Birth record book H-1 p. 26.
From the Fort Wayne Sentinal, July 13 1915, p 3: Mr & Mrs Milo Garretson and family, of near Huntington, were Friday guests at the O.C. Billings home.
Huntington Co IN birth records index: first name not listed, mother Maud Billings father Ira 5/17/86 H-2:16.
Curtis is listed in the 1900 census for City of Huntington, Ward 2, Huntington Twp, Huntington Co IN, hh # 584. He was a car builder-iron worker, owned his own home. Listed with Annie, Etta & Ervin in the 1897/8 Huntington Directory with business Erie Shops, located at 31 Harris.
Huntington Co IN birth records index: first name not listed, mother Maud Billings father Ira 5/17/86 H-2:16.
matches made between SSDI and Wabash Co marriage index
1930 Willoughby Lake Co OH dist 3 lists Maynard as a tube operator in a rubber works factory.
A Zelda Shroyer, 14, is listed in the Arthur Shroyer household in Jackson Twp, Huntington, IN in 1920, as daughter. Arthur's age is listed as 39. Others include Millie B., wife, 35, Maynard, 15, son, Arlo A., 9,Clarence F.,8, and Dean A.,1, all sons.
A Richard Shroyer is listed in the SSDI as being born Aug 5 1924, obtaining SS number in Ohio, and dying Jan 1966.
According to Dan Bare, Garl left for service in WWI and didn't return to his family for 9 years. After that, though, he maintained a close relationship with them. He was killed in an accident near Selfridge Air Force Base.
Obituary is in the Mt Clemens Daily Leader, available on microfilm at the Mt Clemens Public Library."Mt. Clemens Daily Leader, Nov 9, 1932
INJURIES FATAL TO SELFRIDGE SARGEANT
Sergt. Garl G. Bare, of the 27th pursuit squadron, Selfridge Field, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident Monday night, died at the Selfridge Field hospital Tuesday night. A post-mortem performed at the Harry J. Pequignot funeral home disclosed that Sergt. Bare died from a double puncture of the lung.
Sergt. Bare was injured on U.S. highway 25 at Snyderville, between Port Huron and Mt. Clemens, when an automobile he was driving ran off the pavement, turned over three times and landed on a hillside.
The body will be taken to his former home in Topeka, Kas., for burial. Corp. Collins, of Selfrdige, will accompany the body."He is listed in the official National Guard Register for 1925: p. 15, Garl J, rank: sargeant, reported: Apr 1922, station: PortHuron (www.ancestry.com)...Extended Description:
Copies of pages from the original book may be obtained by sending $1 per name and an SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) to Debra Graden, Grey Ink, P.O. Box 281, Leavenworth, KS 66048-0281.
Source Information:
Graden, Debra, comp. U.S. Military Records, 1925: Official National Guard Register. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data: Secretary of War, Militia Bureau, Washington, DC. Official National Guard Register for 1925. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1925.In birth record index, his given name is not listed so am assuming the record is Garl's. H-4:18. Bear, _____, Father=Iry(!), Mother=Maud Billing.
Topeka KS census, district 21, dwelling 651: in 1930 living with father Joseph P Stanley, 70, born MO, and mother(?) Ollie, 57, born MO, who farmed and worked in retail hardware, respectively. Joseph's parents were born in PA; Ollie's in KY.
1920 Jaspar Co MO census as a Gertrude Stanley, 18, b. IL, stepdaughter to Thomas A. Carpenter, 52, b. IN, and Helen, 50, b. MN. Also in household were son James, 10, b. IL, and brother James, 55, b. IN.
"Michigan Deaths 1971-96" has Gertrude R. Nye's residence as Butterfield, Missaukee, MI; ssdi (#372-20-3565) has her residence as Merritt, Missaukee, MI.
A Ruth Gertrude Nye (1916-1974) of Hessel, MI, m. Edward Ehle in Gladwin, in an ancestry world tree gedcom
Chicago policeman; retired to Arkansas -- we visited in 1988. After his father died, he lived with his Uncle John Bare.
There were at least two younger men named Donald Gray in the SSDI: Donald E., 1909-1988, last residence was Lake Ann, MI, and 1918-1981, Traverse City, MI. (researched 7/24/01).
Deo Gray is listed as a farmhand on the William Clark farm in the Almira Twp Benzie Co 1910 census.
In 1920 Almira Twp census, Deo,25, and Imo lived next door to Ira Bare household (image 4). Both Deo's parents born MI. On image 1, Edwin Gray, 48, born MI, parents born NY, wife Hattie M., 46, born, MI, parents born OH, and daughters Edna, Jessie, and Norma. Nearby is Emma Gray, 67, born NY, father born MD, mother born Ireland, living with son Gordon,24 and his wife Waive,21, and daughter Pauline 1 8/12.
Lyle Gray household also.
1930 has Lyle Gray household 2 doors from Ira Bare's-age 30, wife Bessie, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Gordon Gray household nearby.
Pallbearers listed on memorial card: Edwin Gray, Garl Gray, Bryce Gray, Zane Gray, Merlin Lautner, George Gates
Traverse City Record Eagle
Wed., Jan 30, 1974, p. 6
Gray -- Imo Ruth Gray, 77, of 6901 Deepwater Point, Williamsburg, passed away Jan. 28 at Misson Medical Center after a brief illness. The daughter of Ira and Maude Bare, she was born June 2 1896, in Huntington county, Ind. A resident of the Traverse City area since 1964, coming from Benzie county, Mrs. Gray was a housewife and avid gardener, a member of the Bates Missionary Church and active in the missionary society of the church. She was preceded in death in 1962 by her husband Deo C. Gray whom she married Aug 11, 1913 in Benzie county. Surviving are four sons, Edwin C. of Interlochen, Garl G. of Ft. Myers, Fla., Bryce E. of Okemos, and Zane E. of Mason; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Colleen) Fewins of Frankfort, Mrs. Merlin (Mary) Lautner of Williamsburg and Mrs. George (Alice) Gates of Williamsburg; two brothers, Paul Bare of Honor and the Rev. John Bare of Lake Ann; one sister Kitty Blohm of Honor; 22 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The Rev. Philip Jaquish and the Rev. John Bare will officiate at funeral services Thursday at 1 pm at the Martinson Funeral Home in Traverse City. Friends may call at the funeral home and cards may be obtained there for memorials to the Bates Missionary Church. Interment will be in Grand Traverse Memorial Gardens.
SSDI has him at 49643 Interlochen, Grand Traverse Co, MI
Traverse City Record Eagle
Tuesday, March 22, 1966
Interlochen Resident Dies
Thomas L. Dow, 69, of Interlochen R.1 died Monday at Genesee Memorial hospital, Flint, after an extended illness.
Mr. Dow was born Sept 28, 1896 at Ludington and had resided in Flint before moving to the Interlochen area in 1953.
Surviving are: three sons Charles (Ed) of Interlochen and Lyman and Eldon of Flint; a daughter Mrs. Anthony (Genevieve) Michalik of Flint; 12 grandchildren; and two brothers, C.E. Dow of Hastings and Milton of Decatur.
He was preceded in death by his wife Winnetta Bare Dow in November 1954 and by a son and a daughter.
Funeral services will be held at 1 pm Thursday at Reigle funeral home in Flint, with burial at Flint Memorial cemetery.1920 Paw Paw census has him at age 20 heading household of wife, Winnetta C, 21, son Charles 9/12, brothers Charles 21 and Milton 19, father William 60 and mother Mary 61 (or 51?). The father and three brothers were day-work laborers. All the Dows were b. Michigan (Winnie b. IN par b. IN).
Traverse City Record Eagle, Nov 8, 1954? (citation not given from Osterlin Library):
"Mrs. Dow Dies in HospitalMrs. Winnetta O. Dow, 56, of Interlochen, died at Osteopathic hospital this morning following a lingering illness.
Mrs. Dow was born October 17, 1898, in Wabash county, Ind. She moved to the Interlochen area with her parents and lived there until 1918, when she moved to southern Michigan. She had made her home in Flint since 1928.
Surviving are her husband, Thomas L. Dow of Interlochen; four sons, Charles E. of Interlochen, Lyman W. and Eldon L. of Flint, and Richard L. of Concordville, Pa., two daughters, Mrs. Anthony Michalik and Mrs. William B. Hatfield, both of Flint; four brothers, Paul Bare of Clio, Wilbur D. of Holly, John I. of Saginaw, and Hugh of this city; two sisters, Mrs. Deo Gray of Interlochen and Mrs. Bernard Blohm of Chicago; 10 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
The body was removed to the Martinson funeral home in this city and will repose there until Tuesday noon, when it will be taken to the Elm Grove Methodist church south of Interlochen, where funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Rev. Gene Stanley will officiate. The body will then be taken to the John J. Reigle funeral home at Flint, where services will be held at 1:00 pm Thursday, with burial in Flint Memorial Park Cemetery."
I met Eldon for the first time at the 1977 Bare Family Reunion. Never heard of him before. He was divorced at the time. I established while drinking with him at a local bar that his mother was Winnie. He died seven years later of the Lou Gehrig's disease which was already crippling him.
Richard Dow was living in Concordville PA in 1954.
My family visited with Lyman and Merle quite often in the 50's and early 60's. Lyman was a post office supervisor in Flint. He graduated from Flint Northern in 1939. Their kids went to Ainsworth High. Nancy went to U-M and was enrolled in psychology as I was. She married Bruce and moved to Bellevue Washington. Diane was a talented cook as a teen--she was making baked Alaska during one visit. Cheryl worked as a nurse.
We visited them in Honor, MI when he was 80. He was lively and "still kickin'". Ferne was very friendly but had a small poodle who I thought gave me hives.
This from son Ira: Paul and Wilbur moved together from Lake Ann to Flint in 1919 to work in the shops. "They were dying up there," due to lack of good farmland. They lived together along with their families on Gillespie Street in Flint. A sad coincidence was that both Wilbur's 3-year-old daughter Annie and Paul's 5-year-old son Leonard died shortly after they arrived, Annie of pneumonia and Leonard of a fall into a sewer ditch. Wilbur later moved his family to Alexander Street and Paul and Ferne moved to Clio; in the early 30s Paul bought a farm in Clio and Wilbur bought a farm (foreclosure sale) in Grand Blanc (the "Holly farm"). So Paul was closest to Wilbur of his siblings; Wilbur was Ira's favorite uncle ("more laid back, didn't talk as much as Dad").
There are two birth certificates for Uncle Pete -- Paul C. 1/27/91 H-6:16, Paul E. 1/27/92 H-5:26. Huntington Co IN.
Traverse City Record Eagle
Thurs, July 31, 1975, p. 32
Paul C. Bare, 84, of Honor, died Wednesday at Traverse City Otheopathic Hospital after an extended illness.
Born Jan 27, 1891 to Ira S. and Maude Bare in Huntington Co. Ind., he moved to Honor in 1910. He moved to Flint in 1919, living there until his retirement from Buick Motor Company in 1956. He returned to Honor at that time.
Preceding him in death was his wife, Fern, in 1973.
Surviving are one son, Ira D. of Clio; one sister, Kitty Blohme of Honor; one daughter, Ardath Hall of Honor; one brother, Rev. John I. Bare of Lake Ann; three grandchildren, Roger Hall of Standish, Paul I. Bare of Clio and Bonnie Waldrup of Clio, and four great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday at 2 pm at the Honor Congregational Church, the Rev. Gerald Heyd officiating. Interment will be at the Inland Township Cemetery. Friends may call at the Bennett Funeral Home in Benzonia from 7-9 on Thursday and 2-4 and 7-9 on Friday. Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society or the Almira Wesleyan Church.
Traverse City Record Eagle
Monday, Jan 22, 1973, p 15
Fern E. Bare, 78, of Honor, passed away in her home in Homestead Township, Benzie County, on Saturday, after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm in the Honor Congregational Church with the Rev. Gerald Heyd of Lake Ann officiating. Burial will be in Inland Township Cemetery.
She was born in Honor on January 6, 1895, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. David E. O'Brien. She is survived by her husband Paul. They were married Sept 29, 1913. Also surviving are a daughter, Ardath Hall of Honor, a son Ira D. of Clio, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends may call at Bennett Funeral Home in Benzonia until Tuesday at 1 pm.
(note -- David E.(1859-1923) and Lillian B. O'Brien (1868-1945) are also buried at Inland Township Cemetery. Their tombstone inscription: "And the books are open")