Mary Sophia Balch

1891 - 1961  (70 years)

• Name	Mary Sophia Balch
  Birth	1891	Ellington, Tuscola, Michigan
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Jun 1961	, Tuscola, Michigan
  Person ID	I100251	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Edgar T. Balch,   b. Jul 1850, , , Michigan d. Aft 8 Jun 1900, of, Ellington Twp, Tuscola, Michigan (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Sophia Osterlay,   b. 1861, , , Michigan d. Aft 8 Jun 1900, of, Ellington Twp, Tuscola, Michigan (Age > 39 years)
  Family ID	F41820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Levi Melvin Whipple,   b. 5 Oct 1879, Fairgrove, Tuscola, Michigan d. 21 Dec 1966, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	24 Feb 1917	Munsing, Alger, Michigan
  Children	1. Kenneth Yale Whipple,   b. 19 Mar 1920, West Branch, Ogemaw, Michigan d. 29 Jun 2005, of, Goodrich, Genesee, Michigan (Age 85 years)   2. Beatrice Audry Whipple,   b. 3 Aug 1922, , , Michigan d. 29 Oct 1922, Houghton, Keweenaw, Michigan (Age 0 years) + 3. Maxine Illa Whipple,   b. 1924, , , Michigan d. Aft 23 Jun 2011, of, Goodrich, Genesee, Michigan (Age > 87 years)   4. Vincent Whipple,   b. 30 Nov 1925, Laurium, Houghton, Michigan d. 26 Dec 1927, Laurium, Houghton, Michigan (Age 2 years)   5. Margaret J. Whipple,   b. Abt 1927, , , Michigan d. Aft 11 Apr 1940, of, Port Hurson, St. Clair, Michigan (Age ~ 13 years)   6. Doris E. Whipple,   b. Abt 1930, , , Michigan d. Abt Apr 2014 (Age ~ 84 years)   7. Freddy Whipple
  Family ID	F41807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1891 - Ellington, Tuscola, Michigan Marriage - 24 Feb 1917 - Munsing, Alger, Michigan Death - 17 Jun 1961 - , Tuscola, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email from Don Maxwell (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 19 Jul 2005. Don writes: According to Nina Thomas, a descendant of Levi Melvin, 9/25/1880-12/21/1966 s/o Levi W & Dorcas, Levi married Jane Josephine Rossell in 1898 and they were divorced.She remarried Joseph Vyse and Levi M remarried Mary Bolch. In the 1910 MI Tuscola census Jane was listed as head; had 8 children with 6 living; with Lucille 9 & Mekvin Jr.6 Suggesting that she & Levi M were separated or divorced. In the 1930 MI Genesee Vienna census Joseph H Vyse 39, md @ age 26 has with him Jannie J 48, 1st marriage @ age 18 and son Edward C 12; daughter Rhoda M 9; son Wilbert C 8 & adopted daughter Jelpah 8/12 changed to 0/12. Going back in censi one can find Joseph & his parents & sibs. Nothing jumped out re Mary Bolch except a tombstone found by Cindy: Ellington Burials Whipple Levi M d. 23 Dec 1966 b 1880 blk2 lot43 sp2 and Whipple Mary S d 17 June 1961 b 1891 blk2 lot43 sp3 and one stone for both Levi & Mary. !SOURCE: Email from Don Maxwell (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 19 Jul 2005. Don writes: "Nothing jumped out re Mary Bolch except a tombstone found by Cindy: Ellington Burials Whipple Levi M d. 23 Dec 1966 b 1880 blk2 lot43 sp2 and Whipple Mary S d 17 June 1961 b 1891 blk2 lot43 sp3 and one stone for both Levi & Mary." !SOURCE: Email from Cindy Kitchen Baublis (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 15 Aug 2008. Quotes the following obituary of Levi M Whipple of Caro in the Tuscola County (Michigan) Advertiser Dec 29, 1966: Funeral Services were conducted Friday at the Beyette Funeral Home, Caro for Levi M Whipple, 86, of Caro. who died December 21 at the Public Health Service Hospital in Detroit (Michigan). Burial was in the Ellington cemetery with Rev Sanderson of Goodrich officiating. Mr Whipple was born on September 23, 1880 at Fairgrove and was a retired coast guard lighthouse keeper. He married Mary Bolch in 1917. She died in 1961. Surviving are his children, Mrs Roger (Maxine) Poster of Goodrich, Mrs Edward (Margaret) Miller of Flint, Mrs James (Doris) Attaway of Ann Arbor and Kenneth Whipple of Goodrich and 3 sisters. !SOURCE: Email from Liz Porter (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 6 Nov 2014. Spells surname Balch (previously entered as Bolch). She writes: "I found both names in records, but it was just a misreading of handwriting" !SOURCE: U.S. Federal Census of District 112, Ellington township, Tuscola County, Michigan, 8 Jun 1900, p. 5, dwelling 62, family 63: Balch, Edgar T., head, b. Jul 1850, age 49, mar. 23 yrs., b. MI, father b. VT, mother b. England, Farmer Balch, Sophia, wife, b. 1861, age 39, mar. 23 yrs., 7 children/6 living, b. MI, parents b. Germany Balch, Edgar, son, b. Apr 1889, age 11, b. MI, parents b. MI, Farm Laborer Balch, Mary S., dau, b. Mar 1891, age 9., b. MI, parents b. MI Balch, Aia A., dau, b. Dec 1894, age 5, b. MI, parents b. MI !SOURCE: U.S. Federal Census of District 7, Laurium, Houghton, Michigan, 14 Apr 1930, sheet 15B, residing at 410 Kearsarge St., dwelling 320, family 358: Wipple, Levi, head, 27 [sic], mar. age 27, b. MI, parents b. MI, Keeper, Lighthouse Wipple, Mary, wife-h, 21 [sic], mar. age 21, b. MI, parents b. MI Wipple, Kenneth, son, 10, b. MI, parents b. MI Wipple, Maxine, dau, 5, b. MI, parents b. MI Wipple, Margaret, dau, 3, b. MI, parents b. MI Wipple, Jean, dau, 0/12, b. MI, parents b. MI !SOURCE: U.S. Federal Census of the U.S. Coast Guard, Port Huron Station, Port Huron City Ward 10, St. Clair County, Michigan, 11 Apr 1940, p. 1A: Whipple, Levi M., Head, 59, b. MI Whipple, Mary S., wife, 49, b. MI Whipple, Kenneth Y., son, 20, b. MI Whipple, Maxine I., dau, 15, b. MI Whipple, Margaret J., dau, 12, b. MI Whipple, Doris E., dau, 10, b. MI !SOURCE: "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N358-YJM : accessed 17 Nov 2014), Levi Melvin Whipple and Mary Bolch [i.e. Balch], 24 Feb 1917; citing Munising, Alger, Michigan, v 1 p 5 rn 1089, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2342719.