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Frances Ida <I>Williams</I> Youker

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Frances Ida Williams Youker

Birth
Stroud, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
22 Apr 1946 (aged 52)
Monroe Center, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Grawn, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.6510879, Longitude: -85.6956939
Memorial ID
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Frances was born in Stroud, Oklahoma in 1894 to James Williams and Carrie Taylor-Randell. James was a Civil War Veteran from New York, who ended up meeting and marrying Carrie in Kansas, the couple later relocating to Oklahoma.
After James' death in 1900, Carrie made her way to Grawn, Michigan with her children.
As Frances' father, James died when she was only 5 years old, she grew up knowing her mother's second husband, Archie MacIntyre as a father figure and refered to him as dad/daddy.
Frances graduated from Traverse City High School in 1911 and Mt. Pleasant County Normal in 1913. On Christmas Eve 1917, Frances wed Elmer Youker at the Traverse City Evangelical United Brethren Church. She was a school teacher, serving many one room school houses throughout Grand Traverse County. Frances was a very accomplished seamstress and was a 4H leader for area children. She had one full sister, Dulcie Williams-Lutman, and four half siblings through her mother's first marriage.
Note: Elmer Youker and Bill Lutman (Dulcie's husband) were first cousins.
Frances was born in Stroud, Oklahoma in 1894 to James Williams and Carrie Taylor-Randell. James was a Civil War Veteran from New York, who ended up meeting and marrying Carrie in Kansas, the couple later relocating to Oklahoma.
After James' death in 1900, Carrie made her way to Grawn, Michigan with her children.
As Frances' father, James died when she was only 5 years old, she grew up knowing her mother's second husband, Archie MacIntyre as a father figure and refered to him as dad/daddy.
Frances graduated from Traverse City High School in 1911 and Mt. Pleasant County Normal in 1913. On Christmas Eve 1917, Frances wed Elmer Youker at the Traverse City Evangelical United Brethren Church. She was a school teacher, serving many one room school houses throughout Grand Traverse County. Frances was a very accomplished seamstress and was a 4H leader for area children. She had one full sister, Dulcie Williams-Lutman, and four half siblings through her mother's first marriage.
Note: Elmer Youker and Bill Lutman (Dulcie's husband) were first cousins.


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  • Created by: Youker83
  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103388614/frances_ida-youker: accessed ), memorial page for Frances Ida Williams Youker (19 Apr 1894–22 Apr 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 103388614, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Grawn, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Youker83 (contributor 47774882).