Elery Lee Michael

Elery Lee Michael

Male 1878 - 1953  (74 years)

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  • Name Elery Lee Michael 
    Born 13 Nov 1878  Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    AFN 4ZVN-G0 
    Died 8 Jul 1953  Seattle, King, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8, 9, 10
    Buried 13 Jul 1953  Pilot Rock Cemetery, Pilot Rock, Umatilla Co, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13
    Person ID i1873  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Father Albert Frank Michael,   b. 8 Feb 1854, Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1941, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Mary Evelyn Reynolds,   b. 3 Sep 1856, Laporte, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1931, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 11 Feb 1875  Nordmont, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16, 17, 18
    Family ID F608  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elery Lee Michael,   b. 13 Nov 1878, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1953, Seattle, King, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 27 Sep 1900  Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20, 21, 22, 23
    Children 
    +1. Grace Mae Michael,   b. 16 Apr 1902, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1990, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +2. Chester Lee Michael,   b. 2 Jun 1906, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1981, Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Floyd Lowell Michael,   b. 17 Apr 1908, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1932, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     4. Elbert Russell Michael,   b. 17 Aug 1911, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1986, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elery Lee Michael,   b. 13 Nov 1878, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1953, Seattle, King, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 23 Nov 1940  Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [24, 25, 26
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Nov 1878 - Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Sep 1900 - Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Nov 1940 - Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Jul 1953 - Seattle, King, Washington, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 13 Jul 1953 - Pilot Rock Cemetery, Pilot Rock, Umatilla Co, Oregon Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    The Albert Frank Michael family about 1900
    The Albert Frank Michael family about 1900
    Lillie May, Elery Lee, Sadie Edith (Marie), Bessie Evelyn, Charles Andrew, Ella Rebecca, John Wallace, Iva Marie, Roy Monroe, Nora Belle, Mary Evelyn (Reynolds), Albert Frank, Josephine M and Frank Albert Michael
    Some of the Michael children around 1888
    Some of the Michael children around 1888
    Lilly May, Elery Lee, Ella Rebecca, Charles Andrew (baby), and Sadie Edith
    Wedding photo of Elery Lee Michael and Elsie Mae Wegner
    Wedding photo of Elery Lee Michael and Elsie Mae Wegner
    Elery Michael during harvest
    Elery Michael during harvest
    Elery Lee Michael
    Elery Lee Michael
    Elery Lee Michael home in Pilot Rock, Oregon
    Elery Lee Michael home in Pilot Rock, Oregon
    Josephine Michael, Elsie Mae, Elery Michael holding Elbert, Mary Eva (Reynolds), Ted, Floyd, and Grace
    Josephine Michael, Elsie Mae, Elery Michael holding Elbert, Mary Eva (Reynolds), Ted, Floyd, and Grace
    Elery Michael family about 1909
    Elery Michael family about 1909
    Elery, Grace, Elsie Mae; Ted and baby Floyd
    Elery, Charlie, and Lily Michael
    Elery, Charlie, and Lily Michael
    Elery Lee Michael
    Elery Lee Michael
    Threshing Crew
    Threshing Crew
    Elery Michael sitting on the wagon's edge in the very middle of the picture
    Michael family
    Michael family
    Elsie, Grace, Ted, Elbert, Floyd, Elery
    Elbert, Grace, Ted, and Elery Michael
    Elbert, Grace, Ted, and Elery Michael
    Elery and Elsie Michael
    Elery and Elsie Michael
    Elery and Elsie Mae Michael
    Elery and Elsie Mae Michael
    Elery and Jessie Michael
    Elery and Jessie Michael
    Elery Michael and Jessie McFall Michael
    Elery Michael and Jessie McFall Michael
    Elery and Mae Wegner Michael, Edward Vern Smith and Grace Michael Smith, with June Smith (about 1 year) on Grandma Mae's lap
    Elery and Mae Wegner Michael, Edward Vern Smith and Grace Michael Smith, with June Smith (about 1 year) on Grandma Mae's lap
    Picnic in the woods of Oregon about 1924

    Documents
    Marriage certificate for E. L. Michael and Jessie (McFall) Connor
    Marriage certificate for E. L. Michael and Jessie (McFall) Connor
    November 23rd, 1940, Vancouver, Washington

  • Notes 
    • 1878 BIRTH: PA-no county or town shown, Elery Lee Michael born 13 Nov 1878. Called Mike

      HIST: Grace Michael Smith, Autobiography abt 1986: "...family was just an ordinary family, like a lot of people at that time, not much education. My dad just went through the third grade."

      1880 CENSUS: KS, Norton Co-Solomon Twp: Ellery Michael 2/PA, son of Albert F & Eva Michael

      1900 CENSUS: OR, Umatilla Co-Alta, 19 Jun, Dw 217: Ellery Michael 21/PA-Nov 1878, son of Frank & Mary Michael, single farm laborer

      1900 MARRIAGE: Oregon,Umatilla Co-Pendleton, Elery Michael md May Wagner, both of Umatilla Co on 27th September 1900 by Pastor M.E.Church, John Uren

      1902 BIRTH, CHILD#1: Oregon,Umatilla-Pilot Rock, Grace Mae Michael was born on April 16 on a farm near Pilot Rock

      1906-08 HIST: Grace Michael Smith: Oregon,Grant-John Day: ...the family moved to a farm that her father bought, then they moved back to Pilot Rock in about 1908.
      "In The Footsteps of the Pioneers, 1862-1962," by Will M Kidwell, Ed.D., PG 278: " Joe Arbuckle homesteaded the Mathews place and ran stock in the 1870s. This ranch was located on Stewart Creet about 6 miles SE of Pilot Rock. He sold it to Henry Doane, then Jimmy Ironberg, followed by Elery Michaels."

      1908 HIST: Oregon,Umatilla-outside Pilot Rock, family moved to one of Grace's grandparent's [probably the Pearsons, as they lived a ways out of Pilot Rock]

      c1909-10: Oregon,Umatilla-Pilot Rock, where father bought a 3-bedroom house, bought a freight business.

      1910 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock:film #...pg 1746, 25 Apr, Dw8485:
      MICHAEL, Ellery G 32/PA (PA,PA)md 9yrs,farmer,rent; Elsie M 29/OR (GY,OR)
      3/3 children; Grace M 7/OR; Chester L 3/OR; Floyd L 1 11/12-OR

      c1915: Oregon, Umatilla Co-Lehman Hot Springs, Elery leased the freight business to someone and the family moved to Lehman Hot Springs for the summer, where they had a little store. They then moved back near Pilot Rock, about 7 miles out of town.

      1920 CENSUS: OR, Umatilla Co-prec 59-out of Pilot Rk, pg 4001, Dw 17/19-Co Rd:
      MICHAEL, Elery L 42/PA (PA,PA)stock farmer; Elsie M 39/OR (GY,OR);
      Grace 17/OR; Chester L 14/OR; Floyd 11/OR; Albert 8/OR

      1923: Oregon, Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock; WA,Walla Walla-Walla Walla: Grace Michael Smith: "folks had moved bk to Pilot Rock, so when we [Vern & Grace Michael Smith] left Hermiston, we moved in with them... expecting first baby... The family moved to Walla Walla to send 3 boys to college."

      1930 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla Co-Plot Rock City Pr 59: Anc.com Img2 pg 1B/9201, 2 April,Dw 1818:
      MICHAELS, Elery L-head 51/PA (PA,PA)md at 22,renting, farm laborer; May-wife /OR (GY,GY)
      md at 20, no occ; Chester-son 23OR (PA,PA) S-no occ; Elbert-son 18/OR (PA,PA)S
      farm laborer

      1934 DEATH of wife: OR,Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock: Elsie Mae Wegner Michael died 12 Nov 1934

      1940 MARRIAGE: Elery Michael married Jessie McFall November 21, 1940, moved to Seattle [or perhaps he moved to Seattle first-CK OUT]

      1953 DEATH, BURIAL: WA,King Co-Seattle, Elery Lee Michael died 8 July, buried 13 July at Pilot Rock Cem-vault, Umatilla Co, Oregon


      ACTION-CHECK OUT-Elery Michael:
      1. Find land rcds for purchase of farm at John Day, ranch in Pilot Rock, also home in Pilot Rock
      2. Find out where Elery meet and marry Jessie McFall
      3. Find out cousins who owned funeral home in Seattle [note from Grace Michael Smith Aug 1982]
      4. 1930 census for Elery and family

  • Sources 
    1. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      Elery Lee Michael born 13 Nov 1878 in Pennsylvania
      Family group sheet in brown book of remembrance in Grace's brown suitcase; says from Albert Frank Michael & History of Umatilla County

    2. [S179] Oregon,Umatilla Co-Pendleton, Funeral Program.
      Elery Lee Michael bn 13 Nov 1877 [no place shown]
      Date: July 1953

    3. [S160] Oregon,Umatilla Co-Pendleton: 1986 Michael Family Tree.
      Albert Frank Michael md Mary Evelyn Reynolds, children: ...Ellery Lee born 11-13-1879 [no place shown]
      Date: 1986

    4. [S161] History of Umatilla and Morrow Counties Oregon, Pg 467.
      Albert F Michael -- On Feb 11, 1875, he was married to Miss Mary E Reynolds...Sullivan County...following children born...Ellery F born Nov 13, 1879... [no place shown]
      Date: 1905

    5. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Elery Lee Michael born 13 Nov 1878 in Pnns, son of Albert Frank Michael and Mary Eva Reynolds Michael

      Ellery E Michael born Nov-13-1879 [no place shown]
      Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith; also pink sheet [no name of sender]

    6. [S164] Oregon,Umatilla,Pilot Rock Cemetery head stone.
      Elery L. Michael 1877 - 1953 [no places shown]
      photo taken

    7. [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com, Plot 13.
      Ellery L bn 11-13-1877, died 1953, son of Albert (Elery 1877-1879)
      Pilot Rock Cemetery, Pilot Rock, Umatilla Co, Oregon

    8. [S179] Oregon,Umatilla Co-Pendleton, Funeral Program.
      Elery Lee Michael bn 13 November 1877, passed on 8 July 1953, services at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Pendleton OR on 13 July 1953; buried Pilot Rock Cemetery-vault. Officiating-Dr Earle P Cochrane, Soloist-Ted Roy, Organist-Mrs Helen Brawn, Bearers: Lawrence Hemphill, Tom Stanton, George Johnson, Arvine Porter, Arthur Osborn, Bill Baker, Honorary bearers: Jack Folsom, Alfred Smith
      Date: 13 July 1953

    9. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      Elery Lee Michael died 8 July 1953 in Seattle, King Co, WA
      Family group sheet in brown book of remembrance in Grace's brown suitcase; says from Albert Frank Michael & History of Umatilla County

    10. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Elery Lee Michael died 8 July 1953 in Seattle,King,Washington
      Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith

    11. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      Elery Lee Michael buried in Pilot Rock, Umatilla Co, Ore
      Family group sheet in brown Bk of Remembrance in suitcase belonging to Grace

    12. [S179] Oregon,Umatilla Co-Pendleton, Funeral Program.
      Elery Lee Michael bn 13 Nov 1877, died 8 Jul 1953, bur Pilot Rock Cem-vault [13 July 1953 date of funeral]
      Date: 13 July 1953

    13. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Elery Lee Michael was buried in Pilot Rock,Umatilla,Oregon [no cemetery or date shown]
      Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith

    14. [S162] 200 Years of Michael History & Genealogy, Pg 96.
      Frank & Mary Eva married same day as Frank's sister Ella on 11 Feb 1875 in Nordmont, Sullivan PA. Left PA in 1880, homesteaded in Kansas near Cawker City, then settled Edmond, Norton Co, KS
      Date: 1977

    15. [S161] History of Umatilla and Morrow Counties Oregon, Pg 467.
      "On Feb 11, 1875, he was married to Miss Mary E Reynolds, whose father was a general merchant in Sullivan Co Pennsylvania, where their marriage occurred... children: Lillie May; Ellery E.; Ella R; Charles A; Sadie E; Bessie; John W; Roy M; Nora B; Josie M; Ivy M." no places shown, Eva and Frank Albert left out of this writing.
      Copy of book in possession of Pam Hallmark Wagner

      Date: 1905

    16. [S160] Oregon,Umatilla Co-Pendleton: 1986 Michael Family Tree.
      "Albert Frank Michael md Mary Evelyn Reynolds, children: Lillie May; Ellery Lee; Eva; Ella Rebecca; Charley Andrew; Sadie Edith (Marie); Bessie Evelyn; Frank Albert; John Wallace; Roy Monroe; Nora Belle; Josephine M; Iva Marie Michael" - no date or place shown for marriage.
      Date: 1986

    17. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      Albert F Michael md Mary Evelyn Renold on Feb. 11, 1875 [no place shown]
      Family group sheet in brown bk of remembrance in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace; says from Albert Frank Michael and History of Umatilla Co

    18. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Albert F. Michael married February 11-1875 to Mary E Reynolds [no place shown]. To this union the following children were born [name and birthdates shown-see children]
      Pink sheet in blue bk of remembrance [no name of sender], in brown suitcase belonging to Grace Michael Smith

    19. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      Elery Michael of Umatilla County and May Wagner of Umatilla County were by me United in Holy Matrimony, According to the Ordinance of God and the Laws of the State of Oregon at Pendleton on the 27th day of September 1900. Witnesses: J. E. Pollock and Miss Ella Michael, married by John Uren, Paster M.E. Church of Pendleton
      Copy of original Marriage Certificate & family group sheet in brown Bk of Remembrance in suitcase belonging to Grace Michael Smith

      Date: 27 September 1900

    20. [S160] Oregon,Umatilla Co-Pendleton: 1986 Michael Family Tree.
      Ellery Lee md [no name shown], children: Grace, Ted, Floyd, Elbert [no dates or places shown]
      Date: 1986

    21. [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
      Elsie Mae Wegner md Elery Michael (date unknown), 4 children: Grace Mae Michael, Chester Lee, Floyd Lowell, Elbert Russell [no place shown]
      1955 letter from Iva Pound to Mary Marks, Eads doc#87b

    22. [S230] Oregon: State Marriage Rcds.
      Elery Michael md Elsie Wegner 17 Sep 1900, Pendleton OR
      Umatilla Co OR MG Rcds

    23. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Elery Lee Michael md Elsie Mae Wegner 27 Set 1900 [no place shown]
      Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith

    24. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      "Elery Lee Michaeld married #2, Jessie McFall" no date or place shown.
      Family group sheet in brown Book of Remembrance in suit case belonging to Grace Michael Smith

    25. [S180] Family Rcds: MICHAEL, Jessie McFall.
      ...I was married in 1940 Nov 21...
      Mar 1961 letter from Jessie Michael-Seattle to June Hallmark, Eads doc#90, now in June's blue bk of remembrance in Grace Smith's brown suitcase

      Date: 1961

    26. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Elery Lee Michael md Jessie McFall md 21 Nov 1940 [no place shown]
      Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith