Born in Woodstock Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edwin Lair
and Margaret J (Weatherwax) Lair
Sister of
Malvina Elizabeth (Lair) Griffin [half], Benjamin F Lair [half], John S Lair, Albert Craig Lair, Bettie Francia (Lair) Emery, Edwin Grant Lair and Mary P (Lair) Watson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 36
in Cambridge Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
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Biography
The daughter of Edwin Lair and his second wife, Margaret (Weatherwax) Lair, Mattie was born in Woodstock Township in 1865.[1][2] She married William Albert Billmeyer (1862-1954), the son of Andrew Billmeyer and Mary Knauce, in Woodstock Township on November 6, 1887.[3] Their children included:
- Leon Andrew Billmeyer (1888-1935)
- Clifford Laverne Billmeyer (1890-1967)
- Mildred May Billmeyer (1892-1969)
- Marguerite Lowella Billmeyer (1895-1998)
- Harold Duane Billmeyer (1898-1983)
- Ina Lucille Billmeyer (1901-1929)
They made their home and farmed in Cambridge Township.[4] She died of pyemia (septicemia) at the age of 36[5] and is buried at Cambridge Junction Cemetery in rural Lenawee County.[6]
Research Notes
Her death certificates lists her year of birth as 1865; her grave marker is etched with 1866.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHC3-R5T : 19 March 2020), Mattie Lair in entry for Edwin Lair, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSP-YLX : 13 November 2020), Mattie 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.
- ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 34; Film Description: 1887 Iron-1887 Schoolcraft. Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 9093 #3823862 with attached Image
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS9Q-FZW : accessed 2 December 2020), Matie S Watson in household of Margrett Lair, Woodstock township Addison village, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63, sheet 15A, family 344, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,725.
- ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records; Certificate No. 40, Registered No. 453. Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 60872 #2993744 with attached Image
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #33913001
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