Leola was born on January 6, 1907 in Caseville, Huron County, Michigan. She was the daughter of John Jean and Ella Ribble. Leola married Leonard Grams on October 27, 1928 in Saginaw County, Michigan. Leola and Leonard had 2 children together;
Living daughter
Living son
Leola died on July 9, 1977 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan at the age of 70 years. She was buried at the Roselawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery located in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan.
Sources
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5Z-GJW : accessed 2 January 2019), Leola C Jean in household of John Jean Jr., Caseville, Huron, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 4A, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 649; FHL microfilm 1,374,662.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ73-B5Q : accessed 2 January 2019), Leola Jean in household of John Jean, Saginaw Ward 1, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 3B, line 64, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 793; FHL microfilm 1,820,79
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MQ-WP3 : accessed 2 January 2019), Leola Grams in household of Leonard Grams, Thomas, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 68, sheet 15A, line 6, family 336, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1023; FHL microfilm 2,340,758.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K41X-ZPS : 14 March 2018), Leola Grams in household of Leonard Grams, Dice, Thomas Township, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73-81, sheet 1B, line 54, family 22, 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 1814.
"United States Census, 1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSF-WVCG : Accessed 12 June 2023), Leola K Grams in household of Leonard C Grams, Thomas Township, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing Enumeration District (ED) 73-102, page 76, line 5, family 37.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYN7-KNB : 20 May 2014), Leola Grams, Jul 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZYX-BP6 : 4 December 2014), Leola K Grams, 09 Jul 1977; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 1998); citing Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, death certificate number 41291, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGB-QPQT : 11 July 2016), Leola Katherine Jean Grams, 1977; Burial, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States of America, Roselawn Memorial Gardens; citing record ID 133910259, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leola by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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