Vietta Storrow Keillor1,2,3

b. 14 December 1877, d. 9 February 1966
FatherSamuel Keillor2,1,4
MotherAgnes Probert2,1,4
     Vietta Storrow Keillor was born on 14 December 1877 in Pleasanton, Manistee Co., Michigan.2,4,1 She was married by E. E. Burdick, Clergyman, to Henry Stephen Farnsworth, son of Henry D. Farnsworth and Julia A. Leary, on 21 February 1906 in Bear Lake, Manistee Co., Michigan.1 She died on 9 February 1966 at the home of her sister Mrs. Grant Stratton in Crystal Lake Twp., Benzie Co., Michigan, at age 88.4,5
     After their marriage she and her husband Henry lived on their own farm in Pleasanton Twp., Manistee Co., Michigan, until at least 1918.6,7 They gave up farming soon afterwards, and moved, probably with Henry's brother Edward and his family, to Waterford, Oakland Co., Michigan.8 The two families were living there together at the time of the 1920 census.8 She and Henry later moved to Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, where they are listed at 765 Pensacola Ave. in the 1930 census9, and at 606 Beverly in the 1940 census.10

Citations

  1. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Henry S. Farnsworth and Vietta Keillor, FHL Film 2342675, Image 19, Vol. 3, p. 30, Rec. No. 3913.
  2. [S1625] Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995. Record for Vietta Storron Keilor, FHL Film 945502.
  3. [S5401] Daniel Bernard McNeil and Lorena Goff, Marriage Record.
  4. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Record for Vietta Rei Farnsworth, No. 367-54-8656.
  5. [S5399] Obituary, Vietta Farnsworth, Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan, 10 February 1966, p. 19, col. 8.
  6. [S5395] 1910 U.S. Census, Henry F. Farnsworth household, Manistee Co., Michigan.
  7. [S5398] World War I Draft Registration, Henry S. Farnsworth.
  8. [S5411] 1920 U.S. Census, E. M. Farnsworth household, Oakland Co., Michigan.
  9. [S5396] 1930 U.S. Census, Henry S. Farnsworth household, Oakland Co., Michigan.
  10. [S5397] 1940 U.S. Census, Henry Farnsworth household, Oakland Co., Michigan.