Dying Certificates of June Wrone1
One of many targets of my analysis plan has been to acquire demise information for all ten youngsters of James and his spouse Elizabeth Ann “Betsey” Cole to see if a particular birthplace aside from “England” is listed for his or her father’s birthplace. I used to be challenged, nonetheless, to seek out any point out after 1955 of their youngest daughter whose identify has been spelled Rose, Rosie, Rosa Bell, Isabel, Rosman, Rosamond, and Rosemond and who was typically nicknamed June, which is what I’ll name her.
Luckily, I’ve discovered obituaries for six of June’s 9 siblings, and 4 of them talked about her particularly, giving me info that I didn’t have beforehand about her and narrowing the search time-frame. The primary was the 1945 obituary of sister Clarissa “Clara” Jane (Barber) Goodwin Sines which named Rose as “Mrs. Rose Rhome of Detroit”.2 The surname Rhome was new to me (though I came upon later it was an incorrect spelling of Wrone). I had positioned two marriage information for June, neither to a person with a surname of Rhome or Wrone. The primary document was for a wedding on 23 September 1896 to William Morarity in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan.3 The second document was for a marriage to William A. Eaton on 15 Could 1906 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.4
The subsequent sibling obituary was for sister Lavina Elizabeth (Barber) Wilson Streeter in 1949.5 This one named June as “Mrs. Rose Wrone of Detroit”. Sister Caroline “Carrie” (Barber) Smith Hutchinson Poole’s 1951 obituary offered one other clue, naming June as “Mrs. Michael Wrone of Detroit.”6 And at last, youthful brother Alexander Barber’s 1955 obituary names her as “Mrs. Michael Wromes, Detroit.”7
So started my seek for a wedding of Rose/Rosa Bell/Rosemond or June Eaton nee Barber to Michael Wrone between 1955 and 1971. These searches concerned many variations of their first and final names. I used to be capable of finding their marriage document in Lucas County, Ohio on 1 March 1930,8 lower than two months after she divorced William Eaton on 9 January 1930 in Wayne County, Michigan.9 (I’ve but to find a divorce document for her marriage to William Morarity or a demise document for him.) June signed her marriage utility as “Mrs Rosemond J Eaton,” which leads me to consider that June was her center identify and never only a nickname.
Michael’s 1971 obituary within the Detroit Free Press at Newspapers.com10 described him as “Beloved husband of the late June”, so I knew that she needed to have died someday between her brother Alex’s demise on 28 February 1955 and Michael’s demise on 26 Could 1971. The obituary talked about a funeral dwelling, R. G. & G. R. Harris Funeral Residence of Detroit, and I used to be capable of finding present contact info for them. I despatched them an e mail to ask if that they had any info on a burial, cremation, and many others. for June, however by no means obtained a reply.
Acquiring an interment date was helpful in that it significantly narrowed down a possible time-frame for her demise. With this info, I despatched off to the Wayne County Clerk’s workplace for June’s demise certificates. It arrived on 3 February 2024.
Regardless of the numerous searches I had completed in on-line newspaper web sites, I had not been capable of finding an obituary or demise discover for June till after I receive her demise certificates. Narrowing down the timeframe, I used to be in a position to go web page by web page by the Detroit Free Press within the days after her demise and at last positioned her demise discover, printed 30 April 1958.13 The Optical Character Recognition had merely not been capable of finding it in all of my many searches through the years.
I felt a way of accomplishment and closure having lastly decided when and the place Rose June (Barber) Morarity Eaton Wrone–with many variations of her first identify and with a surname initially spelled Wronikowski–was buried. With all these names and variants, no surprise it had been a problem to seek out her!
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Future posts will focus on the opposite demise information of James and Elizabeth (Cole) Barber’s youngsters and what info was given on them for James’s birthplace.
Sources:
1. Wayne County, Michigan, demise certificates 5860, June Wrone; County Clerk’s Workplace, Detroit.
2. “Mrs. Clara Jane Sines,” Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan), 7 Could 1945, p. 11, col. 3; digital picture, Newspapers.com ( : considered 6 January 2023).
3. “Michigan
Marriages, 1868-1925,” database with photographs, FamilySearch (
: considered 15 January 2019), picture 304 of 670, entry for Wm. Morarity and Rosa B. Barber,
23 September 1896, Lapeer, Lapeer County, document #1423; citing Secretary
of State, Division of Important Information, Lansing.
4. “Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Information, 1774-1993, ” database with
photographs, Ancestry (
: considered 6 January 2023), picture 83 of 250, utility and return for William A.
Eaton and June Moriarty, 15 Could 1906, Cuyahoga County 1906-1907, p. 165, utility #46658;
citing unique information from Marriage Information, Ohio Marriages, numerous Ohio County
Courthouses.
5. “Deaths: Mrs. Lavina E. Streeter,” Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan), 10 January 1949, p. 14, col. 5; digital picture, Newspapers.com ( : considered 22 March 2022).
6. “Mrs. John B. Poole,” The Time Herald (Port Huron, Michigan), 25 Could 1951, p. 26, col. 3; digital picture, Newspapers.com ( : considered 6 March 2022).
7. “Barber, Alex,” Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan), 1 March 1955, p. 22, col. 8; digital picture, Newspapers.com ( : considered 23 March 2022).
8. “Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Information, 1774-1993,” database with photographs, Ancestry ( : considered 23 March 2022), picture 1404 of 1420, utility and certificates for Michael W. Wrone and Rosamund J. Eaton, 1 March 1930, Lucas County 1929-1930, p. 530, utility #84338; citing unique information from Marriage Information, Ohio Marriages, numerous Ohio County Courthouses.
9. “Michigan, U.S., Divorce Information, 1897-1952,” database with photographs, Ancestry ( : considered 6 January 2023), picture 1652 of 4401, divorce document for Rosman Eaton and William Eaton, 9 January 1930, 1924-1947 Wayne County certificates 29,290-33,636, state file #82 30937; citing unique information from Michigan Division of Group Well being, Division for Important Information and Well being Statistics, Lansing.
10. “Wrone,” Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), 28 Could 1971, pg. 34, col. 1; digital picture, Newspapers.com ( : considered 23 March 2022).
11. FindAGrave ( accessed 11 January 2024), memorial web page for Michael W. Wrone, Oakview Cemetery, Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan. Features a tombstone photograph.
12. Wayne County, Michigan, demise certificates 5860, June Wrone.
13. “Wrone,” Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), 30 April 1958, pg. 29, col. 3; digital picture, Newspapers.com ( : considered 12 June 2024).
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