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Elsie Mae Waters 1894 – 1923 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Mar 1894

Birth Location: Michigan

Death Date: 13 Feb 1923

Death Location: Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan

Father: John Waters

Mother: Sarah Thomas

Spouse(s): Ray Sprague

Children(s):

In 1894, Elsie Mae Waters entered the world in Michigan, born to John Hudson Waters and Sarah Jane "Jennie" Thomas. Elsie Mae Waters married Ray Sprague. Elsie Mae Waters passed away in 1923 in Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan.

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Biography

  • In 1894, Elsie Mae Waters entered the world in Michigan, born to John Hudson Waters and Sarah Jane "Jennie" Thomas.
  • Elsie Mae Waters married Ray Sprague.
  • Elsie Mae Waters passed away in 1923 in Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan.

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Elsie Waters's Ancestors

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Elsie Waters
1894 – 1923
Birth Place: Michigan
Parents
John Hudson Waters
1870 – 1942
Lenawee County, Lenawee Junction, Michigan, USA
Sarah (Jane "Jennie") Thomas
1874 – 1954
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA
Grandparents
Charles (H) Waters
1842 – 1910
Ohio, USA
Sarah (Mahetable) Gibbs
1850 – 1935
Pennfield, Calhoun County, Michigan
Selah ("Sid" Lemuel) Thomas
1848 – 1912
Michigan
Elizabeth (Anna) Minzey
1856 – 1927
Michigan
Great-Grandparents
John Waters
1822 – 1866
Mary Waters
1821 – 1908
Silas Gibbs
1820 – 1904
Adaline Worden
1826 – 1900
Lemuel Thomas
1814 – 1883
Sarah Sutherland
1823 – 1919
William Minzey
1821 – 1898
Nancy Robbins
1829 – 1917
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Weldon
1770 – 1853
Grace Blackman
1770 – 1811
Zenas Thomas
1788 – 1835
Polly Sampson
1792 – 1889

Elsie Waters's Timeline

2 Records

1894
24 Mar 1894
Birth of Elsie Mae Waters in Michigan
Michigan
1923
13 Feb 1923
Age 29
Death of Elsie Mae Waters in Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan
Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Mar 1894
    Event Place: Michigan

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1923
    Event Place: Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan

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