192. Anthony Frank Snoblen twin
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His twin brother died at birth.
MARRIAGE: Vol. 5; pg. 70; #934; Lapeer Co., MI.
DEATH: Book HH; p. 383; Lapeer Co., MI.
BURIAL: SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery
OCCUPATION: Farmer
married SS. Peter and Paul Church. Buried, SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery,
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Buried at SS. Peter and Paul cemetery.
BURIAL: SS. Peter and Paul cemetery.
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BIRTH: From North Branch Quasquicentennial Book.
BIRTH: Book 5; p. 311; Lapeer Co., MI.
MARRIAGE: From North Branch Quasquicentennial Book.
DEATH: From North Branch Quasquicentennial Book.
BURIAL: SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery.
Buried at SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery.
195. Margaret Schnoblen
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BIRTH: Book 4; p. 5; record #6274; Lapeer Co., MI.
196. Ann Snoblen
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BIRTH: Vol. 4; p. 251; record #9974; Lapeer Co., MI.
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Clement Grobbel was the first Police Chief for the City of Center Line. He was appointed to that position on 31 March 1936 and resigned on 25 May 1937, at which time he was appointed Water Superintendant. He served in that capacity until he retired on 3 March 1956.
1930 US Census:
On April 7, 1930, John R. Bentley and his sons John Jr. and Edward were living together in an apartment building at 9920 Harper, which was on the block between Gratiot Ave. and Cadillac Blvd. on Detroit's neareast side in Ward 19. John Sr. paid $60 for the monthly apartment rent and owned a radio set.
John Sr. (age 49) was employed as an Streetcar Inspector for the Detroit Street Railways and his son John Jr. (age 19) was a Yardman for the same employer. They lived less than a block from the DSR's Gratiot Carhouse at Gratiot and Harper (closed in 1954) and less than a mile from the DSR Carhouse (built in 1921) which was located at the corner of Shoemaker and St. Jean, so it is highly likely that they worked out of one or the other of these two places. [source: http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/91697/112384.html]
Edward, (age 17) was not employed and there were no others living with them at that time. Edward had not attended school at all since thepreceding September.
John Sr. was born in New York state and at age 22, he had married a woman who had been born in Michigan. Both sons had been born in Michigan.
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1920 US Census:On January 7, 1920, John Bentley (age 38) and his wife Francis (sic) (age 37) were living in a rented downstairs flat at 1293 Belvidere, which was one block north of Jefferson Ave. and four blocks west of Cadillac Blvd. on Detroit's lower east side in Ward 19 (just west of Waterworks Park).
Frances was born in Michigan, as were both of her parents.
Living with them were their sons James (12), John Jr. (9) and Edward (7), all of whom were born in Michigan and had been recently attendingschool.
John Sr. was employed as a "foreman" at the "Car Barns" of one of thepredecessors of the Detroit Street Railways, which bought out Detroit's private streetcar companies in 1921-1922. Their home on Belvidere was located about one mile from each of the following:
a) Concord Carhouse (Kercheval at Concord, closed 1932)
b) Kercheval Carhouse (St. Jean at Kercheval, closed 1928)
c) East Jefferson Carhouse (St. Jean and Jefferson, closed 1951).
[source: http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/6790/63968.html]The same census sheet show that living together in the upstairs rental flat at 1293 1/2 Belvidere was the family of James (42) and Abbie (36) Bentley. They had three children: James (8), Elmore (6) and Alice(5). James the elder was a "Molder" in a "Foundry" and was born in New York state as were his parents. His wife and children were all born in Michigan, as were Abbie's parents.
-----------------------Based on the information he gave to the 1930 and 1920 census takers, John Bentley Sr. was probably born sometime between Jan. 7 and April 7, 1881 in the state of New York.
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1910 US Census:On April 20, 1910, John R. Bentley (age 27) and his wife Frances (age27) were living at 737 Monroe St., a four-unit apartment building near the corner of Joseph Campau, in Ward 11, just east of downtown Detroit. John's occupation is identified as "Electrician" for the "StreetCar Company".
At that time, Monroe Street extended east from downtown all the way to Elmwood Cemetery and it was the fifth street as you went north on Joseph Campau from Jefferson. Detroit's street address numbering system was totally revised in 1920 and then in the late 1950s this area underwent "urban renewal", so the 737 Monroe St. address would have beenseveral hundred feet southeast of present-day 2799 Macomb St.
By April 1910, John and Frances had been married for 7 years and she had given birth to three children, with James L. (2) being the only one to have survived.
In the Ancestry.com index of the 1910 US Census, John R. Bentley is listed as "John R. Bantley" and "John R. Bently" and James L Bentley islisted as "James L. Bantley" and "James L. Bently".
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1900 US Census:On June 6, 1900, John R. Bentley (age 18, born July 1881 in New York)was living at 933 Larned St. near the corner of Mt. Elliott Ave., in Ward 13, just east of downtown Detroit. John's occupation is identified as "Pedler" (sic).
John was living with his parents, Elmore Bentley (occupation: Brass Molder, age 49, born Aug. 1850 in Ohio) and his wife Mary J. (age 47, born May 1852 in New York), who had been married for 30 years. Elmore's father was born in Ohio and his mother was born in England. Mary'sfather was born in New York and her mother was born in Ireland. Mary had given birth to 12 children, 10 of whom were still living.
The 1900 census record indicates that 9 of their children were livingwith them at that time:
1) Catherine F, b. Aug 1876 in NY, 23, single
2) James, M, b. Feb 1877 in NY, 23, single
3) John, M, b. July 1881 in NY, 18, single,
4) Sarah, F, b. March 1882 in NY, 18, single
5) Elmore, M, April 1884 in NY, 16, single
6) William, M, b. Oct 1887 in NY, 12, single
7) Gertrude, F, b. Oct 1890 in NY, 9, single
8) Margaret, F, b. Feb 1892 in MI, 8, single
9) Edward, M, b. Nov 1896 in MI, 5, singleThe children's birth locations suggest that Elmore and Mary moved their family from New York to Michigan sometime between Oct 1890 and Feb 1892.
This census record also indicates that a boarder lived with them by the name of Isaac Moore. The census taker's handwriting suggests something different for Isaac's last name, but if you study his handwritingon the third line down from his (----- Albert, Boarder), you will seethat the "er" in Albert and the "e" in Boarder are written like the last two letters in Isaac's surname. Isaac was born in March 1875 and was 25 years old single man with a listed occupation of "Lumber man".He was born in New York as was his father, while his mother was born in Ireland. This suggests that he could possibly be related to Mary.
Searching in the 1900 US Census for Frances Miles, the future wife ofJohn R. Bentley Sr., we find her living at home with her parents andsiblings, including James L. Bentley's future wife, Abbie!
James Miles (age 57, born Aug 1843 in Michigan, both parents born in Ireland) and his wife, Abbie (age 51, born April 1849 in Michigan, both parents born in Germany) resided at 668 Woodbridge, just east of Joseph Campau and less than six blocks away from the Bentley family. Abbie had given birth to 10 children, all of whom were still living.
The 1900 census record indicates that 6 of their children were livingwith them at that time:
1) Bernad (sic, Bernard?), M, b. Feb 1875 in MI, 25, single
2) Francis (sic), F, b. Oct 1881 in MI, 18, single
3) Abbie, F, b. Oct 1883 in MI, 16, single
4) John W., M, b. Apr 1886 in MI, 14, single
5) Henry J., M, May 1888 in MI, 12, single
6) Charles E., M, b. Jan 1894 in MI, 6, single
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1890 US Census:The records for this census were lost and only fragments survive. Noinformation is available at Ancestry.com on any Bentley surnames (or variants) that match this family.
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1880 US Census:On June 14, 1880, Elmer (sic) (age 29) and Mary (age 27) Bently (sic)were residing in Brockport, Monroe County, New York, which is about 15 miles west of the city of Rochester. Elmer's occupation is given as "Blacksmith" Four children are listed as living with them, along with one boarder:
1) Annie, F, 10 yrs., daughter, single
2) Mary, F, 8 yrs., daughter, single
3) Rate (sic), F, 4 yrs., daughter, single
4) James, M, 3 yrs., son, single
5) Ella Moore, F, 21 yrs., sister, single, born in NY as were both parentsIsaac F. Moore (age 5) appears in the 1880 US Census living with his parents John (29) and Harriet (21) in Elmira, Chemung County, New York(about 80 miles to the southeast of Brockport). Siblings include AsaB.(M, 6 yrs.), William F. (M, 1 yr.) and Elroy (M, 2 months). John was born in New York as were both his parents.
From all of this it would appear that Mary and Ella Moore were the sisters of John Moore and that Isaac was residing with his Aunt Mary in Detroit. at the time of the 1900 US Census. The only discrepancy is that in 1900 Isaac indicated his mother was born in Ireland while in 1880, Harriet is shown as having been born in New York.