Robert Bennett Hulett (1899 - 1987)

Born 23 May 1899 in Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan, United States

Husband of Mary Hodges (Stone) Hulett — married 14 Sep 1929 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1987 at age 87 in El Toro, Orange, California, United States

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Biography

Robert "Bob" Hulett was born at Marshall, Michigan, in May, 1899, a son of Harry Abram Hulett and Grace Mabel (Bennett) Hulett. He married Mary Hodges "Polly" Stone in mid-September of 1929 at Framingham, Massachusetts, her native town. The couple made their first residence at Framingham; they lived later at Chicago, then returned to Framingham... and ultimately removed to Southern California about 1960.

Bob Hulett died at El Toro (shortly thereafter incorporated as Lake Forest), California, on the 1st of February, 1987; Polly survived him by five years, dying there in mid-November of 1992.

Sources

• Birth year (est.); spouse; daughter (in daughter's b. record): "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S8-8WXM : 18 May 2016), Robert Bennett Hulett in entry for Mary Stone Hulett, 18 Aug 1931; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 33556, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

• Birth; residence 1918; mother's married name: Robert Bennett Hulett in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Michigan; Registration County: Calhoun County; free sharing link [1].

• Marriage intentions (newspaper notice): Evening Gazette, Friday, Sept. 13, 1929, Worcester, MA, p. 6 [2] (by subscription).

• Marriage to Mary Hodges "Polly" Stone, 14 Sept. 1929: Robert Hulett in the U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Battle Creek Enquirer; Publication Date: 7/ Sep/ 1929; Publication Place: Battle Creek, Michigan, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/213079361/?article=31b6c7f2-3808-4c45-bb26-14700d0f5b8d&focus=0.37483805,0.7917129,0.4917567,0.8360644&xid=3398; free sharing link [3].

• Marriage announcement (including location): Boston Herald, Sunday, Sept. 15, 1929, Boston, MA, p. 50 [4] (by subscription)

• Residence (Framingham MA; as "Robert B. Helett") and family, 1950: 1950 United States Federal Census for Robert B Helett, Massachusetts, Middlesex, Framingham, 9-276; National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 5447; Page: 31; Enumeration District: 9-276; free sharing link [5].

• Death 1 Feb. 1987, Orange Cty., CA: Robert Bennett Hulett in the California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, Place: Orange; Date: 1 Feb 1987; Social Security: 320075453; free sharing link [6].

• Death (newspaper notice): Robert B. Hulett in the U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Detroit Free Press; Publication Date: 9 Sep 1980; Publication Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/98505629/?article=5ebe2dc9-9157-4f94-90e2-9c07eb24c951&focus=0.0074879956,0.78046143,0.1072947,0.83296174&xid=3355; free sharing link [7].

See also (note that WikiTree recognizes Find A Grave memorials and online family trees as reliable only where an image of a contemporaneous gravestone, and/or primary, or highly-reputable secondary, sources are specifically cited):

• Birth, family members, death, and burial (with image of gravestone): Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184985469/robert-bennett-hulett: accessed 30 July 2023), memorial page for Robert Bennett Hulett (23 May 1899–1 Feb 1987), Find A Grave: Memorial #184985469, citing Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, Orange County, California, USA; Maintained by Native5G (contributor 49062978).

• Daughter's death record, 1980 (Mary (Hulett) Bresnahan): Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982; free sharing link [8].