This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: denorton Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks very much. We will pursue this. 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: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You should take her, both her original birth certificate and the birth certificate generated by the adoption, and any other pertinent identification (I suggest her marriage license and driver's license) to the Kalamazoo County Probate Court and ask to see the file from her adoption. I would suggest that you call Mr. Pat Neal, at the Court and make an appointment. First try 269.384.8178, if that does not work, call 269.383.8666. She will have to make the request in person. WHL 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: denorton Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, she is still living, but resides in Milan, Michigan. 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: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Is it possible that your mother-in-law is still alive and in, or near, Kalamazoo/Parchment? 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: denorton Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for this information. I'm trying to in a link between Donald J Meyers and Beatrice DeKam prior to her marriage to Bergeon 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: DeKam, Meyers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If you don't have the marriage for Beatrice DeKam here is the link below. From a 1942 Kalamazoo City directory I did find Milburn & Beatrice living at Long Lake & there was also a Donald Meyers living at Long Lake, Long Lake being in Portage. http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/image/show?collection_title=Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925&collection_id=1452395&url=https://das.familysearch.org/das/v2/dgs:004001631.004001631_00605/$dist&hash=Oy%2FNaIVMdIfWuVHt73P9edPYIEA%3D&personName=&recordUri=http://10.196.119.193:8080/rsda/ark:/fs.r/r123192430/p1 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.

In the Michigan Marriage Index we have the following records for the DeKam Family: NAME,SPOUSE,COUNTY,DATE,DOCUMENT,INFO ======================================================== ANNA - DEKAM,EDWARD - LOWE,KALAMAZOO,24 DEC 1924,FAMILY SEARCH - JACOB DEKAM & MADALINE VANDYKE,-- BEATRICE - DEKAM,MILBURN - BERGEON,CALHOUN,28 MAR 1925,FAMILY SEARCH - JOHN DEKAM & LETTIE SABIN,-- BETTY - DEKAM,GERALD MARION RUPE,BARRY,01 JAN 1932,1932-39,-- CORNELIUS - DEKAM,ROSE MARY ZURAWSKI,KALAMAZOO,24 FEB 1923,FAMILY SEARCH - PETER DEKAM & WILHELMINA VERCIES,-- CORNELIUS - [JR] DEKAM,NANCY - MARIN,EMMET,23 AUG 1952,CTY REC# 5-66,-- EDWARD C DEKAM,LOLA IRENE SLAGHT,WEXFORD,26 SEP 1922,FAMILY SEARCH - CORNELIUS DEKAM & MAUDE DELOOFF,-- GEORGE S DEKAM,FLORENCE MAY FISHER,KALAMAZOO,04 JUN 1908,FAMILY SEARCH - JACOB DEKAM & MAGDELENA VANDYKE,-- JOHANNES - DEKAM,JOHANNA - KOMO,OTTAWA,18 JUL 1906,FAMILY SEARCH - CORNELIUS DEKAM & MAUD DELOOF,-- JOHN - DEKAM,LOTTIE - SABINE,OTTAWA,16 JUN 1906,FAMILY SEARCH - CORNELIUS DEKAM & MAUD DELOOF,-- JOHN HENRY DEKAM,ANN - EVERTS,KALAMAZOO,28 SEP 1940,KALAMAZOO GAZETTE (JOHN DIED 06 SEP 1997),-- KARIN ANN DEKAM,JAMES A [III] HARRISON,EMMET,15 JUL 1978,CTY REC# 1978-119,-- MADELENE - DEKAM,HENRY J KINGSBURY,KALAMAZOO,19 APR 1904,FAMILY SEARCH - PETER DEKAM & UNK,-- NELLIE - DEKAM,CHARLES H PHELPS,KALAMAZOO,19 AUG 1891,FAMILY SEARCH - PETER DEKAM & WILLIMINA VERCIES,-- PETER C T DEKAM,RUTH - PULVER,CALHOUN,18 SEP 1923,FAMILY SEARCH - C T DEKAM & GRACE BRANDON,-- STELLA H (HALL)~DEKAM,MILTON J S UNKNOWN,JACKSON,20 OCT 1903,FAMILY SEARCH - JACOB C HALL & PHAROBY PARTIE,-- THOMAS P DEKAM,HENRIETTA L MAVITY,WAYNE,09 JUN 1902,FAMILY SEARCH - PETER J DEKAM & JANE TASSLER,-- Please let us know if you find any family connection so that we can add your email address to the record. Jack & Marianne Dibean - Lansing Michigan GenWeb Archives: http://usgwarchives.net/marriages/michigan/michigan.htm Email Address: jackdibean@modempool.com WWII Memorial: www.wwiimemorial.com Purple Heart: www.thepurpleheart.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <MIKALAMA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [MIKALAMA] DeKam and Meyers/Myers - Kalamazoo 1924 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: philipffej > Surnames: DeKam, Meyers > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960.1.2.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > If you don't have the marriage for Beatrice DeKam here is the link below. > From a 1942 Kalamazoo City directory I did find Milburn & Beatrice living > at Long Lake & there was also a Donald Meyers living at Long Lake, Long > Lake being in Portage. > http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/image/show?collection_title=Michigan > Marriages, > 1868-1925&collection_id=1452395&url=https://das.familysearch.org/das/v2/dgs:004001631.004001631_00605/$dist&hash=Oy%2FNaIVMdIfWuVHt73P9edPYIEA%3D&personName=&recordUri=http://10.196.119.193:8080/rsda/ark:/fs.r/r123192430/p1 > > 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. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIKALAMA-request@rootsweb.com 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. Author: denorton Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for this information. It gives me more avenues to follow to piece this genealogy together. And Yes, we did know that her name before adoption was Donna Fae. After she was adopted by the McDowells she was named Dora Louise. Many years ago we found her original birth certificate showing that name along with the names of her birth parents. We have been trying to specifically identify Beatrice DeKam and have been pretty sure we know the genealogical links there, but were never able to absolutely prove it. We have not found anything about Donald Meyers, the father. I had also previously found the Bergeron obit and have been pretty sure that is the same person and have traced the DeKam family back a number of generations - I just need to prove out that specific connection. I'm curious to know where you found or how you knew her birth name was Donna Fae? Knowing that might help prove the links. I have been doing genealogy for 45 years and am a stickler for sourcing! and proving out links before accepting them. Any further information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for what you have provided so far. Dennis 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: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: What I left out of the previous post is that Beatrice married someone with the surname of BERGEON. There is not a record of that marriage in the Kalamazoo County Clerk's records. 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: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am going to go out on a limb an suggest that Beatrice DeKam is the informant for the death death record of Lottie Alma DEKAM which I posted in 2005, undoubtedly in response to someone's request, but I do not know who. You have it included in the Ancestry record for Lottie. Beatrice died just prior to 25 Jan 1973 in Bradenton, Fla. Her death is in Rootsweb and indicates there is not an obit. But the Kala. Pub. Library page shows an obit which is available at this site https://www.kpl.gov/genealogy/obituary-requests/ You should provide this citation KG 01/27/1973 B,006:4 NEWS and they will send you a copy of the obit, unless of course, you are near Kalamazoo and you can just stroll in and get a copy from the microfilm. Just an aside, and you may already know this, I have reason to believe your mother-in-law's name may have been Donna Fae. WHL 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: denorton Surnames: Meyers, Myers, DeKam, McDowell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26960/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for a Beatrice Dekam who is listed as a "student" in January 1924. She had a baby girl she gave up for adoption in 1924. The father of the baby girl was Donald J. Meyers and nothing further is known about him. Beatrice and Donald were apparantly not married and never married. There was a John Dekam with wife Lottie and daughter Beatrice in the 1920 and 1910 Census for Kalamazoo City and I assume this is the same Beatrice, but not absolutely sure. Any help with any of these people would be extremely helpful. I have found a couple of Doonald Meyers/Myers in the area at that time, but have not been able to connect any of them. The baby girl born was my wife's mother who was adopted by Donald McDowell and grew up in Parchment. 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: Wheaton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26957.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You can find some info at the following site. http://kalamazoogenealogy.org./default.htm Hattie Wheaton marriage, found on the above site but it is limited. http://kalamazoogenealogy.org/Marriage Records/Kal Mar Records 1-6/M4p233.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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Ardis48 Surnames: NAP, KONING, ADAMS, STEWART Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26959/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mr. Herman NAP,1517 N. Westnedge, Passed away Thursday evening at Ridgeview manor Nursing Home after a lingering illness. Mr. NAP was born Jan. 1, 1893, in the Netherlands, son of Apko and Geesen KONING NAP. He was a cement mason until his retirement. Member of North Park Reformed Church. Married to Alice ADAMS, who survives Also surviving are 2 sons, Arlo of Kalamazoo and John Adam NAP of Portage; one daughter, Mrs. Daniel (Eleanor)STEWART 8 grand children; 6 great-great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Steven of Comstock and Emerson of Kalamazoo of Kalamazoo; several nieces and nephews. Friends are being received at the Joldersma & Klein Funeral home, where services will services will be held Monday at 1:30 o'clock, Rev. A. Koopman officiating. Interment in Mt. Ever-Rest Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the North Park Reformed Church or Cancer Society.source: Kalamazoo Gazette 12 Jul 1873 (submitted by 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: philipffej Surnames: Riddle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26957.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hattie Riddle. http://kalamazoogenealogy.org./Death Records/1931/ComstockTwp-4-1931.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/kalamazoo/photos/tombstones/maplegrove/riddle69471nph.jpg 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: BUGGS Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26958/mb.ashx Message Board Post: BUGGS, Lula Of Kalamazoo Departed this life Thursday, August 26, 2010. Arrangements to be announced by: WHITLEY MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME 330 North Westnedge Ave. (269) 488-2401 www.whitleymemorial funeralhome.com Published in Kalamazoo Gazette on August 28, 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: CHEE, BALCH, LOWERY, FACKLER, VINSON, ULLREY Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26956.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: CHEE (Balch), Toni J. Of Peoria, IL Formerly of Kalamazoo Beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend died August 25, 2010, in Peoria, Illinois. Toni was born November 28, 1970 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Norman and Grayce Balch. Surviving are her husband, Sam Chee; her children, Emily, Ella, Conner, Nick, Gage, and Stevie; her mother, Grayce Balch; her brothers and sisters, Pete Lowery, Tom Lowery, Wendy Fackler, Luanne Lowery, Kelly Vinson, Scott Lowery, Todd Lowery (Balch), Jim Balch, Dorothy Balch, Terri Balch Ann Balch and Norman Balch; a niece, Randi Ullrey; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Toni was preceded in death by her father, Norman Balch; and a brother, David Lowery. A Memorial Service to celebrate Toni's life will be held 1:00 PM Saturday, August 28, 2010 at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Portage Chapel, 411 E. Centre Ave. A private burial will take place at Riverside Cemetery. Please visit: www.langelands.com for online guestbook, memories and condolences for ! the family. Published in Kalamazoo Gazette from August 27 to August 28, 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: brian_broadhurst Surnames: Wheaton, Nash, Riddle, Roosa Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26957/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Several siblings, children of Cyrus and Emily (Roosa) Wheaton * Hattie (Wheaton) Riddle died Comstock Twp, Kalamazoo Co. 1931 * Olive (Wheaton) Nash died 1934 Pavilion Twp, Kalamazoo Co. 1934 * William G. Wheaton died 1956 Kalamazoo * Herbert Wheaton died 1937 in Kalamazoo County Seeking anything in the entry - exact date/place of death, full name, cause of death, birth date, spouse, etc. Thank you 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: CHEE, BALCH Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26956/mb.ashx Message Board Post: CHEE (Balch), Toni J. Of Peoria, IL Formerly of Kalamazoo A Memorial Service to celebrate Toni's life will be held 1:00 PM Saturday, August 28, 2010 at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Portage Chapel, 411 E. Centre Ave. Please see Saturday's Gazette or www.langelands.com for complete obituary information. Published in Kalamazoo Gazette on August 27, 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: FOSTER Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26955/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FOSTER, Baby Boy Kennedy Eddie Of Kalamazoo Departed this life on Tuesday, August 24, 2010. Arrangements to be announced by: WHITLEY MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME 330 North Westnedge Ave. (269) 488-2401 www.whitleymemorial funeralhome.com Published in Kalamazoo Gazette on August 27, 2010 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: GRINTALS, BURKETT, MARTIN, JODO Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/26954/mb.ashx Message Board Post: GRINTALS, Mrs. Anastasija "Anna" Kalamazoo, MI Passed away on August 25, 2010 with her loving family at her side. Her children, Gus (Mary) Grintals, Mara (James) Burkett; and grandchildren, Lisa Martin, Max Burkett, and Gabe Burkett will deeply miss their mother and grandmother. In 1977 Anna was preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, Janis Grintals and in 1978; her sister-in-law, Alma Grintals. She was also preceded in death, by her daughter, Anita Martin in 1999. Anna was born Anastasija Jodo in rural Poland and left home as a young girl to seek employment in Latvia. It was there that she met her future husband, Janis Grintals. Janis and Anastasija fled Latvia together in 1944 and were married soon after. They spent their first six year together in displaced persons' camps in Germany and finally secured passage to the USA in 1950. Anna's involvement in the Kalamazoo Latvian community centered around her close friends and membership in the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran United Church where her skills as a baker of Latvian pastries were legendary. Anastasija, known by h! er grandchildren as "Vija" always loved working in her garden and cooking family dinners. It is an understatement to say that Vija devoted her later life to the care and feeding of her roses and her grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Saturday, August 28 at 12 PM, with Rev. Biruta Puike officiating. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Please make memorial contributions to The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran United Church, 122 Cherry Hill, Kalamazoo, MI 49006. JOLDERSMA & KLEIN 917 S. Burdick 343-2628 Published in Kalamazoo Gazette on August 27, 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.