Thank you for responding Sue. Do you have access to earlier directories - say around 1900????? I just learned the name was LABAR & CORNWELL - all we have is a picture of a wagon-type truck in front of a corner store - looks like a variety store. The name is on the truck and I cannot tell if the store is part of the business or not. I really appreciate your help, Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Perry" <sueperry@comcast.net> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, 21 August, 2003 1:59 PM Subject: [MIWASHTE] CORNWELL and LABAR business > In the Polk's 1930 Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti City Directory: (Page 157) > > CORNWELL & COUPER (Frank I. Cornwell, Edw F. Couper), > Coal, Wood and Coke. Cornwell Bldg ne cor E. Huron and 4th Ave, Tels 4551 > and 4552, Yard 410 Miller av, Tel 5152. > > CORNWELL, Frank I (Laura J.; Cornwell and Couper), h1011 > Lincoln av, Tel 5524 > > Hope this helps. > > Sue Perry > Ann Arbor, Mi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorothy Crawford" <dorothyhc@comcast.net> > To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:19 PM > Subject: [MIWASHTE] CORNWELL and LABAR business > > > > Can anyone locate or tell me about a business in Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti > during the period 1900-1930 called CORNWELL and LABAR ? > > Perhaps it was listed in those early City Directories? > > > > Thanks for any help, > > Dorothy > > > > >

In the Polk's 1930 Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti City Directory: (Page 157) CORNWELL & COUPER (Frank I. Cornwell, Edw F. Couper), Coal, Wood and Coke. Cornwell Bldg ne cor E. Huron and 4th Ave, Tels 4551 and 4552, Yard 410 Miller av, Tel 5152. CORNWELL, Frank I (Laura J.; Cornwell and Couper), h1011 Lincoln av, Tel 5524 Hope this helps. Sue Perry Ann Arbor, Mi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Crawford" <dorothyhc@comcast.net> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:19 PM Subject: [MIWASHTE] CORNWELL and LABAR business > Can anyone locate or tell me about a business in Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti during the period 1900-1930 called CORNWELL and LABAR ? > Perhaps it was listed in those early City Directories? > > Thanks for any help, > Dorothy >

I think I found Haven Memorial Gardens. It's not in Wasthenaw County after all, but in Belleville, Michigan. It's called Metropolitan now. So thanks for all your help, I appreciate. --Chris

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Can anyone locate or tell me about a business in Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti during the period 1900-1930 called CORNWELL and LABAR ? Perhaps it was listed in those early City Directories? Thanks for any help, Dorothy

Booker T. Washington Memorial Gardens had its first burial in 1929. The death certificate offen contains disposition of the body or place of burial so if you haven't obtained a death record, that may give you burial information and possibly the funeral director or firm. Many firms from that era are still in business, often under a different name, and that also may give you a possible lead. Newspaper obituaries are helpful, particularly when you have an exact death date. If local papers haven't carried it perhaps a home town paper has. A death from that period most likely was recorded somewhere. Keep digging. Re Haven Memorial Gardens. I have no information about Haven. Memorial Gardens (or Parks) were becoming popular in the 1920's and are so named because the headstones are flush with the ground, giving a Park or Garden appearance, and facilitating maintenance. Consider possibly Haven was really Heaven. Is there a Heaven Memorial Gardens anywhere? Many cemeteries have areas within it having a designation. Perhaps Haven designates an area within a larger cemetery.

In a message dated 08/18/2003 3:58:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Dalubwika@aol.com writes: > This gives me some hope. My 2nd great-grandfather was divorced and living > alone at the time of his death. I don't know the circumstances of his death. > I > don't know if he was poor. Though his only daughter certainly wasn't. > Well I tried United Memorial Gardens and he wasn't there. *sigh* Anyone have any other suggestions? --Chris

In a message dated 08/17/2003 3:12:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Kaykarl@aol.com writes: > United Memorial Gardens in Superior Township, Curtis &Joy Roads, was > originally named Booker T. Washington Memorial Gardens in 1929. Shortly > after it was > renamed Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens. In 1954 in became United Memorial > Gardens. At one time indigent &welfare cases from Detroit were buried > there. > Subsequent to 1954 the records are good and the office staff is helpful. A > rural cemetery near Ypsilanti fits the description. Try it. > This gives me some hope. My 2nd great-grandfather was divorced and living alone at the time of his death. I don't know the circumstances of his death. I don't know if he was poor. Though his only daughter certainly wasn't. Thanks, --Chris

Do you know when this cemetery was begun? I have been looking for my husbands' grandmother and she died about 1922 and we have been unable to locate any burial records for her. When she was living in the Detroit area she died from breast cancer in 1922-1923 time frame. We have never been able to locate any death record or anything on her. Jean Payton ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kaykarl@aol.com> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [MIWASHTE] Haven Memorial Gardens > United Memorial Gardens in Superior Township, Curtis & Joy Roads, was > originally named Booker T. Washington Memorial Gardens in 1929. Shortly after it was > renamed Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens. In 1954 in became United Memorial > Gardens. At one time indigent & welfare cases from Detroit were buried there. > Subsequent to 1954 the records are good and the office staff is helpful. A > rural cemetery near Ypsilanti fits the description. Try it. > >

United Memorial Gardens in Superior Township, Curtis & Joy Roads, was originally named Booker T. Washington Memorial Gardens in 1929. Shortly after it was renamed Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens. In 1954 in became United Memorial Gardens. At one time indigent & welfare cases from Detroit were buried there. Subsequent to 1954 the records are good and the office staff is helpful. A rural cemetery near Ypsilanti fits the description. Try it.

In a message dated 08/17/2003 12:15:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, bjburns@i2k.com writes: > Do you mean Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery? Highland is located on > River Street in Ypsilanti. > I called Highland Cemetery on Friday and they left a voice mail message for me the next day saying that my great-great grandfather, Arthur LEEDY, wasn't buried there. The cemetery is a mystery. My great-great grandfather died in Detroit in 1959 and his death certificate says he was buried in Haven Memorial Gardens in Wayne County. However, this cemetery does not seem to exist. I've called many cemeteries in Detroit and he wasn't buried in any of them. I tracked down the funeral home director, who is now retired and living in South Carolina, and he said that while he does not remember burying Arthur LEEDY, he said that Haven Memorial Gardens was somewhere in the Ypsilanti area - it's in a rural area, he remembers. So perhaps there was a name change? I don't know. Thanks, --Chris S. Washington State

on 8/14/03 2:10 PM, Dalubwika@aol.com at Dalubwika@aol.com wrote: > Hello, > > Could anyone tell me where in or near Ypsilanti is Haven Memorial Gardens > Cemetery? Perhaps it's under a new name? My 2nd great-grandfather was buried > there in 1959. > > Thanks, > > --Chris > Hi Chris: Do you mean Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery? Highland is located on River Street in Ypsilanti. Barb

I did not find a "Haven Memorial Gardens" cemetery among the 3,700 cemeteries listed in the Library of Michigan's Michigan Cemetery Sources. Perhaps United Memorial Gardens north of Ypsilanti on Curtis Road in Superior Township. You should find telephone number via a Yahoo search. Try this link as you may have better luck finding the cemetery. http://michigancemeteries.libraryofmichigan.org/ Michigan Cemetery Sources Jan Ann Arbor. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dalubwika@aol.com> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:10 PM Subject: [MIWASHTE] Haven Memorial Gardens > Hello, > > Could anyone tell me where in or near Ypsilanti is Haven Memorial Gardens > Cemetery? Perhaps it's under a new name? My 2nd great-grandfather was buried > there in 1959. > > Thanks, > > --Chris >

Hello, Could anyone tell me where in or near Ypsilanti is Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery? Perhaps it's under a new name? My 2nd great-grandfather was buried there in 1959. Thanks, --Chris

The Glaziers are a big name in the history of Chelsea, just outside of Ann Arbor. Would she have married into that family perhaps. There are a number of them in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Chelsea but I don't know if the all are there or not. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Turrel" <electree@mvn.net> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:04 AM Subject: [MIWASHTE] Mrs. Glazier > Lot 12 in Ann Arbor's Forest Hill Cemetery shows 7 burials; 6 of them family of Randall Schuyler (Sr) who moved there in 1834 from Pennsylvania. The unconnected (maybe?) burial is Mrs. M. L. Glazier, interred in 1918, age at death not shown. Does anyone know anything about her? Might she be Jennie Turrel, daughter of Abbie Schuyler Turrel and thus a granddaughter of Randall, Sr.? Thank you. John Turrel >

Hi Karen, Thank you for the information. I am wondering why the family would use two different churches. Thanks for your help. Loretta

Loretta, Confirmation for Wilhelm Oskar Larmee took place at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Scio Township, on May 2, 1909 according to the church records. His birthdate at the time of confirmation is listed at Jan. 21, 1894. Rev. F. Thrun served the congregation at Salem from 1908-1920. From the information you listed, the baptism would have occurred at Zion Lutheran Church. Karen Mills Salem Ev. Lutheran Historical Committee ----- Original Message ----- From: <LFHKOZEL@aol.com> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 8:48 PM Subject: [MIWASHTE] County Churches Hi, I am still looking for a birth certificate for William Oscar Larmee. He was born in Scio Twp. Jan 21, 1894. I have found his baptism and confirmation certificates. However they are in German. The baptism certificate has an embossed seal. The confirmation certificate has a gold embossed seal. The certificate is for Wilhelm Oskar Larmee. Date of baptism is 20 October 1895.The part of the seal that I can read says Evan Luth Zions Gemein. The confirmation certificate lists the date as May 190 ?. The ink blots out the last number. The place is Ev Luth Salem Kircke, Scio Twp, Washtenaw. The Ev Luth Pastor appears to be F. Thrun. The seal says Evangel Luth Salem Ann Arbor, Michigan. I would guess the missing number on the year is a 7. That would make him about 13, which as I recall was about the confirmation age. Would any of these tidbits, help isolate the church in which these ceremonies occurred. Neither the state or county can find a birth certificate. Thanks for your help. Loretta LFHKOZEL@aol.com

Hi, I am still looking for a birth certificate for William Oscar Larmee. He was born in Scio Twp. Jan 21, 1894. I have found his baptism and confirmation certificates. However they are in German. The baptism certificate has an embossed seal. The confirmation certificate has a gold embossed seal. The certificate is for Wilhelm Oskar Larmee. Date of baptism is 20 October 1895.The part of the seal that I can read says Evan Luth Zions Gemein. The confirmation certificate lists the date as May 190 ?. The ink blots out the last number. The place is Ev Luth Salem Kircke, Scio Twp, Washtenaw. The Ev Luth Pastor appears to be F. Thrun. The seal says Evangel Luth Salem Ann Arbor, Michigan. I would guess the missing number on the year is a 7. That would make him about 13, which as I recall was about the confirmation age. Would any of these tidbits, help isolate the church in which these ceremonies occurred. Neither the state or county can find a birth certificate. Thanks for your help. Loretta LFHKOZEL@aol.com

We maintain the Michigan Marriage Index Database that has the following record: WILLIAM - LODT m CHRISTINE - FELDKAMP in WASHTENAW cty 25 DEC 1885 bjburns@i2k.com Perhaps this researcher can help in your search. Please let us know if you are related and we will add your email address to the record. Jack & Marianne Dibean - Lansing Michigan Marriage Index Links: http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/ GenWeb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/marriages/michigan/michigan.htm ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Hi Sue, Oh, I do hope your neighbor has the key to the puzzle! Betty's husband must have been Louis Dean Sodt? The info I got from my cousin was given to him long ago by one of the Sodt relatives somewhere. It could have been in Michigan, or even Elgin, Illinois. A branch of the "Manchester" line went to Elgin. Further confusing the whole thing is that there was yet another branch in Barrington, Illinois, who descended from an uncle of the ancestor of the Manchester line. The Barrington & Elgin folks have been confused with each other, & I have a feeling some of the Manchester line has suffered the same mixups, at least for those of us who aren't up that way. The obit that Karen has for Alvin really creates another puzzle because I'd never heard of Sarah Kortman! Maybe William (I checked my other file & I've got him there as William George) was married twice. Maybe it was someone else who was married to Christina (full name Rosiana Christina) Feldkamp. Now I'm wondering if we're missing a Sodt brother because I don't have any other likely candidates named "George" who could have fathered sons born in both 1882 (Ben) & 1897 (Alvin). And to think I was sure that this one would be easy..... the genealogy gremlins must be picking on me again! <g> Gloria In a message dated 8/9/2003 10:08:24 AM Central Standard Time, sueperry@comcast.net writes: > My next door neighbor here in Ann Arbor is a SODT. Her mother, Betty Sodt, > about age 75 or so, lives in Manchester on the family farm. I know that > their father/husband died about 5 to 10 years ago. I've forwarded your query > onto Brenda Sodt Foster (my neighbor/ Betty's daughter) and perhaps she will > contact you. I'll also print a copy of this and show it to Betty next time > she is here next door visiting. I don't recall Betty's maiden name, as she > is a SODT by marriage. > > Also, I know there are SODT's buried in Bethlehem Cemetery here in Ann > Arbor - - I see a SODT monument when I go there to tend my family graves. > I'll stop and take a picture next time I'm there - - perhaps today. > > Lastly, "Lewick" is most likely LUICK - - as I remember Brenda saying they > are related to the Luicks, and that Luick was often spelled or > "Americanized" differently. Maybe Betty's maiden name is Luick? There's a > building in downtown Ann Arbor called the LUICK building. > > Sue Perry > Ann Arbor, Mi