Person:Nellie Barnes (1)

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Nellie E. Barnes
b.25 Nov 1870 Okemos, Ingham, Michigan
d.4 Jun 1949 Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
Parents and Siblings
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m. 23 Jan 1863
  1. Ruth BarnesAft 1862 -
  2. Angus Barnes1867 - 1943
  3. Agnes Barnes1868 -
  4. Nellie E. Barnes1870 - 1949
  5. Elizabeth Barnes1876 - 1960
  6. Archie Barnes1877 - 1966
Spouse and Children
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m. 26 Oct 1888
  1. Sheldon Driver1889 - 1891
  2. Gertrude Evelyn Driver1891 - 1961
  3. Charles Wesley Driver1893 - 1933
  4. James Warren Driver1895 - 1974
  5. Robert Webb Driver1900 - 1989
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Nellie E. Barnes
Gender Female
Birth? 25 Nov 1870 Okemos, Ingham, Michigan
Marriage 26 Oct 1888 Mason, Ingham, Michiganto Oscar Ellsworth Driver
Other Aft 1911 Ingham Co, MIMarriage fact
with Oscar Ellsworth Driver
Other Marriage Ending Status Divorce
with Oscar Ellsworth Driver
Occupation? Practical (Trained) Nurse
Other? 1930 W. Barnes Avenue, LansingResided
Death? 4 Jun 1949 Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
Burial? 6 Jun 1949 Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
Other? 113 E. Lenawee, Lansing at deathResided
Other? 78y, 6m, 9dAge at Death (Facts Pg)
Other? Cerebral Hemorhage, heart disease and diabetes mellitus as complicationsCause of Death (2)
Other? Pic Delhi Twp, Ingham, MI1900 Census
Other? Pic Lansing, Ingham, MI1930 Census
Other? Pic Mason, Ingham MI sheet 7a1920 Census
Other? Pic Mason, Vevay Twp, Ingham, MI sheet 5a1910 Census
Other? Pic Meridian, Ingham, MI p. 121880 Census
Other? YesLiterate (read and write)
Other? getObituary

There is an error in Nellie's birth record. Her mother is listed as Hattie Grittenburg (born MI). All other records show Mary Ann Keeler as her mother. A birth for Helen Grittenburg, daughter of Jacob and Ellen W. (Saltmarsh) Grittenburg born 12-20-1870, is listed adjacent to Nellie's record. Did the clerk goof? Most probably.

After the divorce from Oscar, Nellie may have married again (Lansing area).The man supposedly died within a year. They were said to have had a farm near Ithaca, Michigan. She is buried as a Driver. Nellie's death certificate says she was a widow, as does the 1930 census.

There is a marriage listed between Harry A. Thorne and a Nellie Barnes at the Ingham County Court House. The wedding took place September 1, 1910. I do not know if this is correct, but doubt it.

From Driver Memoirs, written by Byron Driver's family - from Joyce Bowers

... Last to leave the old Meridian home was Nellie Driver and oldest son Charles. The younger children having been transported to the new Rushton home earlier [Rushton was a road, not a town]. With a broken wrist in a fall from Bessie, a favorite horse, fifteen year old Charles drove the old model T-Ford with mostly one hand to the new home encountering problems at the Green Oak Gravel Pits short cut where many deep sandy and curving roads often jerked the steering wheel from his driving hand. After many years, Charles still laughed about old Tippie Toe, the family cat, being brought along in a gunny sack howling all the way. Often giving him the urge to stop and wring his neck.

Bessie - old Daisy's first colt grew up to work along side of her mother as a team...

References
  1. ↑ Ingham County Clerk's Office.

    Birth and death confirmed

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