Levi Lester Wheat and Flora May Starr 

of Kingsley, Grand Traverse, Michigan

 

Grand Traverse County Marriages and Deaths are at the end of this article for Wheat and Starr surnames

 

    This data is from a family group sheet I came across and is to be used with much discretion as I don't have a clue who compiled it or the validity of any of it.  But it can be used as a starting point to prove or disprove the data.

Surnames involved: Wheat, Starr, Cramer, Mercer, Compton, Bowers, Houghton, Harrison, Cooper, St. John, Simmons, Hulett.

 

Parents are Number 1 and 2 with Children from 3-12.

  1. Levi Lester Wheat was born 13 Apr 1869 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York.  Levi is the son of James S. Wheat and Louisa A. Bowers.  Levi married, not date given, Flora May Starr who was born 5 Nov 1876 in New York, the daughter of Andrew Starr and Hattie Cramer.

  2. The children included are 11 in total with all children being born in Mayfield Township, Grand Traverse County.

  3. Ernest Wheat b. 26 Oct 1896, married Estella Mercer, 1920; d. 22 Aug 1979.

  4. Irwin Castle Wheat b. 22 Jan 1898, married Edith Compton; d. 9 Feb 1950.

  5. Leon Kenneth Wheat b. 2 Jul 1899, married Marion Ayers, 1928; d. 8 Dec 1968

  6. Louisa Adell Wheat b. 1 Feb 1901, married Calvin O. Houghton, 8 Jul 1922; d.

  7. Jedediah James Wheat b. 10 Jan 1903, married ? Dorothy Harrison, ?; d. - Couldn't have married Mary Pontius in 1903 as that was when he was born.  Perhaps a brother of Levi? or no relation.

  8. William Ralph Wheat b. 12 Jan 1907 didn't marry; d.

  9. Ederic Andrew Wheat b. 10th Oct 1909, married Vivian Cooper 1933 then Myrtle Viola Couch, 10 July 1952.  Grand Traverse County records give name as Johnson.  Perhaps Couch is her maiden name?

  10. Clifford Leroy Wheat b. 4 Nov 1911, married Irene M. St. Johns, 11 Nov 1939

  11. Denzell Burr Wheat b. 8 Nov 1913, married Edna May Simmons, 20 Jan 1942 per FGS but GT county clerk says 1943 with Liber number given. Denzell d. 23 Aug 1985.

  12. Jay Kent Wheat b. 27 Mar 1919 married Helen Elizabeth Hulett, 1 Jan 1949.  Helen is the daughter of Ted Hulett.

note:  James S. Wheat is showing death: 1910 Liber 2 page 123; Wife Louisa death 4 June 1940.  Levi's death date is given in GT records as 6 Jan 1945 but this FGS says he died the 7th of Jan 1945.  Levi is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Kingsley, MI.

Date confusion also with Flora May Starr, her death date is given in GT records as 6 July 1928 and this FGS says she died the 5 July 1928.

 

Marriages for Grand Traverse County ... not all inclusive though

Name Party Name Party Year Lic Lib-Pg #
WHEAT, ADA V Bride OLDS, ARTHUR D Groom 1921 Lib 4,Pg  164
WHEAT, ADDISON E Groom CRAPO, CLARA W Bride 1922 Lib 4,Pg  177
WHEAT, ALICE E Bride CRIPPEN, DARIUS E Groom 1886 Lib 2,Pg  86
WHEAT, ANNA Bride HOLDORPH, ERNEST F Groom 1902 Lib 3,Pg  185
WHEAT, BRADLEY L Groom CREIGHTON, CAROL A Bride 1980 573
WHEAT, BRENDA D Bride MILLER, TALMAGE J Groom 1982 155
Wheat, BRENT MICHAEL Groom RADTKE, MELISSA ANNE Bride 2004 227
WHEAT, CAROL M Bride COPLEY, LEE F Groom 1946 Lib 5,Pg  187
WHEAT, CLIFFORD Groom ST JOHN, IRENE Bride 1939 Lib 5,Pg  94
WHEAT, DENZELL B  Groom SIMMONS, EDNA M Bride 1942 Lib 5,Pg  134
WHEAT, DORA M Bride CROSS, CHARLES C Groom 1899 Lib 3,Pg  130
WHEAT, EDERIC Groom COOPER, VIVIAN Bride 1933 Lib 5,Pg  4
WHEAT, EDERIC A Groom JOHNSON, MYRTLE V Bride 1952 146
WHEAT, ERNEST L Groom MERCER, ESTELLA M Bride 1920 Lib 4,Pg  161
WHEAT, ISSA E Bride CORE, GEORGE Groom 1905 Lib 3,Pg  231
WHEAT, JANELL I Bride COUTURIER, KENT C Groom 1978 432  
WHEAT, JEAN A Bride MORGAN, HAROLD G Groom 1960 133  
WHEAT, JEDEDIAH Groom PONTIUS, MARY Bride 1903   Lib 3,Pg  197
WHEAT, LAWRENCE D Groom WHEELOCK, KAY J Bride 1979 257  
WHEAT, LAWRENCE D Groom DURGA, DARLENE J Bride 1955 117  
WHEAT, LEON Groom AYERS, MARION Bride 1928   Lib 4,Pg  255
WHEAT, LESTER Groom STARR, FLORA Bride 1895   Lib 3,Pg  88
WHEAT, LOUISA A Bride HOUGHTON, CALVIN O Groom 1922   Lib 4,Pg  183
WHEAT, PAMELA J Bride MITCHELL, TIMOTHY J Groom 1980 370  
WHEAT, PHYLLIS E Bride CRAIG, THOMAS F Groom 1961 114  
WHEAT, TERRY L Bride HOOPER, BRUCE R Groom 1988 192  
WHEAT, THERESA M Bride GROESSER, RODNEY G Groom 1959 66  
WHEAT, WANDA M Bride LANE, TEDFORD J Groom 1943   Lib 5,Pg  149
STARR, ARTHUR Groom CLARK, FRANCES A Bride 1894 Lib 3,Pg  77
STARR, AUGUSTA J Bride DUNN, THOMAS P Groom 1885 Lib 2,Pg  84
STARR, CATHERINE M Bride PROBST, ROBERT S Groom 1967 366
STARR, DEBORAH A Bride RAY, THOMAS G Groom 1979 683
STARR, DONALD E Groom DAVIS, LEOLA M Bride 1944 Lib 5,Pg  156
STARR, ERIC W Groom HALL, IRENE E Bride 1981 566
STARR, FLORA Bride WHEAT, LESTER Groom 1895 Lib 3,Pg  88
STARR, GEORGE B Groom MC CULLY, IDA Bride 1887 Lib 2,Pg  95
STARR, IRENE E Bride CARBONEAU, ALTER J Groom 1995 193
STARR, JESSE E Groom SKANES, RUTH M Bride 1920 Lib 4,Pg  154
STARR, JOYCE E Bride JOHNSON, GLENN M Groom 1983 111
STARR, LINDA L Bride ST JOHN, GUY E Groom 1979 655
STARR, INDSAY E Bride PEASLEE, JAMIE C Groom 2002 591
STARR, LUELLA Bride CASE, MARK Groom 1926 Lib 4,Pg  227
STARR, LYMAN A Groom DAHLQUIST, MARY G Bride 1951 185
STARR, PHILLIP H Groom KNIGHT, DIANE A Bride 1981 253  
STARR, PHILLIP H Groom EGELER, SHARON M Bride 1999 332  
STARR, ROBERT L Groom JACOBS, SYBELL L Bride 1921   Lib 4,Pg  169
STARR, SCOTT K Groom SIGSBEY, PENNY E Bride 1978 497  
STARR, SCOTT K Groom MUESSIG, LORRAINE M Bride 1989 326

Deaths for Grand Traverse County ... not all inclusive though

Surname, Given Death Date Lib- Pg #r
WHEAT ,ANNIE M 1/ 3/1934
WHEAT ,DENZELL B 8/23/1985
WHEAT ,EDITH V 5/30/1987
WHEAT ,ELDRIDGE C 5/19/1933 Lib 3,Pg 340
WHEAT ,FLORA M 7/ 6/1928 Lib 3,Pg 234
WHEAT ,FORREST K 2/ 9/1976
WHEAT ,HERMAN 3/21/1889 Lib 1,Pg 82
WHEAT ,IRVEN 2/ 9/1950
WHEAT ,JACK T 2/13/1943
WHEAT ,JAMES S 7/19/1910 Lib 2,Pg 123
WHEAT ,LEON K 12/ 8/1968
WHEAT ,LEVI L 1/ 6/1945
WHEAT ,LOUISA A 6/ 4/1940
WHEAT ,LOWELL J 12/20/1944
WHEAT ,STANLEY 8/16/1931 Lib 3,Pg 296
WHEAT ,WILLIAM H 8/14/1923 Lib 3,Pg 14
STARR ,ANDREW R 7/16/1943
STARR ,DONALD E 12/ 5/1993
STARR ,ERIC W 4/30/1990
STARR ,JESSE E 8/ 7/1989
STARR ,JESSIE 5/ 8/1920 Lib 3,Pg79
STARR ,LINDA KAY 4/21/2003
STARR ,LYMAN A SR 1/ 2/2000
STARR ,MARY G 10/20/1973
STARR ,RUTH M 3/ 5/1981
STARRS ,MARY A 2/28/1908 Lib 2,Pg 75

 

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