Myrtle (Burwell) Neilsen

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Biography

When Myrtle Pearl Burwell was born on October 14, 1926, in Flint, Michigan, USA, her father, Alden, was 18, and her mother, Leta, was 17. She married George Lafave. She then married Glen Morton Nielsen on October 19, 1950, in Steuben, Indiana, USA. She died on July 8, 2008, in Davison, Michigan, USA, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mount Morris, Michigan, USA.

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United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH95-9FJ : 10 January 2021), Myrtle P Burwell in household of Alden Burwell, Detroit Ward 16, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-960, sheet 2A, line 1, family 27, 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 1868.

Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3LR-P68 : 8 April 2021), Glen Nielsen and Myrtle Lafave, 19 Oct 1950; citing Steuben, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005329173.

Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 Name Myrtle Pearl LaFave Marriage Date 3 May 1945 Marriage Place Michigan Decree Date 9 May 1946 Decree Place Genesee, Michigan, USA Spouse Name George LaFave State File Number 25 15288 Docket Number 41344 Divorce Status Granted

Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKD-R3N1 : 10 September 2021), Myrtle Pearl Burwell Nielsen, ; Burial, Mount Morris, Genesee, Michigan, United States of America, Flint Memorial Park; citing record ID 41176276, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.