Twelfth Generation


852. Harry James GETMAN was born on 26 April 1871 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.142,338,560,561,562 (The 1900 Census listed his birth date as April 1872 and his age as 28.) He appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.57 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, MI.561 Harry appeared in the census in 1930 in Spring Lake Township, Ottawa County, MI.563 He died on 19 September 1941 at the age of 70 in Spring Lake, Ottawa County, MI.142,338,560,562

Obituary Notes: "Harry James Getman of Spring Lake, Mich., formerly of Tomah, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home last Friday afternoon. He was walking about his yard when stricken.

Mr. Getman was a veterinarian and had lived in Spring Lake the past 15 years, coming there from Traverse City, Mich., where he had lived for 20 years. He was born at Tomah April 26, 1871, and received his early schooling here. He was a barber before attending veterinary college.

Surviving are his widow, Wilma; two daughters, Mrs. Wm. Branstreter, Roanoke, Ind., and Mrs. Wm. Roder, Cross Plains, Ind.; a sister, Mrs. A. E. Richardson, Morenci, Mich.; two brothers, Frank R. Getman, Milwaukee and Arthur N. Getman, Tomah; a half-brother, Albert Featherly, Aberdeen, Wash.; and one grandson, William Dial, Huntington, Ind."

Harry James GETMAN and Wilma TRAVIS were married in 1910 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, MI.560,564 Wilma TRAVIS was born about 1881 in Michigan.562,563 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Spring Lake Township, Ottawa County, MI.563

Harry James GETMAN and Lillie ZIEGLER were married in 1894 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, MI.561,564 They561,564 were divorced before 1910 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, MI.562 Lillie ZIEGLER was born in December 1874 in Illinois.561 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, MI.561

Harry James GETMAN and Lillie ZIEGLER had the following children:

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Lottie M. "Effie" GETMAN.

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May I. GETMAN.