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Alice Viola Craven b 22 Aug 1907 Michigan
« on: Friday 22 June 18 10:05 BST (UK) »
The above was the daughter of William Wellington Craven and Alice Victoria Curley and at 1940 US census she was single living with her widowed mother in Detroit, Wayne.
According to various trees on Anc she passed away 28 Mar 1974 and lived at 48236 Grosse Pte Shores, Wayne as Ledyard? The problem is that none of the trees say who her Ledyard husband was and when they married  (other than 1940) or have sources for these 'facts.'
There was an Augustus Canfield Ledyard who passed away in the same area and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery as was she but have separate gravestones. I wonder if these 2 are linked by marriage and if there were any children?
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Re: Alice Viola Craven b 22 Aug 1907 Michigan
« Reply #1 on: Friday 22 June 18 10:45 BST (UK) »
Have your tried contacting the tree owner?

It says Augustus was her husband and there were 2 children but those details are private so a message might get more information for you. 
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Re: Alice Viola Craven b 22 Aug 1907 Michigan
« Reply #2 on: Friday 22 June 18 10:47 BST (UK) »
There is a marriage for a Alice Craven age 19 father William mother Alice Curley 
8 June 1925 Wayne Michigan
Spouse Stanley Collins age 21

www.familysearch.org have you seen this one ..I can see her on all the census records as single  ???

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Re: Alice Viola Craven b 22 Aug 1907 Michigan
« Reply #3 on: Friday 22 June 18 11:02 BST (UK) »
There is a possibility this is a second marriage for Floyd Stanley Collins 15 December 1928 age 23
Same parents George Collins May Jones says he was not married before
Spouse Francis J Friend

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Re: Alice Viola Craven b 22 Aug 1907 Michigan
« Reply #4 on: Friday 22 June 18 11:39 BST (UK) »
Sunday, March 14, 1943 - Detroit Free Press - scroll to OCR text.

1 March  To Mr. and Mrs. Augustus C. Ledyard (Alice Craven), a daughter ..................names her

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98045446/

The anc tree does give the date of the marriage 23 June 1940) so as suggested it would be best to contact the owner of that tree.

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Re: Alice Viola Craven b 22 Aug 1907 Michigan
« Reply #5 on: Friday 22 June 18 13:42 BST (UK) »
Sunday, March 8, 1959 - Detroit Free Press - OCR Text.......

Mentions both children...........

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/97934839/

son mentioned here

https://www.gow.org/uploaded/files/Yearbooks/1959_Yearbook.pdf

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Re: Alice Viola Craven b 22 Aug 1907 Michigan
« Reply #6 on: Friday 22 June 18 14:54 BST (UK) »
The above was the daughter of William Wellington Craven and Alice Victoria Curley and at 1940 US census she was single living with her widowed mother in Detroit, Wayne.
According to various trees on Anc she passed away 28 Mar 1974 and lived at 48236 Grosse Pte Shores, Wayne as Ledyard? The problem is that none of the trees say who her Ledyard husband was and when they married  (other than 1940) or have sources for these 'facts.'
There was an Augustus Canfield Ledyard who passed away in the same area and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery as was she but have separate gravestones. I wonder if these 2 are linked by marriage and if there were any children?
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit, Michigan
Friday, September 13, 1940 - Page 15

 Augustus Ledyard Married

IMPORTANT news socially is the simple announcement that came from Mrs. William Wellington Craven, of Crane Ave., yesterday, telling of the marriage of her daughter Alice V. Craven, to Augustus Canfield Ledyard, of Cloverly Road, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ledyard, and a scion of one of Detroit's oldest families.
   The marriage took place in St. Louis on Sept. 7, and Mr. and Mrs. Ledyard will live on Cloverly.

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Alice's obit-

Detroit Free Press
Detroit, Michigan
Friday, March 29, 1974 - Page 33

Obit: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21180600/alice_c_ledyard_obit_1974/

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Augustus's obit-

Detroit Free Press
Detroit, Michigan
Sunday, September 30, 1984 - Page 33

Obit: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21180568/augustus_ledyard_obit/

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Re: Alice Viola Craven b 22 Aug 1907 Michigan
« Reply #7 on: Friday 22 June 18 15:30 BST (UK) »
The above was the daughter of William Wellington Craven and Alice Victoria Curley and at 1940 US census she was single living with her widowed mother in Detroit, Wayne.


Alice Victoria (Curley) Craven died in 1971. Her daughter Alice is mentioned in her obit as Mrs. Augustus (Alice) Ledyard.

Detroit Free Press
Detroit, Michigan
Thursday, July 29, 1971 - Page 18

Obit: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21181369/alice_curley_craven_obit_1971/

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Re: Alice Viola Craven b 22 Aug 1907 Michigan
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 23 June 18 12:20 BST (UK) »
Thank you all for your excellent research. Tried contacting tree owner but hasn't been on for 10 months so guess they've left? Looks like the marriage to Collins is a red herring as she was single on the 1930 census? I can't access newspapers.com unless I pay for the privelidge which I don't want to do, can some kind person send me a pm with details instead?
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