Individual Details

Verne Glenn Ivory

(23 Oct 1886 - 15 Aug 1952)

Did Verne have a twin sister Irene, or was his name entered wrong in the Lapeer County, Michigan, Return of Births?
In 1911 when his daughter, Gwen, was born, Verne was a druggist.

WWI Draft Registration for Verne G. Ivory dated 24 October 1917: #829 Verne G. Ivory 31 years old, home address - 1912 North Saginaw Flint, Michigan, date of birth - October 23, 1886, natural born, at Hadley, Michigan, USA. Present occupation-druggist employed by himself at 427 South Saginaw St., Flint, Mich. He has a wife and two children solely dependent on his support. Married, Caucasian with no military service. He claims exemption from draft because of dependent wife and children. Verne is described as tall and slender with brown hair and brown eyes. He is not bald and he is not disabled in any way.

Gertrude Belle Ivory Bullock remembers Verne showing up in Hadley every spring after he became a traveling salesman.

Melvin Ivory, Verne's first cousin, says that Verne was a traveling salesman in the western staes for Boericke and Tafel, Inc. of Chicago and Philadelphia, homeopathic pharmacists.

There was a Verne G. Ivory living in the Patton State Hospital for the Insane, San Bernardino County, California, in 1940. Age 53 divorced.

Events

Birth23 Oct 1886Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan
Census (family)-shared1894(Egbert D. Ivory and Ellen E. Bixby) Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan
Census (family)-sharedJun 1900(Egbert D. Ivory and Ellen E. Bixby) Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan
Marriage25 Aug 1909Flint, Genesee County, Michigan - Bessie Ethel Townsend
Census (family)15 Apr 1910Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan - Bessie Ethel Townsend
Draft registration24 Oct 1917Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Census (family)-shared21 Apr 1930(Hugh Eugene Nowlin and Ola Louisa Townsend) Seattle, King County, Washington
Death15 Aug 1952Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
DivorceBessie Ethel Townsend
BurialValhalla Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California

Families

SpouseBessie Ethel Townsend (1887 - 1980)
ChildGuinevere Ellen Ivory (1911 - 1981)
ChildVerne Grier Ivory (1914 - 2013)
FatherEgbert D. Ivory (1852 - 1906)
MotherEllen E. Bixby (1858 - 1940)
SiblingJonas Egbert Ivory (1877 - 1896)
SiblingKirk Webster Ivory (1879 - 1942)

Notes

Birth

Irene Ivory
Gender: Female
Gender: F
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1886
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1886
Birthplace: Hadley, Lapeer, Michigan
Father's Name: Egbert Ivory
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Name: Ellen Ivory
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan

Census (family)-shared

Husband Egbert Ivory M 42
Wife Ellen E Ivory F 36
Son Jonas Ivory M 16
Son Kirk W Ivory M 14
Son Virne G Ivory M 7
Hired Girl Lillie Goodg? F 17

Census (family)-shared

Head Edgbert D Ivory M 48 Wisconsin
Wife Ailen E Ivory F 42 Michigan
Son Kirk W Ivory M 21 Michigan
Son Verne G Ivory M 14 Michigan
Father-in-law Kirk W Bixby M 66 Michigan
Servant Agusta Krause F 14 Michigan

Marriage

At this time Verne was a druggist, and Bessie was a school teacher.

Census (family)

Verne G Ivory Head M 23 Michigan - Pharmacist, drug store
Bessie E Ivory Wife F 22 Michigan

Census (family)-shared

Hugh E Nowlin Head M 49 Michigan - Watch maker, jewelry
Ola L Nowlin Wife F 49 Michigan
Arthur B Nowlin Son M 20 Michigan - Accountant, building
Jeannette M Nowlin Daughter F 12 Michigan
Verne G Ivory Cousin M 43 Michigan - Commercial salesman, drug company

Burial

Valhalla Memorial Park 
North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California

Endnotes

1. Lapeer County Clerk, Michigan Dept. Health Certificate Of Birth, #4099 page 179.

2. "Michigan, Births, 1867-1902," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ8Q-CZ9 : accessed 19 Feb 2014), Irene Ivory, 23 Oct 1886..

3. "Michigan, State Census, 1894," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHKH-2PH : accessed 19 Feb 2014), Egbert Ivory, 1894..

4. "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS99-HL4 : accessed 19 Feb 2014), Edgbert D Ivory, Hadley township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing sheet , family 61, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240724..

5. Genesee County Clerk, Bessie Townsend/Verne Ivory Marriage, 25 Aug 1909, State Record #8656.

6. Genesee County Clerk, Verne Ivory/Bessie Townsend marriage 25 Aug 1909, Vol. 7, page 237,#8656.

7. "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCCK-TJ6 : accessed 14 Aug 2013), E. H. Ivory in entry for Verne G. Ivory and Bessie E. Townsend, 25 Aug 1909..

8. "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3VT-PQP : accessed 14 Aug 2013), E. D. Ivory in entry for Vern G. Ivory and Bessie E. Townsend, 25 Aug 1909..

9. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLR9-33R : accessed 6 November 2017), Verne G Ivory, Hadley, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 42, sheet 1B, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 659; FHL microfilm 1,374,672..

10. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6X4-H8D : 12 December 2014), Verne G Ivory, 1917-1918; citing Flint City no 2, Michigan, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,675,570..

11. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC3X-GLP : accessed 6 November 2017), Verne G Ivory in household of Hugh E Nowlin, Seattle, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 189, sheet 88A, line 5, family 456, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2502; FHL microfilm 2,342,236..

12. Verne Glenn Ivory death, 15 Aug 1952, Reg. District #1901. Registrar's #14183.

13. "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG5B-Y71 : 26 November 2014), Verne Glenn Ivory, 15 Aug 1952; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento..

14. Verne Glenn Ivory death, 15 Aug 1952, Reg. District #1901. Registrar's #14183.