Here are my notes for Lena, from her entry in my family tree file- Rick Waggener:
Lena Jane Wayman was the youngest of three children born to her parents Ambrose Wayman and Charlotte Ann "Lottie" Fuller. Lena was born on September 7, 1892 in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. For the most part Lena spent most of her life living in and around the town of Ionia in Ionia County, Michigan.
Lena married three times. Her first husband was William Harvey Dunham, and she married him on January 9. 1909, in Ionia. One child was born to this marriage, Lena Belle Dunham, on January 6, 1910, also in Ionia. Lena divorced William in about 1916.
On January 6, 1917, she married Frank Ogden, also in Ionia. I am pretty sure that no children were born to Lena and Frank.
I do not know when she divorced Frank, but I do know that on January 23, 1923, she married her third husband, William Cleo Salter, also in Ionia. Lena did not have any children with William either. In January of 1926, Lena gave a disposition in regards to her mother's widows pension request, and Lena describes herself as being the head cook in a restaurant, and living with William Salter in a home outside of Ionia. In the 1930 and 1940 censuses, Lena is listed as being an upholsterer in a furniture factory. I do not know Lena's exact date of death, only that she died in 1957, in Michigan. She is buried with her third husband William Salter in the Tuttle Cemetery in Ionia County, Michigan.
Rick Waggener
============
From the 1900 Federal Census of Gratiot County, Michigan, Sumner Township, page 5B, taken June 7, 1900, household #104; genealogy.com. Lena is listed in the household of her parents:
----- Lena; daughter, female, born- Aug 1892, age- 7, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
===============
From Certificate of Birth of daughter Lena, Michigan Department of health, dated January 14, 1910:
Full maiden name of mother; Lena Wayman
Residence: Ionia
Age: 17
Birthplace: Michigan
Occupation: At home
Number of child of this mother: 1st
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From the 1910 Federal Census of Ionia City, Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan, district 18, sheet 5b, taken- April 20, 1910, household 124; from ancestry.com, image 10 of 33. Lena is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Lena; wife, female, age- 17, married (1st) 1 year, mother of 1 child/ 1 child living, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- none, r/w's
==============
From a listing of Ionia County, Michigan Divorces, compiled and transcribed by Beth Wills; found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~miionia/Iondivd4.html :
***** 1916- Dunham- Lena vs. William; #5889
===============
From Michigan Marriages 1868-1925, posted on-line by the LDS:
Groom name: Frank Ogden
Groom age: 32 years
Groom birth year: 1885
Groom birth place: Emmet Co.
Bride name: Lena Waymon Dunham
Bride age: 24 years
Bride birth year: 1893
Bride birth place: Gratiot Co.
Marriage date: 06 Jan 1917
Marriage place: Ionia, Ionia, Michigan
Father of groom name: Henry Ogden
Mother of groom name: Annie Hattis
Father of bride name: Ambrose Waymon
Mother of bride name: Lottie Ribble
Film number: 2342721
Digital GS number: 4210008
Image number: 88
Reference number: item 2 p 513 rn 4568
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
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From the 1920 Federal Census of Ionia County, Michigan; Orange Township, District #91, page 8A, taken April 30, 1920; from ancestry.com, district #90, image 15 of 16. Lena is living in the home of her second husband, Frank Ogden:
----- Lena J.; wife, female, age- 27, married, r/w's, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- New York, occupation- none
(Also living in the household with Lena and Frank was Ambrose Wayman, Lena's 74 year old father. -RW)
==============
From a Certified Copy of Record of Marriage, State of Michigan, Date of License: January 13, 1923, Record #6455. This is Lena's 3rd marriage:
Bridegroom: William C. Salter
Residence at time of marriage: Ionia, Michigan
Age: 20
Birthplace: St. Johns, Michigan
Occupation: Laborer
Father's Name: Shuble Salter
Mother's Maiden Name: Sarah Fegor
Times Previously Married: No
Bride: Lena J. Ogden
Residence at time of marriage: Ionia, Michigan
Age: 25
Birthplace: Alma, Michigan
Occupation: Cook
Father's Name: Ambrose Wayman
Mother Maiden Name: Lottie Ribble
Times previously married: One (actually it was two)
Maiden name: Lena Wayman
Name and title of person performing marriage: J.C. Taylor, Justice of the Peace
Date of marriage: January 13, 1923
Place of Marriage: Ionia City
Witnesses: Nellie Davis and Leah Williams
===============
I have obtained a copy of the Widow's Pension Application made by Lena's mother Lottie. There were a lot of questions and the Inspector took depositions from a number of people who had information about Lottie, including Lena. Her deposition was taken on January 5, 1926, in Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan. It was apparently given at her house outside of Ionia, where she was living with her husband Cleo Salter. Lena's mother Lottie had apparently been living with them for several months. Some of her statement:
"I am 33 years old, am head cook in a restaurant, am the wife of William C. Salter, a common laborer, and my post office address is Lock Box 216 Ionia, Michigan. I am the daughter of the claimant, Lottie A. Wayman, and the soldier, Ambrose Wayman. I am the youngest child. I have been told that I was born in Gratiot County, near Elm Hall, this state. My father, the soldier, died March 28, 1924 in the City of Ionia at 170 Adams Street and at the time of his death he was living with me and my husband. At that time this claimant was staying with her eldest son in Ionia, I refer to Richard Wayman and he now resides at 325 Johnson street, Ionia, which was the claimant's former address.... I must have been between 14 and 16 years of age when my father and mother separated and at that time they were living outside of Ionia about six miles away from here..."
===============
From the 1930 Federal Census of Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan, district 34-19, sheet 17a, taken April 26, 1930, household 434; from ancestry.com, images 33 of 39. Lena is listed in the household of her 3rd husband:
------ Lena J.; wife/ head, female, age- 38, married, age- 16 at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- Upholsterer/ Factory, wage worker, currently employed
==============
From the 1940 Federal Census of Ionia City, Ionia County, Michigan, district 34-11, district 14b, taken April 24, 1940, address- 228 Yeoman St. Lena is listed in the household of her third husband:
------ Lena; wife, female, age- 47, married, highest grade completed- 7th, residence in 1935- same place, worked last week of March/ 40 hours, occupation- cutting table/ upholstering, worked 17 weeks in 1939, wages and salary- $300
==============
From TUTTLE Cemetery Records - Ionia Township - Ionia, Michigan; Located on Kelsey Highway west of M-66; Copyright © 1997 by Beth Ellen Wills; found on-line at- http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/ionia1/tuttle.txt:
Salter, Lena J. 1892 1957
Salter, William C. 1902 1953
(Lena is buried with her third husband. -RW)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lena Jane Wayman was the youngest of three children born to her parents Ambrose Wayman and Charlotte Ann "Lottie" Fuller. Lena was born on September 7, 1892 in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. For the most part Lena spent most of her life living in and around the town of Ionia in Ionia County, Michigan.
Lena married three times. Her first husband was William Harvey Dunham, and she married him on January 9. 1909, in Ionia. One child was born to this marriage, Lena Belle Dunham, on January 6, 1910, also in Ionia. Lena divorced William in about 1916.
On January 6, 1917, she married Frank Ogden, also in Ionia. I am pretty sure that no children were born to Lena and Frank.
I do not know when she divorced Frank, but I do know that on January 23, 1923, she married her third husband, William Cleo Salter, also in Ionia. Lena did not have any children with William either. In January of 1926, Lena gave a disposition in regards to her mother's widows pension request, and Lena describes herself as being the head cook in a restaurant, and living with William Salter in a home outside of Ionia. In the 1930 and 1940 censuses, Lena is listed as being an upholsterer in a furniture factory. I do not know Lena's exact date of death, only that she died in 1957, in Michigan. She is buried with her third husband William Salter in the Tuttle Cemetery in Ionia County, Michigan.
Rick Waggener
============
From the 1900 Federal Census of Gratiot County, Michigan, Sumner Township, page 5B, taken June 7, 1900, household #104; genealogy.com. Lena is listed in the household of her parents:
----- Lena; daughter, female, born- Aug 1892, age- 7, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
===============
From Certificate of Birth of daughter Lena, Michigan Department of health, dated January 14, 1910:
Full maiden name of mother; Lena Wayman
Residence: Ionia
Age: 17
Birthplace: Michigan
Occupation: At home
Number of child of this mother: 1st
================
From the 1910 Federal Census of Ionia City, Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan, district 18, sheet 5b, taken- April 20, 1910, household 124; from ancestry.com, image 10 of 33. Lena is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Lena; wife, female, age- 17, married (1st) 1 year, mother of 1 child/ 1 child living, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- none, r/w's
==============
From a listing of Ionia County, Michigan Divorces, compiled and transcribed by Beth Wills; found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~miionia/Iondivd4.html :
***** 1916- Dunham- Lena vs. William; #5889
===============
From Michigan Marriages 1868-1925, posted on-line by the LDS:
Groom name: Frank Ogden
Groom age: 32 years
Groom birth year: 1885
Groom birth place: Emmet Co.
Bride name: Lena Waymon Dunham
Bride age: 24 years
Bride birth year: 1893
Bride birth place: Gratiot Co.
Marriage date: 06 Jan 1917
Marriage place: Ionia, Ionia, Michigan
Father of groom name: Henry Ogden
Mother of groom name: Annie Hattis
Father of bride name: Ambrose Waymon
Mother of bride name: Lottie Ribble
Film number: 2342721
Digital GS number: 4210008
Image number: 88
Reference number: item 2 p 513 rn 4568
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
==============
From the 1920 Federal Census of Ionia County, Michigan; Orange Township, District #91, page 8A, taken April 30, 1920; from ancestry.com, district #90, image 15 of 16. Lena is living in the home of her second husband, Frank Ogden:
----- Lena J.; wife, female, age- 27, married, r/w's, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- New York, occupation- none
(Also living in the household with Lena and Frank was Ambrose Wayman, Lena's 74 year old father. -RW)
==============
From a Certified Copy of Record of Marriage, State of Michigan, Date of License: January 13, 1923, Record #6455. This is Lena's 3rd marriage:
Bridegroom: William C. Salter
Residence at time of marriage: Ionia, Michigan
Age: 20
Birthplace: St. Johns, Michigan
Occupation: Laborer
Father's Name: Shuble Salter
Mother's Maiden Name: Sarah Fegor
Times Previously Married: No
Bride: Lena J. Ogden
Residence at time of marriage: Ionia, Michigan
Age: 25
Birthplace: Alma, Michigan
Occupation: Cook
Father's Name: Ambrose Wayman
Mother Maiden Name: Lottie Ribble
Times previously married: One (actually it was two)
Maiden name: Lena Wayman
Name and title of person performing marriage: J.C. Taylor, Justice of the Peace
Date of marriage: January 13, 1923
Place of Marriage: Ionia City
Witnesses: Nellie Davis and Leah Williams
===============
I have obtained a copy of the Widow's Pension Application made by Lena's mother Lottie. There were a lot of questions and the Inspector took depositions from a number of people who had information about Lottie, including Lena. Her deposition was taken on January 5, 1926, in Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan. It was apparently given at her house outside of Ionia, where she was living with her husband Cleo Salter. Lena's mother Lottie had apparently been living with them for several months. Some of her statement:
"I am 33 years old, am head cook in a restaurant, am the wife of William C. Salter, a common laborer, and my post office address is Lock Box 216 Ionia, Michigan. I am the daughter of the claimant, Lottie A. Wayman, and the soldier, Ambrose Wayman. I am the youngest child. I have been told that I was born in Gratiot County, near Elm Hall, this state. My father, the soldier, died March 28, 1924 in the City of Ionia at 170 Adams Street and at the time of his death he was living with me and my husband. At that time this claimant was staying with her eldest son in Ionia, I refer to Richard Wayman and he now resides at 325 Johnson street, Ionia, which was the claimant's former address.... I must have been between 14 and 16 years of age when my father and mother separated and at that time they were living outside of Ionia about six miles away from here..."
===============
From the 1930 Federal Census of Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan, district 34-19, sheet 17a, taken April 26, 1930, household 434; from ancestry.com, images 33 of 39. Lena is listed in the household of her 3rd husband:
------ Lena J.; wife/ head, female, age- 38, married, age- 16 at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- Upholsterer/ Factory, wage worker, currently employed
==============
From the 1940 Federal Census of Ionia City, Ionia County, Michigan, district 34-11, district 14b, taken April 24, 1940, address- 228 Yeoman St. Lena is listed in the household of her third husband:
------ Lena; wife, female, age- 47, married, highest grade completed- 7th, residence in 1935- same place, worked last week of March/ 40 hours, occupation- cutting table/ upholstering, worked 17 weeks in 1939, wages and salary- $300
==============
From TUTTLE Cemetery Records - Ionia Township - Ionia, Michigan; Located on Kelsey Highway west of M-66; Copyright © 1997 by Beth Ellen Wills; found on-line at- http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/ionia1/tuttle.txt:
Salter, Lena J. 1892 1957
Salter, William C. 1902 1953
(Lena is buried with her third husband. -RW)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here are my notes for Lena, from her entry in my family tree file- Rick Waggener:
Lena Jane Wayman was the youngest of three children born to her parents Ambrose Wayman and Charlotte Ann "Lottie" Fuller. Lena was born on September 7, 1892 in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. For the most part Lena spent most of her life living in and around the town of Ionia in Ionia County, Michigan.
Lena married three times. Her first husband was William Harvey Dunham, and she married him on January 9. 1909, in Ionia. One child was born to this marriage, Lena Belle Dunham, on January 6, 1910, also in Ionia. Lena divorced William in about 1916.
On January 6, 1917, she married Frank Ogden, also in Ionia. I am pretty sure that no children were born to Lena and Frank.
I do not know when she divorced Frank, but I do know that on January 23, 1923, she married her third husband, William Cleo Salter, also in Ionia. Lena did not have any children with William either. In January of 1926, Lena gave a disposition in regards to her mother's widows pension request, and Lena describes herself as being the head cook in a restaurant, and living with William Salter in a home outside of Ionia. In the 1930 and 1940 censuses, Lena is listed as being an upholsterer in a furniture factory. I do not know Lena's exact date of death, only that she died in 1957, in Michigan. She is buried with her third husband William Salter in the Tuttle Cemetery in Ionia County, Michigan.
Rick Waggener
============
From the 1900 Federal Census of Gratiot County, Michigan, Sumner Township, page 5B, taken June 7, 1900, household #104; genealogy.com. Lena is listed in the household of her parents:
----- Lena; daughter, female, born- Aug 1892, age- 7, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
===============
From Certificate of Birth of daughter Lena, Michigan Department of health, dated January 14, 1910:
Full maiden name of mother; Lena Wayman
Residence: Ionia
Age: 17
Birthplace: Michigan
Occupation: At home
Number of child of this mother: 1st
================
From the 1910 Federal Census of Ionia City, Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan, district 18, sheet 5b, taken- April 20, 1910, household 124; from ancestry.com, image 10 of 33. Lena is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Lena; wife, female, age- 17, married (1st) 1 year, mother of 1 child/ 1 child living, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- none, r/w's
==============
From a listing of Ionia County, Michigan Divorces, compiled and transcribed by Beth Wills; found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~miionia/Iondivd4.html :
***** 1916- Dunham- Lena vs. William; #5889
===============
From Michigan Marriages 1868-1925, posted on-line by the LDS:
Groom name: Frank Ogden
Groom age: 32 years
Groom birth year: 1885
Groom birth place: Emmet Co.
Bride name: Lena Waymon Dunham
Bride age: 24 years
Bride birth year: 1893
Bride birth place: Gratiot Co.
Marriage date: 06 Jan 1917
Marriage place: Ionia, Ionia, Michigan
Father of groom name: Henry Ogden
Mother of groom name: Annie Hattis
Father of bride name: Ambrose Waymon
Mother of bride name: Lottie Ribble
Film number: 2342721
Digital GS number: 4210008
Image number: 88
Reference number: item 2 p 513 rn 4568
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
==============
From the 1920 Federal Census of Ionia County, Michigan; Orange Township, District #91, page 8A, taken April 30, 1920; from ancestry.com, district #90, image 15 of 16. Lena is living in the home of her second husband, Frank Ogden:
----- Lena J.; wife, female, age- 27, married, r/w's, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- New York, occupation- none
(Also living in the household with Lena and Frank was Ambrose Wayman, Lena's 74 year old father. -RW)
==============
From a Certified Copy of Record of Marriage, State of Michigan, Date of License: January 13, 1923, Record #6455. This is Lena's 3rd marriage:
Bridegroom: William C. Salter
Residence at time of marriage: Ionia, Michigan
Age: 20
Birthplace: St. Johns, Michigan
Occupation: Laborer
Father's Name: Shuble Salter
Mother's Maiden Name: Sarah Fegor
Times Previously Married: No
Bride: Lena J. Ogden
Residence at time of marriage: Ionia, Michigan
Age: 25
Birthplace: Alma, Michigan
Occupation: Cook
Father's Name: Ambrose Wayman
Mother Maiden Name: Lottie Ribble
Times previously married: One (actually it was two)
Maiden name: Lena Wayman
Name and title of person performing marriage: J.C. Taylor, Justice of the Peace
Date of marriage: January 13, 1923
Place of Marriage: Ionia City
Witnesses: Nellie Davis and Leah Williams
===============
I have obtained a copy of the Widow's Pension Application made by Lena's mother Lottie. There were a lot of questions and the Inspector took depositions from a number of people who had information about Lottie, including Lena. Her deposition was taken on January 5, 1926, in Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan. It was apparently given at her house outside of Ionia, where she was living with her husband Cleo Salter. Lena's mother Lottie had apparently been living with them for several months. Some of her statement:
"I am 33 years old, am head cook in a restaurant, am the wife of William C. Salter, a common laborer, and my post office address is Lock Box 216 Ionia, Michigan. I am the daughter of the claimant, Lottie A. Wayman, and the soldier, Ambrose Wayman. I am the youngest child. I have been told that I was born in Gratiot County, near Elm Hall, this state. My father, the soldier, died March 28, 1924 in the City of Ionia at 170 Adams Street and at the time of his death he was living with me and my husband. At that time this claimant was staying with her eldest son in Ionia, I refer to Richard Wayman and he now resides at 325 Johnson street, Ionia, which was the claimant's former address.... I must have been between 14 and 16 years of age when my father and mother separated and at that time they were living outside of Ionia about six miles away from here..."
===============
From the 1930 Federal Census of Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan, district 34-19, sheet 17a, taken April 26, 1930, household 434; from ancestry.com, images 33 of 39. Lena is listed in the household of her 3rd husband:
------ Lena J.; wife/ head, female, age- 38, married, age- 16 at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- Upholsterer/ Factory, wage worker, currently employed
==============
From the 1940 Federal Census of Ionia City, Ionia County, Michigan, district 34-11, district 14b, taken April 24, 1940, address- 228 Yeoman St. Lena is listed in the household of her third husband:
------ Lena; wife, female, age- 47, married, highest grade completed- 7th, residence in 1935- same place, worked last week of March/ 40 hours, occupation- cutting table/ upholstering, worked 17 weeks in 1939, wages and salary- $300
==============
From TUTTLE Cemetery Records - Ionia Township - Ionia, Michigan; Located on Kelsey Highway west of M-66; Copyright © 1997 by Beth Ellen Wills; found on-line at- http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/ionia1/tuttle.txt:
Salter, Lena J. 1892 1957
Salter, William C. 1902 1953
(Lena is buried with her third husband. -RW)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lena Jane Wayman was the youngest of three children born to her parents Ambrose Wayman and Charlotte Ann "Lottie" Fuller. Lena was born on September 7, 1892 in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. For the most part Lena spent most of her life living in and around the town of Ionia in Ionia County, Michigan.
Lena married three times. Her first husband was William Harvey Dunham, and she married him on January 9. 1909, in Ionia. One child was born to this marriage, Lena Belle Dunham, on January 6, 1910, also in Ionia. Lena divorced William in about 1916.
On January 6, 1917, she married Frank Ogden, also in Ionia. I am pretty sure that no children were born to Lena and Frank.
I do not know when she divorced Frank, but I do know that on January 23, 1923, she married her third husband, William Cleo Salter, also in Ionia. Lena did not have any children with William either. In January of 1926, Lena gave a disposition in regards to her mother's widows pension request, and Lena describes herself as being the head cook in a restaurant, and living with William Salter in a home outside of Ionia. In the 1930 and 1940 censuses, Lena is listed as being an upholsterer in a furniture factory. I do not know Lena's exact date of death, only that she died in 1957, in Michigan. She is buried with her third husband William Salter in the Tuttle Cemetery in Ionia County, Michigan.
Rick Waggener
============
From the 1900 Federal Census of Gratiot County, Michigan, Sumner Township, page 5B, taken June 7, 1900, household #104; genealogy.com. Lena is listed in the household of her parents:
----- Lena; daughter, female, born- Aug 1892, age- 7, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
===============
From Certificate of Birth of daughter Lena, Michigan Department of health, dated January 14, 1910:
Full maiden name of mother; Lena Wayman
Residence: Ionia
Age: 17
Birthplace: Michigan
Occupation: At home
Number of child of this mother: 1st
================
From the 1910 Federal Census of Ionia City, Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan, district 18, sheet 5b, taken- April 20, 1910, household 124; from ancestry.com, image 10 of 33. Lena is listed in the household of her husband:
------ Lena; wife, female, age- 17, married (1st) 1 year, mother of 1 child/ 1 child living, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- none, r/w's
==============
From a listing of Ionia County, Michigan Divorces, compiled and transcribed by Beth Wills; found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~miionia/Iondivd4.html :
***** 1916- Dunham- Lena vs. William; #5889
===============
From Michigan Marriages 1868-1925, posted on-line by the LDS:
Groom name: Frank Ogden
Groom age: 32 years
Groom birth year: 1885
Groom birth place: Emmet Co.
Bride name: Lena Waymon Dunham
Bride age: 24 years
Bride birth year: 1893
Bride birth place: Gratiot Co.
Marriage date: 06 Jan 1917
Marriage place: Ionia, Ionia, Michigan
Father of groom name: Henry Ogden
Mother of groom name: Annie Hattis
Father of bride name: Ambrose Waymon
Mother of bride name: Lottie Ribble
Film number: 2342721
Digital GS number: 4210008
Image number: 88
Reference number: item 2 p 513 rn 4568
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
==============
From the 1920 Federal Census of Ionia County, Michigan; Orange Township, District #91, page 8A, taken April 30, 1920; from ancestry.com, district #90, image 15 of 16. Lena is living in the home of her second husband, Frank Ogden:
----- Lena J.; wife, female, age- 27, married, r/w's, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- New York, occupation- none
(Also living in the household with Lena and Frank was Ambrose Wayman, Lena's 74 year old father. -RW)
==============
From a Certified Copy of Record of Marriage, State of Michigan, Date of License: January 13, 1923, Record #6455. This is Lena's 3rd marriage:
Bridegroom: William C. Salter
Residence at time of marriage: Ionia, Michigan
Age: 20
Birthplace: St. Johns, Michigan
Occupation: Laborer
Father's Name: Shuble Salter
Mother's Maiden Name: Sarah Fegor
Times Previously Married: No
Bride: Lena J. Ogden
Residence at time of marriage: Ionia, Michigan
Age: 25
Birthplace: Alma, Michigan
Occupation: Cook
Father's Name: Ambrose Wayman
Mother Maiden Name: Lottie Ribble
Times previously married: One (actually it was two)
Maiden name: Lena Wayman
Name and title of person performing marriage: J.C. Taylor, Justice of the Peace
Date of marriage: January 13, 1923
Place of Marriage: Ionia City
Witnesses: Nellie Davis and Leah Williams
===============
I have obtained a copy of the Widow's Pension Application made by Lena's mother Lottie. There were a lot of questions and the Inspector took depositions from a number of people who had information about Lottie, including Lena. Her deposition was taken on January 5, 1926, in Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan. It was apparently given at her house outside of Ionia, where she was living with her husband Cleo Salter. Lena's mother Lottie had apparently been living with them for several months. Some of her statement:
"I am 33 years old, am head cook in a restaurant, am the wife of William C. Salter, a common laborer, and my post office address is Lock Box 216 Ionia, Michigan. I am the daughter of the claimant, Lottie A. Wayman, and the soldier, Ambrose Wayman. I am the youngest child. I have been told that I was born in Gratiot County, near Elm Hall, this state. My father, the soldier, died March 28, 1924 in the City of Ionia at 170 Adams Street and at the time of his death he was living with me and my husband. At that time this claimant was staying with her eldest son in Ionia, I refer to Richard Wayman and he now resides at 325 Johnson street, Ionia, which was the claimant's former address.... I must have been between 14 and 16 years of age when my father and mother separated and at that time they were living outside of Ionia about six miles away from here..."
===============
From the 1930 Federal Census of Ionia Township, Ionia County, Michigan, district 34-19, sheet 17a, taken April 26, 1930, household 434; from ancestry.com, images 33 of 39. Lena is listed in the household of her 3rd husband:
------ Lena J.; wife/ head, female, age- 38, married, age- 16 at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- Upholsterer/ Factory, wage worker, currently employed
==============
From the 1940 Federal Census of Ionia City, Ionia County, Michigan, district 34-11, district 14b, taken April 24, 1940, address- 228 Yeoman St. Lena is listed in the household of her third husband:
------ Lena; wife, female, age- 47, married, highest grade completed- 7th, residence in 1935- same place, worked last week of March/ 40 hours, occupation- cutting table/ upholstering, worked 17 weeks in 1939, wages and salary- $300
==============
From TUTTLE Cemetery Records - Ionia Township - Ionia, Michigan; Located on Kelsey Highway west of M-66; Copyright © 1997 by Beth Ellen Wills; found on-line at- http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/ionia1/tuttle.txt:
Salter, Lena J. 1892 1957
Salter, William C. 1902 1953
(Lena is buried with her third husband. -RW)
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