MICHIGAN FAMILY TRAILS : #followupfriday

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Friday, March 13, 2020

FOLLOW UP FRIDAY ~ Did my great granduncle, Richard Lindsay, win that election I wrote about last month?

Last month I wrote about my paternal great granduncle, Richard Lindsay, receiving a sprig of heather from a family member in South Africa. This was to wish him good luck in his bid to win an election to City Clerk in the City of Detroit. You can read that post here ANCESTORS IN THE NEWS ~ Will a sprig of heather from South Africa bring victory to Richard Lindsay at the polls?

Did he win? Yes!

Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov 1912, page 1

This article from the Detroit Free Press lists election results for Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Detroit.

CITY CLERK

(162 Precincts)

Lindsay (Rep)………………………….27,205

Nichols (Pro)…………………………..17,327

Henderson (Dem)……………………..16,029

Transcription of the last paragraph in the article:

Another surprise came in the “whopping” run of Lindsay, for clerk. He led City Clerk Nichols by 10,000 and Henderson, Democratic by 11,009. Nichols drew more than twice as many votes as Earle and yet was behind his victorious opponent by a figure almost as large as that by which Marx defeated Thompson in the mayoralty race. Thus doth the busy voter wield the ax.

Did that sprig of heather from South Africa play a part in Mr. Lindsay’s victory? We’ll never know.

Richard was still the City Clerk when he was enumerated in the 1920 census.

Please get in touch with me if you have any questions or are related to anyone mentioned in this post.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Friday, December 6, 2019

FOLLOW UP FRIDAY ~ The obituary for Isaac Doten Hart–died 2 Sep 1920 in Bay City, Michigan

Published in Bay City Times, 2 Sep 1920, page 3

A couple of days ago I wrote about Isaac D. Hart having been injured in an accident in 1905, involving a street car. I said that I located those articles, about the accident and following court case, while searching for his obituary.

Well, I did find his obituary. It was published in the Bay City Times on 2 Sep 1920, page 3. This was 15 years after the street car accident and there’s no indication that his death was related to the accident. His death certificate lists cause of death as Senility

Here is my transcription of his obituary:

Isaac D. Hart aged 86, died Wednesday afternoon at the home of his son, Ellis C. Hart, 230 Lincoln avenue, north, after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Hart, years ago, was a teacher of music in the Saginaw schools. Later he moved to North Williams, where he lived for many years and for a number of years past he has made his home with his son in this city. His wife died a little over a year ago. He is survived by his son, two brothers, Leonard of Lansing and Simeon of Detroit, a sister, Mrs. Arminda Ingram of Saginaw, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2:30 Friday afternoon and the remains will be taken to Armada, Mich., for interment Saturday morning. The family requests that flowers be omitted.

Isaac was predeceased by his wife, Eliza who died in 1915. Both of them are said to be buried in Armada, Michigan (as stated on their death records). I have not yet located the cemetery where they are buried. I looked again this morning, conducting all sorts of searches on FindAGrave and Billion Graves. I also looked again, for an obituary for Eliza and could not locate one.

If anyone reading this has more information as to the burial location of Isaac & Eliza, I would love to hear from you. Or, if you are related to this family and perhaps have information to share or want to ask me questions, please get in touch.

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks ~ Week #8–Leonard Almanson Hart–My 2nd great granduncle and younger brother of Isaac.