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Submitted: 12/10/14 • Approved: 12/10/14 • Last Updated: 3/17/18 • R50042-G50041-S3
Lovona Johnston
1886-1955
TWINS
Lovina Bickel
1886-1957
*INFORMATION FOR LOVINA FROM HER FIND A GRAVE MEMORIAL MAINTAINED BY Mary E. Warner*
Lovina was the daughter of Jas. Johnston and his wife Emeline Andrews.
JOHNSTON siblings: Unknown.
Lovina married Edward Warner Weitzel as his 2nd wife on 9/12/1907 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI.
Edward married 2) Lovina Johnston B-1887 on 9/12/1907 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI.
2 WEITZEL children:
1. Edna Weitzel B-1900 in Havey, North Dakota; m. Roy L. Vastbinder on 3/22/1919 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI.
...VASTBINDER children: Unknown.
2. Philip Johnston Weitzel (7/5/1910-5/15/1976) D-Santa Clara, CA; m. Majorie Louise Kinney on 10/4/1931 in Calhoun Co., MI.
...2 WEITZEL children:
...1. Jeanne Weitzel.
...2. John Weitzel.
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Reference:
1910 Census for Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI:
SELF Edward Weitzel M 42y Michigan
WIFE Govina Weitzel F 23y Michigan [Lovina]
DAU Edna Weitzel F 10y North Dakota
Name: Edword Weitzel [Edward]
Birth Date: 1868
Birthplace: Mich.
Age: 39
Spouse's Name: Lovina Johnston
Spouse's Birth Date: 1886
Spouse's Birthplace: Mich.
Spouse's Age: 21
Event Date: 12 Sep 1907
Event Place: Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI
Father's Name: Philip Weitzel
Mother's Name: Martha Warner
Spouse's Father's Name: Jas. Johnston
Spouse's Mother's Name: Emeline Andrews
Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Name: Merrill E. Bickel
Race (Original):
Age (Expanded): 46 years
Birth Year: 1872
Birthplace: Wabash Co., Ind
Spouse's Name: Lavina Johnson Weitzel
Spouse's Race (Original):
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 33 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1885
Spouse's Birthplace: Buchanan, Mich
Event Date: 04 Apr 1918
Event Place: Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
Father's Name: Rudolph Bickel
Mother's Name: Catherine Kircher
Spouse's Father's Name: J. A. Johnson
Spouse's Mother's Name: Emma Andrews
Marital Status:
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Research: Fraya Weiss, 2013.
Contributed on 12/10/14
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Record #: 50042