This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crofoot Fitch Williams Kerr Nash Ellick Hewett Brown Nagle Winkler Bohn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kYQ.2ACIB/175 Message Board Post: Would really like to find out who Rachel Lucinda Crofoot's father was. She had a brother named Michael E. Crofoot, a judge in Pontiac, Oakland, MI. (local school named after him). He had a few notable children and here's all the info I have on him so far... 1. Hon. Michael E. CROFOOT (b.Abt 1822-New York d.5 Nov 1884-Pontiac,Oakland,Michigan) sp: Annie E. FITCH (b.Abt 1829-New York d.Pontiac,Oakland,Michigan) |-2. Charles M. CROFOOT (b.Abt 1854-Pontiac,Oakland,Michigan) |-2. Margaret CROFOOT (b.Abt 1857-Pontiac,Oakland,Michigan) |-2. Hon. Louis W. CROFOOT (b.4 Feb 1857-Pontiac,Oakland,Michigan d.Aberdeen,South Dakota) | sp: Carrie E. KERR (b.Ohio m.2 Oct 1884) |-2. Mary L. CROFOOT (b.Abt 1859-Pontiac,Oakland,Michigan) |-2. Lodowick Fitch CROFOOT (b.9 Oct 1865-Pontiac,Oakland,Michigan d.Omaha,Douglas,Nebraska) | sp: Mary N. NASH (b.Omaha m.Jun 1896d.Omaha,Douglas,Nebraska) | |-3. Edward B. CROFOOT (b.26 Dec 1897-Omaha,Douglas,Nebraska) | | sp: Josephine ELLICK (m.20 Apr 1929) | | +-4. Mary Nash CROFOOT (b.Bef 1940) | +-3. Virginia CROFOOT | sp: Orville HEWETT (m.Bef 1940) +-2. Elizabeth C. CROFOOT (b.Abt 1868-Pontiac,Oakland,Michigan) Also; Looking for further info on the progeny of Rachel's marriage to James Monroe Williams (b.1817 MI) m.19 Oct 1853 in MI, moved to CA abt. April-May? of 1854. James was with his brothers Alpheus F., Benjamin O., & Alfred L. Williams in the Sierra Nevadas early 1850's mining for gold. B.O. and A.L. returned eventually to MI, but Alpheus settled in Oakland, Alameda, CA, and James in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, CA. Here is the current research so far... 1. James Monroe WILLIAMS (b.14 Aug 1817-Detroit,Michigan Territory (at Williams' home on Jefferson Ave.) d.9 Feb 1884?-Sonoma,California?) sp: Rachel Lucinda CROFOOT (b.28 Feb 1826-New York m.19 Oct 1853 d.Aft 1880-California) |-2. Caroline Lovica WILLIAMS (b.28 Aug 1854-Smartville,Nevada County,California d.10 Dec 1940-San Joaquin,California) | sp: Thomas Howard BROWN (b.Abt 1849-Massachusetts m.6 Mar 1878) | +-3. Evan Alma BROWN (b.25 Nov 1881-California d.6 May 1956-Los Angeles,Los Angeles County,California) |-2. Helen Marion WILLIAMS (b.12 Feb 1856-Pine Grove,Nevada County,California d.28 Nov 1944-San Joaquin,California) | sp: Frederick Gough NAGLE (b.16 Aug 1848-Auckland,New Zealand m.29 Apr 1875) |-2. Charles Henry WILLIAMS (b.5 Sep 1857-Pine Grove,Nevada County,California d.27 Nov 1932-San Diego,California) | sp: Katy D. PITTS ? (m.10 Nov 1878) |-2. Frank Crofoot WILLIAMS (b.20 Apr 1860-Pine Grove,Nevada County,California d.3 May 1927-Los Angeles,Los Angeles County,California) |-2. James Monroe WILLIAMS Jr. (b.19 May 1862-Santa Rosa,Sonoma,California d.bef 1940?) +-2. George Sumner WILLIAMS (b.18 May 1865-Santa Rosa,Sonoma,California d.20 Oct 1935-Green Valley,Sonoma,California) sp: Sarah Jane WINKLER (b.4 May 1867-Green Valley,Sonoma,California m.4 May 1890 d.3 Jun 1968-Sebastopol,Sonoma,California) |-3. Rachel Martha WILLIAMS (infant) (b.19 Nov 1891-Green Valley,Sonoma,California d.3 Mar 1893-Stockton,San Joaquin,California) |-3. Clayton Sumner WILLIAMS (b.2 Feb 1893-Stockton,San Joaquin,California d.2 Aug 1965-Santa Rosa,Sonoma,California) | sp: Leona Gertrude BOHN (b.4 Nov 1893-Hilton,Sonoma,California m.4 Nov 1914 d.2 Dec 1980) |-3. Howard Oliver WILLIAMS (b.31 Mar 1896-Guerneville,Sonoma,California d.30 Jun 1953-Sebastopol,Sonoma,California) |-3. Arthur Leon WILLIAMS (b.9 May 1898-Green Valley,Sonoma,California d.10 Jul 1966-Sebastopol,Sonoma,California) |-3. Leland WILLIAMS (twin) (infant) (b.25 Feb 1900-Green Valley,Sonoma,California d.25 Feb 1900-Green Valley,Sonoma,California) |-3. Leonard WILLIAMS (twin) (infant) (b.25 Feb 1900-Green Valley,Sonoma,California d.25 Feb 1900-Green Valley,Sonoma,California) |-3. Alta Gertrude WILLIAMS (twin) (b.20 Jul 1901-Nr. Forestville,Sonoma,California d.23 May 1946-Green Valley,Sonoma,California) |-3. Alice Bernice WILLIAMS (twin) (b.20 Jul 1901-Nr. Forestville,Sonoma,California d.10 May 1977-Santa Rosa,Sonoma,California) +-3. child of George Sumner WILLIAMS Hope someone out there can help fill in these trees, and help verify the info. Maybe we can all work on this together. Hope this will help someone else out who's looking for their ancestors, too... Thanks! Jeff