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First Name:
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Gertrude | |
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Middle Name:
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Gladys | |
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Last Name:
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Olds | |
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Married Name:
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Schupp | |
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Otherwise Known As:
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"Pig" by friends, "Balmy" by grandchildren and greats | |
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Date of Birth:
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September 27, 1897 (not registered until 1940s when she needed a passport) | |
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Place of Birth:
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Cheboygan, Cheboygan Co., Michigan | |
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Date of Death:
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March 26, 1995 (Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona) | |
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Place of Death:
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Cremated in Arizona and ashes returned to Michigan | |
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Mother:
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Leora Calista Williams | |
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Father
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Millard David Olds | |
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Siblings:
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Florence (1889), Baby Boy (1894), Edna Blanche (1896) | |
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Spouse:
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Arthur August Schupp | |
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Place & Date of Marriage:
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September 5, 18??, Mullet Lake, Cheboygan Co., Michigan | |
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Divorced?
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No | |
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Children:
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Arthur August , Jr. (1928), Gretchen Olds (1930), David Olds (1936) | |
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City & State of Residence:
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Cheboygan, Cheboygan Co.,
Michigan Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan (after marriage) Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona (from about 1958 until death) |
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Schools Attended:
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Cheboygan Public Schools Bradford School for Girls (3 or 4 years and graduated from there Attended an architectural school in Boston, Massachusetts |
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Occupation:
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Mother, House wife | |
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Organizations belonging to:
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Assistance League of Saginaw Congregational Church, Saginaw Children's Home Board | |
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Hobbies/Interests:
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Needlework, Volunteer Work | |
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Other known stories/facts:
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When GERTRUDE was young,
she and her friends would be taken to Crooked Lake, and they would
paddle a canoe through the Inland Water Route back to Cheboygan. They
would camp at night wherever they landed, sometimes on the beach of
cottagers, who would be quite amused in the morning, one time in a
cow field. GERTRUDE and her sisters had a pony named Muggins. They would hitch him to a buggy, then drive seven miles to Mullett Lake. They would start a fire on the road behind (first ?, then Schupp's and now Cornwell's), cook some "Seven Sisters Fudge". When it was done, they beat it a little and put the pan in the stream. By the time the pan reached the lake (about 200 feet), the fudge was ready to eat. BALMY, Aunt Blan, Aunt Hip Moloney (not a blood relation), and Grandmother Olds (LEORA CALISTE WILLIAMS) took a trip around the world just after WWI. When they landed the "girls" took their Swiss watches out of their boxes and put them on. They got caught because the Customs officers went through the waste baskets. Grandmother Olds threw her box overboard and did not have to pay duty. |
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Last Updated:
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April 16, 2002 | |
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