Bert Leon Westover (1901 - 1967)

Born 29 Oct 1901 in Nunica, Ottawa, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Leone Virginia (Mosher) Westover — married about 1934 in Michigan, United States

Died 21 Jun 1967 at age 65 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Biography

Bert Leon Westover, son of Jonathan Westover, was born in 1901 at Nunica, Ottawa County, Michigan. He died in 1967 (aged 65) at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. Bert is buried at Nunica Cemetery.^[1]

Bert married Leon Virginia Mosher in about 1934.

Children of Leone Mosher and Bert Westover

Leone and Bert had three children.^[2]

1. Charles Weedon “Del Shannon”, b. 30 Dec 1934 in Michigan; d. Feb 1990 in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, California
2. Blanche, b. abt 1937; m. Roger Dykehouse
3. Ruth Ann, b. abt 1938; m. Stanley McCuaig

Bert is the father of singer Charles Weedon Westover, “Del Shannon,” who grew up in Coopersville, a small farming town. Taught to play the ukulele by his mother as a child, young Charles soon flowered into guitar picking at 14 years of age. Del Shannon would, during his successful music career, create Berlee (his own record label) to honor his parents, Bert and Leone Westover.

Sources

1. ↑ Bert Leon Westover Find A Grave: Memorial #44832718
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4P6-MQF : 22 January 2020), Leona Westover in household of Bert Westover, Coopersville, Polkton Township, Ottawa, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70-36, sheet 7B, line 45, family 151, 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 1809.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4P6-MQX : 14 March 2018), Bert Westover, Coopersville, Polkton Township, Ottawa, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70-36, sheet 7B, line 44, family 151, 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 1809.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7S-Z9J : accessed 18 May 2019), Bert L Westover in household of John G Westover, Polkton, Ottawa, Michigan, United States; citing ED 145, sheet 8A, line 26, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 792; FHL microfilm 1,820,792.
• "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ62-X1M : 10 March 2018), Bert L. Westover, 29 Oct 1901; citing item 1 p 169, Fruitport, Muskegon, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,035.