Edna Grace (Centgraf) Anscomb (1891 - 1920)

Born 6 Mar 1891 in Montague Township, Muskegon, Michigan, United States

Wife of Alfred A Anscomb — married 30 Sep 1911 (to 1920) in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States

Died 5 May 1920 at age 29 in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States

Biography

The daughter of John C. Centgraf (1857-1928) and Alice Margaret Geboo (1866-1907), Edna was born in Montague Township.^[1] Her siblings included:

1. Mabel (1888-1909)
2. Paul Lincoln (1896-1954)

In 1910, Edna was working as a live-in domestic for the Isaac Sprink family in Montague Township.^[2] she married Alfred Anscomb in Muskegon on September 30, 1911..^[3] Their children included two twin girls who died in infancy.:

1. Ronald Edgar (1914-1996)
2. Alice (1916-1917)
3. Elma (1916-1917)
4. Alberta Marian (1918-1995)

Her husband was a cement worker employed in construction by Fred Balk.^[4] Edna died from tuberculosis at the age of 29^[5] and is buried at Lakeside Cemetery (Plot 74-2) in Muskegon.^[6]

Research Notes

Her father, John C. Centgraf (1853-1928), was born in Wisconsin to "Zentgraf" (German spelling) and Eva Emilia Schultz (b. Germany 1832; d. Wisconsin 1906). Her mother, Alice Margaret Geboo (1866-1907), born in Ohio, was the daughter of John S. Geboo (1829-1906) and Margaret Ann Davies (1832-1887). There are family trees and source documents on Ancestry and some source documents on FamilySearch.

Sources

1. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Year: 1900; Census Place: Montague, Muskegon, Michigan; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0065: Montague Township including Montague Village; FHL microfilm: 1240734. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7602 #64721679 with attached Image
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRV-JVL : accessed 24 August 2020), Edna Centgrof in household of Isac Sprink, Montague, Muskegon, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 77, sheet 16A, family 339, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 667; FHL microfilm 1,374,680.
3. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQQX-RY7 : 2 April 2020), Alfred A. Anscomb and Edna Centgrof, 30 Sep 1911; citing Marriage, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4001632.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQG-M3B : accessed 24 August 2020), Edna Anscomb in household of Alfred Anscomb, Muskegon Precinct 2, Muskegon, Michigan, United States; citing ED 125, sheet 4B, line 98, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 788; FHL microfilm 1,820,788.
5. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records: Registered No. 270, Muskegon County. Ancestry.com. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 60872 #1202929 with attached Image
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 Sep 2020), memorial page for Edna Grace Centgraf Anscomb (6 Mar 1891–5 May 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #70838945, citing Lakeside Cemetery, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Deb McKee ❀❧ (contributor 46546390).