Howard Edward MILLER & Marion Louise THOMASON & Mary Catherine FORTUNE

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Howard Edward MILLER
Marion Louise THOMASON
Mary Catherine FORTUNE

Please Note: our subject's second wife, Mary Catherine FORTUNE (b. 1894), is being mixed up with her younger sister, Mary Ann FORTUNE (b. 1903).

Husband: Howard Edward MILLER
Birth: 18 Oct 1906, Lorain, Lorain Co., OH
Death: 25 Mar 1948, Eloise, Wayne Co., MI
Occupation: truck driver
Father: Edward Clinton MILLER
Mother: Sophia A. RENNER

Marriage-1: 24 Jan 1927, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI

Wife-1: Marion Louise THOMASON
Birth: 1912/3, NC
Occupation: homemaker
Residence in 1920: Portsmouth, VA
Location in 1927: Detroit, MI
Residence in 1930: Kansas City, KS
Parents Residence in 1940: Louisville, KY
Father: Arnold Scott THOMASON, b. 21 May 1891, NC
Mother: Ellen L. CARVER, b. ca. 1890, NC

Everything here seems highly implausible, beginning with their movements from NC to VA to MI to KS to KY; that their daughter married at the age of 14 or 15; and that the marriage appears to have been annuled by the time she was 17. Or is there another Louise THOMASON with parents Arnold & Ellen? Which seems all the more implausible.

Marriage-2: 22 Jun 1933, Wood Co., OH; 26 Nov 1938, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
Divorce Granted: 22 Jul 1942, Wayne Co., MI

Wife-2: Mary Catherine FORTUNE
Birth: 7 or 8 Mar 1894, Inverness Dist., NS
Baptism: 9 Mar 1894, St. Andrew's Parish, Judique Dist., Inverness, NS
Death: 19 Jun 1950, Wayne, Wayne Co., MI
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m2. 21 Mar 1947, Wayne, Wayne Co., MI, Clair George SAUNDERS (1892-1962)
Father: Alexander "Alex" FORTUNE
Mother: Margaret "Maggie" McEACHERN

And now we have another inscrutible situation where Howard & Mary appear to have married twice, first in 1933 in Ohio, then second in 1938 in Detroit, then divorced in 1942.

Children of Louise THOMASON:

[The censuses do not show any children by Louise.]

Children of Mary Catherine FORTUNE:

none

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Sources:

1a. Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name Howard E Miller Howard E Miller Clair G Saunders

Times Previously Married one

Race | Age White | 20 White | 32 White | 53

Birth Place Ohio Ohio Smith Creek, MI

Marriage Date 24 Jan 1927 26 Nov 1938 21 Mar 1947

Marriage Place Detroit, Wayne, MI Detroit, Wayne, MI Wayne, Wayne, MI

License County Wayne Wayne Wayne

Residence Place Detroit, MI Wayne, MI Wayne, MI

Father Edward Miller Edward Miller George Saunders

Mother Sophie Renner Sophie Renner Elizabeth Cornell

Spouse Louise Thomason Mary C Fortune Mary C Miller
[Mary C Fortuna]

Times Previously Married one*

Maiden Name "Div."

Spouse Race | Age White | 16 White | 44 White | 52

Spouse Birth Place North Carolina Canada Canada

Spouse Residence Place Detroit, MI Detroit, MI Romulus, MI

Spouse Father Arnold Thomason Alex Fortune Alex Fortuna

Spouse Mother Ellen Carver Margaret McEachern Margaret McEachern

*I think the typist filling out this form was confused (there is an image of this page online at Ancestry.com); it was Howard who was divorced and FORTUNE is Mary's maiden name. If she had been married, before, she would not have been surnamed FORTUNE. That the typist was confused is clearly shown by her putting "Div." in the maiden name field.

1b. Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name Howard E Miller

Age 30

Marriage Date 22 Jun 1933

Marriage Place Wood, Ohio

Father Ed C Miller

Mother Sophia Renner

Spouse Mary C Fortune

Age 30

Spouse's Father Alex Fortune

Spouse's Mother Margaret McEachern

FHL Film # 2367789

1c. Michigan Divorce Records, 1897-1952 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name Howard E Miller

Marriage Date 21 Nov 1938

Marriage Place Michigan

Decree Date 22 Jul 1942

Decree Place Wayne, MI

Spouse Name Mary C Miller

Number of Children 0

Divorce Status Granted

2. 1901 Census of Canada: Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Mary FORTUNE (æ 7, b. 1893, NS) is living in Judique, Inverness, NS (p. 8), with her parents, Alexander FORTUNE (æ 35, b. 1865, NS) & Maggie (æ 30, b. 1870, NS), plus siblings.

3a. 1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Howard E. MILLER (æ 3, b. OH) is living in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI, with his parents (q.v.).

3b. 1911 Census of Canada: Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Mary Cathrine FORTUNE (æ 16, b. Mar 1898, NS) is living in Hillsdale, Inverness, NS (p. 9), with her parents, Alexander FORTUNE (æ 41, b. Jul 1860, NS) & Margarate (æ 38, b. May 1873, NS), plus siblings.

4a. 1920 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Howard MILLER (æ 13, b. OH) is living in Michigan City, La Porte Co., IN, with his parents (q.v.). Louise M. THOMASON (æ 7, b. NC) is living at 165 Jackson Ave. in the independent city of Portsmouth, VA (p. 225A), with her parents, Arnold S. THOMASON (æ 28, b. NC) & Elnor? L. (æ 30, b. NC).

4b. 1921 Census of Canada: Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Can't find Mary Catherine FORTUNE or her parents.

5. 1930 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Howard E. MILLER (æ 23, b. OH) is living in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI, with his parents (q.v.). Marion L. THOMASON (æ 17, b. NC) is living Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS (p. 99A), with her parents, Arnold S. THOMASON (æ 39, b. NC) & Ellen L. (æ 41, b. NC).

6. 1940 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 118): 6039 Manila, Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI, p. 3968A, SN 10A, SD 16, ED 82-188, enumerated 12 Apr 1940, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1940 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1940: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean.

LOC HOUSEHOLD NAME RELATION PERSONAL EDUCATION BIRTHPLACE CIT RESIDENCE in 1935 EMPLOYMENT STATUS FS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

* 6039 191 0 2000 N Miller Howard Head M W 33 M N 8 Ohio Dearborn Wayne Mich N N Y - - 26 Truck Driver Sewer Constr. WPA GW 21 360 N

______ Mary Wife F W 46 M N 2 Canada Eng Al Dearborn Wayne Mich N N N N N H 0 0 N

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8. Michigan Death Records, 1867-1950 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name	`Howard E Miller`	`Mary Catherine Saunders`
Age \| Race	`41 \| White`	`56 \| White`
Marital Status	`Divorced`	`Married`
Birth Date	`18 Oct 1906`	`8 Mar 1894`
Birth Place	`Ohio`	`Canada`
Death Date	`25 Mar 1948`	`19 Jun 1950`
Death Place	`Eloise, Wayne, MI`	`Wayne, Wayne, MI`
Father	`Edward E Miller`	`Alexander Frotune (sic)`
Mother	`Sophia Renner`	`Maggie Mc Eachern`
Film Number	`025335`	`8220 1060`

9. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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