Help to identify car MICH26 599

[spanton]

I know you're about to try the photo board for an ID on the car, but as I've just been looking at possibilities I thought I'd post here while it's fresh in my mind - feel free to quote my reply there if you want.

From looking at American cars in general of that date, it seemed to me that the shape of the trim round the top of the radiator here was quite distinctive. The closest match I could spot was a Buick Sedan of about 1925-26, but I'm not certain of this. Here are a couple that I've found - see what you think:

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/62276407320205553/

http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=309793&country=us

   I think you are correct a Buick Sedan. In fact 3 of them with Frank and George looking very dapper! Now what were they doing in Detroit? Family stories hint at some underworld connections but nothing specific!

[arthurk]

I don't think the middle car is the same - the edge/angle along the bonnet is different, and it doesn't have the sidelight by the corner of the windscreen.

I'm not sure about the back one either. It might have a similar sidelight, but the overall shape of the bonnet seems a bit more rounded. However, it's very hard to be certain when there's so little of it to be seen.

[RJ137]

I knew she had died in 2004 and I had names but this link on family search gives a lot more details of her family. My new line of enquiry is to try and track down some of these living relatives. I have been researching in uk for 20+ years but US research is new to me.

Nora's husband, Ford Leeland Newton died in 2009.

SSDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMCK-5P2

Find A Grave w/obit: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67544978/ford-leeland-newton

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Here are the birth records of the 3 children for Noreen Patricia Newton & Ford Leland Newton.

1st daughter: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL6F-NZW

Son: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2YZ-KYV

2nd daughter: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL1N-MWV

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The whole family moved to Alaska. It appears the 2 daughters never married.

The oldest daughter Denise died in 1988.

Obit snip: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV54-9W2N

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Public records-

son: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2SLP-KHB

Daughter-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJJL-7793
https://bizstanding.com/p/newton+llc-37017

[spanton]

I don't think the middle car is the same - the edge/angle along the bonnet is different, and it doesn't have the sidelight by the corner of the windscreen.

I'm not sure about the back one either. It might have a similar sidelight, but the overall shape of the bonnet seems a bit more rounded. However, it's very hard to be certain when there's so little of it to be seen.

Thank you-yes I think you are correct unless they are different versions of the same model?

[spanton]

Nora's husband, Ford Leeland Newton died in 2009.

SSDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMCK-5P2

Find A Grave w/obit: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67544978/ford-leeland-newton

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Here are the birth records of the 3 children for Noreen Patricia Newton & Ford Leland Newton.

1st daughter: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL6F-NZW

Son: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2YZ-KYV

2nd daughter: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL1N-MWV


[/quote]   Brilliant links. Good things to follow up and I am going to write some letters this week. Thank you

[*Sandra*]

Thanks for the messages.

This is the obituary for Lillian Mae Newton - mother of Ford Leeland Newton.

The Sacramento Bee Sacramento, California
16 Nov 2001, Fri    Page 37

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69264329/lillian-mae-newton-16-november-2001/

Sandra