Hazel Elena Ritenour ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

The 1920 US Census shows Hazel as widowed and 2 sons from her first marriage living at the home of her mother. In the same household was a boarder named Oswald Ward. By August of 1920 Hazel and Osward were married.
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  Birth Notes:

Name: Hazel Ritenour
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 22 Feb 1890
Event Place: Brady Township, Williams, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Brady Twp., Williams Co., Ohio, United States
Gender: Female
Race: W
Father's Name: Daniel P. Ritenour
Mother's Name: Lydia Lighfoot
Reference ID: v 2 p 126
Record Number: 49

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6WS-8XP : 31 August 2020), Hazel Ritenaur, 1890.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth Image: 22 February 1890, in Brady Township, Williams, OH. ⁴

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Fayette, OH on 2 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 10, Family 30
Fayette, Fulton, Ohio, United States
Home rented
Hazel M. Ritenour..Daughter..Feb 1890..10..Ohio..At School

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Fayette, OH on 15 April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 12, Family 30, Roll 1184
Fayette, Fulton, Ohio, United States
Home rented
Hazel Ritenour..Daughter..20..Ohio..Bookkeeper, Electric Plant

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Detroit, MI on 15 January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 531, Family 207, Roll 816
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
778 Seminole Street; Home rented
Hazel Stevenson..Daughter..27..Ohio..Widowed

(Living with 2 sons at the home of her widowed mother.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 22 Feb 1890, then her age should have been 29 instead of 27.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Detroit, MI on 2 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 844, Family 28, Roll 1068
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
16582 Tracey; Home owned, $7000
Hazel E. Ward..Wife..36..Ohio..married at age 29

(Living with husband, 2 stepchildren, and 2 children of her own.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 22 Feb 1890, then her age should have been 40 instead of 36.
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Detroit, MI on 16 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 18B, District 84-1582, Family 386, Roll 1889
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
16582 Tracey Avenue; Home owned, $5000
Hazel Ward..Wife..48..Ohio..12th grade

(Living with husband, 2 stepsons, 2 children of her own, and her sister, Mayme.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 22 Feb 1890, then her age should have been 50 instead of 48.
.

Hazel married Percival Johnson Stevenson about 1915. (Percival Johnson Stevenson was born in 1897 and died in 1918.)

Hazel next married Oswald Sydney Ward, son of William H. Ward and Mary J. Myres, on 21 August 1920 in Detroit, MI.^{1 2 3} (Oswald Sydney Ward was born in 1893 in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom ^{1 2} and died after 1 April 1940.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 21 August 1920, in Detroit, MI. ¹

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Detroit, MI on 2 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 844, Family 28, Roll 1068
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
16582 Tracey; Home owned, $7000
Oswald S. Ward..Head..36..England..married at age 27..Accountant, automobile
Hazel E. Ward..Wife..36..Ohio..married at age 29
Robert S. Ward..Son..14..Michigan
William S. Ward..Son..11..Michigan
Marjorie S. Ward..Daughter..9..Michigan
Bruce R. Ward..Son..11m..Michigan
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Detroit, MI on 16 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 18B, District 84-1582, Family 386, Roll 1889
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
16582 Tracey Avenue; Home owned, $5000
Oswald Ward..Head..48..England..10th grade..Account, Body Mfg Co..earned $2000 in 1939
Hazel Ward..Wife..48..Ohio..12th grade
Robert Ward..Son..24..Michigan..4 years college..Landscaping, City Employee..earned $900 in 1939
William Ward..Son..21..Michigan..2 years college
Marjorie Ward..Daughter..19..Michigan..12th grade
Bruce Ward..Son..11..Michigan..5th grade
Mayme Ritenour..Sister-in-law..52..Ohio..6th grade..Sells Cosmetics, door-to-door
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Oswald S. Ward
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 21 Aug 1920
Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 27y
Birth Date: 1893
Birthplace: England
Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1920
Marriage Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father's Name: Wm H.
Mother's Name: Mary J. Myres
Spouse's Name: Hazel Ritenour Stevenson
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 27y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1893
Spouse's Birthplace: Ohio
Spouse's Father's Name: Daniel
Spouse's Mother's Name: Lydia Lightfoot
Source Reference: v 9 p 191 rn 200480

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N31H-FJK : 9 November 2020), Oswald S. Ward and Hazel Ritenaur Stevenson, 21 Aug 1920; citing Marriage, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4032480.
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