1940 U.S. Federal Census of Grant in Mecosta County, Mecosta, Michigan
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A Surnames
| Abrahamson | August H | born about 1886 |
| Abrahamson | Burr | born about 1920 |
| Abrahamson | Emil | born about 1888 |
| Abrahamson | Ethel | born about 1891 |
| Abrahamson | John P | born about 1919 |
| Abrahamson | P Bell | born about 1893 |
| Abrahamson | Victor | born about 1896 |
| Anderson | Peter O | born about 1898 |
| Aris | David H | born about 1922 |
| Aris | Hanna J | born about 1863 |
| Armstrong | Murnie M | born about 1888 |
| Armstrong | Ramond W | born about 1883 |
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B Surnames
| Barmun | Lawrence | born about 1917 |
| Bates | Betty Loy | born about 1930 |
| Bates | James L | born about 1901 |
| Bates | Junita | born about 1906 |
| Bates | Robert J | born about 1935 |
| Baughman | Cornelius | born about 1882 |
| Bedewith | Dolie V | born about 1894 |
| Bedewith | Edward G | born about 1884 |
| Berlingcourt | Samuel | born about 1888 |
| Bowman | Charles R | born about 1933 |
| Bowman | Clois L | born about 1937 |
| Bowman | Clyde L | born about 1910 |
| Bowman | Doris M | born about 1930 |
| Bowman | G Blain | born about 1885 |
| Bowman | James V | born about 1934 |
| Bowman | Max A | born about 1925 |
| Bowman | Minnie L | born about 1901 |
| Bowman | Minnie M | born about 1885 |
| Bowman | Nina M | born about 1927 |
| Bowman | Phyllis E | born about 1939 |
| Bowman | Trac B | born about 1889 |
| Bowman | Zeatha | born about 1908 |
| Boyd | Ada M | born about 1894 |
| Boyd | Bruce W | born about 1923 |
| Boyd | Burt | born about 1891 |
| Boyd | Kent J | born about 1921 |
| Brainstool | Ruth A | born about 1926 |
| Brazeal | Milton B | born about 1921 |
| Buffin | Dorothy A | born about 1921 |
| Buffin | Herman K | born about 1917 |
| Bullin | Kate | born about 1848 |
| Buskard | Hellen G | born about 1923 |
| Buskard | Millard V | born about 1921 |
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C Surnames
| Candan | Ira J | born about 1883 |
| Candan | Mae | born about 1886 |
| Care | John | born about 1873 |
| Care | Margaret R | born about 1921 |
| Care | Mary | born about 1882 |
| Care | Vernon | born about 1920 |
| Cole | Frank | born about 1864 |
| Cole | Harriet J | born about 1876 |
| Corey | Adella | born about 1877 |
| Corey | Anna E | born about 1880 |
| Corey | Anna Mae | born about 1927 |
| Corey | Betty J | born about 1929 |
| Corey | Dorthy J | born about 1924 |
| Corey | Earl E | born about 1901 |
| Corey | John F | born about 1872 |
| Corey | Letha M | born about 1904 |
| Corey | Maurice | born about 1926 |
| Corey | S Wesley | born about 1875 |
| Corey | Shirley | born about 1932 |
| Cornell | Charles H | born about 1923 |
| Cornell | Charles J | born about 1889 |
| Cornell | David E | born about 1860 |
| Cornell | Ethel P | born about 1892 |
| Cornell | Magart L | born about 1918 |
| Cottrill | Bertha | born about 1922 |
| Cottrill | James D | born about 1919 |
| Cottrill | Marjorie L | born about 1920 |
| Cottrill | Marvin C | born about 1939 |
| Cottrill | Orvile D | born about 1937 |
| Cottrill | Orville | born about 1914 |
| Cox | Donald G | born about 1928 |
| Culp | Beatrice | born about 1917 |
| Culp | Irene E | born about 1935 |
| Culp | Virgil J | born about 1907 |
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D Surnames
| Danner | Adelbert | born about 1868 |
| Danner | Garrett | born about 1908 |
| Danner | Rose M | born about 1871 |
| Denniston | Alanson M | born about 1891 |
| Denniston | Alvin M | born about 1920 |
| Denniston | Donald D | born about 1937 |
| Denniston | Forest A | born about 1917 |
| Denniston | John M | born about 1929 |
| Denniston | Kathlen M | born about 1927 |
| Denniston | Leah L | born about 1894 |
| Denniston | Lee L | born about 1937 |
| Denniston | Lena M | born about 1922 |
| Denniston | Majorie | born about 1924 |
| Denniston | Max D | born about 1934 |
| Denniston | Warren G | born about 1931 |
| Derevage | Ellen M | born about 1883 |
| Derevage | Ike O | born about 1874 |
| Deviva | Bessie | born about 1927 |
| Deviva | Gertrude M | born about 1925 |
| Deviva | Lucy | born about 1904 |
| Deviva | Mary A | born about 1922 |
| Deviva | Mike | born about 1929 |
| Deviva | Rocco | born about 1891 |
| Deviva | Theresa | born about 1935 |
| Dietderich | Cleon G | born about 1890 |
| Dietderich | Dale M | born about 1920 |
| Dietderich | Grace W | born about 1894 |
| Doge | Colleen V | born about 1929 |
| Dykema | Frank L | born about 1882 |
| Dykema | Marie E | born about 1888 |
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E Surnames
| Eckman | Esther Y | born about 1938 |
| Elkins | Arthur J | born about 1925 |
| Elkins | Barbara L | born about 1922 |
| Elkins | Beverly A | born about 1929 |
| Elkins | Ernest | born about 1890 |
| Elkins | Pearl | born about 1889 |
| Erickson | Beverly R | born about 1940 |
| Erickson | Jennie | born about 1915 |
| Erickson | La Vail G | born about 1938 |
| Erickson | Theodore | born about 1901 |
| Erickson | Theodore Jr | born about 1936 |
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F Surnames
| Flood | Milford A | born about 1912 |
| Flood | William C | born about 1887 |
| Frasher | Bertha | born about 1891 |
| Frasher | Eugene E | born about 1892 |
| Freiberg | Anna M | born about 1906 |
| Freiberg | Elaine | born about 1933 |
| Freiberg | Fred | born about 1895 |
| Freiberg | Frederick F | born about 1930 |
| Frieberg | Laura M | born about 1909 |
| Frieberg | Martin | born about 1900 |
| Frieberg | Wayne L | born about 1933 |
| Fuller | Bernard E | born about 1939 |
| Fuller | Caroline E | born about 1919 |
| Fuller | Eber R | born about 1940 |
| Fuller | Ralph E | born about 1917 |
| Fulmerhouser | Cleo | born about 1920 |
| Fulmerhouser | Patricia | born about 1940 |
| Fulmerhouser | Robert | born about 1919 |
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G Surnames
| Gilbert | Bertha H | born about 1885 |
| Gilbert | Edmund | born about 1881 |
| Goodas | Charles | born about 1891 |
| Goodas | Elizabeth C | born about 1894 |
| Griffith | Clare | born about 1905 |
H Surnames
| Haist | Grace M | born about 1902 |
| Haist | Lorene E | born about 1924 |
| Haist | Ruby L | born about 1931 |
| Haist | Solomon | born about 1892 |
| Hamilton | Bonnie Mae | born about 1938 |
| Hamilton | Lucille M | born about 1918 |
| Hamilton | Roger H | born about 1919 |
| Hanson | Alick E | born about 1898 |
| Hanson | Nels H | born about 1903 |
| Hanson | Nettie E | born about 1875 |
| Harst | Anna E | born about 1882 |
| Harst | F Grant | born about 1920 |
| Harst | Fred E | born about 1881 |
| Hatcher | Will G | born about 1862 |
| Haven | Curtis C | born about 1875 |
| Hayes | Norval | born about 1924 |
| Holenbeck | Adeline A | born about 1928 |
| Holenbeck | Amil E | born about 1913 |
| Holenbeck | Annabell | born about 1930 |
| Holenbeck | Edward | born about 1922 |
| Holenbeck | Jess | born about 1883 |
| Holenbeck | Roy L | born about 1926 |
| Holenbeck | Willard J | born about 1924 |
| Horan | Nelson W | born about 1908 |
| Hyrns | Florence E | born about 1886 |
| Hyrns | Ruben | born about 1888 |
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J Surnames
| James | Albert E | born about 1876 |
| James | Edith G | born about 1876 |
| Jensen | Dorothy M | born about 1913 |
| Jensen | Harry | born about 1904 |
| Jensen | Joyce M | born about 1934 |
| Jensen | Lois J | born about 1937 |
| Jensen | Willard L | born about 1939 |
| Johnson | Bonnie Bell | born about 1939 |
| Johnson | Harry L | born about 1910 |
| Johnson | Vivian A | born about 1920 |
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K Surnames
| Kilpatrick | Arthea M | born about 1938 |
| Kilpatrick | Billy M | born about 1934 |
| Kilpatrick | Donelda I | born about 1928 |
| Kilpatrick | Julia | born about 1890 |
| Kilpatrick | Marilyn G | born about 1931 |
| Kilpatrick | Mildred D | born about 1909 |
| Kilpatrick | Natahan | born about 1873 |
| Kilpatrick | Ralph E | born about 1906 |
| Kilpatrick | Ruth L | born about 1933 |
| Kitelinger | Dan S | born about 1884 |
| Kitelinger | Lizzie | born about 1889 |
| Kitelinger | Vern R | born about 1929 |
| Klpatrick | Faith Ann | born about 1926 |
| Krahn | Beverly J | born about 1934 |
| Krahn | Herman F | born about 1895 |
| Krahn | Marylin M | born about 1926 |
| Krahn | Neva M | born about 1896 |
| Kranish | Carl A | born about 1927 |
| Kunze | Albert O | born about 1900 |
| Kunze | Amy | born about 1895 |
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L Surnames
| Lagworthy | Charles G | born about 1884 |
| Lagworthy | Mable M | born about 1884 |
| Langworthy | Bruce E | born about 1909 |
| Langworthy | Charles L | born about 1932 |
| Langworthy | Eldon K | born about 1934 |
| Langworthy | Everlyn M | born about 1930 |
| Langworthy | Lilah B | born about 1908 |
| Langworthy | Melvin B | born about 1936 |
| Langworthy | Shirley B | born about 1939 |
| Lanty | Charles D | born about 1877 |
| Lanty | Rose E | born about 1878 |
| Leedy | Doris C | born about 1914 |
| Leedy | Marlene E | born about 1937 |
| Leedy | Ralph E | born about 1906 |
| Leedy | Ruby L | born about 1930 |
| Lewis | Eltha M | born about 1938 |
| Lewis | Evelyn | born about 1912 |
| Lewis | Harvie F | born about 1906 |
| Lewis | Kar E | born about 1940 |
| Lewis | Merrite F | born about 1932 |
| Lewis | Nelson | born about 1884 |
| Lewis | Norma A | born about 1887 |
| Lincoln | Boyd L | born about 1920 |
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M Surnames
| Maguire | Bud M | born about 1940 |
| Maguire | Cecil W | born about 1938 |
| Maguire | Eva L | born about 1917 |
| Maguire | Evelyn M | born about 1927 |
| Maguire | F Delbert | born about 1880 |
| Maguire | Gordon A | born about 1937 |
| Maguire | Hattie | born about 1881 |
| Maguire | Jennie M | born about 1894 |
| Maguire | John | born about 1870 |
| Maguire | John W | born about 1909 |
| Maguire | Kenneth E | born about 1914 |
| Maguire | Margene E | born about 1939 |
| Maguire | Robert L | born about 1939 |
| Maguire | Ruth E | born about 1920 |
| Metcall | Ernest M | born about 1897 |
| Metcall | Ernest Jr | born about 1927 |
| Metcall | Loretta G | born about 1924 |
| Metcall | Mable C | born about 1898 |
| Mie | Lewis H | born about 1866 |
| Mitchell | Emma H | born about 1889 |
| Mitchell | Milton C | born about 1892 |
| Mitchell | Velma | born about 1915 |
| Mitchell | Vernon O | born about 1913 |
| Mondrella | Gerald | born about 1937 |
| Mondrella | Harold J | born about 1925 |
| Mondrella | Jack | born about 1901 |
| Mondrella | Jesie | born about 1905 |
| Mondrella | Loretta | born about 1923 |
| Mondrella | Toney | born about 1930 |
| Montague | Alvin G | born about 1934 |
| Montague | Datus L | born about 1933 |
| Montague | Glen | born about 1905 |
| Montague | Leila V | born about 1911 |
| Montague | Richard E | born about 1932 |
| Moore | Anna G | born about 1884 |
| Moore | Caude | born about 1883 |
| Moore | Leonard E | born about 1878 |
| Moore | Ollive E | born about 1882 |
| Moore | Philip M | born about 1927 |
| Moore | Virgie T | born about 1910 |
| Mortensen | Christen A | born about 1864 |
| Mortensen | Estelle | born about 1895 |
| Mortensen | Irvine | born about 1889 |
| Mortensen | Irvine W | born about 1916 |
| Mortensen | Ivan G | born about 1918 |
| Mortensen | Lola P | born about 1924 |
| Mourer | Flossie | born about 1898 |
| Mourer | Floyd A | born about 1928 |
| Mourer | Leon H | born about 1896 |
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N Surnames
| Newberry | Eva | born about 1921 |
| Newberry | Leslie | born about 1918 |
| Newbury | Pearl | born about 1885 |
| Newbury | Wesley E | born about 1884 |
O Surnames
| Obert | Charles | born about 1909 |
| Obert | Minnie | born about 1869 |
P Surnames
| Park | Florence | born about 1895 |
| Park | Jack D | born about 1928 |
| Park | Pearl L | born about 1930 |
| Park | Robert L | born about 1926 |
| Park | Russell K | born about 1921 |
| Parks | Roy | born about 1895 |
| Petersen | Estella D | born about 1923 |
| Petersen | Julius H | born about 1881 |
| Petersen | Marrien | born about 1888 |
| Peterson | Elmer P | born about 1899 |
| Peterson | Grace J | born about 1908 |
| Peterson | Harry E | born about 1928 |
| Peterson | Lois A | born about 1937 |
| Peterson | Marlene E | born about 1934 |
| Peterson | Vivian E | born about 1931 |
| Pion | Charles O | born about 1934 |
| Pion | Delos M | born about 1905 |
| Pion | Edward D | born about 1935 |
| Pion | Essie E | born about 1861 |
| Pion | Inez | born about 1906 |
| Pion | Marjaret | born about 1939 |
| Pion | Mary A | born about 1881 |
| Pion | Maxine O | born about 1926 |
| Pion | Maynard J | born about 1928 |
| Pion | Oscar L | born about 1881 |
| Pion | Robert W | born about 1932 |
| Pion | Ruth E | born about 1937 |
| Porter | Claud A | born about 1893 |
| Porter | Evah M | born about 1914 |
| Porter | Howard J | born about 1937 |
| Pratt | Almeda E | born about 1918 |
| Pratt | Arie F | born about 1922 |
| Pratt | Clifford C | born about 1909 |
| Pratt | Delos G | born about 1914 |
| Pratt | Dewayne | born about 1938 |
| Pratt | Donald W | born about 1928 |
| Pratt | Dorthy A | born about 1919 |
| Pratt | Edna L | born about 1894 |
| Pratt | Emmett | born about 1884 |
| Pratt | Eugene | born about 1939 |
| Pratt | Gaylord | born about 1939 |
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Q Surnames
| Quigly | Arthur | born about 1920 |
| Quigly | Jessie | born about 1915 |
R Surnames
| Raichon | Frank M | born about 1868 |
| Raichon | Tera M | born about 1867 |
| Reed | Amos O | born about 1896 |
| Reed | Cecil R | born about 1902 |
| Reed | Eleanor L | born about 1908 |
| Reed | Forest R | born about 1929 |
| Reed | Harold D | born about 1935 |
| Reed | Ila I | born about 1933 |
| Reed | Larry B | born about 1936 |
| Reed | Nelia E | born about 1928 |
| Reed | Nellie A | born about 1899 |
| Reed | Norman K | born about 1922 |
| Reed | Olive M | born about 1934 |
| Reed | Paul E | born about 1931 |
| Reed | Robert K | born about 1930 |
| Reed | William L | born about 1924 |
| Reichow | Daisy B | born about 1932 |
| Reichow | Dale B | born about 1927 |
| Reichow | Dean | born about 1924 |
| Reichow | Donna B | born about 1927 |
| Reichow | Euneta L | born about 1924 |
| Reichow | Fred H | born about 1870 |
| Reichow | Glenn V | born about 1922 |
| Reichow | Marie M | born about 1900 |
| Reichow | Oliver G | born about 1933 |
| Reichow | Ralph P | born about 1900 |
| Russell | Darwin E | born about 1938 |
| Russell | Dorthy I | born about 1909 |
| Russell | Raymond F | born about 1916 |
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S Surnames
| Schroeder | Allen C | born about 1937 |
| Schroeder | Carl A | born about 1902 |
| Schroeder | Matie E | born about 1904 |
| Seaburn | John | born about 1875 |
| Seaburn | Julia | born about 1881 |
| Shippel | Lewis | born about 1908 |
| Smith | Arnold | born about 1920 |
| Smith | Charles E | born about 1872 |
| Smith | Ella E | born about 1878 |
| Smith | John | born about 1866 |
| Stephan | Clarence | born about 1896 |
| Stephan | Harold H | born about 1927 |
| Stephan | James E | born about 1930 |
| Stephan | Jessie F | born about 1908 |
| Stephan | Reva A | born about 1939 |
| Stephan | Ruby | born about 1935 |
| Stockwell | Charles E | born about 1895 |
| Stockwell | Charles J | born about 1918 |
| Stockwell | Jessie M | born about 1895 |
| Stockwell | Shirley J | born about 1932 |
| Stone | Edith M | born about 1886 |
| Stone | Williard L | born about 1882 |
| Sturdavant | Herbert | born about 1925 |
| Suffin | Amos | born about 1886 |
| Suffin | Edith A | born about 1886 |
| Suttle | Irving A | born about 1866 |
| Suttle | James W | born about 1862 |
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T Surnames
| Tanner | Bernice J | born about 1901 |
| Tanner | Ferne W | born about 1927 |
| Tanner | Ileen S | born about 1919 |
| Tanner | Iwa F | born about 1923 |
| Tanner | Leonard | born about 1897 |
| Tanner | Robert E | born about 1925 |
| Thompson | Louis E | born about 1939 |
| Thompson | Mildred | born about 1920 |
| Tift | Claude H | born about 1935 |
| Tift | Elmer R | born about 1864 |
| Tift | Harry M | born about 1894 |
| Tift | Hilda M | born about 1906 |
| Tift | Julia J | born about 1930 |
| Tift | Lawrence | born about 1937 |
| Tift | Louise M | born about 1929 |
| Tift | Vera M | born about 1933 |
| Totten | Florence L | born about 1900 |
| Totten | Max G | born about 1939 |
| Totten | Nancy L | born about 1936 |
| Totten | Richard D | born about 1931 |
| Totten | Robert F | born about 1928 |
| Totten | Thomas N | born about 1930 |
| Totten | William F | born about 1896 |
| Traham | Shirley M | born about 1921 |
| Traham | William R | born about 1916 |
| Tribe | Charles E | born about 1938 |
| Tribe | Clarence C | born about 1905 |
| Tribe | Donna J | born about 1936 |
| Tribe | Flora Bell | born about 1939 |
| Tribe | Flossie E | born about 1910 |
| Tribe | George L | born about 1937 |
| Tribe | Glen A | born about 1927 |
| Tribe | Joe | born about 1879 |
| Tribe | Leonard J | born about 1933 |
| Tribe | Martha M | born about 1930 |
| Tribe | Tom S | born about 1901 |
| Tribe | Virgina R | born about 1916 |
| Trute | Erwin F | born about 1900 |
| Trute | Metha H | born about 1875 |
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V Surnames
| Vanalstine | Albert A | born about 1926 |
| Vanalstine | Alvin N | born about 1886 |
| Vanalstine | Bert A | born about 1926 |
| Vanalstine | Bessie V | born about 1887 |
| Vanalstine | Betty Jane | born about 1924 |
| Vanalstine | Bud M | born about 1899 |
| Vanalstine | Carrie | born about 1883 |
| Vanalstine | Clare E | born about 1892 |
| Vanalstine | Clifford B | born about 1939 |
| Vanalstine | Cloyce | born about 1912 |
| Vanalstine | David H | born about 1875 |
| Vanalstine | Della | born about 1878 |
| Vanalstine | Donald L | born about 1930 |
| Vanalstine | Effie L | born about 1905 |
| Vanalstine | Elmer R | born about 1927 |
| Vanalstine | Emmet N | born about 1906 |
| Vanalstine | Essie L | born about 1937 |
| Vanalstine | Frank A | born about 1869 |
| Vanalstine | George | born about 1906 |
| Vanalstine | Georgia E | born about 1928 |
| Vanalstine | Harold L | born about 1918 |
| Vanalstine | Herbert R | born about 1936 |
| Vanalstine | Jackob A | born about 1880 |
| Vanalstine | James | born about 1878 |
| Vanalstine | Julia Alice | born about 1925 |
| Vanalstine | Kathryn M | born about 1928 |
| Vanalstine | Keith R | born about 1934 |
| Vanalstine | Kenneth E | born about 1931 |
| Vanalstine | Lloyd L | born about 1929 |
| Vanalstine | Lyle E | born about 1928 |
| Vanalstine | Margaret L | born about 1890 |
| Vanalstine | Margret | born about 1903 |
| Vanalstine | Marie Anne | born about 1938 |
| Vanalstine | Marvin E | born about 1927 |
| Vanalstine | Mary E | born about 1907 |
| Vanalstine | Merle O | born about 1932 |
| Vanalstine | Milton W | born about 1920 |
| Vanalstine | Mona N | born about 1907 |
| Vanalstine | Owen | born about 1894 |
| Vanalstine | Phoebe | born about 1905 |
| Vanalstine | Ralph B | born about 1883 |
| Vanalstine | Roy E | born about 1882 |
| Vanalstine | Russell E | born about 1902 |
| Vanalstine | Viola | born about 1920 |
| Vanalstine | Vivian | born about 1922 |
| Vanalstine | Wade | born about 1872 |
| Vanalstine | Wilda I | born about 1926 |
| Vanalstine | William | born about 1869 |
| Vanalstine | Willie H | born about 1891 |
| Vanalstine | Xenia M | born about 1892 |
| Vanalstrice | Helen Jane | born about 1935 |
| Vanalstrice | Lois May | born about 1933 |
| Vanalstrice | Marjorie Ann | born about 1938 |
| Vanatter | Earl C | born about 1917 |
| Vanatter | Eddie | born about 1898 |
| Vanatter | Mona I | born about 1902 |
| Vanatter | William | born about 1888 |
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W Surnames
| Ward | Alford F | born about 1880 |
| Ward | Evalyn G | born about 1895 |
| Ward | Frank A | born about 1916 |
| Ward | George H | born about 1922 |
| Ward | Joseph C | born about 1927 |
| Ward | Laura M | born about 1922 |
| Ward | Margaret | born about 1924 |
| Ward | Mary H | born about 1935 |
| Ward | Ralph J | born about 1920 |
| Wiard | Lester A | born about 1913 |
| Wilheim | Myron F | born about 1913 |
| Willis | Ilah G | born about 1916 |
| Willis | Jack R | born about 1936 |
| Willis | Walter W | born about 1913 |
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Y Surnames
| Young | Bertie R | born about 1890 |
| Young | Clyde F | born about 1892 |
| Young | Floyd L | born about 1895 |
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