McLemoreStrong
Genealogy
Strong - McLemore History and Ancestry
First Name:  Last Name: 
[Advanced Search]  [Surnames]

Clementina Merchant

Female 1888 - 1975  (86 years)


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Clementina Merchant  [1, 2
    Birth 15 Jul 1888  Harbor Beach, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 18 Apr 1975  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, April 24, 1975
      Page Nine

      Mrs. Crocker, 86, dies Friday

      Mrs. Clementina CROCKER, 86, of Cass City died Friday at the Tuscola County Medical Care Facility following a long illness. She was born July 15, 1888, in Harbor Beach, daughter of the late Edward and Margaret (Cochran) MERCHANT.

      She married Louis Crocker October 21, 1912 in Saginaw, where they made their home following their marriage. In 1913, they moved to the Cass City area where they settled on a farm, later retiring and moving to Cass City where she lived until shortly before her death. Her husband died February 3, 1966. Mrs. Crocker was a member of Salem United Methodist church over 50 years.

      She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Grant (Laura) BALL of Cass City; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Two brothers and one daughter preceded her in death.

      Funeral services were conducted from Little's Funeral Home Monday with Rev. Eldred Kelly, pastor of Salem United Methodist church, and Rev. Ira Wood, pastor of the Armada United Methodist church, officiating.

      Interment was in Elkland cemetery.
    Person ID I5140  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Louis F. Crocker,   b. 21 Jul 1888, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1966, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 21 Oct 1912  Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • Volume 23 of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, dated September 7, 1963, noted that Mr. and Mrs. Louis Crocker celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and their daughter, Julia, and her husband Norman Armstrong, their silver anniversary with an "Open House" at the E. U. B. Church on October 21, 1962.
    Children 
     1. Julia Dorothy Crocker,   b. 9 Feb 1915, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1963, Colfax Township, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     2. Laura Molly Crocker,   b. 24 Aug 1917, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 2006, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F2598  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Jul 1888 - Harbor Beach, Huron County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Oct 1912 - Saginaw County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Apr 1975 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Michigan, Tuscola County, Novesta Twp Enumerated 15 Jan 1920 SD 7 ED 195 Sheet 8B 160-168 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, February 10, 1966 Vol. 59, Number 43 (Reliability: 3).