Louis Magee was the historian of the family. Sort of. He wrote a document of 15 (or more) typewritten pages which he titled "Magee Family History" and distributed same to at least some of his siblings and/or their children. I got my copy from my mother, Ila (Purdy) Bacon who was the eldest daughter of Louis' sister Edith Hazel (Magee) Purdy, but whether Ila got it from her mother or directly from Louis I cannot say.
After naming the nine children of Claron Albert and Ida (Worden) Magee, i.e., Lottie, Nellie, Mildred, William, Frank, Nina, Edith, George and Louis (himself), he goes on to provide short biographies of each of them, in order, Lottie through Nina, but stops abruptly at the bottom of page 15, without addressing Edith, George or himself. At the time he is writing, which comments in his text suggest is the fall of 1978, he, Edith and George were the only children of Albert and Ida still living. Edith will die that December and George in September of 1980. It's possible that Louis was only comfortable writing about his dead siblings. He outlived them all, so maybe there is a more complete version of his "History" out there somewhere.
What Louis did not write about, and, I think, probably never intended to write about, was his father's second family, i.e. Albert's second wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Webster) Magee and the six children he had with her. All that Louis had to say, at least in the 15 pages that I have, is the following, from what is in effect, his preface:
"What my memory shall supply at this time is mostly the result of what our father told the family during the long evenings of winter months, or when he and I were working together husking corn in the fall, or riding in the buggy, or wagon on long trips. I spent my first twenty-two years with him helping him raise his second family, without remuneration beyond my board and room … [except] when I was employed elsewhere….."
That's it. Except for mentioning that their half-sister Myrtle Stebbins had helped take care of Nina once when Nina, at about age 84, had fallen and broken her leg, Louis does not refer by name to any other of his half-siblings nor to his stepmother. Barely a year old when his mother died, he couldn't have had much memory of her, but at about age four when his father remarried, he was old enough to resent the intrusion of his new step-mother and, later, the children she produced, as an unfair burden on himself while he was still living at home.
Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917, has Lewis G. Magee born 4 Oct 1894 at Chapin, Saginaw, MI, father C. A. McGee, farmer, born in Michigan, mother Ida McGee, born in New York.
The Michigan Census of WWI Veteran with Card Index, 1917-1919, has Louis G. Magee, born 4 Oct 1894 in Bross, Mich, resident of Ionia, Ionia Co., military final rank, corporal, father Claron Albert Magee, mother Ida Worden, spouse Augusta Holmes, spouse born 19 Aug 1898 [???], Event Type, Military Service, Event Date 24 Jul 1918, Event Place, Camp Custer, Mich.
Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, reports the marriage, 3 Mar 1919, in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI, of Louis G. [misread as 'T' by the indexer) Magee age 24, father C. A. Magee, mother _da Warden, to Augusta Holmes, age 40 [!], father John Helema, mother Martha Peters.
The 1920 US Census for Ionia, Ionia Co., MI has Louis Magee, age 25, father and mother born in US, with wife Augusta, age 41, both born in Michigan.
The 1930 US Census for Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA has Louis G. Magee, age 35, father and mother both born in Michigan, with wife Augusta O., age 51 and daughter Lois R., age 8, all born in Michigan.
The 1940 US Census for Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA, has Louis G. Magee, age 47, with wife Augusta O., age 61, and daughter Lois R., age 18, all born in Michigan.
The 1950 US Census for Gardena, Los Angeles, CA has Louis G. Magee, age 55, carpenter, with wife Augusta O., age 71, and daughter Louise R. Green, age 28, all born in Michigan.
The California Death Index, 1940-1997, reports the death of Louis Grant Magee at Los Angeles, CA on 19 Jul 1983, birth date 4 Oct 1894, mother's name Worden.
After naming the nine children of Claron Albert and Ida (Worden) Magee, i.e., Lottie, Nellie, Mildred, William, Frank, Nina, Edith, George and Louis (himself), he goes on to provide short biographies of each of them, in order, Lottie through Nina, but stops abruptly at the bottom of page 15, without addressing Edith, George or himself. At the time he is writing, which comments in his text suggest is the fall of 1978, he, Edith and George were the only children of Albert and Ida still living. Edith will die that December and George in September of 1980. It's possible that Louis was only comfortable writing about his dead siblings. He outlived them all, so maybe there is a more complete version of his "History" out there somewhere.
What Louis did not write about, and, I think, probably never intended to write about, was his father's second family, i.e. Albert's second wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Webster) Magee and the six children he had with her. All that Louis had to say, at least in the 15 pages that I have, is the following, from what is in effect, his preface:
"What my memory shall supply at this time is mostly the result of what our father told the family during the long evenings of winter months, or when he and I were working together husking corn in the fall, or riding in the buggy, or wagon on long trips. I spent my first twenty-two years with him helping him raise his second family, without remuneration beyond my board and room … [except] when I was employed elsewhere….."
That's it. Except for mentioning that their half-sister Myrtle Stebbins had helped take care of Nina once when Nina, at about age 84, had fallen and broken her leg, Louis does not refer by name to any other of his half-siblings nor to his stepmother. Barely a year old when his mother died, he couldn't have had much memory of her, but at about age four when his father remarried, he was old enough to resent the intrusion of his new step-mother and, later, the children she produced, as an unfair burden on himself while he was still living at home.
Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917, has Lewis G. Magee born 4 Oct 1894 at Chapin, Saginaw, MI, father C. A. McGee, farmer, born in Michigan, mother Ida McGee, born in New York.
The Michigan Census of WWI Veteran with Card Index, 1917-1919, has Louis G. Magee, born 4 Oct 1894 in Bross, Mich, resident of Ionia, Ionia Co., military final rank, corporal, father Claron Albert Magee, mother Ida Worden, spouse Augusta Holmes, spouse born 19 Aug 1898 [???], Event Type, Military Service, Event Date 24 Jul 1918, Event Place, Camp Custer, Mich.
Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, reports the marriage, 3 Mar 1919, in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI, of Louis G. [misread as 'T' by the indexer) Magee age 24, father C. A. Magee, mother _da Warden, to Augusta Holmes, age 40 [!], father John Helema, mother Martha Peters.
The 1920 US Census for Ionia, Ionia Co., MI has Louis Magee, age 25, father and mother born in US, with wife Augusta, age 41, both born in Michigan.
The 1930 US Census for Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA has Louis G. Magee, age 35, father and mother both born in Michigan, with wife Augusta O., age 51 and daughter Lois R., age 8, all born in Michigan.
The 1940 US Census for Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA, has Louis G. Magee, age 47, with wife Augusta O., age 61, and daughter Lois R., age 18, all born in Michigan.
The 1950 US Census for Gardena, Los Angeles, CA has Louis G. Magee, age 55, carpenter, with wife Augusta O., age 71, and daughter Louise R. Green, age 28, all born in Michigan.
The California Death Index, 1940-1997, reports the death of Louis Grant Magee at Los Angeles, CA on 19 Jul 1983, birth date 4 Oct 1894, mother's name Worden.
Louis Magee was the historian of the family. Sort of. He wrote a document of 15 (or more) typewritten pages which he titled "Magee Family History" and distributed same to at least some of his siblings and/or their children. I got my copy from my mother, Ila (Purdy) Bacon who was the eldest daughter of Louis' sister Edith Hazel (Magee) Purdy, but whether Ila got it from her mother or directly from Louis I cannot say.
After naming the nine children of Claron Albert and Ida (Worden) Magee, i.e., Lottie, Nellie, Mildred, William, Frank, Nina, Edith, George and Louis (himself), he goes on to provide short biographies of each of them, in order, Lottie through Nina, but stops abruptly at the bottom of page 15, without addressing Edith, George or himself. At the time he is writing, which comments in his text suggest is the fall of 1978, he, Edith and George were the only children of Albert and Ida still living. Edith will die that December and George in September of 1980. It's possible that Louis was only comfortable writing about his dead siblings. He outlived them all, so maybe there is a more complete version of his "History" out there somewhere.
What Louis did not write about, and, I think, probably never intended to write about, was his father's second family, i.e. Albert's second wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Webster) Magee and the six children he had with her. All that Louis had to say, at least in the 15 pages that I have, is the following, from what is in effect, his preface:
"What my memory shall supply at this time is mostly the result of what our father told the family during the long evenings of winter months, or when he and I were working together husking corn in the fall, or riding in the buggy, or wagon on long trips. I spent my first twenty-two years with him helping him raise his second family, without remuneration beyond my board and room … [except] when I was employed elsewhere….."
That's it. Except for mentioning that their half-sister Myrtle Stebbins had helped take care of Nina once when Nina, at about age 84, had fallen and broken her leg, Louis does not refer by name to any other of his half-siblings nor to his stepmother. Barely a year old when his mother died, he couldn't have had much memory of her, but at about age four when his father remarried, he was old enough to resent the intrusion of his new step-mother and, later, the children she produced, as an unfair burden on himself while he was still living at home.
Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917, has Lewis G. Magee born 4 Oct 1894 at Chapin, Saginaw, MI, father C. A. McGee, farmer, born in Michigan, mother Ida McGee, born in New York.
The Michigan Census of WWI Veteran with Card Index, 1917-1919, has Louis G. Magee, born 4 Oct 1894 in Bross, Mich, resident of Ionia, Ionia Co., military final rank, corporal, father Claron Albert Magee, mother Ida Worden, spouse Augusta Holmes, spouse born 19 Aug 1898 [???], Event Type, Military Service, Event Date 24 Jul 1918, Event Place, Camp Custer, Mich.
Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, reports the marriage, 3 Mar 1919, in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI, of Louis G. [misread as 'T' by the indexer) Magee age 24, father C. A. Magee, mother _da Warden, to Augusta Holmes, age 40 [!], father John Helema, mother Martha Peters.
The 1920 US Census for Ionia, Ionia Co., MI has Louis Magee, age 25, father and mother born in US, with wife Augusta, age 41, both born in Michigan.
The 1930 US Census for Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA has Louis G. Magee, age 35, father and mother both born in Michigan, with wife Augusta O., age 51 and daughter Lois R., age 8, all born in Michigan.
The 1940 US Census for Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA, has Louis G. Magee, age 47, with wife Augusta O., age 61, and daughter Lois R., age 18, all born in Michigan.
The 1950 US Census for Gardena, Los Angeles, CA has Louis G. Magee, age 55, carpenter, with wife Augusta O., age 71, and daughter Louise R. Green, age 28, all born in Michigan.
The California Death Index, 1940-1997, reports the death of Louis Grant Magee at Los Angeles, CA on 19 Jul 1983, birth date 4 Oct 1894, mother's name Worden.
After naming the nine children of Claron Albert and Ida (Worden) Magee, i.e., Lottie, Nellie, Mildred, William, Frank, Nina, Edith, George and Louis (himself), he goes on to provide short biographies of each of them, in order, Lottie through Nina, but stops abruptly at the bottom of page 15, without addressing Edith, George or himself. At the time he is writing, which comments in his text suggest is the fall of 1978, he, Edith and George were the only children of Albert and Ida still living. Edith will die that December and George in September of 1980. It's possible that Louis was only comfortable writing about his dead siblings. He outlived them all, so maybe there is a more complete version of his "History" out there somewhere.
What Louis did not write about, and, I think, probably never intended to write about, was his father's second family, i.e. Albert's second wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Webster) Magee and the six children he had with her. All that Louis had to say, at least in the 15 pages that I have, is the following, from what is in effect, his preface:
"What my memory shall supply at this time is mostly the result of what our father told the family during the long evenings of winter months, or when he and I were working together husking corn in the fall, or riding in the buggy, or wagon on long trips. I spent my first twenty-two years with him helping him raise his second family, without remuneration beyond my board and room … [except] when I was employed elsewhere….."
That's it. Except for mentioning that their half-sister Myrtle Stebbins had helped take care of Nina once when Nina, at about age 84, had fallen and broken her leg, Louis does not refer by name to any other of his half-siblings nor to his stepmother. Barely a year old when his mother died, he couldn't have had much memory of her, but at about age four when his father remarried, he was old enough to resent the intrusion of his new step-mother and, later, the children she produced, as an unfair burden on himself while he was still living at home.
Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917, has Lewis G. Magee born 4 Oct 1894 at Chapin, Saginaw, MI, father C. A. McGee, farmer, born in Michigan, mother Ida McGee, born in New York.
The Michigan Census of WWI Veteran with Card Index, 1917-1919, has Louis G. Magee, born 4 Oct 1894 in Bross, Mich, resident of Ionia, Ionia Co., military final rank, corporal, father Claron Albert Magee, mother Ida Worden, spouse Augusta Holmes, spouse born 19 Aug 1898 [???], Event Type, Military Service, Event Date 24 Jul 1918, Event Place, Camp Custer, Mich.
Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, reports the marriage, 3 Mar 1919, in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI, of Louis G. [misread as 'T' by the indexer) Magee age 24, father C. A. Magee, mother _da Warden, to Augusta Holmes, age 40 [!], father John Helema, mother Martha Peters.
The 1920 US Census for Ionia, Ionia Co., MI has Louis Magee, age 25, father and mother born in US, with wife Augusta, age 41, both born in Michigan.
The 1930 US Census for Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA has Louis G. Magee, age 35, father and mother both born in Michigan, with wife Augusta O., age 51 and daughter Lois R., age 8, all born in Michigan.
The 1940 US Census for Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA, has Louis G. Magee, age 47, with wife Augusta O., age 61, and daughter Lois R., age 18, all born in Michigan.
The 1950 US Census for Gardena, Los Angeles, CA has Louis G. Magee, age 55, carpenter, with wife Augusta O., age 71, and daughter Louise R. Green, age 28, all born in Michigan.
The California Death Index, 1940-1997, reports the death of Louis Grant Magee at Los Angeles, CA on 19 Jul 1983, birth date 4 Oct 1894, mother's name Worden.
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