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/kFB.2ACE/5712.1 Message Board Post: I believe I sent you the oibtuary for Mary Heaton who was living in the Soldiers Home back in June. if I did not I can send it again. Helen Ringer Kent co Mich.

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/kFB.2ACE/5712 Message Board Post: Hi. I'm looking for an obit to Mary Ann Eagan Heaton Sheratan. I think Mary is buried in Grand Rapids, maybe with her husband William Sheratan. Or she could be buried with Moses in Allendale, or somewhere with her mother in-law Hannah. Here is what I got: MARY ANN EAGAN was born May 1835 in Ireland, and died Aft. 1920 in Michigan. She married (1) MOSES ANSON HEATON, son of HENRY HEATON and HANNAH SHARP. He was born Jul 10, 1826 in New York, United States, and died Jul 09, 1876 in Allendale, Ottawa, Michigan. She married (2) WILLIAM SHERATAN. He was born 1827 in Scotland, and died Bet. 1880 - 1900 in Michigan. Notes for MARY ANN EAGAN: l9l0 census Mary Heaton age 73 in Michigan soldiers home. She is also listed in the l920 Grand Rapids census at the home.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: kuipers,vander Ploeg,vander Platz Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/5711 Message Board Post: Looking for obits of Elizabeth Kuipers(Vaney),her husband William Vaney and Richard Kuipers(son of Elizabeth also named Lizzie). Elizabeth born in Holland may 5 1884 Richard Kuiper(s) born in Alton,IA jan 6 1906 obit for Aldon Knapper died aug 1 1972 California obit for Henry Richard Kuipers born jan 8 1912 Alton,IA obit for Bernard Kuipers born april 2 1915 Alton,IA obit for Magdalena Kuipers (Vander Ploeg) born Holland sept 20 1872 obit for Henry vander Ploeg died nov 25 2001 california obit for Gerrit vander Ploeg died march 31 1990 Los Angeles obit for Yke(Annie) Kuipers(vander Platz) born in Holland march 8 1876

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/kFB.2ACE/5699.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Helen. I guess I should state that the Enos Page I am seeking was born 10-11-1774 in New Hampshire and probably died somewhere in the vicinity of 1850. This Enos W. is another relation. Thank you for your time with this. Susan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: phillips Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/1654.1.1 Message Board Post: hi. Anne Mcduffee was my ancestor. Have some info. Please contact Clayton Mcduffee Burlington Ontario.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cook Lynch Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/5703.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much for the obits. It is deeply aprreciated. Again thank you. Jean

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Almy, Davenport Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/5692.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you - this could be of some help to this mystery we are trying to solve . I would imagine Almy/Davenport (s) are living close to each other if indeed they come from the same area in Tompkins/Seneca Counties, NY. Hopefully, working with them will enable us to work backward and see where/how they connect.

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/kFB.2ACE/5685.1 Message Board Post: I do not know if this will help or not Grand Rapids Press Nov ll, l922 page 8 Belding woman Pioneer of 2 counties Dies Belding Nov ll Mrs. Mary E. tuttle 98 pioneer of Ionia and Kent Co is dead at Belding. Since the death of her husband Marcus Tuttle Mrs. tuttle had been residing with her dau Mr. Sidney Brown of Belding. Mrs. tuttle was prominent in social and religious circles for a number of years and was widely known in her locality. She is survived by 2 daughters Mrs. Hattie Brown and anna R. Brown and l son Levi tuttle. Helen Ringer no relation

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/kFB.2ACE/5699.2 Message Board Post: I dont know if you orderd the obit or not but I did a little looking today. The obit is very small and very light. just said he died Monday and services from -------------- very light may have been an address ---at 3 0clock Thurs and Int. at Fairplains. Cemetery. I did look up the cemetery card that has been filmed for Fairplains cemetery and this is what is on it. Block T lot 24 grave 4 at top of card where owners name is listed said Mrs. S E Page then under that John and Lillian Page Edith C. Hoebeke Graves l-5-6 under burials grave l blank grave 2 Lillian page buried May 26, l977 grave 3 John Page July 9, l979 grave 4 Enos w. Page Feb l l9l5 grave 5 empty grave 6 Donald G. Hosbeke in the alphbetical listing of burials in Fairplains Cemetery it lists Enos W. page b. l849-l9l5 Louise Franch Page b. l848-l927 she may be related and may not. I did not find an obit listed for Asenath. did not check for Louise. Helen Ringer Kent co Mich. not related

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/kFB.2ACE/5703.1 Message Board Post: Grand Rapids Press l3 april l962 Cook Betty jean Cook aged 4l of Marne Rt. 2 passed away after a short illness at Butterworth hospital. surviving are her parents of Grand Raprids. funeral services will be held Sat at 2.30 at the Thomas Runstrom Funeral Home on Michigan Ave. NE Rev charles W. Shied officiating. Internment Martin Cemetery l3 Nov l967 Cook Harold F. cook age 73 of 3253 Taft ave Sw Wyoming City passed away Saturday afternoon at St. Marys hospital. Survivers are his wife Cora and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Cook was a life member of Malta Lodge #465 F. and am. Funeral will be held Weds at 2 pm Rev. Richard R. Ford of South congregational Church officiatitng. Graveside services under the auspicices of Malta Lodge at Martin Cemetery. Mr. cook reposes at the Thomas Rumstom Funeral Home 406 Michigan NE l5 Feb l987 Grand Rapids Press Cook cora M. Cook age 94 of Wyoming passed away Monday Feb l6, l987 at St Marys. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Complete funeral services will be held Weds at the Ronan Vanderpool Stegenga Funeral Home 3l3l S. Division. Internment in Martin Cemetery. Visistation at the chapel Tues 7-9 and Wed l-2. Helen Ringer Kent Co mich. no relation

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/kFB.2ACE/5692.1 Message Board Post: In the l894 city directory Thomas Almy is listed as a carpenter living in the Planters house which is a hotel or a boarding house. I did not look on any film. can the next time I go can also get you a list of people named Davenport from the city directory Helen Ringer Kent co Mich.

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/kFB.2ACE/5697.1 Message Board Post: The only marriage listed in the Kent Co Mich marriage index for Hogarth is this. Jane Hogarth md to anthony Michael in Marriage book l887-l892 Helen Ringer Kent co Mich

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/kFB.2ACE/5698.1 Message Board Post: Obit for Peter Cooper Grand Rapids Press l5 Sept l989 Cooper Dr. peter S. Cooper aged 73 of Grand Rapids died Sept l3, l989 at his home. He was born May 3, l9l6 in Whitinsville, Massachusetts to Titus and Magdalena Cooper. He married ruth Van Dellen. He lived the past 4 years in Grand Rapids prior to that in Grand Haven for 5 yrears. He attended Calvin college and graduated from Loyola Univ. Dental School in Chicago. He practiced dentistry for 38 years in cheboygan, Wisconson and retired in l98l. Member of the Woodlawn Christian Refored Church; american Dental Society, Cheboygan Dental Society and Wisconson Dental Society. He was a WW2 Army Veteran and a former member of 2nd Christian Reformed church. Survived by his wife Ruth, daughters Mrs. Harold Madelyn Wiersma of Grand Rapids; Mrs. David Esther Pott of Concord Vermont; Dr. and Mrs. Michael Rebecca Novak of Grand Rapids; Mrs David cynthia Vanderzwaag of Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada 9 grandchildren l great grandchild sisters Mrs. Jack Anne hoekzma of Bellflower California ! and Mrs. Aleck Flora Vanderbrug of Whitinsville Mass. Preceeded in death by a sister Grace Cooper. A private family memorial service for Dr. Peter S. Cooper will be held at Lee Memorial Chapel at Lake Forest Cemetery with Rev. Eugene Los offficiating. Friends are invited to meet the family 7-9 Sunday at the home of a dau at 27l5 Elmwood SE. Grand Rapids. Memorial contributions may be given to Woodlawn church Chapel fund. VanZantwick-Bartels-Kammeraad Grand Haven not related to this family Helen Ringer Kent co Mich.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DART Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/747.766.1.1 Message Board Post: Mary Ellen: Tried to contact you through Ancestry but it didn't go. You are descended from Abijah and I think we are related. Have you ever gotten further back?

"Walker is a suburb of north-east Grand Rapids". Walker Township, T7N, R12W is northWEST and ceased to exist as a government in the 1960's when the City of Walker was created to prevent further annexation of Walker Twp to thee City of Grand Rapids which came into existence in 1850. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 10:22 AM Subject: [MIKENT] Sickels - Michigan / Clinton, Eaton, Kent & Ottawa Counties > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Sickels Sheldon Durfee Cobb Pratt Eberhart > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFB.2ACE/5710 > > Message Board Post: > > My g-grandfather Frank M. Sheldon's sister Stella Sheldon (1854 - 1941) > married John Whitney Sickels (yes, spelled with "...els = 1850 - 1921) > > John Whitney Sickels is the son of J. Durfee Sickels and Sarah Jane Cobb, > both interred in the Elsie Village Cemetery, Elsie, Clinton County, > Michigan > > John W. and Stella are both interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Oneida Twp., > Eaton County, MI. To my knowledge, they had the following children: > > I can tell that the dust did not settle under the feet of this family! > > SICKELS > > Fred, 1874 - 1893 (Oakwood Cemetery, Oneida Twp., Eaton County, MI) > > Claude, 1876 - ? (Below) > > Earl, 1878 - 1900 (Oakwood Cemetery, Oneida Twp., Eaton County, MI) > > Alice, 1881 - ? - married Arthur Pratt on Oct 15, 1902, also found them in > 1910 US Census in Battle Creek, Ward 5, Calhoun County. > > Janet - about 1884 - ? - only reference to her as a child was that she is > listed in the 1930 US Census in Claude's household as "sister" Janet > Eberhart. Have found no other information (have searched Dibean Marriage > Index already, for both "Sickels" and "Sickles"). > > Claude, with most children (except Gayle) and "Janet Eberhart, sister" are > living in Walker, Kent County, Michigan in 1930. > > Walker is a suburb of north-east Grand Rapids. > > I also find them there in the 1920 US Census, (Claude married Daisy > Ferdich, with children): > > Claude, age 44 > Daisy, age 43 > Gayle E., age 19 > Helen A., age 11 > Margaret R., age 9 > Dorothea C., age 7 > Claude Hughes (Jr.), age 5 > > In the Social Security Death Index, I find: > > Claude H. Sickels b. 25 Jul 1914 d. 21 Oct. 1994 (This would be Claude, > Jr.), last residence, Jenison, Ottawa County, Michigan (south eastern part > of Grand Rapids). > > I'm trying to... > > ...find information about the marriages of Gayle, Helen, Margaret, and > Dorothea. It is possible that some of these people may still be living, so > if the information is private, I understand. > > ...locate information on Janet, and to find out if she is a sister or some > other relationship, and her b./d. dates. > > ...determine whether Alice and Arthur Pratt had any children and if so, > what b/d dates, etc., understanding that some of these people may still be > living. > > ...find out if there are any more children or grandchildren of my > g-grandfather's sister, Stella (Sheldon) Sickels). > > Thank you: > > Jack Sheldon, Jr. > Mesa, AZ > (formerly of Owosso, MI) > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.2/528 - Release Date: 11/10/2006 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sickels Sheldon Durfee Cobb Pratt Eberhart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFB.2ACE/5710 Message Board Post: My g-grandfather Frank M. Sheldon's sister Stella Sheldon (1854 - 1941) married John Whitney Sickels (yes, spelled with "...els = 1850 - 1921) John Whitney Sickels is the son of J. Durfee Sickels and Sarah Jane Cobb, both interred in the Elsie Village Cemetery, Elsie, Clinton County, Michigan John W. and Stella are both interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Oneida Twp., Eaton County, MI. To my knowledge, they had the following children: I can tell that the dust did not settle under the feet of this family! SICKELS Fred, 1874 - 1893 (Oakwood Cemetery, Oneida Twp., Eaton County, MI) Claude, 1876 - ? (Below) Earl, 1878 - 1900 (Oakwood Cemetery, Oneida Twp., Eaton County, MI) Alice, 1881 - ? - married Arthur Pratt on Oct 15, 1902, also found them in 1910 US Census in Battle Creek, Ward 5, Calhoun County. Janet - about 1884 - ? - only reference to her as a child was that she is listed in the 1930 US Census in Claude's household as "sister" Janet Eberhart. Have found no other information (have searched Dibean Marriage Index already, for both "Sickels" and "Sickles"). Claude, with most children (except Gayle) and "Janet Eberhart, sister" are living in Walker, Kent County, Michigan in 1930. Walker is a suburb of north-east Grand Rapids. I also find them there in the 1920 US Census, (Claude married Daisy Ferdich, with children): Claude, age 44 Daisy, age 43 Gayle E., age 19 Helen A., age 11 Margaret R., age 9 Dorothea C., age 7 Claude Hughes (Jr.), age 5 In the Social Security Death Index, I find: Claude H. Sickels b. 25 Jul 1914 d. 21 Oct. 1994 (This would be Claude, Jr.), last residence, Jenison, Ottawa County, Michigan (south eastern part of Grand Rapids). I'm trying to... ...find information about the marriages of Gayle, Helen, Margaret, and Dorothea. It is possible that some of these people may still be living, so if the information is private, I understand. ...locate information on Janet, and to find out if she is a sister or some other relationship, and her b./d. dates. ...determine whether Alice and Arthur Pratt had any children and if so, what b/d dates, etc., understanding that some of these people may still be living. ...find out if there are any more children or grandchildren of my g-grandfather's sister, Stella (Sheldon) Sickels). Thank you: Jack Sheldon, Jr. Mesa, AZ (formerly of Owosso, MI)

What is that all about? Faye

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/kFB.2ACE/5709 Message Board Post: Will a kindhearted person please remove the plastic Halloween pumpkin from the poor little deer's head so it can breathe and not starve to death? The world will thank you for this act of kindness.

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/kFB.2ACE/5708 Message Board Post: Will a kindhearted person please remove the plastic Halloween pumpkin from the poor little deer's head so it can breathe and not starve to death? The world will thank you for this act of kindness.

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/kFB.2ACE/5707 Message Board Post: Will a kindhearted person please remove the plastic Halloween pumpkin from the poor little deer's head so it can breathe and not starve to death? The world will thank you for this act of kindness.