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Olson
BRIGGS My Grandmother's grandfather, William Briggs (b. 1804 in NY), died in Kent County in April 1877. I would like to ascertain the town where he died (and if possible, the day in April 1877). Juli Ann MICHALAK,WLODARCZYK(WUDAREK ,KUIKSTRA, VISSER, BALL, BUDZYNSKI, FAULKNER, MICHALAK>Poland>Kent County>1880-1882, Joseph married to Antonia WLODARCZYK> Poland>Kent County. They had Stanley Michalak married to Cora. KUIKSTRA>Kent County. Cora's parents were Sanders Kuikstra and Petranella VISSER>Kent County. Joseph and Antonia had a daughter Mary that wed Chas. BALL>Kent County>daughter, Hattie that wed Edmund Budzynski>Kent County, daughter Frances that wed Fred WEBSTER>Kent County, son Frank that wed Katherine Faulkner. The name Wlodarczyk is sometimes spelled Wudarek on the marriage licenses. I am able to trace to Joseph's father, Ignatious Michalak. Any info on any of these people or if you think we may be related please contact me. I will share all info that I have. Also does anyone know what the POLISH CATHOLIC cemetery is called today in Grand Rapids?? Thanks so much, JuliAnn41@aol.com Jon Hoover HOOVER-ABLING We are trying to locate information about Hoover, Samuel m. Maria Abling (not marriage date). He was buried in Forest Home Cemetery in Greenville. Any information about him would be helpful. This line has been hard to trace. No info on his parents etc. Thanks for help.
Steve and Betty Snow SCHMIDT-SMITH George Smith (1821-1901) his wife (Sarah last name uncertain) are buried in Caledonia Cemetery, Kent Co. MI. We are searching for further information about them and their descendants. Shauna Dorman PRATT-SINTZ-PETERSON Looking for information about the person who may have married Polly Peterson in the 1870's or earlier. They had a daughter, Vesta Pratt, who was my grandmother. She married Claude Sintz in 1903 in Grand Rapids, who built engines in Grand Rapids around the turn of the century? One of his engines was in the first automobile that was driven on the streets of Grand Rapids. The Pratts and Petersons were from Caledonia Township. Where can I find this information. Beth Bourque BURLINGAME EDDY-BARNES Looking for any information on Judge(?) Charles (?) Burlingame. Supposedly. Burlingame Ave. in Wyoming was named after him. I'm trying to establish a link through him to the Eddy family of 1630's Plymouth, Mass. Also looking for any connection he may have had with the Barnes family of Barnes, PA which should ultimately link him to the Eddy's. Thanks Brenda L. Parker LEONARD-PARKER I am searching for Maggie L. (nee Parker) Leonard and John D. Leonard who were married in Kent county in the year 1898. Anyone with info on this couple please e-mail. We have marriage license in the family bible, but no reference to where she and her husband fit in the line. AEGIS DURHAM-HYDE I am looking for the birth record of Betty Durham she was born abt. 1931. Possible Fathers name Michael Hyde spelling questionable on both names. Mother was Genevieve Durham. She is my grandmother. Need medical records for hereditary asthma disease. Phyllis Metzger WOOD My ancestor, Kirk Wood, was born in Kent County July 7, 1839, "near where the city of Grand Rapids now stands." His parents were Amos and Mary Wood. Kirk's sister, Alice Wood was also born in Kent County. The family moved at some time to PawPaw, Van Buren County, MI. I am most interested in finding more information about this Wood family. Ed LaPreze LAPREZE-LAPREE-LAPREASE I am trying to locate any of the above surnames. Alexander LaPreze is buried in Newaygo Co. but resided in Kent Co. Most of his family and offspring resided in Kent Co. and Newaygo. Edward LaPreze
Chris Mullen COOPER Looking for information regarding COOPER, Samuel, died?? (age 94) at Plainfield, MI. Reported born in ENG. many thanks
Karen Seibert BALCER BALCEROWICZ-LAZARSKI I am looking for information on Joseph Balcer (Balcerowicz before he changed it) and his wife Mary Balcer (maiden name Lazarski). They lived in Grand Rapids and I don't have a time frame for their deaths other than after 1920. I would appreciate any help. Thank you. Ben Pugsley PATTON I'm attempting to locate information about my wife's mother, Lydia Louise Patton, born about 1882 in Kent county MI. Any help would be appreciated. From: Bob & Joyce Reply-To: lucky@adelphia.net I am searching for family
members of Sidney Wetherbee.
Mrs Wetherbees name may have
been Clara Gang Fales Wetherbee (I am not sure) All I know is that my dad,
Leslie Fales, died in 1947 and I have never seen my
a better email address for me is: bhomeier@hotmail.com From: "Jodi Jakeway" Hello Mary,
The URL is http://familytreemaker.com/users/j/a/k/Jodi-L-Jakeway
Will this site eventually
get a cemetery listing? I find that the most useful at other GenWeb sites....looking
forward to all your updates!
From: "Larry Loiselle" To: Subject: Vanderleest Family Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:11:54 -0500 Can anyone provide any more information on these families, e.g., birth, marriage, death dates and places. Help? Larry D. Loiselle
Descendants of Reink VANDERLEEST
- 7 Jun 1998
FIRST GENERATION 1. Reink VANDERLEEST1 died on 26 Oct 1913 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.1 He was married to Tryntje ???.1 Reink VANDERLEEST and Tryntje ??? had the following children: +2 i. Minnie VANDERLEEST.
SECOND GENERATION 2. Minnie VANDERLEEST was
born on 5 Sep 1895 in Grand Rapids, Michigan,USA. +9 i. Donald VAN SLUYTERS. THIRD GENERATION 9. Donald VAN SLUYTERS was born on 23 Apr 1924 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.2 He was married to Lois Jean
RINGELBERG (daughter of Nicholas John RINGELBERG and Gertrude
VERBRUGGE) on 10 May 1947 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. 5 He was divorced
from Lois Jean RINGELBERG in 1972 in
+10 i. Ronald VAN SLUYTERS.
He was married to Lois HIGDON in May 1973 in Lansing, Michigan, USA.2 Lois HIGDON was born in Michigan, USA.2 FOURTH GENERATION 10. Ronald VAN SLUYTERS was born on 22 Mar 1949 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.2 He was married to Jacqueline BROWN.2 11. Karen Suzanne VAN SLUYTERS
was born on 30 Apr 1951 in Grand Rapids,
13 i. Christy Cherie LOISELLE
was born on 21 Aug 1976 in Lansing, Michigan, USA.6 Born at
Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan at 11:23 a.m. She is a Junior at
Texas A&M University majoring in Environmental Engineering.
From: RLTUSCH Message-ID: <392b2982.356837cb@aol.com> Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 11:07:53 EDT To: mrivette@iserv.net I am looking for information that would show the relationship between Frederick C. Tusch (1808-1866) and Frederich W. Tusch (1814-1892) both residents of Kent County Michigan at the time of death. Also for information on linked names of Ackerman, Meisner and Kortlander. From: JuliAnn41
MICHALAK>Poland>Kent County>1880-1882,
Joseph married to Antonia
From: Rob Zaagman Reply-To: robzaagmanibm.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mrivette@iserv.net Subject: Surname ZAAGMAN From: Rob Zaagman A citizen of the Netherlands
currently working in New York, I am
Address:
From: "Bryan Frazier" Subject: SLOOTMAKER Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 21:55:15 -0700 SLOOTMAKER/VANVLIE/DEPORTER SLOOTMAKER m Mia (Eva) VANVLIET in Holland = before migrating to the U.S. I am trying to find the first name of Mr. SLOOTMAKER. He was killed in an explosion at the "gasworks", cc mid 1800's, in Grand Rapids. They had 4 children, Corniel, Andrew, Minnie and Jennie. After Mr SLOOTMAKER,s death Mia (Eva) married John DEPORTER. They were separated before the birth oftheir only child Adrian. Because of extreme hard feelings Adrian was named SLOOTMAKER at his birth. Adrian was my grgrandfather. Corniel had 5 children, Micheal, = Andrew, "Little" Adrian, Rena and possibly Martin. Rena SLOOTMAKER m BROWN. Jennie SLOOTMAKER m KRUGER. Her daughter Rena KRUGER m BLOOM. Adrian "SLOOTMAKER" m Lora M. Wilson and had 2 children Alice died at age two years and John Adrian (aka = Herbert Martin) my father. Mia (Eva), my gr gr grandmother ran a boarding house in Grand Rapids for many years. frazier@olypen.com From: Jacboni@aol.com Subject: Re; Kent Co Babcock/POWLEY
Hello Mary,
From: THoff57416@aol.com
Searching for the names of
three children born to Gilbert and Alice BAULER VANHOUTEN. Gilbert VAN HOUTEN
and Alice BAULER were married in Grand Rapids in 1904. They had five children
between 1904 and 1913. Gilbert developed TB and the family moved to
Horseheads or Erin New York for treatment. He died in New York sometime after
1909. Alice returned to Kent Co. after his death with
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 16:02:45
-0400
The first 10 years of my
life were under the guidance of Arthur Thomas Quillan, b 19 April 1888,
Parnell...d 28 Oct 1970, b St. Patrick's Cemetery. The story is he
was the youngest of ten boys, his mother passing soon after his birth. His
father was a tailor.
From: TerryOwens Message-ID: <85de0bd1.352f7aef@aol.com> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:15:09 EDT To: mrivette@iserv.net Subject: Query Mauk FREDERICK MAUK born Nov 1852
Pa, died June 26,1929 Grand Rapids Mi, buried
TerryOwens@aol.com Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 17:40:01 -0400 Subject: Query Message-ID: <19980713.164523.4294.2.pkswiler1@juno.com> I have done extensive research on the DEN BRABER surname and would like to exchange information with others with the same interest. pkswiler1@juno.com From: "stevejen" Subject: please help Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 01:22:14 -0700 Hi,
steven miller stevejen@gateway.net Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 00:51:49 -0600 Subject: Pine Grove Cemetery? Is there a Pine Grove Cemetery in Kent county? I have an Ira H. Abel (d.1874) and his wife Almira (d.1888) that are supposed to be buried in Pine Grove, Alpine, Kent County, Michigan, but have not been able to find such a town or cemetery listed. Thank you. Diane Gilligan From: "Ben Pugsley" To: mrivette@iserv.net Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 21:32:43 -0600 Subject: PATTON, Lydia Louise Reply-to: bpugsley@interplus.net Hi, I'm attempting to locate information about my Wife's Mother, lydia
Any help you might be able
to provide will be appreciated.
Regards, Ben Pugsley
Mary, I have been looking for a
copy of Father John McGee's "The Passing of the
I await your reply. Thank
you.
James R Winslow
(310) 645-1593 Vox
Email: WinslowJR@aol.com
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:11:31
EST
From: "K Behling"
I am looking for information
on HILTON family who lived in Alpine &
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 18:48:08
-0800
Subject: Luce Query
Hi Mary, I am looking for info re:
the death cert and or info on my
Norm Williams From: "Patti Ryan" Subject: looking for grandfather Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 14:20:39 -0700 Dear Mary: I am trying to find info
on my grandfather, named Clarence Robinson, born
I would appreciate any help you could give. Warm regards,
I am looking for information on a WEAVER family, and am really starting from "square one." Am looking for ANY information on the family of Hazel Irene Weaver. (b. early 1900s?)She died in Grand Rapids, MI, in the spring of 1935. She was the widow of George GENG? and at the time of her death was married to Harry A. PAPPAS. She had several siblings, all believed to have lived in MI: Donald, Clarence, Leroy, Stanley, Glen, Chester, Albert, Alma, Rose, Gladys, Beatrice, Mabel. Any information on this family will be appreciated. Thanks,
From: Chris Mullen Subject: Kent Query - COOPER, Samuel Looking for information Reguarding
COOPER, Samuel, died ?? (age 94) at
Reported born in ENG. Many thanks, Chris Mullen From: Reese Jeppsen
Looking for information on
Orson Cook and Maryette Rice who married
Subject: Kent Query Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 19:57:21 -0400 Looking for any info on Rosa
A. Burch REED (b. 11 3 1876 in Casco Twp.,
Reply-To: rrhanle@ibm.net Subject: KENT QUERY
Am searching for information
about a Charles Buck Whitcomb,
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