Oscar Brunello Filkins ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Following the death of his 1st wife, Blanche Eva Krebs, in 1911, Oscar was remarried in 1937 to Fanny Elizabeth Dowling.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Oscar B Filkins
Sex: Male
Age: 71
Death Date: 10 Jan 1944
Death Place: Stanton, Montcalm, Michigan, United States
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: Henry Filkins
Mother's Name: Melissa Leslie
Birth Date: 11 Sep 1872
Birthplace: Michigan
Birth Year (Estimated): 1873

Citing this Record
"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQJ-GMD : 13 March 2018), Oscar B Filkins, 10 Jan 1944; citing Stanton, Montcalm, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,031.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Stanton, MI on 29 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 166, Family 45, Roll 666
Stanton, Montcalm, Michigan, United States
Home owned, with mortgage
Married 7 years
Oscar Filkins..Head..37..Michigan..Proprietor, Feed Mill

(Living with 1st wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 Sep 1871, then his age should have been 38 instead of 37.
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• He was buried after 10 January 1944 in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Stanton, MI.

PLOT Addition: 1 Sect: 9 Row: 5 Lot: 3
Find a Grave Memorial 120417183
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Oscar married Blanche Eva Krebs, daughter of Joshua Bowman Krebs and Mary Jane Vanande, on 7 April 1903 in Stanton, MI.^{1 2} (Blanche Eva Krebs was born on 22 August 1880 in Michigan,^{2 5} died on 7 June 1911 in Stanton, MI ⁶ and was buried after 7 June 1911 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Stanton, MI ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 7 April 1903, in Stanton, MI. ¹

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Stanton, MI on 29 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 166, Family 45, Roll 666
Stanton, Montcalm, Michigan, United States
Home owned, with mortgage
Married 7 years
Oscar Filkins..Head..37..Michigan..Proprietor, Feed Mill
E. Blanche Filkins..Wife..29..Michigan..1/0
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Oscar B. Filkins
Sex: Male
Age: 30y
Birthplace: Michigan
Father's Name: H. F. Filkins
Mother's Name: Melissa Lesley
Spouse's Name: Blanche E. Krebs
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 22y
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Father's Name: Joshua Krebs
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Vananda
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1903
Marriage Place: Stanton, Montcalm, Michigan

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3DR-8J2 : 18 February 2021), Oscar B. Filkins and Blanche E. Krebs, 7 Apr 1903; citing Marriage, Stanton, Montcalm, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4033089.
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