Dawn, Per your post on KIMMEL-L at RootsWEB - You wrote - > Looking for anyone that has researched Kimmels from Ingham and Gratiot > counties , MI. I have a Wilbur Kimmel born 1900 looking for family info. > dawn > The only Michigan Kimmels I ever came across I never could place among the wider Kimmel family. They seemed to originate with a John KIMMEL b. Nov. 25, 1828 in Wayne Co OH who m. Dec. 26, 1852 to Lucy Ann INGHAM. Note this is not Ingham County as you stated. But a coincidence? They lived in Flushing, Michigan west of Flint which is present day Genesee County. All their children, last one Roy Ray Kimmel b. 1873, were born in Flushing. Perhaps some of the family migrated a little west to Gratiot or Ingham, though most of the children seemed to stay in Flushing. The names of John KIMMEL's children are given as Kendrick K. Kimmel, Jennie J. Kimmel, John J. Kimmel, Eva E. Kimmel, Bell B. Kimmel, Kenneth K. Kimmel, Edith E. Kimmel, Laura Lorreta Kimmel, and Roy Ray Kimmel Most of the Kimmel names are pre 1900. And there is no Wilbur among them. But there are enough males whose lines are not extended that your Wilbur could be a grandson or greatgrandson of John KIMMEL (above). So I can't help you now. But I'll post this on the KIMMEL List. Perhaps someone else can make a connection to this John KIMMEL. M. Jay Kimmel