Friday, August 26, 2011

LATHROP'S BURIED AT FOREST HILL CEMETERY IN ANN ARBOR, MI


These are all the Lathrop's buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor, MI. This list was taken from the burial cards on record at Forest Hill Cemetery. After the name is the lot number and then the number in lot. There might be a death date and or birth date. The list below reflects what is actually on the Burial card.


LATHROP INTERMENTS AT FOREST HILL CEMETERY IN ANN ARBOR,WASHTENAW, MI


Lathrop Mary O 4
Lathrop Orie Harry O 4


Notes: Haven't researched this Lathrop family and their connection if any to the Lathrops of Pittsfield, MI.



Lathrop Mary 13 1 1854 17
Lathrop Henry 13 1 1861 19
Lathrop Orval 13 1 1856 43
Lathrop Louisa 13 1 1884 67
Lathrop Seymour 13 1 1864 25

Notes:
Orvil and Louisa are the parents of Julia Lathrop Henning. And the children are Julia's siblings.





Lathrop Robb H. 26 25 1880 5
Lathrop Ruth E. 26 25 1906 7mos
Lathrop Walter 26 54
Lathrop Charles 26 54

Lathrop Eliger 26 54

NOTES: Elijah Lathrop, age 95, died 1871 Aug 25 at Washtenaw,  MI., son of Elijah Lathrop and Elizabeth Elderkin

Lathrop, Sarah A. 26 54

NOTES: Sarah A. Hodgeman Sawyer, daughter of Hodgman. Wife of Horace Lathrop.

Lathrop George 26 54

George lived with Elijah and Horace Lathrop in Pittsfield for many years. He became blind in his aged years.
Lathrop Mary 26 54

Notes: Not sure if this Mary is Mary Barton, the second wife of Elijah Lathrop or Mary E. Hall, the wife of George Lathrop.

Lathrop Jane 26 54
Notes: Jane Dunn, daughter of Joel Dunn of Pittsfield, MI and formally of Batavia, NY. Wife of Horace Lathrop.

Lathrop E. 26 54
Lathrop Sarah 26 54

Notes: Sarah M. Thompson, wife of Horace Lathrop


Lathrop Horace 26 54

Notes: Horace Lathrop, died March 4, 1880 at Ann Arbor, MI.,son of Elijah Lathrop and Mary Porter, husband of Jane Dunn, Sarah M. Thompson, and Sarah A. Hodgeman.
 
Lathrop Grace 75 32
Lathrop Orlanda 75 32

Notes: Orlando, son of Horace Lathrop, husband of Adeline Bisbee.


Lathrop Ernest w. 75 32

Lathrop Adaline 75 32

Notes: Adeline Bisbee,  Wife of Orlando Lathrop.



ADDITIONAL NOTES: There is a Harriet Clark buried in #54 of the Lathrop area, Lot 26. Do not know the connection if any of Harriet with the Lathrops.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

The William Sandstrom Family of Brooklyn, New York


William Sandstrom, was b. abt. 1859 in Sweden, son of August Sandstrom and Clara Westerdahl, b. abt. 1833 in Sweden.
He emigrated with his parents and siblings from Sweden in the early 1870’s to Brooklyn, New York.
William married Adele Stark, b. abt. in Sweden. Parents unknown.

Children of William and Adele Sandstrom:

*Alfred Theodore Sandstrom, b.abt. 1883 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY d. in Brooklyn, Kings, NY

*Adele Sandstrom, b. abt. 1886 in NY, d. Palm Beach, FL married Percy Basil Kitchell, b. abt. 1885 in NJ, the son of Mindell Hudson Kitchell and Lydia Ann Pierce.

Children of Percy and Adele Kitchell:
William Kitchell, b. abt. 1907 in NY d. Palm Beach County, FL , married once and divorced, no children
 Evelyn Louise Kitchell, b. abt. 1909  d. in Los Angeles County, CA, never married, no children
Mildred Florence Kitchell, b. 10 Jul 1912 d. 02 Jan 2004 in Las Vegas, NV, , married Norman Beauregard and had a son, Gene Norman. Her second husband was Arthur G. Henning, Jr. and had a daughter, Donna Adele.
Roger Kenneth Kitchell, b. 12 Sep 1916 d. Dec 1985 in Lake Worth, Palm Beach, FL, married Eileen. They had one daughter, Cynthia Kitchell

*Hazel Sandstrom, b. abt. 1901 in NY, married Ransford Welles Furbeck.




 If you are looking for more information on August Sandstrom and Clara Westerdahl and their other children, please visit my distant cousin, Claire N Halsey’s website for a wonderful book she published, “The Families of Nels Peter Nelson and Hedvig Augusta Sandstrom”. Hedvig is a daughter of August and Clara Sandstrom.

John Horace Taylor & Sarah Maude Smith

1930 Census
Horace Taylor, age 27, male, head of house hold, b. abt. 1903, TN, white, married, Parents born in TN
Sara M Taylor, age 25, female, wife b. abt. 1905, TN, white, married, parents born in TN
Winel Taylor, age 4, female (MALE), single, white, b. abt. 1926, daughter, Parents born in TN
Estel Taylor, age 2, female, single, white, b. abt. 1928, daughter, parents born in TN
Source: 1930 United States Census, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee



Marriage record for 
Horace John Taylor and Sarah Maude Smith




OBITUARY OF EMMETT ROBERT GILLESPIE


Gillespie- Emmett R. Gillespie, 76, 16 Mill St., Binghamton, died Sunday unexpectedly at this home. He is survived by three sons, Col. William J. Gillespie and Donald J. Gillespie, both of Miami, Fla., and Jack R. Gillespie of Chenango Forks; a daughter, Mrs. Edward (Betty) Fiato, Binghamton; 2 sisters, Mrs. May Cook; Reading, PA and Mrs. May Cook; Reading, PA and Mrs. Joseph (Nellie) Henzer, Clinton; nine grandchildren; also several nieces. Friends may call at the Thomas J. Shea Funeral Home, 137 Robinson St. Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9p.m. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Source: March 15, 1965 Binghamton Press
Transcribed by Past Present Research Services

The Family of William Roland of Pennsylvania




William ROLAND

Born July 1873 in Pennsylvania
Parents born in Germany
Married abt. 1894, possibly in Scranton City, Lackawanna, PA
Died after 1903- before 1910 in Scranton City, Lackawanna, PA or Lackawanna, Erie, NY

SPOUSE: Emmaline “Emma”, born Sept. 1874 in Pennsylvania. Parents were born in Germany.

Children of William Rolland and Emmaline:

Anna “Annie” May ROLLING, b. Nov. 1894, PA
Katherine, “Katie” ROLLING, b. Dec. 1896, PA
William ROLLING, b. Apr 1898, PA
Madaline ROLLING, b. abt. 1901, PA
Mabel ROLLING, b. abt. 1903, PA


In the 1900 census this family is residing in Scranton City, Lackawanna, PA.
In the 1910 census Emmaline, is a widow living with the children in Lackawanna, Erie, PA
In the 1920 census Emmaline is remarried to John HEAVERY/HEAVEY, b. abt. 1883, NY, residing with the ROLLING children and she and John’s son, John HEAVEY, Jr., b. abt. 1913, NY. are living Oneonta, Otsego, NY.
In the 1930 census John HEAVEY, Emmaline, and John, Jr. are living Oneonta, Otsego, NY.
In the 1920 & 1930 census Anne ROLLING is married to Emmitt Robert GILLESPIE and are living Oneonta, Otsego, NY.





The Family of William Roland of Pennsylvania

William ROLAND was born on July 1873 in Pennsylvania, son of  ? and  ?.
Both of his parents were born in Germany.
Married abt. 1894, possibly in Scranton City, Lackawanna, PA
William died after 1903 and before the enumeration of the 1910 US Federal census, He either died in Scranton City, Lackawanna, PA or Lackawanna, Erie, NY.

SPOUSE: Emmaline “Emma” REICHE, born Sept. 1874 in Pennsylvania, daughter of Thomas REICHE and Sophia of Philadelphia, PA. Both of her parents were born in Germany.

Children of William Rolland and Emmaline:

i.                    Anna “Annie” May ROLLING, b. Nov. 1894, PA, married Emmit Robert GILLESPIE (son of John GILLESPIE and  Maria BURKE) on 28 Oct 1915 at Otsego County, NY. Anna died on ? at Oneonta, Ostego, NY. She is buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery at Oneonta, Ostego, NY.

ii.                  Catherine, “Katie” ROLLING, b. 14 Dec 1896, Scranton, PA
    
iii.                William ROLLING, b. Apr 1898, PA

iv.                Madeline Emma ROLLING, b. abt. 1901, PA., d. 1941, married Dewey SPONBURGH (b. 4 July 1898, at Richfield Springs, NY, d. December 1964 at Tupper Lake, New York, son of George SPONBURGH and Marie HUMPHREY of Ostego County, NY) on 23 Nov 1921 at Otsego County, NY. According to her husband Dewey’s obituary, Madeline is referred to as “Josephine”, she died in 1941.


v.                  Marie Mabel ROLLING, b. abt. 1903, PA, married Theodore August Ludwig EISING (son of Theodore EISING and Elizabeth Anna CLAR) on 23 Apr 1925 at Otsego County, NY.


In the 1900 census the family is residing in Scranton City, Lackawanna, PA.
In the 1910 census Emmaline, a widow, living with the children in Lackawanna, Erie, PA
In the 1920 census Emmaline is remarried to John HEAVERY/HEAVEY, b. abt. 1883, NY, residing with the ROLLING children and she and John’s son, John HEAVEY, Jr., b. abt. 1913, NY. are living Oneonta, Otsego, NY.
In the 1930 census John HEAVEY, Emmaline, and John, Jr. are living Oneonta, Otsego, NY.
In the 1920 & 1930 census Anne ROLLING is married to Emmitt Robert GILLESPIE and are living Oneonta, Otsego, NY.



Monday, August 8, 2011

THE LATHROP FAMILY at THE HENNING FAMILY PLOT

THE LATHROP FAMILY BURIED IN THE HENNING FAMILY PLOT 
at FOREST HILL CEMETERY, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN


I remember when I first received the  family tree on two legal size papers there was a hand written notation at the bottom corner of one page asking what the connection was with this LATHROP family. It turns out these "our" Julia LATHROP HENNING's parents and siblings. Her grandfather, Elijah Lathrop is buried in another  Lathrop family plot at Forest Hill Cemetery.


LATHROP, Orvil
b. abt. 1807 in New Hampshire d. Aug. 8, 1850
Son of Elijah LATHROP and Mary PORTER, husband of Louisa LATHROP, and brother of Horace Lathrop
To see headstone, click here and follow this link


LATHROP, Louisa (WEBBER)
b. abt. 1817 in New York or Maine d. Oct. 12, 1884 in Washtenaw, MI
Wife of Orvil LATHROP, Parents unknown, mother of Mary Ellen LATHROP.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link


LATHROP, Henry Elijah
b. abt. 1842 in Michigan d. Dec. 8, 1861
Son of Orvil LATHROP.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link


LATHROP, Mary Ellen
Daughter of Orvil LATHROP and Louisa WEBBER.
b. abt. 1837 in Michigan d. Dec. 27, 1854 in Michigan.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link


LATHROP, Seymour
b. abt. 1839 in Michigan d. Dec. 24, 1864
Son of Orvil LATHROP.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link

More Orvil LATHROP family information will be posted soon. 









HENNING FAMILY PLOT AT FOREST HILL CEMETERY


HENNING FAMILY PLOT AT FOREST HILL CEMETERY
ANN ARBOR, WASHTENAW, MI

There have been many questions from internet researchers and curiosity of cemetery visitors regarding the Henning Family Plot at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Ann Arbor.

Many thanks and much gratitude to Mortuary Art Lover and Twist that took the wonderful pictures of the tombstones and grave site at Forest Lawn Cemetery for the requests made through the FIND A GRAVE website.

PLOT DESCRIPTION

Conger, Julia L. (HENNING)
b. Apr. 14, 1892 d. Nov.
Wife of Ralph G. Conger.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

Fisher, Isabella (HENNING)
b. 1832 d. Jul. 15, 1854 in Racine, WI
Daughter of James HENNING and Mary FERGUSON.  Wife of Charles FISHER.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Albert
b. Sep. 28 d. Mar. 19, 1893 in Michigan. 
Son of James HENNING and Emily J. PETTIT.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Amanda
b. Dec. 19, 1836 in Michigan d. Apr. 13, 1916 in Jackson, Jackson, MI        
Daughter of James HENNING and Mary FERGUSON.  
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Arthur Guy
b. Jun. 6, 1885 d. May 13, 1966 in Palm Beach, FL
Son of Guy HENNING and Josephine GRIFFIN, Husband of Louisa STEVENSON.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Arthur Guy, Jr
b. 1915 in Minnesota  d. 1978 in Philadelphia, PA              
Son of Arthur Guy HENNING, Sr. and Louise STEVENSON. Wife of Twylia ROBINSON.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Charles C.
b. August 1898 in Michigan d. December 30, 1903 in Chicago, Cook, IL
Son of James HENNING and Emily J. PETTIT
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, David
b. 1821 in IRELAND d. Apr. 1, 1901 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI  
Son of James HENNING and Mary FERGUSON. Husband of Julia Ann LATHROP.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, David P.
b. Feb. 25, 1884 d. Dec. 22, 1970               
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Edwin
b. 1852 in WASHTENAW, MI d. 1918 in Chicago, Cook, IL
 Son of David HENNING and Julia Ann LATHROP. Husband of Susan A. SHORFENBERG.   
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Edwin L.
b. August 1891 in New York. d. December 30, 1903 in Chicago, Cook, IL
Son of James HENNING and Emily J. PETTIT.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Ellen GRAHAM
b. 1817 d. Oct. 19, 1899 



HENNING, Emily J. PETTIT
b. May 1862 in Pennsylvania. d. February 8, 1904 in Chicago, Cook, IL

 To see headstone, click here and follow this link

HENNING, George
b. 1839 d. 1921 
Son of, James HENNING and Mary FERGUSON.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link.  

HENNING, Guy Graham
b. 1861 in Washtenaw, MI d. 1923
Son of David HENNING and Julia Ann LATHROP. Husband of       
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 


HENNING, J.M.
b. Jul. 15, 1885 d. Jan. 1, 1925     
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, James
b. 1889 d. 1928 
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, James
b. 1817 d. Apr. 13, 1895 
Son of James HENNING and Mary FERGUSON. Husband of Ellen GRAHAM.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 


HENNING, James
b. Oct. 10, 1792 in Newry, Ireland d. Oct. 31, 1855 in Washtenaw, MI       
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, James, Jr.
b. December of 1895 in Michigan d. December 30, 1903 in Chicago, Cook, IL
Son of James HENNING and Emily J. PETTIT.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Joseph
b. 1854 d. 1901 
Son of David HENNING and Julia Ann LATHROP
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Joseph
b. 1829 d. May 25, 1840
Son of James HENNING and Mary FERGUSON
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 


HENNING, Josephine M. GRIFFEN/GRIFFIN
b. 1858 in Kent, England d. 1949
Daughter of  Joseph GRIFFIN and Eliza DAVEY. Wife of Guy HENNING.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Julia Ann
b. 1829 in New York d. Mar. 23, 1879 in Chicago, Cook, IL               
Daughter of Orvil LATHROP. Wife of David HENNING.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 



HENNING, Louise (STEVENSON)
b. Feb. 8, 1882 in Ontario, Canada d. Nov. 4, 1968             
Daughter of William J. STEVENSON and Ester GIBSON
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Mary (FERGUSON)
b. Mar. 23, 1795 in Newry, IRELAND d. Sep. 8, 1847 died in Washtenaw, MI          
Parents are unknown. Sister of Walter FERGUSON, of Washtenaw, MI.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, Mary Louise
b. 1856 d. 1935 
Daughter of David HENNING and Julia Ann LATHROP
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, P. CONGER
b. Dec. 31, 1925 d. unknown
of  Ralph CONGER and  Julia HENNING  
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HENNING, William
b. 1899 d. December 30, 1903 in Chicago, Cook, IL
Son of James HENNING and Emily J. PETTIT.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HIGHMAN , Helen M.(HENNING)
Wife of Henry Ainsley HIGHMAN.
b. Feb. 14, 1890 d. Apr. 15, 1969
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HOERNER, Jean HENNING
b. Apr. 23, 1913 d. Jun. 22, 1996
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 





OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS BURIED IN THE HENNING FAMILY PLOT

CONGER, Graham Henning
b. Feb. 1, 1925 d. Apr. 9, 1993    
Son of Julia HENNING and Ralph CONGER.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

CONGER, Julia L. Henning
b. Apr. 14, 1892 d. Nov.
Wife of Ralph G. CONGER.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

CONGER, Pauline Mansfield
b. Jul. 11, 1923 d. Feb. 16, 1992
Wife of Ralph G. CONGER, Jr.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

CONGER, Ralph G.
b. Aug. 18, 1891 d. Nov., 1967    
 To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HIGHMAN, Henry Ainsley
b. Jan. 15, 1886 d. Oct. 8, 1946
Husband of Helen M. HENNING
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

HIGHMAN, Peter A.
b. Jul. 8, 1923 d. Sep. 11, 1999
Son of Henry Ainsley HIGHMAN and Helen M. HENNING


HOERNER, Jack Walker
b. Nov. 12, 1912 d. Mar. 28, 1997
Husband of Jean HENNING
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS BURIED AT FOREST HILL CEMETERY


TRIPP, Margaret (HENNING) b. May 15, 1823 in IRELAND d. Feb. 1, 1905 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI  
Daughter of James HENNING and Mary FERGUSON, Wife of Charles B TRIPP.  
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 

TRIPP, Charles B
b. Dec. 12, 1812 in New Hampshire  d. Jan. 19, 1878 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI
Husband of  Margaret HENNING.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 


FERGUSON, Eliza
b. 1803 in Castle Blarney, Northern Ireland.   d. 1875 in Michigan
Wife of Walter FERGUSON.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 
                 

FERGUSON, Walter
b. 1793 in Newry, IRELAND d. 1860 in Washtenaw, MI
Brother of Mary (FERGUSON) HENNING and husband of Eliza FERGUSON.
To see headstone, click here and follow this link. 


For more information about burials at Forest Hill  please contact them at: 

Forest Hill Cemetery
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Mailing Address:
415 S. Observatory
Ann Arbor, Michigan  48104
Phone: (734)663-5018
Website:  Forest Hill Cemetery