Lillian Lufkin

Lillian married Melvin L. West, son of Isaac Pembrook West and Phoebe Katharine Jones, on 25 December 1906 in Chelsea, MA. (Melvin L. West was born on 19 September 1886 in Chikaming Township, Berrien, MI ¹ and died after 15 April 1910.)

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Melvin L West
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Dec 1906
Event Place: Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Registration Place: Chelsea, , Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1885
Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Birthplace: Three Oaks, , Michigan
Father's Name: Isaac West
Mother's Name: Mary Jones
Spouse's Name: Lillian Lufkin
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birth Date: 1885
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Spouse's Birthplace: Charlestown, ,
Spouse's Father's Name: Lonado Lufkin
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah Hord
Reference ID: p 353 no 545

Citing this Record
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4DV-7QG : 25 May 2018), Sarah Hord in entry for Melvin L West and Lillian Lufkin, 25 Dec 1906; citing Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,299.

NOTE - This marriage document is somewhat suspect in the fact that the marriage took place all the way across the county in Chelsea, Massachusetts instead of Michigan where Melvin was born. Why Melvin moved from Michigan to the Boston area remains a mystery.

In addition, the name of Melvin's father was correctly listed as Isaac West but his mother's given name was incorrectly given as Mary Jones instead of the expected Phoebe Jones. Nonetheless, it does state that Melvin was born in Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan.

Apparently the marriage was short-lasted because 4 years later, the 1910 US Census shows Melvin back home in near-by Michigan City, Indiana where he indicated that he had been married one time on the census form. There is no mention of his wife or ex-wife on that census page.
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