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Lucille Grace Boersma1,2,3

ID# 22918, (1912 - 1999)
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Parents:

FatherBenjamin H. Boersma (1 Mar 1885 - 6 Jul 1955)
MotherHazel E. Shaw (14 Dec 1883 - 22 Jan 1973)
Chart MembershipDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker
Family IndexesThe Fenker Family

Key Events:

Birth: 12 Aug 1912, Galesburg, Michigan,4,5,6
Marriage: 31 Dec 1934, Elkhart Co., Indiana, Edgar L. Fenker (b. 11 Jun 1909, d. 9 Dec 1988)7,8
Death: 15 Apr 1999,9
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Narrative:

Lucille Grace Boersma was born on 12 Aug 1912 in Galesburg, MichiganG.4,5,6
     She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, G in the household of her parents, Benjamin H. Boersma and Hazel E. Shaw.10 She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, G in the household of her parents.11
     She was a clerk before she married.12
     Lucille married Edgar L. Fenker, son of Theodore Louis Fenker and Florence Ella Carpenter, on 31 Dec 1934 in Elkhart Co., IndianaG, with Joseph W. Nyikos, justice of the peace, officiating.7,8
     Lucille and Edgar appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Portage Twp., Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, at 743 Bauierla's Cove G, enumerated 9 Apr 1940, reporting they rented their home, for $15 per month, and that they had lived in Kalamazoo in 1935. Their children were listed as living with them.13
     Her husband died on 9 Dec 1988 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MichiganG.14,15
     Lucille died on 15 Apr 1999 at age 86.9

Children:
      Children with Edgar L. Fenker:

Edgar and Lucille's children are believed to still be living.

Citations

  1. [S10651] Benjamin H. Boersma household, 1920 U.S. Census, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, shows name as Lucille Boersma.
  2. [S10652] Benjamin H. Boersma household, 1930 U.S. Census, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, shows name as Lucille G. Boersma.
  3. [S10649] Marriage Records, Elkhart Co., Indiana, 52:68, Edgar L. Fenker and Lucille Grace Boersma.
  4. [S10651] Benjamin H. Boersma household, 1920 U.S. Census, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, shows age 7 and state.
  5. [S10649] Marriage Records, Elkhart Co., Indiana, 52:68, Edgar L. Fenker and Lucille Grace Boersma, shows date, city, and state.
  6. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Lucille Fenker, Soc. Sec. No. 376-12-1761, shows date.
  7. [S10649] Marriage Records, Elkhart Co., Indiana, 52:68, Edgar L. Fenker and Lucille Grace Boersma, shows date and officant.
  8. [S10650] Edgar Fenker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, shows married.
  9. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Lucille Fenker, Soc. Sec. No. 376-12-1761, shows date, and last residence, as 49053, Galesburg, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  10. [S10651] Benjamin H. Boersma household, 1920 U.S. Census, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  11. [S10652] Benjamin H. Boersma household, 1930 U.S. Census, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  12. [S10649] Marriage Records, Elkhart Co., Indiana, 52:68, Edgar L. Fenker and Lucille Grace Boersma, shows occupation as clerk.
  13. [S10650] Edgar Fenker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  14. [S130] "Social Security Death Index," Rootsweb.com, record for Edgar L. Fenker, Soc. Sec. No. 368-01-9335, shows date and last residence as "49002 (Portage, Kalamazoo, MI)."
  15. [S878] "Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996," Ancestry.com, record for Edgar L Fenker, shows date, city, and county.

 

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