Elton Alexander Riopelle was born 1904 at Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States to Oscar Riopelle and Mary Mae L (Churchill) Riopelle. [1]
In the 1910 US Federal Census for Detroit Ward 18, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States we find Elton living with his parents and siblings[2]:
Oscar A Riopelle Head Male 29 Michigan
Mae L Riopelle Wife Female 29 Michigan
Elton A Riopelle Son Male 5 Missouri
Donald W Riopelle Son Male 3 Michigan
Marie H Riopelle Daughter Female 1 Michigan
Elton Riopelle (age 23) & Leota Hover (age 23) married 4 August 1927 at Lucas, Ohio. He was the son of Orsen/Oscar Riopelle and May Churchill. She was the daughter of Jim Hover and Clara Bice.[3]
In the 1940 US Federal Census for Detroit Ward 18, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States we find Elton living with his wife and children[4]:
Elton Reopelle Head Male 35 Missouri
Leota Reopelle Wife Female 35 Ohio
Donna Reopelle Daughter Female 10 Michigan
James Reopelle Son Male 9 Michigan
Elton Riopelle died in October 1966 at age 62. He was born 10 October 1904.[5]
References
↑ "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGT8-YMPV : 18 November 2020), Elton Riopelle, 1904; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLT1-FP5 : accessed 3 January 2021), Elton A Riopelle in household of Oscar A Riopelle, Detroit Ward 18, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 275, sheet 24B, family 410, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 688; FHL microfilm 1,374,701.
↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNY-JT2S : 17 December 2019), Oscar Riopelle and Leota Hover, 04 Aug 1927; citing Marriage, Lucas, Ohio, United States, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHS4-KGM : 20 December 2019), Leota Reopelle in household of Elton Reopelle, Ward 20, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-1286, sheet 10A, line 7, family 192, 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 1878.
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J21B-QMR : 4 December 2020), Elton Riopelle, Oct 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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