This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JUSTIN, ACKLEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4233 Message Board Post: In the 1860 census in Caledonia Twp, Kent Co, MI are: John Justin 30 farmer, born Ohio Clarissa 31 born Connecticut Hulda 12 born Ohio Louisa 9 born Ohio Charlotte 4 born Michigan Clarissa 1 born Michigan Are they the John Justin and Clarissa Ackley who were married 14 Apr 1848 at Ashtabula, Ohio?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOMRICH, SCHMIDT Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4232 Message Board Post: GRAND RAPIDS DAILY DEMOCRAT, Grand Rapids, Mich., Thurs., Sept. 11, 1890, Pg. 6, Col. 1, Obit. 2 DIED SCHMIDT - At the family residence, 197 West Broadway, on Tuesday, September 9, 1890, Catherine, wife of August P. SCHMIDT, aged 34 years. Notice of Funeral later.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BAUGH, BRADY, CARROLL, DURFEE, MEHAN, O'BRIEN, PAYTON, PULCHER, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4231 Message Board Post: GRAND RAPIDS WEEKLY DEMOCRAT, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., Mar. 26, 1879, Pg. 4, Col. 3, Art. 3&4. Mysterious Disappearance On Wednesday morning Mrs. Stephen O'BRIEN, of Walker, left the residence of her daughter, Mrs. MEHAN, of the Eighth Ward, intending to attend divine service. Nothing has been seen or heard of the lady since that time by any of her relations or acquaintances, although diligent search has been made for her. She is a woman about fifty-five years old, and wore a black dress, Paisley shawl, a dark bonnet or a black hood. Any information concerning her will be thankfully received at 119 Canal street or Police headquarters. Later The mysterious and continued absence of Mrs. Stephen O'BRIEN, who has been missing since last Wednesday morning, is as unaccountable as it was last week. No trace but what bas been thoroughly investigated and found groundless, has been found. A dispatch from Muskegon yesterday announced that the searcher who had been following a wagon said to have gone north, and containing a man and woman, the latter answering to Mrs. O'BRIEN'S description, had given up the chase. The relatives now think that the missing woman may have had a considerable sum of money with her and possibly left the city on one of the outgoing trains Wednesday morning. Any tidings leading to the discovery of her whereabouts will be thankfully received by the anxious and distressed relatives. Communications can be addressed to C.G. PULCHER, No. 119 Canal street. GRAND RAPIDS WEEKLY DEMOCRAT, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., Apr. 2, 1879, Pg. 4, Col. 1, Art. 1 (Sundries) Nothing has been heard showing the whereabouts of Mrs. O'BRIEN, who mysteriously disappeared a week ago. GRAND RAPIDS DAILY EAGLE, Grand Rapids, Mich., Fri. Evening, Apr. 18, 1879, Pg. 4, Col. 3, Art. 2. FOUND This morning, 18th, a gentleman named BAUGH and his son were at work putting logs into [the] Grand River a short distance this side of the mouth of Sand Creek. Some driftwood which had lodged in an eddy where they were at work was in their way, and so young BAUGH moved it. In doing so he discovered the body of an elderly woman which was under the driftwood, and it floated to the surface. He told his father at once, and that gentleman knowing of the disappearance of Mrs. O'BRIEN, the finding of her shawl in the river, naturally thought it was she, and so sent his son to this city at once to inform her friends of the discovery. He did not know Mrs. O'BRIEN, but there is no doubt that the body is hers. So firmly do her friends believe it is, that her son-in-law, Mr. C.G. PULCHER, and Mr. L.E. CARROLL have gone after it, accompanied by Dr. BRADY and undertaker DURFEE. There is no report as to what condition the body was in when found, but there can be no doubt that she was drowned almost immediately after her mysterious disappearance, there is no doubt, either, among all who knew her, that the drowning was accidental, or that it occurred while she was laboring under mental derangement. Her family knew that she was somewhat afflicted in this way but did not dream that it might become so serious and result so sorrowfully. Their friends sympathize with them in their feeling a relief that the mystery attending her disappearance is solved. GRAND RAPIDS WEEKLY DEMOCRAT, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., Apr. 23, 1879, Pg. 4, Col. 1 (The Mystery Solved) Over four weeks ago Mrs. Stephen O'BRIEN suddenly and mysteriously disappeared, and although her relatives and friends have been engaged constantly in the endeavor to ascertain her whereabouts, here fate remained a mystery until Friday morning, when a log runner named BAUGH discovered her body in [the] Grand River, at the mouth of Sand Creek, twelve miles below the city. While moving some drift wood, BAUGH discovered the body of a woman, which floated to the surface. Thinking that the body was that of Mrs. O'BRIEN, word was sent to this city, when two of Mrs. O'BRIEN's sons, her son-in-law, C.G. PULCHER, her nephew Lawrence E. CARROLL, Dr. BRADY and Mr. DURFEE, the undertaker, went to Sand Creek and identified the body. A justice of the peace held an inquest, when, after the examination of witnesses, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death by drowning. The remains were brought to her former home in Walker, and the funeral will be held at St. James church thi! s morning at 10 o'clock. Her children are satisfied that she wandered away from home while temporarily insane and that while in that condition she met death. GRAND RAPIDS WEEKLY DEMOCRAT, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., Apr. 23, 1879, Pg. 4, Col. 1, Art. 21 (Sundries) The funeral over the remains of the late Mrs. Stephen O'BRIEN, at St. James' church Saturday was largely attended, and over one hundred vehicles containing mourners and friends of deceased followed the body to the grave.

My Comstock and Wright lines were in NY and both married Moffitt's. All I have are a James Comstock b. 1820s of Schenectady, NY and a William Wright of Mayfield, Fulton Co. NY (was Montgomery Co.). I am trying to see if they came to Kent Co. along with the rest of the Moffitt family. Does anything sound familiar? Thank you, Linda Currie In a message dated 3/20/2002 11:32:03 AM Central Standard Time, MMoore8990@aol.com writes: > Linda > > I have a Carrie and Frank Comstock and also a Chet Whitney in my Butler > family. They were decendents of Isaac McCabe Watson,one of the early > settlers in Grand Rapids. > > Are these any of the Comstocks and Whitneys that you are looking for? > > MaryAnn >

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/455.2 Message Board Post: My great great great grandfathers name was Eber L. Butler and he was married to Anna May Tindel. I'm not sure about their history but I know that this part of my family ended up in Mississippi. They had a daughter named Bessie Butler.Maybe I might be able to help alittle. Hopefully you can help me also.

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/455.1 Message Board Post: My great great great grandfathers name was Eber L. Butler and he was married to Anna May Tindel. I'm not sure about their history but I know that this part of my family ended up in Mississippi. They had a daughter named Bessie Butler.Maybe I might be able to help alittle. Hopefully you can help me also.

Hey Garry, What is your Hoag line? Leslie (Hoag) Hope -----Original Message----- From: Gardondowd@aol.com [mailto:Gardondowd@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:35 PM To: MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIKENT] Fwd: Surnames --part1_20.25b7e07b.29ca5a82_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_20.25b7e07b.29ca5a82_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Gardondowd@aol.com> From: Gardondowd@aol.com Full-name: Gardondowd Message-ID: <12e.e03491c.29c23fec@aol.com> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:03:24 EST Subject: Surnames To: mikent-l-request@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows CA sub 62 Hi, I am researching the following Boulet Davison Otto LaSarge LeSarge LeSage Pendergast Merz Hoag Schroeder Galloway Clement (French descent) Cheers, Garry --part1_20.25b7e07b.29ca5a82_boundary-- ==== MIKENT Mailing List ==== Problems, questions or concerns with the mail list? Contact the listowner, Debbi Manni, at starfire60@ameritech.net ============================== 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. Surnames: Snyder, Rusche, Ebers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/1495.1 Message Board Post: My great grandmother was Catharine Rusche, born 1848. Her parents were Anthony and Eva Rusche, and she was sister of Peter Rusche (and others). Catharine married my great grandfather, John H. Snyder. They lived in Alpine MI, and California. I would appreciate any further info you might have. Thank you, Gwen Sky,

--part1_20.25b7e07b.29ca5a82_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_20.25b7e07b.29ca5a82_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Gardondowd@aol.com> From: Gardondowd@aol.com Full-name: Gardondowd Message-ID: <12e.e03491c.29c23fec@aol.com> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:03:24 EST Subject: Surnames To: mikent-l-request@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows CA sub 62 Hi, I am researching the following Boulet Davison Otto LaSarge LeSarge LeSage Pendergast Merz Hoag Schroeder Galloway Clement (French descent) Cheers, Garry --part1_20.25b7e07b.29ca5a82_boundary--

Linda I have a Carrie and Frank Comstock and also a Chet Whitney in my Butler family. They were decendents of Isaac McCabe Watson,one of the early settlers in Grand Rapids. Are these any of the Comstocks and Whitneys that you are looking for? MaryAnn

I'm looking for information about an Edgar W. Whitney who lived in the Fenton area of Mich. Information I have is that he was a proprietor of the Sunny Side Lodge Farm. in Sec. 1 of Deerfield Twp. P. O. Fenton. He is married to Sarah Cooley of whom I am researching. Tombstone of Edgar says he was b. 1851 an died 1938. Buried in the Sharp cemetery, Deerfield, Michigan. Any help would be appreciated ----- Original Message ----- From: <MMoore8990@aol.com> To: <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [MIKENT] Roll Call > Linda > > I have a Carrie and Frank Comstock and also a Chet Whitney in my Butler > family. They were decendents of Isaac McCabe Watson,one of the early > settlers in Grand Rapids. > > Are these any of the Comstocks and Whitneys that you are looking for? > > MaryAnn > > > ==== 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 >

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/4230.1 Message Board Post: The mention of LaPard takes me back in memory. In the 1940s there was a man named Glen LaPard who broadcasted on the Grand Rapids radio station, I think, each noon time in front of one of the down town theaters (Majestic, perhaps). I think he interviewed passers by. How did that name remain in my cerebral neurones this long? T. H. Roderick

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/119.946.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks! Patsy

To Jean (Wieland) Bails, We may not have any matches, but here are a few possible people. For Van der Wal: Imke Johannes Van der Wal b. 1795 d. 11 Nov. 1879 in Oosterlittens, Friesland, Netherlands. She was married to Willem Sytses Koopmans b. 27 Dec. 1794 d. 13 Dec. 1859. They had 14 children. My g'grandfather was her son and named Johannes Willems Koopmans b. 1832 in Oosterlittens Netherlands, and d. 22 Feb. 1910 in Fremont, Newaygo Co. MI. Her father was Johannes Klazes Van der Wal, died in 1828. For Carpenter: Elmer G. Carpenter (my grandfather) b. 24 Jun 1874 in Byron Center Kent Co. MI, d. 19 Apr 1946 in Grand Rapids. Married Laura Sowden and had 2 children, Ilah Mae Carpenter and Floyd Carpenter. Elmer's father was James Jefferson Carpenter b. 5 Jun 1844 in Seneca, NY d.15 Dec. 1914 in Byron Center, Kent Co. MI. Elmer's brothers were Ernest, Arthur, Vernon and Orie. Any connections? Elizabeth (Koopman) Herb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LaPard, Perkins, Williamson, Kievit Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4230 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on the LaPard's of Kent or maybe Allegen county. My Grandmother's (Amber J. Perkins) mother's maiden name was Maude LaPard. She married a man named Carl Perkins. I do not know the date of their marriage. This is about all I know. Would very much like to find out more information on the LaPard family.

BAKER CANFIELD CHASE COMSTOCK FOOTE FURLONG GRISWOLD MOFFAT MOFFITT WHITNEY WRIGHT Thank you, Linda Currie

Hi, I'm looking for the Kent and Ottawa county families of : Josheph and Lydia (Seaton) BENDER James M. and Flavilia C. (Bender) CRONKRIGHT James and Lucretia (Cook) CRONKRIGHT Willem "William" and Susie (Kooistra) LOUWENAAR John J. (b. 1857), and Sarah (Weaver) PEPPER John (b.1826) and Sarah (Nichols, Nickles) PEPPER Jacob and Susan (Taylor) PEPPER David Alexander and Laura Louisa (Sackett) SYERS George and Charlotte (Cronkright) SYERS Birney and Freeda (Pepper) SYERS Albert and Anna (Gerlofs) VREDEVOOGD Thank you! Lori Clough clough@ejourney.com

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/119.946.2.1 Message Board Post: No, I'm sorry. The Christine Baker I have would be a maiden name, not a married name and I know nothing about LaCrosse county. Thanks anyway. Angela

Sale ends March 17 at 8pm 1877 Leather Family Bible, Wm Tibbs Genealogy Item # 1523892813 Title: The Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments Publisher: A. J. Holman & Co., Philadelphia Copyright: 1876 Description: Huge Family Bible bound in leather with a brass clasp. All edges are gilt, end papers are marbled, raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine. There are numerous engravings and maps, for which this Bible has won awards for beautiful illustrations. The marriages, births and deaths of the William Henry Tibbs family have been entered here. Other surnames mentioned are: Hoag; Esler; Hess; Smythe; Brown; Furness; Hopkins. Included with the Bible are a Certificate of Baptism dated 1883, and a certificate given for a donation to the Michigan Masonic Home Association in 1890. This Bible was found at an estate sale in Grand Rapids, MI, (Kent County), where Wm H Tibbs and his wife Kate Hoag Tibbs are buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery. Some other cities mentioned in the record are Buffalo, NY, Allegheny, PA. Condition: The front cover and the pages of the Table of Contents are detached. The leather is quite scuffed and the corners are worn through. The brass clasp is in good condition and the rest of the binding is tight.

Hi, My surnames are: McGillicuddy, Cavagnaro, DeMartini, Arata, Gardella, Alles Also looking for info on a James Holbertson. Pat Ellis