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Lucille Belle (Lindsley) Donivan (1905 - 2000)

Lucille Belle Donivan formerly Lindsley
Born in Hartford Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Died at age 94 in Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Biography

The daughter of Charles Lindsley and Adah (Osborn) Lindsley, Lucille Lindsley was born in Hartford Township, Michigan in 1905,[1] residing there with her family.[2] By 1920, Lucy and her family lived in Arlington Township, Michigan, while her father farmed grain.[3] In 1930, Lucy lived in Holland, Michigan, boarding with William and Agnes Hoek and their family and working as a public school teacher.[4]

Lucille married Edward Franklin Donivan, the son of Dennis Donivan and Minerva J. Martin, marrying in Holland, Michigan on August 22, 1936.[citation needed] and making their home in Holland Township Michigan. Iin 1940, both each Lucy and her taught school, Edward as a vocational teacher and Lucy as a speech teacher.[5] By 1950, Lucy worked in the school system as a librarian.[6]

Widowed in 1981,[7] Lucille Donivan passed away in Holland, Michigan[8] at the age of 94and is buried at Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Michigan.[9]

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  1. ↑ "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CS4B-L4N2 : 19 July 2021), Lucille Lindsley, 18 Oct 1905; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLT4-3SM : accessed 27 March 2022), Lucile Lindsley in household of Charles Lindsley, Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 163, sheet 7A, family 199, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 677; FHL microfilm 1,374,690.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7N-N5X : 2 February 2021), Lucille B Lindsley in entry for Charles H Lindsley, 1920.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MW-9QY : accessed 27 March 2022), Lucille B Lindsley in household of William H Hoek, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 4A, line 26, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1024; FHL microfilm 2,340,759.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4PD-9FV : 10 January 2021), Lucille Donivan in household of Edward Donivan, Holland, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70-21, sheet 15B, line 73, family 381, 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 1808.
  6. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSF-JNC7 : Fri Oct 06 08:37:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Edward F Donivan and Lucile B Donivan, 24 April 1950.
  7. ↑ "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7W-2BXD : Wed Dec 13 16:47:28 UTC 2023), Mrs Lucille Lindsley Donivan in Entry for Edward F Donivan and Walter Scott, 1981.
  8. ↑ "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7W-2BX2 : 1 April 2020), Mrs Lucille Belle Donivan, 2000; citing Michigan, United States, Obituary, Grand Rapids Public Library, Michigan; FHL microfilm 2,369,843.
  9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118240376/lucille_belle-donivan: accessed February 25, 2024), memorial page for Lucille Belle Lindsley Donivan (18 Oct 1905–18 Jan 2000). Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Gail (contributor 47136090). Find A Grave: Memorial #118240376




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