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Branch, Bev & Clair? Long Lake. Photo Date 1934.
Contributed By Dick Branch |
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Branch, Clair and Christine ( Brondyke ) with
Jake and Jenny at the Owen G. Branch farm, 24th Street and R. Avenue,
Pavilion Township in 1935.
Contributed By Dick Branch |
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Mannion, Family. Bertha Mannion and her seven sons gather for John Mannion's May 12, 1931 burial at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Kalamazoo, Michigan. John and Bertha Mannion moved to Kalamazoo from Neenah, Wisconsin in 1911. Left to right: Martin ("Mart") D. Mannion, George T. Mannion, Bertha E. Henning Mannion, John ("Jake") Cornelius Mannion, William ("Will") C. Mannion, Godfrey ("Fritz") E. Mannion, Edward ("Ed") C. Mannion, and Walter E. Mannion. William, Godfrey and Edward and families resided in Kalamazoo along with their mother and father, Bertha and John Mannion, and their uncle and aunt (Martin and Mary MANNION Sr.) and their families.
Contributed By Stephanie Mannion Wrightson |
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Price, Carl Alan, Maude Ethel (Tyler), Donald Alan & Barbara Jean. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Photo Circa 1924.
Contributed By Beverly Edwards |
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Price, Donald Alan. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Photo Circa 1920.
Contributed By Beverly Edwards |
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Price, Donald Alan. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Photo Circa 1930.
Contributed By Beverly Edwards |
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Tyler, Maude Ethel. Photo Circa 1910.
Contributed By Beverly Edwards |
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Van Kirk,
James Burns. Born March
24, 1823 in Warren County, NJ, came to Michigan about 1860. Date of death: 17-Sep-1872 in Schoolcraft, MI.
Father of Thomas, James served in Civil War, 7th Michigan
Cavalry, Company H (and other units), as a Private. He enlisted in the
Civil War in 1863 and was in Washington, D.C. when Lincoln was
assassinated. Enlisted Dec. 25, 1863 at Schoolcraft, MI. Discharged Nov. 18th, 1865 at Camp Chase, Ohio. Photo before 1872.
Contributed By Marilyn Le Veque |
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Van Kirk, Thomas Jones
was born 1855 & died Dec. 5th, 1937 in Kalamazoo, he
married Carrie Eugenia Denison on Dec. 28th, 1897. They had 2 daughters, Alice VanKirk (m. Paul Travis) & Abby
Jane Van Kirk (m. Ernest Tozer). They
lived on Portage Rd. Carrie
Denison is the daughter of Hiram Denison (Postmaster in MI) &
Louisa (nee Kelsey) McOmber Denison. Photo Circa 1905.
Contributed By Marilyn Le Veque |
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Van Kirk, Thomas Jones & Carrie Eugenia (Denison) with 3 grandchildren, Thomas
Pierce Travis, b. 1921, Ruth Inez Travis, b. 1923 & Walter Van Kirk
Travis b. 1924. Photo Circa 1925 in Kalamazoo, MI. The Travis children grew up in Yorkville, MI. Ruth was Valedictorian of Kellogg High School in 1940 at age
16, she graduated with her older brother.
Contributed By Marilyn Le Veque |
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Wicks, Edward Sheffield was born on 7
Jan 1828 in Elba, Genesee, NY. He died on 12 Aug 1892, suddenly of apoplexy while walking the streets
of St. Ignace, Michigan. His funeral was conducted by the pastor
of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Kalamazoo. Edward is
buried in Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan with Masonic Honors. He was reared and attended school in
Elba, NY and learned the carpenters trade and worked on a farm while a young man.
Shortly after marriage he came to Michigan and bought several farms in
the township of Cooper during the 15-16 years he resided there. About
1870. Edward came to Kalamazoo and rented a house on Academy St., for one
month and then bought the home at 437 West Cedar Street, built the house
and lived there until his death. For a time Mr. Wicks conducted a meat
shop on Main St., now Michigan Ave., and later, on south Burdick St., where Gilmore's Men's store is now
located, after which he did occasional jobs carpentering. When he came to Kalamazoo the place was yet a village and he was one of
the pioneers who helped to make it grow. He was a Mason, served at one
time on the Kalamazoo Village Council and was a Republican in politics.
At one time he attended the Friends Church and later became a member of
the First Methodist Episcopal Church and served as an official of that
church.
Contributed By Betty Thomas |
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Wicks, John H. & Mary. John born on 18 Dec 1830.
He died in Jul 1913 in Martin, Allegan, MI. He moved to MI about 1850.
John at age 21, taught at the Elba, NY Village school, which was held in a
two room stone structure. The 1860 census for Cooper Township, Kalamazoo
co., MI lists John Wicks, 29, carpenter/joiner, $2,00 real estate, $2000
personal property, born NY, and his wife MARY, 21 also born in NY.
Contributed By Betty Thomas |
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Wicks, John, with his two youngest brothers,
James and Stephen. James and Stephen stayed in Elba, NY while the
other siblings all moved to Michigan.
Contributed By Betty Thomas |