Lura Towns (1887 - 1949)

Born 2 Sep 1887 in Denmark Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Oct 1949 at age 62 in Tuscola County, Michigan, United States

Biography

Descendant of William Towne.

Lura was born in 1887 to James Wesley Towns and Betsey C Wilkinson. She had at least 2 siblings: Asa Charles and Tressa E.

She never married and did not have children.

• Fact: Residence (1900) Denmark township, north side Reese village, Tuscola, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1910) Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1920) Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1930) Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same House, Tuscola, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1940) Denmark Township, Tuscola, Michigan

Lura passed away in 1949 at the age of 62.

• Fact: Burial (10 Oct 1949) Denmark Township Cemetery, Reese, Tuscola, Michigan

Links

FamilySearch PID: LRG4-S15
Find A Grave: Memorial #132167621 Headstone Photo: No
Obituary TCA, 14 Oct 1949, page 12, Reese column

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BL-9D6 : accessed 30 November 2019), Lara Towns in household of Calvin E Towns, Denmark township, north side Reese village, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,744.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLT7-BJN : accessed 30 November 2019), Lura Towns in household of Wesley J Towns, Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 110, sheet 8A, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 676; FHL microfilm 1,374,689.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7X-RL5 : accessed 29 November 2019), Liana Towons in household of Wesley Towons, Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing ED 176, sheet 8A, line 46, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 798; FHL microfilm 1,820,798.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7M6-WZ8 : accessed 30 November 2019), Lura Towns in household of Wesley J Towns, Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 2A, line 21, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1027; FHL microfilm 2,340,762.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K41P-MSJ : 29 July 2019), Lura Towns in household of Wesley Towns, Denmark Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79-10, sheet 4A, line 40, family 66, 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 1821.
• "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF7J-69H : 13 March 2018), Lura Towns, 07 Oct 1949; citing Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,115.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 November 2019), memorial page for Lura Towns (2 Sep 1887–4 Oct 1949), Find A Grave Memorial no. 132167621, citing Denmark Township Cemetery, Reese, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Heather Riley Foster (contributor 48031442).

See Also

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 November 2019, 02:53), entry for Lura Towns(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LRG4-S15); contributed by various users.
• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89779966/person/182147704344/facts : accessed 29 Nov 2019), profile for Lura Towns.

Acknowledgement

Towns-40 was created by Krissi Hall on 2 Nov 2011. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Krissi and others.