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Billy Patterson 1926–2003 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Feb 1926

Birth Location: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

Death Date: 29 Jan 2003

Death Location: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

Father: Vera Ellis

Mother: Egbert Patterson

Spouse(s): Francis Thompson

Children(s):

Billy Patterson was born in 1926 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, the child of Vera Bess Ellis And Egbert George Patterson. In 1947, Billy Patterson resided in Grand Rapids. Billy Patterson married Francis Jean Thompson, and had children including Amy Vredevoogd, Barbara Patterson Gochenour, Craig Vredevoogd, Dan Webster, John Shanahan, Julie Buskard Buskard, Laurie Shanahan, Marianne Webster Webster, Mark L Patterson. Billy Patterson passed away in 2003 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan.

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Biography

  • Billy Patterson was born in 1926 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, the child of Vera Bess Ellis And Egbert George Patterson.
  • In 1947, Billy Patterson resided in Grand Rapids.
  • Billy Patterson married Francis Jean Thompson, and had children including Amy Vredevoogd, Barbara Patterson Gochenour, Craig Vredevoogd, Dan Webster, John Shanahan, Julie Buskard Buskard, Laurie Shanahan, Marianne Webster Webster, Mark L Patterson.
  • Billy Patterson passed away in 2003 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan.

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Billy Patterson's Ancestors

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Billy Patterson
1926–2003
Birth Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Parents
Vera Bess Ellis
1906–1983
Peru, Miami, Indiana, USA
Egbert (George) Patterson
1899–1950
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
Grandparents
Minnie (Josephine) Iliff
1883–1949
Peru, Miami, Indiana, USA
Philip (Sheridan) Ellis
1881–1945
Wabash Co., Indiana, USA
George (McKenzie) Patterson
1876–1917
Harrowsmith, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada
Eva (Pearl) Barney
1876–1951
Toledo, Ohio
Great-Grandparents
William Iliff
1863–1928
John Ellis
1857–1938
ELIZA STOUT
1864–1938
Hugh Patterson
1835–1917
Samantha Clark
1846–1911
Burleigh Barney
1850–1917
Adelia May
1857–1949
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Billy Patterson's Timeline

3 Records

1926
2 Feb 1926
Birth of Billy Patterson in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
1947
Abt 1947
Age 21
Billy Patterson resided here in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids
2003
29 Jan 2003
Age 77
Death of Billy Patterson in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Feb 1926
    Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Abt 1947
    Event Place: Grand Rapids
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jan 2003
    Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

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