This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holwerda Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFB.2ACE/2705.1 Message Board Post: Dear slh, I am researching the "Holwerda" Family. Cornelia Diekman married "George Holwerda". Would be happy to share family information.

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/4187.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, I'm not who your looking for. My grandmother was a Blaszak, but I do live in MI. Vicki (Price) Scott

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/1667.1757 Message Board Post: Can you tell me more about the son, Charles: dob, middle name, wife, children...? Thanks, Adrienne.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blaszczak Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4187.1 Message Board Post: Hi Vicki, I'm just curious: do you spell your last name "Blaszczak"?. I'm wondering if you are the same Vicki Blaszczak that I knew many years ago in Michigan. Are you Ron's daughter per chance? Adrienne akaufman@twmi.rr.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PADEN, PAYTON, O'BRIEN Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4231.1 Message Board Post: OBRIEN, JANE Date of death: 19-Mar-1879 Ledger Page: 69 Record Number: 438 Place of death: Walker County of Death: Kent Sex: Female Race: WHITE Marital Status: Married Age: 55 years Cause of Death: SUICIDE BY DROWNING Birthplace: IRELAND Occupation: FARMERS WIFE Father's Name: Paden, First name not recorded Father's Residence: IRELAND EUROPE Mother's Name: PADEN, First name not recorded Mother's Residence: IRELAND EUROPE Date of record: 22-May-1880

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1526587105 "This is a large 17x20 plat book from around 1948. It includes Ada, Cascade, Alpine, Plainfield, Walker, Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Grandville Townships, hand done in ink. In good condition. Is quite heavy, will deliver locally at no charge." ===== Jennifer Godwin | http://www.jengod.com/ jengod@yahoo.com | 3233635279@mobile.att.net "It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it." Theodore Roosevelt, Dakota Territory, July 4, 1886 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/

On May 4th Fremont Area District Library and Writers Live is having a free workshop with author John Colletta. It is 10 a.m. until 3:34. Mr Colletta ia a well known speaker and author. He conduts workshops for the National Archives and teaches courses at the Smithsonian Institute and local universities.The library is asking that people sign up before hand as seats are limited. Lunch is on your own. If you have any questions call Fremont Area District Library Local History Room at 231-.928-0253. ----- Original Message ----- From: <MIKENT-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <MIKENT-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 9:45 AM Subject: MIKENT-D Digest V02 #86

Cemetery questions? Interested in any cemeteries in Kent County or on the border of Kent County? Check out the Kent County Michigan Master Cemetery List. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/cemeteries/ Additions and corrections always welcome. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/

Hello, Since George M. HOLLISTER died in WWI - the following information may be of interest to you - You can write to the National Archives to obtain information from the World War I Burial Case Files. A person who died in WWI would have records in these files. The address the you can write to is: National Archives 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20408 ATTN: Old Military Records - RG 92 Request the World War I Burial Case Files for the individual that you are interested in and if possible, provide all the following information: Name Date of Birth Place of Residence (before enlisting in the military) Date of Death Branch of Service Date of Enlistment Place of Enlistment Any information that you might have regarding the company, group, etc. to which the person was assigned. Even if you don't have all this information, it is worth sending in what you do have - they might be able to find the files. The files I received contained a wealth of information: a physical description of the person, where the person was buried, how the person died, what battle the person died in, when the person was removed from the war grave and sent to America for burial in a family cemetery and some of the correspondence between the Army and the family. - Denise On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:47:40 -0800 (PST) Jennifer Godwin <jengod@yahoo.com> writes: > Dear All, > > I was hoping someone in Grand Rapids might be able to > look up an obituary for me. This guy isn't one of my > relatives, but I've sort of become fond of him > anyway... George M. HOLLISTER, killed in the Great War > at age 22 on 12 OCT 1918 near Cumel, Bois-De-Forêt, > Dept. of the Meuse, France. I'm not sure if his obit > would appear in the paper at all, or how long it would > take for the news to reach his family, but I'd love to > see what the GR papers had to say about the him. > > You can read more about his life and death here: > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hollistermcbun dy&id=I9 > > Thank you very much. > > ~jen > > ===== > Jennifer Godwin | http://www.jengod.com/ > jengod@yahoo.com | 3233635279@mobile.att.net > > "It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the > way in which we use it." Theodore Roosevelt, Dakota Territory, July > 4, 1886 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== MIKENT Mailing List ==== > Visit the Kent Co. Michigan GenWeb Project: > www.rootsweb.com/~mikent > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ________________________________________________________________ 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/web/.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLAKESLEE, STEINEBACH Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4253.1 Message Board Post: Veronica B. (STEINEBACH) BLAKESLEE is buried in Resurrection Cemetery, 4100 Clyde Park S.W., Grand Rapids, MI 49509. Veronica is buried is the section of the cemetery called "Descent of the Holy Ghost", Lot No. 16, Grave No. A3. Veronica's grave marker reads: Veronica B. Blakeslee June 18, 1875 January 13, 1954 To her right is buried her son, Robert C. BLAKESLEE, and his wife, Cora. Veronica is buried near the 6th Station of the Cross, "Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus".

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLAKESLEE, BOELENS, DAVIS, POWELL Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4252.1 Message Board Post: Charles B. BLAKESLEE is buried at Garfield Park Cemetery, 2222 Kalamazoo Ave. S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49508. He is buried is Grave No. 5, Lot No. N½ 72, Section F. Charles' grave marker reads: Charles B. Blakslee 1854-1929 NOTE: An 'e' was dropped on Blakeslee on the stone. BOELENS, DAVIS, POWELL are the other surnames on the N½ of Lot 72

Dear All, I was hoping someone in Grand Rapids might be able to look up an obituary for me. This guy isn't one of my relatives, but I've sort of become fond of him anyway... George M. HOLLISTER, killed in the Great War at age 22 on 12 OCT 1918 near Cumel, Bois-De-For�t, Dept. of the Meuse, France. I'm not sure if his obit would appear in the paper at all, or how long it would take for the news to reach his family, but I'd love to see what the GR papers had to say about the him. You can read more about his life and death here: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hollistermcbundy&id=I9 Thank you very much. ~jen ===== Jennifer Godwin | http://www.jengod.com/ jengod@yahoo.com | 3233635279@mobile.att.net "It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it." Theodore Roosevelt, Dakota Territory, July 4, 1886 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/

Do you guys have his obituary from the Grand Rapids papers? Any chance there's a pic there? ~jen > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:16:28 -0500 > From: Dereka Seigel <unicorns@chartermi.net> > To: MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MIKENT] Ezra Reed Sheriff > > There were 3 of us working on this Reed line, Kathy > Ainsworth was one of them, and Lynn Shackelford was > another. Lynn hasn't been doing genealogy and I > haven't heard from > Kathy lately. As far as I know, none of us had any > pictures of Ezra. He moved to Muskegon. His > brother Lewis is my direct ancestor, and I've seen > somewhere that he may > have been sheriff also, although I don't have proof. > Since the query that Kathy wrote, we discovered > that Ezra actually married Catherine Staring, not > Catherine Lawrence. > > Dereka Seigel > > ===== Jennifer Godwin | http://www.jengod.com/ jengod@yahoo.com | 3233635279@mobile.att.net "It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it." Theodore Roosevelt, Dakota Territory, July 4, 1886 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tennis, Geigle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4185.1.1 Message Board Post: I saw your generous offer to help in getting a copy of an obit notice. I was wondering if you could look up the following two for me: Jay Tennis 8/5/69 - Tuesday - GR obit Christian Geigle - 5/2/55 - Monday - GR obit I live in Douglas County, Missouri and would be willing to look up information in return. Thank you very much.

There were 3 of us working on this Reed line, Kathy Ainsworth was one of them, and Lynn Shackelford was another. Lynn hasn't been doing genealogy and I haven't heard from Kathy lately. As far as I know, none of us had any pictures of Ezra. He moved to Muskegon. His brother Lewis is my direct ancestor, and I've seen somewhere that he may have been sheriff also, although I don't have proof. Since the query that Kathy wrote, we discovered that Ezra actually married Catherine Staring, not Catherine Lawrence. Dereka Seigel

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FITZGERALD, FORTIER, HILLIS, ROBACH, SCHMITT, SLOMINSKI Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4259 Message Board Post: THE GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., June 30, 1954, Pg. 19, Col. 3, Obit. 5 SCHMITT - Albert R. SCHMITT, aged 67, formerly of 111 Logan St., SE, passed away Monday night in St. Mary's Hospital. He is survived by two sons, John A., of Hammond, Ind., and Robert T. SCHMITT of Grand Rapids; seven daughters, Mrs. Vincent L. ROBACH, Mrs. Raymond SLOMINSKI, Mrs. John V. FORTIER, Mrs. Robert FITZGERALD of Grand Rapids, Miss Bernadette R. SCHMITT of New York City, Miss Pauline E. SCHMITT of Traverse City, Mrs. Donald J. HILLIS of Lansing; 16 grandchildren; a brother, Philip of Petoskey; two sisters, Miss Rose A. SCHMITT of Grand Rapids, Sr. Mary Philippa, OP, of Muskegon. Funeral Mass will be Thursday morning at 11 o'clock in St. Alphonsus' Church. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Mr. SCHMITT reposes at the Alt Mortuary, where the Holy Name Society and friends will recite the Rosary Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLAKESLEE, BUNCE, FORTIER, ROBACH, SCHMITT, SLOMINSKI, STEINBACH, STEINEBACH, WURM Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4258 Message Board Post: THE GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich.,Tues., Jan. 2, 1951, Pg. 14, Col. 3, Obit. 1 SCHMITT - Mrs. Rose SCHMITT, aged 63, wife of Albert R. SCHMITT of 111 Logan St., SE, died unexpectedly Monday morning at St. Mary's Hospital. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons: John and Robert SCHMITT; five [seven] daughters; Mrs. Vincent ROBACH, Mrs. Raymond SLOMINSKI, Mrs. John FORTIER, the Misses Lois and Helen SCHMITT, all of Grand Rapids; Miss Bernadette SCHMITT, of New York City, Miss Pauline SCHMITT of Traverse City; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Veronica BLAKESLEE of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Allen BUNCE of Traverse City, Mrs. Mary WURM of Kingsley; two brothers, Joseph STEINBACH of Grand Rapids, William STEINBACH of Kingsley. Funeral Mass will be Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in St. Andrew's Cathedral. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs. SCHMITT reposes at the family home where members of the Legion of Mary, the Altar Society and friends will recite the Rosary Wednesday evening at 8:15. Arrangements by Alt. THE GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Jan. 2, 1951, Pg. 16, Col. 2, Art. 3 ROSE SCHMITT, WIFE OF CHURCH ORGANIST, DIES Mrs. Rose SCHMITT, 63, of 111 Logan St., SE, died unexpectedly Monday at St. Mary's Hospital where she was taken following a heart attack. She was 63. Surviving are her husband, organist at St. Alphonsus' Church; two sons, John and Robert; seven daughters, Mrs. Vincent ROBACH, Mrs. Raymond SLOMINSKI, Mrs. John FORTIER, Lois and [H]elen SCHMITT, all of Grand Rapids, Bernadett[e] SCHMITT of New York City and Pauline SCHMITT of Traverse City; three sisters, Mrs. Veronica BLAKESLEE of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Allen BUNCE of Traverse City and Mrs. Mary WURM of Kingsley, and two brothers Joseph STEINBACH of Grand Rapids and William STEINBACH of Kingsley. Services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in St. Andrew's Cathedral, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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/4185.2 Message Board Post: Did you get the obit copies you need? I can offer my help, too, if needed.

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/4249.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm afraid I don't have anything further on the CZAJKOWSKIS. Eva married my blood relative, Robert Clarence BLAKELEE. I looked up and posted her obit. because of this marriage. Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance.

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/4257 Message Board Post: Wondering if anybody on the board has ties to or info on the Kipp family that settled in the Walker area around 1865-1870 (from Sparta-Yarmouth, Eligin Co. Ontario). Names of some of these Kipp's: Jesse (born 1804, died 1883) Eliza (Jesse's wife) Darwin (Jesse & Eliza's son...died 1908) Charles E. (Jesse's & Eliza's son) Francis (Jesse & Eliza's child...not sure if male or female) Frank D. (Darwin and Hannah's son) Hannah (Darwin's wife) (All above burried in Greenwood Cemetery in Walker...by the way, I'd love to get photo's of these headstones if anybody can easily get there...happy to pay any fee's for film, prints, etc.) Other's that also likely settled in the area: Anna Marie (Jesse & Eliza's daughter...married Elwood Graham) Elizabeth (Jesse and Eliza's daughter) Louisa (Jesse & Eliza's daughter) Most of Jesse & Eliza's children died around the 1920's. I'm guessing there may be Kipp descendants of theirs still in the Grand Rapids area, but I'm not sure. Thanks for any help! Scott (Near Oakland, CA)