This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Ardis48 Surnames: PIERCE, PEIRCE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25981.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Darla, there is no location for citations in KG postings. There are many notes on my entries, however they cannot be seen on the files. Your family group sheets do not include sources either. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Ardis48 Surnames: HARRISON, BOUGHTON, MILLER Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25985/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Ethel M. HARRISON, 3625 W. Michigan, passed away Friday, May 1, 1981. Mrs. HARRISON was born May 13, 1894 in Fulton, Michigan, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manley BOUGHTON, and had been a lifelong resident of this area. She was a member of the Greenwood Reformed Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernie in 1944 and by a son, Fred in 1974. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Lowell C. and Donna HARRISON of Kalamazoo; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Francis HARRISON of Battle Creek; three grandchildren, James L. HARRISON of Las Vegas, Nevada, Mrs. Phyllis MILLER of Coopersville, and Fred HARRISON, Jr. of Battle Creek; four great-grandchildren; one niece and one nephew. Services will be held Monday morning at 10:30 from the Langeland Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick with Rev. Mr. Richard Scheenstra officiating. Interment in South Fulton Cemetery. Friends may meet the family at the chapel this evening from 7 to 9 and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Memoria! ls may be made to the Greenwood Reformed Church Organ Fund. source: Kalamazoo Gazette May 1981 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Ardis48 Surnames: HARRISON, FORCE, ROBINSON, RADCLIFF, COPLEY, KLOACK Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25984/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Burnella HARRISON, Climax, Mich., Passed away Saturday night in a Battle Creek Hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Harrison was born April 3, 1877, in Rome, Wis., the daughter of Walter and Myrtle ROBINSON FORCE, and had resided in Climax most of her life. She was a member of Climax Library. Mrs. HARRISON is survived by five sons and one daughter, J. C. of Lawrence, William of Hastings, Clarence and Robert of Climax, David of Hickory Corners and Margurete [sic] RADCLIFF of Climax; 14 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Bonnie COPLEY of Nashville and Mrs. Bessie KLOACK of Michigan Center. Services will be held at the Burk & Hoag Funeral Home, Climax, Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial in Prairie Home Cemetery. source: Unidentified obituary Nov 1959 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: casay2150 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25981.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello and thank you. I have almost all / most of the early Pierce / Pearce families in Climax down, well sourced and properly placed. Philo is one of my grandparents. Yes, his death record correctly gives Hamlin as her name but the main the source is when Clarissa applies for her husbands War 1812 pension and states her name as Hamlin. This whole White / Hamlin thing had been an ongoing pain with just a few family members that I thought was cleared up. I think the inaccurate information came from the death record of one of Philo's siblings. The person that put the information on the Kalamazoogenealogy.org site put the information that's contained at a couple different places in Kalamazoo and had no way to know differently. I've sent better, complete records for them to use at this point. They had all good intentions. :) If you'd really like to find something... who is the Mrs. King buried in Prairie Home Cemetery in Climax? No dates.. just the name, Mrs. King known so far. Knowing who she is would be very helpful and greatly appreciated to know. Wayne looked into it before and couldn't match a death and I've been looking out for her for years and can't figure it out. Cemetery only has Mrs. King also and no more information that I've found in their data base. Here are the people she's buried with: Smith Francis L. 1842 1914 Original 6 1 (Husband of Martha) Smith Leora 1882-1886 Original 6 3 (Daughter of Francis and Martha) Smith Martha 1859 1921 Original 6 2 (Daughter of Elipha Spicer and Isaac/ Isiah Filkins) Wells Mrs. Worden 1809-1893 Original 6 4 King Mrs. N/Available Original 6 5 I know all of them except her. Mrs. Worden Wells is Elipha Spicer Filkins Wells and I wouldn't doubt that this Mrs. King is a possible daughter or granddaughter. I just don't know for sure. Could also be step daughter or step granddaughter as there are many children involved with her marriages. You'll probably notice I've posted a lot of information on this message board for years ;) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: casay2150 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/23168.7.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Update Sarah 1840 1910 Albert Ewer (Sarah is also maiden name Ewer. Daughter of Nathaniel and Rhoda (Mosher/Mosier) Ewer. ) Hannah Jun 1811 6 Jan 1882 Elias Wright (Nee Helgus) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: philipffej Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/23168.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: All of the old links for MiGenWeb are no longer good, the project changed servers & the link no longer work. Here is the new Hicks cemetery photo link. http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/tsphoto/calhoun/hicks/hicks_p.htm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Greetings, We at Kalamazoo County, MI; Cemeteries on the Web are getting ready to kick off our summer of photographing.  We took off last year for a breather and I worked on another volunteer project.  Our project is like no other.  We are photographing, transcribing and indexing all burials in Kalamazoo County.  With our data, visitors to our website can search for lost relatives buried in the county, see their grave and get specifics on where in the cemeteries they are buried.  Our project will not end when we are done, we will be updating all burials on a yearly basis.  We are looking for additional volunteers to photograph graves and/or transcribe the photographs taken.  It is a detailed project but fun if you like cemeteries, photographing or transcribing.  This project has been very rewarding.  We have helped families in England, the Netherlands and all across the United States.  If you are interested in helping you can contact the project at [email protected]  We welcome your help in this important and monumental project. If you have not been to our site, visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikccem/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: casay2150 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25981.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the offer but things are being looked into and I'll be working with Ardis to correct it. Note - if you read what I posted you'd see that there are two Sabrina's and I was kind of joking about her being her own grandmother as the surname was put on the wrong Sabrina. Yes - things can get confusing... example: Benjamin Pearce... lol Benjamin Pearce yesterday married Mrs. Myrtle Ronbinson-Force-Deforest-Ainsworth, and thereby became father in law of his sister and uncle and grandfather of his wife's son's child. Try to figure that one out ;) I'm teasing.. it's already done. My documentation is excellent and much of it has been shared here on this message board over the years. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kazoguy Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25982.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I may have some information for you. can you contact us directly at [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: casay2150 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25981.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ardis, I emailed him last night and he's already removed the living people's information. :) The site is so great to be honest, un-sourced family files aren't always a good addition to something like this with so many real sources. I'm talking to him about how maybe to keep the bad information from the site. You know I appreciate all you and Wayne do. The overall site is just awesome!!!! He mentioned that you and Marie donated the information. I think I need to get with you and help you to fix our Pierce / Pearce lines though in your data base? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wpieters Surnames: peters)pieters' Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25983/mb.ashx Message Board Post: who can find for my information about Johannes peters(pieters) born 18-09-1886 in holland went to the USA on 28-06-1910. lived by his uncle Jacobus Peters(pieters) in kalamazoo city. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Ardis48 Surnames: PIERCE, PEIRCE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25981.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the volunteerism, but we have many things to work out first. I have contacted the lady who posted the complaint and KG has removed the information that is offensive. Perhaps some of it will be reinstated and perhaps some will not. I have spent a huge amount of time on these families and we will find out what is wrong. Ardis Pierce Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Bieliauskaite Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25982/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a presentation-type sword inscribed with name Bertram K MacGregor. I find him on the SS death index as born March 1893 died Nov 1970, and seems to be the former Sheriff from 1955-1958, and is buried in Riverside cemetery. I can't seem to find any of his descendants to contact about giving this to them. The sword was made by the Henderson Ames Co in Kalamazoo. If I can't locate his family, I will contact the Museum. I don't think it has much monetary value. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: philipffej Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25981.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't see anything that says where in the Kalamazoo Genealogy.org site you found all these errors, could you copy & paste the links. I could then check around a bit & try to see what's up. All of the info on that site is from Kalamazoo Co. records & the Kalamazoo Library. Most errors in death records come from family members who give incorrect info to the funeral homes or in older deaths it probably was given to a doctor who then submitted it to the Co. Clerk. With proper documentation you can have records changed but your documentation must be good. My grandfather is listed in the Kalamazoo Co. records as being married to his mother-in-law. That info came my Aunt who supplied the wrong info to the funeral home when he died. I have all the documentation to have it changed but haven't gotten around to it yet. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: casay2150 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25981.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ok, I'm greatly upset as my parents and my sister are on this site too...... .... contacting the owners to have it removed IMMEDIATELY! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: casay2150 Surnames: Pearce Pierce Cassor Howard Hamlin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25981.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ok I just can't stand this!! Lawrence Southcotte Pearce wife was NOT NOT NOT Clarissa WHITE!!!!!!!! It's taken me MANY years to try to clear this up and the White name comes from one un-informed death record! Her name was Clarissa HAMLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Source : Rev War Pension and other records!!!! Their son, Langworthy Pierce was NOT married to Sabrina Cassor!!!!!!! Where did this MIS- Information come from??? Whom ever put this together does NOT know this family at ALL!!! Sabrina Caroline Cassor was the daughter of James Cassor and Lettice Pearce. Lettice is the daughter of above Langworthy Pearce and Sabrina(we do NOT know her last name!!!) Also note Lettice's sister, Sarah Lettice Pearce whom married Jacob Coe is a different person although the site has them as one and the same... sigh..... Lettice was born 1796 and married James Cassor Sarah Lettice was born 1791 and married Jacob Coe Source - Birth and many many other records... Sabrina Caroline Cassor was the first wife of my 3rd great grandfather, Henry H. Howard. She was obviously named after her grandmother Sabrina but she is not her own grandmother.. sigh. Source, marraige and many other records Many of these people are buried in Prarie Home Cemetery in Climax. Sorry to be so frustrated but it pains me to see such old and inaccurate information on that site! Anyone associated directly with these families are welcome to contact me. I will say first though, I'm willing to SHARE information but "takers" don't bother to contact me. I'm tired of sharing so much information and years of research yet so many people never ever share back with the most basic of their information. I'll be donating all of my information one of these years to the Climax Library including all my information on Prairie Home Cemetery, Climax and Leroy Twp, Calhoun Co., families. I cannot correct all the wrong information on the Kalamazoogenalogy.org site on these families as it constitutes many many years of research. Please search this message board for much of the information I have shared on this family over the years trying to correct it all previously. I have to thank Wayne and Ardis for all their help over the years here and there helping to properly sort it out all the way out here in Colorado! Again, if interested search this message board for much corrected information I've already posted on this family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: casay2150 Surnames: Pearce Pierce Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25981/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have to post this someplace... the family files on the Pearce / and Pierce family down from Lawrence S. Pearce and Langworthy and Sabrina ane GREATLY GREATLY INACCURATE!!! Love the new site but there's a LOT of wrong information in these posted family files!!!!!!!!! My direct ancestors and relatives included. I don't know where the information came from but it's terribly WRONG!!!!! :( Just wanted to give fair warning somplace to anyone looking at those Pearce and Pierce families!!! I'd like to see someplace on the site the source of the information and / or a warning that the family files should be used for clues only or something. I personally think these files are sooo wrong they should be removed. :( Thanks though Ardis and all for the GREAT SITE! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WHL44 Surnames: MARSH, DRIBIN, RABIN, WEINSTEIN, SCHURING, JOHNSON, GREENBERG Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25980/mb.ashx Message Board Post: MARSH, Mrs. Doris Of Kalamazoo Doris was born December 31, 1917, in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of Jack and Rose (Dribin) Rabin and went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. For the past three years, Doris was lovingly cared for at Woodside of Friendship Village. She was a longtime Portage area resident who loved attending Calvary Bible Church and His Branches Sunday School, she loved learning about God's word and growing in faith. On July 11, 1941, she was united in marriage to Jack W. Marsh, who preceded her in death on November 30, 1986. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Sylvia Weinstein. Surviving are her four children, Jack (Beverly) Marsh of Boca Raton, FL, Suzanne (Ronald) Schuring of Portage, Robert Marsh of Portage and Beth (Dan) Johnson of Kalamazoo; grandchildren, Jessica (Cymbal), Rebekah, Joshua, Alicia, Stephanie, Nathan, Matthew, Ashley, R.J., Laura and Rachel; a great-grandchild, Autumn; a brother, Marvin Rabin and a sister, Esther Greenberg. Doris' greatest! joy in life was her family. Her legacy to them is one of faith, courage, sacrifice, tenderness and love. I Cor 13:13 The family will receive friends on Friday from 2-4 and 6-8 PM at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 South 9th Street. A Funeral Service will be held 11:00 AM Saturday at Calvary Bible Church (855 S. Drake Rd.) with Dr. John Barnett officiating. Interment will be in South Portage Cemetery. Memorials in Doris' memory may be directed to Calvary Bible Church or Hospice of SW Michigan. Please visit www.langelands.com for online guestbook, memories or condolences for the family. Published in Kalamazoo Gazette on March 18, 2010 (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WHL44 Surnames: MACPHEE, HARRISON, BACON, GIDDINGS Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25979/mb.ashx Message Board Post: MACPHEE, Averil B. (nee Harrison) Kalamazoo Averil passed away early Friday morning, March 19, 2010 at home. She was born February 10, 1925 in Otsego, MI the daughter of the late R. Lavant and Bessie Harrison. She was preceded in death by a sister, Florence Bacon, two brothers, Richard and Ralph. On January 24, 1942 she was united in marriage to Donald F. MacPhee who survives. Also surviving are four sons: Larry (Doris), Daniel (Debbie), Randall and Tim (Brenda); and sisters-in-law, Marian Harrison and Doris (Max) Giddings; and a brother-in-law, Doug MacPhee. She has 10 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. After her children were grown she worked in the cafeterias at Mattawan Consolidated Schools and The Upjohn Company. Friends may visit with the family on Monday, March 22, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Community Center at Royal Estates, 8300 Ravine Road (just north of D Avenue). Graveside services for the family will be held at Hope Cemetery, Texas Corners. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice Ca! re of Southwest Michigan or the Full Gospel Apostolic Church, Paw Paw, MI. Published in Kalamazoo Gazette on March 20, 2010 (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WHL44 Surnames: IMUS, DERKSON, SIKKENGA, REX, FORREST, GOULD Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/25978/mb.ashx Message Board Post: IMUS, Jean Of Lawton Formerly of Kalamazoo Jean passed away early Friday afternoon, March 19, 2010 at White Oaks Assisted Living in Lawton. She was born August 18, 1920 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Derkson) Sikkenga. On January 1, 1939, she was united in marriage to Robert A. Imus in Kalamazoo. Jean worked at the original Rx Optical and partnered with her husband in forming R.A. Imus Motor Sales in Otsego and later Paw Paw until it was sold in 1989. She was a charter and 50 year member of the Wolverine Chapter of American Business Women's Association, and member of Oshtemo United Methodist Church. Surviving are four children, Roberta (Blaine) Rex of Decatur, Tom (Linda) Imus of Kalamazoo, Clark (Jacqueline) Imus of Gobles, and William (Karen) Imus of Lawton; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Helen Sikkenga; and several cousins, nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her husband of 56 years, Robert A. Imus; two daughters, Judith Imus and Martha Forrest; ! her parents; sister and brother-in-law, Cornelia and James Gould; brother and sister-in-law, Howard and Vivian Sikkenga and brother, Henry Sikkenga. Funeral services for Jean will be at 1:00 PM on Monday at Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 S. 9th Street, with Rev. Brian Hall officiating. Interment will follow in Hope Cemetery in Texas Corner. Friends may visit with the family from 5-7 PM on Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be directed to American Business Women's Association or Oshtemo United Methodist Church. Please visit www.langelands.com to sign Jean's online guestbook or leave a condolence to the family. Published in Kalamazoo Gazette on March 21, 2010 (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.