Charles Everett Michelson (1900 - 1988)

Born 23 Mar 1900 in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eva Winifred Carr — married 26 Jun 1920 in Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1988 at age 87 in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Charles Michelson was born in Kansas.

Charles was born March 23, 1900 in Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas. He was the eldest of four children born to Paul C Michelson and Mary Elizabeth Roberts. He spent his youth until about the age of 15, living in Kansas.

At age 20, he married Eva Winifred Carr in Thurman, Fremont County, Iowa on Saturday, June 26, 1920 by Rev Charles William Forney at his home. He and his wife raised five children.

From 1920 to 1940 they farmed in the Fremont and Mills, Iowa county area. In October 1940, they purchased 160 acres in Lotts Creek Township, Ringgold county, Iowa (eight miles south of Mount Ayr) and moved their family there. They lived on this farm until September 1977, when they moved into their newly build home in Mount Ayr.

He passed away in Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa on March 20, 1988, and is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery located there.

Sources

• Kansas State Census, 1905 - Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1905 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1905_101; Line: 32 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

• US Census 1910 - 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: Parsons Ward 4, Labette, Kansas; Roll: T624_443; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0150; FHL microfilm: 1374456.

• World War I Draft Registration - "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ2Z-DS2 : 30 December 2021), Charley Everett Michelson, 1917-1918.

• US Census 1920 - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1920; Census Place: Benton, Cedar, Missouri; Roll: T625_912; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 50.

• Marriage - "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWX-WPJ : 6 November 2017), Charles Everett Michelson and Eva Winifred Carr, 26 Jun 1920, , Fremont, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,533,790.

• Iowa State Census, 1925 - "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQH-JHMR : 8 August 2022), Eva W Michelson in household of Charles E Michelson, Riverside, Washington, Iowa, United States; citing Riverside, Washington, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm.

• US Census 1930 - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Year: 1930; Census Place: White Cloud, Mills, Iowa; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0024; FHL microfilm: 2340404.

• US Census 1940 - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Year: 1940; Census Place: White Cloud, Mills, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01183; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 65-26.

• World War II Draft Registration - National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Iowa, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 337. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

• US Census 1950 - Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Lotts Creek, Ringgold, Iowa; Roll: 1181; Sheet Number: 6; Enumeration District: 80-15.

• Obituary for Charles Everett Michelson - Newspaper: Mount Ayr Record News, 24 Mar 1988, Page 14, Column 4, Mount Ayr, Iowa. Web address: [1]

• Burial Record - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122317411/charles-e-michelson : accessed 21 November 2021), memorial page for Charles E. Michelson (1900–1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 122317411, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, USA.