Winnie May Chapel (1876 - 1947)

Born 11 Dec 1876 in Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Jun 1947 at age 70 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Winnie May was born in 1876 in Grand Blanc, Michigan to George and Mary Chapel. She lived with her parents for many years.^[1][2][3] She finished her degree from Michigan State Normal School in 1892 and earned a MSNC in 1898.^[4] She taught for a long time in Minnesota.^[5][6]Like her sisters Avis and Rosa, she was a dedicated educator who never married.^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHV-XTF : 19 March 2020), Minnie Chapel in entry for G H Chapel, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSW-9CW : 14 August 2017), Winnie M Chapel in household of George H Chapel, Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 80, sheet 307B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,579.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSM7-RMG : accessed 23 September 2020), Winnie M Chapell in household of George H Chapell, Grand Blanc township, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 7A, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,711.
4. ↑ offline records of F. G. Chapel
5. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPS1-J57 : 4 April 2020), Winnie M Chapel, Minneapolis, Ward Number: 04, Hennepin, Minnesota; citing p. 637, line 4, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 928,783.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSVR-HMR : 28 February 2020), Winnie Chapel, Ward 3, Minneapolis, Minneapolis City, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-56, sheet 3A, line 4, family 46, 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 1977.
7. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFSN-V4G : 13 March 2018), Winnie May Chapel, 10 Jun 1947; citing Atlas, Genesee, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,698.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLC-9JYW : 12 June 2020), Winnie May Chapel, 1947; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave