Alvin Manley Fox Sr (1905 - 1957)

Born 15 Apr 1905 in Snover, Sanilac, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Dec 1957 at age 52 in Taymouth Township, Saginaw, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Alvin was born in 1905, the son of Edgar Fox and Mae Boshaw.^[1][2] He married Ida M. Cummings (1905-1985) in West Branch, Michigan on December 2, 1924.^[3] Their children included:

1. Dora May (1925-1925)
2. Alvin, Jr. (1927-1990)
3. Sharon Dee (bc 1832)
4. Carol Lee (bc 1834)
5. Nancy Jean (1835-2000)

He and Ida, and their oldest son, lived with his parents; Alvin worked on the family farm in Rose Township.^[4] He worked at the Dodge plant in Ogemaw County, Michigan.^[5] He and Ida divorced in 1946.^[6] He remarried, marrying Betty Ruth Newcombe (1923-1995) in Grand Rapids on the same day his divorce decree was final, on April 1, 1946. They had one child together, Denise Marie (1950-1950), who died at birth.^[7] He passed away at the age of 52, in 1957, residing in Saginaw County, Michigan, and is buried at Saint Paul's Episcopal Mission Cemetery in Taymouth.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CS41-8DMM : 2 April 2020), Alvin M Fox, 15 Apr 1905; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTS-TY3 : accessed 24 July 2020), Alvin M Fox in household of Manly Fox, Lamotte, Sanilac, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 143, sheet 6B, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 674; FHL microfilm 1,374,687
3. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQQG-36Q : 2 April 2020), Alvin M. Fox and Ida Mae Cumming, 2 Dec 1924; citing Marriage, West Branch, Ogemaw, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209983.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4PC-KW5 : 29 July 2019), Alvin Fox, Rose Township, Ogemaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-14, sheet 9A, line 24, family 151, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1806.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4PC-KW5 : 29 July 2019), Alvin Fox, Rose Township, Ogemaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-14, sheet 9A, line 24, family 151, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1806.
6. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Michigan. Divorce records. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record 9092 #6114128
7. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQR-MWP : 13 March 2018), Alvin Fox in entry for Denise Marie Fox, 02 Mar 1950; citing Waterford, Oakland, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,052.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2W-TCKH : 4 June 2020), Alvin M Fox, 1957; Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #65758516