Ionia Funeral Home records
Scope and Contents
The volumes provide data on the funerals handled by the home. Data such as: name, address, occupation, age at death, cause of death, parents' names and birthplaces, place of internment and details of burial arrangement are included. Many of the burial of former residents of the Ionia County Home. An alphabetical index, "Index to the Records of the Ionia Funeral Home, 1907-1920," was prepared in 1989 by Evelyn Sawyer of the West Michigan Genealogical Society, currently only available in paper. Since volume one of the original records had no page numbers, the index was keyed to the record number, which is located at the top, right corner of each page.
Dates
- 1907-1921, 1965
- Majority of material found within 1907 - 1921
Creator
- Ionia Funeral Home (Ionia, Mich.) (Organization)
Extent
1.8 Linear Feet (Three boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Ionia Funeral Home records consist of three volumes that record burials handled by the Ionia Funeral Home, Ionia, Michigan. They contain such data as the name of the deceased, address, occupation, death date, age at death, cause of death, parents' names and birthplaces, funeral costs, and place of internment. Many of the records are for those who were occupants of the Ionia County Home. The volumes are arranged in chronological order, 1907 to 1920, with a brief recording in Jan. 1921, and a loose sheet for a death believed to be a murder in 1965. A copy of an alphabetical name index, prepared by Evelyn Sawyer in 1989, is included in this collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown, no accession number
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Ionia Funeral Home Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Evelyn M. Sawyer and Richard H. Harms
- Date
- November 1989
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Grand Rapids History Center Repository
Grand Rapids Public Library
111 Library Street NE
Grand Rapids Michigan 49503 USA
616-988-5497
localhis@grpl.org