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Viola Ruth Bisbee[1]

Female 1921 - 2019  (98 years)

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  • Name Viola Ruth Bisbee  [2]
    Birth 21 Mar 1921  Adams, Adams, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Female
    Phone 269-621-4641 
    Census 2 May 1930  Adams, Adams, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 23 Jul 2019 
    Person ID I11356  Bisbee
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2019

    Father Francis Ziba Bisbee,   b. 22 Jun 1860, West Pike Mills, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1935, , Adams, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Mother Cora Lee Benedict,   b. 5 Jan 1883   d. 29 Jan 1953, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Marriage 18 Mar 1907  , Adams, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F4269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Chester M. Edwards,   b. 27 Feb 1919/1920, , Adams, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. , , Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 1939  Adams, Adams, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Sandra Jean Edwards,   b. 27 Apr 1940, Adams, Adams, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1945, Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
    +2. C.M. Edwards
    Family ID F4894  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2008

    Family 2 Virgil James Drake,   b. 27 Jan 1918, Vanauken Lake, Bangor Township, Van Buren, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1998, Vanauken Lake, Bangor Township, Van Buren, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 31 Dec 1948  Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Virgil and Viola owned a wholesale propagation nursery--propagated shade and ornamental trees. Virgil was an avid fisherman--Canada and local lakes. [3]
    Children 
    +1. L.L. Drake
    +2. B.L. Drake
    Family ID F4895  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2010

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Mar 1921 - Adams, Adams, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 May 1930 - Adams, Adams, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1939 - Adams, Adams, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 31 Dec 1948 - Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S2021] Viola Bisbee Drake, Compiler, Bisbee Family Connection Newsletter, May 2003, vol 15, issue 2, p 2, Elizabeth Martha Bisbee Ham mond Obituary.

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 183.

    3. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 311.

    4. [S3472] Bisbee, Francis Ziba (I9621): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2012): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T627, roll 2560, enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 2A, page 15, line 37, dwelling 30, family 30; Image accessed 28 Jun 2015), 1930.WI.Adams.Adams.2.3.