Garnet is my great grandmother.
Garnet Adele Firman was born on February 15, 1913 in Detroit, Michigan to
George Deo Firman and
Adeline Viola Norman. Garnet had four siblings:
- Ronald G. (1915-1980)
- Charles D. (1919-1994)
- Betty Jane (1926-1992)
- Nina Firman (1928-1994).
According to the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census Garnet lived in Michigan specifically Detroit and Royal Oak. By 1934, Garnet would of moved to Illinois where she would marry
Kenneth Ralph McNeal on November 22, 1934(35). Garnet and Kenneth would have seven children:
- Janet Arlene (1936-2005),
- Garnet Jane (my grandmother; 1937-2013)
- Karen Maureen (1943-1943)
- Linda Kay (1945-1992)
- Kenneth Richard (1947-1947)
- another son and daughter who are still living.
Garnet died on October 10, 1997 at the age of 84. Garnet is buried at Willwood Burial Park in Rockford, Illinois.
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| Garnet with her father, George and sisters, Nina and Betty. |
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Kenneth and Garnet
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