Iosco County, Michigan

SMITH posted by Rene Gantt on Tuesday, June 26, 2001

I am looking for the obituary on a Dale H. Smith born 04-17-1935, died 07-12-1996. Lived on 901 S Kobs, Tawas City, MI 48763. Thanks.

SHELDON posted by Cathy (Sheldon) Hammer on Wednesday, July 4, 2001

I am trying to find a high school photo of my father. His name was Allie Sheldon, and he went to East Tawas High School (before the schools were joined). He was born in 1922, so I am guessing he graduated in either 1939, 1940 or 1941. If anyone has these yearbooks, I would love to know if my father's photo is in there. He passed away over 10 years ago, and I would love to see a photo of him as a teenager.

ADAMSKI, BRYZA, MIHALSKI, SHELDON posted by Cathy (Sheldon) Hammer on Wednesday, July 4, 2001

I was told my grandmother, Catherine Josephine Bryza was from Posen, Prussia (German Empire, East)...now Poland.
Her parents were Thomas (Joseph) Bryza b. 6/1/1859 d. 11/24/1902 buried in the Catholic cemetary in East Tawas, MI (the headstone says Joseph Bryza) and Josephine Mihalski d. 5/2/1908 in Alabaster, MI.
Catherine had sisters, Effie b. 9/30/1887, Martha, and Belle and a brother named Joseph. Joseph was the only sibling born in the USA - 2/4/1894.
Catherine was b. 10/14/1889. She was married to Albert Sheldon in Iosco County, MI on 9/20/1909. She died 3/23/1937 of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Traverse City State Hospital in northern Mich.
Effie married Walter Adamski in Iosco County on 5/07/1906, and they moved to Ossineke, Mich. Effie died 4/1984.
Joseph Bryza was living in Berks County, PA at the time of his death - 6/1980.

BRADLEY, BROWN, BRYZA, COYLE, HOGAN, SHELDON posted by Cathy (Sheldon) Hammer on Wednesday, July 4, 2001

Jerry Sheldon b. County Cork Ireland married Ellen Hogan. One of their children was Richard Sheldon b. 1825 in County Cork, Ireland. He was supposedly to join the priesthood somewhere in Scotland, but instead he ran off to the USA.
He met Jane Ann Bradley (b. 11/09/1852 in Canada, parents were William & Ann Bradley) in Watertown, NY. She was 13 years old. They were married asn moved to Alabaster, MI. Purchased land from the US government in Alabaster in 1875. Richard d. 11/01/1908 and Jane d. 3/23/1919. (Both are buried in the Alabaster Cemetary, Alabaster, MI).
They had 16 children (one I don't know):
William b. 1866 (I was told William was a bank robber in Chicago),
John L. b. 1869,
Richard b. 1870, Richard married a Carrie Coyle of Tawas and had a daughter Myrtle M. that married Norman Brown of Arenac Co. Whitney Twp. Divorced in 1918. He was the son of James L. Brown owner of Brown's Fishery on US 23 on the Co. line of Arenac and Iosco Co,
James b. 1872 (d. age 2 yrs 1874 house fire),
Jane b. 1874 (d. age 6 mos 1874 house fire),
James Henry b. 1875 (m. Elizabeth Brennan Oct. 2, 1902),
Mary Ann b. 1878,
Robert b. 3/1880,
Elmer,
Edward,
David,
Albert Louis b. 9/20/1886 (d. 12/8/1964 age 78 yrs),
Thomas Wesley b. 1889 (d. 1918 age 29 yrs),
Alta,
Aaron,
Elmer m. Lena (?)

James had a daughter named Eloise.

Albert Louis Sheldon (my grandfather) b. 9/20/1886 m. Catherine Bryza in Iosco County, MI 9/20/1909. Purchased land in East Tawas, MI 6/2/1919.
They had 8 children:
Fern Veronica b. 7/31/1913 (d. 11/17/1987 age 74 yrs 3 mos - died at home in Goetzville, MI in the U.P.),
Robert Louis b. 7/27/1915 (d. 4/14/1957 age 41 yrs 9 mos - buried in the Greenwood Cemetary, East Tawas, MI),
Charles Douglas b. 8/12/1918,
Neil Francis b. 7/16/1919,
John Clayton b. 12/18/1920 (d. 7/1985 age 64 yrs 7 mos),
Allie (my dad) b. 7/25/1922 (d. 6/14/89 age 66 yrs 11 mos - buried in the Greenwood Cemetary, East Tawas, MI),
Carl Benny b. 12/19/1924 (d. 10/20/97 age 72 yrs 10 mos - died at home in Howell, MI),
Murle Mary b. 12/7/1925 (d. 6/13/1988 age 64 yrs 6 mos).

Catherine d. of pulmonary tuberculosis in Traverse City State Hosp. on 3/23/1937 (buried in the Greenwood Cemetary, East Tawas, MI).

Albert d. of uremia at Tawas St. Joseph Hospital on 12/8/1964 (buried in the Greenwood Cemetary, East Tawas, MI).

FREEL posted by Mary K. Freel on Monday, July 9, 2001

Help!! I have a reunion coming up and need any info on Freel that you may have. Thank you.

MUTH posted by Al Muth on Friday, July 13, 2001

Germans from Russian Poland; Muth Family

My (German ethnic) grandfather Michael Muth 1862 - 1937 arrived in AuSable, Iosco Co, MI in 1886 with his small family from the Chelm/Lublin region of Poland (occupied by the Russian empire at the time). Only one child was born here in 1887; by 1890 the family was living in Detroit. The family was here VERY briefly. But why? I am curious to learn about any others that might have come from the same region. I have a substantial database of research in *RUSSIAN* Poland (approaching 90,000 individuals), that is, not Prussia, Posen, etc. There simply must have been others coming from there to here -- I think Muth worked in a sawmill?

LANDREAU, MENARD, THIBAULT posted by Diane Nadeau on Thursday, August 2, 2001

Looking for birth of Charles Henri Menard (might be Honore) b: 1889 I'm told in Oscoda. His parents were Napoleon and Rose Thibault who were married 1885 in Au Sable. They had five children in the USA befor moving to Sudbury area in Ontario in 1894. Their names and birthdates (including Charles Henri) are: Rose-Anna, 1886; Anna, 1887; Honore, 1889; Alfonce, 1890; Eva, 1892;
I am trying to verify that this is where my grandfather was born, and most likely his siblings were too. My biggest search right now is to find out the parents of Napoleon and Rose.
Apparently, another Menard was in the same area, (Pinnconning) around the same time and left for Sudbury in 1895. His name was Alfred (or Alphonse) b: 1869 and wife Maggie Landreau. They had children: Edyth, 1887; Ema, 1888; Joseph, 1889; and Ida, 1890.
Any info to help our search with this family would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

JONES posted by Beth Tippett on Monday, August 13, 2001

I am seeking the cemetary name and lot where my step-mother is buried in Iosco County, Michigan. Her name is Ursula (Willis or Ellis) Jones. She was the wife of Edmund W. Jones. She died in 1981 and is probably buried in Tawas City. I will appreciate any information you might have to offer.

BROWN, CHOLGER, SCHENKEL posted by Jamie Schenkel on Saturday, September 8, 2001

Does anyone have information on the Brown/Schenkel families of Tawas City, Iosco County? Mabel Brown married Walter Schenkel at the Mt Zion Church, 15 Jun 1940, and her father was Carl Auguste Brown b. 1873. His parents were Harry Brown and Wilhelmina Cholger. Any info at all would be greatly appreciated. All I have is the Mt Zion records... Thanks so much.

EVERINGHAM posted by Kevin Everingham on Wednesday, November 14, 2001

I am looking for information about a Mrs. Rachel Everingham who appears in an index of the Iosco County Gazette 1900-1910. At that time she apparently was getting married on 10-10-1908.

My great-grandfather's brother was Robert Everingham who died of typhoid as a newlywed in Turner, just south of Iosco County. I think that it is possible that this may be his "missing" widow.

Any information about Rachel Everingham from Iosco County would be greatly appreciated.

BULLOCK, COLBY, HORR, ROWLEY, SPRAGUE posted by Lynnea (Bullock) Dickinson on Thursday, November 15, 2001

Searching for any information regarding John D. Bullock, b. 30 Jan 1831 NY. He was a minister, serving at the Methodist-Episcopal Church in Tawas City in the early 1870's.

John married Julia Ann (Colby) Horr in Ingham Co., MI in 1869. They had one daughter, Louisa Ellen, b. 1871. Louisa Ellen married Norman C. Rowley in 1888 in Iosco Co., MI.

John D. Bullock's sister, Margaret Sprague (wife of Daniel), also resided in Iosco Co., MI from 1873 - 1883.

I am interested in contacting descendants of John D. Bullock. I have much to share, including family journals, bibles, letters, etc.

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