Family History - Bobby Jean Burcaw (born Bobby Jean
Hodgens)

1. Bobby Jean Burcaw (born Bobby Jean Hodgens),¹ born 27 October 1926 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, the daughter of Herman P. Hodgens and Lucille Olive DeLong;^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} died 22 April 2011.² Bobby married, first, 21 July 1943 in Ottawa County, Ohio, Earl E. Payne¹ (born 1 September 1922 in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, the son of Clark E. Payne and Dorothy Karr;^{1, 6} Earl died 4 June 2006⁶). Bobby married, second, 12 July 1946 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Lew Wallace Loveland¹¹ (born 29 March 1925 in Michigan, the son of Lew W. Loveland and Marion M. Nutting;^{7, 8, 9, 10} Lew died 10 June 1983 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan^{7, 8}). Lew is buried in Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.⁷

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1. Ohio, County Marriages 1789-2013/2016, Ottawa County, License No. 13657, Earl E. Payne, age 20 on 1 September 1942 [so born: 1 September 1922], born in Fremont, Ohio; occupation: sailor; father: Clark E. Payne; mother: Dorothy Karr; Bobbye [sic] Jean Burcaw, age 16 on 27 October 1942 [so born: 27 October 1926], born in Birmingham, Alabama; occupation: telephone operator; father: Homer E. Burcaw; mother: Lucille B. Long; married on 21 July 1943 in Ottawa County, Ohio.
2. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Family Search (website), Bobby Jean Loveland, died: 22 April 2011, Texas; born: 27 October 1926, last residence: Tarant, Texas.
3. 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.
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. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Kalamazoo, E.D. 85-4, Sheet No. 14, Lew W. Loveland, 25, Michigan, lineman, power company; wife Bobby J. Loveland, 23, Alabama; son Michael L. Loveland, 2, Michigan.
6. Find a Grave (website). Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio; Earl E. Payne, born: 1 September 1922; died: 4 June 2006 (from record, which provides the name and link for his [second?] wife).
7. Find a Grave (website). Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Lew Wallace Loveland, Jr., born: 1925; died: 1983 (from record).
8. Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996; Lew W. Loveland, Jr., died: 10 June 1983 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; born: 29 March 1925.
9. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 80-6, Sheet No. 4A-B, Lew W. Loveland, 37, Michigan, first married age 30, truck driver, oil company; wife Marion M. Loveland, 27, Michigan, first married age 20; son Lew W. Loveland, 5, Michigan; daughter Elnior Loveland, 3 2/12, Michigan.
10. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 80-6, Sheet No. 6B-7A, Lew Loveland, 47, Michigan, salesman, tank wagon; wife Merian Loveland, 37, Michigan; son Lew W. Loveland, 15, Michigan; daughter Eleanor Loveland, 13, Michigan.
11. Marriage Announcement, South Haven Daily Tribune, South Haven, Michigan (available at newspaperarchive.com), 12 July 1946, Lew Loveland and Bobby Burcaw, married on 12 July 1946 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
12. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.