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Family HistoryFamily History - Catherine E. Phillips


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Catherine E. Phillips and one of her descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Catherine E. Phillips,1 born ca. 1875 in Ohio (parents not determined).1 Catherine married Abraham Lincoln Burcaw (born ca. 1864 in Ohio, parents not determined1).

+2i. Homer Eugene Burcaw, born 5 October 1903 in Ohio; died 24 April 1986 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Married Lucille Olive Hodgens (née DeLong) .

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Branch County, Coldwater, E.D. 12-9, Sheet No. 10B, Abraham L. Burcaw, 65, Ohio, first married age 32; wife Catherine E. Burcaw, 55, Ohio, first married age 22; son Homer E. Burcaw, 25, Ohio, single, lineman, Western Union [his entry is not consecutive with his parents on this census page, but bears the same family number].
Second Generation
2. Homer Eugene Burcaw2 (Catherine1), born 5 October 1903 in Ohio;1, 2, 3, 4 died 24 April 1986 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.1, 2 Homer married, 13 July 1930 in Madison County, Indiana, Lucille Olive Hodgens (née DeLong) 6 (born 1 August 1907 in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of Noah DeLong and Clara Fought;5, 6, 7, 8 Lucille died 26 December 20035, 9). Homer and Lucille are buried in Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.1, 5

  1. Find a Grave (website). Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Homer E. Burcaw, born: 1903; died: 1986 (from record, which includes a note with his death date from his death certificate; and provides the names and links for his parents and two siblings).
  2. Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996; Homer E. Burcaw, died: 24 April 1986 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; born: 5 October 1903.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Branch County, Coldwater, E.D. 12-9, Sheet No. 10B, Abraham L. Burcaw, 65, Ohio, first married age 32; wife Catherine E. Burcaw, 55, Ohio, first married age 22; son Homer E. Burcaw, 25, Ohio, single, lineman, Western Union [his entry is not consecutive with his parents on this census page, but bears the same family number].
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Sherwood Park, E.D. 35-50C, Sheet No. 15B, Homer Burcaw, 36, Ohio, lineman; wife Lucille Burcaw, 32, Ohio; daughter Bobby J. Hodgins, 13, Alabama [Hodgens is her birth surname; she may have been adopted by Homer, as she used the Burcaw name as an adult].
  5. Find a Grave (website). Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Lucille O. Burcaw, born: 1907; died: 2003 (from record). She shares her gravestone with her husband Homer Eugene Burcaw.
  6. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2018/2019, Homer Eugene Burcaw, born: 5 October 1903 in Van Wert, Ohio; first marriage; father: Abraham Lincoln Burcaw; mother: Katherine Phillips; Lucille Olive Hodgens, born: 1 August 1907 in Paulding, Ohio; second marriage; father: Noah De Long; mother: Clara Fought; married on 13 July 1930 in Madison, Indiana.
  7. Indiana Marriages, 1811-2018/2019, Marriage License and Certificate, Herman P. Hodgens, born: 9 June 1900 in Birmingham, Al.; occupation: machinist; father: W. Hodgens, born in Ala., farmer; mother: S. E. Selema, born in Ala.; first marriage; Lucille DeLong, born: 1 August 1907 in Paulding, Ohio; father: Noah DeLong, born in Paulding, Ohio, deceased; mother: Clara Fought, born in Paulding, Ohio, deceased; first marriage; married on 22 March 1926 in Allen County, Indiana.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, E.D. 37-77, Sheet No. 10A, Herman P. Hodgens, 29, Alabama, first married age 25, civil engineer, contractors; wife Lucille Hodgens, 22, Ohio, first married age 18; daughter Bobby J. Hodgens, 3 6/12, Alabama.
  9. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Death Files, Lucille O. Burcaw, died: 26 December 2003; born: 1 August 1907; residence zip code: 49431 [corresponding to Ludington, Michigan].