Charles and Melissa Vradenburg, 1890 in Schoolcraft, MI

Picture taken 1900 at Schoolcraft, Michigan.
Charles Vradenburg, was born in 1841 at Prairie Ronde, Michigan. He and Melissa Watts were married in Sep 1869 at Galesburg, Michigan. He died in 1897 at Schoolcraft, Michigan. He was buried at Schoolcraft Cemetery, Schoolcraft, Michigan, along side his wife and daughters.

He saw military service between Feb 1865 and May 1865 in the 188th Ohio. Census records say Charles' father was born in New York. His obituary mentions a brother at his bedside.

Children of Charles Vradenburg and Melissa Watts were as follows:

i. Mary Etta Vradenburg was also known as Molly.
ii. Anna Vradenburg.
iii. William Isaac Jesse Vradenburg was buried at Beaverton, Oregon.
iv. Elizabeth Vradenburg was also known as Libbie.

For further information contact Lynn Vradenburg Wells at [email protected].

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