Wordless Wednesday: My Mother and Aunt, Detroit, Michigan

Amanuensis Monday: Names of Men Naturalized Since May 7, 1894

Detroit Free Press, 3 November 1894, page 1

The November 3, 1894 issue of the Detroit Free Press published a list of names of men that could not vote in the November 6 election because they had declared their intentions to become citizens less than six months prior to the election. One of the men was William Mapplebeck, the half-brother of my great-grandmother's stepfather/adoptive father James Mapplebeck. He was born in England and came to Canada when he was very young.

THESE CANNOT VOTE

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NAMES OF MEN NATURALIZED SINCE
MAY 7 LAST

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HAVE NOT BEEN ON THE LIST THE

NECESSARY SIX MONTHS

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DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGERS WILL 

LOOK OUT FOR THEM

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Other Bits of Talk from the Field of Local Politics.

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 The Democratic city committee have prepared the following list of names of those who have been naturalized in this city since May 7 last. None of these are entitled to vote, as only those who have declared their intentions to become citizens at least six months prior to an election have the right of suffrage under the law. The challengers of the committee will have instructions to challenge any of the following list who will present themselves at the polls next Tuesday. Republicans have been making the boast that as they now have control of the office of county clerk they have not been losing sight of the advantage to be gained by thus fact, and it has been used to make as many Republican voters as possible:
  Michael Alet, Joseph Andrews, Clement Abraham, Frank Ammon, Julius Adam, Guiseppe Angottel, John Adas, C. Alonbrondt, Frank W. Aainslie, Jacob Anspach, Peter Anderson, Walter J. Arnold, Louis Applefield, Joseph Audrich, Charles Aust, Henry Allendorf.
   John Bennett, Hubert Bowerman, John Bestak, August F. Blum, James Brownlee, William J. Bray, Valty Borgocki, Dennis Beausoliel, O. James Byrne, Charles Bieras, Joseph Bozowaka, Martin Buchholz, Joseph Borewicz, Karl Bormask, Albert Brunke, Alex Brandon, Harry Beatty, Wilhelm Buckow, Gottlob Bohenberger,Francis Bach, John Bakanoioik, Anton Barns, John Burnatt, Douglas D, Brown, Richard Bamford, George S, Balmer, Frank Blagl, Brock E. Bruch, Charles E. Bellamy, Carl Bransch, James H. Beecroft, William Blythe, William Benninger, Andrew Bry, Ferdinand Beyer, Richadr Browning, Jacob Boyke, John M. Baillie, John Baxter, George Bonds, Samuel H. Bradley, Jan Bosinshur, Felix Bizewski, Anthony Bock, Samuel Brooks, Joseph Begott, James Bullen, Joseph Bobilion, William Baldwin, Owen C. Brown, M. D., C. Wesley Baker, John Braun, Henry Bellinger, M. D., Charles A. Bojork, Edgar R. Bosley, Herman Buvack, Ben Berringer.
   Thomas Carr, James Campbell, W. A. Campbell, Frederick Clarahn, Richard Conrad, Damiano Coffoge, Chas. J. Clapham, Samuel Clapham, Alfred Clark, Alex Cowan, John M. Cotton, Robert Campbell, James Cameron, John P. Craine, Charles Cloutier, Ernest Clay, John A. Coulter, Joseph Clehoulas, John Crosson, James Thos. Cotter, Carden T. Crofts, James Curlett, Martin Cascadan, Sidney Coltis, John Czygewick, Michael Choyka, James Common, John A. Cale, Chas H. Cogan, Peter Thos. Carolan, James Cochrane, Alex Campbell, Michael Caria, Washington E. Cornell, Gustave Cischke, Joseph Cummings, John Croft, Joseph Carolan, Nathan F. Currie, Michael Cotter, John D. Case, John D. Costello.
   Frank Duthiewiz, Peter Dybars, Charles De Balke, Alex Demay, Jules De Feone, Jules De Roy, Ludwig Dally, Ludwig Darrid, Francis Derlick, Carl Degen, Geo. W. Duncan, Fred Dunke, Louis Dorr, Peter Duna, August Demsky, James De Beaumont, Francesca Defazio, Nya A. Di Collelino, Chas A. Dutton, Alfonse Di Luccia, Anthony Dempler, Wilfred Defour, James O. Dwyer, David Doran, Constant Decluck, J. E. Delaney, Samuel Derbyshire, Edwin Davenport, Karl Demankopski, Thomas Davison, Reuben S. Davis, Max Diedrich, Theo. Debroski.
   Carl Erdinas, Carl Aug, Engler, Julius Engel, Geo. Einkorn, James A. Eastman, Benjamin Ellerton, Robert Elcone, Adolph Ewald, Richard Eastcot, Alfred E. Edwards, John E. Ellis, Frank Errinck.
   Wm. Fryer, Benard J. Franks, Emil Friedrich, Andrew Felsen, W. H. Franks, Frank Feother, John Felzya, Hermann Fritz, Wm. Fea, Henry Froehlin, Wm. Fair, Albert D. Frank, Thomas W. Fowles, Fred Fischer, John Fenske, Wm. Ferguson, Edmund S. Ferguson, Richard J. Farrell, Wm. C. Farrell, Patrick Fogarty, Thomas Wm. Foster, Joseph Funke, Bernard Funke, John M. Flannery, Fred Frick.
   George Geddis, Herbert Hervey Gamble, Andrew Gosegosewski, Teofil Gorereiviz, Joseph Golembieski, Melchior Ganche, T. H. George, Thomas E. Gustin, Gustave Givosehheim, John Gorman, Walter C. Goddard, John F. Geraghty, Albert Gehrisch, Emil Groesev, John Gaw, Katl Gittinger, Andrew Gore, Joseph Gabriel, Albert E. Griffith, John Galubski, Carl Grose, Frederick Ganzel, Wm. Galpin, Henry Gessert, Manuel R. Gabell, Wilhelm Grabert, John Gillis, John Genais, Herman Grumavohe, John Golke, Reno Gieogio, Wm. G. Gibbs, Chas. wm. Gould, Frank Gabowski, Henry Glinz, Bernard Goldberg, John George, Wm. Gibson, Chas. Greenlaw, Wm. Goik.
   Francis H. Hall, Carl Hoffman, Geo. L. Humphries, George Harker, James Hayes, Louis Hory, John Heenan, William Hamilton, Jacob Hahn, Robert J. Higgins, Henry A. Howry, John Hewick, Peter Howlatka, Frederick A. Herman, Herman Hoffman, Carl Holwedel, Albert E. Humphrey, John Henning,William Hayball, Wm. L. Helkie, Edward R. Huston, Andrew Roy Hackett, Joseph W. Humphrey, Frederick Heiden, Amiel Hath, Geo. F. Howe, Henry Herzig, Simon Hock, Frederick Howe, Stephen Hollis, Peter H. Highland, William Harper, August Hart, Frank Raymonf Hardinge, King Houston, Robert Hogg, John Haciaz.
   James Ingram.
   Adam Jacowiz, Edward Jersehke, William Jago, Herman Jordan, Charles Just, Frank Jahnke, Seiv Janos, Herman Johnson, Henry P. Jeiffer, Loren C. Jesperson, Albert Jelich, Charles Johnson, August Jowske, Anton Jankowski, Michael Jamorz, Toepil Jarembski.
   John Klever, Anthony Krause, Lawrence Karas, Francis Karahan, Andreas Kulasit, Michael Krych, John Kufel, Damuel Kingsbury, John H. Keller, Theodore Kramp, Thoedore Kress, Louis Klein, Chas, Kirchoff, Hugh Kay, Arnold Kern, James Kane, Browiestaw Krosiecki, Frederick K. Kappler, Leopold Kowalski, Robert Kanehl, Karl Kubitaki, Mihaly Koesis, John Kabalin, Joseph Kabalin, Peter Kaeppel, Michael Kuezajda, Otto Kurpp.
   Desire Lauckriet, James M. Lonergan, Frank Lieder, Gustave Letz, Chas. Lindsay, Geo. Laralee, Gustave Lecureux, Alex. Lersch, Adolph Lacharize, Luigi Liperota, Francisco Liperota, Vinzens Ley, Mathew A. Layton, Chas. S. layton, Frank Liuski, Chas. Laforais, Henry Leitzan, Moritz Lewison, Henrich Lester, Aloise Lindenberger, Karl Lawrenz, Leopold Lanba, Carl A. Linde, Lonzo Ley, Jacob London, Chas. Lampard, Robt. James Lethersich, Victor Lapiere, Max Levy, Chas. E. Leat, Frank Lorenz.
   Thos. McGrath, Thaddeus McLeod, Donald McDonald, Hugh McDonald, Adam A. McDonald, Thos. McCulloch, Allan J. McLaughlin, John McKay, David L. McCarter, John J. McCready. Edmund McGrath, Donald McKay, Wm. R. McDalan, Albert McDonald, Chas. A. McDougall, Alfred H. McLeod, Joseph McVeigh, John McDermitt.
   Wm. Marshall, Geo. R. Malcolm, Vincent Muzyk, Jacob Milke, Frank E. Melville, Thos. J. A. Milliken, Anton Muller, Owen Malloy, Thos. H. J. Martin, Salvatore, Mucciardi, Thos. Matthews, Max Mattutal, Ben Magee, Robert G. Meath, Jacob Miller, Robert Meyer, Wm. Murchey, Anunziato Miniaci, James J. Murdoch, John a. Maisel, Fred K. Misch, Albert Muller, Fredk. Mamer, James Manzies, Lidwig Mielo, Andrew Maryonski, Jacob Mosdeisz, John H. Macalpine, Geo. H. Miller, John Miko, Joseph Monforton, Herbert Mickle, Albert N. Masterson, John Miehalk, W. H. Middleditch, Albert G. J. Muller, Frank Mieloch, John Martin, Wm. Mapplebeck, Jacob John Miller, Gustave A. Mueller, Gustave Manquadt, Ernest Maenk, R. W. Meachaur, Jr., Adoplhus Martin, Wm. J. Marshall, Nicholas Manes, James J. Mouish, Henry Mueller.
   Edward Nieland, John Nowecki, Robert Norris, Cyrus L. Noble, Jacob Nieaskiski, Frank Nowak, Joseph Nowicke, August Nafez.
   Michael Olejiniazak, John Ostrowski, Jerry D. O'Mara, Joseph Olymezak, Chris. Ouellette.
   Geo. E. Penton, August Pond, Samuel Payne, John Palmer, Peter Provort, Henry Paget, Frank J. Peddie, Edward Petz, Chas. M. Petersen, Wm. Pangkoff, Edward Pohlman, Wm. J. Publow, Herman Pezdtke, E. Austin Pickard, John W. Purcell, Bartholomew Picha, Waldislas Poslier, Rudolph Pachale, Herman A. Pieger, Rudolph Prausch, Thos. Piechniecki, Malachi L. Poole, Wm. W. Prosser, Andrew Petruzzo, Giovani Petruzi, Ferretti Pasquale, August Poysikus, Ferdinand Papke, Gilbert Pappinan, Micoclan Prokapp, Robert Palmer, John Pope, John Prsybysz, Chas. Prost, Samuel Palmer, Jacques Pari, Chas W. Payne, Herman Plaum, John Piorthopsku, Geo. E. Potter, Sidney Pagen.
   Daniel Quandt.
   Ferdinanie Retz, Chas. Ringer, Wm. Roberts, John Rechloski, Robt. C. Robinson, Anthony Radzicki, Joseph Radossewicz, Chas. Rawlinson, Mier Richstein, Karl Rollin, Hans Rutishauser, Joseph F. Rudiger, Eugene Riffel, Arthur E. Radcliff, Clemens Ricken, Patrick J. Ryan, Rine Reggan, Aug, Rablowski, John M. Rowed, Augst Radthe, Fredk. Rubitzki, Mederic Raethe, Wm. Rochford, Thos. Rowe, Christian Rosenthal, John T. Robinson, Thomas Robertson, Fredk. Rutger, Herman Richter, Francis Reilly, Fredk. J. Reid.
   James Shaw, Peter Sherry, Fredk. Schlump, Lepold Schoen, Horace J. SZeres, Ambrose Siegel, Reinhold Steiger, Otto Schultz, John Sowenfeld, Wm. R. Somerville., Tony Serpeon, Robert Stewart, Fred. J. Schoweder, James Sheaver, Alex. Smith, Gus. Sprang, Jacob Shamburg, August Scheva, Herman Scheel, Maciej Salek, Fred G. Sell, Richard Spigada, Rudolph Schumacher, Ferdinand Schuberg, Samuel Schultz, Carl Seelke, Hugh Shields, Wm. Schepke, Max H. Theodore Schuett, Frank Schaeller, Hardy Shay, Rudolph Sagetzki, Wm. Straude, Otto Sknou, Jules Sybrestre, Karl Hansen Schwartz, John Shimming, Louis Schmitt, Wilhelm Schroder, Wm. Sarr, Jas. L. Stewart, Robt. Symington, Oscar Schroeder, J. J. Sawdick, Martin Schimelfenny, Joseph Schirp, Barton Siepin, Lawrence Scott, Albert Scott, John Smith, Wm. Schurrphase, Wellington Southwood, Edward Schulst, Jno. W. Schraz, Peter Sowatzki, John A. Sinclair, Antoine Sozzafare, Vincenso Sposito, Vinncenco Stantoui, Albert Stahmke, Rudolph Schyier, Albert G. Smythe, Joseph Siegrist, Frank Sutton, James Sumemrfield, August Srock, Anton Seyway, Francis Stycki, Frank Strelkowski, Joseph Smidt, Maciaj Syplik, Stanislaus Stentil, John Skoweott, John Schaster, Henry Saeallisch, Albert Spain, John A, Stephens, Bartal Simae, henry Robert Smith.
   John Tighe, Martin Trybus, V[?] Thom, Hubert Taylor, Frank Joseph Troston, John Trzeciak, Michael Tapalka, Carl E. Taube, Thos. H. Trethewey, Pietra Tasca, Iastam Terenzia, Abraham Trombley, Anthony Thomas, Jas. T. Teevin, Telsira Tonalczyk, Michael Tedman, Geo. E. Tiromey, Donald W. Thompson, Chas. Trickey, Ben Terres, Albett Twanski, Fredk. Theel, Wm. Tea, James Thornton, Chas. Thlybert.
   Joseph Uhrig, Jos. L. Utter.
   Jasot Van Leyen, Wilhelm Varban, Albert Voss, Modeste Vanhove, Daniel Varga, Christian Viriogge, Wm. VanSickle, Henry VanDe Grehnetske, Chas. VanDen Berghe, Jos. Viler.
   Thomas Wilson, Herman Wunderlich, Robert Wilson, Wm. Wainwright, Con. Withad, Ludwig Wagner, Peter F. White, Wm. Whellham, Joseph Williamson, Wilhelm Wedell, Alex. Wayas, Henry Wharton, Jas. Wharthy, Chas. R. Wendland, Chas. Williams, August Weghaupt, Wm. Wellmeier, Geo. L. Whitehead, Wm. Williams, Herman Winkler, Chas. Winkel, B. J. Wermers, John Wochele, Wm. H. Williams, Geo. Wanless, Wm. walsh, Jacob Wittenberg, Henry L. Wortman, Wm. F. Webber, Chas. Wasmund, Geo. Walz, John Lawrence Watson, Albert J. Wilson, John Willer, Geo. Ward, Herman Weomach, James Wright, J. W. Wilson (M. D.), Albert Winkler.
   Wineas R. Yankelimas, Emil Yost, John Yager, Thomas Young, Samuel A. Young.
   August Zilke, Anton Zulawski, August Ziebron.

Mappy Monday: Route of the Erie & Western Transportation Co. (Anchor Line)

Route of the Erie & Western Transportation Co. (Anchor Line) and connecting railroad and steamer lines, showing summer excursion tours. Traveler's Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. New York: National Railway Publication Co. 32nd year, no. 10. March 1900. Page 462. Available from Google Books.

This map shows the route of the Erie & Western Transportation Co. (Anchor Line), as well as connecting lines (both railroad and steamer). Passengers could travel from Buffalo, New York; Erie, Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Ohio; and Detroit, Michigan to the summer resorts. They could connect at Mackinac Island and then take steamer lines.

I found this map interesting because it gave me an idea of how my ancestors John and Ann (Walker) Winters and their daughter Elizabeth may have traveled from Tonawanda, New York to Chicago, Illinois.

Founding of Detroit

On 24 July 1701, the city of Detroit was founded. Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, was given $1500 livre (about $300) by Louis XIV of France to help establish a fort and trading post on the Detroit River. The French wanted to keep the British from moving west of New England, to control the traffic on the Detroit River, and to monopolize the fur trade.

Cadillac left from Montreal with a party of 100 Frenchmen, including Captain  Alphonse de Tonty, First Sergeant Jacob de Marsac, Robert Chevalier de Beauchêne, Father Nicholas Bernardin Constantin Delhalle (a Recollet priest), and Father François Vaillant de Gueslis (a Jesuit priest). About 100 Indians also traveled with them. They traveled up the Ottawa River on canoes to Lake Nipissing, down the French River and the Pickerel River to the Georgian Bay, south to Lake Huron, down the St. Clair River and through Lake St. Clair, until they reached the Detroit River. They set up camp at Grosse Ile on 23 July 1701. The next day, they traveled north and began building a settlement on the narrowest part of the river, overlooking the strait between Lake Erie and Lake St Clair. The settlement was named Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, after Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain or his son Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain. Détroit is the French word for "strait."

Ste. Anne de Détroit Catholic Church was the first building to be completed in the settlement. The second building to be completed was the stockade.

References
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Early Detroit: 1701-1760
Fort Detroit
The Founding of Detroit
French Detroit 1701-1760
People of Detroit: Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac
Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church

Mappy Monday: Detroit, Michigan

Detroit inset. 1 December 1927. From Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (15 April 1939). Official Michigan Highway Map. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. Public domain. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

This map of Detroit, Michigan was published as part of the Official Michigan Highway Map shortly before my maternal grandparents John and Margaret (Schneider) Boe moved to Detroit. My mother spent her earliest years in Detroit.

My great-grandfather's sister Anna Elizabeth Gatlin also lived in Detroit.

52 Ancestors: Week 23 "Wedding": Anna Elizabeth Gatlin and All Her Husbands

My great-grandfather's sister Anna Elizabeth Gatlin had many weddings, and so did her husbands!

Anna was born in Nashville, Tennessee on 3 December 1890. She was the daughter of John William Morton Gatlin and Sarah Claire "Sadie" Dyer. Anna married her first husband, Frank Joseph Smith, on 5 July 1910 in Williamson County, Tennessee.

Marriage record, Frank Smith and Anna Gatlin. 5 July 1910. Williamson County, Tennessee, Available from Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Frank worked as a stenographer for J. B. Ransom & Co. Most of Anna's family moved to Chicago, Illinois (where my great-grandparents were already living), but Anna and Frank stayed in Nashville at least until 1916.

Nashville City Directory with Revised Map 1914. 50th volume. New York: Marshall-Bruce-Polk. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

By 1920, they were living in Upper Penns Neck, Salem County, New Jersey with their daughter, Claire Marie Smith, who was born about 1911-1912.  Frank was working as a clerk in a dye plant.

1920 United States census, Carneys Point Village, Upper Penns Neck Township, Salem County, New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district 191, sheet 5A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

I am not sure when Anna left New Jersey or when she and Frank split up, but on 3 July 1928, she married Charles Morrison in Lucas County, Ohio. They were both residents of Detroit, Michigan at the time of their marriage. Anna claimed that the marriage was her first.

Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q4Q-4D8), Charles Morrison and Anna E Smith, 3 Jul 1928; citing Lucas, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,168,583.

On 23 October 1931, Anna was granted a divorce from Charles. The cause was extreme cruelty. The case was contested.

Morrison v. Morrison, Wayne County, Michigan, 23 October 1931 decree. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Michigan. Divorce records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.

Anna's next husband was Cornelius Thomas de Kam. Cornelius was from Wissenkerke, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Netherlands. On 28 August 1900 in Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, he married Grace Matilda Brandon. Grace died in Detroit, Michigan on 11 October 1918. On 21 June 1919, Cornelius married Anna Jacoba Peterson. Anna was granted a divorce from Cornelius on 13 October 1932. The cause was extreme cruelty. Perhaps infidelity was a factor. Just sixteen days later, on 29 October 1932 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, Cornelius married Anna E. (Gatlin) Morrison.

Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q4B-LM4), Cornelius T Dekam and Anna E Morrison, 29 Oct 1932; citing Wood, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,367,788.

On 26 November 1935, Cornelius was granted a divorce from Anna. The cause was extreme and repeated cruelty. The case was not contested.

de Kam v. de Kam, Wayne County, Michigan. 26 November 1935 decree. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Michigan. Divorce records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.

On 26 May 1936 in Lucas County, Ohio, Cornelius remarried his former wife Anna Jacoba (Peterson) de Kam. Anna (Gatlin) de Kam took a job as a saleswoman at Frank & Seder, and lived at the Strathmoore Hotel.

Polk's Detroit (Wayne County, Mich.) City Directory 1937. Centennial ed. Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Anna's last husband was Russell Joseph Doying. The two of them had something in common: multiple marriages! Russell (who at that time was going by the name Joseph R. Doying) married Gladys M. Kiefer on 14 December 1916 in Redford, Wayne County, Michigan. She divorced him on 31 March 1920 because of extreme cruelty and non-support. On 31 March 1923 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan, he married Minerva I. Coffron. She divorced him on 20 January 1927 because of extreme cruelty. On 5 August 1929 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan, he married Jane G. Morgan. He divorced her on 19 May 1930 because of extreme cruelty. On 14 February 1931 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan, he married Anna D. Gorenson. He divorced her on 31 January 1934 because of cruelty.

Under her first husband's surname, Smith, Anna married Russell Joseph Doying on 17 May 1937 in Detroit, Michigan. It was her fourth marriage and his fifth.

Marriage record, Russell J. Doying and Anna E. Smith, 17 May 1937. Wayne County, Michigan. Available from Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Original data: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics.

Anna and Russell divorced on 4 June 1941 in Wayne County, Michigan. She never remarried. She died in August 1964. According to the Social Security Death Index, her last residence was Illinois. I am still searching for her exact date of death and her place of death.

Dutch Veterans' Day

Since 2005, Dutch Veterans' Day (Veteranendag) has been observed on the last Saturday in June. The date was chosen in honor of Prince Bernhard, who was born on June 29. Veterans who served the Netherlands in wars or international peacekeeping operations are honored on this day. A parade takes place at The Hague, and the Royal Netherlands Air Force performs a flyby. Local events are also organized in other cities.

On 29 October 1932 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, my great-grandfather's sister Anna Elizabeth Gatlin (Anna E. Morrison at the time of her marriage) married Cornelius Thomas de Kam. Both were living in Detroit, Michigan. They divorced in Wayne County, Michigan on 26 November 1935, and Cornelius remarried his second wife, also named Anna.

Cornelius (Cornelis) was born on 15 August 1873 in Wissenkerke, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Netherlands. He immigrated to Canada, and then to the United States. According to his attestation paper for the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, he had served in the Dutch army for six years. I searched militieregisters.nl, which contains militia records from seventeen Dutch archives, and I found that a record is available for Cornelis Thomas de Kam. Unfortunately, payment for the image must be made by bank transfer, and with added bank fees, it would be expensive to purchase the document.

Screen shot from militieregisters.nl, showing that a record is available for Cornelis Thomas de Kam.

Cornelius continued his military service after he immigrated to Canada. He agreed to serve in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force on 22 September 1914.

Attestation paper, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. Cornelius Thomas de Kam. 22 September 1914. Available from Library and Archives Canada.

Cornelius was a major in the Calgary Cycle Corps. He was also director of the provincial military school in Alberta, Canada. The infantry school was conducted in one of the city schools, but moved to Camp Sarcee in Calgary, Alberta in 1916.

References
Dutch Veterans' Day: last Saturday of June
Netherlands Veterans Institute