Earl George Willoughby ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Birth Notes:

Name: George Earl Willoughby
Birth Date: 03 May 1891
Birthplace: Lynn, St Clair, Michigan
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Robert Willoughby
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Willoughby
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
Reference ID: item 2 p 251 rn 373

Citing this Record
"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQDN-2HT : 12 August 2019), Elizabeth Willoughby in entry for George Earl Willoughby, 03 May 1891; citing item 2 p 251 rn 373, Lynn, St Clair, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,321,272.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth Image: 3 May 1891, in Lynn Township, Saint Clair County, MI. ⁴

• His occupation on 5 June 1917 was a Baker for George Renton in Ypsilanti, MI. ⁵

• He resided at 113 Hamilton on 5 June 1917 in Ypsilanti, MI.
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• On 5 June 1917, he registered for the World War I Draft at Ypsilanti, MI.

Name: Earl Geo Willoughby
Birth Date: 3 May 1891
Birthplace: Brown City, Michigan, United States
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• His occupation on 9 November 1921 was a Shoe Dealer in Ypsilanti, MI. ¹

• He resided in Ypsilanti, MI on 9 November 1921.
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Ypsilanti, MI on 19 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 18A, District 47, Family 481, Roll 1030, Ward 2
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
1123 Pearl Street; Home rented, $40
Earl G. Willoughby..Head..36..MI..Proprietor, Show Store
(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 May 1891, then his age should have been 38 instead of 36.
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Lake Worth, FL on 29 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheets 17A & B, District 50-40, Family 124, Roll 607
Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida
301 South K Street; House rented, $40
residence in 1935: Ypsilanti, Michigan
E. G. Willoughby..Head..47..MI..9th grade..Owner, retail shoes
(Living with wife, 2 children, and widowed mother-in-law.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 May 1891, then his age should have been 48 instead of 47.
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• He was buried after 25 February 1961 in the Highland Cemetery in Ypsilanti, MI.

PLOTBlock 127, Lot 5, All, Grave 3
Find A Grave Memorial 27533083
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Earl married Mary E. Renton, daughter of Robert R. Renton and Mary Louisa Warner, on 9 November 1921 in Ypsilanti, MI.^{1 2 3} (Mary E. Renton was born in May 1899 in Ypsilanti, MI,^{1 2 3 7 8 9} died on 17 January 1947 in Ypsilanti, MI ¹⁰ and was buried after 17 January 1947 in Ypsilanti, MI ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 9 November 1921, in Ypsilanti, MI. ¹

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Ypsilanti, MI on 19 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 18A, District 47, Family 481, Roll 1030, Ward 2
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
1123 Pearl Street; Home rented, $40
Earl G. Willoughby..Head..36..MI..Proprietor, Show Store
Mary E. Willoughby..Wife..30..MI
Boyd E. Willoughby..Son..1y 8m..MI
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Lake Worth, FL on 29 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheets 17A & B, District 50-40, Family 124, Roll 607
Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida
301 South K Street; House rented, $40
residence in 1935: Ypsilanti, Michigan
E. G. Willoughby..Head..47..MI..9th grade..Owner, retail shoes
Mary Willoughby..Wife..40..MI..12th grade
Boyd Willoughby..Son..11..MI..5th grade
Joan Willoughby..Daughter..6..MI
Mary Renton..Mother-in-Law..72..MI..Widowed..8th grade
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Earl J. Willoughby
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 9 Nov 1921
Event Place: Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 29y
Birth Date: 1892
Birthplace: Brown City
Marriage Date: 9 Nov 1921
Marriage Place: Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan
Father's Name: Robert
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Earls
Spouse's Name: Mary E. Renton
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 22y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1899
Spouse's Birthplace: Ypsilanti, Michigan
Spouse's Father's Name: Robert
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Warner
Source Reference: v 7 rn 475

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQM4-Q8G : 20 January 2021), Earl J. Willousby and Mary E. Renton, 9 Nov 1921; citing Marriage, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4032395.
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Mary's mother became a widow in 1936 and it appears that she moved in with her family. Sometime between 1936 and 1940, the extended family moved to Florida where they all appeared in the 1940 US Census in Lake Worth. By 1957, her elderly mother, Mary Warner-Renton, had returned back to Michigan where she died and was buried near her husband. I do not know if Earl and Mary Willoughby remained in Florida or if they also returned to Michigan.
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