I’m not related to any member of this family.
1930 is the last available census at this time.
1940 census will be released on April 2, 2012. It will take several months to transcribe all the states.
1880 -
Name: Joseph Rachmann
Age: 80
Birth Year: abt 1800
Birthplace: Prussia
Home in 1880: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widower
Father's Birthplace: Prussia
Mother's Birthplace: Prussia
Occupation: Weaver
Joseph resided at The St. Joseph's Home for the Aged.
Joseph does not appear on this death database -
Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System (FREE and searchable)
Michigan did not require “by law” birth marriage & death registrations until 1867.
Birth records are not public records unless the birth is over 100 years old.
Parents' names were not recorded on marriage records in Michigan until 1885 or 1886.
http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/gendisx/search2.htmTRY - Find a grave – free volunteer site all states; frequently has headstone pic
DO NOT SEARCH FOR A MARRIED WOMAN USING HER MAIDEN NAME.
http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/Try Vital Records – Birth, Marriage, & Death – FREE ALL STATES
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/The big quest. would be - What was an 86 yr old man doing in GR in 1886??? He may have been visiting one of his children/g-children.
The death info that you have is all that the state rwquired at that time. Physical death certs as we know them today were not issued until sometime later.
Do you have his wife's death info???
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