Bettie Francia (Lair) Emery (1862 - 1921)

Born 19 Oct 1862 in Woodstock Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 May 1921 at age 58 in Woodstock Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Biography

The daughter of Edwin Lair and Margaret (Weatherwax) Lair, Bettie was born in Woodstock Township in 1862.^[1][2] A marriage record indicates that Bettie married Charles Smith (1849-) in Napoleon, Michigan on September 21, 1881.^[3] Her sister, Mattie, was a witness at the wedding. Bettie had two children with Charles Smith, both of whom went by their mother's last name, Bertha M. Lair, born in 1882, and Edward "Eddie" June Lair, born in 1884.

Bettie married again, marrying Charles E. Emery (1861-1932) in Woodstock in 1891. In 1900, both of her children lived in Woodstock with her widowed mother. In 1910, Her mother and two brothers, John and Eddie, lived with Bettie and Charles on the farm in Woodstock; Charles had become head of household. Her son, Eddie, lived there, with his half-siblings. His stepfather was a farmer and Eddie and his oldest half-brother "worked out" as farm laborers.^[4] Bettie and Charles had at least three children who lived past infancy, all of whom lived in the household in 1910:

1. Stephen Douglas Emery (1893-1976)
2. Peter William Emery (1895-1910)
3. Neva G. (Emery) Babcock (1897-1988)

Her son, Peter died at the age of 15 and Bettie noted to the census enumerator that she had born nine children, seven of whom were living, not including Peter, who died later that year. Bettie passed away from Bright's Disease at the age of 68^[5] and is buried at Briggs Cemetery in Cement City, Michigan.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHC3-R5R : 19 March 2020), Bettie Lair in entry for Edwin Lair, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSP-YL6 : 13 November 2020), Bettie Lair in household of Edwin Lair, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 171, sheet 503A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,591.
3. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 21; Film Description: 1881 Branch-Muskegon. Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 9093 #5039729 with attached Image
4. ↑ Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Woodstock, Lenawee, Michigan; Roll: T624_661; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0083; FHL microfilm: 1374674. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 7884 #191275451 with attached Image
5. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF3R-JS7 : 13 March 2018), Bettie Francis Lair Emery, 01 May 1921; citing Woodstock, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,841.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2X-T4Q3 : 15 July 2020), Bettie Lair Emery, Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #69112500