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Edwin Jerome Canfield

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Edwin Jerome Canfield

Birth
Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Death
8 Mar 1934 (aged 74)
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Saint Louis, Gratiot County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Hofstetter Hill Row E Lot 77 Grave 2
Memorial ID
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Son of Increase Baker and Elvira C. Canfield

He married Lucretia Hannah McCoy on May 7, 1884 in St. Louis, Gratiot Co., MI They were the parents of the following children:

Arthur Horace Canfield 1885 – 1963 (Belle D. Saxty)
Bessie Canfield 1887 – 1900
Davillo Canfield 1890 – 1895
Eva Nell Canfield 1893 – (James Baxter aand Chas P. Anderson)
Ruth Rebecca Canfield 1898 – 1940 (Edward C. Mears)
Alice Leona Canfield 1900 – 1988 (Predhome)

Michigan Marriage Record
Name: Edwin J Canfield
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birth Place: Plymoth, Michigan
Marriage Date: 7 May 1884
Marriage Place: St Lewis, Gratiot, Michigan, USA
Age: 24
Residence Place: St Lewis, Michigan
Spouse: Lucretia H McCoy
Record Number: 45
Film: 27
Film Description: 1884 Allegan - 1884 Livingston

1934 Seeking Michigan Death Certificate 005363513_00169
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AGED MAN LAID TO REST HERE

Edwin J. Canfield, Once of This City,

Brought From Detroit for Burial.

March 15, 1934 (nsp)

On Saturday night, March 10, the body of Edwin J. Canfield, a former St. Louis resident of many years, was brought from Detroit, and funeral services were held on Sunday morning from the Crandell Funeral Home with Rev. R. O. Moon officiating. The body was placed in the vault at Oak Grove cemetery for burial later beside the wife who preceded him in death several years ago.

Edwin J. Canfield was born September 30, 1859, the son of Elvira and Increase B. Canfield, and died March 8, 1934, in a hospital in Detroit. At the age of three years he came to St. Louis with his parents, where he grew to manhood. In 1882 he was united in marriage with Hannah Lucretia McCoy of Pleasant Valley, MI and six children came to them, two of whom died in infancy. The family left St. Louis about 1910.

Surviving are one son and three daughters: Arthur H. Canfield, Mrs. Charles Anderson, Mrs. Wilfred Predhome, of Detroit, and Mrs. Edward Mears of Boston, Mass; sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Also one sister, Mrs. Oscar Hale of Lansing, MI.

Son of Increase Baker and Elvira C. Canfield

He married Lucretia Hannah McCoy on May 7, 1884 in St. Louis, Gratiot Co., MI They were the parents of the following children:

Arthur Horace Canfield 1885 – 1963 (Belle D. Saxty)
Bessie Canfield 1887 – 1900
Davillo Canfield 1890 – 1895
Eva Nell Canfield 1893 – (James Baxter aand Chas P. Anderson)
Ruth Rebecca Canfield 1898 – 1940 (Edward C. Mears)
Alice Leona Canfield 1900 – 1988 (Predhome)

Michigan Marriage Record
Name: Edwin J Canfield
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birth Place: Plymoth, Michigan
Marriage Date: 7 May 1884
Marriage Place: St Lewis, Gratiot, Michigan, USA
Age: 24
Residence Place: St Lewis, Michigan
Spouse: Lucretia H McCoy
Record Number: 45
Film: 27
Film Description: 1884 Allegan - 1884 Livingston

1934 Seeking Michigan Death Certificate 005363513_00169
--------------------------------------------
AGED MAN LAID TO REST HERE

Edwin J. Canfield, Once of This City,

Brought From Detroit for Burial.

March 15, 1934 (nsp)

On Saturday night, March 10, the body of Edwin J. Canfield, a former St. Louis resident of many years, was brought from Detroit, and funeral services were held on Sunday morning from the Crandell Funeral Home with Rev. R. O. Moon officiating. The body was placed in the vault at Oak Grove cemetery for burial later beside the wife who preceded him in death several years ago.

Edwin J. Canfield was born September 30, 1859, the son of Elvira and Increase B. Canfield, and died March 8, 1934, in a hospital in Detroit. At the age of three years he came to St. Louis with his parents, where he grew to manhood. In 1882 he was united in marriage with Hannah Lucretia McCoy of Pleasant Valley, MI and six children came to them, two of whom died in infancy. The family left St. Louis about 1910.

Surviving are one son and three daughters: Arthur H. Canfield, Mrs. Charles Anderson, Mrs. Wilfred Predhome, of Detroit, and Mrs. Edward Mears of Boston, Mass; sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Also one sister, Mrs. Oscar Hale of Lansing, MI.

Gravesite Details

There is no headstone for Edwin Canfield on the family plot. Only for his wife, Lucretia H. Canfield.



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