Ancestors of Alan Thomas Stokes

3rd Generation

Grandparents

PARENTS OF FATHER2

HENRY THOMAS STOKES, SR 22 (1903-1995). Henry Thomas Stokes was born December 7, 1903, in Wartrace, Tennessee to Viola Edith Bomar and Thomas Jefferson Stokes . He married Treva Oakley on May 3, 1929. He worked for the General Motors Company . He started his career working at the GM plant in Toledo, Ohio, where he met his wife Treva. He later transferred to the GM plant in Saginaw, Michigan where he raised his family. Henry was in management when he retired in 1965. Following Treva's death in 1980, he went on to marry Letha Messervy on May 12, 1983. They supervised nursing home services at Westchester Village in Saginaw. Letha died on January 17, 1986. He lived most of his life in Saginaw, Michigan, but in 1987, moved to Mt. Pleasant, Michigan to live with his son, Richard and Margaret Stokes. During these years, he worked for the Gideons, preached at the City of Saginaw Rescue Mission each month, and supervised church services for several nursing homes in the Mt. Pleasant area. In the Spring of 1995, he had major gall bladder surgery. After a gradual failing health, he died on December 11, 1995, in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

LEFT: Henry Stokes at age 19 in 1923. RIGHT: Henry Stokes in Michigan at age 81 on October 15, 1985.

Other Henry Stokes Links

Memorial Service Bulletin in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Memorial Service Sermon for Henry T. Stokes (By Alan Stokes) Bulletin from Funeral Home in Saginaw, Michigan

TREVA ELLEN OAKLEY 23(1912-1980). Treva was born May 22, 1912, in Yorkshire, Ohio to Myrtle L. Woten and Charles R. Oakley. Her middle name "Ellen" was from the name of her maternal Grandmother. She married Henry T. Stokes, Sr. on May 3, 1929. She was a full-time homemaker and raised her five children during the Great Depression . She was a poet and left the family many poems to enjoy, some of which are listed in the Family Poems section of this website. Treva and Henry enjoyed attending the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration in Shelbyville, Tennessee . Treva Ellen Oakley died on April 29, 1980, in Saginaw, Michigan at St. Mary's Hospital following a major stroke. The pictures below were taken of Treva Ellen Oakley at the 50th Anniversary of her marriage to Henry Thomas Stokes which was celebrated in May, 1979.

STOKES/OAKLEY CHILDREN

HENRY 23a (Living - Private Records)

VIOLA 23b (Living - Private Records)

ROBERT LEWIS STOKES 23c (1933-1995). Robert Lewis Stokes was born on Oct. 1, 1933 in Toledo, Ohio, to Henry T. Stokes, Sr. and Treva E. Oakley. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He married Donna (Lake) Curtis (August 2, 1935-September 17, 1998) on March 20, 1975. Robert Stokes died on March 15, 1995, in Buena Vista, Saginaw, Michigan after suffering with lung cancer. He had no biological children. Below is the obituary notice that appeared for Robert L. Stokes on March 21, 1995 in the Saginaw News.

Left: Robert Stokes on his high school graduation in 1994. Right: Robert Stokes at his wedding to Donna Curtis.

RICHARD 23d (Living - Private Records)

EDITH 23e (Living - Private Records)

CHARLES STOKES 23f Charles died in infancy.

PARENTS OF MOTHER2

HENRY DAVID EBERSOL 32(1895-1939). Henry was born in April, 1895, in Michigan to Maggie Shook and David Ebersole . David died in 1900 and Margaret placed Henry in an Evangelical Church Orphanage in Flat Rock, Ohio. This orphanage exists today as Flat Rock Homes . At age 12, he went to live with the Charles Koebbe family near Chelsea, Michigan. Henry had a sister named Violet. After he grew up Henry worked at the Ford Plant and lived in Detroit. Henry married Doris Hutchens on June 24, 1933. Henry died in November, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan from a massive heart attack. For a first hand account of Henry's early life from a childhood friend see a chapter in Hartline's Portage Prairie on The Henry Ebersole Home . Below is a photo of Henry Ebersol taken in 1937. It is the last known photo taken of Henry Ebersol.

DORIS MAY HUTCHENS 33(1908-1983). Doris was born February 7, 1908, in Battle Creek, Michigan to Edith Gifford and Devilo Hutchens . She married Henry Ebersol on June 24, 1933, and they had two children (Rohn and Margaret). Following the death of her husband, Doris moved with her two young children to Jackson, Michigan. Doris was a bookkeeper. She met and married Miller (Bud) F. Lewis on April 12, 1950. Doris and Miller Lewis did not have any children. Bud Lewis was a tool salesman. Later on they moved to Elk Rapids, Michigan and lived for years on a home on beautiful Elk Lake. Doris and Bud Lewis wintered in Florida. Doris died on March 30, 1983, in New Port Richie, Florida from a quiet heart attack. The photo below was taken on April 12, 1975, at the celebration of Doris and Bud Lewis' 25th Wedding Anniversary.

EBERSOL(E)/HUTCHENS CHILDREN

The following picture is of Rohn and Margaret, the two young children of Henry and Doris Ebersole. It was taken about 1942.

ROHN ELDEN EBERSOL 33a (1936-1997). Rohn was born Oct. 9, 1936. Rohn died on August 12, 1997, in Jackson, Michigan from a heart attack. His wife and 6 children still live today.

MARGARET 3 (Living - Private Records)

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