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Allen DeBoer

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Family Event - Funeral Service: on 8 June 1972, Royal Funeral HomeO, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MichiganO, pallbearer at the funeral of Gleora Wiswell. Glee was his aunt.²
• Family Event - named as survivor: 28 May 1985, obituary of Worthington DeBoer, Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.) He lived in Richland, Michigan at the time of his father's death.³

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5916] "Conversations with Anna Mary (Wiswell) Sauer," Between 1971 and 2015 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
2. [S2961] Royal Funeral Home, Funeral Card of Gloria "Glee" Homich, Name Of Person: Gloria "Glee" Homich (8 June 1972)
3. [S6686] "Worthington DeBoer," obituary, The Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer, 28 May 1985, p. B2, col. 3; image, Newspapers.com, (https://www.newspapers.com/article/battle-creek-enquirer-worthington-deboer/172696860/ : accessed 19 May 2025).

Madge Havener

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Madge Havener (c1904- )

• References: Descendants of Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams
  Descendants of Ephraim Wheeler

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1904, MichiganO.²
• Census: 6 May 1910, Weare Township, Oceana County, MichiganO, federal census of 15 April 1910, household of parents, dwelling 151, family 154, farm owned on mortgage, farm schedule 146.
  Madylean Havener, daugher, female, white, age 4, single, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation³
• Marriage: to Arthur Nelson, about 1926, age ~22.²
• Census: 2 April 1930, Abbey Avenue, Menasha, Winnebago County, WisconsinO, federal census of 1 April 1930, household of spouse, Arthur Nelson, dwelling 15, family 17, home rented for $20, no radio.
  Madge Nelson, female, white, age 25, married first marriage age 21, doesn't attend school, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Michigan, speaks English, no occupation²
• Death: 23 August 1961, age ~57, Hart, Oceana County, MichiganO.⁴

• Last Edited: 4 January 2024

Citations

1. [S5919] "Conversation with Clinton Robert Harney," 15 Jun 1997 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.
2. [S3584] 1930 U.S. census, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, population schedule, city of Menasha, enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 1B, dwelling 15, family 17, Arthur Nelson household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2619.
3. [S3648] 1910 U.S. census, Oceana County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Weare, enumeration district (ED) 175, sheet 12A, dwelling 151, family 154, Harry Havener household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 669.
4. [S4676] "Former Resident of Neenah Dies in Crash," death notice of Mrs. Madge Leasure, The Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent, 24 Aug 1961, p. D8, col. 1; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 31 Aug 2020.)

Watt Hawley

Biography

• Birth: about 1845, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 6 June 1870, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Samuel Willard Rector.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3719] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 5 (penned), p. 325 (stamped), dwelling 30, family 31, Saml Rector household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.

Joseph Newell

Biography

• Birth: about 1842, MichiganO.¹
• In 1870. $3500||$470¹
• Occupation: 1870, farmer.¹
• Census: 6 June 1870, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, household of Samuel Willard Rector.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3719] 1870 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 5 (penned), p. 325 (stamped), dwelling 30, family 31, Saml Rector household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 680.

William Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 20 July 1806, Sandisfield, Berkshire County, MassachusettsO.^2,3,1
• In April 1815, Chauncy moved to in Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, with his family.⁴
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  William Hawley and Eliza Hall
  Marriage: 25 June 1832, Portage County, OhioO, "William Hawley and Eliza Hall," of the township of Paris, application for marriage license made by William Hawley.⁵
  

  William Hawley and Eliza Hall, marriage license, 25 June 1832
• Occupation: before 1845, Paris Township, Portage County, OhioO, canal boat operator.⁶
• William and Eliza Hall moved to a place near in Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1845, along with Adeline Hawley, Helen Hawley, Augustus Hawley, Jane Hawley, Maria Hawley, and Albert Hawley. They made the trip via via boat and canal boat to Detroit, and then overland by covered wagon to Richland. They were accompanied by the A. J. Shakespeare family, which included children, Irene, Andrew and William. This William Shakespeare's son would later become a mayor of Kalamazoo. They finally landed on the expansive Gull Prairie, where the family cleared a piece of land near Richland. There was a Potawatomi settlement near their new homestead, headed by Chief Noon Day, and their relations with the local indigenous people colored the early lives of several of their children.⁶
• Census: 1 June 1850, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, head of household.²
• Death: 21 January 1870, age 63, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.⁷
• Burial: East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO. Lot 41.^8,9

• Last Edited: 21 May 2023

Citations

1. [S2981] Compiler: Elizur Yale Smith, Vital records of Sandisfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Tuttle Publishing Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1936)
2. [S3748] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 159B (stamped), dwelling 2283, family 2299, William Hawley household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
3. [S2967] IGI: Hawley, William (birth record), Subject: William Hawley entry (2005)
4. [S2982] History of Portage County, Ohio (Warner, Beers, & Co., Chicago, 1885)
5. [S4993] "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD25-XYM: accessed 11 Oct 2020), record image, William Hawley and Eliza Hall, filed 25 Jun 1832, volume 3, p. 726, image 379 of 645; citing "Marriage Records, 1808-1917, Portage County, Ohio (Volume 3, 1817-1837), Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio."
6. [S4188] "Woman, 96 Today, Recalls Play with Indian Children," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 1 Jan 1936, p. 48, col. 3.
7. [S4549] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 45, no. 797, 30 Jun 1871, William Hawley entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
8. [S3943] East Cooper Cemetery (Kalamazoo County, Michigan), William Hawley marker; personally read by T. L. Cunningham, 1997.
9. [S2969] Sherlene Schmitt Belden, East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Author, http://www.fmschmitt.com/martin/stan/famtree/census/eastcoopercemetary.htm, 2000)

Eliza Hall

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• Birth: about 1814, OhioO.^1,2,3
• 
  
  William Hawley and Eliza Hall
  Marriage: 25 June 1832, Portage County, OhioO, "William Hawley and Eliza Hall," of the township of Paris, application for marriage license made by William Hawley.⁴
  

  William Hawley and Eliza Hall, marriage license, 25 June 1832
• Eliza and William Hawley moved to a place near in Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1845, along with Adeline Hawley, Helen Hawley, Augustus Hawley, Jane Hawley, Maria Hawley, and Albert Hawley. They made the trip via via boat and canal boat to Detroit, and then overland by covered wagon to Richland. They were accompanied by the A. J. Shakespeare family, which included children, Irene, Andrew and William. This William Shakespeare's son would later become a mayor of Kalamazoo. They finally landed on the expansive Gull Prairie, where the family cleared a piece of land near Richland. There was a Potawatomi settlement near their new homestead, headed by Chief Noon Day, and their relations with the local indigenous people colored the early lives of several of their children.⁵
• Census: 1 June 1850, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of William Hawley.¹
• Family Event - death of spouse: 21 January 1870, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, death of William Hawley, age 63.⁶
• Burial: East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO. Lot 41.⁷

• Last Edited: 23 November 2022

Citations

1. [S3748] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 159B (stamped), dwelling 2283, family 2299, William Hawley household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
2. [S4284] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60872/44471_355400-01474: accessed 30 Dec 2019), certificate image, Adeline Rector Hawley, filed 3 Jun 1937, no. 3, state office no. 39 5214, image 1475 of 3020; citing "Death Records, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of VItal Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
3. [S4993] "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD25-XYM: accessed 11 Oct 2020), record image, William Hawley and Eliza Hall, filed 25 Jun 1832, volume 3, p. William Hawley and Eliza Hall, image 379 of 645; citing "Marriage Records, 1808-1917, Portage County, Ohio (Volume 3, 1817-1837), Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio."
4. [S4993] "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013", FamilySearch, record image, William Hawley and Eliza Hall, 25 Jun 1832, vol. 3, p. 726, image 379 of 645.
5. [S4188] "Woman, 96 Today, Recalls Play with Indian Children," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 1 Jan 1936, p. 48, col. 3.
6. [S4549] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 1 : 45, no. 797, 30 Jun 1871, William Hawley entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
7. [S2969] Sherlene Schmitt Belden, East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Author, http://www.fmschmitt.com/martin/stan/famtree/census/eastcoopercemetary.htm, 2000)

Helen Hawley

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Helen Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1832, OhioO.¹
• Helen Hawley moved to in Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1845, along with William Hawley and Eliza Hall. They made the trip via via boat and canal boat to Detroit, and then overland by covered wagon to Richland. There was a Potawatomi settlement near their new homestead, headed by Chief Noon Day. Local Potawatomi children were some of her earliest playmates growing up.²
• Census: 1 June 1850, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of William Hawley.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3748] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 159B (stamped), dwelling 2283, family 2299, William Hawley household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
2. [S4188] "Woman, 96 Today, Recalls Play with Indian Children," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 1 Jan 1936, p. 48, col. 3.

Augustus Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1834, OhioO.¹
• Augustus Hawley moved to in Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1845, along with William Hawley and Eliza Hall. They made the trip via via boat and canal boat to Detroit, and then overland by covered wagon to Richland. There was a Potawatomi settlement near their new homestead, headed by Chief Noon Day. Among his earliest playmates were Potawatomi children in the area.²
• Census: 1 June 1850, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of William Hawley.¹
• Death: 1891, age ~57.³
• Burial: East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, MichiganO. Lot 41.³

• Last Edited: 23 November 2022

Citations

1. [S3748] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 159B (stamped), dwelling 2283, family 2299, William Hawley household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
2. [S4188] "Woman, 96 Today, Recalls Play with Indian Children," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 1 Jan 1936, p. 48, col. 3.
3. [S2969] Sherlene Schmitt Belden, East Cooper Cemetery, Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (Author, http://www.fmschmitt.com/martin/stan/famtree/census/eastcoopercemetary.htm, 2000)

Jane Hawley

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Jane Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1838, OhioO.¹
• Jane Hawley moved to in Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1845, along with William Hawley and Eliza Hall. They made the trip via via boat and canal boat to Detroit, and then overland by covered wagon to Richland. There was a Potawatomi settlement near their new homestead, headed by Chief Noon Day. Many Potawatomi children were her earliest playmates.²
• Census: 1 June 1850, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of William Hawley.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3748] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 159B (stamped), dwelling 2283, family 2299, William Hawley household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
2. [S4188] "Woman, 96 Today, Recalls Play with Indian Children," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 1 Jan 1936, p. 48, col. 3.

Maria Hawley

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Maria Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1841, OhioO.¹
• Maria Hawley moved to in Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1845, along with William Hawley and Eliza Hall. They made the trip via via boat and canal boat to Detroit, and then overland by covered wagon to Richland. There was a Potawatomi settlement near their new homestead, headed by Chief Noon Day. Like her brothers and sisters, the Potawatomi children were among her earliest playmates.²
• Census: 1 June 1850, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of William Hawley.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3748] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 159B (stamped), dwelling 2283, family 2299, William Hawley household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
2. [S4188] "Woman, 96 Today, Recalls Play with Indian Children," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 1 Jan 1936, p. 48, col. 3.

William C. Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1844, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 1 June 1850, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of William Hawley.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3748] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 159B (stamped), dwelling 2283, family 2299, William Hawley household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.

George Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1845, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 1 June 1850, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of William Hawley.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3748] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 159B (stamped), dwelling 2283, family 2299, William Hawley household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.

Selby Hawley

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: about 1849, MichiganO.¹
• Census: 1 June 1850, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, household of William Hawley.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S3748] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 159B (stamped), dwelling 2283, family 2299, William Hawley household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.

August Lorio

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• References: Buried at Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 7 March 1907, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.^1,2
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  August Lorio and Rose Tolmacs
  Marriage: 1 September 1934, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by L. D. Voorhees, Minister of the Gospel, and witnessed by Lee and Flora Lorio¹
• He and Rose Tolmacs were licensed to wed on 1 September 1934 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• August Lorio and Rose Tolmacs
  Divorce: after 1939.²
• Occupation: , machine operator in the paper industry.²
• He died on 31 July 1968 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, at age 61. at 9:38 in the morning²
• The cause of his death was. liver failure complicated by emphysema²
• Burial: Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.²

• Last Edited: 23 October 2020

Citations

1. [S5060] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, 11 : 40, no. 28558, 28558, 27 Sep 1934, entry for August Lorio and Rose Tolmacs; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S4712] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, 3 : 770, 2 Aug 1968, August Lorio entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Rose Tolmacs

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: 26 June 1914.²
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  August Lorio and Rose Tolmacs
  Marriage: 1 September 1934, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. by L. D. Voorhees, Minister of the Gospel, and witnessed by Lee and Flora Lorio¹
• She and August Lorio were licensed to wed on 1 September 1934 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.¹
• August Lorio and Rose Tolmacs
  Divorce: after 1939.³
• Death: 18 July 2001, age 87.²

• Last Edited: 23 October 2020

Citations

1. [S5060] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Marriage Records, 11 : 40, no. 28558, 28558, 27 Sep 1934, entry for August Lorio and Rose Tolmacs; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
2. [S5140] Rose T. Lorio, no. 369-12-9973, issued Before 1951, death date 18 Jul 2001, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
3. [S4712] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, 3 : 770, 2 Aug 1968, August Lorio entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Jerry Lorio

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: before 1939.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5914] "Conversations with Sharlene May (Grant) Cunningham," Between 1971 and 2017 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Marilyn Lorio

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• Parentage:^1,1
• Birth: before 1939.¹

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S5914] "Conversations with Sharlene May (Grant) Cunningham," Between 1971 and 2017 by T. L. Cunningham, any extant notes in possession of interviewer, Seattle, Washington, written notes.

Henry Rector

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• Birth: about 1803, New YorkO.¹
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  Henry Rector
  Marriage: before 1829.²
• Census:, Richland, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1850, head of household. According to the census, Henry was a laborer with real estate valued at $200.³
• Census: 24 July 1860, Richland Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1860, head of household. According to the census, Henry was a farmer with real estate valued at $3000 and a personal estate worth $879.¹
• Census: 25 July 1870, Burr Oak, St. Joseph County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1870, head of household. According to the census, Henry was a produce broker with real estate valued at $4000 and a personal estate worth $1600. Grail Slocum, a 28-year old farm laborer born in Michigan, also resided in the household at this time.⁴
• Census: 12 June 1880, Burr Oak, St. Joseph County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1880, head of household. He was a farmer at the time of the census. Thomas Armstrong, age 25 and born in Ohio, and Eva Armstrong, age 24 and born in Michigan, resided in the household as well.⁵
• Death: 5 August 1885, age ~82.⁶
• Probate: 30 November 1885, Portage County, OhioO, "Henry Rector," application for appointment of administrator by W. W. Rector. The probate adminstrator docket records the application for administrator of the estate, but does not idenify the name of who made the petition. However a newspaper report of probate court activity identifies "W. W. Rector" as the person making the application.^7,6
  

  Henry Rector, probate administrative docket, 30 November 1885
  

  Henry Rector, probate news item, 9 December 1885

• Last Edited: 27 April 2025

Citations

1. [S3740] 1860 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland Township, p. 184 (penned), dwelling 1432, family 1438, Henry Rector household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 548.
2. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
3. [S3755] 1850 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, Richland, p. 160B (stamped), dwelling 2297, family 2313, Henry Rector household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 353.
4. [S4059] 1870 U.S. census, St. Joseph County, Michigan, population schedule, village of Burr Oak, p. 48 (penned), p. 22 (stamped), dwelling 351, family 342, Henry Rector household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 700.
5. [S4070] 1880 U.S. census, St. Joseph County, Michigan, population schedule, Burr Oak Township, enumeration district (ED) 189, p. 15 (penned), p. 247C (stamped), dwelling 152, family 156, Henry Rector household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 603.
6. [S6642] Portage County, Ohio, Probate Administrative Docket, vol. 7, p. 331, no. 3580, Henry Rector estate, 30 November 1885; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Q2-69H1-J : accessed 27 April 2025).
7. [S6643] "Courthouse Matters," The Ravenna (Ohio) Republican, 9 December 1885, p. 1 col. 6; image, GenealogyBank, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1799A78515F39EA3%40GB3NEWS-181CC9AC418A5A6C%402409885-181AFFCD323D0D5A%400-181AFFCD323D0D5A : accesssed 27 April 2025.

Jeremiah Paul Annett

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• Birth: about 1842, CanadaO.¹
• Parentage: Jeremiah Annett and Charlotte Phipps.^1,1
• Census: 11 January 1852, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Canada WestO, 1851 Canada West census conducted 12 January 1852, household of Jeremiah Annett.¹
• Census: 13 January 1861, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Canada WestO, Canada West census of 13 January 1861, enumerated in the household of Jeremiah Annett.²
• Marriage: to Charlotte Grant, 4 December 1863, Elgin County, Canada WestO, age ~21, by David W. Rowland, Minister of the Regular Baptist Denomination.
  Groom: Jeremiah Annett, age 20, residing Southwold, born Southwold, parents Jeremiah and Charlotte Annett
  Bride: Charlotte Grant, age 18, residing Southwold, born King, parents Charles and Esther Grant
  Witnesses: James Oldfield and Mary Cleaves[?], both of Southwold³
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1 September 1864, parent of Eliza Annett.⁴
• Family Event - death of daughter: 1 October 1865, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Canada WestO, death of Eliza Annett, age ~1.⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1866, parent of George Annett.⁵
• Family Event - birth of child: about 21 February 1871, parent of Minerva Annett.⁴
• Census: 2 April 1871, Southwold Township, Elgin County, OntarioO, Canadian national of 2 April 1871, household of George Annett. This was the household of his older brother.
  
  George Annott, male, age 38, born Ontario, Church of England, English origin, farmer, widowed
  Jeremia Annott, male, age 28, born Ontario, Church of England, English origin, farmer, married
  Charlotte Annott, female, age 26, born Ontario, Church of England, Scotch origin, unable to read or write
  George Annott, male, age 4, born Ontario, Church of England, English origin
  Minerva Annott, female, age 2/12, born February, born Ontario, Church of England, English origin⁶
  

  George Annott household, 1871 Canada census
• Family Event - death of daughter: 24 January 1872, Southwold Township, Elgin County, OntarioO, death of Minerva Annett, age ~0.⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: 24 September 1873, parent of Walter Annett.⁷
• Occupation: 1880, mechanic.⁵
• Census: 7 June 1880, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, federal census of 1 June 1880, head of household, enumeration district 40, page 18, dwelling 197, family 97.
  Jerry Annett, white, male, age 36, married, mechanic, born Canada, parents born Canada
  Charlotte Annett, white, female, age 35, married, housekeeping, sick with lung fever, born Canada, parents born Canada
  George Annett, white, male, age 13, single, at school, born Canada, parents born Canada
  Walter Annett, white, male, age 6, single, at school, born Canada, parents born Canada
  Catherine Annett, white, female, age 35, single, housekeeping, born Indiana, parents born Indiana⁵
• Family Event - death of spouse: 3 November 1881, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, death of Charlotte Grant, age ~36.⁸
• Death: 13 April 1883, age ~41, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO. The cause of his death was consumption (tuberculosis), which had also likely been his wife's cause of death 2 years earlier.⁹

• Last Edited: 3 January 2024

Citations

1. [S2623] Canada census, Record Type: population schedule, Household: Jeremiah Annett household, Location: Elgin County, Ontario, Second Location: Southwold Township, Volume: Census Index to 1851 Southwold Township, Elgin County, Record Info: page 91 (Elgin County Library Board, 1851)
2. [S4894] "1861 Census of Canada," Southwold Township, Elgin County, population schedule, enumeration district 1 (Southwold), p. 28, lines 1-11, Jerry Annett household; digital images, image 407 of 695, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1570&h=791438016 : accessed 21 Sep 2020); citing "Census Returns for 1861, microfilm no. C-1019, Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario."
3. [S5534] Elgin County, Canada West, Marriage Registers, schedule 192, pp. 333-4, Jeremiah Annett and Charlotte Grant entry, 4 Dec 1863; imaged in "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2568642 : accessed 26 Apr 2021) > Elgin > 1858-1863, vol 7 > image 185 of 200; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 7859247; from original records housed at "Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario."
4. [S2621] Ontario Genealogical Society. Elgin County Branch, Frome United Cemetery, Talbot Road North Branch, Southwold Township, Elgin County (publication 2595) (Elgin County Branch, O.G.S., St. Thomas, Ontario, 1982)
5. [S3763] 1880 U.S. census, Elkhart County, Indiana, population schedule, Goshen, enumeration district (ED) 40, p. 18 (penned), dwelling 197, family 197, Jerry Annett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 275.
6. [S4891] "1871 Census of Canada," Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, population schedule, district 5 (West Elgin), subdistrict C (Southwold Township), division 3, p. 69, dwelling 246, family 246, George Annott household; digital images, image 202 of 314, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1578&h=1736125 : accessed 21 Sep 2020); citing "Census of Canada, 1871, Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario."
7. [S5082] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 245, no. 3624, 25 Jun 1898, entry for Walter Annett and Mary McClain; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
8. [S3804] "County and Neighborhood," death notice of Mrs. Jerry Annett, Goshen (Indiana) Times, 10 Nov 1881, p. 3; image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 1 Aug 2014.)
9. [S3803] "Laconics," death notice of Mr. Jeremiah Annett, The Weekly Independent (Goshen, Indiana), 21 Apr 1883, p. 1.

Charlotte Grant

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• Birth: about 1845, King Township, York County, Canada WestO.¹
• Parentage: Charles Grant and Esther McWilliams.^2,1
• Marriage: to Jeremiah Paul Annett, 4 December 1863, Elgin County, Canada WestO, age ~18, by David W. Rowland, Minister of the Regular Baptist Denomination.
  Groom: Jeremiah Annett, age 20, residing Southwold, born Southwold, parents Jeremiah and Charlotte Annett
  Bride: Charlotte Grant, age 18, residing Southwold, born King, parents Charles and Esther Grant
  Witnesses: James Oldfield and Mary Cleaves[?], both of Southwold¹
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1 September 1864, parent of Eliza Annett.³
• Family Event - death of daughter: 1 October 1865, Southwold Township, Elgin County, Canada WestO, death of Eliza Annett, age ~1.³
• Family Event - birth of child: about 1866, parent of George Annett.⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: about 21 February 1871, parent of Minerva Annett.³
• Census: 2 April 1871, Southwold Township, Elgin County, OntarioO, Canadian national of 2 April 1871, household of George Annett. This was the household of her brother-in-law.
  
  George Annott, male, age 38, born Ontario, Church of England, English origin, farmer, widowed
  Jeremia Annott, male, age 28, born Ontario, Church of England, English origin, farmer, married
  Charlotte Annott, female, age 26, born Ontario, Church of England, Scotch origin, unable to read or write
  George Annott, male, age 4, born Ontario, Church of England, English origin
  Minerva Annott, female, age 2/12, born February, born Ontario, Church of England, English origin⁵
  

  George Annott household, 1871 Canada census
• Family Event - death of daughter: 24 January 1872, Southwold Township, Elgin County, OntarioO, death of Minerva Annett, age ~0.³
• Family Event - birth of child: 24 September 1873, parent of Walter Annett.⁶
• Illness: 1 June 1880. She suffered from a "lung fever" at the time of the federal census enumeration. This may have indicated tuberculosis, as she died from an unknown illness the following year, and her husband was said to have died from tuberculosis 3 years later.⁴
• Census: 7 June 1880, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, federal census of 1 June 1880, household of spouse, Jeremiah Paul Annett, enumeration district 40, page 18, dwelling 197, family 97.
  Charlotte Annett, white, female, age 35, married, housekeeping, sick with lung fever, born Canada, parents born Canada⁴
• Family Event - Will: 1 January 1881, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO, named as an heir in the will of Esther McWilliams. Her siblings, James and John, were also named as heirs in their mother's will, but siblings, Peter and Mary Ann, were not included.²
• Death: 3 November 1881, age ~36, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO.⁷
• Burial: Oakridge CemeteryO, Goshen, Elkhart County, IndianaO. plot OG 322.
  Grave: no marker present, from cemetery records⁸
• Obituary: 10 November 1881, Goshen Times (Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana.)
  Mrs. Annett, wife of Jerry Annett, living on North Main street, died on Thursday. She was a sister of James Grant.⁷

• Last Edited: 2 May 2025

Citations

1. [S5534] Elgin County, Canada West, Marriage Registers, schedule 192, pp. 333-4, Jeremiah Annett and Charlotte Grant entry, 4 Dec 1863; imaged in "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2568642 : accessed 26 Apr 2021) > Elgin > 1858-1863, vol 7 > image 185 of 200; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 7859247; from original records housed at "Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario."
2. [S5961] "Indiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999," Esther Grant entry, 1 Jan 1881, recorded 19 Nov 1881, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9045/images/007663137_00361 : accessed 7 Feb 2023; Elkhart County, Indiana Probate Court, "Will Records," vol. 3, pp. 72-73; citing FHL microfilm 7663137.
3. [S2621] Ontario Genealogical Society. Elgin County Branch, Frome United Cemetery, Talbot Road North Branch, Southwold Township, Elgin County (publication 2595) (Elgin County Branch, O.G.S., St. Thomas, Ontario, 1982)
4. [S3763] 1880 U.S. census, Elkhart County, Indiana, population schedule, Goshen, enumeration district (ED) 40, p. 18 (penned), dwelling 197, family 197, Jerry Annett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 275.
5. [S4891] "1871 Census of Canada," Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, population schedule, district 5 (West Elgin), subdistrict C (Southwold Township), division 3, p. 69, dwelling 246, family 246, George Annott household; digital images, image 202 of 314, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1578&h=1736125 : accessed 21 Sep 2020); citing "Census of Canada, 1871, Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario."
6. [S5082] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 245, no. 3624, 25 Jun 1898, entry for Walter Annett and Mary McClain; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
7. [S3804] "County and Neighborhood," death notice of Mrs. Jerry Annett, Goshen (Indiana) Times, 10 Nov 1881, p. 3; image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 1 Aug 2014.)
8. [S6653] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207144722/charlotte-annett : 2 May 2025), "Charlotte Annett" (1846-3 November 1881) memorial, maintained by "Robert Ashton"; citing Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana.

Mary McClain

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• Birth: about 1879, Wexford County, MichiganO.¹
• Parentage: Jane Housler and John McClain.¹
• Marriage: to Walter Annett, 25 June 1898, Lee Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, age ~19, by Justice of the Peace William H. Evans.
  Witnesses: William and Bertha Heath of Lee, Michigan²
• Mary McClain and Walter Annett were licensed to wed on 25 June 1898 in Ganges, Allegan County, MichiganO.¹
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Loyd Ernest Annett.³
• Census: 1 June 1900, Valley Township, Allegan County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of spouse, Walter Annett, "Walter Annett household," dwelling 87, family 89, house rented.
  Annett, Mary, wife, white, female, born October 1881 Michigan, age 18, married 2 years, mother of 0 children, 0 living, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio⁴
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Pearl Annett.^5,6
• Divorce Filing: from Walter Annett, 25 April 1916, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, "Mary E. Annett v. Walter Annett,", on the grounds of extreme cruelty.⁷
• Divorce granted: from Walter Annett, 28 October 1916, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+, age ~37, Mary E. Annett v. Walter Annett.⁷
  

  Mary E. Annett v. Walter Annett, divorce, 28 October 1916
• Marriage: to Joseph Retoskewy, before 1920.⁸
• Census: 14 January 1920, 19 Barclay St., Muskegon, Muskegon County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Joseph Retoskewy, "Joseph Retoskewy household," dwelling 184, family 188, home owned.
  Mary Retoskewy, wife, female, white, age 38, married, able to read and write, born Michigan, parents born Ohio, speaks English, no occupation⁸

• Last Edited: 4 January 2024

Citations

1. [S5082] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 245, no. 3624, no. 3624, 25 Jun 1898, entry for Walter Annett and Mary McClain; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.
2. [S5082] Allegan Co., Mich., Marriage Records, liber 6: 245, no. 3624, 1898, entry for Walter Annett and Mary McClain.
3. [S4432] Michigan, delayed birth certificate no. 28269, sheet no. 3 (issued 1941), Loyd Ernest Annett; Michigan Department of Health, Bureau of Records and Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.
4. [S3673] 1900 U.S. census, Allegan County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Valley, enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 4A-4B, dwelling 87, family 89, Walter Annett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 698.
5. [S3806] "Walter Annette, Route 3, expires," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 24 Aug 1937, p. 5, col. 4.
6. [S5068] "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9Y-PKC: accessed 7 Feb 2009), record image, Aloysious Novak and Pearl Annett, filed 17 Apr 1923, volume 7, no. 15386, image 106 of 575; citing "Marriage Records (1923 -- Monroe (cont.) to St. Clair counties, FHL film 2342757), Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing, Michigan."
7. [S5965] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Divorce Records, docket no. 16-344, Mary E. Annett v. Walter Annett entry, 25 Apr 1916, recorded 28 Oct 1916; imaged in "Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9092/ : accessed 7 Feb 2023) > 1897-1923 > 1915 Wayne - 1916 Roscommon > image 197 of 653; from original records housed at "Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
8. [S6118] 1920 U.S. census, Muskegon, Michigan, population schedule, city of Muskegon, precinct 21, enumeration district (ED) 144, sheet 9B, dwelling 184, family 188, Joseph Retoskewy household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 Mar 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 788.

John McClain

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  John McClain and Jane Housler
  Marriage: before 1879.¹
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Mary McClain.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
2. [S5082] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 245, no. 3624, no. 3624, 25 Jun 1898, entry for Walter Annett and Mary McClain; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.

Jane Housler

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• May be Jane Houster or Housher.
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  John McClain and Jane Housler
  Marriage: before 1879.¹
• Family Event - birth of child: , parent of Mary McClain.²

• Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

1. [S2748] Supposition by author, no marriage record has been found., No marriage record has been found
2. [S5082] Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage Records, liber 6 : 245, no. 3624, no. 3624, 25 Jun 1898, entry for Walter Annett and Mary McClain; Allegan County Clerk's Office, Allegan, Michigan.