Oscar Lindsay
son of Wyndham Rowan and Hilda Cooper Lindsay
husband of Edith Margret Basham Lindsay
father of Oscar Rowan Lindsay
27 Aug 1887 – 2 Nov 1926
Buried at:
Grand Lawn Cemetery
23501 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, MI 48219
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SueAnn
Marian Jane Mielke Verhonick was born 21 December 1922 to George A. J. Mielke and Elsie Jane Yetman and died on 26 Dec 2006 in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. She is buried at Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit. Marian was married to William “Bill” Verhonick.
I have very found memories of my Auntie Marian. A few of them are: her dog Snoopy; visiting Wyandote with her; and the cookies she made every Christmas.
My Grandfather, Oscar Lindsay, Aunt Marion, and Uncle Bill
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Last week, we visited the grave of my Great-Grandmother Edith Margret Basham Lindsay, so this week I thought we would stop by her son’s and my Poppo’s (Grandfather) Oscar Rowan Lindsay grave. Poppo was born in Stratford, Ontario, Canada on 21 Nov 1917 to Oscar and Edith Basham Lindsay. In 1923 the family immigrated to Detroit, Michigan.
In 1948, he married my Grandmother Lucille Mielke (see there wedding post here). He and Lucille had 3 daughters and 7 grandchildren. He worked for the J. L. Hudson company and was a city councilmen for the city of Ferndale, Michigan. He was also very active in the Masonic Lodge and with the Shriner’s. He is buried at Grand Lawn Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.
Circa 1919
Oscar in the 1930s
City Council Picture
With Lucille in Ottawa, Canada 1984
Oscar and Lucille at a Mason’s event
Oscar and his mom, Edith 1981
Last picture, I promise! My Poppo and me taken Christmas 1981.
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SueAnn
Sunday, I posted about my Grandmother Edith M. Lindsay (see Sunday’s Obituary: Edith M Lindsay). So today, I would share a little more about her and a few more pictures.
Edith Margret was the youngest of 7 children born to Charles and Mary Anne Brewer Basham in Chigwell, Essex, England. She married Oscar Lindsay in 1911 in West Ham, London. By May of 1913, they were leaving England for Canada. While in Canada, they had two children, a daughter (18 Nov 1916) and a son, Oscar Rowan (21 Nov 1917). Their daughter (I don’t know her name) died two days after birth and is buried Avondale Cemetery, Section A, Stratford, Ontario, Canada. They lived in Stratford, Ontario, Canada until 1923 when they immigrated to Detroit, Michigan. In 2 Nov 1926, her husband Oscar passed away. In 1948, when my grandparents, Oscar and Lucille, married, she came to live with them. She lived with them until the mid 1980s when they could no longer care for her at home. She lived to be 97 years old.
She is buried at Grand Lawn Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.
Grandma Edith and my mom, Donna (August 1950)
Her first grandchild! She look’s so happy and proud!
Edith and husband, Oscar Lindsay (circa 1919)
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My great-grandmother, Elsie Jane Yetman Mielke, was born on 2 January 1887 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada and died on 15 Oct 1973 in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. She was the daughter of William and Jane Penney Yetman. She is buried at Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan.
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Bernard McKnight
12 Aug 1924 – 13 Sep 1977
My grandfather Bernard McKnight was born on 12 Aug 1924 and died on 13 Sep 1977. Other than a few random facts I know little about my Grandpa Bernie. He served in World War II enlisting 28 Apr 1943 and on 24 Jan 1946 he was released from military duty. In 1947, he was living on Cherry Lane in Pontiac, Michigan with Henry and Beatrice McKnight. In 1949 he and Bernice Mansfield McKnight had the first of their 3 sons, Ronald. In April of 1950 came Raymond Alton (my daddy) and in 1953, Rickey James came along. Sometime after my Uncle Rick was born, Bernice left Bernard and their boys and moved out-of-state.
Bernard McKnight
When we visited Michigan in 2010, we visited Bernie’s grave at Perry Mt. Park Cemetery in Pontiac, Michigan. This is the information we received from the cemetery office.
Bernard McKnight’s cemetery record
And a map of the cemetery:
Perry Mt. Park Cemetery Pontiac, Michigan. Bernard is buried in the veteran’s section.
I’m hoping when the 1940 census comes out I can find out more information about Bernie and the rest of the McKnight family. If you would like to know more about transcribing the 1940 census please go to this link 1940 Census Volunteer.
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SueAnn
Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Mildred Mielke (1917 – 1941)
This tombstone Tuesday is going to feature my Great-Aunt Mildred “Millie” Mielke. Millie was born the second of seven children born to George and Elsie Jane Yetman Mielke. She was born 8 Dec 1917 in Detroit, Michigan and died on 1 Mar 1941 at the age of 23. She is buried at Woodmere Cemetery, Oakview Section, Detroit, Michigan.
According to cemetery records, she died of Mitral Stenosis. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine “mitral stenosis is a heart valve disorder that involves the mitral valve. This valve separates the upper and lower chambers on the left side of the heart. Stenosis refers to a condition in which the valve does not open fully, restricting blood flow.”
Millie at the Beach Summer 1936
Doris Mielke (1925 – 1928)
Doris is the daughter of George A. J. and Elsie Jane Yetman Mielke. Doris was born on 22 January 1925 and died on 27 October 1928. She died of Black Diphtheria. She is buried at Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.
My grandmother was 4 years old when her little sister died. She remembers that she was not allowed to see her little sister or her mother (who also had Diphtheria). After her sister died she could only see her sister through a glass window.
From what I have read there is not a difference between Diphtheria and Black Diphtheria. Diphtheria is an infection of the nose and throat. It turns the throat gray or black (which is probably where “Black” Dipihtheria. To learn more about Diphtheria go here.
George Arthur Johann Mielke (1877 – 1943)
My great-grandfather George Arthur Johann Mielke was born in Big Rapids, Michigan on 20 Feb 1877 and died from Carcinoma on 30 Nov 1943 in Detroit, Michigan. He is the 4th of 9 children born to German immigrants, Johann L “John” Mielke and Augusta Strauss.
He was married twice. He was first married to Margaret Jones (1887-1913) on 21 Oct 1911 in Essex, Ontario, Canada. Margaret and he had two children, Marjorie (b. 1912) and Frances (1913-1913). Frances died 2 months after she was born, from Inanition. Margaret also died shortly after giving birth to Frances from Acute Enteritis.
Secondly, he married my Great-Grandmother Elsie Jane Yetman (1887-1973) on 10 Sep 1915 in Detroit, Michigan. He and Elsie had 7 children, George, Mildred, Dorothy, Marion, Lucille (my grandmother), Doris and Audrey. They were married for 33 years when he passed away.
He is buried in Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.
George Arthur Johann Mielke (1877 – 1943)
