Ancestors of James Brian Grandon

Notes

8. Isaac Babbitt Grandon

Photographer in Jackson, Michigan.
Obituary:
Isaac B. Grandon, died suddenly at his home 161 Clark Street, Monday at 1:30 pm aged 50 years. There survive the wife two sons James and Frederick and a daughter D'Ette.
Funeral services at the Knicker-bocker chapel Wednesday at 2 pm burial at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.
source: Jackson Citizen Patriot Tuesday 5 Feb. 1924, pg. 12. sent by Jackson District Library, Jackson
Michigan, received May 18, 2001, requested obit.
Mt Evergreen Cemetery
2615 Francis St
Jackson, MI 49203-4616
Phone: (517)788-4078
Notes: Isaac B. Grandon was a commercial photographer and printer and worked with his brother (editor and publisher of The Adrian Daily Telegram) at one time. When he and Eva were divorced, tradition tells us that he continued with this profession in the Jackson, MI area and he lived with his second wife Ethel Berry, and their children. (Summitt township). A 1910 census puts him in Jackson Co., with his wife, Father-in-law and two children. Tradition has it that Isaac ran off with his second wife Ethel leaving Eva high and dry. source: typed written paper, sent by Anne Caswell-Fockler received June 9, 2003
Census: 1900, 3 Ward Adrian, Lenawee Co., MI. Taken June 2, 1900. Listed: I. Babbitt, b. Jan 1875; Eva W. b. Oct 1876 wife; Ruby H. b. April 1897 granddau
Census 1: 1910, Summitt, Jackson Co., MI. Taken April 26, 1910. Listed: Isac B. age 37; Mable age 34 wife; Ethel age 3 dau; James B. ag 1 11/12 son; found living with James T. Berry & Mary D.
Census 2: 1920, Summitt, Jackson Co., MI. Taken Jan 20-21, 1920. Listed: Issac B. age 76; Mable D. age 48 wife; Ethel M. age 13 dau; James B. age 11 son; Frederick age 8 son; Mary D. age 5 10/12 dau
Census 3: 1930, Jackson, Jackson Co., MI. Taken May 1, 1930. Listed: Mable age 58; James age 21 son; Mary D. age 16 dau
Occupation: Commercial photographer and printer also editor an publisher of The Adrian Daily Telegram

Memories
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9. Mabel D'Ette Berry

Pronounced "May-Bell"
Obituary:
Grandon, Mable D. - Widow of Isaac, formerly of 1402 W. Michigan Ave., passed away Monday evening
aged 76 years. Surviving are three children, James B., Frederick H. and Mrs. Mary E'Ette Jenkins, all of Jackson;
one sister, Mrs. Edna Lyons of Jackson; four grandchildren; one great grandchild. Mrs. Grandon is at the
Knickerbocker-Bates funeral home where services will be held Thursday at 2 pm Burial in Mt. Evergreen.
source: Jackson Citizen Patriot, Tuesday, 26 Oct. 1948 page 20, sent by Jackson District Library, Jackson
Michigan. Received May 18, 2001 a requested obit.
Mt Evergreen Cemetery
2615 Francis St
Jackson, MI 49203-4616
Phone: (517)788-4078
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage

Mabel D'Ette Berry
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Mabel holding freddy with jim and ethel at home
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mabel with fred, jim, and ethel at home
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10. Frank Enswirth Hart

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Frank E Hart
Age in 1910: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Michigan
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Michigan
Mother's Birth Place: Michigan
Spouse's name: Hattie G
Home in 1910: Spokane Ward 4, Spokane, Washington
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Frank E Hart 28
Hattie G Hart 29
Wallace G Hart 2
Walter B Hart 1

1920 Census lists Frank as a 38 yr. old Chauffer/Taxicab driver living on 1423 Cooper Street, Jackson Michigan. Home was owned, but had a mortage. Frank is listed as being on "own account" as far as employment status.
Wallace was 12, working as a bowling alley pin setter.
The three living children are all reported as having attended school.
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Frank E Hart
Home in 1920: Jackson Ward 8, Jackson, Michigan
Age: 38 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Michigan
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Hattie G
Father's Birth Place: Michigan
Mother's Birth Place: Michigan
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Frank E Hart 38
Hattie G Hart 38
Wallace G Hart 12
Walter B Hart 11
Gladys G Hart 8
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Jackson Ward 8, Jackson, Michigan; Roll: T625_774; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 29; Image: 467.
Also appears in the 1930 census, page 6B, ED 18.
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Frank E Hart
Home in 1930: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Michigan
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Katherine M
Race: White
Household Members:
Name Age
Frank E Hart 48
Katherine M Hart 31

Oral History: (from Barbara Keniroff)
Also worked as a cartager (freight hauler in wagons), farmer, carpenter, built homes, and "ran booze." Had a little farm with some chickens. Married twice, first wife died young, remarried a housekeeper named Katherine Evans a few years later.
Obituary - Jackson Citizen Patriot
Tuesday, May 13, 1952, p.16
HART, FRANK E. -
Formerly of Jackson, passed away Sunday evening at his farm home, R. 2, Homer, Mich, aged 70 years. Survived by wife, Kathryn; three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Grandon, Norma Hart, both of Jackson, Judy at home, two sos, Walter of Colona, Ill; Wallace of New York; sister, Mrs. Estella Lewis of Lansing; six grandchildren; one great grandchild. Mr. Hart is at the C.K. Wetherby Co., where services will be held at 11am Wednesday. Interment, Woodland.

13 may 1952 frank hart obit in jackson patriot
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11. Harriet Geniveve Dawson

Obituary - Jackson Citizen Patriot
4 April 1927, p.12
HART, MRS HATTIE G.
Wife of Frank E. Hart, 714 5th Street, Died at the Foote Memorial Hospital, Sunday at 1:45pm, aged 46 years. There survive the husband, two sons, and a daughter. Walter, Wallace, and Gladys at home; two brothers, Ernest Dawson, and Bert Goodale, of Jackson, and a sister, Mrs. Mabel Zachary of Alton. Il. Funeral at the home, Tuesday at 3:30 conducted by Reverend L. T. Robinson. Burial at Woodland.
1910 Census indicates Hattie had given birth to 3 children, but only 2 were now living.
1900 Census shows Hattie and brother Ernest living with Dr. John Cosford (surgeon) in Mancelona, Michigan. Her age is scribbled out and so appears to be a "1" in transcriotions. Examination of the date of birth disproves this.

hattie dawson child
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hattie 23 yrs
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hattie 1902
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4 apr 1927 hattie dawson obit in jackson patriot
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12. Edwin Clarence Gordon

Family oral history:
Left home at age 10-11 when talked younger brother John into jumping horse in woods (after being told not to by mother). John fell, broke his neck, and died (about age 9). Mother would not forgive him, told him he needed to become a priest. He refused and ran away to join the circus. Worked as strongman and barker. Married Alice Heller after getting her pregnant on a town visit (she was an old maid working in her father's lumber mill as a bookkeeper). Edwin promised himself as a boy that he would never smile, and seems to have kept that promise. Lived for 20 years as an adult near family, but didn't see them. Later re-established connections.
Speculation: Kelly Bros. Circus (wife from Illinois/boarded in Iowa)
The history of the Kelly Bros. goes back to Patrick and his brother Dan Kelly who once had the circus ringbarn at Petersburg, Illinois about 1910 which was originally managed by the Shipp Family. The show was out as Kelly Brothers World's Greater Shows in 1914, and played in Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. In 1922 it was Kelly Bros.and they did a number of fair shows. In 1927 & 1928 they went out under canvas again and called the show Singer Brothers. Dan was the clown and Pat was an acrobat. In 1946 & 1947 they played a number of indoor dates under Kelly & Morris, and had a winter quarters at Havanna, Illinois. For the 1948 season the show went out under canvas as the Kelly & Morris Circus. A few years later the show moved their winter quarters to Oak Hill, Florida and in 1956 & 1957 the title was changed to Benson Brothers. It closed that year.
Ran for Illinois State Treasurer in 1940
(May have run for US Representative Illinois 8th District 1936)
Lived at 2412 S. 19th Ave., Broadview, Illinois in 1961
22 Oct 1961 joined St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Forest Park, Il. by rite of confimation
Church location - 7416 Dixon St., Forest Park, Il., Arnold G. Wulff, Pastor
1920 US Census: (listed as Elmer Gardon)
1920 United States Federal Census
about Fred Heller
Name: Fred Heller
Home in 1920: Proviso, Cook, Illinois
Age: 53 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Augusta
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 940
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Fred Heller 53
Augusta Heller 50
Edward Heller 31
Alice Gardon 23
Elmer C Gardon 23

edwin and alice signatures
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edwin first communion 2
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edwin first communion
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alice amanda and edwin clarence gordon 1970
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edwin and sister blanche malewicki
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edwin c gordon 4
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Edwin Malewicki
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13. Alice Amanda Dora Heller

Lived at 2412 S. 19th Ave., Broadview, Illinois in 1961
22 Oct 1961 joined St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Forest Park, Il. by rite of confimation
Church location - 7416 Dixon St., Forest Park, Il., Arnold G. Wulff, Pastor
1910 US Census:
1910 United States Federal Census
about Alice A Heller
Name: Alice A Heller
Age in 1910: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Birthplace: Illinois
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: Fred
Father's Birth Place: Illinois
Mother's Name: Augusta C P
Mother's Birth Place: Wisconsin
Home in 1910: Proviso, Cook, Illinois
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Fred Heller 45
Augusta C P Heller 41
Alice A Heller 20
Fred C Schultz 41
Fred Zimmerman 59

alice gordon
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Alice Heller
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edwin c and alice
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alice heller gordon
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lutheran church membership for alice gordon
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alice gordon 2
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alice heller baptism certificate 2
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alice heller
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14. Makaryi (Michael) J. Adamski (Adams)

1920 Census lists Michael Adamski on 2028 Hermitage Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
Occupation is listed as a wage-earning dye-man in a tannery.
1930 Census also lists him as a leather tanner, but changes immigration date to 1908.
1920 Census Year of immigration is listed as 1910.

michael adams
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15. Anastasia (Anna) C Dziszuk

Year of immigration is listed as 1914.
1930 census lists her occupation as a telephone scrubwoman.

Anne
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