Monica M. Pierson ¹

   Other names for Monica were Marian A. Ferson,² Monica M. Ferson ³ and Monica M. Pherson.³

  General Notes:

According to the notes on the memorial page at Findagrave.com, Monica was the daughter of John Fearson and Margaret V. Kenny. She was raised by her mother and stepfather Adam E. Zimmerman. Monica's maiden name is listed as both Pherson and Fearson. It is not clear which is correct.
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  Death Notes:

Age: 71
Given Name: Monica
Surname: Sabin
Birth Date: 04 May 1916
State: Michigan
Last Place of Residence: Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
Previous Residence Postal Code: 48915
Event Date: Mar 1987

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKZN-123 : 20 May 2014), Monica Sabin, Mar 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Lansing, MI on 18 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 33-64, Family 131, Roll 1763
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, Ward 8
512 Frances Street; Home owned, $1700
Leo Sabin..Head..54..MI..8th grade..Toolmaker, Wohlert Corporation..earned $1650 in 1939
Suzan A. Sabin..Wife..56..NY..8th grade
Marian A. Sabin..Daughter-in-law..23..MI..11th grade
Margaretta S. Sabin..Granddaughter..3..MI
Robert G. Sabin..Grandson..11m..MI

(Monica was living at the home of her husband's parents while he was incarcerated in the state prison. It is believed that the name Marian was a misreading of the sloppy handwriting on the census form and the name should have been Monica.)
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• She was buried after 26 March 1987 in the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in DeWitt, MI.

Find A Grave Memorial 51440058
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Monica married George Julius Sabin, son of Leo Sabin and Susan Ann Woodcock, on 28 April 1934 in Lansing, MI.¹ (George Julius Sabin was born on 7 April 1914 in Lansing, MI,^{1 2 5 6 7} died on 12 November 1975 in Walton, MI ^{1 7} and was buried after 12 November 1975 in DeWitt, MI ⁷.)

  Marriage Notes:

There is a 1940 US Census record for the parents of George which lists a Marian A. Sabin as a daughter-in-law. I am unsure who could be the spouse of this Marian A. Sabin other than George. Perhaps Leo and Susan's son, George, had a 2nd wife other than Monica Ferson or perhaps Marian and Monica were the same person.

There is another possibility to explain the names of Marian A. Sabin and children that appear with the parents. No 1940 US Census record can be found showing the son George and his wife Monica living together. However, there is a census record showing a George Sabin as an inmate in the Michigan State Prison. If that actually was the son, George, then perhaps his wife and children went to live with his parents. But still, there is no record of George having married a woman named Marian. A close examination of the actual 1940 US Census record reveals that the handwriting is somewhat sloppy and that the name Marian can also be interpreted as Monica.

Thus, I believe that in 1940, George Julius Sabin was an inmate of the Michigan prison system and that his wife, Monica, and children were living with his parents.
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