Ella Melissa (Runyan) McClung (1910 - 1992)

Born 10 Feb 1910 in Hope Township, Midland, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Alexander McClung — married 16 Nov 1929 in Wheeler, Gratiot, Michigan, United States

Died 6 Nov 1992 at age 82 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States

Biography

The daughter of Charles Runyan and Ethel (Gates) Weeden, Ella was born in Brady Township in 1910.^[1] Her father was ill with Bright's disease (nephritis) and in 1920, they lived with her mother's parents in Billings Township.^[2] Her father died when she was eleven years old, in 1921, and her mother married the next year, marrying her aunt's widowed husband, Jesse Weeden. Ella married James Alexander McClung (1910-1965), the son of John A. McClung and Ethel May Dorman, in Wheeler, Michigan on November 16, 1929.^[3] She was seventeen and he was nineteen. At first, they lived with her mother and stepfather.^[4] Their children included:

1. Charles McClung (1932-)
2. Beverly McClung (1933-)
3. Ethel McClung (1935-)
4. Olive McClung (1936-)

They made their home in Carrollton Township, outside of Saginaw, Michigan.^[5] Her husband was a core maker at a foundry, as was her stepfather and her stepbrother, Earl. Ella passed away at the age of 82 and is buried at Bendle Cemetery in Flushing, Michigan.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ3S-DXH : accessed 17 November 2020), Ella M Runyan in household of George H Gates, Billings, Gladwin, Michigan, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 7A, line 37, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 766; FHL microfilm 1,820,766.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ3S-DXH : accessed 17 November 2020), Ella M Runyan in household of George H Gates, Billings, Gladwin, Michigan, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 7A, line 37, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 766; FHL microfilm 1,820,766.
3. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 69; Film Title: 25 Genesee 17320-20589; Film Description: Gratiot (1927-1939). Ancestry.com. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 9093 #4019036 with attached Image
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7M9-W6H : accessed 17 November 2020), Ella Mcclung in household of Jess Weeden, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 24B, line 78, family 558, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1021; FHL microfilm 2,340,756.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K41C-P3D : 4 December 2019), Ella Mcclung in household of James Mcclung, Carrollton Township, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 73-11B, sheet 11B, line 64, family 214, 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 1811.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #86817959