Violet Florence (Babcock) Lyon (1903 - 1997)

Born 7 Jun 1903 in Eland, Shawano, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Ward Arthur Lyon — married 1 Dec 1922 in Menominee, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1997 at age 94 in West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Violet Babcock was born on 7 Jun 1903 in Eland, Shawano, Wisconsin. Her parents were Harlow Babcock and Martha Smerling. ^[1] When she was two years old she was living in Muckwa, Wisconsin with her parents and older brother William George. Her father was working as a Mason. ^[2]

She married Ward Lyon on 1 Dec 1922. At the time of her marriage, Lila was a school teacher. "Lila went to a “normal school” after high school. There were lots of them in Wisconsin during the 20’s and 30’s. They were a one year program that taught high school graduates how to be teachers. They were mostly employed at one room country schools that had all 8 grades in the one room. It was meant for ambitious young people of limited means. Lila had her first son, Wayne, when she was 20 so she maybe taught one year or so." (This information was given by her cousin.) ^[3]

Together they had 8 children:

1. Merritt Lyon
2. Wayne Lyon
3. Dale Lyon
4. William Lyon
5. Harold Lyon
6. Edward Lyon
7. Chester Lyon
8. Richard Lyon

"Lila" Babcock Lyon, this beautiful woman, passed away on 21 Sept 1997 in West Allis, Wisconsin. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLQC-TP8 : 9 January 2021), Lila B Lyon, Sep 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMQN-K99 : 8 March 2021), Violet Babcock in household of Harold Babcock, Muckwa, Waupaca, Wisconsin; citing p. 399, line 17, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,988.
3. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ94-783 : 18 February 2021), Ward Lyon and Lila Babcock, 1 Dec 1922; citing Marriage, Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4032401.
4. ↑ "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8SM-99X : 12 December 2014), Lila B Lyon, 21 Sep 1997; from "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing certificate number 027831, , Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Health, Madison.

• Personal knowledge of dates and deaths of all children