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/4138.2 Message Board Post: If this yearbook eventually needs a happy home, Allen County Public Library,in Fort Wayne, has requested yearbooks. Perhaps they need this issue.

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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/4129.9.1 Message Board Post: Washington B. Bowman, the popular and efficient supervisor of Oakfield township, Kent county, Mich., was born near Berlin, Ontario, Canada, February 2, 1850, and is the youngest of the family of three sons and three daughters born to Jacob w. and Mary A. (Bowers) Bowman, but of these six children there are now only three living, viz: Lydia widow of Hon. I.E. Bowman and still living near the old homestead in Canada; her husband was a member of the Canadian house of commons, and in his day was very prominent as a polictician;Louisa is the wife of I.L. Tower, who is in the government employ at Greenville, Mich., and Washington B., the subject of this sketch. Jacob W. Bowman, the father, was born in Waterloo county, Ontario, February 13, 1811, of Swiss extraction, was educated in a public log school-house and by vocation was a mechanic. In 1864 he came to Kent county, Mich., with his family, and entered 160 acres in Section No. 30 Oakfield township, which land is still in possession of the Bowman family. His death took place in Greenville, March 6, 1891, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife was born in Lancaster, Pa., October 14, 1817, and her death occurred in Greenville, in the same faith, April 25, 1898. Washington B. Bowman was fourteen years of age when he came to Oakfiled township with his parents, and with them he remained until his eighteenth year, and then began to work out by the month. April 30, 1873, he married Miss Lydia A. Clemens in Gaines township, and to this union have been born three children, viz: D.O., who has completed the full course of eight grades in the public schools and has a leaning toward a commercial life; he is a member of F.& A. M. lodge, No. 196, at Grattan Center, also of the Eastern Star lodge, and of the Maccabees tent at Harvard. Ray, the second born, has also completed the eight grades; is associated with his father in the cultivation of the home farm and is a member of Grattan grange, No. 170. Anna M., the younges of the family, has passed through the eight grades, had her examination in 1897 with an average of eighty-five per cent, and has also taken special lessons in instrumental music. Mrs. Lydia A. Bowman was born in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, December 31, 1854, is a daughter of Amos M. and Mary (Wismer) Clemens, and was educated in the common schools, being but nine years of age when brought to Kent county by her parents, who settled in Gaines township in 1863. There were seven children in the Clemens family--three sons and four daughters--of whom two are deceased; of the surviving five, two beside Mrs. Bowman are residents of Kent county; Henry W. is a farmer of Manistee, Mich., and Mary is the wife of Edward Williams, a farmer of Petroskey, Mich. The mother died on the Gaines township homestead, and the father in Caledonia, where a daughter resided. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman begain their married life, in 1873, as renters of the Bowman homestead, and so continued until 1880, when they purchased the place, it then containing 184 acres, but went largely in debt for it, but this debt has been paid, the greater part of the improvements have been made by them, and they now own 224 acres, on which there is not a dollar's mortgage--and all this is the result of their diligence, good management and economy, intelligently exercised. In politics Mr. Bowman is a republican and cast his first presidential vote for U.S. Grant. He has served as delegate to various county and other conventions of his party, and in 1885 was elected township treasurer. His services in this office were so satisfactory, that he has since been twice re-elected, and in 1895 he was elected supervisor of his township; in this office, also, his ability has been made so manifest, that he has since been three times re-elected, and is the present incumbent of the office. It is quite evident, in view of these facts, that Mr. Bowman has the entire confidence of his fellow-citizens in his integrity, capacity, and devotion to their interests. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman are among the most worthy residents of Oakfield township, have been most liberal in their contributions to the support of churches and every project designed for the elevation of the moral condition as well as the material progress of the township, and the high esteem in which they are held is an indication that their good acts are appreciated by their neighbors.

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/4129.9 Message Board Post: Donna, Would you please do look up for BOWMAN, Washington B., born Feb 2 1850, Berlin, Waterloo Co. Ont. Can. Many thanks and keep up the good work. Karen

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/4138.1.1 Message Board Post: I have checked, and find no Tannis or Tennis. Sorry.

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/4133.1 Message Board Post: Dear Kent County Researchers, There is a list of the biographies in the 1900 Bowen book online at the following URL: http://www.chrispenning.com/genealogy/KTport.htm It does not include names within biographies, but there is no overall surname/name index for Bowen. You should be able to save yourselves and Donna a lot of time by checking the above page before requesting lookups. Donna, if you do have occasion to transcribe biographies for people, it would be wonderful if you would post them to the board. That way, future researchers will have access to the information, as well as present researchers. Hopefully, the biography could even be a "meeting place" for two branches of a family that previously had not made a connection. Cheers, Jennifer Godwin

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/140.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I posted a reply to you, but mistakenly put it under new posts today....Could you look at it please, it is under Ruth Potter Amidon....THanks, Jodell

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/4142 Message Board Post: Hi, I'm researching the Amidon's and would very much be interested in what you know of Ruth Potter. There is much info out there that Caleb Amidon was the son of Caleb and Anna Parker Amidon, but am fairly confident that that isn't so...Do you know Where and when Ruth married Caleb? Do you know who her parents were and where they were from? Hope to hear from you, Thanks, Jodell

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/4141 Message Board Post: Fawn Shepard prepared a Family Tree Maker User Home Page which has one line of my family in it. I've tried every Email address for her and they all bounce. Her page was updated in 2000. Just wondering if anyone could redirect me to her. In 2000, she was at 521 Chatham Street in Lowell, MI 49331. Thanks for any help with a new Email.

bforman, Had a great-aunt who married a Forman. Her Name was Sarah Bloss(maiden) Raymond(1st marriage), Forman (2nd), Thayer (3rd). I hope I have the sequence correct. She was born in Oakland Co, raised in Sparta Twsp., Kent Co and died in Mason Co. Jim Blass

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tennis, Tannis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFB.2ACE/4138.1 Message Board Post: Hi. Could you check your yearbook for a Gertrude "Gerty" or "trudy" Tennis (possibly Tannis). Thank you.

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/4130.3.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for letting me know about Maude Youngblood Austin. I stumbled across the same information myself when searching the Kent County site at USGenWeb. I am going to send away for the obits. The person who usually does the lookups is away until April, so I will have to wait.

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/4130.3 Message Board Post: Hi Diana, it's Linda again. I found Maude Youngblood Austin, in the Lisbon Cemetary in Sparta. Her husband's name was Ernest E. Austin. He was born in 1868 and died in 1951. Maude was born in 1879 and died in 1944. I found this info in the begining section in the Kent Co. Gen-Web Project under What's New. They have a list of certain cemetaries in the Kent Co. area. Look under Lisbon Cemetary and they will give you a list of names of whom are buried there. I am more than sure that we have a connection because there is a David Austin buried there and he was the father or Ruth. Linda

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/4130.2 Message Board Post: HI, i am related to Youngbloods on my mom's side of our family. My great grand mother's name was Luella Youngblood O'Connor. Her dad was Thomas Youngblood and her grand father was Daniel Youngblood. They were from the Algoma-Sparta area. I am pretty sure that they are related to your Youngbloods. Daniel had a son named Daniel who became a Grand Rapids police officer. I don't know much about the Youngbloods, but I do know that they came to Cass County Mi. around 1860 from Ohio and moved to Sparta from there. I hope that we have a connection. I would love to meet the Youngbloods and share info with them. We also have Austins by marriage. Ruth who married Lyle O'Connor and they had a farm outside of Sparta off M-37, on O'Connor RD. Let me know if we connect. I will be anxious to hear from you. Linda.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GILLIES, PALMER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4140 Message Board Post: Looking for family information on EARL LLOYD GILLIES & his wife PANSY ALTHEA PALMER. I only know of 1 daughter OLIVE LUCILLE GILLIES, born 23 October 1903 in Sparta. Thanks, any info will be greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4139 Message Board Post: Father was Clinton albert Forman Born in Big Rapids, Michigan Sept. 29, 1904 His fathers name, Edward Delano Forman His mothers Name, Effie France Forman "AL" nickname Siblings were, Millard,Belle, Ray

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/4138 Message Board Post: I just rescued from a Used Book sale a copy of the 1936 "SAGA", the yearbook from Creston H. S., Grand Rapids, MI. It is in extremely good condition, and I would like to see it in the hands of someone who has a relative pictured, and I will send it for only my costs and postage. Please Email me at margerice@prodigy.net

Thank you so much for your kind offer. Could you see what you can find on Arthur Eaton who was married to Cora McCormick? I am looking for ancestors of both of these individuals. Thanks you. Liz Townes Reply to etownes1@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <dtsabo@aol.com> To: <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:16 PM Subject: [MIKENT] Have access to 1900 Kent County Biographical Sketches Book Will do lookups > 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/4129 > > Message Board Post: > > I have access to the 1900 Grand Rapids & Kent county Biographical Sketches book by A.W. bowen & Co., I would be happy to look up a relative, there are over 1,000 biographies. > > > ==== 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 > >

Does any one on the list have access to Cemetery records for Pine Grove Cemetery other than what is online at the Kent Genweb? I have found Several of my Whiting relatives buried there from the list BUT I have obits for my Wilson and Whiting ancestors that are buried there also but are not on the list. I am guessing this might be because they do not have grave stones? Do any of these Cemeteries have an email address that anyone knows of or at least Pine Grove Cemetery? Does anyone have additional records of such burials without head stones? Thanks, Scott Nelson California

Hello Barbara, The obituary of Jacob DeZeeuw is as follows...... Grand Rapids Press Friday, June 20, 1930, page 26 DE ZEEUW-Jacob DeZeeuw, aged 67, passed away early Friday morning at Butterworth hospital. Surviving are the widow; six sons, Peter, Charles, James, William, Andrew, and Jacob DeZeeuw; five daughters, Mrs. Herman Brinks, Mrs. Charles Bosma, Mrs. Ivan Babbitt, Ada and Cora DeZeeuw; sixteen grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. John Vis and Mrs. William Denkema. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home in Falmouth and at 2 o'clock at the Prosper Christian Reformed church. Interment in Prosper cemetery. Friends may view the body at the Zaagman Funeral Chapel until Saturday morning. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Koop <bjkoop2@webtv.net> To: <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: [MIKENT] Ada Teitsma > Seeking information on the parents of Ada Teitsma (b. 1871) in the > Netherlands. > Emigrated to US in 1882, eventually settling in MI. Married Jacob > DeZeeuw in 1888, probably in or near Prosper. > > Parents of Ada most likely accompanied her to the US. Am interested in > their names and if possible their ancestors in Netherlands. > > Thanks, > Barbara > > > ==== 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 > >