__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _Benjamin Sturgess __| | (1808 - 1904) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | __| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--Irena "Lois" Sturgess | (1832 - 1856) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Caroline ___________| (1856 - ....) | | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |__| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
!SOURCE: Email from Lucinda Carter Kitchen Baublis (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 8 Jul 2005. Adds marriage date, citing Oakland County marriage book D pg 71. Gives name Irena aka Lois Surgess. Also adds death date and place. (Died at age 23.)
!SOURCE: 12 Jul 1850 Census of Troy, Oakland, Michigan, p. 16-17:
!SOURCE: Email from Don (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 10 Jul 2005. "From Cindy in Troy Union Corners Cemetery there is a grave stone that reads 'Irenia Whipple, wife of Levi d Mar 28, 1856 23y 11m 6d. Also in the book 'Marriage Records of Oakland County 1849 - 1854' it lists Levi Whipple 22/23 and Irena Surgess (note spellings of both her first and last name) 18 both of Troy married there by Stephen Goodman V.D.M. on July 4, 1849."
!SOURCE: "Descendants of Johnathan Whipple," email from Lucinda Carter Kitchen Baublis (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 19 Jul 2005. Gives birth abt 22 Aug 1832 (previously entered as 22 Apr 1832).
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