Hello Nancy, I also went to school in the forties and the elementary schools had grades K through 6 and high school was 7 through 12. I'm an Ottawa grad. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Kubik <kubik@cconnect.net> To: <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:43 PM Subject: [MIKENT] Schools > Hello List - > > This question is not exactly genealogical in nature, but you could help my > failing memory about my own history. I only remember attending two schools: > Lafayette Elementary and Central High School. In the 1940s did Lafayette go > from grades K through 6 and Central from grades 7 through 12? Or was there > an intermediate school in there that I have entirely blocked out? > > Thank you for your help. > > Nancy > kubik@cconnect.net > > > > ==== 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 >

Thank you for the information on the Kent County Photos at Yahoo. Is there a way to search for photos of other locations at Yahoo? I couldn't seem to find images of other locations at the yahoo site. - Denise On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:46:08 -0800 (PST) Jennifer Godwin <jengod@yahoo.com> writes: > Sorry -- my signature got mixed up with the last URL. > Click below; AOL users may have to cut and paste. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1522706072 > > Also, I recently uploaded a bunch more images to the > Kent County image galleries, and reorganized them so > individual albums are a bit more rational. > > Check it out at: > > http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/mikentgenweb/lst?&.dir=/&.src=ph&.view=l > > Also, I'm not from Grand Rapids so I'm pretty > clueless. Can anyone tell me what street we're looking > down in the last two postcards in the Street Views > album. It's the one that Herpolsheimer's is on. > Thanks. > > ~jen > > ===== > Jennifer Godwin > jengod@yahoo.com | 3233635279@mobile.att.net > > "America after all it is you and I who are perfect not the next > world." – Allen Ginsberg > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4216 Message Board Post: Wallace B. Matthews, M.D., of Nos. 406 and 407 Widdicomb building, Grand Rapids, Mich., was born in St. Joseph county, Ind., April 22, 1862, a son of Oscar and Diana (Hutchinson) Matthews, the former a native born American and the latter a native of England. To the marriage of these parents were born four sons and six daughters, and of these ten children nine grew to maturity, viz: John W., a teacher in Grand Rapids; Etta, Wife of Paul N. Bump, of Hasting, Mich.; Nora A., a teacher, also, in Grand Rapids; Myrtle, who died a the age of twenty-three years; Lillian M. and Louis J. (twins)--the former a teacher and the latter a raiser of and dealer in live stock in Barry county; Minnie B., bookkeeper for her brother, Dr. Wallace B.; Eva L., cashier for Beach & Booth, restaurauteurs, and James R., a teacher in Barry county and also a student of dentistry. Dr. Wallace B. Matthews received his elementary education in Hastings, Mich., to which point his parents had removed when he was a child. His boyhood was passed on his father’s farm in Barry county, as well as the earlier years of his manhood. In the fall of 1888 he became a student in the Homeopathic college at Ann Arbor, where for two years he studied this school of medicine, and then entered the office of Dr. R.M. Luton, of Grand Rapids, Under whose preceptorship he studied some months, and then passed one year a the Chicago Homeopathic college, from which he graduated March 24, 1891. On his return to Grand Rapids he practiced six months alone, making a fine reputation for one so young in the profession, and then succeeded to the practice and occupied the office of his former tutor, Dr. Luton, who was obliged to relinquish active work on account of impaired health. Dr. Matthews was married in Grand Rapids, December 27, 1893, with Miss Emma E. Rosengerg, a native of Lisbon, Mich., and a lady of many accomplishments. For three years she was a school-teacher in Muskegon, Mich., where she established so high a reputation that she was secured by the Grand Rapids authorities, and for the seven years previous to her marriage taught in the public schools of this city. The doctor and Mrs. Matthews worship at the Church of Christ, and the doctor in politics is a democrat. The doctor is a member of the State Homeopathic society and of the Homeopathic society of Grand Rapids; also of the K. of P., I.O.O.F., I.O.F., K. of H., M.W. of A.,F.M.C. and the Royal Neighbors, is medical examiner for the five last named of these orders, and is also physician for court Rescue, No. 445, Independent Order of Foresters. He stands in the foremost rank of the practitioners of medicine of his school in the state, and is favored with a large share of patronage, in general practice, by persons who as a rule believe in the Homeopathic method of treatment. Socially, he and wife enjoy the esteem of the best residents of the city, and their home is always found to be a pleasant resort by those who enjoy a congenial hospitality.

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/4215 Message Board Post: Prof. John W. Matthews, M.S., principal of the South Division street school at Grand Rapids, Mich., was born in St. Joseph county, Ind., September 23, 1858, the eldest of the ten children that comprised the family of Oscar and Diana (Hutchinson) Matthews. Of the ten children alluded to, nine are still living, and of these, five reside in Grand Rapids, two of the daughters being teachers in the public schools and one daughter in a commercial house; one son, Wallace B., is practicing medicine; one son is a teacher in Barry county, and another is interested in dairy products. Oscar Matthews was born in southern Indiana and can trace his progenitors to the same stock from which Abraham Lincoln descended. He was a farmer by vocation, and came to Michigan about the year 1864, locating in Barry county on rented land, which he cultivated one year, and then bought a farm in Irving township, same county, on which he lived until about 1873, when he purchased a wild tract of 160 acres, overgrown with maple timber, and the task of clearing off and breaking up this wild farm fell mostly upon the subject, who is the eldest son, and the next elder brother. John W. Matthews first attended the district school in Barry, winter and summer, until nine years old, and then attended in winter only until about fifteen, when the family removed to the 160-acre tract mentioned above, on which his services were so requisite that he was withdrawn from school altogether, and did not attend again until he had reached the age of twenty. About this time, also, a friend suggested that he apply for a certificate to teach, and this, after a severe examination, he secured. The same winter, he taught a district school most satisfactorily, and then taught two years longer, but, realizing his own deficiency, he entered the high school at Hastings, Barry county, greatly improved himself, and graduated at the age of twenty-four years. The money with which he paid his high-school expenses had been earned by working on the farm in summer during the period in which he was engaged in teaching district schools. In 1882, Mr. Matthews entered the Agricultural college at Lansing, Mich., and by hard study finished the full course in three years. He next taught one year, in order to secure the means for admission to the university at Ann Arbor, where he took a special course of two years in biology and pedagogy, and while there also acted as a member of the board of examiners in Barry county, and the year after leaving the university he was appointed secretary of this board, and filled the office with consummate ability for one year, when he came to Grand Rapids, and was for five years teacher of biology and chemistry in the Central High school. At the close of this term of service in the Central, Prof. Matthews was placed in charge of the science department of the State Normal school at Platteville, Sis., but at the close of a year a division was made, or, rather, a re-organization, by which there were two departments erected- the department of natural science and the department of physical science-and of these, Prof. Matthews retained the natural science department. At the end of a year he obtained an appropriation of $1,700 for his department, with which he placed in a chemical laboratory and fitted up the physical and biological class-rooms in first-class order; but, at the end of about three years, political and religious dissensions arouse among the people of the state, and were brought to bear upon the school, and Prof. Matthews withdrew and came to Grand Rapids. Here he had charge of the ungraded school until 1897, when he was placed in charge of the South Division street school- his present position. Prof. John W. Matthews was united in marriage, February 14, 1889, with Miss Dora E. Kennedy, of Hastings, Mich., and to this happy union has been born one child- Andrew Allen. But Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, in the kindness of their hearts, have adopted two boys, Felix, aged, five years, March 9, 1899, and Bayard, aged four, April 19, of the same year--and these they are rearing with all the tenderness and care that could be given to their own offspring. It will have been seen that Prof. Matthews is a gentleman of most persevering characteristics, as well as patience, qualities well calculated to qualify any person for the training of youth. His erudition is profound and his experience ripe, and no better man could be found for the position he fills. He and his amiable wife enjoy the esteem of the best people in the city, and it will be an unfortunate day for Grand Rapids when they take their departure. They attend the Unitarian church; fraternally, he is a member of Fraternal Mystic Circle.

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/4214 Message Board Post: Merritt C. Griswold, cashier of the Lowell State bank, Lowell, Kent county, Mich., is a native of Guilford, New Haven county, Conn., was born February 23, 1859, and is the eldest of four children that graced the union of Thomas and Sophia F. (Bishop) Griswold, the remaining three being Allen B., Mary B. and Harry F. Thomas Griswold was born in Guilford, May 10, 1832, and descends from ante-Revolutionary ancestors. The Griswold family is of English origin, three brothers of the name having come to America with the first Puritan colony. Thomas was educated in the common schools of his native town, and by profession was a sailor and commander of vessels in the coasting trade. His wife, also of colonial Puritan descent, was born in Guilford, Conn., May 13, 1835. Her father was likewise in early life a follower of the sea and traded with the West India islands. The names of both the Griswolds and Bishops figured conspicuously in the early history of Connecticut, and the names are still conspicuous in many parts of the Union. Merritt C. Griswold attended the common schools of his native town of Guilford until fourteen years of age, then bade his parents farewell and shipped on board a merchantman bound for Porto Rico, and continued in the West India and South American trade about six years. He then came to Michigan and entered the employ of the Griswold Lumber Co., with which he acquired by practical experience a thorough knowledge of the lumber business from the stump to market. He later engaged in the lumber, hardware, and implement business at Middleville, Barry county, Mich., continuing these lines for several years, and until he sold out to accept a position as cashier in the banking house of Bowne & Combs, at Middleville, in which position he remained until October 1, 1888, when he resigned this position in order to open a banking office for Bowne, Combs & Striker, at Lowell, of which he was the cashier and manager until February, 1891, when they became incorporated, under the general! banking laws of the state, under the present title of the Lowell State bank, they being the first bank in Kent county, outside of the city of Grand Rapids, to incorporate under the state banking law, Mr. Griswold continuing as cashier the same as before. He opened a field of operations in Lowell which he has continued to broaden, and the result is most flattering to his business ability. His record as a financier shows him to be strictly conservative in his methods, leading to the indubitable success of his bank and other business enterprises. In politics Mr. Griswold is a republican and cast his first presidential vote for James A. Garfield. Fraternally he is a member of Lowell lodge, No. 90, F. & A. M., and Hooker chapter, No. 73, R. A. M., both of Lowell; of De Molai commandery, No. 5, K. T., of Grand Rapids; of Saladin temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of the same city, and of Cyclamen chapter, No. 94, O. E. S., of Lowell. Mr. Griswold is happily united in marriage with Miss Jennie A. combs, daughter of Russell E. and Mary (Lynch) Combs. Mrs. Griswold, before marriage, was cashier of the banking house of Bowne & Combs, and is a lady well fitted for her high social position. She is a past grand matron of the order of the Eastern Star in the state of Michigan, and is a member of the board of control of the Michigan Masonic home at Grand Rapids. In all his business transactions Mr. Griswold has been strictly upright and bears a name that has never been impeached. His enterprise and energy in carrying out his various undertakings have invariably been crowned with gratifying success, and he now stands in the front rank of the business men and financiers of western Michigan.

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/4213 Message Board Post: J.B. Griswold, M.D., a leading physician and surgeon of Grand Rapids, Mich., has been in active practice in this city since 1873, having previously had an extensive experience in the medical department of the military service of his country during the Civil war, and at other points outside the Valley city. His practice while in the army may be said to have been the ripening process which culminated in bringing his earlier studies to perfection through constant and onerous work, especially in the treatment of surgical cases. His has been an active and useful life, as the following record will fairly make manifest. Dr. J.B. Griswold is a native of Vermontville, Eaton county, Mich., and was born June 21, 1842. His father. R.W. Griswold, was a son of the Green Mountain state, and a representative of one of the oldest and best families within its borders, and one of the original settlers of Vermontville. His mother, Abigail (Bascom) Griswold, was also a native of Vermont, and descended from an ancestry of unblemished record. Dr. Griswold interspersed the life of a farmer’s son with attendance at the academy of his native place until sixteen years of age; in 1859 he entered the Agricultural college at Lansing; in 1861 he enlisted as a member of the band connected with the Second Michigan cavalry, and afterward was leader, but was discharged in 1862 on account of disability. As soon as his health permitted, he began the study of medicine with Prof. R.C. Kedzie, of the State Agricultural college at Lansing. He attended the courses of lectures of 1863 and 1864 at Ann Arbor, and in 1864 was commissioned assistant surgeon of the Fourth Michigan infantry. He was commissioned regimental surgeon in 1865, and served as such until mustered out in May, 1866; was also medical inspector of the department of San Antonio, Texas. On returning from the war he matriculated at the Rush Medical college at Chicago, and received his degree in the winter of 1867-68. He engaged in practice at Taylor� 0�s Falls, Minn., until 1873, when he located at Grand Rapids; has been city physician two years, and was elected alderman of the Fourth ward in 1880, and for four years was a member of the board of education , of Grand Rapids. He is a member of the Grand Rapids, academy of Medicine, of which he has been president; also of the Michigan State Medical society, of which he is ex-president; also member of the American Medical association, International association of Railway Surgeons, and honorary member of the Minnesota State Medical society. His practice in this city is extensive, popular, and comprehensive in its scope, and embraces all departments of the science which he has made his life-work. The doctor is chief of staff of U. B. A. hospital, also a member of the staff of Almay Sanitarium, at Alma, Mich. He is a member of the Michigan commandery of the Loyal Legion; also of Custer post, No. 5, G. A. R. He is a Mason, Blue lodge, No. 34, Royal Arch chapter, No. 7, an! d a member of the council, and is also a member of the society of the Army of the Cumberland. Dr. Griswold was married at Ann Arbor, in 1868, to Mary B. Wisner. They have two sons and one daughter, viz: Roger W., secretary of the Widdicomb Furniture company; Grace H., at home, and Joseph H., in the engineering department of the university of Michigan. The residence is at No. 184 North Lafayette street.

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/4212 Message Board Post: John Griswold, of Spencer township, whose name is a household word in Kent county, Mich., is a leading merchant of Harvard, Kent county, although his rural home is in Spencer township. He was born in the state of New York, April 13, 1857, and is the seventh of the eight children-five sons and three daughters-that constituted the family of Jabez and Eliza (Edgar) Griswold, five of whom still survive. In the biography of Scott Griswold, register of deeds for Kent county at Grand Rapids, will be found a full record of the Griswold family, to which the attention of the reader is respectfully invited. Mr. Griswold, the subject of this sketch, was reared in his native state until twelve years of age, but the major part of his education was acquired in the public schools of Kent county, Mich., his parents having come to Spencer township in 1869. This being a lumber country, and the father operating a saw-mill, young John was employed in this business until twenty years old, when he married, July 4, 1877, Miss Millie Johnson, to which union have been born three sons and six daughters, of whom the following named seven still survive: Grace; Ed and Edna (twins); Lee, Ethel, Gladys and Edith. Mrs. Millie Griswold was born in Pennsylvania, July 26, 1856, is a daughter of Charles and Emiline (Inman) Johnson, and was about twelve years of age when brought to Michigan by her parents, who are now deceased. She is rearing her family most carefully, and has all during her happy wedded life been a worthy and cheerful helpmate to her husband. John Griswold, like his father, who is still living at the age of eighty-two years, has done much toward developing Spencer township. In 1882 he purchased eighty acres of stump land in section No. 30, and steadily devoted himself to clearing and cultivating it until 1890, when he entered into a partnership with his brothers, Edgar and Alonzo, in general merchandizing at Harvard. They carry a $3,000 stock of dry-goods, boots, shoes, groceries, and all the miscellaneous articles that usually constitute the stock of a first-class country store, and this stock is chiefly supplied from Grand Rapids, and is consequently fresh and undeteriorated, and the annual business amounts to from $15,000 to $20,000. They also ship potatoes each season, buying many thousands of bushels each year. Mr. Griswold, in politics, prefers to vote for the republicans in national affairs, but in local matters votes for worthy candidates rather than for machine nominees. He cast his first presidential vote for the lamented Garfield, and is generally selected as a delegate to the party conventions. He has been a school director for thirteen years and has ever advocated the employment of the best teachers the school funds would justify. Fraternally he is a member of Cedar Springs lodge, No. 213, F.&A.M., and of Evans tent, No. 785, K.O.T.M. The Griswold family is one of the most respected in Kent county, and Mr. Griswold is himself especially esteemed for his many personal good qualities by the community in which he has lived since boyhood, and of which he is a pioneer.

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/4211 Message Board Post: Gerritt H. DeGraaf, dealer in staple and facy groceries in Grand Rapids, Mich., was born in Buffalo, N.Y., October 4, 1851, and is a son of Gerrit and Helen (Katz) DeGraaf, both parents natives of Holland. Gerrit DeGraaf, Sr., came to the United States in 1846, locating at Buffalo, N.Y., and there engaged in business on an extensive scale. In 1856 he came to Grand Rapids and engaged in the manufacture of lumber, doors, sash, blinds and other building mathereal, and met with most encouraging success in the undertaking, employing a large number of men, and accumulating considerable wealth. He was actively identified with the manufacturing interests of the city until his death, which took place in 1895. Ten children constituted the family of Gerrit and Helen DeGraaf, four of whom at present are living, the subject of this review being the second in order of birth. The DeGraaf family were prominent in social circles of Grand Rapids, and also occupied a consipicuous place am! ong the Holland people of the city. Mr. DeGraaf was a man of vigorous intellect, highly educated and well versed in general literature, a fact which always made his pressence welcome among people whose tastes ran in that direction. He was also an active member of the Dutch Reform church of Grand Rapids, and will be remembered as one of the city's most energetic and intelligent men. Gerrit H. Degraaf was but five years old when the family came to Grand Rapids, consequently he has spent nearly all his life within the confines of the city. When of proper age he was sent to the city schools, which he attended until his seventeenth year, and then entered a grocery house as salesman, in which capacity he continued until 1875. Having in the meantime become familiar with the grocery trade in its every detail, he engaged in the business for himself in the above year, and has since given it his attention, meeting with substantial success, and at this time being proprietor of one of the best-known houses of the kind in Grand Rapids. Mr. DeGraaf carries a general line of groceries and provisions, studies intelligently the wishes of the public in his various lines, and has a large stock, representing a capital of over $6,000. Mr DeGraaf was married June 29, 1875, to Miss Minnie Achteres, who was born in Allegan county, Mich., February 11, 1855. Mrs. DeGraaf is the daughter of John and Minnie Achteres, both natives of Holland and early pioneers of the county of Allegan. Mr. and Mrs. DeGraaf are the parents of three children, viz: Henry, who assists his father in the store, Minnie and Arthur. In his political belief Mr. DeGraaf is a republican, and as such has been several times elected to represent his ward in the city council, having served as a member of that body from 1884 to 1890, and from 1893 to 1897, inclusive. While in the council he was no idle member, but an active worker, and took a prominent part in promoting much valuable legislation, serving on the committees of ways and means, claims and accounts, streets, and several others of equal importance. He is a member of the fraternity of Elks, belonging to lodge No. 48, of which he served as exalted ruler during the year 1891-92, and is also identified with the Royal Arcanum, Royal League and National Union orders. Financially, Mr. DeGraaf is considered one of Grand Rapids' substantial men. He has met with success in the mercantile business and has contributed to the city's property by erecting a large and beautiful brick business block, two stories in height and containing three commodious business rooms, one of which he occupies.

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/4207.1 Message Board Post: First ward, this is in Grand Rapids Mi - northwest side of town.

There is a Brobst website that you may not be aware of at; http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~brobst/brobst-registry-online.htm Ralph T.

Hello List - This question is not exactly genealogical in nature, but you could help my failing memory about my own history. I only remember attending two schools: Lafayette Elementary and Central High School. In the 1940s did Lafayette go from grades K through 6 and Central from grades 7 through 12? Or was there an intermediate school in there that I have entirely blocked out? Thank you for your help. Nancy kubik@cconnect.net

Hello, Here is the information on the marriage record of Sylvester and Amanda....... Book 8, page 92 Date of Marriage-September 21, 1884 Place of Marriage-Cascade, Kent County, Michigan Sylvester Brobst, age 20, white Amanda Heintzelman, age 22, white Residence of both-Cascade, Kent County, Michigan Place of Birth of both-Trumbull County, Ohio Occupation-Farmer Edwin W. Shaw, Minister Wittnesses-Cornelius Heintzelman and Madison W. Cook There are no parents listed on the early marriage records, sorry. Hope this helps you a bit. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <ynkstlrw@ptd.net> To: <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 5:17 PM Subject: [MIKENT] Sylvester and Amanda Heintzelman Brobst married 1884 Kent Co > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Brobst, Heintzelman > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4107 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for information on Sylvester Brobst born Ohio. Married Amanda Heintzelman 21 Sept 1884 in Kent Co Michigan. Looking to identify Brobst parents, siblings, descendants, etc. Any information is greatly appreciated. > > > ==== 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. Surnames: YEITER, MYERS, KUNZ, FRAZEE, KELLEY, KIEL, BLAKESLEE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/2894.1.1 Message Board Post: Carl - If you will help me establish a link between Gertie C. YEITER and other YEITER families of Kent County, I can help you go back much further with your YEITER line. I am descended from Frederick Simon YEITER, son of Jacob and Caroline (MYERS) YEITER and have the YEITER / JEUTTER line back to about 1720 in Germany.

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/3981.1.1 Message Board Post: Debbie, I would appreciate your help. I will pay for any copying you have to do and postage. My snail mail address is Mary Chauncey, P.O. Box 212, Homerville, Ga 31634. thanks mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Misket Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4210 Message Board Post: I am trying to find the 1920 census records for Grand Rapids, from Jennie Misket. I know they lived at 1071 Sheridan Ave.SW in 1940, so it is possible they were at the sames address in 1920.I am trying to figure out which Emuration District or Twonship this address would have been in during that year. He is burried in Oak Hill Park cemetery. Can anyone living in Grand Rapids help? Thanks.

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/4209 Message Board Post: Moses is my direct line back to Euphemia Jay and Julia McCarty. Have been looking for information on John.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swifink, Hoack Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4208 Message Board Post: I am trying to find the 1920 census records for Grand Rapids, from Augusta Swifink. I know they lived at 970 Ninth Street NW in 1938, so it is possible they were at the sames address in 1920.I am trying to figure out which Emuration District or Twonship this address would have been in during that year. She is burried in Oak Hill cemetery. Can anyone living in Grand Rapids help? Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: swifink Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4207 Message Board Post: I am trying to find the 1920 census records for Grand Rapids, from Henry Swifink. I know they lived at 904 Crosby Street NW in 1938, o it is possible they were at the sames address in 1920.I am trying to figure out which Emuration District or Twonship this address would have been in during that year. He is burried in Rest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery. Can anyone living in Grand Rapids help? Thanks.

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/4143.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Barbara, Here is the information on the marriage record of Edwin L. Wiliamson and Amber J. Perkins........... Book 37, page 302 Edwin L. Williamson, age 27, white Residence-844 College Av., SE., Grand Rapids Place of Birth-Bellaire, Michigan Occupation-Sheet Metal work Father's name-Charles E. Williamson Mother's name-Emily Wright Previously married-no times Amber J. Perkins, age 23, white Residence-Grand Rapids R.R. 3 Place of Birth-Grand Rapids Occupation-Housework Father's name-Bert Perkins Mother's name-Maude LaPard Previously married-no times Date of Marriage-January 4, 1935 Witnesses-Mrs. Ethel Turney?? and Mrs. Ruth Slocum Minister-Harold N. Sladucore?? I hope that this helps you a bit. Susan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: meyers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/3978.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Debbie, No one has done the lookup untill now. I apprecieit it very much, thanks in advance