora (Cameron) Bennett.

The Genesee County Clerk has a searchable website for marriages & deaths where Diane's death record information was found:

Deceased: BENNETT , DIANE M*

Date of Death: 02/17/1972

Local File No: 370

Obituary of Adelia, Daughter Of Lillas Cameron

Published in the Flint Journal, ca May 26, 1948:

McDonnell, Adelia, 406 W. Eldridge
Age: 51
Died: Tuesday, May 25, 1948, at the residence
Funeral from Groves & Co., Saginaw at Fifth
Reverend O. H. Hood officiating
Burial: Flint Memorial Park Cemetery
Death due to complications after a sudden illness
Born: Sterling, [Arenac Co.] Michigan, 7 March 1897
Came to Flint 29 years ago from Duluth, MN
Survived by: Husband, Alexander; son, Thomas Kilpatrick of Kalamazoo;
4 sisters: Mrs. Jessie Dean, of St. Paul, MN; Mrs. Rachel Brandt of Flint and Mrs. Inez Hagen and Mrs. Isabel Buxton of Superior, Wis.; Brother Lawrence McLaughlin of Superior, Wis; several nieces and nephews

Adelia probably never knew that her father's real name was Isaac Codling.  Her sister, Isabel, with whom I corresponded 20 plus years ago, had at that time only recently found that her father's name was not Laughlin McLaughlin.

Marsha Webster Gavry, RIP

 Cousin Marsha was only 60 years old when she died; didn't think I would be writing this post in 2011. 

My childhood summers usually included Marsha, a Massachusetts  native, when she came to Flint, Michigan to visit her grandmother.  It was always fun when model-pretty Marsha with her New England accent came to town.  The last time I saw Marsha was at her grandmother's funeral in 1990 (she flew in on her boyfriend's family's private jet).  I envisioned Marsha in her younger days as being very comfortable in a Mercedes-Benz, wearing a fur coat and diamonds.  At other times she lived the life of a struggling single mother who devoted to her only child and his children later in her life. 

I was hoping that a trip to New England in the near future would include a visit with Marsha.  Facebook put me back in touch with her and an invitation was extended.  

Marsha Webster was Blanche (Johnston) Stout's granddaughter.  Blanche was the daughter of Annie Cameron and John Johnston and Annie was the daughter of Duncan & Ellen (Cameron) Cameron.  Marsha's mother was Jean (Stout) Webster.  My grandmother, Beatrice (Cameron) Powers was Blanche's half-sister.

It was always assumed that Marsha, being a Webster from Massachusetts, had an interesting paternal line  She did.  It included Governor John Webster (Marsha, Living, Duane Erle, Ernest Irving, Eugene, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Thomas, John, Thomas, Governor John Webster).  This genealogy takes the Webster line several generations past Governor John Webster.

Didn't find a Mayflower connection through her Websters (although a connection could exist); however she was a Mayflower descendant through her Grandfather Warren Stout. 

Marsha's beloved grandson contacted me via Facebook and informed me of his grandmother's passing. 

Marsha J. (Webster) Gavry, 60, of East Hill Road, Canton, CT, died Monday, February 7, 2011 at her home.

She was born May 22, 1950 in Worcester, MA, the daughter of the late Jean T. (Stout) Webster and had lived in Middletown, RI for many years prior to moving back to Canton, CT three years ago. Mrs. Gavry was a Sales Representative and an Administrative Assistant at Vydek, Wang, Mercedes Benz, and Wachovia for the last 30+ years.

Marsha enjoyed most the company of her family. She is survived by her son, Justin, and his children, Zachary Thomas Gavry and Emma Harbec-Gavry; and her brother Dana Webster.

Friends may call at the Vincent Funeral Home, 120 Albany Turnpike, Canton, CT on Saturday, February 12th from 1 - 3 PM followed by a funeral service to celebrate her life at 3PM. Burial will be private.

 

Published in Worcester Telegram & Gazette on February 10, 2011

Clara (Mainprize) Cameron Died In Flint, MI

Clara Mainprize, who married Donald R. Cameron, died in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan. Her obituary was found in the August 13, 1970, edition of the Flint Journal on page 64:

Cameron, Clara B., 1806 Webster, Age 52, died Wednesday, August 12, 1970, at Hurley Hospital. The funeral will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15, 1970, at the Colonial Chapel of the Riegle Funeral Home, Dr. Donald Lougheed, officiating.
Burial: Flint Memorial Park Cemetery
Mrs. Cameron was born in Midland, Michigan, on January 3, 1918. She is survived by her husband, Donald, a son [adopted], Donald R. Cameron of Traverse City; three brothers, Robert, John and Archie Mainprize, all of Flint; several nieces and nephews.

Clara was the daughter of Robert & Martha (Wallace) Mainprize.

Donald R. Cameron Died In 1972

Donald R. Cameron, the son of Donald & Anna (Cameron) Cameron, died on June 18, 1972. On Monday, June 19, 1972, a brief obituary was published in the Flint Journal. An expanded obituary was found on June 21, 1972:

Flint Journal [MI]
Wednesday, June 21, 1972, p. 68
Cameron, Donald R.
1806 Webster Road
Age: 61
Mr. Cameron was born in Michigan on May 21, 1911. He was employed at the Chevrolet Manufacturing Division, retiring in 1955. Surviving are son, Donald R. Cameron, of Salt Lake City, Utah; two sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Beatrice) Powers of Swartz Creek and Mrs. Warren (Blanche) Stout of Flint, and a brother, Archie Johnston of Canada.

If I ever met my great-uncle, Donald R. Cameron, I don't remember doing so. Why was that? I knew his sister, my great-aunt, Blanche Stout, very well. I was almost 20 years old when he died, lived in the same area, and visited my grandparents often. Hmmm....

1918 Flint City Directory Page - Including Camerons

1918 Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan, City Directory, with Camerons:

(click on photo to enlarge)

Note: Originally posted at "Detour Through History" on 1-21-08

Obituary of Miss Jessie McCrea

From the Tampa Tribune, published Thursday, July 3, 1969:


MISS JESSIE MCCREA

REDINGTON BEACH - Miss Jessie Beryle McCrea, 77, of 17715 Gulf Blvd., died Monday. A native of Roscommon, Mich., she came here 11 years ago from Flint, Mich. She was a retired school teacher and social worker. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Ellen Audley, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jessie B. McCrea was the daughter (and youngest child) of James & Isabelle (CAMERON) McCrea. She was the granddaughter of Duncan & Ellen (Cameron) Cameron.

See blog articles about Jessie's family here. Jessie McCrea's place in the Edmunds family tree can be found here. She was enumerated with her widowed father and siblings in the 1900 census taken in Richfield Twp., Roscommon Co., Michigan.

In 1920 Jessie McCrea was a social worker and living with her sister, Delia, and others at 30 Kirby Street, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.

In the 1930 census, Jessie B. McCrea was living in Houston, Harris Co., Texas:

1930 census TX Harris, Houston
McCrea (indexed as McGrea), Jessie B., 39, single, MI Can MI, social worker - orphanage - E/W William D. Davis, 64, m29, TN Ire US

Jessie McCrea was my grandmother's cousin who spent time with our family. She was tone deaf, but loved to sing and play the concertina. She and her sister, Delia, spent time at their cottage at Higgins Lake, Roscommon Co., Michigan.

My Three Sons

Beatrice (Cameron) Powers with her 3 sons: Bill, Ralph, Dick. The street sign is W. 12th Street in Flint, Michigan. The youngest son, Richard (Dick) Powers, was my Dad (1929 - 1974).