Our Family History
Lois G. Donovan
Generation: 2
2. Francis Richard Donovan was born on 14 Sep 1900 in Phillipsburg, Kansas, USA; died on 25 Dec 1972 in Wichita, Kansas, USA; was buried in Linn Grove Cem., Greeley, Colorado, USA. Francis married Mamie Adeline Lyon on 2 May 1926 in Smith, Kansas, USA. Mamie (daughter of Altice Homer Lyon and Joanne Estella Gripton) was born on 6 Feb 1905 in Smith, Kansas, USA; died on 27 Feb 1993 in North Platte, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Linn Grove Cem., Greeley, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mamie Adeline Lyon was born on 6 Feb 1905 in Smith, Kansas, USA (daughter of Altice Homer Lyon and Joanne Estella Gripton); died on 27 Feb 1993 in North Platte, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Linn Grove Cem., Greeley, Colorado, USA. Children:
Generation: 3
6. Altice Homer Lyon was born on 9 Apr 1880 in Smith, Kansas, USA; died on 16 May 1969 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA. Altice married Joanne Estella Gripton on 12 Apr 1903 in Smith, Kansas, USA. Joanne (daughter of George Stratford Gripton and Adelaide Adell Butler) was born on 16 Nov 1880 in Beaver, Smith, Kansas, USA; died on 10 Jul 1933 in Arapahoe, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Joanne Estella Gripton was born on 16 Nov 1880 in Beaver, Smith, Kansas, USA (daughter of George Stratford Gripton and Adelaide Adell Butler); died on 10 Jul 1933 in Arapahoe, Colorado, USA. Children:
- Erlyn Homer Lyon was born on 27 Nov 1903 in Joplin City, Jasper, Missouri, USA; died on 8 Feb 1992 in Arvada, Jefferson, Colorado, USA.
- 3. Mamie Adeline Lyon was born on 6 Feb 1905 in Smith, Kansas, USA; died on 27 Feb 1993 in North Platte, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Linn Grove Cem., Greeley, Colorado, USA.
- Catherine Hildreth Lyon was born on 15 Feb 1906 in Smith, Kansas, USA; died in Feb 1984 in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, USA; was buried in Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
- Charles Lucius Lyon was born on 20 Apr 1907 in Smith, Kansas, USA; died on 2 Apr 1926 in Kansas, USA.
- Wayne Gripton Lyon was born on 9 Nov 1908 in Colorado, USA; died on 10 Mar 1988 in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.
- Amy Sylva Lyon was born about 1912 in Colorado, USA; and died.
- Altice David Lyon was born on 21 Jun 1920 in Kansas, USA; died on 7 Jul 1994 in San Diego, California, USA.
- Evadell E. Lyon
Generation: 4
14. George Stratford Gripton was born on 25 Sep 1847 in Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada (son of Robert Gripton and Janet MacPherson); died on 3 Dec 1903 in Joplin City, Jasper, Missouri, USA. George married Adelaide Adell Butler on 5 May 1870 in Jones, Union, Iowa, USA. Adelaide (daughter of David Holland Butler and Joannah Hildreth) was born on 23 Mar 1847 in New York, New York, USA; died on 13 Sep 1913 in Haxtun, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Adelaide Adell Butler was born on 23 Mar 1847 in New York, New York, USA (daughter of David Holland Butler and Joannah Hildreth); died on 13 Sep 1913 in Haxtun, Colorado, USA. Children:
- Charles Robert Gripton was born in Apr 1874 in Beaver, Smith, Kansas, USA; and died.
- David H. Gripton was born in Nov 1877 in Beaver, Smith, Kansas, USA; and died.
- 7. Joanne Estella Gripton was born on 16 Nov 1880 in Beaver, Smith, Kansas, USA; died on 10 Jul 1933 in Arapahoe, Colorado, USA.
- Pauline Gripton was born in May 1886 in Smith, Kansas, USA; and died.