Laura L (Hendershot) Van Camp (1878 - 1920)

Born 22 Feb 1878 in Tecumseh Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Apr 1920 at age 42 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Biography

The daughter of William Hendershot and Sarah (Sones) Hendershot, Laura was born in Tecumseh Township in 1878.^[1] She lived with her family in Leslie Township, in Ingham County.^[2][3] She married Bert M. Chapman (1871-1912), the son of Charles Denison Chapman and Caroline Loraine Freeman, marrying in Leslie Township on December 22, 1897.^[4] She was his second wife. They had one child together, Thelma Adelaide Chapman (1898-1966). They made their home in Leslie Township.^[5][6]

Her husband passed away in May of 1912 and Laura remarried, marrying Wellington Ezeria Van Camp (1875-1954), the son of David Van Camp and Emma Bates. They married in Leslie Township on September 19th of that year.^[7] She was Wellington Van Camp's second wife. They made their home in Detroit, where her second husband worked as a salesman for a machinery company.^[8] She passed away in April of 1920, at the age of 42. She is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Leslie Township.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQH1-SN5 : 20 February 2021), Laura Hendershot, 22 Feb 1877; citing item 2 p 174 rn 801, Tecumseh, Lenawee, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,452.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWS8-QQX : 7 December 2021), Laura L. Hendershott in household of William H. Hendershott, Leslie, Ingham, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "Michigan State Census, 1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK7-217 : 12 March 2018), Laura Hendershot in household of William H Hendershot, Leslie, Ingham, Michigan, United States; citing p. 508, State Archives, Lansing; FHL microfilm 915,309.
4. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ3K-Q8J : 18 February 2021), Bert N Chapman and Laura Hendershot, 22 Dec 1897; citing Marriage, Leslie, Ingham, Michigan, Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207940.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSMF-BRS : accessed 18 December 2021), Laura Chapman in household of Bert M Chapman, Leslie village, Ingham, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 4B, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,716.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5X-V7H : accessed 18 December 2021), Laura H Chapman, Leslie, Ingham, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 84, sheet 1A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 651; FHL microfilm 1,374,664.
7. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N32J-63M : 18 February 2021), Wellington E Van Camp and Laura Hendershot Chapman, 19 Sep 1912; citing Marriage, Leslie, Ingham, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209168.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ75-6K3 : 2 February 2021), Laura Van Camp in entry for Wellington E Van Camp, 1920.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #90141409