Virginia Rose (Newell) Fenton (1873 - 1958)

Born 23 Aug 1873 in Reading Township, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States

Wife of Horace Seth Fenton Jr — married 29 Jun 1898 in Reading Township, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 21 May 1958 at age 84 in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States

Biography

The daughter of Joseph Marcellus Waldorf (1842-1909) and Emma Lucelia Newell (1874-1913), Virginia was born in Reading in 1873. She married Horace Fenton Sr. in Reading when she was 22, on June 29, 1898.^[1] They moved to Milwaukee, where Horace began his lifetime work as a proofreader in the newspaper business.^[2] Their children included:

1. George Marcellus (1900-1983)
2. Horace Seth (1902-1936)
3. Lucelia Florence (1905-1920)
4. Lawrence McGee (1908-1981)
5. Seth Errol (1911-1916)
6. Arthur Wendell (1917-1960)

They made their home in Milwaukee's Ward 15,^[3] and then in Ward 21,^[4] before settling in South Milwaukee.^[5][6][7] After the death of her husband in 1946, Virginia moved to California, where her oldest son, George, lived. She passed away in Riverside, California at the age of 83^[8] and is buried at Union Cemetery (section 29) in Milwaukee.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3XF-XX5 : 2 April 2020), Horace S. Fenton and Virginia R. Waldorf, 29 Jun 1898; citing Marriage, Reading, Calhoun, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207943.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMVL-QDV : accessed 23 September 2020), Virginia Venton in household of Herman Venton, Milwaukee city Ward 9, Precinct 3, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 15A, family 331, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,802.
3. ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM7S-C9B : 4 April 2020), Virginia R Fenton in household of Horace S Fenton, Milwaukee city, ward 15, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; citing p. 27, line 39, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,995.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP2F-BM7 : accessed 23 September 2020), Virginia Fenton in household of Horace S Fenton, Milwaukee Ward 21, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 247, sheet 16B, family 365, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1728; FHL microfilm 1,375,741.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJT-LJD : accessed 23 September 2020), Virginia R Fenton in household of Horace S Fenton, South Milwaukee Ward 1, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing ED 312, sheet 12B, line 57, family 265, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2006; FHL microfilm 1,822,006.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9SS-29P : accessed 23 September 2020), Virginia Fenton in household of Horace S Fenton, South Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 366, sheet 18B, line 70, family 424, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2600; FHL microfilm 2,342,334.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7J1-D3T : 14 May 2020), Virginia Fenton in household of Horace Fenton, Ward 1, South Milwaukee, South Milwaukee City, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-49, sheet 5B, line 60, family 99, 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 4502.
8. ↑ Virginia Rose Fenton discovered in California, Death Index, 1940-1997[1] via @Ancestry. Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #144472489