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May Palmer

Female 1884 - 1972  (~ 87 years)


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  • Name May Palmer  [1
    Birth Nov 1884  Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 20 Sep 1972  [2
    Burial Mount Avon Cemetery, Rochester, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Based on burial records at Mount Avon Cemetery, she was married first to Lennie Douglas, 1883 - 1907, with whom she had a daughter Clara Maude 6 July 1906 - 15 Nov 1988. She was married second to Hartwell J. Benson, 1882 - 1941, with whom she had at least Eileen "Joan" Benson, 1915 - 1958. [3]
    Person ID I16953  Mindrum
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2008 

    Father Lewis E. Palmer,   b. Jun 1854, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1935 (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Clara A. Scarritt,   b. Dec 1856, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1938 (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1875  [4
    Family ID F11756  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lennie Douglass,   b. 1883   d. 1907 (Age 24 years) 
    Children 
     1. Clara Douglass,   b. Abt 1905, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F11761  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2023 

    Family 2 Hartwell John Benson,   b. 9 Sep 1882, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1941, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jun 1911  [5
    Children 
     1. Aileen "Joan" Benson,   b. Abt 1915, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1958 (Age ~ 43 years)
    Family ID F11769  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2008 

  • Sources 
    1. [S3743] 1900 US Census, Michigan, Oakland, Avon, Enum. Dist. 81, sheet 1A.

    2. [S3740] Headstone inscription, from Ancestry World Tree, Descendants of Richard Scarritt of Branford, CT, www.ancestry.com.

    3. [S3741] Ancestry World Tree, Descendants of Richard Scarritt of Branford, CT, www.ancestry.com.

    4. [S3745] 1910 US Census, Michigan, Oakland, Avon, Enum. Dist. 117, sheet 11A.

    5. [S3756] Ancestry Public Member Trees, The Noblehorse & Payne Forest, www.ancestry.com.