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Colfax Cemetery,
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Labeled "Stock
barn of G. Booth"
George Booth
married Elizabeth McDonald, a sister of James George McDonald. I
can place them in Bloomfield Twp as early as 1889, but I can't
find them in the census of 1880 US or 1881 Canadian. I think
that Elizabeth is the woman on the far right. The family had
East Indian ancestry due to their father's service in the
British Army in India. The woman to the left may be one of her
three sisters, the man on the far left could be George and it's
anyone's guess as to whether the older man is her father or his!
Maureen Keillor
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Huron County Pioneer Historical Society 1913
We aren't able to
identify anyone in this photo, but Jim McDonald took it in 1913.
Maybe a newspaper article would give more detail about when and
where?
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Self explanatory. pen marking photo looks the same as the one in
the 1913 snowstorm in Bad Axe.
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Back of postcard reads:
"Dear Sister did you ever see such a looking gang before I have
not bought an auto yet well how are you all getting along I hope
Emma is feeling better love to all Lizzie"
To: Mrs. H. McDonald Bad Axe Mich"
Mrs. H. McDonald would be Maria Wressell McDonald, and in
Grandma Keillor's handwriting it says "Aunt Lizzie in upper
middle" but we can't figure out who Aunt Lizzie is!! J.G.
McDonald was a dealer for Grant Automobiles in 1914.
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Howard E. Keillor
(on right) worked for Ma Bell in Michigan for many years. Man on
left unidentified. "Blue heron Dad got off telephone line near
Palms Michigan."
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Note the goggles
and dusters on the three girls in the back left. I get the
impression they've been zooming around Huron County in a Grant!
James G. McDonald was an agent for the Grant Motor Car
Corporation of Findlay Ohio as early as 1914. The only person we
can identify in the photograph is the woman at the far right,
Emma Maria McDonald, Ina's sister. Emma b. 1887 in Bloomfield
Twp., was one of the first registered nurses in the county.
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The year Grant cars sold for $495 was 1914. This is a piece of stationery from Joanne's collection. |
This
was taken by Jim McDonald, and printed as a post card, hence the
circle in the upper left. Unfortunately, I forgot to write on
the back and get the postmarked date. The only person we
can identify is the young woman seated, 5th from right, with a
dark scarf tied at her collar. That is Ina May McDonald, b.
1890 in Bloomfield Twp. This does not appear to be a family
reunion, more of a township reunion. I'm guessing about 1910,
based on Ina's appearance to be about 20.
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It shows the staff and equipment
of the Bad Axe Democrat newspaper on an Independence Day float.
It would have been taken during the time frame in which my
great-grandfather, Jacob Thompson Rorick, was the editor and
publisher of the Democrat (1884-1892 or thereabouts). I've only
been able to identify two people positively in the picture. The
two little boys are my grandfather, Mark D. Rorick, and his
oldest brother, Eldridge T. Rorick. I suspect that my
great-grandmother, Carrie Eldridge Rorick, is the woman on the
float. I also suspect that my great-grandfather is one of the
men with mustaches (and that his brother, William M. Rorick, is
also a man with a mustache) but can't prove it.
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John and
Christine (Barfuss) Geiger, taken in about 1869. It was taken at the Peter
Tschirrhart Studio in Sand Beach. They emigrated there from Ontario, and
bought a farm in Huron Co. He fought in the Civil War, 2nd Mich. Cavalry.
If you have any information
on this family please contact
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The Kurzer family.
They came to Huron County in the early 1800's and are some of the
first settlers. William and Barbara Hartman Kurzer (standing left
side, back row) are my grandmother Esther Davis Kurzer's adoptive
parents. They adopted her in 1901. Sitting front row left side
is Karl August and Mary Kurzer. We are still trying to fit
together the remaining Kurzers in the photo. We just know they're
all Kurzers!
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Don and Vida Strouts barn raising
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William Henry Frazer/Frasier is the older man with his hand on the fish, (Sturgeon), The younger man is Leonard Sheldon, husband of my great great Aunt Lois Elizabeth Huldah Frazer, (Aunt Lizzie), and the 2 children are 2 of Len and Lizzies, James Bret Sheldon & Blance Marie Sheldon. |
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