This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cline, Rau, Hale, Kermeen, Hungerford, Barnum Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/771.2 Message Board Post: Hello, Check out this post "Hepsibah Hayes Barnum & Desc.", on this Barry Co. Board, by Debra Eddy. In it has a Lydia E Barnum marriage to George D Willson, with parents named Amos J Willson and ELLA WILLIAMS. Etta and Ella probably are the same person. This post is well documented, giving volume and page numbers for Marriage and Birth records from Barry County. Although no more info is given on Amos and Ella/Etta, I hope the last name Williams points you to a new direction. I'd like it if you could share info that you have on this family. Gina

I am looking for Maurer's in Barry County. Trying to connect them to the Eaton County family. Perhaps a Peter, Jacob, Henry, Joseph and Charles. Any help? Mary Jean

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5519/QFB.2ACE/76.1 Message Board Post: Hi Steve, Just an update. The 2001 and 2002 Boulter Reunions were held at Shelp Resort on Pine Lake, at 11011 Doster Road, between Doster and Prairieville, still in Barry County, though close to the Allegan County line. The 2003 reunion is scheduled for the same place. It's pot luck, bring a dish to pass and your own table service.

does some one have access to the CD or Book ? with biographical sketches of prominent men by Ford Hicks and Edward Butler 100s of names History of Barry Co MI by Hon W W Potter 269 pages and copy the BOWNE pages I will pay for copies thanks Audrey Bowne Seattle [email protected]

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/QFB.2ACE/771.1 Message Board Post: ok ok, as soon as I'd hit enter then I realized I'd written grandma and meant great-grand, same with gg-aunts.

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/QFB.2ACE/771 Message Board Post: Etta A. was born about 1857 MI, likely Barry Co or another county nearby. About 1875 she married Amos WILLSON b. 1854 and they went to living at Yankee Springs near his father. Both are interred at Yankee Springs Cemetery. She died 1903, he 1908. Their sons were George D, William L "Will" and grandpa, Edward Amos. I know a bit about each of those. I know little but birth years of their daughters Jennie, Maud, Lena and Sarah. Is anyone missing this daughter, do you know who she was, who were her parents? Do you know anything of my great-aunts named above?

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/QFB.2ACE/770 Message Board Post: I frequently travel to barry county, and if you need a picture of a tombstone there, email me at [email protected] I don't charge for the pictures, and if you need me to look up a book at the county library, it may take more time, but I'd love to help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eddy, Martin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/769 Message Board Post: I am looking for the family of Addie Eddy and Elwood Martin. They were married in Barry County in 1890. Addie's father and my great grandfather were brothers. I know that Addie had at least one brother Daniel Levi Eddy. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I would like info on the BOWNE family in Barry Co Prarieville,Hastings,Kalamazoo I have census info but I would like birth date and where marriage date and where death date and where name of cemetery and where pictures thanks Audrey Bowne Seattle [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STAMM,WILKINSON,CONKLIN,BROOKS,KIDDER,DONNELY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/768 Message Board Post: Looking for family members that settled in Barry Co. John and Rebekah (Brooks) Wilkinson. There son, Thomas, was my wifes ggrandfather. He married Ida(Bowes) German in 1910. They had twi daughters, Adelaide and Rebekah(my wifes grandmother). My wifes gggrandparents were John A and Annette(Donnely) Stamm. John's first wifes surename was Kidder. Wife's ggrandparents were Frederick and Hannah(Conklin) Stamm.Hannah was related to Suffock Co, NY Conklins. My wife's grandfather, Forrest Stamm, married Rebekah Wilkinson. Any help or information on any of these people will be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mitchell . Mitchel. Michel. Bennett. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/767 Message Board Post: I am in search of Mitchells from Canada I am in search of any body with a data base with any of the names in the Subject line please reply [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REISER, BAITINGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/766 Message Board Post: Seeking information about Anna Mary REISER, b. 1833 Württemberg; d. 1910 Woodland. Mary married Melchior BAITINGER in 1854. Her death registration says that her father was Michael, but doesn't list her mother. Her obituary said that she came to the USA with an uncle. There is a Michael Reiser buried in the plot next to Mary. Is he her father or her uncle? Is he the father of Woodland residents Jacob and Mike? --Lynn Kenney

Information is taken from a recent edition of the Hastings Reminder: The new History Preservation Association of Barry County is sponsoring the publishing of a new book-length history about Barry County and its families. "We want the book to stand by itself and not be a duplicate of the other historh book published in 1985." The content of the book will be divided into several chapters devoted to documenting county facts, a history of each of the 16 townships, illustrations, photographs, maps and the history of schools, churches, libraries, organizations, and businesses. "If you or any of your ancestors live in or have ever lived in Barry County, we want your famly story to be in the book. You do not need to have been born in Barry County." "In fact, new residents are very welcome since they are the future history of Barry County." Contact the History Preservation Association of Barry County at P.O. Box 705, Hastings, MI 49058, for a brochure with a sample history and how to write one if you need help. The book will be sold on a pre-sale basis at a price of $55 before publishing. The next meeting of the History Preservation Association of Barry County is Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 at the Church of God 7th Day, 2504 Culver Road in Johnstown Township.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/329.1.1 Message Board Post: Bernita: I can't seem to find a connection with your line. Generally there should be but the Rachels that I have are not the right time period. My Trumbull's go back thru Alfred, Lyman, Oliver, Joel, Ebenezer, John, Judah, John, and James. Their route was England, Mass., CT, NY to Michigan. If you can find any connection I would love to know. Sallie Giffen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Trumble, Trumbull, Hayward, Haywood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/329.1 Message Board Post: My grandmother was Rachel Trumble (Trumbull) Hayward. She lived in Barry County from 1857 to 1884. She had 3 sisters. Some I think lived in that area of Michigan. Their mother was Susan Trumbull (per the 1880 Census for Barry County, Castelton Twp.). She was living with her daughter and son-in law when the census was taken. Woul love to hear from you. We may have a connection. Bernita

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bronson, Steel, Wyatt, Nicolson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/310.1 Message Board Post: We have found a Deborah Bronson in an 1860 census from Barry County Mich. She is listed as age 36 F, farmer born N.Y. we think she is a g.g.grandmother who was born Deborah Ann Steel in Hunts Hollow N.Y. and married Oscar Fizlerland Bronson. In the Census he is not mentioned. but a daughter Sarah E. (Elizabeth) age 9 born Mich. and Charles O. 3 born Mich. Sarah E. may be our g.grandmother. The census read tht value of real estate, was$2,500 If any one has information on this Bronson family please contact us. Thank you the Nicolsons

I would like info on these families thanks for any info Audrey Bowne Seattle [email protected] birth date and where marriage date and where death date and where spouse children name of cemetery where buried additions subtractions corrections Descendants of John J. Bowne 1 John J. Bowne b: January 14, 1796 in Staten Island, NY d: May 19, 1861 in Prarieville, Barry, Michigan .. +Sarah Pride Owen b: March 08, 1801 in Homer, Cortland, NY m: 1819 in Courtland, NY d: 1886 in Prarieville, Barry, Michigan ........ 2 Eliza Bowne d: in Independence, Iowa ............ +* Williams ........ 2 Rachel Bowne ............ +* Dimmock ........ 2 Amanda O. Bowne b: April 09, 1824 in Owens, NY d: February 10, 1918 in Hastings, Barry, MI ............ +Joel Dowd b: 1816 in CT m: 1836 d: Aft. 1885 in Barry, MI ................... 3 Marquis A.Dowd b: 1842 ................... 3 Augustus A Dowd b: 1845 d: Bef. 1918 ................... 3 Edgar Dowd b: 1847 ................... 3 Andrew Owen Dowd b: November 18, 1849 in Hastings, MI d: 1932 ....................... +Alice Sophie [Jordan] Bishop b: June 29, 1857 in Lockport, NY d: September 03, 1931 in Hastings, MI ............................. 4 Lillian Pearl Dowd b: January 05, 1888 in South Haven, MI d: April 19, 1976 in Hastings, MI ................................. +John Burke b: September 25, 1878 in Barry, MI d: December 09, 1963 in Hastings, MI ................... 3 Alice Dowd b: June 29, 1857 in Barry, MI d: September 03, 1931 in Jackson, MI ....................... +Alex Montgomery b: September 1852 ............................. 4 Myrtle M. Montgomery b: 1881 ................... 3 Mary Josephine Dowd b: 1858 in Barry, MI d: May 1900 in Grand Rapids, MI ....................... +Alvah Whittemore b: July 10, 1855 in Ross, Kalamazoo, MI d: May 27, 1924 ................... *2nd Husband of Mary Josephine Dowd: ....................... +Mark Bush ................... 3 Lillian Dowd b: 1860 d: June 21, 1919 in Chicago, IL ....................... +John Deyo ................... 3 Charles Dowd b: 1863 in Grand Rapids, MI d: May 31, 1923 ................... 3 John Gardner Dowd b: February 19, 1842 in Hastings, Barry, MI d: December 24, 1932 ....................... +Emma A. Knowles b: January 01, 1850 d: April 12, 1910 ................... 3 Helen/Nell Dowd b: September 25, 1853 in Prarieville, Barry, MI d: July 27, 1920 in Hastings, MI ....................... +William Lewis b: 1853 ........ *2nd Husband of Amanda O. Bowne: ............ +Alonzo Jones b: 1812 in NY m: 1867 d: 1903 ........ 2 Andrew Jackson Bowne b: January 19, 1829 in Courtland, NY d: June 06, 1896 in Grand Rapids, MI ............ +Jennie J. Kenfield b: February 22, 1832 in Warsaw, Wyoming, NY m: February 15, 1853 d: 1908 ................... 3 Alice/Kittie Josephine Bowne b: December 12, 1853 in Prairieville, Michigan d: 1897 ....................... +* Hauauer ............................. 4 Jennie Hauauer b: 1877 in Iowa ................... *2nd Husband of Alice/Kittie Josephine Bowne: ....................... +William Henry Olney b: August 28, 1854 m: December 14, 1892 in MI d: September 06, 1937 ................... 3 Charles Andrew Bowne b: July 06, 1856 in MI d: March 09, 1944 ....................... +Minnie B. Sawhill b: January 1863 in OH ................... 3 William Bowne b: 1859 in Michigan ................... 3 Kitty Bowne b: 1854 in MI ................... 3 Charles Bowne b: July 1859 in MI ................... 3 William Bowne b: 1860 in MI ........ *2nd Wife of Andrew Jackson Bowne: ............ +Stella Tyler m: November 15, 1870 d: June 1871 ........ *3rd Wife of Andrew Jackson Bowne: ............ +Sarah J. Gardner b: December 1851 in NY m: 1873 ................... 3 Burdette L. Bowne b: July 1874 in MI ....................... +Blanche Halsey b: in Port Huron , MI ............................. 4 Benjamin Bowne b: January 13, 1907 d: September 06, 1972 ................................. +Jane Rosemary Roscoe ........................................ 5 1m Bowne ............................................ +* McKeever ........................................ 5 1f Bowne ............................................ +* Geras ........................................ *2nd Husband of 1f Bowne: ............................................ +* Seinitz ........................................ 5 2f Bowne ............................................ +* Seinitz ........................................ 5 3f Bowne ............................................ +* Switzer ........................................ 5 4f Bowne ............................................ +* Stucky ................... 3 Cortland B. Bowne b: 1875 in Michigan ................... 3 Nina J. Bowne b: 1878 in Michigan d: 1888 ................... 3 Beatrice Bowne b: October 13, 1891 in MI d: December 07, 1969 ....................... +Donald C. McVay b: 1889 d: 1955 ........ 2 John B. Bowne b: March 28, 1831 in Cortland, NY d: January 1925 in Salida, CO ............ +Jane Bush ........ 2 Helen M. Bowne b: 1833 ............ +Ralph Bacon m: February 14, 1865 in Tuolumme, CA ................... 3 John Bowne Bacon b: September 17, 1866 in NY d: January 16, 1959 in Sonoma, CA ................... 3 Clara Bacon b: 1859 ................... 3 Frank Bacon b: 1863 ........ 2 Mary C. Bowne b: 1835 in NY d: in La Mars, Iowa ............ +Harvey A. Sweetland b: 1827 in NY ................... 3 Philicia Sweetland ................... 3 Mary Sweetland ................... 3 Helen Sweetland b: May 05, 1860 in Martin, MI d: October 25, 1937 in Hastings, NE ....................... +Christian Koehler II b: September 18, 1856 in Galena, IL m: January 22, 1883 in Lemars, IA d: November 03, 1921 in Hastings, NE ............................. 4 Margaret Koehler b: March 24, 1889 in Blue Hill. NE d: December 02, 1926 in Columbus, OH ................................. +Warren Christian Ingersoll b: June 28, 1866 d: 1933 ........................................ 5 Warren Christian Ingersoll II ............................................ +Ann Mason Russell .................................................. 6 Warren Christian Ingersoll III .................................................. 6 Jared Swift Ingersoll .................................................. 6 Paul Russell Ingersoll ............................. 4 Helen Fidelia Koehler b: October 16, 1890 ................................. +George Dutton ........................................ 5 George Dutton II ............................................ +Elizabeth [Dutton] .................................................. 6 Alan Dutton .................................................. 6 Sara Dutton .................................................. 6 Bill Dutton ...................................................... +Joan * ............................. 4 Bowne Sweetland Koehler b: May 19, 1887 in Blue Hill. NE d: 1937 ................................. +Mary Helen [Koehler] ........ 2 William1 A. Bowne b: December 1837 d: March 08, 1842 in Prarieville, Barry, MI ........ 2 Josephine S. Bowne b: 1840 in Cortland, NY d: September 30, 1930 in Hastings, Barry, MI ............ +Martin J. Taggart b: 1834 in NY m: 1859 in Prarieville, MI ................... 3 Glenn E. Taggart b: 1879 ............................. 4 Edward Taggart ........ 2 William2 A. Bowne b: 1843 ........ 2 Emily Alice Bowne b: 1838 d: 1842 in Prarieville, Barry, MI ........ 2 Sarah Bowne b: 1827 in NY ............ +Stephen Sprague b: 1833 in NY ................... 3 Charlotte Sprague b: 1861 in MI ................... 3 John S. Sprague b: 1864 in MI ................... 3 Jennie Sprague b: 1866 in MI ................... 3 Nellie Bowne Sprague b: 1870 in MI ................... 3 Stella B. Sprague b: 1873 in MI ........ *2nd Husband of Sarah Bowne: ............ +* Adams

Brown Cemetery sample If you have a loved one who was burried in Brown Cemetery please send me a note so I can add them to the headstone information . I am working on a vertiua cemetery for Brown near Orangeville. Ginger Ancestral Tracks

I would like info on the BOWNE family in Barry Co MI esp John J (Joseph?) Bowne b 1797 prob Cold Springs NY m prob Cortland Co NY d Prarieville MI spouse Sarah Pride Owen b 1800/01 Homer Courtland Co NY d Prarieville,Barry Co MI 12 children all lived Barry Co Mi and Kalamazoo MI thanks Audrey Bowne [email protected] allied names married to a BOWNE TAGGART BLISS DIMMOCK ADAMS SPRAGUE KENFIELD OWEN PRIDE JONES

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reasoner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/765 Message Board Post: Searching for the family of Howard Reasoner (son of Daniel Reasoner & Hannah B. Mills) b. 24 Dec. 1878. Hastings, Barry co. MI. He married and had the following children: 1. Daniel b. June 1911 2. Olive b. 13 April 1913 3. Doris b. 16 March 1916 4. Dorothy b. 16 March 1916 Any information on this family would be most appreciated.