Here are a few more facts on Columbus Voakes. He first appears in the 1880 US Census at the age of four. 1900 census has him at age 22 living with his parents Peter Voakes and Ellen Voakes (Peter & Ellen were first cousins) and siblings James, Grace and Robert. In 1910, under the surname of Toubes (I submitted a correction), you find him married to Minnie Price, daughter of Freeborn Price and Isabel Washer, living in Bruce, MI. 1920 has him and his wife living with his mother Ellen in Richmond. Now in 1930 he is widowed and living with his brother Robert and family. I can not find him listed in the 1940 census. He died on 27 May 1950. I was in Mt Clemens last week checking for death records on James and Jemima (Hunter) Voakes, Columbus' maternal grandparents. His name appeared on their computer but not James & Jemima (too old). I should have ordered a copy of his death certificate then.
Columbus' father, Peter Voakes, was a brother of my great great grandmother Elizabeth Voakes Johnson. If you are interested in the Voakes lineage, let me know and I will send it to you. In addition, "we" have a cousin in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, who just sent me Elizabeth Voakes' birth record and the marriage record of her parents John Voakes and Ann Hunt. Contact me directly at
mrossmanmi@earthlink.netMarty