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Jerusha RARICK was born on 9 Dec 1881 in Kalamo, Eaton , Michigan.48,71
She died of Breast Cancer on 4 Mar 1952 in Sonoma , California.48,71 She.131 Lulu had a sad life. She lost
her mother when she was a very young child and didn't get along very well with
her step-mother, Rachel Carey Rarick. She married young to an older man (Joe
Grice) who was a school teacher (he later became superintendent of schools in
Bellingham, Washington) and they had a daughter. For an unknown reason, Lulu
left her husband and child and headed west. Her husband divorced her, remarried
and also moved west. The family assumed Lulu was dead when they didn't hear from
her for several years, but she was actually working as a cook in some mining
camps. She married and divorced a second time, a man with the last name of Fisher.
They never had any children. She finally came back to MI about 1914 and made
contact with her family. She headed west again, married Dave Kessler, and settled
in California where she lived for the rest of her life. She never saw her daughter
after she left her. She did contact her ex-husband and ask to see her, but he
was remarried and had told the girl that her mother was dead, so he didn't want
to cause confusion and hurt to his daughter. Lulu honored his wishes, but was
heartbroken to not be able to keep in contact with her daughter. Lulu died of
breast cancer. She never had any other children. She and Dave did adopt an older
child named Jack later in life, but he was, in some ways, a disappointment and
a problem to them. Hazel states she didn't even know she had another half sister
until Lulu came back to MI in 1914.
Lulu Jerusha RARICK and Joe GRICE were married about 1898.48,71 They were
divorced.64 Joe
GRICE was born in Feb 1873 in Canada.64
Lulu Jerusha RARICK and Joe GRICE had the following children:
Lulu Jerusha RARICK and FISHER were married about 1910.48,71 Lulu
Jerusha RARICK and David KESSLER were married after 1914.48 David KESSLER was born
on 4 Apr 1890 in Illinois.48,71 He died on 29 Mar 1975 in El
Sobrante, Contra Costa, California.48,71,101
Lulu Jerusha RARICK and David KESSLER had the following children:
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