Ron, Grand Rapids has ALWAYS been in Kent County (since the 1830's). Ontonagon county is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan- nowhere near Kent County. I do believe I saw them on the same census microfilm roll for 1840(?) or 1850(?), but that occurred only because the national archives chose to put them together. I hope this helps you. Suzanne Carpenter in Kent County, MI

Edding family = Grand Rapids 1888 forward and Fowler Family = Sparta 1880 forward All help appreciated. Please reply to dumpdiggerart@aol.com Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MILLER, PETTIT, POST Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4251 Message Board Post: THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Thurs., Sept. 29, 1960, Pg. 53, Col. 7, Obit. 9 POST - Jay E. POST, aged 90, formerly of 2253 Plainfield, NE, passed away in Beverly Hills, Calif. He is survived by a brother, Lewis A.; a sister, Mrs. Mary POST MILLER, both of California, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. POST will arrive in Grand Rapids late Thursday evening and will repose at O'Brien's Colonial Home on Friday morning with interment services at 11 p.m. Friday at St. Andrew's cemetery. ********** NOTE: Married to Elizabeth Rose PETTIT who preceded him in death in 1937

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PETTIT, POST Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4250 Message Board Post: THE GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sat., Nov. 6, 1937, Pg. 14, Col. 7, Obit. 8 POST - Mrs. Elizabeth R. POST of 2253 Plainfield ave., NE, passed away Thursday night at Butterworth hospital. She is survived by her husband, Jay E., and one brother, John PETTIT. The body reposes at the Colonial Funeral Home. Funeral Monday morning from the Colonial Funeral Home at 8:30 and St. Alphonsus' church at 9 o'clock. Interment at St. Andrew's cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DENNY DENNIE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/2343.1 Message Board Post: JOESPH W. AND ADELIA (DEGAN) DENNY ARE MY GR. GR. GRANDPARENTS. THEY ARE BURIED IN THE ST. MARY'S CEM. NORTH OF LOWELL MICHIGAN. I LOOKING FOR ANY DECENDANTS OF THE DENNY'S. SOME OF THE FAMILY NAMES I KNOW ARE DOLLOWAY, BERRY. COFFEE, CONVERSE AND HUGHES. OUR NAME IS SPELLED DIFFERENT WAYS BUT I THINK THEY ARE THE SAME FAMILY (DENNY, DENNIE AND DENNEY?). MY GRAND FATHER ARCHIE EDMAY DENNY CHANGED THE SPELLING FROM DENNIE TO DENNY WHEN HE GOT HIS BRITH CERTIFICATE IN 1949. HERE IS ALIST OF THE KNOWN DENNY/DENNIE'S: FROM JOESPH ANS ADELIA'S IMEDIATE FAMILY. ADOLFUS F., HENRY E.,ELI F., ARCHIE E,(NOT MY GRANDFATHER), GEORGE, FRED, EMMA, FRANCES EMILIA, JOESPHINE, HATTIE(HARRIET?), BERT, MARY ADELIA, JENNY( m.COFFEE), JOESPH B.( GR.GRANDFATHER). JOESPH B. AND MARY JANE (HUGHES) DENNIE: MAUDE ARBELLE (MATHEWS), IDA ELEANOR(KINGDOM), ADA MAY, CHARLES EDWARD, CLYDE MERRIAL, ARCHIE EDMAY(MY GRAND FATHER), JOESPHINE BELLE(CONVERSE), HENRY ETHELBERT, WILLARD SHAWN, FRANK JOESPH.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLAKESLEE, BRESZA, CZAJKOWSKI, LEWINSKI, VIDRO Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4249 Message Board Post: THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Apr. 15, 1975, Pg. 6-C, Col. 2, Obit. 1 BLAKESLEE - Mrs. Eva S. BLAKESLEE, aged 66, wife of Robert (Clarence) BLAKESLEE, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday morning at the family home, 1723 Cambridge Dr. SE. Besides her husband she is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Rose) VIDRO, Mrs. Vincent (Mary) BRESZA, Mrs. Stanley (Helen) LEWINSKI all of Grand Rapids; two brothers Adam CZAJKOWSKI of St. Petersburg, Fla. and Xavier CZAK of Detroit. Funeral Mass will be offered Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Mrs. BLAKESLEE reposes at the Alt. Mortuary, where the Ladies Guild and friends will recite the Rosary Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Friends may meet the family at the mortuary Tuesday and Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLAKESLEE, FELTON, HOMES, JOHNSON, LANE, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4248 Message Board Post: THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Thurs., Oct. 1, 1981, Pg. 5D, Cols. 2&3, Obit. 6 LANE - Glen A., aged 79, formerly of Grand Rapids, passed away unexpectedly Saturday morning, September 26, 1981, at his home in Holiday, FL. Mr. LANE was a life long resident of Grand Rapids and a member of the Grand Rapids Police Dept. for 34 years until his retirement as captain of the Uniform Division. Mr. LANE was also a life member of the Malta Lodge #465 F.&A.M. and a life member of F.O.P. Lodge No. 97. He is survived by his wife, Florence of Holiday, FL, two sons, Vernon of Grand Rapids, and Donald of St. Petersburg, two sisters, Beatrice FELTON of Grand Rapids and Rosebell JOHNSON of Reed City; one step-daughter, Reva HOMES of Holiday, FL. A Memorial Service will be held 10am Saturday at Rosedale Memorial Park Chapel. The family requests that no flowers be sent, that any contributions be made to the Easter Seals. ********** NOTE: Glen's earlier wife, Lucille BLAKESLEE, died 11 Aug. 1962

Does anyone know of Nicola and Lynda Villa? They lived in Grand Rapids abt 1890 and are buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. He supposedly ran a confectionary store in Grand Rapids and Ionia MI. Pat/MI

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLAKESLEE, DAVIS, LANE, MURPHY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4247 Message Board Post: THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Aug. 12, 1962, Pg. 45, Col. 7, Obit. 3 LANE - Mrs. Lucille LANE, aged 51, of 329 Eastern Ave. SE, passed away Saturday afternoon at Blodgett Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. She is survived by her husband, Glenn LANE; two sons, Vernon and Donald; six grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Clarence BLAKESLEE and Edward MURPHY; a sister, Mrs. William DAVIS, all of Grand Rapids. Mrs. LANE reposes at the Alt Mortuary where funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Interment Rosedale Memorial Park.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hansen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4246 Message Board Post: I have an old photograph showing the interior of a saloon. On the wall is a calendar for January 1915 from Byron Center Bank. Advertisements behind the bar include Montreal Malt Rye, Budweiser, Kumbak Cigar Co., Velvet Tobacco, Iroquois Cigars. In front of the bar are two spitoons. One man is behind the bar and two costumers are out front. One of the customers may be a trolley conductor, at least that's my impression. He appears to be missing his middle finger on his right hand. The other customer has a large mustache and is dressed in a very bulky fur coat. I bought this photo, along with a few others, from an antique store in Grandville. The only name on some of the photos was Nick Hansen of Byron Center. Can anyone identify the saloon? I will post a .jpg of the photograph if there is any interest. Also, another photo shows the exterior of the County Line Hotel, the proprietor's name is John Thom... something. I'm not sure if this photo is from the area but I thought I'd mention it just in case. Thanks, Chris Penning chrispenning@mindspring.com

Hello Everyone: What county was Grand Rapids, Michigan, located in on April 06, 1910? Rootsweb.com Town/County website <A HREF="http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi">http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi</A> has Grand Rapids listed in both in Ontonagon and Kent Counties. I figured that Grand Rapids must have been in one of these counties at one time and that the county was divided and the other county was formed. I will be looking forward to hearing from anyone. I wish to thank you in advance. In Christ, Ron Powell

You are probably thinking of Oakhill. ----- Original Message ----- From: "thomas roderick" <roderick@acadia.net> To: <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 4:07 PM Subject: [MIKENT] Cemetery Name, Please > Can someone refresh my memory on the name of the very large cemetery > in Grand Rapids (south) that Hall street intersects and goes through? > Many thanks > T. H. Roderick > -- > > > ==== 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 > >

Can someone refresh my memory on the name of the very large cemetery in Grand Rapids (south) that Hall street intersects and goes through? Many thanks T. H. Roderick --

There is a transcription of Rosedale cemetery's older records online. Go to the Kent Co. genweb site: www.rootsweb.com/~mikent Scroll down to Resources, click on cemeteries. Scroll down to Border Listings by County, click on Ottawa. Scroll down to Rosedale Memorial Cemetery, then click on online transcription by Susan M. Gates Davis. I just glanced at the entries, but I saw some from the late 1800's.

Here's the link to the transcription at Rosedale Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/cemeteries/bordercem/rosedale.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scjeja@aol.com> To: <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [MIKENT] Rosedale Cemetery Question > Rosedale Cemetery is older than the 1950s. Part of the cemetery as it is > today was my grandfather's farm and he sold it to the Rosedale Memorial Park > Cemetery Association in 1927. > > > ==== MIKENT Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: Send a message to MIKENT-L-request@rootsweb.com (use a D instead of L for digest mode) with "unsubscribe" (no quotes) typed in the body of the message. > > ============================== > 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 > >

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/4245 Message Board Post: Charles Merrill married a Gertrude Faust...Date unknown. Believe married in Michigan. They had a son, Robert Edmund Merrill, on 8 Feb 1922, Grand Rapids, Michigan. A Ted Faust would have been Robert Merrill's Uncle. Any info would be appreciated.

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/4136.2 Message Board Post: HI Could you send the info on Roy Brown please? If you could send it to my email directly--thezoo2000@webtv.net, I would very much appreciate it. Thanks so much!! Tina

Rosedale Cemetery is older than the 1950s. Part of the cemetery as it is today was my grandfather's farm and he sold it to the Rosedale Memorial Park Cemetery Association in 1927.

In a message dated 3/22/02 10:04:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, OrtweinHou@aol.com writes: > Does anyone know anything about this cemetery or if they keep > records pre-1900? > My parents and my husband are buried in Rosedale. It is not very old. probably not older that about 1950 or so.

Kathy I haven't heard from your cousin Margaret. Is she gone or too busy to write? Thanks Char ----- Original Message ----- From: <BKSSFISH@aol.com> To: <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [MIKENT] Post Your Surnames, If You Haven't Done It Yet > Charlene, > I am also on a Guild family website through Myfamily.com, and the > administrator of that site is doing extensive research on the Guild, Gile, > Gyle, Guile etc. family....she is my 8th cousin (!!!) and the family > connections are amazing. May I give her your email address so that the two > of you can connect? She knows much, much more about this family line than I > do, and is eager to learn more. Her name is Margaret Guild Lambert, and she > lives in Canada. > Let me know- > Kathy in MO > > > ==== MIKENT Mailing List ==== > To post a message or query to this list: Send your message to: MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > 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 > >