In answer to your question: Gould City, MI (Mackinac County) was founded in 1886 by Sam Stiles, grocery storekeeper and named the town after another lumberman. The Gould City Post Office was established on September 26, 1888 with Adolph Highstone as its first postmaster. In checking postmaster records that served the Gould City Post Office over the many years, I find no Gould's listed as postmaster to present date. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. I do hope that you find your ancestors. Sometimes this can be a trying and flustrating journey........keep at it you'll come up with something! Thanks, Paul Petosky Postmarks from the Past http://www.grandmaraismichigan.com/History/postmarks.htm "A. Dembinski" <adembinski@copper.net> wrote: I am doing family research on Ottawas with surname Gould who lived in that part of the UP from 1860 onward. I wonder if they had anything to do with the naming of Gould City. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Do you have a name for the lumberman Gould City was named for? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Petosky" <paul_petosky@yahoo.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 01:54 Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Gould City namesake > In answer to your question: Gould City, MI (Mackinac County) was founded > in 1886 by Sam Stiles, grocery storekeeper and named the town after > another lumberman. The Gould City Post Office was established on September > 26, 1888 with Adolph Highstone as its first postmaster. In checking > postmaster records that served the Gould City Post Office over the many > years, I find no Gould's listed as postmaster to present date. > > Sorry I couldn't be of more help. I do hope that you find your ancestors. > Sometimes this can be a trying and flustrating journey........keep at it > you'll come up with something! > > Thanks, > > Paul Petosky > Postmarks from the Past > http://www.grandmaraismichigan.com/History/postmarks.htm > >