This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HgJ.2ACIB/116.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I honestly don't know much. I wish I did. Annette was a Fansler by birth. Her husband, Earl E. Conlin, grew up in Corktown, Detroit (the Irish area). He moved with his father to Ann Arbor, MI after a fire at the family cleaners business killed his mother and caused severe health problems for his father. He grew up at a small farm aftrer that ('w/ dirt floors'). He managed to put himself through the U. of MI during the Depression and raised 2 boys and a girl (my Mom) with Annette. They lived in Detroit and then Birmingham, MI. He worked for the ExCello Corporation and was on the Board at BCBS of MI. He became very successful. He died in 1975, I think - a year before I was born. His eldest son - James Earl - died about 3 years ago from heart failure (this was very sad - he was everyone's favorite). My other uncle - David Paul - and my Mom (with their respective spouses) both live in Birmingham still. Oddly, we know very little about the family (particularly the Co! nlins) despite having moved very little over the last 100 years (at least). I wish I knew more and am trying to see if Corktown (now a historical neighborhood) can help me out at all. I think my Grandpa's family came from Northern Ireland and I think he was first generation - so no Vermonters. That doesn't mean, of course, that their isn't a connection. My Mom was told once that all Conlins (with an 'i') are related. I believe this is b/c it is a derivation of O'Connolly and one family all took that spelling (?). Sorry - that's really all I have...

Hi. . .Appreciated your response, and I would assume that we are not from the same Conlin's. My father's side of the family were all from Arlington area of Vermont, and a generation or so before that from Ireland - the whereaboauts I do not know, haven't had much luck tracing them back. My father had one brother - Harley, both of them were born in Illinois. The brother died in the 70's, and my father in 1940. I was born in Oak Park, Illinois and raised there. Served in WWII, and afterwards married, had five children, and moved around a bit. First in TX, then FL, back to TX (Company move), to CO and for retirement here in FL. My wife passed away 7 years ago, and I lost my oldest son two years ago. WE owned ten businesses during our married lifetime, and I also served as a Professional Fund-raiser for 45 yrs, organizing, developing and directing major capital, endowment, and annual fund campaigns for colleges, universities, hospitals, youth, health & welfare orgns, art centers, symphony's, chambers of commerce, United Ways and Community Chests. My father founded his own company in Chicago eventually brought in two partners. His brother was a womens hat salesman, then later he and his wife owned a Womens Clothing store in eastern Illinois. Ray Conlin ----- Original Message ----- From: <lkmuir@hotmail.com> To: <CONLIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 2:24 PM Subject: [CONLIN] Re: CONLIN, Annette P. - Birmingham, Michigan - Obit 2001 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HgJ.2ACIB/116.1.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I honestly don't know much. I wish I did. Annette was a Fansler by birth. Her husband, Earl E. Conlin, grew up in Corktown, Detroit (the Irish area). He moved with his father to Ann Arbor, MI after a fire at the family cleaners business killed his mother and caused severe health problems for his father. He grew up at a small farm aftrer that ('w/ dirt floors'). He managed to put himself through the U. of MI during the Depression and raised 2 boys and a girl (my Mom) with Annette. They lived in Detroit and then Birmingham, MI. He worked for the ExCello Corporation and was on the Board at BCBS of MI. He became very successful. He died in 1975, I think - a year before I was born. His eldest son - James Earl - died about 3 years ago from heart failure (this was very sad - he was everyone's favorite). My other uncle - David Paul - and my Mom (with their respective spouses) both live in Birmingham still. Oddly, we know very little about the family (particularly the Co! > nlins) despite having moved very little over the last 100 years (at least). I wish I knew more and am trying to see if Corktown (now a historical neighborhood) can help me out at all. I think my Grandpa's family came from Northern Ireland and I think he was first generation - so no Vermonters. That doesn't mean, of course, that their isn't a connection. My Mom was told once that all Conlins (with an 'i') are related. I believe this is b/c it is a derivation of O'Connolly and one family all took that spelling (?). > > Sorry - that's really all I have... > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >