Lorna Doone (Stedman) Payne (1905 - 1951)

Born 3 Aug 1905 in Piper City, Ford, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Oct 1951 at age 46 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States

Biography

Lorna was born in 1905. She was the daughter of Henry Stedman and Theresa Drinan.

She was living with her parents in Brenton township, Ford, Illinois in 1910.^[1]

Her parents divorced and both remarried. In 1920, she was living with her mother and her second husband Edwin McLain in Davenport, Scott, Iowa.^[2]

She married Arthur Earl Knight on 12 Oct 1929 in Steuben county, Indiana.^[3]

Lorna and Arthur divorced on 31 Oct 1932 in Calhoun county, Michigan.

She married Joseph Payne in 1934. They were in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan in 1940.^[4]

She passed away in 1951 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan.^[5] She was listed as divorced at the time of her death. She was buried in Memorial Park cemetery in Battle Creek.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKHC-FHD : accessed 10 September 2018), Lorna H Stedman in household of Henry C Stedman, Brenton, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 6A, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 235; FHL microfilm 1,374,248.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDM6-5C5 : accessed 10 September 2018), Lorna Stedman in household of Edwin L Mclain, Davenport Ward 1, Scott, Iowa, United States; citing ED 145, sheet 24B, line 94, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 512; FHL microfilm 1,820,512.
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3L8-5G8 : 10 December 2017), Arthur Earl Knight and Lorna Doone Stedman, 12 Oct 1929; citing Steuben, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,872,325.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K42F-2KM : 15 March 2018), Lorna Payne in household of Joseph Payne, Battle Creek, Battle Creek City, Calhoun, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-12, sheet 10A, line 24, family 211, 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 1735.
5. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFHW-64G : 13 March 2018), Lorna D Payne, 28 Oct 1951; citing Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,208.
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62427914