Claire W. Vandecar (1898 - 1960)

Born 17 Jan 1898 in Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Rhea M. (Carukin) Johnson — married about 1923 in Grand Rapids City, Kent, Michigan

Descendants

Died 13 Nov 1960 at age 62 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA

Biography

Claire Vandecar was born in 1898. ^[1]

Claire or Clare Vandecar married about 1923 in Grand Rapids City, Kent County, Michigan to Rhea M. Carukin or Carnkin.

The 1940 U.S. Census recorded Claire Vandecar, age 42, and his wife Rhea, age 40, on Dunham Street in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with daughters Sally, age 17, and Rosalynn, age 13. Claire was a salesman in an automobile agency. He was born in Wisconsin, while his wife and daughters were born in Michigan. He and his wife had completed 4 years of high school. The family had lived in the same house in 1935.^[2]

He passed away in 1960 and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. ^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ Wisconsin Birth Index 1820-1907 available at Wisconsin Historical Society Library Archives in Madison, WI, USA and online at ancestry.com; Wisconsin Vital Record Index compiled by Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-PF9P?cc=2000219&wc=QZX1-14M%3A790103601%2C790103302%2C796751301%2C796751302 : accessed 11 November 2020), Michigan > Kent > Grand Rapids City, Grand Rapids, Ward 3 > 86-116A Grand Rapids City Ward 3 (Area C - part) > image 3 of 11; citing 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.
3. ↑ U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans on ancestry.com; Record Group 92, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General; NARA#M1916 ARC#596118; for Claire W Vandecar; buried: 15 Nov 1960 at Woodlawn Cemetery, block#3 lot#40 space#3 in Grand Rapids City, Kent County, Michigan.
4. ↑ Claire William Vandecar on Find A Grave: Memorial #102519831 b.1898 Wisconsin d.13 Nov 1960 Michigan; buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan