Hi there I was recently provided this obituary from the Flint Journal by Phil Kelly who lives in the area I believe. I am searchin the Wellington family in Michigan and this has peripheral relevance. Thought it may be of interest to Gilchrist researchers Ross Wellington Australia see obit for Elizabeth Gilchrist 21 Apr 1929 Fostoria, Nov. 30. Mr. & Mrs. Lackey Gilchrist and Mrs. Eugene Wellington & daughters Laura and Ada, spent thanksgiving with Mr. & Mrs. Lee Lintz of Deerfield. Flint Journal 30 Nov 1927 Mrs. Lackey Gilchrist Fostoria, April 20. - Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Fostoria M.P. church for Mrs. Elizabeth Gilchrist, 55 years old, wife of Lacky Gilchrist, who died this morining of paralysis at her home in this village, Rev. Fred Crandall will officiate and burial will be in Watertown cemetery. She was born Sept 9, 1874 in Rochester, Mich, On Jan 7, 1897, she was married to Lackey Gilchrist, coming to Fostoria to live. She was a member of the Fostoria Gleaners and Rebekahs, and Mayville O.E.S. She leaves her husband and five sons, Dale and Clarence of Fostoria; John and Floyd of Detroit, and Kenneth of Flint; her parents Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Lintz of Deerfield; five grandchildren; six brothers, Fred Lintz of Eden, Idaho; Nelson Lintz of Acme, Wash.; Irving of Bellingham, Wash., Lester of Farmington, Mich.; Lee of Davidson , and Howard of North Branch , and two sisters, Mrs. Ada Maxfield of Detroit and Mrs. Sarah Wellington of Fostoria. Flint Journal, 20 Apr 1929 -----Original Message----- From: Carol Bogue [mailto:rbogue@frontiernet.net] Sent: Saturday, 2 November 2002 3:15 AM To: MIGENESE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MIGENESE] Dimond At 11:04 AM -0500 10/31/02, JEE143@aol.com wrote: >I am looking for information on Roy B. Dimond family. >His wife was Sylva Gilchrist. > >His parents were Eugene Dimond and Eva Beebe. > >I have been looking for information on his earlier family >but have been unable to find any past his gggrandfather, who was Wellington >Dimond. I have no dates or anything back then. > >If anyone could help me it would be greatly appreciated. > >Janet (Dimond) Eldridge >Wilmington, NC >Jee143@aol.com I have a William Gilchrist and a Christine Gilchrist, who married Henry Hardy. I'm more interested in your last name, though. I have a family mystery that involves a Eldridge family from Genessee Co, Michigan - William Case Eldridge and his son, Watson WIlliam Eldridge. Does that name sound familiar? Caol Bogue