This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1788.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Marriage record - CLIMONS, JOEL - PARKHURST,DIANA - IONIA,,18 AUG 1874 From the 1910 census - Name: Joel Clemons; blacksmith Age in 1910: 60 Estimated birth year: 1849 Birthplace: Michigan Home in 1910: 3-WD CHARLOTTE, EATON, Michigan ED: 81, page 6B Dianah - 55, wife, b. NY Fannt - 30, single, b. Mi., blacksmith Hale - 20, single, b. Mi., clothing store salesman From the 1920 census - Name: Joel Clemons Age: 70 years Estimated birth year: 1849 Birthplace: Michigan Home in 1920: Carmel, Eaton, Michigan Page: 6A; ED: 93 Dianah - 64 Hale J. - 30, b. Mi., clothing salesman Dadie - 28, daughter inlaw, b. Mi I would suggest purchasing the death certificate; since you know the date and plave of death. Her husband may be the informant. With a last name of Smith it's almost impossible to trace her. State of Michigan Death Certificate Request Link: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/DEATHAPP.HTM REQUESTING A MICHIGAN DEATH RECORD The Michigan Vital Records office has records of deaths that occurred in Michigan and were filed with the state since 1867. Some of the records were not filed with the state; more records are missing from the pre-1916 files. Anyone is eligible to request a copy of a Michigan death record if the application is completed and signed and the required fee paid.