Jennie Daniels was married to Willard Nickel in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. on November, 11, 1917.

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Jenny's parents and her sister's family all lived with them in a big house on Cherry Street in Toledo.  


    

After five years in Toledo, Willard and Jenny moved to Flint, Michigan.  Her parents soon followed.

Jenny stayed involved in music.  She was active in the St. Cecelia Society and the Flint radio station, where she eventually became staff violinist and program director.

       

She had a program every night.  Her intro was Just a Song and Twilight and her sign-off was Whern It Comes to the End of a Perfect Day.



               

Jennie was a member of a trio in Flint -- pianist, cello and Jennie on violin.  They did a lot of traveling around Michigan and put on concerts.  Most music was live at that time.  Her husband drov them.

  

Jennie had two boys, Willard and James (Jim), three years apart.

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The Daniels sisters dropped out of Grand Rapids High and never finished.  

Willard Nickel did finish and worked as a high school instructor for one year.  Then he and Jennie were married, in Ohio, where Willard began his long career as an engineer in the auto industry.