No, Tonia, the SE part of Grand Rapids between Kalamazoo (street, not city) and Eastern. -----Original Message----- From: Tonia Baird <toniabaird@chartermi.net> To: MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:45 PM Subject: RE: [MIKENT] Questions about Kent County in the 1920's >Hi Marcia, > >Thank you very much. Can you please verify for me ... was this church >you mention in Wyoming? Thanks again! > >Tonia > >-----Original Message----- >From: M.Dykstra [mailto:mdykstra@provide.net] >Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:44 AM >To: MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MIKENT] Questions about Kent County in the 1920's > >Hello Tonia - >I attended Oakdale United Methodist Church for many years which is >kitty-corner from the school on Evergreen. I've been away from the >area for many years so memory is hazy. I believe the church was >called Oakdale as was on corner of Oakdale and Evergreen and that the >school was also called Oakdale. Evergreen runs between Eastern and >Hall? in the SE part of GR. Hope this helps. >Marcia Buist Dykstra >-----Original Message----- >From: Tonia Baird <toniabaird@chartermi.net> >To: MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:19 PM >Subject: [MIKENT] Questions about Kent County in the 1920's > > >>I was wondering if anyone here could help me. My grandfather is >listed >>as being 14 years old in the 1920 census in Wyoming, Kent County, >>Michigan. It also shows that he lived on Evergreen Street. Can >anyone >>tell me what schools would have been in that area? Do you know if >there >>would have been yearbooks published at that time? >> >>One other question. I have been told by my aunt that my grandfather >was >>also very involved in boxing in Grand Rapids in the 1920's. He was a >>featherweight boxer. Can anyone tell me where I might find more >>information about this? >> >>Any information regarding Charles D. Powell (my grandfather), >Evergreen >>Street, the schools, and the boxing would be greatly appreciated. >Thank >>you.. >> >>Thank you. >> >> >>==== 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 >> > > >==== 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 > > >==== 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 >