Alice Etta (Sunday) Wagner (1854 - 1931)

Born 5 Jan 1854 in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 22 Nov 1931 at age 77 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Alice Etta Sunday was born on 5 Jan 1854 in Potter Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, daughter of Andrew Sunday (1822 - 1888) and Mary Ann (Fultz) Sunday (~1822 - ~1888).

Her siblings were:

1. Mary Angeline (Sunday) Treaster (1843 - 1887)
2. Frances Sunday (1845 - )
3. Francis Edmond Sunday (1846 - 1933)
4. Pricilla Agnes (Sunday) Markel (1848 - 1914)
5. Ellen Elizabeth (Sunday) Miller (1850 - 1922)
6. Amelia Elmira (Sunday) Frazier (1852 - 1935)
7. George Henry Sunday (~1859 - 1924)
8. John Sylvanus Sunday (1859 - 1921)
9. Daniel Webster Sunday (1861 - 1926)
10. Charles Vanvalzah Sunday (1865 - 1951)

When she was sixteen, she was living in the Daniel Wheeland household in Pine Grove Mills, working about the house.^[1]

Alice married Emanuel S Wagner (1850 - 1918) in about 1875 in Centre County, Pennsylvania.^[2] They had the following children:

1. Willis Andrew Wagner (1874 - 1937)
2. James Edwin Wagner (1876 - 1969)
3. Edna Mary (Wagner) Neibarger (1879 - 1949)
4. Pearl Irene (Wagner) Verbunker (1892 - 1966)

By 1880, the family had left Pennsylvania for Michigan, settling first on a farm in Colon Township, St. Joseph County.^[3]

In 1900, they were living in Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan with Willis, their eldest son; Pearl, their youngest daughter, and a grandson Jesse. Willis was working as a farm laborer, presumably on the family farm. Alice indicated that she had given birth to five children, four of whom were still living.^[2]

Something happened, during the next ten years, for the 1910 census shows Alice as a widow living with her eldest son in Coldwater, Michigan,^[4] while her husband was living with his brother in Pennsylvania—and claiming to be a widower.^[5]

Alice remained with her son in Michigan for the rest of her life. In 1920 and 1930, they lived in Grand Rapids, where he worked at a furniture factory.^[6][7]

Alice died on 22 Nov 1931 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA aged 77.^[8] She was interred there in the Woodlawn Cemetery.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, citing Page: 33; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 11; FHL microfilm: 000552820; Record number: 12390, FamilySearch Record: MZG3-7J2 (accessed 29 November 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-69Z9-T3T Image number 00322, Allice Sunday (18) in Harris Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 74; FHL microfilm: 1240745; Record number: 24819, FamilySearch Record: M9BG-NWQ (accessed 29 November 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6743-HQG Image number 00515, Alice Wagner (47), wife, in household of Emanuel S Wagner (50) in Bangor Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm , FamilySearch Record: MW3Z-1BF (accessed 29 November 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBN-3M3 Image number 00200, Alice E Wagner (26), wife, Keeping House, in household of Emanuel S. Wagner (30) in Colon, Colon Township, St. Joseph, Michigan Territory, United States. Born in Pennsylvania, United States.
4. ↑ 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, citing enumeration district (ED) ED 87, sheet 2B, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 652; FHL microfilm 1,374,665, FamilySearch Record: ML5J-7M1 (accessed 29 November 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RVF-VSH Image number 00708, Alice E Wagner (56), widowed mother, in household of Willis A Wagner (35) in Coldwater, Isabella, Michigan, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
5. ↑ 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, citing enumeration district (ED) ED 107, sheet 7B, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1376; FHL microfilm 1,375,389, FamilySearch Record: MG45-TQD (accessed 29 November 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRKF-SHMY Image number 00039, Manual Wagner (60), widowed brother, in household of James Wagner (53) in Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
6. ↑ 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 779; Line: 19; FHL microfilm: 1820779; Record number: 8327, FamilySearch Record: MZQM-6PV (accessed 29 November 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RXR-SXC Image number 00178, Alice Wagner (66), widowed head of household in Kent, Michigan, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
7. ↑ 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 7A, line 9, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1004; FHL microfilm 2,340,739, FamilySearch Record: XQB2-DPC (accessed 29 November 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRH6-ZDJ Image number 00019, Alice Wagner (76), widowed mother, in household of Willis Wagner (52) in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
8. ↑ Death: "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952," database with images, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60872 #2777378 (accessed 29 November 2022), Alice E Wagner death 22 Nov 1931 (born 5 Jan 1854), daughter of Andrew Sunday, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA.
9. ↑ Memorial: "Find a Grave," database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #63532559 (accessed 29 November 2022), Memorial page for Alice Etta Sunday Wagner (5 Jan 1854-9 Nov 1931), citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA (plot: Block 04 Lot 3W Space 3); Maintained by Emery Metzler (contributor 47208336).

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63532559/alice-etta-wagner: accessed 19 December 2022), memorial page for Alice Etta Sunday Wagner (5 Jan 1854–22 Nov 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63532559, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Emery Metzler (contributor 47208336).