Geneva
Mildred CHURCH
wager7
1904
- 1988
- BIRTH: 9 APR 1904, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
- DEATH: 9 MAR 1988, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan
Father: Verne Horace CHURCH
Mother: Cora Louesa HARKER
Family 1 : Johnson Reed
NEWELL
- MARRIAGE: 17 SEP 1928, Peoples Church, East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
2. James Edward NEWELL
____Marvel CHURCH________
___ Harley CHURCH_____| (1796 - 1863) m 1820
| (1821 - 1901) m 1842
|____Martha SNEATHEN_____+
___ Eustace CHURCH._____| (1804 -
1840) m 1820
| (1845 - 1922) m 1868
| ___Sylvester TRAIN_________
| |____ Delia TRAIN________| (1793-1866) m
| (1826 -
1906) m 1842 |____Lucinda WILLARD_______
__ Verne CHURCH.________|
| (1875 - 1949) m 1897 | _____James LEARY____________+
| |
____ Jacob LEARY________| (1784-1822) m
|
| | (1812 - 1848) m 1833 |Mary WALTHAM________
|
|____ Elizabeth LEARY____|
| (1843 -
1936) m 1868 | ____David GRAYHAM________
|
|__ Mary GRAYHAM_______| (1770/1 - 1843) m
|
(1810 - 1864) m 1833 |____Elizabeth
LIMBER___________
| (1778
- 1836) m
|-
- Geneva CHURCH
| (1904 - 1988) m 1928 _____Simon HARKER_________+
|
___ William HARKER______| (1777 - 1828) m 1809
|
| (1812 - 1860) m 1836
|_____Jane ESPINER___________+
| _____ James HARKER______| (1775 -
1843) m 1809
|
| (1840 - 1922) m 1863
| _____John PLUMPTON________
|
| |____ Celia PLUMPTON_____| (1787 - after1851) m
1806
|
| (1807 -
1873) m 1836 |_____Jane ELLIOT____________+
|___
Cora HARKER_______|
(1783
- 1849) m 1806
(1870 - 1948) m 1897 | _____John THWING____________+
| _____ Silas TWING_______| (1761 -
1844) m 1785
| | (1803 - 1892) m 1833 |______Ruth
BEEBE______________+
|____ Sarah
THWING______| (1766 -
1853) m 1785
(1846 -
1928) m 1863 |
_____Zimri BARBER_____________+
|_____ Lucy BARBER______| (1773 - 1861) m 1795
(1807 - 1880) m 1833 |_____Betsey SPRAGUE___________+
(1777
- 1844) m 1795
TIMELINE
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926 - graduated from Michigan Agricultural College
1927
1928 - MARRIAGE
1929
1930
1931 - Junia born
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938 - James born
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963 - DEATH of Johnson
1964 - taught at Stiles School
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 - retired
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
INDEX
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She was valedictorian of East Lansing High School, 1922, where she met her future husband playing the lead opposite him in a play. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Michigan Agricultural College (magna cum laude) 1926 (majored in textile chemistry; minored in music) in the year when it was to change its name, today known as Michigan State University. During World War II, she and her husband ran "The Pup Shop," a pet store selling dogs that they raised at a home kennel. After the death of her husband, she taught 3rd grade at Stiles School of The Avondale Schools in Michigan and retired in 1972. She was also an accomplished amateur musician. She died of a brain tumor. She is buried with her husband in Mt. Avon Cemetery, Rochester, Michigan.
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