Evelyn D. "Eva" Chapman

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From FindAGrave:

Birth: Nov. 23, 1860
Lake Odessa
Ionia County
Michigan, USA
Death: 1938
Portland
Ionia County
Michigan, USA

DIES AFTER AN ILLNESS OF 20 MONTHS

Mrs. Eva Bywater Passes Away Sunday Evening at Home of Daughter.

CAME TO PORTLAND 23 YEARS AGO TO RESIDE

Was Born on Farm Where Part of Lake Odessa Village is Now Located.

Mrs. Eva Bywater died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Addie Ryerson, in this village Sunday night, after an illness which had kept her confined to the bed for nearly two years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon, and burial will be in Portland cemetery. Mrs. Bywater was 78 years old on November 23d.

Deceased was born on a farm where the north part of the village of Lake Odessa now stands. Twenty-three years ago she and her husband, the late William Bywater, moved to Portland, where their son, Carl D. Bywater, had but recently opened a drug store. The husband's death occurred several years ago.

The surviving children are Mrs. Cora Hay, Grand Rapids; Miss Florence Bywater, Detroit; Mrs. Addie Ryerson, Carl D. Bywater, Portland. A sister, Mrs. Ella Burton, resides at Nashville, and there are four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Bywater had been a worker in the Methodist church society since she was a young lady, and was a member of the Portland church. She belonged to the Rebekah lodge,
having been one of the first members of the order at Lake Odessa.

Evelyn married Wiliam Day Bywater about 1878. Wiliam (son of Thomas L. Bywater and Julia Ann Tallman) was born on 2 Jul 1850 in Cayuga County, New York; died on 8 Mar 1924 in Portland, Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Portland Cemetery, Portland, Ionia County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cora married Ira E. Hay on 1 Feb 1899 in Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan. Ira was born about 1878 in Michigan; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Groom's Name: Leon Ryerson
Groom's Race:
Groom's Age: 29 years
Groom's Birth Date: 1882
Groom's Birthplace: Portland
Bride's Name: Addie J. Bywater
Bride's Race:
Bride's Age: 24 years
Bride's Birth Date: 1887
Bride's Birthplace: South Dakota
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Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1911
Marriage Place: Grand Ledge, Ionia, Michigan
Groom's Father: C. S. Ryerson
Groom's Mother: Mary Bacon
Bride's Father: William D. Bywater
Bride's Mother: ...lyn Chapman
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Film Number: 2342693
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Digital Folder Number: 4209154
Image Number: 226
Reference Number: v 2 p 1015 rn 2933
Collection: Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925

Addie married Leon Ryerson on 25 Dec 1911 in Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan. Leon was born about 1882 in Michigan; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From FindAGrave:

Carl Day Bywater was born Oct 31, 1892 to Evelyn (Chapman) and William Bywater.
Carl married Margery Wilhelm Nov 20, 1919. She was born Sep 9 1895, and died Sep 8, 1987 in Portland, Ionia County, Michigan.

Obituary of Carl Day Bywater:
"Funeral services will be held at 2 Monday for Carl D. Bywater, 55, a Portland druggist since 1916 and a member of the Democratic state central committee. Mr. Bywater, also chairman of the Ionia county Democratic committee, died in St. Lawrence hospital in Lansing Friday. He was a member of the Masonic order, Lions club and IOOF. Surviving are his wife, Margery; a daughter, Marilyn at home and three sisters, Mrs. Addie Ryerson, Portland township treasurer, Florence of Detroit and Mrs. Cora Hay of Grand Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 2 Monday at the Bandfield Chapel, Portland".

Burial will be in Portland cemetery.

Carl married Margery Wilhelm on 19 Nov 1919 in Portland, Ionia County, Michigan. Margery was born on 9 Sep 1895 in Portland, Ionia County, Michigan; died on 8 Sep 1987 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]