Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyMarlin B. Strong

Parents

FatherFrank Strong ( - )
MotherMargaret Lalonde ( - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 1 March 2021; Last Edited: 1 March 2021 
Person ID10601
NameMarlin B. Strong
GenderMale
Born ca. 1899 in Michigan1, 2, 3
Married 15 January 1927 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan to Helen M. Tefft1
Died 15 January 1974 in Lowell, Kent County, Michigan4
Buried in Graceland Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan4

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyHelen M. Tefft (daughter of John G. Tefft and May Belle Snyder)
Born May 1897 in Michigan
Married 15 January 1927 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan to Marlin B. Strong
  
Children of Marlin B. Strong and Helen M. Tefft:
  
1.FamilyMarlin Jerome Strong
Born ca. 1929 in Michigan
  
2.FamilyThomas Dexter Strong
Born ca. 1933 in Michigan
Married 1 September 1956 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan to Nancy Jean Picard
  

Sources

  1. Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940, Montcalm County, Record Number 6324, Date of License 29 August 1925, Marlin B. Strong, age 26, born in Michigan, track supervisor, father: Frank Strong; mother: Margaret Lalonde; and Helen M. Tefft, age 25, born in Michigan, stenographer, father: John Tefft; mother: May Reed [sic, her maiden name is Snyder and she was only married once; the basis for the surname Reed is unknown]; married on 15 January 1927 in Saginaw [in Saginaw County].
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Saginaw County, Saginaw City, E.D. 73-37, Sheet No. 14A, Marlin B. Strong, 30, Michigan, first married age 25, claim agent, railroad; wife Helen Strong, 31, Michigan, first married age 26; son Marlin J. Strong, 8/12, Michigan; lodger Lucille Haeske, 19, Michigan, seamstress, corset co.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Wayne County, Plymouth City, E.D. 82-1973, Sheet No. 6B, Marlin Strong, 40, Michigan, claim agent, railroad; wife Helen Strong, 40, Michigan; son Marlin J. Strong, 10, Michigan; son Thomas D. Strong, 7, Michigan; mother-in-law Maybelle Tefft, 76, Michigan, widow.
  4. Obituary, Lowell Ledger Suburban Life, Lowell, Michigan (available at archives.kdl.org), 24 January 1974, Page 3, Rites Conducted for Marlin B. Strong, 74, died 15 January. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of his two sons, two step-sons, and two siblings, and interment in Graceland Cemetery.