Jay Dorsey STAFFORD^[1]

1884 - 1940  (55 years)

• Name	Jay Dorsey STAFFORD
  Born	15 May 1884	Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Thomastown Twp., Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Draft Reg.	19 Sep 1918	Gratiot Co., Michigan
  Census	1920	St. Louis, Gratiot Co., Michigan
  Name	Arthur Jay STAFFORD
  _UID	D774C961B343433AB52B0661797E11366DA8
  Died	7 Apr 1940	Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Buried	Owen Cem., Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Person ID	I139039	Branch 220 James Stafford 1809 DE
  Last Modified	28 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Charles John STAFFORD,   b. 22 May 1831, Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 May 1913, Kalkaska, Kalkaska Co., Michigan  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah Dorsey PARKS,   b. 18 Aug 1850, Thomas Twp., Saginaw Co., Michigan ,   d. 25 Apr 1933, Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan  (Age 82 years)
  Married	Abt 1865	Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Census	1880	Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Census	1900	Thomastown Twp., Saginaw Co., Michigan
  Notes	Census: 17 Jan 1880. Family was listed under the alias surname Dorsey. John, a farm laborer, with wife Sarah and children Mary, Lyman, Hatty, Charles and Anna. John's parents born PA. 18 Jun 1900. Listed as John Dorsey, b. May 1840, with wife Sarah and grandson Leon G. Cotton age 5 b. MI. Sarah had 5 of 6 children living.
  Family ID	F29438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Izora E. ROBART,   b. 8 Apr 1889, Riverdale, Michigan ,   d. 5 Apr 1978, Three Rivers, St. Joseph Co., Michigan  (Age 88 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1912	Alma, Gratiot Co., Michigan   [2]
  Divorced	1920
  Notes	Married: Mike, the info I have on the names came from the Gratiot (Mi) Co.Clerk marriages book D pg 216 record 3007. Date of license Nov. 4, 1913 and date of marriage Nov. 5, 1913. Groom: Arthur J. Stafford 31 yrs white, residence St.Louis Mi. B. Saginaw Mi. Father John Stafford (laborer)and mother Sarah Parks-1st marriage. Bride: Izora Robart, age 23. white, residence St.Louis Mi, b. Riverdale Mi. to John Robart (dressmaker) and mother Etta Wright-1st marriage. Officiating minister: Thomas G.R. Brownlow of Alma Mi. There was a brother to Arthur I but don't have a name & he was still alive in the mid 50's - thats when my parents moved and contact lost. I recall my dad wondering what happened to his uncle but as time passes names get forgotten and now dad has passed on & mom doesn't remember. It was my understanding that Arthur remarried and had another family. Arthur died about 1 year before my parents married in 1940.
  Children	1. Honore Fern STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1914, Michigan ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Randall Leland STAFFORD,   b. 18 Aug 1919, Michigan ,   d. 25 Nov 2001  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F29437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Saginaw News obituary: Jay Dorsey Stafford, 55, of ...,died Sunday (April 7, 1940), at the Saginaw County Hospital. He was born May 15, 1884, in Thomas township and lived in Saginaw county all his life. He leaves his wife; two children, Honor Fern Stafford and Randall Stafford, both of St. Louis, Michigan, and two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Louis Duprey of Saginaw, Mrs. Mary Brewer of Detroit, Lyman Stafford of Henrietta, Michigan and Charles Stafford of Perrinton, Michigan....  Census: 19 Jun 1900. Listed as Jay Dorsey, a farm hand, in the household of Patrick & Minnie A. Moore. Father b. PA & mother b. MI. Birthdate misstated as May 1885. Draft Reg.: Listed as Arthur Jay Stafford, b. 15 May 1887. Wife Izoras Stafford. Census: 9 Jan 1920. Listed as Jay Stafford, a feed barn hostler, a married lodger in the household of Lewis H. Gates.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4663] Stafford Data Branch 14. [S4522] E-Mail Message, Randi Witek on 22 Jan 2003.