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Lucy Crapo “Lulu” <I>Orrell</I> Eddy

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Lucy Crapo “Lulu” Orrell Eddy

Birth
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, USA
Death
22 Aug 1931 (aged 67)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.0080795, Longitude: -83.7221527
Plot
Block R Lot 15
Memorial ID
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Arthur Jerome Eddy married Lucy "Lulu" Crapo Orrell on June 3, 1890 in Genesee Co., MI. He was 30 ans she was 25. Her parents were John Orrell and Mary Crapo Orrell. She was a granddaughter of Michigan Governor Henry H. Crapo and cousin of the founder of General Motors, William Crapo Durant. Their son, Jerome Orrell Eddy, was born May 12, 1891 and died December 28, 1951.

The family lived at 4152 N. Sheridan in Chicago, Illinois.

The family maintained a second home in Pasadena designed by Frederick Roehrig in 1905. The house was cited as "the most complete example of the California (Southern Californian) interpretation of Arts and Crafts principles." William Le Baron Jenney wrote an article, "A Remarkable Dwelling," about the Eddy House in the May 1906 Inland Architect and News Record. An article about the house was published in The Craftsman magazine. The house was "one of the most important bungalow designs of the period, strongly influencing later ranch style houses throughout California and later the United States." The Pasadena house was torn down in 1973.
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Some of the above data courtesy of contributor # 46830270.

Sources:

MI Marriages
Bk 1887-1889 Vol 6 pg65

1900 MI census
Arthur Jerome Eddy married Lucy "Lulu" Crapo Orrell on June 3, 1890 in Genesee Co., MI. He was 30 ans she was 25. Her parents were John Orrell and Mary Crapo Orrell. She was a granddaughter of Michigan Governor Henry H. Crapo and cousin of the founder of General Motors, William Crapo Durant. Their son, Jerome Orrell Eddy, was born May 12, 1891 and died December 28, 1951.

The family lived at 4152 N. Sheridan in Chicago, Illinois.

The family maintained a second home in Pasadena designed by Frederick Roehrig in 1905. The house was cited as "the most complete example of the California (Southern Californian) interpretation of Arts and Crafts principles." William Le Baron Jenney wrote an article, "A Remarkable Dwelling," about the Eddy House in the May 1906 Inland Architect and News Record. An article about the house was published in The Craftsman magazine. The house was "one of the most important bungalow designs of the period, strongly influencing later ranch style houses throughout California and later the United States." The Pasadena house was torn down in 1973.
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Some of the above data courtesy of contributor # 46830270.

Sources:

MI Marriages
Bk 1887-1889 Vol 6 pg65

1900 MI census


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