Leigh McLain’s Family

Leigh McLain’s Family Tree

Leigh and Lillis’s family

Leigh and Lillis had two children – Howard (1926-2000) and Marjorie (1929-2012) – who had two children and seven children, respectively. Between them, Lillis and Leigh have 14 grandchildren. This page shows picture and information from that side of the family.

Leigh and Howard in the 1920s.
Toddler Marjorie in the 1930s
Baby Marjorie, Lillis, Leigh and Howard McLain in 1929 or 1930
Howard and Marjorie McLain with Albert O Howard (their maternal grandfather), early 1930s

Howard and Marjorie

Howard Albert McLain was born in 1926 and Marjorie Jeanette McLain was born in 1929 in Michigan

Marjorie and Howard McLain in the late 1930s. or early 1940s This may have been taken after Leigh passed away in 1939.
Howard and Marjorie McLain in the late 1940s
Neal, Howard, Doug (on lawnmower?) and Marjorie McLain in 1939 (no shoes!)
Howard and Margie in Michigan (I think)

Howard McLain – at the end of WW II. He served in the 38th infintry 2nd Division in the Army in the European Theater
Howard McLain making ice cream in the 1970s in Tennessee.

Howard Mclain married Verna Marie Bradley and they had two children, David (1964-2016) and Sylvia (b.1967).

Verna and Howard McLain at their wedding in 1964.
Howard and David McLain 1968.
David and Sylvia Mclain, Howard and Verna’s children and Leigh and Lillis’ grandchildren.
Lillis, Howard, David and Sylvia at Lillis’ house in East Detroit in 1970.
Sylvia, Lillis and David McLain in Tennessee, 1969.
David in 1968 and Sylvia in 1970
Lillis, Howard, Verna, Sylvia and David McLain in the 1970s.
Lillis McLain putting Sylvia McLain to work in the 1970s at her home in East Detroit.
David McLain in the early 1980s.
Lillis and Sylvia McLain in the 1980s.
Marjorie and Charles Arnade’s wedding 1948. Lto R: Mary Helena McLain, Howard McLain, ?, Charles Arnade, Marjorie McLain, Maureen (?), Lillis McLain and ?

Marjorie Mclain married Charles Wolfgang Arnade in 1948 and they had seven children. Frank (1949-2020), Tony (Carlos) (b. 1953), Stephen (1955-2010), Tim (b. 1956), Jeanette (b. 1958), Peter (b. 1963) and Chris (b. 1966). They also fostered another daughter named Aida.

Carlos (Tony), Charles and Frank and Frank, Carlos (Tony) and Marge in the early 1950s.
Marjorie McLain Arnade with (L to R): Frank, Jeanette (baby on lap), Tim, Tony (in front of TIm) and Stephen in the 1950s
Arnades around 1960. L to R: Stephen, TIm, Frank, Carlos (Tony) and Jeanette.
Arnades in the 1960s. LtoR: Stephen, Carlos (Tony), Frank and TIm.
Marjorie and Charles Arnade’s children and Leigh and Lillis grandchildren in 1998: L to R: Frank, Tony (Carlos), Aida, Stephen, Tim, Jeanette, Peter and Chris.

All of Marjorie and Charles’ children have had children for a total of thirteen grandchildren.

Marjorie and Charles Arnade with Tim, Jeanette, Stephen, Frank and Tony in the late 1950s.
Arnades on the Beach Lto R Chris, Jeanette, Frank, Charles, Marge, Stephen, Tim, Pete, Tony.
Carlos (Tony) cleaning leaves off of his roof, 1985.
Carlos (Tony) and Pete in 1985.
Jeanette in the 1980s.
Chris and Marjorie around 2008

Marjorie in the early 1940s
Marjorie and Charles Arnade in the late 1940s
Frank, Charles and Marjorie around 1950 in Michigan
Lillis McLain with her first grandchild, Frank Arnade in 1949.
Mary Helena and Frank Arnade, 1949.
Jeanette Arnade in the late 1950s with Marjorie McLain Arnade in the background
Frank Arnade in the 1970s.
Chris in the 1980s
Majorie at home in the 1980s.
Peter at home in the 1980s
A parcel of Lillis and Leigh’s grandchildren 1970s: L to R Sylvia McLain, Frank Arnade, David McLain, Jeanett Arnade, Stephen Arnade (in hat) Peter Arnade (in front of Stephen), Marjorie Arnade, Chris Arnade (in front of Marge), Tim Arnade (in visor), Verna McLain and Charles Arnade.
Leigh’s youngest grandchildren in 2016, Chris Arnade and Sylvia McLain
Stephen, Amuy, Linda and Liz Arnade in the 1980s.
Linda, Charles, Liz and Marjorie Arnade in the 1980s.