Cheboygan County MI Genealogy


Mrs. Louis Grames (Matilda DeBates) Submitted by Eva Bachman
Second wife of my grandfather, Lewis Grames. I am still trying to determine where she is buried. They had only been married a short time and had no children. From *Cheboygan Daily Tribune, Saturday, September 8, 1928 Funeral Monday - Mrs. Louis Graimes, who died yesterday from internal injuries suffered Tuesday when the auto in which she was riding was struck by a D & M passenger train at the Tannery, will be buried Monday. The funeral will be held at the home, 332 Water Street, Rev. J. W. Lees, will conduct the service. From Petoskey Evening News*, Sept. 8, 1928 (Tea Table Talk column) Funeral arrangements were being made today at Cheboygan for Mrs. Louis Graimes, who died yesterday from internal injuries suffered when a Detroit and Mackinac passenger train struck the auto at Cheboygan, in which she was riding with three others Tuesday. The others, Mrs. Lyle Hagerman, and her two children, Robert, 1, and Clare, 3 years old, are recovering. Clare had his leg broken.
Copyright 2004- by MIGenWeb Project. All rights reserved. Copyright of submitted items belongs to those responsible for their authorship or creation unless otherwise assigned.

Mrs. Louis Grames (Matilda DeBates)

Second wife of my grandfather, Lewis Grames. I am still trying to determine where she is buried. They had only been married a short time and had no children.

From Cheboygan Daily Tribune, Saturday, September 8, 1928
Funeral Monday - Mrs. Louis Graimes, who died yesterday from internal injuries suffered Tuesday when the auto in which she was riding was struck by a D & M passenger train at the Tannery, will be buried Monday. The funeral will be held at the home, 332 Water Street, Rev. J. W. Lees, will conduct the service.

From Petoskey Evening News, Sept. 8, 1928 (Tea Table Talk column)
Funeral arrangements were being made today at Cheboygan for Mrs. Louis Graimes, who died yesterday from internal injuries suffered when a Detroit and Mackinac passenger train struck the auto at Cheboygan, in which she was riding with three others Tuesday. The others, Mrs. Lyle Hagerman, and her two children, Robert, 1, and Clare, 3 years old, are recovering. Clare had his leg broken.