Francis Benjamin Dixon ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

Name: Benjamin Dixon
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 08 Jun 1926
Event Place: Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 08 Apr 1891
Birthplace: Michigan
Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
Father's Name: Geo E Dixon
Mother's Name: Susan E Gotts

Citing this Record
"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF7G-VSC : 13 March 2018), Susan E Gotts in entry for Benjamin Dixon, 08 Jun 1926; citing Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,131.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• His occupation on 5 June 1917 was a Farmer in Canton Township, Wayne, MI.

• On 5 June 1917, he registered for the World War I Draft at Canton Township, Wayne, MI.

Name: Francis B Dixon
Event Place: Wayne County no 4, Michigan, United States
Birth Date: 08 Apr 1891
Birthplace: Sumpter, Michigan, United States
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Canton Township, Wayne, MI on 3 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 4, Family 21, Roll 800
Canton Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Home Rented
Benjiman F. Dixon..Head..28..MI..Farmer, General farm

(Living with wife and an uncle.)
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• He was buried on 11 June 1926 in the Union-Udell Cemetery in Ypsilanti, MI.

Find A Grave Memorial 40054396
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Francis married Bertha May Renton, daughter of William John Renton and Harriett Adeline Marvin, on 12 July 1915 in Ypsilanti, MI.^{1 2} (Bertha May Renton was born in March 1896 in Ypsilanti, MI ^{1 2 6 7 8} and died after 1 April 1940.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 12 July 1915, in Ypsilanti, MI. ¹

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Canton Township, Wayne, MI on 3 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 4, Family 21, Roll 800
Canton Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Home Rented
Benjiman F. Dixon..Head..28..MI..Farmer, General farm
Bertha M. Dixon..Wife..23..MI
Walter C. Dixon..Uncle..37..ENG..Immigrated in 1910..Laborer, Farm
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Frances Dixon
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 12 Jul 1915
Event Place: Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 24y
Birth Date: 1891
Birthplace: Michigan
Marriage Date: 12 Jul 1915
Marriage Place: Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan
Father's Name: Edward
Mother's Name: Susan Gotts
Spouse's Name: Bertha M. Renton
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1897
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Father's Name: William
Spouse's Mother's Name: Hattie Marvin
Source Reference: item 5 p 134 rn 210

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3P8-FQX : 17 March 2020), Frances Dixon and Bertha M. Renton, 12 Jul 1915; citing Marriage, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209294.
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The marriage location of Ypsilanti, Michigan is surprising because following the divorce of her parents sometime between 1900 and 1908, her father returned to Michigan while supposedly all of the children remained with the mother in McHenry County, Illinois. This marriage location suggest that Bertha may have at some time after the 1910 US Census gone to live with or near or father in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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