Lillian Electa Thurston

Lillian Electa Thurston

Female 1863 - 1879  (15 years)

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  • Name Lillian Electa Thurston  [1, 2
    Born 29 Oct 1863  Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Buried 1879  Armada, Macomb, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Bruce Armada Cemetery - Find A Grave Memorial ID 8907079
    1879 Headstone Lillian E Thurston
    1879 Headstone Lillian E Thurston
    Died 24 Oct 1879  Armada, Macomb, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Typhoid
    Siblings 3 siblings 
    Person ID I553  BriggsFamily
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2022 

    Father Manley Thurston,   b. 20 Sep 1840, Macomb, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1870, Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Marcia M Bishop,   b. 16 Mar 1845, Bruce, Macomb, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1934, Armada, Macomb, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 15 Oct 1862  Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F29  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Oct 1863 - Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1879 - Armada, Macomb, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Oct 1879 - Armada, Macomb, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    1879 Headstone Lillian E Thurston
    1879 Headstone Lillian E Thurston

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), 1879 Death Electa Lillian Thurston.
      Name: Electa Lillian Thurston
      Birth Date: abt 1864
      Birth Place: Michigan
      Death Date: 24 Oct 1879
      Death Place: Armada, Macomb, Michigan
      Death Age: 15
      Occupation: Child
      Race: White
      Marital status: Single
      Gender: Female
      Father Name: Manly Thurston
      Mother Name: Mercia Thurston
      FHL Film Number: 979574

    2. [S46] Find A Grave, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), 1879 Find A Grave Lillian E. Thurston.
      Lillian E. Thurston
      Birth 1863
      Death 1879 (aged 15–16)
      Burial
      Bruce Armada Cemetery
      Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan, USA
      Memorial ID 8907079

    3. [S70] Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), 1862 Marriage Thurston Bishop.
      Name: Manly Thurston, Age 22
      Gender: Male
      Age: 22
      Birth Date: abt 1840
      Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1862
      Marriage Place: Lappeer, Lapeer, Michigan, USA
      Spouse: Marcia Bishop, Age 17
      Film Number: 000974258

    4. [S46] Find A Grave, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), 1870 Find A Grave Manley Thurston Sr.
      Manley Thurston, Sr
      Birth 22 Sep 1840
      Michigan, USA
      Death 3 Mar 1870 (aged 29)
      Michigan, USA
      Burial
      Bruce Armada Cemetery
      Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan, USA
      Memorial ID 8907077
      Inscription:
      29 yrs. 5 mos. 11 das.
      Family Members
      Spouse
      Marcia M. Bishop Thurston 1845–1935 (m. 1862)
      Children
      Manley W Thurston 1870–1928
      Information transcribed from The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Winter 1957, Detroit, Michigan, pp. 78-82. This information is from a pre 1940 transcription. The cemetery was identified as "Scotch Settlement Cemetery" but this was apparently an error.
      Source: Macomb County Early Pioneers Surnames.
      (this is his wife)... and some added information about them both.
      Marcia Bishop
      Daughter of Jesse Bishop, of Bruce Township, was born March 16, 1845; married to Manly
      Thurston, son of B. H. Thurston, October 15, 1862; after marriage, resided on the farm of
      his father one year, then bought the farm on Section 18 known as the Donaldson farm, on
      which the family still reside. Mr. Thurston died March 3, 1870. They had four children,
      three of whom are still living on the homestead. Mrs. Thurston has erected a fine and
      commodious residence, and has a fine and prosperous farm business. She is and has for
      many years been connected with the Christian Church of Romeo; a fine musician, vocal and
      instrumental, and a prominent worker in the Sabbath school. Lillian, born October 29,
      1863, died October 24, 1879; Henry J., born August 2, 1865; Abbie L., born September 27,
      1867; Manly W., born January 6, 1870. (Data as of 1882)