Hello listers - I have a question that I hope one of you can answer. Where is TUSTIN in Ionia County? I recently received some information that lists Tustin, Ionia County, Michigan as a place of birth. I have no clue where that is in the county and would appreciate any help you can give. Thanks! Pam Swiler, President Ionia County Genealogical Society

Another option would be the Burton Historical Collection at the main Detroit Public Library on Woodward, in Detroit. Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela K. Swiler" <pkswiler@voyager.net> To: <MIIONIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 4:20 AM Subject: Ionia County Directories > Since you live in Detroit, the closest place to view directories for you > would be the Library of Michigan in Lansing. I am not sure what years they > have. The other option would be to contact our research committee and have > them do the work for you. Our research coordinator is Dale Jackson and he > can be reached via e-mail at djax@iserv.net > Hope this is helpful to you. > Pam Swiler, President > Ionia County Genealogical Society > > > ==== MIIONIA Mailing List ==== > List Mom for Ionia County, MI is Jan Cortez. My email is cristian@netonecom.net. Spaming, flaming and profanity are not allowed. This is strictly a genealogy list! If you have any concerns, send me a note, otherwise enjoy the list and post often. It helps get your message out. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry

Since you live in Detroit, the closest place to view directories for you would be the Library of Michigan in Lansing. I am not sure what years they have. The other option would be to contact our research committee and have them do the work for you. Our research coordinator is Dale Jackson and he can be reached via e-mail at djax@iserv.net Hope this is helpful to you. Pam Swiler, President Ionia County Genealogical Society

Valerie, The Hall-Fowler Memorial Library in Ionia has city directories for 1872, 1874 1877, 1891, and most of those from 1904 to 1961. S.Carpenter

I am very interested in some Ionia County ancestry and would like to do some city directory searching across 20 years, or more, starting in the early 1920s. I live in the Detroit area. Could anyone suggest someplace closer to home for such hands on looking? If I do need to physically head out to Ionia County, where is the best location(s) for accessing as many of these directories as possible? Valerie (Stoddard) Curren ValerieCurren@aol.com My Ionia surnames: Bluemly, Thayer, Freeman, Whipple, Vis, Mellinger, Simmons, Leuck, and Smith.

Hello listers! The Divorce Index, letter "P" is now on our web site. The letter "Q" was put on a couple of weeks ago. Now, on to the "R"s!!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~miionia/iondiv.html Pam Swiler, President Ionia County Genealogical Society

Well, I apologize for THAT major screw-up! Must have put the wrong address in my e-mail message - sorry to the rest of you! Embarrassed Pam

If you haven't checked this part of our website, you might be really missing out. Take a minute and visit! http://www.rootsweb.com/~miionia/WWII2.html Pam Swiler, President Ionia County Genealogical Society

Can anyone help this person? Thanks.... Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: mary chauncey Can anyone help me with any information on :Benjamin Francis Selden, John Adams Selden, Elizabeth Adele Abbey, Amanda Jane Martin. I know they were some of the first settlers of Ionia county, Michigan. any help would be greatly aprreciated. You can email me at:wtzard24@surfsouth.com or write me at: Mary Selden Chauncey, P.O. Box212,Homerville,Ga,31634. Thanks Mary .

Can anyone help on this one. Thanks..... Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <Wilcox50585@cs.com> To: <cristian@netonecom.net> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 4:14 PM Subject: William Prestidge > I have been trying to find information about my Great Grandfather, William > Prestidge. He as a pastor at a church in Lake Odessa in the early 1900s. He > and his wife had one daughter, Genevieve. > Do you have any information or any idea where I should start. I am just > getting started in looking for information on my ancestors. > > > Thanks > Tom Wilcox >

For lack of a better way to contact members of the Ionia County Genealogical Society, I am trying to locate the owner to a watch that was lost at the last meeting. It is a beautiful watch (ladies) and I would like to get it back to its rightful owner. It somehow ended up in my car after the meeting. Contact me if you lost a watch at our meeting. Sorry to the rest of you - I apologize for taking your time. Pam Swiler, President Ionia County Genealogical Society

Al Dawson in Ohio posting this: Dad sent me a photo of Dawson Brothers Bakery in Lowell, Michigan (214 E Main Street) - where present Rupert's Drop is located. Photo must be from Lowell Ledger. From oral history, sometime in 1920s or 30s. My grandfather, Seymour E. Dawson and his brother, Charlie = Dawson Brothers. Employees id'd as Jesse Cahoon and Mrs. Worden (handwritten notes, no dates or caption) banner above store folded, but has STUAR[T?} visible....Salt Rising Bread Today chalked/painted on window...reverse of photo has church ads that might help date photo: Bethany Bible Church - 3900 Fulton, east, Broadcast WMAX 1480 - Pastor: Rev Raymond E. Befus First Baptist Church in Alto, Corner 60th & Bancroft Ave; Richard A. Beach, Pastor, telephone 868-3011 Cascade Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 2829 Thornapple River Drive SE telephone 949-1360; Rev Raymond Gaylord, Pastor First Congregational Church of Lowell (member United Church of Christ), N. Hudson at Spring Street, Lowell; F. Ervin Hyde, minister Thornwood Baptist Church, Buttrick near Thornapple Rd, Ada; Robert Nelson, Minister St. Matthew Lutheran Church - Tempoary Meeting Facilities, Cascade Elementary School, Burton St and Cascade Rd Any help, appreciated Al Dawson, Berea, Ohio - MA, History, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1973. RootswebConnect link to my homepage: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=aldawson Surnames include ("Mary and John" passengers) GRANT, GILLETT, WOLCOTT, PHELPS, GRISWOLD, HOLCOMBE, FORD, COOK, CHARD ("Mayflower") FRANCIS COOKE, STEPHEN HOPKINS, JOHN ALDEN PRISCILLA MULLINS, THOMAS ROGERS and WILLIAM BRADFORD Al is a daily pilgrim to http://www.thehungersite.com/ - every click helps :)

To all, Does anyone have any information on the CANADIAN SETTLEMENT (in Keene township) or ALGODIN. I have seen the books by Schenck, Branch and the cemetery transcripts. Does anyone have personal knowledge of these areas history. Gary Veale vealehaven@earthlink.net

Looking for information on Sandborn family that lived in Sebewa in 1866. Albert was born in this year married a Cora Ann Schaupp who was born in MI. in 1870. I know there are alot of Sandborns and we are all related . My sis and I have found 20 generations and we are not down to this time frame all the way yet. Still have some blanks. Anyone else out there,please email me. Thanks,Brenda in Tn.

This is just a test to check my email addresses... they needed updating... Do you know these people? <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/shirtail4/page1.html">Waivadaindex.html</A> Searching: Gallager, Mina, Gardner, Griswold, Huntington, McKissick, O'Daniel, Sayles, Thorne, See, Waivada,

Someone sent me pics of the Doty cmetery stones at Balcom and other cmeteries. Will you please contact me. Thanks Teresa Leak Sweet tree@pathwaynet.com (genealogy) or sweets@pathwaynet.com V. P., Ionia Co. Genealogical Society, Ionia Co., MI Member of the Sebewa Assoc., Sebewa Twp. Researching: BAILIFF, BATES, BREWER, CARPENTER, CURTIS, DAVIS, GRAY, LEAK, LIPSCOMB, MAKIN, MALLORY, MARSHAM, MCDONALD, MEYERS, MYERS, SHIPMAN and OTHERS... in Barry, Eaton, Ionia & Hillsdale Counties, MI, CT, IA, NY, PA, RI, Canada, Germany, England

Yes, I have Clyde, I even have some pictures of Clyde <g>. Clyde was my Great Grandfather's brother. I have two or three pictures of the entire family, one before Ferrie was born, and one after. I have one taken after they all were older, without Arthur. I have a picture that Arthur had taken when he was 25 years old. I have a few pictures of John and Sarah, also, when thy were older. I have scanned a lot of these, and plan to put them up on the Ionia page, as soon as I figure out which person to send them to who has more time <g> (there are two people to send to, which one of you wants them all sent to your e-mailbox ?) I would love to swap information with you about the Stambaughs. I had little to go on, until now. I have a lot more now than when I didn't have all the obituaries and pictures. I know that Arthur, Clyde, John F. and Ferrie (also Pearl, who died young) were born to John H. and Sarah Jemima (Greenman) Stambaugh. I posted John's obituary on the obits page of the Ionia County site. John F.'s is also there. I am still sorting out a lot of it, but I hit the Stambaugh's in one of the first scans and sorts, because I had less on them than on anyone. I was very excited to get ahold of this information and I am very pleased I can share it with you all. If you wish me to send you the pictures and such privately, I can do that, also. I will gather all that I have on the Stambaugh's for you and mail it out tomorrow (if you can wait that long, LOL). Peace - Mary ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

For Mary Dennison - In your Stambaugh family do you have Clyde, son of John. Thanks in advance, Russ Miller

Does any one have any ideas,or clues to this family. Thanks- Mary Mary Jane KNAPP was born on 21 Oct 1831 in Canada [parents]? Mary married Wilkinson GERMAN on 05 Mar 1849 in Talbot Districk, Norfolk, Ontario. Wilkinson was born in Canada. [What happened to Wilkes between 1854,55 and 1859 when Mary married again,death divorce]?? They had the following children: [Was there any more children]? Emily S. GERMAN was born on 04 Jun 1851 in Canada. She died on 15 Aug 1929 in Ionia, Ionia Co., MI and was buried in Balcom Cemetery, Ionia Co., MI. She was born in Canada, June 4, 1851 and came with her parents Ionia County at the age of three years and has been a resident of this [1854,55]? county with the exception of four years that she lived in Ohio. Emily married Thomas Jefferson PICKENS, son of William PICKENS and Elanor VANDYKE, on 28 Sep 1871 in Ionia Co., MI. Thomas was born on 19 Jul 1850. He died on 13 Dec 1935 in Ionia, Ionia Co., MI and was buried in Balcom Cemetery, Ionia Co., MI. Ionia Mary also married (2) William REED on 01 Jan 1805. William was born in Mass.. He died on 06 Jun 1873 in Ionia Co. Mi.. copied; usgenweb/archives/ionia/bios William Reed, , first saw the light of day on ground made memorable in the "long-ago," during the struggle of the colonies for independence. He was born in 1805, near the Bunker Hill battle-ground, in Massachusetts. At the age of twenty he shipped aboard a whaler, and led the life of a sailor a few years. On his return he visited his grandparents, residents of New York, and fell in company with Mr. David Beebe and family who were preparing to come to Michigan; he came with them and located in Oakland County, where Sarah, one of the daughters of Beebe, taught two terms of school, but in the mean time Mr. Reed married her, she completing her school after marriage. In September, 1836, he removed to Berlin township, Ionia Co., and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 3. On the Sunday following his arrival, with the assistance of four men, he erected a log house on his place. He afterwards purchased two hundred and ten acres additional on section 10 upon which he erected substantial buildings. His death occurred in June, 1873, at the age of sixty-seven years eight months and three days. He was married three times, and his third wife survives him. He was the father of ten children,--six by his first wife and four by his second. He was a man who was much respected. He was energetic and industrious, and from having funds barely sufficient to make his first purchase from government he accumulated a handsome property [Where and when did Mary J. Knapp, German,Reed die]? 3rd wife

Hello all - I just wanted to let you know that yesterday I received a whole bunch of obituaries, funeral cards, and pictures from my Grandmothers things. My Aunt gave them to me to scan some stuff, and transcribe some things before I give them back, and I have found a lot of names which might be of interest to others on the list. Besides my own families of Stambaugh, Daniels, Karrar, and Ingall, I have Eastman, Fuller, Bowen, Dow, etc... I also have an article of the Mill which was blown up, in Sunfield. I have that one because my Grandmother's Brother is the man who was Welding on the silo which set off the Wheat Dust which made it blow (Arlin Stambaugh). The blast took out two concrete walls, and injured four men, my Great Uncle being one of them. He died from his burns. I will try to get these transcribed and sent to the folks who run the Ionia page as soon as possible. I am still on vacation, so I have until Monday to get as much done as possible before I have to go back to work, LOL. Peace - Mary Dennison ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.