Hi O'Leary This is Jim Doran, formerly of Marinette, Wisconsin Would the following be of help to you? " Descendants of Ellen Leary Generation No. 1 1. ELLEN1 LEARY was born December 20, 1860, and died April 10, 1889 in Menominee, Menominee Co., Michigan. She married JOHN FEENEY March 31, 1887 in Menominee, Menominee Co., Michigan, son of PETER FEENEY and MARY WALSH. Notes for ELLEN LEARY: Tombstone Inscription - Menominee, Michigan, Riverside Cemetery Recorded by Jim Doran, July, 1999. "Ellen Feeney wife of John Feeney died Apr 10, 1889 aged 28 yrs, 3 mths, 21 days" (below is written some Latin script, which is difficult to read. Ellen's calculated, estimated birth date: December 20, 1860 More About ELLEN LEARY: Burial: 1889, Menominee, Menominee Co., Michigan, Riverside Cemetery Marriage Notes for ELLEN LEARY and JOHN FEENEY: John FEENEY Sex: M Marriage(s): Spouse: Ellen LEARY Marriage: 31 Mar 1887 Menominee, Michigan Source Information (FHS): Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type M518632 1863-1885 1017372 V. 1AC" I have sent for a record of the above marriage at the Menominee County Courthouse, but have not received a copy yet. Regards, Jim Doran Reference, My Web Site at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/o/r/James-Droran/ ----- Original Message ----- From: O'Leary <oleary@net-link.net> To: <MIMENOMI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 8:44 AM Subject: [MIMENOMI] LAVIGNE and MCGEE > Seeking information about the Simeon LAVIGNE family. Simeon and > his wife Flore immigrated from French-speaking Quebec to Biddeford ME > and then to Hermansville MI in the mid 1880s. He worked in a livery as > well as for a lumber company and must have gained popularity because > family legend says the whole town turned out for his funeral in 1920. > In what newspaper of that time could I find an obituary? > Also seeking information on the Joseph McGEE family of Iron River, > circa mid-1880 to 1920. He, too, worked in the lumber industry and is > buried with his wife, Anne McNamara, around Iron River. I would like to > obtain the birth & death dates from their gravestones and would be most > grateful if someone could locate their graves or tell me where I should > address an inquiry. > Simeon's daughter, Eva LAVIGNE, married Joseph's son, Thomas McGEE, > in 1906, and most of the McGee children were born in Gladstone, > dispersing to lower MI, TN, CA, and DE. > Thanks, > I. O'Leary >