This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Leach, Granberg, Hill, Holmes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CGC.2ACI/39.1 Message Board Post: Good Day - I recently began researching again and ran across your message regarding the Leach family. My husbands ggggrandfather was Frank Leach Sr.. Franklin (b April 1826 in New York d Oshkosh, WI May 22, 1893). He was married to Arabella Hill (b 1829 d 1917) they had 5 children: Frank A. Leach (b 1851 d 1939) Alfreatta Leach ( b 1859 d?) Arietta leach (b 1855 d?) Charles A. Leach (b 1858 d ?) Jennie Leach (b 1868 d ?) My husband's grandfather was Frank Jr. He married Emeline Holmes (b Sept 27, 1855 Waushara County, WI d June 23, 1900 Oshkosh, WI death certificate lists Tuberculosis as cause). Family gossip had Emeline as a descendent of the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes. Frank and Emeline had 9 children: Charles Leach Frank Jr. Leach Madge Leach May Leach Nealie Leach (died as an infant) Newton Leach Robert Leach Ruthie leach (died as an infant) Annabelle Leach (b.Sept 30, 1889 Oshkosh, WI d. Oct. 10, 1935) My husband grandmother. Annabelle married Norman Granberg (b. july 11, 1885 in Scandinavia d. Aug. 12, 1972 Oshkosh) Jan. 6, 1909 in Oshkosh, WI. They had 7 children: Arabelle Granberg (b 1909 d 1969) Robert Granberg (b March 27, 1911 d.May 24 2001) My husband's grandfather Susan Granberg Norman Granberg May Granberg Gerald Granberg (died as an infant) Earl Granberg If you would like more info - please let me know. I do have pictures of the hardware store that was started by Frank Leach in Oshkosh.