Bridget Taff
Birth* | circa 1814 | Washington D.C. |
Marriage* | 5 July 1869 | John Bader; North Branch, Lapeer, MI; witnesses were Mary J. Bader and John G. Martus, both of North Branch |
Married Name | Bader | |
Death* | 24 September 1888 | Lapeer County, MI |
Burial* | St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, North Branch, Lapeer, MI |
Family |
John Bader b. Sep 1802, d. 5 Feb 1893 |
Adam Bruman
Father* | Joseph Bruman b. 8 May 1825, d. 3 Sep 1915 | |
Mother* | Nancy Anna Heim b. 15 May 1842, d. 21 Jun 1916 |
Birth* | 15 September 1863 | Lapeer County, MI |
Marriage* | 29 April 1895 | Theresa Mary Kohler; North Branch, Lapeer, MI; witnesses were Charles Kreiner of Burnside and John Bruman of North Branch |
Death* | 10 August 1952 | Memphis, Macomb, MI |
Burial* | 1952 | St. Mary's Cemetery, Burnside, Lapeer, MI |
Family |
Theresa Mary Kohler b. Jun 1878, d. 1957 |
Olivia Trombley
Father* | Jerome Trombly b. 14 Nov 1825, d. 23 Feb 1904 | |
Mother* | Mary Sophia Fournier b. 7 Feb 1829, d. 9 May 1915 |
Birth* | 19 January 1873 | Grosse Pointe, Wayne, MI |
Married Name | Greiner | |
Marriage* | 22 November 1894 | Amandus Greiner; Assumption Grotto Church, Greiner, Wayne, MI; Father R.S. Marker officiated with witnesses Frank Greiner of Detroit and Sonia Young of Greiner |
Burial* | 1958 | Assumption Grotto Cemetery, Detroit, MI |
Death* | 1958 | Detroit, Wayne, MI |
Family |
Amandus Greiner b. 24 Oct 1868, d. 6 Nov 1929 | |
Child | 1. | Laurence Greiner b. 21 Sep 1896, d. Oct 1970 |
Amandus Greiner
Father* | Joseph Greiner b. 7 Jan 1833, d. 3 Jan 1917 | |
Mother* | Apollonia Girard b. 1838, d. b 30 Jun 1900 |
Birth* | 24 October 1868 | Detroit, Wayne, MI |
Marriage* | 22 November 1894 | Olivia Trombley; Assumption Grotto Church, Greiner, Wayne, MI; Father R.S. Marker officiated with witnesses Frank Greiner of Detroit and Sonia Young of Greiner |
CauseDeath | had chronic myocarditis | |
Death* | 6 November 1929 | Detroit, Wayne, MI |
Burial* | 9 November 1929 | Assumption Grotto Cemetery, Detroit, MI; death cert indicated Mt. Olivet, but cemetery chosen was another |
Family |
Olivia Trombley b. 19 Jan 1873, d. 1958 | |
Child | 1. | Laurence Greiner b. 21 Sep 1896, d. Oct 1970 |
Mary Esther Trombly
Father* | Joseph Louis Trombly b. 2 Jan 1790, d. 24 Jul 1838 | |
Mother* | Cecilia Crequi b. 29 Nov 1793, d. 1839 |
Birth* | 5 November 1835 | Conner's Creek, Wayne, MI |
Married Name | 20 November 1855 | Laderoute |
Marriage* | 20 November 1855 | Eli Hilaire Laderoot; Wayne County, MI |
CauseDeath | had infirmaties of old age | |
Death* | 10 January 1928 | Sterling Twp., Macomb, MI |
Burial* | 13 January 1928 | St. Clement's Cemetery, Center Line, Macomb, MI |
Family |
Eli Hilaire Laderoot b. 5 May 1833, d. b Apr 1910 |
Archange Arcouet
Married Name | Seguin | |
Marriage* | 1 February 1825 | Joseph Seguin; one record has Assumption Church in Sandwich (now Windsor) Canada, another has St. Peter, Jeanette S Creek - both have the same date |
Family |
Joseph Seguin b. 19 Jan 1794, d. 9 Oct 1855 |
Samuel Leroy Wilkinson
Father* | Theodore Elmer Wilkinson b. 17 Nov 1878, d. Jun 1964 | |
Mother* | Effie Mabel Reynolds b. 30 Mar 1882, d. 19 Oct 1913 | |
Step-mother | Marie (Wicklein) Jones b. 27 Feb 1875, d. 1964 |
Birth* | 8 January 1912 | Coldwater, Branch, MI |
Marriage* | 5 May 1934 | Ada Frances DeYoung; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI; Rev. M. Forest Ashbrook officiated with witnesses Frances Corteway and Earl T. Wilkinson, both of Kalamazoo |
Employment* | Bryant Paper, later at Sutherland Paper as an electrician | |
Death* | 10 December 1978 | Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI; resided in Comstock, Kalamazoo per MI death index; Galesburg, Kalamazoo per ssdi |
Family |
Ada Frances DeYoung b. 12 Apr 1915, d. 27 Jan 2004 | |
Children | 1. | Thomas Wilkinson |
2. | Joyce Wilkinson |
James DeYoung
Father* | Andrew DeYoung Sr. b. 14 Jul 1872, d. 13 Feb 1953 | |
Mother* | Mamie Lefelar b. Mar 1870, d. 9 Sep 1949 |
Birth* | 11 November 1912 | NJ |
Death* | before 1920 | perhaps he died in NJ before his family moved to MI in 1916 as he is not in the 1920 U.S. census |
Thomas Wilkinson
Father* | Samuel Leroy Wilkinson b. 8 Jan 1912, d. 10 Dec 1978 | |
Mother* | Ada Frances DeYoung b. 12 Apr 1915, d. 27 Jan 2004 |
Family |
Portia (?) |
Joyce Wilkinson
Father* | Samuel Leroy Wilkinson b. 8 Jan 1912, d. 10 Dec 1978 | |
Mother* | Ada Frances DeYoung b. 12 Apr 1915, d. 27 Jan 2004 |
Family |
Gordon Standish |
Minnie Orbeck
Married Name | DeYoung | |
Married Name | Kettinger | |
Married Name | Brown | |
Birth* | 8 September 1898 | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands |
Marriage* | 19 April 1917 | John DeYoung; Grand Rapids, Kent, MI; Rev. Wm. Vernor Nelson officiated with witnesses Thomas C. Welch and Jacob Schippers, both of Grand Rapids |
Marriage* | 10 November 1923 | Vernon C. Kettinger; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI; Rev. John Dunning officiated with witnesses Mr. & Mrs. Leon Gould, both of Kalamazoo |
Married Name | Copeman | |
Marriage* | between 1929 and 1930 | Jay William Copeman; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI; after 1928 (he divorced Vernus Julia Wagner in 1926, also Minnie divorced Vernon in Dec 1928) and before 1930 |
Married Name | Brown | |
Marriage* | between 1956 and 1957 | Howard C. Brown; MI |
Death* | 16 January 1974 | Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI; resided in Paw Paw, Van Buren, MI |
Burial* | 18 January 1974 | Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI; Minnie Brown in same lot as Jay. |
Family 1 |
John DeYoung b. 18 Aug 1890, d. Jul 1971 |
Family 2 |
Vernon C. Kettinger b. 23 Apr 1900, d. 2 Nov 1986 |
Family 3 |
Jay William Copeman b. 5 Sep 1891, d. 13 May 1954 |
Family 4 |
Howard C. Brown b. 7 Feb 1899, d. 3 Apr 1986 |
Dorothy June Copeman
Father* | Jay William Copeman b. 5 Sep 1891, d. 13 May 1954 | |
Mother* | Alice M. Smith b. 3 Mar 1891, d. 9 Apr 1921 | |
Step-father | Howard C. Brown b. 7 Feb 1899, d. 3 Apr 1986 |
Birth* | 27 March 1921 | MI; Dorothy not enumerated with Jay and Minnie in 1930, but listed as a daughter in Jay's obit; she most likely went to stay with Alice's sister, Nettie, shortly after Alice died. She was enumerated with Nettie in 1930. |
Married Name | Makay | |
Marriage* | 24 August 1940 | Michael Joseph Makay; Decatur, Van Buren, MI |
Residence* | 1954 | Decatur, Van Buren, MI |
Death* | 8 August 2000 | Van Buren County, MI; resided in Decatur, Van Buren, MI |
Family |
Michael Joseph Makay b. 19 Apr 1918, d. 9 Apr 1970 |
Michael Joseph Makay
Birth* | 19 April 1918 | East Chicago, Lake, IN |
Marriage* | 24 August 1940 | Dorothy June Copeman; Decatur, Van Buren, MI |
Death* | 9 April 1970 | Paw Paw, Van Buren, MI; resided in Decatur, Van Buren, MI |
Family |
Dorothy June Copeman b. 27 Mar 1921, d. 8 Aug 2000 |
James Wellington Brown
Father* | Herbert Vincent Brown b. 2 Feb 1894, d. 7 Jan 1980 | |
Mother* | Hazel Lucille Firestone b. 5 Dec 1897, d. 24 Jun 1955 |
Birth* | 29 March 1916 | Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI |
Marriage* | 18 April 1936 | Marian Louise Copeman; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI |
Residence* | 1989 | Marian Louise Copeman; Orange City, FL |
Occupation* | a supervisor at Michigan Bell Telephone Co., before retirement | |
Death* | 19 January 2003 | Volusia County, FL; resided in Orange City, Volusia, FL |
Family |
Marian Louise Copeman b. 12 May 1917, d. 21 Jan 2013 | |
Children | 1. | Nancy L. Brown |
2. | Herbert Wellington Brown | |
3. | James W. Brown |
Alice M. Smith
Father* | Charles E. Smith b. 26 Sep 1861, d. 28 Mar 1950 | |
Mother* | Helen Frances Claflin b. 20 Jan 1866, d. 28 Dec 1934 |
Birth* | 3 March 1891 | RI |
Married Name | Copeman | |
Marriage* | 1 June 1915 | Jay William Copeman; Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI; witnesses were C.E. Smith and John Copeman Witness: John Copeman |
CauseDeath | had a strep infection, also pneumonia and peritonitis | |
Death* | 9 April 1921 | Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI Witness: Jay William Copeman |
Burial* | 12 April 1921 | Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI |
Family |
Jay William Copeman b. 5 Sep 1891, d. 13 May 1954 | |
Children | 1. | Marian Louise Copeman+ b. 12 May 1917, d. 21 Jan 2013 |
2. | Female Infant Copeman b. 31 Oct 1919, d. 31 Oct 1919 | |
3. | Dorothy June Copeman b. 27 Mar 1921, d. 8 Aug 2000 |
Amelia M. Herrmann
Birth* | 23 April 1894 | Brady, Kalamazoo, MI |
Married Name | Griffith | |
Marriage* | 3 March 1923 | Leon Albert Griffith; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo, MI; Pastor Emanuel Mayer officiated with witnesses Lester Griffith of Kalamazoo and Clara Herrmann of Vicksburg Witness: Lester James Griffith |
Death* | 10 January 1979 | Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI; resided in Brady per midi; Vicksburg, Kalamazoo per ssdi |
Family |
Leon Albert Griffith b. 13 May 1892, d. 17 Aug 1980 | |
Children | 1. | John Herman Griffith b. 25 Jan 1924, d. 16 Mar 2003 |
2. | Helen Joan Griffith b. 26 Dec 1928, d. 6 Jan 2006 | |
3. | Richard Griffith |
John Herman Griffith
Father* | Leon Albert Griffith b. 13 May 1892, d. 17 Aug 1980 | |
Mother* | Amelia M. Herrmann b. 23 Apr 1894, d. 10 Jan 1979 |
Birth* | 25 January 1924 | Kalamazoo County, MI |
Milit-End* | served in the U.S. Army in WWII as a Tech 4 | |
Employment* | CPHA - Committee on Professional and Hospital Activities | |
Residence* | 1980 | Ann Arbor, MI |
Death* | 16 March 2003 | Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI; resided in Ann Arbor, zip code 48104 |
Burial* | Vicksburg Cemetery, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo, MI |
Helen Joan Griffith
Father* | Leon Albert Griffith b. 13 May 1892, d. 17 Aug 1980 | |
Mother* | Amelia M. Herrmann b. 23 Apr 1894, d. 10 Jan 1979 |
Birth* | 26 December 1928 | Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI |
Residence* | 1980 | Portage, MI |
Employment* | Portage Public Library and also volunteered there | |
Death* | 6 January 2006 | Rose Arbor Hospice, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI; surname at death was Cheesebro |
Burial* | Schoolcraft Twp Cemetery, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo, MI |
Richard Griffith
Father* | Leon Albert Griffith b. 13 May 1892, d. 17 Aug 1980 | |
Mother* | Amelia M. Herrmann b. 23 Apr 1894, d. 10 Jan 1979 |
Richard August Wing
Father* | Joseph F. Wing b. 7 May 1851, d. 12 Nov 1927 | |
Mother* | Catherine A. Currier b. 26 Mar 1862, d. 3 Jul 1939 |
Birth* | 28 November 1897 | Irving, Barry, MI |
Marriage* | 20 May 1929 | Ella M. Schulte; St. Mary's Church, Detroit, Wayne, MI; Fr. Anthony F. Lechuer officiated with witnesses Roger Kerwin and Marie Schulte, both of Detroit Witness: Marie T. Schulte |
Attributes* | He was of medium height and build with grey eyes and black hair in 1918. | |
Employment* | Briggs Mfg Co (building auto bodies for Ford) | |
Death* | 1 January 1970 | Alpena, Alpena, MI; resided in Mt. Clemens, Macomb, MI |
Burial* | Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton Twp., Macomb, MI |
Family |
Ella M. Schulte b. 20 Aug 1903, d. 6 Nov 1968 | |
Children | 1. | Richard August "Gus" Wing Jr. b. 14 May 1930, d. 10 Aug 2006 |
2. | Marguerite Wing b. 7 Jan 1932, d. 1 May 1981 | |
3. | Douglas Joseph Wing |
Ada Katherine Kain
Birth* | 28 February 1893 | Cadillac, Wexford, MI |
Married Name | Droste | |
Marriage* | 16 November 1916 | Dr. James Casper Droste; Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
Death* | 3 May 1974 | Grand Rapids, Kent, MI; age 81 when died |
Funeral* | 7 May 1974 | St. Stephens Church, Grand Rapids, MI; at 10:30 a.m. |
Burial | 7 May 1974 | Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI; O'Brien-Gerst Funeral Home handled the arrangements |
Family |
Dr. James Casper Droste b. 21 Sep 1886, d. 7 May 1954 | |
Children | 1. | James Casper Droste b. 15 Sep 1917, d. 28 Mar 1934 |
2. | John Louis Droste b. 4 Apr 1919, d. 31 May 1977 | |
3. | Thomas Peter Droste b. 22 Jan 1922, d. 30 Jan 2001 |
James Casper Droste
Father* | Dr. James Casper Droste b. 21 Sep 1886, d. 7 May 1954 | |
Mother* | Ada Katherine Kain b. 28 Feb 1893, d. 3 May 1974 |
Birth* | 15 September 1917 | Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
CauseDeath | had influenzal pneumonia | |
Burial* | 20 March 1934 | Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
Death* | 28 March 1934 | St. Mary's Hospital, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI Witness: Dr. James Casper Droste |
Burial | Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
John Louis Droste
Father* | Dr. James Casper Droste b. 21 Sep 1886, d. 7 May 1954 | |
Mother* | Ada Katherine Kain b. 28 Feb 1893, d. 3 May 1974 |
Birth* | 4 April 1919 | Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
Death* | 31 May 1977 | Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI; resided in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
Burial* | Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
Thomas Peter Droste
Father* | Dr. James Casper Droste b. 21 Sep 1886, d. 7 May 1954 | |
Mother* | Ada Katherine Kain b. 28 Feb 1893, d. 3 May 1974 |
Birth* | 22 January 1922 | Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
Employment* | New England Mutual Life Insurance, then Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance as an agent | |
Death* | 30 January 2001 | Kent County, MI; resided in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
Burial* | Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
Job David Klaassen
Birth* | 26 September 1894 | Netherlands |
Marriage* | 1922 | Neeltje "Nellie" Slager; NY |
Occupation* | a fisherman | |
Death* | 8 January 1942 | Suffolk County, NY |
Burial* | Union Cemetery, Sayville, Suffolk, NY |
Family |
Neeltje "Nellie" Slager b. 17 Feb 1899, d. 15 Oct 1984 | |
Child | 1. | Jacob D. Klaassen+ b. 12 Jul 1923, d. 2 Apr 2008 |
Neeltje "Nellie" Slager
Birth* | 17 February 1899 | NY |
Married Name | Klaassen | |
Marriage* | 1922 | Job David Klaassen; NY |
Death* | 15 October 1984 | Suffolk County, NY; resided in West Sayville, Suffolk, NY |
Burial* | Union Cemetery, Sayville, Suffolk, NY |
Family |
Job David Klaassen b. 26 Sep 1894, d. 8 Jan 1942 | |
Child | 1. | Jacob D. Klaassen+ b. 12 Jul 1923, d. 2 Apr 2008 |
Marie Moroney
Birth* | 1888 | Chicago, Cook, IL |
Married Name | Berles | |
Marriage* | 5 September 1907 | Edward Berles; Chicago, Cook, IL |
Death* | 4 August 1939 | Chicago, Cook, IL |
Burial* | 5 August 1939 | Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI |
Family |
Edward Berles b. 8 Mar 1880, d. 14 Jun 1963 |
Wesley Ervin Rice
Birth* | 8 October 1905 | Pavillion Twp., Kalamazoo, MI |
Marriage* | 6 June 1928 | Alice L. Van Haaften; Kalamazoo County, MI |
Death* | 20 January 1991 | Pasco County, FL |
Burial* | Mt. Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI |
Family |
Alice L. Van Haaften b. 25 Jan 1907, d. 28 Oct 1968 |