Kathelyn Mae Dutton

(25 August 1928 - )
Kathelyn Mae Dutton|b. 25 Aug 1928|p43.htm|Derrick Allen Dutton|b. 5 Jan 1905\nd. 6 May 1985|p22.htm|Ruth Alice Williams|b. 2 May 1908\nd. 26 Nov 1979|p19.htm|Herbert W. Dutton|b. 26 Aug 1881\nd. 31 Mar 1967|p20.htm|Lillie M. Felch|b. 4 May 1881\nd. 24 Nov 1931|p7.htm|Guy E. Williams|b. 13 May 1880\nd. 18 Jun 1961|p14.htm|Lora B. Haskell|b. 15 Dec 1881\nd. 16 Jun 1912|p42.htm|

Mother of Darrell Allen Martin.
Kay's High School Graduation picture, 1946
Kathelyn was born in Springfield Hospital in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, on 25 August 1928.1,2,3,4 She is the daughter of Derrick Allen Dutton and Ruth Alice Williams. Her name was a source of contention between her parents, and probably other family members as well. Her mother wanted to name her "Kathleen," after what was believed at the time to be her maternal grandmother's birth name. This was simply too Irish to be accepted by the "Old Yankee" Duttons. Some Green Mountains granite had apparently taken up residence in more than one head, because the situation was not resolved until a full two months after the birth. "Kathelyn," which was invented for the purpose, appears to have been acceptable because it was close enough to "Kathleen" that her mother did not have to surrender the main point, but was not Irish and therefore was palatable to her father. It turns out that Kathelyn's grandmother's birth name was actually "Catherine." The name is found among the Duttons as well, and had it been known in 1928 there would never have been a squabble. Kathelyn was nicknamed Kay. She graduated on 17 June 1946 from Springfield High School in Springfield.5 She married Clifton Carroll Martin in Springfield on 31 July 1948.6,7 Kathelyn Mae Dutton resided with Clifton Carroll Martin at 29 Dewey Street in Springfield on 16 September 1949.8 Her son Darrell was born on 16 September 1949 in Springfield.9,10,11,12,13 The family moved 20 December 1950 to what would later be the garage of the home they were building in the Dutton District in Springfield, on two acres of land purchased from Kathelyn's grandfather Herbert Dutton. Her son Curtis was born on 9 December 1951 in Springfield.14 Her son Bradley was born on 30 October 1956 in Springfield.15 Her daughter Anita was born on 23 April 1958 in Springfield.16 In the summer of 1967, the family removed to to Union Lake, Oakland County, Michigan when Bryant Computer Products was moved by its parent Excello Corporation. In 1970 the family moved to in Walled Lake, Oakland County, Michigan. In 1986 they moved in Commerce Township, Oakland County, Michigan.

On December 8, 1941, the United States Army Air Corps began to set up the Aircraft Warning Service as a system to identify and report aircraft movement in the parts of the country that might be susceptible to enemy bombing attack. One post in Springfield was located on the Dutton family farm.17
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Pedigree of Darrell Allen Martin
Descendants of Oliver Martin
Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton
Descendants of Allen Downing Felch

Children of Kathelyn Mae Dutton and Clifton Carroll Martin

Cited documentation

  1. [S17] Kathelyn Mae Dutton, Birth Certificate File No. 90, birth 25 August 1928, filed 7 September 1928, Original in the Office of the Town Clerk, all info is hand-written except the name "Kathelyn Mae Dutton" is typed, and in a corner is the typed notation, "Oct. 29, 1928 Spelling of child's name supplied by father."
  2. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program (1991: published by editor, no data printed), b. 8-25-28.
  3. [S18] Darrell Allen Martin, Birth Certificate File No. 268, birth 16 September 1949, signed 17 September 1949, received 20 September 1949, Original in the Office of the Town Clerk, mother "Kathelyn Mae Dutton" b. Springfield, Vermont, age 21.
  4. [S117] Dutton, Ruth Alice (Williams), compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton". Latest included date 1946. pg. 5, "Kathelyn Mae, born in Springfield, Vt., Aug. 25, 1928".
  5. [S167] Springfield High School Graduation Program 1946.
  6. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, Anniversary: 7-31-48.
  7. [S92] Town Clerk J. Leslie Giddings, Annual Report of the Town of Springfield, Vermont, Year Ending January 31, 1948, By the town, pg. 134 marriages, "Date of Marriage: 1948 July 31; Groom: Clifton Carroll Martin; Bride: Kathelyn Mae Dutton."
  8. [S18] Darrell Allen Martin, Birth Certificate.
  9. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, b. 9-16-49.
  10. [S18] Darrell Allen Martin, Birth Certificate, "Darrell Allen Martin" b. Springfield Hospital "September 16 1949."
  11. [S24] Derrick Allen Martin, Birth Certificate Registration district number 45.0, birth number 112-83-053025, birth 26 June 1983, signed 27 June 1983, received 1 July 1983, Original in the Office of the County Clerk, father "Darrell Allen Martin" age 33, b. Vermont.
  12. [S23] Yavanna June Martin, Birth Certificate Registration district number 45.0, birth number 112-82-042894, birth 30 May 1982, certified 1 June 1982, received 7 June 1982, Original in the Office of the County Clerk, father "Darrell Allen Martin" age 32, b. "Vermont."
  13. [S22] Darrell Allen Martin to Deborah Stephanie Niedfeldt, Marriage License, issued 23 March 1981, ceremony 11 April 1981, filed 15 April 1981, "Martin-Niedfeldt1, Marriage," Number 1981-1154, Office of the County Clerk,, groom's age 31, b. "9/16/49" place "Vermont," father "Clifton Martin" mother "Kathelyn Dutton."
  14. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, b.12-09-51.
  15. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, b.10-30-56.
  16. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, b. 4-23-58.
  17. [S239] Maj. Gen. Keith Richard Barney, U.S. Army (Ret.) The History of Springfield, Vermont 1885-1961 (Springfield, Vt.: William L. Bryant Foundation, 1972), pg. 408, for the existence of multiple stations in Springfield and the 1943 reduction in coverage.
 
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