Myrtle W (Towns) Castle (1881 - 1966)

Born 11 Mar 1881 in Gilford Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Thomas Broadworth — married 30 Sep 1897 in Watrousville, Tuscola, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Jul 1966 at age 85 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States

Biography

Descendant of William Towne.

Myrtle was born in 1881 to Calvin Eugene Towns and Susan Devilla Wright. She had at least 12 siblings: James Wesley, Mary Diana, Chauncy W, Eugene, Wilson R, Ella Elizabeth, Emma Towns, Elizabeth, Walter, Charles, Susan, and Violet.

She married in 1897 to William Thomas Broadworth, son of Isaac Broadworth and Anna Youmans. She was about 16 years old. They had at least 4 children together:

1. Susan B Broadworth
2. Zilda Broadworth
3. Alvaretta Broadworth
4. Henrietta Broadworth

• Fact: Residence (1900) Gilford township, Tuscola, Michigan

They divorced in 1907.

• Fact: Residence (1910) Gilford, Tuscola, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1920) Saginaw Ward 1, Saginaw, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1930) Flint, Genesee, Michigan
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same House, Genesee, Michigan

She remarried on 11 Apr 1940 to Orran Henry Castle, son of Alfred Carlton Castle and Mary M Pitzer. She was about 59 years old and was his second wife.

• Fact: Residence (1940) Ward 6, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan

Myrtle passed away in 1966 at the age of 85.

• Fact: Burial (9 Jul 1966) Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan

Links

FamilySearch PID: L5NB-GL1
Find A Grave: Memorial #61623371 Headstone Photo: Yes

Sources

• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3XK-78R : 15 January 2019), Wm T. Broadworth and Myrtie Towns, 1897.
• "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMH-RXC : 10 February 2018), Wm T. Broadworth and Myrtie Towns, 30 Sep 1897; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 2,342,508.
• "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHK-QY8 : 11 May 2018), Wm. T. Broadworth and Myrtie Towns, 30 Sep 1897; citing reference ID p 186 rn 172, various county clerks and libraries, Michigan; FHL microfilm 983,109.
• "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQF7-H74 : 12 August 2019), Myrtle Towns in entry for Susan D. Broadworth, 18 Feb 1899; citing item 1 p 353 rn 371, Gilford, Tuscola, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,322,871.
• "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWH-6LMY : 20 October 2019), Myrtle Towns in entry for Susan D Broadworth, 18 Feb 1899; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BL-KSP : accessed 30 November 2019), Mirtie Brodworth in household of William Brodworth, Gilford township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 117, sheet 9A, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,745.
• "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQFF-GRQ : 12 August 2019), Myrtle Tovens in entry for Alveretta Broadworth, 27 Mar 1902; citing item 1 p 347 rn 484, Gilford, Tuscola, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,098.
• "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQFF-G5Z : 12 August 2019), Myrtle Tovens in entry for Henrietta Broadworth, 27 Mar 1902; citing item 1 p 347 rn 483, Gilford, Tuscola, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,098.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTW-16L : accessed 30 November 2019), Mertie Bradworth in household of Edward Partlow, Gilford, Tuscola, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 120, sheet 15A, family 214, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 676; FHL microfilm 1,374,689.
• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3RJ-G63 : 15 January 2019), Myrtle Towns in entry for Alva Hodges and Susie Broadworth, 1917.
• "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4F-JJR : 11 May 2018), Myrtle Towns in entry for Alva H. Hodges and Susie D. Broadworth, 23 May 1917; citing reference ID p 480-1 rn 101, various county clerks and libraries, Michigan; FHL microfilm 983,955.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ73-PPJ : accessed 30 November 2019), Myrtle Broadwith, Saginaw Ward 1, Saginaw, Michigan, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 20B, line 53, family 434, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 793; FHL microfilm 1,820,793.
• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9C-TWV : 15 January 2019), Myrtle Towns in entry for Leward J. Hall and Zilda Broadworth, 1922.
• "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ7D-PPF : 15 January 2019), Myrtle Townis in entry for Carl J Renike and Alveretta Broadworth, 1925.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYV-K6J : accessed 30 November 2019), Myrtle Broadworth, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 8B, line 62, family 213, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 986; FHL microfilm 2,340,721.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHS1-765 : 29 July 2019), Myrtle Castle in household of Oran H Castle, Ward 6, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85-107, sheet 2B, line 58, family 60, 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 1895.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 November 2019), memorial page for Myrtle W Towns Castle (11 Mar 1881–6 Jul 1966), Find A Grave Memorial no. 61623371, citing Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46795196).

See Also

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 November 2019, 06:49), entry for Myrtle W Towns(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L5NB-GL1); contributed by various users.
• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89779966/person/182148082736/facts : accessed 30 Nov 2019), profile for Myrtle W Towns.

Acknowledgement

Towns-45 was created by Krissi Hall on 2 Nov 2011. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Krissi and others.