Townsend, Horace Gilbert (b. 8 DEC 1882, d. ?)

Note: He worked as an auto parts inspector in Wayne, Michigan for the Studebaker Corp. The three children listed were his step-sons by his second wife.

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Note: She was a teacher in Riverside, Illinois. She met her husband there when he was a salesman for the Pennzoil Company. They moved to Rockford, Illinois where he built a motor oil business. She managed a branch of the YWCA in Chicago when they were married.

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Note: He had a business called Brandes Oil Co.

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Note: There is some confusion as to his middle name. The birth index for the State of Indiana states his middle name is Tayton. This could be a typo, or maybe not! He served in Africa and Italy in WW 2. He enlisted in the US Army 3 Nov 1942 in Toledo, Ohio.

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Note: She lived with her father in law in 1952 in Los Angeles County, California. California Death Index indicates her place of birth was Minnesota.

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