Carol Jean Sheely, Howell, Michigan, 1922 - 2012
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Carol Jean Sheely, Howell, Michigan, 1922 - 2012
Description
This group of photographs are of Carol Jean Sheely, born in Howell, 1922 and died in 2012. Carol was the daughter of Margaret Alta Hardy and Clarence Sheely. They were married in Howell March 12, 1921. Carol's grand parents were Royal Crittenden Hardy and Francis Permilla Rumsey.
The first photo was labeled Carol Jean, age 9, 1931, Monroe, Michigan.
Another photograph, Carol on the porch holding a doll, contained the following information: "Margaret's divorce from Clarence Sheely was initiated in 1930 and finalized in 1932. Margaret married Sumner Victor Manley on Christmas Day, 1932 in the dining room of the family home on 509 McCarthy Street, Howell, Michigan. That home had several family events incidentally. Margaret's brother, Harold, was killed in the upstairs bedroom in 1918, and Carol's mother was born in the downstairs bedroom in 1922, and Margaret's mother, Franc Rumsey died in that bedroom in 1936.
Harold Hardy, 1896 - 1918, died in an accident, "shot self with revolver".
The first photo was labeled Carol Jean, age 9, 1931, Monroe, Michigan.
Another photograph, Carol on the porch holding a doll, contained the following information: "Margaret's divorce from Clarence Sheely was initiated in 1930 and finalized in 1932. Margaret married Sumner Victor Manley on Christmas Day, 1932 in the dining room of the family home on 509 McCarthy Street, Howell, Michigan. That home had several family events incidentally. Margaret's brother, Harold, was killed in the upstairs bedroom in 1918, and Carol's mother was born in the downstairs bedroom in 1922, and Margaret's mother, Franc Rumsey died in that bedroom in 1936.
Harold Hardy, 1896 - 1918, died in an accident, "shot self with revolver".
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1922/2012
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Citation
“Carol Jean Sheely, Howell, Michigan, 1922 - 2012,” Digital Archive of the Howell Carnegie Library Archives, accessed October 12, 2025, https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/show/13297.