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Family of Richard Robert VESEY and Helen LEMON

Richard Robert VESEY b. 1897 Feb 12221 at Goshen, IN221. d. 1960 Oct 25800 at Detroit, MI800.
Helen LEMON b. 1902 Jun 792 at Michigan1523. d. 1987 Jul92 at Kalamazoo, MI92.

Married1523 1921 Aug 81523 at Howell, MI1523. The marriage license for Robert R Vesey and Helen Lemon was issued1523 Aug 8, 1921. They were married by J S West, clergyman. Witnesses were Ora Bell, Fowlersville, MI, and B Mae West, Howell, MI.

Richard was a telegrapher. Richard's 1918 WWI draft registration card221 provides his full name. On the time of his WWI draft registration, he worked for Western Union Telegraph and resided in Mason City, Iowa.

The obituary4601 of Edgar Vesey mentions surviving son Richard Vesey "of Detroit, Mich."

Hillman800 has Richard's death as Oct 25, 1960, in Detroit, MI, referencing an obituary in The Elkhart Truth, Oct 26, 1960, p. 2.

At the time of her marriage1523 to Robert R Vesey, Helen was a stenographer, residing in Detroit, MI. Helen and Robert were divorced (prior to his 1928 marriage to Lillian Schmidt); in 1930, Helen and son Robert Vesey resided1550 in the household of Helen's parents, Walter and Marie Lemon. In 1940, Helen "Veasy," age 37, born in Michigan, was a patient in the Kalamazoo State Hospital (for the insane). Helen "Veazy," born Jun 7, 1902, died92 Jul, 1987, a resident of Kalamazoo, MI. It is supposed that woman is this Helen Vesey.

Child 1. Robert

In 1930, Robert resided with his divorced mother in the household of his grandfather, Walter E Lemon. In 1940, he resided at the same address, the household of his widowed grandmother, Marie Lemon. Robert joined1681 the U. S. Army, Dec 10, 1942, and served until Feb 18, 1946.

Children of Richard Robert VESEY and Helen LEMON:

1. Robert L VESEY1550 b. 1924 Jul 164632 at Michigan. d. 1985 Apr 264632 at Royal Oak, MI4632.


92. Social Security Death Index
221. WW I Draft Registration Card; www.ancestry.com, familysearch.org
800. Veazie Genealogy, Ralph E Hillman, CG, Penobscot Press, Private Printing, Feb 2011.
1523. Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, 1822-1995, 1811-1959; familysearch.org
1550. 1930 Fed Census MI, Wayne Co., Detriot; www.ancestry.com
1681. U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; www.ancestry.com
2088. 1900 Fed Census IN, Elkhart Co., Elkhart; www.ancestry.com
2090. 1910 Fed Census IN, Elkhart Co., Elkhart Twp (Goshen City); www.ancestry.com
4601. Obit - Vesey, Edgar J, Goshen (IN) Daily Democrat, Mon, May 24, 1920; newspaperarchive.com
4631. 1940 Fed Census MI, Kalamazoo Co., Kalamazoo; familysearch.org
4632. Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996; www.ancestry.com