This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hringer1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8558.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Arnold Sanderse age 74 passed away Friday morning at his home 23l7 Delton Ave. Sw. Surviving are the widow Clara a brother and 3 sisters in the Netherlands. and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday aternoon at 2 oclock at the Beverly Reformed Church. Internment in wyoming Township cemetery. Mr. sanderse reposes at the Hildreth Funeral Home and will be taken to the residence Sat. afternoon. Relatives are requested to meet at the church at l. 45 Helen ringer Kent co Mich. not related 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: hringer1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8552.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Cornelia Pantus l923 Pantus Mrs. Cornelia Pantus aged 63 wife of ?Herman Pantus died Weds. aft. at the family home l56 Carrier Ave. surviving are her husband and 3 daughters; Sister M. Zita of the Doninican Order, Mrs. Albert Schrauwen and Miss Mary Pantus; 3 brothers also survive Joseph, peter and James Tallman of this city. The deceased had been a resident of Grand Rapids for 43 years. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 am at St. alphonsus church. Internment in Mt. calvary Cemetery. Helen Ringer Kent co Mich. no relation. 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: hringer1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8559.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Clara Sanderse Sanderse Mrs. Clara Sanderse aged 78 passed away Tuesday morning at her home 23l7 Dalton Ave SW. Surviving are 2 sisters Mrs. Susie Clark of Grandville; Mrs. Jennie Clasterman of Garfield, New Jersey. a brother Jacob Hascup of Marywood New Jersey, several nieces and newphews. Funeral services will be held thurs at 2 oclock at the Bevcrly Reformed church with Rev. gordon Girod officiating. Internment Wyoming Township Cemetery. Mrs. Sanderse reposes at the Hildreth Funeral home. Helen Ringer Kent co Mich. no relation 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: hringer1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8560.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Witkam Adrian Witkam aged 62 died Monday nite at his home 20 Grove Street, NE. surviving are his widow 2 sons; Herbert of Allegan and Clement of Jeffersonville, indiana and 3 daughters Mrs. Joe Endres, and Mrs. John Groskoph of Alma and Mrs. Frank Millard of Detroit. Funeral Services Friday morning at 9 oclock at St. Alphonsus church. Internment Woodland Cemetery Helen Ringer Kent co Mich no relation 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: Scholtens Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8569.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You can order the Scholtens obits here. http://data.wmgs.org/Newspapers/FMPro You can order the marriage record here. http://data.wmgs.org/Marriages/FMPro The above info came from this web site. http://data.wmgs.org/ 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: joke113 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8569/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone have more info about the couple Bert Scholtens, born 1890 in the Netherlands and died in august 1978 in Grand Rapids, and Henriëtta Kort, born 1888 in the Netherlands, date/place of death unknown. They were married 14 may 1912 in Grand Rapids. Did they have children, and where there obituaries ? Thanks!! Harm (The Netherlands) 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: CHASE, JACKSON, FONTANA, CLARK, BOORSMA, GREEN Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8568/mb.ashx Message Board Post: CHASE, (Jackson), Mrs. Bonnie L. Of Allegan Formerly of Grand Rapids Passed away Tuesday January 13, 2009. Surviving are her children, Cassie (Herman) Fontana, Sherrie Chase, Robert (Lauren) Chase; her precious grandson, Hunter Chase Clark; a sister, Charlene Boorsma; several nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents Robert Wayne Jackson and Gladys Jackson-Green. Bonnie was a member of Moose Lodge #672. She was a retired dietary manager working at several nursing homes in the Grand Rapids area. A Memorial Service will be held Friday 2:00 PM at the funeral home. Her family will receive visitors one hour prior. Interment Fairplains Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Rose Arbor Hospice of Southwest Michigan will be appreciated. ARSULOWICZ BROTHERS, REMEMBRANCE MORTUARY 3525 Remembrance Rd www.arsulowiczbrothers.com Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 1/14/2009 (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: fairlady1959 Surnames: Johnson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8567.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I've already searched the censuses and have positively identified Chester's adoptive parents (see previous listing). The date of birth is only a guess, based on those records from 1910-1930. I have photos of Chester as a child and adult, which were in the possession of a member of my own family. I know Chester spent time in Cuba, as he sent photos and postcards from there to relatives. The 1930 census lists a Chester B. Johnson, 26, (born Michigan, as were his parents), and wife Dorothy E. Johnson, 25, who was born in North Carolina (as were her parents). This census shows at the time, the couple was living in Tampa, Fla. and that Chester was working as an "operator of a moving picture machine." 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: Locklin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/733.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I really don't know how to get the Military records but here is the web site with a contact email and he should be able to tell you how to go about ordering the records. http://www.suvcwmi.org/graves/ I check cemetery photo's for the MiGenWeb Tombstone Project http://usgwtombstones.org/michigan/mitstable.htm and when I come across a Civil War Vet I send the info to the Graves Reg. officer and he checks them & puts them online http://www.suvcwmi.org/graves/search.php. I sent him an email & asked him if could find anything on James Locklin & that is what he found so he must have access to the records and i'm sure he can help you. I didn't see him in the Veteran's cemetery in G.R. either. Good luck!!! 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: paigefrank77 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8567.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Have you searched the federal censuses for him and his family? Have you also searched for the wife and son? What makes you believe that he settled in FL? When was the son, Chester born? Frank 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: fairlady1959 Surnames: Johnson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8567/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for descendants of a Chester Johnson, who was born in Kent County, Michigan around 1904. Chester was the adopted son of William A. Johnson and Charlotte "Lottie" Johnson-Johnson--children of Barton Johnson and Nelson Johnson, respectively. Chester's childhood was spent in rural Rockford and Cedar Springs. He married a woman named Dorothy and had a son, also named Chester. I believe Chester, Sr. also spent time in Cuba in the 1920s and may have settled in Florida--possibly the Tampa area. Conflicting records show Chester's middle initial I. or B. Have family photos and info. I'd like to share. Please get in touch, if related. 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: KellyLocklin Surnames: locklin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/733.3.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yow! this is great! I've been stuck here for years, even went to Michigan and called Burlington, Vermont to try and figure stuff out, all without success. So let me ask: I have been to the Archives, and the only military files I found did not include parent information. Where/what did you look? And when you say you got info from the CW Graves Registration Officer, how does one do that? I would love to get copies of the records for my files. We had been speculating that William H. was related, but we couldn't figure out how. As for Jane: she actually died in Chicago (we don't know why she was there, or I've forgotten), and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Grand Rapids in an unmarked grave next to a child (Frank A.) who died just before his first birthday. I asked at that cemetery, but it didn't seem that James was there. Originally Jane bought six plots, apparently used two, and the rest reverted to the cemetery at some point. There are some other descendants of James Sr. still living in Grand Rapids. 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.

Can someone tell me the best place to locate a death certificate. I just want to verify the name of the deceased parents. This was Elizabeth Brooks Brownell and she died January 31, 1923 in Kent County. Since Elizabeth Brooks is a fairly common name, I need verification of her parents names. This is a hard family to track down. Thanks for any help given. Marge Williams

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: philipffej Surnames: Locklin, Cramer, Picket, Henneforth Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/733.3.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I got the following info from the C W Graves Registration Officer. Parents, Gerald A. and Margaret Henneforth Locklin. James born in 1829 in Burlington, Chittendon, Vermont, you have CW info, died 26 April 1881 in Coopersville, Ottawa, MI. Wife was Jane Cramer 1836 - died in Grand Rapids 1904. William H. Locklin (Co K 1st MI E&M) was James half brother by Gerald's third wife, Ellen Picket. Hope this helps, still haven't found his grave but the military records did have his parents & now you know about William. Jeff 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: bachsus Surnames: FENSKE, KREM, PARSONS Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8566/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Leon W. FENSKE, aged 63, formerly of Grand Rapids, passed away Wednesday morning at the Lockwood General Hospital in Petoskey. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Aouda FENSKE of Petoskey; four brothers, Max, William, Walter and Ewald FENSKE; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie KREM, Mrs. Charles PARSONS all of Grand Rapids. Mr. FENSKE will arrive in Grand Rapids late Thursday night and will repose at the Alt Mortuary, where funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment Rosedale Memorial Park. Source: Grand Rapids Herald (Michigan); Thurs, 17 May 1956; Page 19. 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: bachsus Surnames: FENSKE Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8565/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Leon W. FENSKE Dies at Petoskey at 63. Funeral services for Leon W. FENSKE, agent for the U. S. Department of Internal Revenue in Petoskey who died Wednesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Peters-Briggs Funeral Home. Mr. FENSKE, who was 63, died at Lockwood General Hospital where he was taken Tuesday afternoon. Further services will be held in Grand Rapids at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Alt Funeral Home with burial in Rosedale Cemetery. Mr. FENSKE was transferred to Petoskey in 1945. He had been with the department since 1934. He was born in Stronach (Manistee County) and served in the Army in World War I. He was employed by the Tanglefoot Co. in Grand Rapids for 35 years. Mr. FENSKE was a member of the Alta Lodge Consistory and Saladin Temple Shrine, 40 & 8 all of Grand Rapids, Northwin Shrine Club 5, Carl O Weaver Post 194 American Legion. In 1944-45 he was zone commander of the lower 11th district of the American Legion. Surviving are his wife Auoda, four brothers and two sisters. Source: Grand Rapids Herald (Michigan); Thurs, 17 May 1956; Page 17. 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: bachsus Surnames: FENSKE Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8564/mb.ashx Message Board Post: August J. FENSKE Dies, Retired Cabinet Maker. August J. Fenske, 83, a resident of Grand Rapids for 28 years, died Tuesday at his home, 339 Myrtle st., NW. FENSKE was born in Germany and came to northern Michigan when 16 years old. He worked for various lumber concerns in Manistee for 37 years. After moving to Grand Rapids he became an employee of the Grand Rapids Chair company as a cabinet maker, a position which he held until his retirement 15 years ago. Surviving are his wife, five sons, three daughters, 13 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. The body was removed to the Alt mortuary. Source: Grand Rapids Herald (Michigan); Weds, 16 November 1938; Page 3. 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: bachsus Surnames: FENSKE, JOHNSTON, KREM, MACIKOWSKI, MATCHEKOWSKI, MATCHEKOSKY, MACK, PARSONS Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8563/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Minnie FENSKE, aged 91, widow of August J. FENSKE, of 2810 Cheney NE., passed away Sunday evening. She is survived by five sons, Max, William, Leon, Walter and Ewald FENSKE, all of Grand Rapids; three daughters, Mrs. William Johnston of Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. William KREM and Mrs. Ruth W. PARSONS, both of Grand Rapids; 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Funeral Mass will be Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Anthony's Church. Interment Rosedale Memorial Park. Mrs. FENSKE reposes at the Alt Mortuary, where friends will recite the Rosary Tuesday evening at 8:15. Source: Grand Rapids Herald (Michigan) 22 June 1954 Page 17 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: hamiltonhoove2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/531.535/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I do not think I am related, but quite simply my name is Hamilton Hoover. Feel free to contact me at hamiltonhoover @ hotmail.com 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: blarsen3015 Surnames: Larsen Ebsen Van Zandt Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8562/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for information about Mads Larsen born in Denmark about 1825 died when struck by lightning about 1869. His wife's name was Katrina. They came to Montcalm area about 1862. They had 4 children: Flora, Marganthe, Henry and Fred. Flora was adopted by another Larsen family and later married an Ebsen. Henry married Ethel Van Zandt in Spencer. Fred married Carrie Albertson. I do not not what happened to Marganthe. Any information 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.