Gazlay Family History
Jennie Maude Buschick
Parents
| Father | August Ferdinand Buschick ( - ) |
| Mother | Susan A. Fowler ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 21 May 2023; Last Edited: 30 May 2023 |
| Person ID | 14243 |
| Name | Jennie Maude Buschick |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 30 October 1871 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Married | 13 July 1895 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan to James Swift Crippen2 |
| Died | 4 July 1940 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan1, 3 |
| Buried | in Oakwood Cemetery, Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  James Swift Crippen (son of Nelson W. Crippen and Eleanor Swift) |
| Born | 9 February 1871 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Married | 13 July 1895 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan to Jennie Maude Buschick |
| Died | 4 June 1948 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan |
| Children | of Jennie Maude Buschick and James Swift Crippen: |
| 1. | Edwin E. Crippin |
| Born | 2 December 1895 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan |
| Died | 27 May 1902 in Worth, Cook County, Illinois |
| +2. | James Nelson Crippin |
| Born | 9 August 1898 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 20 May 1920 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan to Gladys Marie Bennett |
| Died | 31 July 1963 in Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana |
| +3. | Charles August Crippen |
| Born | 14 June 1900 in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 2 July 1919 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan to Zada Lake |
| Married | to Beulah B. Bennett |
| Died | 28 August 1990 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan |
| 4. | (daughter) Crippen |
| Born | 31 October 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| +5. | Elmer Franklin Crippen |
| Born | 31 October 1902 in Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 3 October 1925 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan to Bonnie Blanche Norton |
| Died | 24 October 1990 in Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan |
| 6. | Lester Thomas Crippen |
| Born | 12 May 1904 in Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 11 August 1940 in Lucas County, Ohio to Nora May Ball (née Kinney) |
| Died | 12 August 1965 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan |
| 7. | Irving Lewis ‘Brother Doc’ Crippen |
| Born | 1906 in Michigan |
| Married | 1947 to Pearl M. _____ |
| Died | 4 June 1953 |
| 8. | August Delbert Crippin |
| Born | 23 April 1913 in Michigan |
| Married | 4 December 1938 to Mary Edna Johnson |
| Died | September 1976 |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, Jennie Maude Buschick Crippin, born: 30 October 1871; died: 7 April 1940 [sic, she died on 4 July per her gravestone and death record, not 7 April, which is a mis-interpretation of 7/4/1940] (from record, which include a note that the family gravesite consists of 12 graves; and provides the names and links for her parents, seven siblings, husband and four children).
- Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, James S. Crippin, age 24, born in Buchanan [Michigan], occupation: moulder; father: Nelson Crippin; mother: Elenor N. Swift; Jennie Buschick, age 23, born in Chicago, occupation: seamstress; father: August Buschick; mother: Susan Fowler; married on 13 July 1895 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan.
- Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952. Jennie Crippei, died: 4 July 1940 in Battle Creek, Calhoun [County], Michigan; born: 30 October 1870 in Chicago, Illinois; father: August Bushick; mother: Susan Cornell.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Illinois, Cook County, Thornton Township, E.D. 1190, Sheet No. 6B, James Crippin, 29, Michigan, Feb. 1871, iron moulder; wife of 5 years Jennie Crippin, 28, Illinois, Oct. 1871, 2 children, 2 living; son Edwin Crippin, 4, Michigan, Dec. 1895; son James Crippin, 1, Illinois, Aug. 1898; mother-in-law Susan Buschick, 59, New York, Mar. 1841, widow, 1 child, 1 living.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Allegan County, Allegan, E.D. 3, Sheet No. 11A, James S. Crippen, 39, Michigan, farmer, general farm; wife of 15 years Jennie M. Crippen, 38, Illinois, 6 children, 5 living; son James N. Crippen, 11, Illinois; son Charles A. Crippen, 9, Illinois; son Elmer F. Crippen, 7, Illinois; son Thomas L. Crippen, 6, Illinois; son Irving L. Crippen, 3, Michigan; mother-in-law Susan A. Buschick, 69, New York, widow, 8 children, 2 living.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Calhoun County, Battle Creek, E.D. 39, Sheet No. 2A, James Crippin, 48, Michigan, moulder, foundry; wife Jennie Crippin, 48, Illinois; son James Crippin, 21, Illinois, brick work, foundry; son Elmer Crippin, 17, Illinois, food factory; son Lester Crippin, 15, Illinois; son Irving Crippin, 13, Michigan; August Crippin, 6, Michigan.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Calhoun County, Battle Creek, E.D. 13-13, Sheet No. 3B, Jennie M. Crippin, 58, Illinois, first married age 23; son Lester T. Crippin, 26, Illinois, machine-tender, paper-mill.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Calhoun County, Battle Creek, E.D. 13-14, Sheet No. 2B, Lester Crippin, 36, Illinois, machine tender, paper mill; mother Jennie Crippin, 68, Illinois, widow; lodger Elenora Ball, 31, Michigan, divorced, packer, food factory; lodgers son Meldin Ball, 12, Michigan.