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George Washington Place, Sr.

Also Known As: "George Francis Place"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, United States
Death: May 27, 1937 (82)
Humboldt County, California, United States
Place of Burial: Eureka, Humboldt County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Thomas Place and Catherine Elizabeth Place
Husband of Jane Elizabeth "Jennie" Place and Albertina Place
Father of Lutie F. Merrill; Julia Evon Perrin; Gertrude "Tootie" Place; Thomas Place; Pearl Amelia "Peerless" Moore and 10 others
Brother of Francis Place
Half brother of Harry W. Place

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About George Washington Place, Sr.

He was a farmer. He was apparently named for his uncle Washington Place. He married in Richland County, Ohio in 1877, and about 1878 moved to Michigan with his parents. He served in Company E of the 15th Michigan Infantry (Michigan Military Records 15:135).

He was shown on the 1880 census with an S. C. Stringham, age 64, born in New York, in his household. The age of this man suggests that he might have been a father-in-law or grandfather.

George Place homesteaded two pieces of land totaling 49.12 acres in Ogemaw County, Michigan on 19 May 1886.

According to Laura Deonier on Wikitree, "He was born with the name George Washington Place but when he was 37 he married 17 year old Albertina Daemmer and he changed his middle name to (F.) My father and son of George Washington Place told me that George Washing Place did not want Albertina's father to find them since he was 20 years older and already had a large family with Jenni Pettit."

FamilySearch (2016) identifies Jennie Searl rather than Jennie Pettit as the wife of George W. Place.

  • 1860 Census, Greenwich, Huron Co, Ohio, United States.
  • 1870 Census, Plymouth, Richland, Ohio, United States.
  • 1880 Census, Klacking, Ogemaw, Michigan, United States.
  • 1900 Census, West Branch, Ogemaw, Michigan, United States.

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George Washington Place, Sr.'s Timeline

1855
February 25, 1855
Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio, United States
1860
1860
Age 4
Greenwich, Huron, Ohio
1870
1870
Age 14
1877
November 29, 1877
Ripley, Huron County, Ohio, United States
1879
January 26, 1879
West Branch, Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States
1879
Klacking Township, Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States
1880
September 4, 1880
Beaver Lake, Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States
1880
Age 24
1882
November 15, 1882
Beaver Lake, Foster Township, Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States