Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameAlice G. DRINKWALTER
Birth31 Jul 1868, Wilson, Niagara County, New York1000
MemoMichigan Births has birth in Allegan County Michigan
Death13 Feb 1953, Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan1000
Burial15 Feb 1953, Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Michigan1000
Education4 yrs high school
ReligionMethodist
Alias/AKAAllie
FatherOscar B. DRINKWALTER (~1843-1928)
MotherCordelia A. JOHNSON (1849-1936)
Spouses
Birth27 Feb 1866, Wilson, Niagara County, New York998,999
Memo1880 census
Death17 Nov 1931, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois999,998
Burial20 Nov 1931, Mt Hope, Cook County, Illinois998
Marriage29 Apr 1893, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan1001
Notes for Alice G. DRINKWALTER
Alice’s parents are listed as Oscar Drinkwalter and Adelia Johnson. Her brother Bert E. Drinkwalter was a witness for this marriage.
I have found no surviving children for this couple.
Census notes for Alice G. DRINKWALTER
1870 New York, Niagara County, Town of Wilson, Ridge Road Post Office, p. 60
dwelling 496, family 502
Drinkwatter, Oscar, age 26, male, white, house carpenter, born New york
--------------, Cordelia, age 20, female, white, house keeper, born New York
--------------, Alice, age 1, female, white, born New York

1880 New York, Niagara County, Village of Wilson, E.D. 194, page 97C, stamped page 403
Lake, dwelling 66, family 67
Drinkwalter, Oscar, white, male, age 37, head, married, carpenter, born New York, father born Canada, mother born New York
--------------, Delia, white, female, age 30, wife, married, keeping, born New York, father born Ohio, mother born New York
--------------, Alice, white, female, age 11, daughter, single, at school, born New York, parents born New York
--------------, Fred, white, male, age 9, son, single, at school, born New York, parents born New York
--------------, Delbert, white, male, age 7, son, single, at school, born New York, parents born New York
--------------, Chester, white, male, age 3, son, single, born New York, parents born New York

1900 Michigan, Kent County, Walker Township, Grand Rapids City, ward 9, E.D. 78, sheet 13B (taken 13 Jun 1900)
232 Gold Street, dwelling 261, family 299
Gifford, E. Bird, head, white, male, Feb 1866, age 34, married for 7 years, born New York, parents born New York, furniture salesman
———, Allie, wife, white, female, July 1864, age 30, married for 7 years, mother of no children, born New York, parents born New York

1910 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago City, Ward 31, E.D. 1349, sheet 9B
602 W. 61 Street, dwelling 17, family 136
Gifford, E. Bird, head, male, white, age 48, married once for ? years, born New York, parents born New York, carpenter
--------, Alice ?, wife, female, white, age 41, married once for ? year, born New York, parents born New York

1920 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 32nd Ward, E.D. 1986, sheet 2B
1237 67th Street, dwelling 30, family 38
Gifford, Bird E., head, male, white, age 53, married, born New York, parents born New York, carpenter
---------, Alice, wife, female, white, age 51, married once, born New York, parents born New York

1930 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago City, Ward 19, block 178,E.D. 15-704, sheet 9B
7439 Harvard Avenue, dwelling 103, family 191
Gifford, E. Bird, head, rents $70, male, white, age 64, married at age 27 born New York, parents born New York, carpenter
--------, G. Alice, wife, female, white, age 61, married at age 25 born New York, parents born New York

1940 Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Village, Bangor Twp., E.D. 50-6, sheet 7A, stamped page 60
112 [no street], household 168, rents $9
Gifford, Alice, head, female, white, age 71, widow, 4 yrs high school, born New York, lived in same house in 1935
Obituary notes for Alice G. DRINKWALTER
The News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan) · 13 Feb 1953, Fri · Page 15
Mrs. Alice Gifford
BANGOR, Feb 13 – Mrs. Alice Gifford, 84, who fell in her home and broke her hip on Feb 3, died at 4 a.m. today at the Van Buren County hospital at Hartford. She had lived in Bangor the past 20 years.

Mrs Gifford was born July 31, 1868 in Wilson, N.Y., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Drinkwater. Her husband, Bird, died in 1931.

Surviving are a brother, Bert Drinkwater of Florida, and two sisters, Miss Kate Drinkwater of Chicago and Mrs. Marian Johnson of Decatur, Ill.

The body is at the Stafford funeral home here. Funeral arrangements were incomplete this morning.

Same, 14 Feb 1953, p. 13
Gifford Rites Set
BANGOR, Feb. 14 – Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Gifford, 84, who died Friday morning , will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Stafford funeral hoe. The Rev. John Cermak, pastor of the Simpson Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Arlington Hill cemetery.
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