Robert
Manley
(Bob)
Ingersoll
Born in Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Roy V. Ingersoll
and Rose Etta (Helsel) Ingersoll
Brother of
Violet Rose (Ingersoll) Burns, Frank Arthur Ingersoll, Blanche Echo Ingersoll, Stanley Francis Ingersoll, Mildred Myrtle (Ingersoll) Frye, Homer Frederick Ingersoll, Rose Violet (Ingersoll) Cox, Helen Esther (Ingersoll) Sloat and Lulu Bell Ingersoll
Husband of
Lavona May (Walling) Ingersoll
— married
13 Jul 1940 in Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States
Father of
Robert Dean Ingersoll
Died
at age 95
in Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Nov 2019
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Biography
Robert Manley Ingersoll was born on 13 April 1915 in Fife Lake, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States to Roy Ingersoll and Rose Helsel.
Robert's obituary reads: "Robert "Bob" Manley Ingersoll, age 95, passed away at his home in Fife Lake on Feb. 13, 2011.
He was born on April 13, 1915, in Fife Lake, to the late Roy and Rose Etta (Helsel) Ingersoll. On July 13, 1940, in Fife Lake, he married Lavona M. Walling, of Lake City.
Robert is survived by his devoted wife of 70 years, Lavona; his loving children, Bob (Dana) Ingersoll, of Fife Lake, Keith (Sharon) Ingersoll, of Fife Lake, Cheryl Ingersoll, of Fife Lake, and Wendel Walling, of Avoca; his grandchildren, Tom Ingersoll, Roger Ingersoll, Ron (Patti) Ingersoll, Amy (Dereck) Hanson, Dawn (Brian) Berg, Lisa (George) Dove and Wendy Fryer; numerous great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and his siblings, Carl (Edith) Ingersoll, of Fife Lake, Roy Lee (Ruthann) Ingersoll, of Fife Lake, Helen Sloat, of Lake City, and Virginia Marrow, of Traverse City.
Preceding him death were an infant son, Martin; his grandson, Troy; his siblings, Stanley Ingersoll, Homer "Diggy" Ingersoll, Frank Ingersoll, Lula Belle Ingersoll, Blanche Ingersoll, Linda Angell, Violet Burns, Rose "Nanny" Cox and Mildred Frye; and his very special brothers-in-law, Cecil Burns, Orley Cox, William "Junior" Sloat, Keith Marrow and Julius Walling.
Robert also left behind wonderful memories of a very special and wonderful husband, dad and granddad. He was a role model of leadership, wisdom and history of all kinds. Robert will be deeply missed by his many friends and family members.
Services entrusted to Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home." [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #79489954 link includes obituary
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bob:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bob:
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~1.56%
Karen (Hein) Walker
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kwalker270
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~0.78%
Keri (Elliott) Wade :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Keri_s_wade
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~0.78%
Margie Coffey :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Bill Spencer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member moose031220769
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