Floyd Haywood (1904 - 1961)

Born 18 Apr 1904 in Salem, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 1961 at about age 56 in Vanderbilt, Otsego, Michigan, United States

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Biography

The son of Harry Haywood and Mary (Nelson) Haywood, Floyd was born in Salem Michigan in 1904. His mother died when he was three years old, passing away on January 22, 1907 after giving birth to a stillborn infant on January 21st His father remarried in April of that year, marrying Cora (Whitman) Haywood in 1909. There were two children born to that marriage, Floyd's half-siblings:

1. Harry Lee (1908-1973)
2. Albert (1911-1917)

According to the 1910 census, neither Floyd nor any of his siblings lived in his father's household after he moved to Ypsilanti in 1910; the only children in the household of Harry and Cora were their son, Harry Lee, and Cora's young children from her previous marriage, Ellen (10), Catherine (8), Mary (6), and Earl (5) Carroll. Floyd and his older brother, George, were sent to live with their cousin, Eugene Nelson, in Salem, Michigan.^[1] Floyd continued to live and work on his cousin's farm through the 1920s^[2] and into 1930.^[3]

Floyd did not marry. He eventually moved further north, to Antrim County, Michigan, where he, along with another hired man, worked on Maud Thumm's farm.^[4] He passed away in 1961 and is buried at Vanderbilt Cemetery in Vanderbilt, Michigan.^[5]

Research Notes

It appears that Floyd's father and Cora divorced, as Harry Haywood married again, marrying Edith (Cornell) Haywood in Toledo on August 8, 1914, and that there are other half-siblings and step-siblings. Edith's last name was "Brown" when they married.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTH-WTJ : accessed 9 July 2020), Floyd D Haywood in household of Eugene H Nelson, Salem, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 136, sheet 5A, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 677; FHL microfilm 1,374,690.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7K-VMF : accessed 9 July 2020), Floyd Haywood in household of Euguene H Nelson, Salem, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing ED 155, sheet 7B, line 80, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 800; FHL microfilm 1,820,800.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MK-S5J : accessed 9 July 2020), Floyd Haywood in household of Eugene N Nelson, Salem, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 9A, line 4, family 205, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1029; FHL microfilm 2,340,764.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K42Q-TBV : 6 March 2020), Floyd Haywood in household of Maud Thumm, Alba, Star Township, Antrim, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-18, sheet 4B, line 64, family 82, 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 1723.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2G-PWCN : 10 June 2020), Lloyd F Haywood, ; Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #75877631