Jennie Kathleen Riemens1,2

b. 21 October 1898, d. 11 December 1941
FatherMartin Riemens3,1
MotherJohanna Piper3,1
     Jennie Kathleen Riemens was born on 21 October 1898 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.3,2 She was married by Benj. Zwaagman to Alvin Glee Drake, son of Aden Willard Drake and Cora Viola Burlingham, on 7 June 1916 in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.1,2 She died on 11 December 1941 at the Allegan Health Center in Allegan, Allegan Co., Michigan, at age 43 from a stroke.3 She was buried on 13 December 1941 at Mount Ever Rest Cemetery in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.3
     She and her husband Alvin were living in Kalamazoo Twp., Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, in 1920.4 They moved to Pine Grove Twp., Van Buren Co., Michigan, sometime between 1920 and 19304,5, where they are listed in the 1930 and 1940 censuses. Their son Ernest and his wife Leva were living with them in 1940.5,6

Citations

  1. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Alvin C. Drake and Jennie Riemens, FHL Film 2342715, Image 549, Vol. 3, p. 112, Rec. No. 15933.
  2. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 25.
  3. [S8159] Jennie Drake, Death Certificate.
  4. [S4955] 1920 U.S. Census, A. G. Drake household, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  5. [S4956] 1930 U.S. Census, Alvin G. Drake household, Van Buren Co., Michigan.
  6. [S4957] 1940 U.S. Census, Alvin G. Drake household, Van Buren Co., Michigan.