Maurice Milton Buckler (1887 - 1960)

Born 14 Sep 1887 in Burnside Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States

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Died 27 Jan 1960 at age 72 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States

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Biography

Maurice was the son of Noah Buckler and Mary Potter. He was born in Michigan^[1] but by the time he was seven, his family had moved to Brainerd, Minnesota.^[2][3]

When he was 17, his father's railroad job had taken the family to Morris, Minnesota, and Maurice was also working as a cook.^[4]

Maurice married Nellie Crane in Minneapolis on 6 Feb 1906,^[5][6] and in 1910 was working as a barber in Minneapolis.^[7]

HIs marriage appears to have ended by 1918, when he was single and working as a barber in Ironton, Minnesota.^[8] Maurice served in the US Army Air Service in World War I. His gravestone identifies him with the 2nd Mechanical Regiment.^[9] Maurice married his second wife, Esther Sophie Blomquist in Crow Wing County on September 9, 1919. ^[10][11]

Maurice and his third wife Ella Hoefler were married in Crow Wing County on December 17, 1928.^[12]In 1930, they were living in Ironton, where they owned their own home and had a 3 month old daughter. ^[13]In the 1931 City Directory for Ironton, Maurice was identified as working as a mechanic for I.W. Smith.^[14]In 1940 had a 10 year old daughter Dorothy and seven year old son Wallace.^[15]

In 1942, Maurice was employed at an Ironton garage.^[16]In 1946, he was working at an Ironton filling station.^[17]

In 1950, Maurice had his own auto maintenance garage^[18]

Maurice died in Tucson, Arizona at age 72, and is buried in Lakewood Cemetery, in Crosby, Minnesota.^[19]

Research Notes

Maurice's birth record^[20] and his Draft Registration^[21] are inconsistent regarding Maurice's birth date and place. His birth registration is used here.

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ88-29N : 10 March 2018), Morris M. Buckler, 14 Sep 1887; citing item 3 p 414 rn 4560, Burnside, Lapeer, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,848.
2. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQD2-41X : 3 April 2016), Morris Buckler in household of Noah Buckler, Brainerd city, Ward 04, Crow Wing, Minnesota; citing p. 187, line 10, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,768.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9S3-8JR : accessed 8 September 2022), Maurie M Buckler in household of Noah Buckler, Brainerd city Ward 4, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 11A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,761.
4. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQD-PK5 : 3 August 2017), Morris Buckler, Morris, Ward Number: 01, Stevens, Minnesota; citing p. 89, line 14, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 928,818.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Marriages Index, 1849-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. "Minnesota Marriages, 1849–1950." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
6. ↑ "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKNT-916 : 9 March 2021), Maurice M Buckler and Nellie Cane, 1906.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M25Q-BD8 : accessed 5 September 2018), Morris Buckler, Minneapolis Ward 3, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 12A, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 701; FHL microfilm 1,374,714.
8. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K876-6BC : 13 March 2018), Maurice Milton Buckler, 1917-1918; citing Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,675,390.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #49072740 Maurice M. Buckler
10. ↑ Minnesota Official Marriage System
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWY7-YK7 : accessed 5 September 2018), Morris Buckler, Crosby, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States; citing ED 123, sheet 31B, line 85, family 675, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 829; FHL microfilm 1,820,829.
12. ↑ Minnesota Official Marriage System
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3Z9-TR2 : Thu Sep 21 09:32:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Maurice Burklir and Ella Burklir, 1930.
14. ↑ Brainerd, Minnesota City Directory, 1931, p. 254
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSKF-NVY : accessed 5 September 2018), Maurice Buckler, Ironton, Ironton Village, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-31, sheet 8B, line 68, family 164, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1916.
16. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKCH-BW5R : 13 October 2017), Maurice Milton Buckler, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
17. ↑ Crosby, Minnesota City Directory, 1946, p. 228.
18. ↑ [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-5QHW-V942-L 1950 US Census
19. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #49072740 Maurice M. Buckler
20. ↑ "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ88-29N : 20 February 2021), Morris M. Buckler, 14 Sep 1887; citing item 3 p 414 rn 4560, Burnside, Lapeer, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,848.
21. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K876-6BC : 24 December 2021), Maurice Milton Buckler, 1917-1918.