Thanks Alicia, I didn't know there were 15,000 people marching. Thanks Ric [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2475 Message Board Post: For those of you who have never read an unbiased account : The News (Frederick, Maryland) > 1913 > December > 29 Calumet Buries Panic Victims About 15, 000 Persons Marched in Funeral Procession Services in six Churches. Calumet, Mich. Dec 29 Inexpressibly saddened, Calumet yesterday , buried fifty nine of the forms of tots, children men and women , who on Christmas eve found death in the panic ridden Italian Hall building during the progress of a Christmas tree entertainment for the little ones.The people of the entire copper country and many from outside points, paid tribute to the dead.All factions were united for the time being by the common sorrow and bereavement, and the lifeless forms were laid at rest as they gathered about the long rows of yawning graves as the caskets were lowered into the earth.Funeral services were held in six churches and were followed by a funeral procession mad up of the smaller processions from each of the churches. It was more than an hour and a half before the end of the cortege reached the cemetery gate. It is estimated that between 10,000 and 15,000 persons marched. The interments were in Lakeview cemetery.Here the dead were buried, most of them in trenches, twenty five on the! Catholic side and the remainder on the Protestant. Following the interment and brief services at the gravesides, conducted by the priest and ministers of churches, a ;public service of eulogy was conducted at a stand near the entrance to the cemetery.All morning long the gruesome death wagon carried the containing the bodies from the homes of the bereaved families to the churches. At some of these homes the parents of the child victims attempted to keep their dead with them a little longer. In one home , a young mother, crazed with grief over the loss of three little ones, threw herself across the casket of her little daughter and fought to prevent the child from being taken from the house.The funeral procession, headed by fourteen hearses, three death wagons and one automobile truck , the latter carrying three caskets, and each of the other vehicles. One marched to the strains of a dirge played by a band of Finnish miners from Mohawk. Immediately behind the hearses marche! d the striking miners, bearing the caskets of all but three or four of the children. The miners carrying the caskets , formed in two long lines, four men to each body.As the children were lowered into the long trenches, many of the usually quiet Finnish women burst into wild wailing. Placed on top of each casket was a sprig of tamarack and there was a great profusion of flowers.Sheriff James Cruse reports that he has been unable to solve to his satisfaction , the sudden leaving of the district by C. H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners. The sheriff is not convinced that Moyer was forced to leave and says it was not known that he had left the Scott hotel or where he had gone until the riot siren sounded.He does not know who ordered the riot call but is sifting the matter thoroughly. There was no trouble whatever at the Scott hotel, he says . The sheriff denied that he had refused protection to Moyer and declared the for the past three weeks he had accorded him every protectionThere have been no requests by the Miner's Federat! ion for the arrest of those persons alleged to have taken part in the kidnapping of the labor leader. The Bone Collector Ric Corbeil <8>< Easptointe, Mi.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2475 Message Board Post: For those of you who have never read an unbiased account : The News (Frederick, Maryland) > 1913 > December > 29 Calumet Buries Panic Victims About 15, 000 Persons Marched in Funeral Procession Services in six Churches. Calumet, Mich. Dec 29 Inexpressibly saddened, Calumet yesterday , buried fifty nine of the forms of tots, children men and women , who on Christmas eve found death in the panic ridden Italian Hall building during the progress of a Christmas tree entertainment for the little ones.The people of the entire copper country and many from outside points, paid tribute to the dead.All factions were united for the time being by the common sorrow and bereavement, and the lifeless forms were laid at rest as they gathered about the long rows of yawning graves as the caskets were lowered into the earth.Funeral services were held in six churches and were followed by a funeral procession mad up of the smaller processions from each of the churches. It was more than an hour and a half before the end of the cortege reached the cemetery gate. It is estimated that between 10,000 and 15,000 persons marched. The interments were in Lakeview cemetery.Here the dead were buried, most of them in trenches, twenty five on the! Catholic side and the remainder on the Protestant. Following the interment and brief services at the gravesides, conducted by the priest and ministers of churches, a ;public service of eulogy was conducted at a stand near the entrance to the cemetery.All morning long the gruesome death wagon carried the containing the bodies from the homes of the bereaved families to the churches. At some of these homes the parents of the child victims attempted to keep their dead with them a little longer. In one home , a young mother, crazed with grief over the loss of three little ones, threw herself across the casket of her little daughter and fought to prevent the child from being taken from the house.The funeral procession, headed by fourteen hearses, three death wagons and one automobile truck , the latter carrying three caskets, and each of the other vehicles. One marched to the strains of a dirge played by a band of Finnish miners from Mohawk. Immediately behind the hearses marche! d the striking miners, bearing the caskets of all but three or four of the children. The miners carrying the caskets , formed in two long lines, four men to each body.As the children were lowered into the long trenches, many of the usually quiet Finnish women burst into wild wailing. Placed on top of each casket was a sprig of tamarack and there was a great profusion of flowers.Sheriff James Cruse reports that he has been unable to solve to his satisfaction , the sudden leaving of the district by C. H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners. The sheriff is not convinced that Moyer was forced to leave and says it was not known that he had left the Scott hotel or where he had gone until the riot siren sounded.He does not know who ordered the riot call but is sifting the matter thoroughly. There was no trouble whatever at the Scott hotel, he says . The sheriff denied that he had refused protection to Moyer and declared the for the past three weeks he had accorded him every protectionThere have been no requests by the Miner's Federat! ion for the arrest of those persons alleged to have taken part in the kidnapping of the labor leader.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bjornstrom/ Benstrom Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2FB.2ACI/2469.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so very much! Pat

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2469.1.1 Message Board Post: Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan) > 1951 > January > 13 Bruce Crossing Resident Dies Bruce Crossing-John Z. Bjornstrom 88 a resident of Bruce Crossing for 38 years, died at 5;30 Friday evening at his home here. He was born Sept. 3, 1862 in Sweden and came to the United States in 1872. For twenty years he lived in Allouez, in the Copper County and in Nov. 1890 he was married to the former Anna Catherine Oja at Dollar Bay. After residing at Paynesville for two years, the family moved to Bruce Crossing in 1912 During the time he lived here he operated a general store for over 20 years and was postmaster for 17 years before retiring in 1935. He served as a supervisor on the Stannard township board for 4 years and was the township treasurer for 2 years. His wife preceded him in death on Aug. 8, 1937 Surviving are a son Norman BENSTROM of Flint, five daughters, Mrs Wm. Hatfield , Flint, Miss Gestie BENSTROM and Mrs Calvin Stewart of Detroit, Mrs John Skur of Ontonagon, and Mrs Reginald Moll , Bruce Crossing, nine grandchildren, and six great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 1 on Tuesday afternoon at the Apostolic Lutheran church with the Rev. Andrew Mickelson, Hancock officiating. Burial will be at Lakeview Cemetery , Calumet. Alicia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bjornstrom/ Benstrom Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2FB.2ACI/2469.1 Message Board Post: (Her husband's obit appears on Jan 13, 1951 and is avaliable.) Please could you post John Bjornstrom/Benstrom's obit. Thank you, Pat

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2474 Message Board Post: Hi there! Can someone help me try to locate an obituary for someone? His name is Clarence Laundrie, and he is on the SSDI as dying in Michigan (no county mentioned) in March of 1964. He was born in 1900. I think he passed away in Houghton, but I could be wrong. Coul someone look for an obit there? Thank you so very much! Yours, Georgia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2273.1 Message Board Post: I have in my family file a Nicholas Kaiser who married Helen Williams with children, Nicholas, Thomas and Douglas. Nicholas's parents were N. Kaiser and Grace Richards. I really don't have much but I know they are related to my Trengove line. Eve Trengove [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2473 Message Board Post: Nathaniel Trengove (DOB 1830 in England) died in Lake Linden on Nov. 13, 1912 and is buried at Lake View Cemetery, Calumet. Am trying to find a clue where in Cornwall he was born.. Spouse Elizabeth Ann Reed Trengove (DOB 1832 in St. Austell, Cornwall) died Jan 17, 1905, in Lake Linden. They raised 8 children in the Lake Linden area.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sullivan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2FB.2ACI/150.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: 1910 United States Federal Census > Michigan > Houghton > Calumet > District 94 Name: Florrie Sullivan [Flurrie Sullivan] Age in 1910: 29 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881 Birthplace: Ireland Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Ireland Mother's Birth Place: Ireland Spouse's name: Hannah Home in 1910: Calumet, Houghton, Michigan Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Year of Immigration: 1888 Occuption: Miner/Copper Mine Household Members: Name Age Florrie Sullivan 29 Head Hannah Sullivan 26 Wife abt 1884 Birthplace: Ireland Year of Immigration: 1887 Magdalene Sullivan 4 Daughter abt 1906 Birthplace: Michigan John Nice 21 Boarder abt 1889 Birthplace: Ireland John Roach 29 Boarder abt 1881Birthplace: Ireland

The Eagle Harbor Cemetery is listed as: Pine Grove Cemetery - Eagle Harbor - Split into three files due to download time It does appear on the site _http://www.mfhn.com/keweenaw_ (http://www.mfhn.com/keweenaw) / Good searching! Alice in Arizona In a message dated 10/11/2006 10:09:56 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, [email protected] writes: I tried the Keweenaw site above but didn't find an entry for the Eagle Harbor cemetery. Did I just overlook it? I understand that there are Hoffenbeckers buried there but couldn't find them without more information. Please tell me what I missed.

We maintain the Michigan Marriage Index Database that has the following record: FLORY - SULLIVAN m MARY - HARRINGTON in HOUGHTON cnty 25 NOV 1896 [email protected] V2 P250 REC 402 Could this be the same person that you are searching for? Jack & Marianne Dibean - Lansing Michigan GenWeb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/marriages/michigan/michigan.htm Email Address: [email protected] WWII Memorial: www.wwiimemorial.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [MIHOUGHT] MINERS FROM COUNTY CORK > 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/2FB.2ACI/150.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > My grandmother was Hannah Murphy born in Gortnabulliga Cork, Ireland . Immigrated about 1904 to Laurium, Michigan. She married Florrey Sullivan from Pulleen,Cork, Ireland. Hannah's mother was Brigid Harrington. I have no marriage, birth or death notices for Hannah and Florrie.. Also wondered if Hannah was related to Fr. Harrington who was pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Calume. Any information is appreciated > > *************************************** > This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list members by staying within this theme. > Houghton Co. MIGenWeb > http://www.mfhn.com/houghton > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

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/2FB.2ACI/150.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My grandmother was Hannah Murphy born in Gortnabulliga Cork, Ireland . Immigrated about 1904 to Laurium, Michigan. She married Florrey Sullivan from Pulleen,Cork, Ireland. Hannah's mother was Brigid Harrington. I have no marriage, birth or death notices for Hannah and Florrie.. Also wondered if Hannah was related to Fr. Harrington who was pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Calume. Any information is appreciated

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2472 Message Board Post: Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan) > 1936 > November > 21 Abram Niva Stricken Laurium- Abram Niva age 79 , pioneer resident, died at his home at 143 Iroquois St. early Thursday morning. Death followed a lengthy illness. Born in Finland, Mr Niva came to the Copper Country 48 years aga and settled in Calumet. Later he resided at Kearsarge for 19 years where he was employed at the Wolverine mine and for the past 21 years was a resident of Laurium.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2471 Message Board Post: Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan) > 1936 > February > 1 Cornish Miner Dies Calumet- Joseph Pollard 92 , widely known Laurium man and one of the oldest residents of the Copper Country , died Tuesday night at his home on Lake Linden ave. and South Kearsarge st. Death was due to a heart attack. Mr Pollard was born in England and had been a resident of the Copper Country for 71 years. He was a mining captain at the South Hecla branch of the Calumet and Hecla copper company before his retirement a number of years ago. He was probably the oldest Cornish miner in the district and was widely known throughout the community.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2470 Message Board Post: Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan) > 1935 > December > 24 Fred W. Kauppi 80 widely known Calumet pioneer resident died early Friday at his home , 529 Third st. Blue Jacket. He appeared in good health up to Thursday evening, when he suffered a heart attack The deceased was born in Northern Sweden and came to Calumet in 1880. He was employed by C& H consolidated Copper company for 42 years, retiring about 15 years ago. Surviving are two sons, William W. of Detroit anad Hilmar at home. Six grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2469 Message Board Post: It seems that the family used both name Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan) > 1937 > August > 10 Heat Victim dies at Bruce Crossing Aug. 10 Mrs John Bjornstrom 66, died at her home her Sunday morning while asleep. She had been overcome by the heat on Saturday. Her death came as a shock to the family and community as she had been in good health until Saturday evening when she complained of being sick. Mrs Bjornstrom who was Anna Katherine Oja before he marriage , was born in Oulainen Finland on Sept. 13, 1869. At 19 years of age she came to America and lived in Dollar Bay for two years.She was married ther to John Bjornstrom on Nov. 8, 1890 and then moved to Allouez where they resided for 18 years. In 1913 they moved here and have lived here for the past 25 years. She leaves to mourn her husband, John Bjornstrom, five daughtes, Mrs H. W. Price of Flint, Mrs W. B. Hatfield , Mrs R. A. Moll, Gestie and Dora of this place, two sons Russel of Germfask, and Norman here, her father Matt Oja, two brothers , William and Victor all of Mohawk and a sister Mrs John Oja also of Mohawk . Seven children preceded her in death. She also leaves nine grandchildren , all of this place and host of other relatives. In three years they would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Funeral services will be held at the Apostolic Lutheran church Wed. at 12 o'clock with the Rev. Paul Heideman of Calumet officiating. Burial will be at Lake View cemetery in Calumet (Her husband's obit appears on Jan 13, 1951 and is avaliable.)

Looks like alot of my family moved to California during the Gold Rush.

In a message dated 9/22/2006 11:39:48 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Try: _http://www.mfhn.com/keweenaw/_ (http://www.mfhn.com/keweenaw/) for Keweenaw cemeteries. There is only one cemetery at Eagle Harbor. Ask someone for directions. It is out a dirt (last time I was there) road in the woods about 1/4 mile from town. According to the above web site, there are a number of Hoffenbeckers buried there. Pasties: I like Toni's Country Kitchen in Laurium. I tried the Keweenaw site above but didn't find an entry for the Eagle Harbor cemetery. Did I just overlook it? I understand that there are Hoffenbeckers buried there but couldn't find them without more information. Please tell me what I missed. We went to Toni's twice in two 2 years ago.days. The pasties were very good and it turns out it is the same place we bought them 12 years ago. Bob In Calif

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/2FB.2ACI/2452.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so very much for the information. That is my greatuncle Adolph. His wife's name was Josephine Kowalski or something like that. I believe he had a daughter Dolores. I have no other names. If you can give me Dolores's surname or the names of the grandchildren or someone I can contact, I would really appreciate it. My grandmother Ida and Adolph were brother and sister. Thank you so very very much. Ida Aquilina

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//2FB.2ACI/2452.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Adolph Opland was my uncle by marriage to my father's sister Josephine. I believe they were married more than eighty years ago. They are both deceased now, but they had two children and two grandchildren.