Trying to follow this cousin through all the name changes has been a real challenge. When I was first researching the George Johnson/Johnston family and looking at notes from the family, I had this cousin as Jane Dominy. However, to my surprise I found that her mother, my great-grandaunt Marie, had been married before her marriage to Earl Dominy. Marie first married John S. Fairgrieve in Chicago 14 Sep 1905. They were divorced before 1910 when I finally found Marie in Allegan County, Michigan, working as a divorced hired girl in the William D. Porter household. She had a daughter, Jennie Fairgrieve, age 3, with her.

Jane, as she was known most of her life, was born 15 November 1906 in Chicago under the name Virginia Anna Fairgrieve after Marie’s sister. As stated before she was known as Jennie Fairgrieve in the 1910 census. By the 1920 census, her mother had remarried to Earl Dominy in 1916 and Jane is listed as a Dominy with Earl’s daughters, Laura and Ethylyn, from his previous marriage. The family always said that Earl had adopted Jane as his own daughter. I have not found evidence to corroborate this as yet.

On 16 January 1929 Jane was married to Willis J. McCarthy as Jane Fairgrieve. She was listed as daughter of John Fairgrieve and Marie Johnson. They were married in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They were listed in the 1930 census as Willis McCarthy and Jane McCarthy. Jane divorced Willis in 1932 with the cause listed as cruelty. She was very fortunate to get out of this marriage. In 1941 Willis McCarthy killed his second wife with a shotgun in the middle of a cathedral full of people going to Mass. He died in jail in 1946 serving a life term for the murder.

Jane remarried 24 September 1938 to John N. Garvelink in Allegan County, Michigan. The marriage documents list her as Jane Fairgrieve McCarthy or Jane McCarthy Fairgrieve. They are listed in the 1940 census in Holland, Michigan as John and Jane Garvelink. This was the marriage that lasted. They remained married until John had a heart attack and died in 1969. They had no children.

1910 Michigan, Allegan County, Trowbridge Township, E.D. 30, sheet 5B, T624-634, (taken 27-28 April 1920)
dwelling 110, family 110
Porter, William D., head of household
Johnson, Mary, hired girl, female, white, age 21, divorced, mother of 1 child, 1 living, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born Illinois, hired girl, private family
Fairgrieve, Jennie, age 3, female, white, age 3, single, born Illinois, father born Wisconsin, mother born Illinois

1920 Michigan, Holland Township, Ottawa County, E.D. 138, sheet 10B, film T625-792 (taken 19 Jan 1920)
dwelling 228, family 234
Dominy, Earl, head, renting, male, white, age 32, married, born Michigan, parents born Ohio, machinist
----------, Marie, wife, female, white, age 29, married, born Illinois, parents born Illinois, sander, furniture
----------, Jane, daughter, female, white, age 13, single, born Illinois, father born Michigan, mother born Illinois
----------, Laura, daughter, female, white, age 12, single, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Illinois
----------, Ethelyne, daughter, female, white, age 9, single, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Illinois

1930 Michigan, Kent County, Grand Rapids City, ward 2, E.D. 41-30, sheet 7A, stamped page 205 (taken 4 Apr 1930)
829 Oaklawn Street, dwelling 42, family 42
McCarthy, Willis, head, rents, $45, yes radio, male, white, age 23, married at age 22, born Michigan, parents born Ireland, designer in furniture factory
sheet 7B
McCarthy, Jane, wife, female, white, age 23, married at age 22, born Illinois, parents born U.S., bookkeeper in paper house

1940 Michigan, Ottawa, Holland, ward 3, E.D. 40-21, sheet 16B (taken 15 Apr 1940)
60 West 15th St., household 398, rents, $24
Garvelink, John, head, male, white, age 35, married, 1 yr college, born Michigan, lived in same place in 1935, press operator, register[?] fac.
————, Jane, wife, female, white, age 33, married, 3 yrs high school, born Illinois, lived in Saugatuck, Allegan in 1935, office work, furnace fac.

Holland Evening Sentinel (Holland, Michigan) 11 August 1976
Mrs. J. Garvelink, Retired Sentinel Employe, Dies
Grand Rapids - Mrs. John (Jane) Garvelink, 69, of 200 West 28th St., died in Butterworth Hospital early today following a long illness.
Born in Chicago, she moved to Holland as a young girl. She was employed in the business office of the Holland Evening Sentinel for 35 years, retiring this past January. She was a member of Grace Episcopal Church. Her husband died in 1969.
Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Marie Dominy of Holland; three sisters-in-law, Mrs. William (Florence) Garvelink, Mrs. Cornelius (Lenore) Garvelink, both of Holland and Mrs. Karsten (Ella) Niefert of Florida and several nieces, nephews and cousin.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday from Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. William O’Brien officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrim Home cemetery.
Friends may meet the family at the Dykstra Downtown Chapel Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.