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Lucy May Fay
Claude’s sister
 Born Oct 5th 1901 -  Feb. 3rd 1989 (87)
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1910 Census

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​The first thing that jumps out at me is Ernest is not in this census. He must have already been accidentally shot by 1910.

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​Among the notable things in this 1910 census that great grandpa lists his father as have been born in Scotland

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Also Minnie says the age at marriage was 15.

1910

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1910 Census

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1901 one Lucy is born to Joel and Minnie May

 

1910 Census Lucy is 8 and living at home

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1920 Census Lucy is 18 years old and single living at home

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1922 Paul Harry Williams  Marriage to Lucy Fay March 20th 1922 (if true, she was already pregnant.  (as the baby was born Dec. 1922) I think this information came from another person's website, but it looked as though they had a lot of information and it appeared that they did a fairly deep dive on Paul and Lucy. No documentation was given, but they had dates of marriage.

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1923 Paul Harry Williams and Lucy Fay death certificate for three month old daughter, June May, Bellle Williams. Union City, Pa. 

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1927 Lucy gives birth to her last child with Paul H Williams. Somewhere between 1927 (last birth)  and 1939 sounds like she leaves Williams and has already married. Sturdevent. Lucy's had 4 children between 1922 and 1927. 4 born 3 living. Very first baby died at three months old. So at minimum Lucy marries at 20 years old to Paul H (Harry) Williams in 1922. She's with him until the last birth which was 1927 then by 1930, three years later, she apparently leaves him and the children and goes back to live with George Reese and Minnie May, her mother in Pennsylvania. It seems like Lucy might have abandoned the family as she was living with her mother and stepfather, and no children were with her in that 1930 census.​ Lucy reports on the 1930 census that her first marriage was at 20 years old 20  Making the year 1921 

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1939 photograph list her as Lucy Sturdevant

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1941 Orlo Sturdevant lists her as wife on his 1940s military registration card

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1952. Her husband dies “Sturdevant" after being hit by a car helping his son deliver papers. Article lists survived by Lucy, one son, Elwin, and a daughter Elizabeth Paulucci.

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1952 through 1989 (her death) she keeps the name Sturdevant.

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1929

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For Lucy, this 1929 photograph represents the time between giving birth to her last son in 1927 and the 1930 census shows her living with her parents, but retaining the last name of Williams. A photograph dated 1939 lister as being married to Orlo E. Sturdevant

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** need to find date of marriage for second husband

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1920

1920 Census Crawford County Pennsylvania

Census shows Lucy living at home, still signal single at 18 years old.

​Jewel has his grandson living with them, Frederick D. Blakeslee 3 11/12 years old.

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Lucy's children with her first husband according to another person's ancestry website.

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The two 1930 census is below is turning out to be a bit of a hairball in that while Lois is living with her mother and stepfather still retaining her name Mary name of Williams her next husband is two hours away, married to a different woman. Lucy was having children from 1922 all the way up till 1927 and I think there is an Elizabeth. But you see in the second 1930 census with the other eight year-old Elizabeth. Is that Lucy's child who the hell knows?

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1930

Minnie's first husband, Joel M. Fay died in 1920

** As per this census, Lucy would be the stepdaughter to George Reese as Joel M Fay was her father.

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George Reese head

Minnie Mae Reese  wife  "Age at first marriage 15"

Lucy   Step-dauhter to George (Lucy is 28 and married to Williams - Age at first marriage 20 OR 1921

Living at: 289 It says "Rexford town" in the street address block. Town of Otto PA

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1930

1930 Census April 9th 1930

Erie County PA - Lawrence Park Township

Get this…. While Lucy has left her husband and children and is living with her mother and still using the name Williams, Orlo Sturdevant is married to Isabella with one child Elizabeth age 8. They live about 2 hours aport.

 

 

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Orlo Sturdevant was an Insurance salsman.

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1930 Erie Pa city Directory 

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1935

Who is she with her Williams or Sturdevant? 

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1939

Shirley Fay, Claude sister Lucy Sturdevant and Marie Fay-  in Riceville, PA (about 10 miles from Spartanburg, PA

c 1939-ish

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1940

​1940 census Township of Westfield. Medina County, Ohio

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​Westfield, Ohio is one hour west of Salem, Ohio, which is where they lived in the 1950 census so they moved east in 1950

This is definitely Our Lucy Fay because his World War II record lists her as being his wife

His name is Orlo Edwin

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1941

​If he is born in 1897 and 44 years makes the registration date 1941

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c1946

I believe this is Orlo Elwin Jr. He is 10 years old in a 1950 census.

​In the top picture, he looks to be about four years old in the lower picture. He looks to be six maybe.

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Minnie May Fay/ Reese Lucy Sturdevant and her son Elwin

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1950

1950 census Wayne County Ohio Town of West Salem

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Address #5 Bretton Rd. 

West Salem Ohio is about 3 1/2 hours west of Bradford, Pennsylvania below Cleveland.

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1952

Lucy's Husband
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1952

​After Lucy abandoned Paul Harry Williams and children, he eventually remarries probably after 1930 Neva P. Williams.

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1989

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1922

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1952

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1912

One of Lucy’s children

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1988

Orlo Elwin Sturdevant kin- grandkid or great grandkid not sure. Aug 17th 1988

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1952

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