George is the son of
Alexander McBain (1806-1883), and
his wife Eliza Roberts (1812-1889).
George was the 5th of their
six known children.
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Note: PLEASE, do NOT transfer this
memorial to other web sites.
Thanks, Nancy (Letcher) Heib.
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George's mother Eliza (Roberts) McBain
and George's 1st wife Harriet, are both
listed on the "Old Hamilton Church
Membership Roll, of 1874-1878".
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George's siblings were:
1. John McBain, b. 1833.
2. Joseph McBain, b. 1835.
3. Helen McBain, b. 1840.
4. Franklin McBain, b. 1842.
[George was born in 1849 in IN].
5. Charles McBain, b. 1853 in IN.
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George was married to his first wife
Harriet Ammerman (1854-1905),
the daughter of
Abraham ("Abram") Ammerman and his
wife Mary Jane Vorhes, on Aug. 7, 1871
in New Carlisle, St. Joseph Co. Indiana.
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Note: The children of George and
Harriet McBain, are listed
on the memorial for his
first wife Harriet McBain.
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After his first wife Harriet died in
1905, George was married in 1908, to
his second wife Mrs. Isadora N. (Kizer)
Upham (nicknamed "Dora"), the former
wife of Theodore Albert Upham.
She was the daughter of James Kizer Sr.
and his wife Mary Catherine Ammerman.
(George and Isadora had no children
together).
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Note: Isadora was a cousin of
George's first wife Harriet Ammerman.
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George is buried next to his first
wife Harriet, in the Hamilton
Church Cemetery, next to the (historic)
Hamilton Church, on the corner of
Chigago Trail and Walnut Road, in
Olive Township, in Hamilton, St. Joseph
County Indiana (N.-E. of New Carlisle).
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Also buried here are their son
Lawerence Abram Kenneth McBain and
their daughter Mable Dora and her
husband Arthur Leroy "Roy" Kizer,
with Mable's two infant sons Robert D.
Kizer (1915-1916), and Kenneth K. Kizer
(1925).
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Note:
Abraham and Mary Jane Ammerman
(the parents of his first wife Harriet),
are also buried in this cemetery.
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Isadora is buried next to her first
husband Theodore Albert Upham in the
Oak Grove Cemetery, on Snow Road,
West of Berrien Springs, Berrien Co. MI.
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The following obituary for
George Washington McBain
was published in the
"Niles Daily Star-Sun", newspaper
in Niles, Michigan on
Thursday, Jan. 4, 1923, page 4:
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George Washington McBain died at the
Clark hospital [Clark Equipment Company
hospital in Buchanan, MI] following
an operation for acute appendicitis.
He was born in St. Joseph county, [IN]
Nov. 20, 1849, and died Dec. 31, [1922].
Mr. McBain moved from Hamilton, Ind.,
to Buchanan [MI] five years ago
[about 1917].
He is survived by his widow [Isadora]
and several children. Burial was made
in Hamilton cemetery, Hamilton, Ind.,
Janurary 2.
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The photo is of George Washington
McBain with his granddaughter,
Berniece Landis, the child of
George's daughter Hannah Ann McBain
and her husband James Gordon Landis.
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Note: See the memorials for his first
wife Harriet (Ammerman) McBain,
of Indiana, and his second wife
Isadora (Kizer) Upham-McBain
of Michigan, on this web site.
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Click on the name of this cemetery
(below), to read additional information
on this (historic) Hamilton church
and cemetery.
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