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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  Burial Notes:

PLOT: Block 127, Lot 5, All, Grave 3
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 27533083
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27533083/earl_george-willoughby: accessed 13 Aug 2026), memorial page for Earl George Willoughby (3 May 1891\'9625 Feb 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27533083, citing Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Baker for George Renton, 5 June 1917, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. ⁵ from WW I Draft Reg

2. Residence: 113 Hamilton, 5 June 1917, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. ⁵ from WW I Draft Reg

3. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, 5 June 1917, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. ⁵ Name: Earl Geo Willoughby
Birth Date: 3 May 1891
Birthplace: Brown City, Michigan, United States

4. Occupation: Shoe Dealer, 9 November 1921, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. ¹ from Marriage record

5. Residence, 9 November 1921, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. ¹ from Marriage record

6. 1930 US Census, 19 April 1930, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. ² 1930 US Census
Sheet 18A, District 47, Family 481, Roll 1030, Ward 2
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, 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.

7. 1940 US Census, 29 April 1940, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, United States. ³ 1940 US Census
Sheets 17A & B, District 50-40, Family 124, Roll 607
Lake Worth, Palm Beach, 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.

Earl married Mary E. Renton, daughter of Robert R. Renton and Mary Louisa Warner, on 9 November 1921 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.^{1 2 3} (Mary E. Renton was born in May 1899 in Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States,^{1 2 3 7 8} died on 17 January 1947 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States ⁹ and was buried after 17 January 1947 in Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 9 November 1921, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. ¹

2. 1930 US Census, 19 April 1930, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. 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

3. 1940 US Census, 29 April 1940, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, United States. 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

  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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