Viola Mabel (Wilder) Davis (1891 - 1982)

Born 12 Feb 1891 in Pentwater, Oceana, Michigan, United States

Wife of Treat Centennial Davis — married 25 Nov 1915 in Weare, Oceana, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1982 at age 91 in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States

Biography

The daughter of Henry Wilder and his second wife, Cora (Benedict) Wilder, Viola was born in Pentwater, Michigan in 1892.^[1][2][3] She married Treat Centennial Davis (1876-1966), the son of Daniel Ingerson Davis and Selina Elizabeth Hepworth, in Weare on November 25, 1915.^[4] Their children included:

1. John Oliver (1917-1917)
2. Walter Ellsworth (1919-1999)
3. Mabel R. (1921-2012)

They made their home in Muskegon, Michigan.^[5][6] She passed away in 1982 and is buried at Restlawn Cemetery in Muskegon.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQDX-GRG : 12 August 2019), Viola Mable Wilder, 12 Feb 1891; citing item 2 p 283 rn 187, Weare, Oceana, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,321,271.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS9G-DZK : accessed 21 August 2020), Viola M Wilder in household of Harvey J. Wilder, Weare township, Oceana, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 115, sheet 8A, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,736.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRL-7GN : accessed 21 August 2020), Viola Wilder in household of Henry J Wilder, Weare, Oceana, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 135, sheet 11B, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 669; FHL microfilm 1,374,682.
4. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3PH-RQP : 2 April 2020), Treat C Davis and Viola Wilder, 25 Nov 1915; citing Marriage, Weare, Oceana, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209294.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ1F-TBY : accessed 21 August 2020), Viola Davis in household of Freat Davis, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 11A, line 39, family 239, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1015; FHL microfilm 2,340,750.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4GL-8N9 : 16 May 2020), Viola Davis in household of Treat C Davis, Muskegon, Muskegon City, Muskegon, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-16A, sheet 6B, line 80, family 133, 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 1794.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #177248164