Gratiot County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Kelsey, Carese (Sister) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Moore http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007687 March 27, 2010, 7:42 pm Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery Name: Carese (Sister) Kelsey Date Of Photograph: March 23, 2010 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/gratiot/photos/tombstones/oakgrove/kelsey109369nph.jpg Image file size: 155.1 Kb Headstone located in Single Grave Block 3 Lot 40 (?) KELSEY FATHER 1853 - 1926 SISTER 188 - 1926 Note: No first name on headstone. Cemetery records showed father first name as Lewis. Upon checking census records I found the following information: 1900 Census Greendale, Midland Co., MI Lewis Kelsey, 47, born Feb 1853 PA married in 1878 and married 22 years Brien Kelsey, 37 born Apr 1863 PA, mother of 7 children 7 living, wife John Kelsey, 19, born June 1990 PA son Inez Kelsey, 17, born Aug 1883 PA daughter Carese Kelsey, 134, born Nov 1886 MI daughter Daniel Kelsy, 10, born May 1890 MI son Elsa Kelsey, 7, born Sep 1892 MI daughter Earl Kelsey, 4, born Jul 1895 MI son Vernie Kelsey, 2 born Apr 1898 MI son 1910 census Winterfield, Clare Co., MI Louis Kelsey, 58, born abt 1852 PA Maria Kelsey, 49 born abt 1861 PA, wife Earl Kelsey, 16, born abt 1894 MI, son Vern Kelsey, 12, born abt 1898 MI, son 1920 census St. Louis, Gratiot Co., MI Lewis Kelsey, 67 born abt 1853 PA Myra Kelsey, 59,, born abt 1861 PA Cemetery records show Mrs. Lewis (Myra) is also buried in the same plot but her name is not on the stone monument. As you can see from the census records above, all three gave different first names. On the stone where it says Sister 1886 - 1926, I believe that this is probably the daughter from the 1900 census records where the name down is spelled Carese. Not sure if this is the correct spelling of her name. I did not find it any other census records again to verify it. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/gratiot/photos/tombstones/oakgrove/kelsey109369nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb