Lafa Winifred Melching (1899-1956)

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Lafa Winifred Melching Malmberg
Born:	28 Jul 1899 Harbor Springs, Michigan
Died:	4 Oct 1956 Seattle, Washington
Father:	August Carl Melching
Mother:	Winnie Etta Hardy
Siblings:	Lafa Winifred Melching Twila Delolus Melching Leland Ward Melching Baby Melching Theron Melching Kenneth Carl Melching Vera Loretta Melching Maddison Melching Donald A. Melching Donivan J. Melching Winona Esther Melching Theolaine Alba Melching
Spouse:	Elis Engelbert Nels Malmberg
Children:	Jack Lewis Peterson Glen Henry Jeanette Peterson Robert J. Henry

Lafa Winifred Melching was born 28 July 1899 in Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan.

Her parents are listed as Etta and August Melching of Harbor Springs.

In 1900 Federal Census she is listed as a granddaughter to August F. Melching, with her father listed also as living there.

She is listed as a daughter living with her father in Bloomingdale, Van Buren Michigan in 1910.

Lafa is found listed as a son living in Kalamazoo on her fathers obituary in 1961.

Lafa married Elis Engelbert Nels Malmberg and they lived in Seattle, where she died, October 4, 1956.

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• Birth: Emmet County, Michigan, Birth Record:

Melching, Lafa Winifred

Born: 28 Jul 1899, female, legit., white

Born: Harbor Springs

Parents reside: Harbor Springs

Mother: Etta Melching, b. MI

Father: August Melching, Laborer, b. MI

• Birth: Melching Family Bible, copy given to Arnold L. Howse : b. 12 Sep 1899

• 1900 Federal Census, Little Traverse Twp., Emmet, Michigan

Melching, August

, August, son, white, male, Apr 1877, 23, M, 3, OH, Ger, Ger, Farm Labor

, Lafa, Grd. daughter, white, female, Sept 1898, 1, single, MI, OH, PA

• 1910 Federal Census, Bloomingdale, Van Buren, Michigan

Melchin, August C.

, Lafa, daughter, white, female, 11, MI, OH, MI

• Death: Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960

Name: Lafa Winifred Malmberg

Death Date: 04 Oct 1956

Death Place: Seattle, King, Washington

Gender: Female

Age at Death: 58 years

Estimated Birth Year: 1898

Father's Name: August Melching

Mother's Name: Etta Hardy

Film Number: 2033654

Digital GS Number: 4224484

Image Number: 676

Volume/Page/Certificate Number: 18482

• Sources: From Ancestry

Joam Milam  

Posted: 12 Jan 2000 9

My Grandfather name Elis Engelbert Malmberg. I think he came at Ellis Inland. I don't how old he was when he came to the U.S., he marriage a Lafa Winifred Melching from Grand Rapids, Michigan

Joan Milam  

Posted: 11 Jan 2000

My grandfather came from Sewden. His name Elis Engelbert Malmberg. I have my grandfather Baptismal record. Thank you