Mabel (Severens) Balch (1868 - 1958)

Born 19 Nov 1868 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Bird Balch — married 7 Sep 1897 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Died 18 Feb 1958 at age 89 in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Mabel (Severens) Balch was born in Michigan.

The daughter of Henry Severens and Carrie (Whittlesey) Severens, Mable was born in Kalamazoo in 1868.^[1][2][3][4] She married James Bird Balch (1868-1953) in Kalamazoo on September 7, 1897.^[5] Together, they had one son, Severens Balch (1904-1981). They made their home in Kalamazoo; James was a produce dealer there and later owned and was president of a cold storage busines.^[6][7][8][9] Mabel passed away at the age of 90 and is buried at Mountain Home Cemetery (Lot J Sec 447 Grave 3) in Kalamazoo.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F422-VLC : 17 January 2020), Mabel Severens, 1868.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHT-6QG : 19 March 2020), Mabel Severno in entry for H F Severno, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSN-ZS8 : 26 August 2017), Mabel Severns in household of Henry F Severns, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 134, sheet 190C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,586.
4. ↑ "Michigan State Census, 1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK4-29K : 12 March 2018), Mabell Severens in household of Henry F Severens, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing p. 340, State Archives, Lansing; FHL microfilm 915,316.
5. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ3V-P37 : 2 April 2020), James Bird Balch and Mabel Severens, 7 Sep 1897; citing Marriage, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207940.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML52-WN8 : accessed 11 August 2020), Mable S Balch in household of James B Balch, Kalamazoo Ward 2, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 2B, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 654; FHL microfilm 1,374,667.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ3L-DXQ : accessed 11 August 2020), Mabel S Balch in household of James B Balch, Kalamazoo Ward 2, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing ED 157, sheet 7B, line 65, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 775; FHL microfilm 1,820,775.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQB8-R25 : accessed 11 August 2020), Mabel S Balch in household of James B Balch, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 12A, line 6, family 322, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 998; FHL microfilm 2,340,733.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4LR-DVS : 17 December 2019), Mabel S Belch in household of James B Belch, Ward 2, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo City, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39-23, sheet 2A, line 12, family 29, 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 1771.
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #30752660