NameFranklin A. Wait
Birth24 May 1878, Pittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio5,4,8
Death29 Dec 1962, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio
BurialPittsfield East Cemetery, Pittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationFarmer doing odd jobs--1910; farmer on a general farm--1930; farmer--1940; employee of W.P.A.--1942.
Spouses
Birth1 Mar 1882, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio3,5,4
Death30 Oct 1963, Willard, Huron County, Ohio
BurialPittsfield East Cemetery, Pittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationCook at a bakery5
Notes for Franklin A. Wait
Source: Ancestry.com—Strausbaugh Descendants Family Tree; and U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942.
In 1930 and 1940 he and his wife and children lived in Pittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio. His daughter Anna and her husband Clyde Jones lived with them. His brother Thomas, his mother Anna, and his uncle Harry Rogers lived next door.
According to the 1930 census, he was married the first time when he was 24--in about 1902. However, the 1910 census lists him as single.
Notes for Mary C. (Mame) (Spouse 1)
Source: Ancestry.com—Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962; Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007; and Strausbaugh Descendants Family Tree.
The Ohio birth index has K as her middle initial.
In 1910 she and her two children lived with her parents and her brother Philip in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio.
She resided in Elyria and died in Willard, Huron County, Ohio.