Leotta May Grayson

1900 - 1990  (89 years)

• Name	Leotta May Grayson  [1]
  Birth	6 Nov 1900	Central Lake, Antrim County, Michigan   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	29 Apr 1910	Pillston, Emmet County, Michigan   [1]
  	Angus Grayson, M, W, 33, M1, 11, Canada, Canada, Canada, immigrated in 1881, printer Nettie C. Grayson, Wife, , F, W, 28, M1, 11, Canada, Canada, Canada, Asst Postmaster, Post Office Leotta May Grayson, Daughter, F, W, 9, S, Michigan, Canada, Canada
  Census	3 Jan 1920	Main Street, Pellston Villiage, Emmet County, Michigan   [2]
  	Angus Grayson, M, W, 45, M, immigrated in 1880, Canada, Canada, Canada, Publisher, Newspaper, owns home free of mortgage Nettie C. Grayson, Wife,, F, W, 38, M, immigrated in 1883, Canada, Canada, Canada, none Leotta May Grayson, Daughter, F, W, 19, S, Michigan, Canada, Canada, in school Mary L Mabee, Mother-in-law, F, W, 64, Wd, immigrated in 1883, Canada, Canada, Canada, Housekeeper, Private Family
  Witness-Obituary	25 Oct 1967	Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan   [4]
  	Services for Mrs Nettie C. Gates, 86, who died last evening at Petosky Geriatrics and Care Center, where she had been a patient for a month, will be Thursday from the Stone Funeral Home. Rev Albert Kalkbrenner will officiate and burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Traverse City. She was born October 21, 1881, in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada. She married Angus G Grayson in 1898 at Central Lake and then came to Pellston in 1903 where Mr Grayson founded the "Pellston Journal". He died in 1928. Mrs Grayson was postmistress in Pelleston from 1928 until 1935. She was a charter member of the Pellston OES No. 123 and worth matron from 1919 until 1922 and from 1923 until 1935. Also Grand Ruth of the Grand Chapter of Michigan OES in 1930 and 1931 and president of Meguzee Association of OES in 1926 and 26. She was a member of the Petosky Presbyterian Church. In 1935 she married Jesse L Gates and he preceded her in death in 1951. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs Leotta G Sanborn; two granddaughters; three step daughters, Mrs Henry (Evelyn) Anderson, of Stanton, Mrs John (Alice) Drum, of Battle Creek and Mrs John (Zola) Collins, of Grand Rapids and three stepsons, George and Russell Gates of Stanton and Charles Gates of Boyne Falls. The body is at the Stone Funeral Home where friends may call.
  Reference Number	27805
  Death	19 Feb 1990	Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan   [5]
  Burial	Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan   [6]
  	Irwin Tasker Sanborn; 1898-1961; Leotta Grayson Sanborn; 1900-1990
  Person ID	I27604	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Angus George Grayson,   b. 26 Jun 1874, Hawkesbury, Prescott County, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Feb 1928, Pellston Villiage, Emmet County, Michigan (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nettie C. Mabee,   b. 21 Oct 1881, Middleton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Oct 1967, Petosky Geriatrics and Care Center, Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Oct 1898	Central Lake, Antrim County, Michigan   [7]
  Family ID	F8571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Irwin Tasker Sanborn,   b. 4 Jun 1898, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois d. 5 Feb 1961, Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1922	Pellston, Emmet County, Michigan   [7]
  Family ID	F14959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] 1910 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, McKinley Twp, Emmet, Michigan; Series: T624; Roll: 645; Page: 206B; Enumeration District: 100; Part: 2; Line: 26. [S303] 1920 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Pellston, Emmet, Michigan; Roll: T625_763; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 164; Image: 839. [S3] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Author E-Mail: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/numident/. [S483] Newspapers.com; Url: https://www.newspapers.com/, obit in the Petoskey News-Review (Petoskey, Michigan), 25 Oct 1967, Wed, Page 13. [S3] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Author E-Mail: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/numident/, and Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial ID 130505613. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952.