I found a marriage for Jacob Fountain & Lora Hill March 15, 1868 in Sanalac Co. MI. She was 16-he 22. Look on the LDS pilot site ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Stevens" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Help with what ever is available . . . > Michigan has some marriage records on line. Check the State of Michigan > website and look for vital records somewhere on it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Dee's Genealogy > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 3:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ONTARIO] Help with what ever is available . . . > > Hi Listers, > > I'm at a loss. Been doing genealogy for 20 years, but I'm drawing blanks > on > > what to do with my Fountain/LaFountain older generation. I would love > some > ideas/suggestions on where to go next and maybe how to clarify what I > have. > > I'm researching Jacob Fountain -until 1900- who then becomes Jacob > LaFountain and his wife, Louisa/Louise Hill. I've found him on 1870 > census > in Marine City, St. Clair, Michigan born about 1845;1880 census in Bay > City, > > Bay, Michigan born about 1842;1900 census in Bay County, Michigan shows > him > born Sept 1847; 1910 census in Bay county, Michigan shows him born about > 1852; 1920 census in Bay City, Bay, Michigan and born about 1845. Jacob > died 23 February 1924 at the age of 71 years - which would make him born > in > Sept 1847 - although he was age 75 in 1920 . . . <G> > > All census records show Jacob born in French Canada and his parents born > in > French Canada. 1900 census states that he came to USA in 1868 and he > married in 1868. HOWEVER - the birth record of their son William born in > 1876 in Marine City, Michigan states that Jacob was born in Lindsey, > Canada > and Louise in Three Rivers, Canada. Three Rivers is Quebec, BUT Lindsey > is > in Victoria County. I did find an IGI Family Group Record in Lindsey with > Joseph as the father and Elizabeth as the mother and Jacob as one of 6 > children and born in 1844. Found a VERY POOR QUALITY census record for > Lindsey area with a Jacob, and many other Fountains, but nothing to tie > him > to a Joseph. > > 1900 census shows that Jacob and Louisa came to the USA in 1880 and became > citizens in 1882. BUT, - Jacob's certificate of intention is dated 8 May > 1897. > > Most records show Louisa born in French Canada in: 1870 - age 18 b. 1852; > 1880 - age 27 b. 1853; 1900 - age 48 b. June 1851; 1910 - age 58 b. > 1852/51; > > 1920 age 64 - b. 1856. Louise died 20 November 1927 in Bay City, Bay, > Michigan at age 68 years, 5 months, 2 days which would make her born 18 > June > > 1859. I'm going with the birth date of June 1851 for her and born in > French > > Canada. Maybe Three Rivers, but I've checked as much as I know how to > check > > and found no record of her birth. Her parents names are David Hill and > Mary > > unknown and she had a brother, James b. abt. 1857 and an adopted sister > named Matilda Woods born abt 1872 in Michigan. ***Other recently found > relatives show James born in New York, USA!!!*** > > OH YES!!! 1870 census shows a farm laborer in the Jacob and Louisa home > by > the name of Alexander Woods and HE was born in New York. And on the 1880 > census David and Mary Hill and Matilda Woods b. abt 1872 - adopted - live > just a few houses away. And James and his wife Angelina live with them. > > I won't get into Jacob and Louisa's 15 children and only 4 living as of > the > 1900 census. Or the duplicate names used and sets of twins and deaths of > the babies!!! They named 4 babies Mary before they got one who lived. It > must have been so heartbreaking for them! > > I'm guessing they married in Marine City, Michigan but the Jacob I find > isn't married to A Louisa. BUT - my memory says that it might have been a > Hill. Could she have changed her given name? No parents names on the > record. > > I'm asking for suggestions for where to go next, and what my priorities > should be, in order to find Jacob and Louisa in Canada. Your ideas would > be > GREATLY appreciated. > > Dee Sager > Neosho, Missouri USA > > > > > > > > > > > > *********** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > *********** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Mary, Could you tell me where to find the LDS pilot site at. sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "mary kahkola" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 5:53 PM Subject: [ONTARIO] attn Dee! >I found a marriage for Jacob Fountain & Lora Hill March 15, 1868 in Sanalac > Co. MI. She was 16-he 22. > Look on the LDS pilot site >