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Comment by Liz Loveland on February 13, 2010 at 5:25pm

Thanks again for the tip, Terri. I was able to use Samuel's wife Ida's maiden name to do a FamilySearch Pilot search to locate the record of her first marriage and an Ancestry search to locate her with her family in the census before she married. I haven't been able to find any records of what happened to her first husband, but if he died, and did so in Lapeer County (both assumptions, I know), it seems that death records for that early aren't online (and perhaps aren't in existence at all? I can't remember offhand).

Comment by Liz Loveland on February 11, 2010 at 12:04pm

Samuel and Joseph's parents were John Evans and Grace [Bray?]. They moved to Ontario with Samuel, Joseph and the other young siblings (the older ones stayed behind in England) but the parents stayed in Ontario when Samuel and Joseph moved down to Michigan.

Comment by Liz Loveland on February 11, 2010 at 12:03pm

Thank you, Terri! I didn't realize that Michigan marriages had been added to the FamilySearch Pilot site.

Comment by Terri Carlson on February 11, 2010 at 11:49am

It appears that Samuel Evans (b. 1858, England) married Ida Lewis Acker (b. 1865, Canada) on 14 Dec 1896 in Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan. First marriage for groom, second for bride. Groom’s parents listed as John Evans and Grace Bray. Bride’s parents were Luther Lewis and Martha Haines. These sound as if they could be your Samuel and Ida. You can find this record under Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 on the FamilySearch pilot site (http://pilot.familysearch.org).
This record may provide a few more clues as to the parentage of Joseph and Samuel, if you don't already have them. Hopefully this helps.

Comment by Liz Loveland on February 11, 2010 at 11:21am

I forgot to mention that one of Ada's brothers ended up moving back to Michigan. Ernest Joseph Evans first moved back to Lapeer County and then got married and moved to Flint, Genesee County. He married a woman named Grace (maiden name unknown) and they had two known children, Floyd E and Emma G. I haven't found any records of this family after the 1930 census yet either.

Comment by Liz Loveland on February 11, 2010 at 11:16am

Hi everyone,

I don't think I've ever posted here, though this was one of the first groups I joined back when I signed up in July. I am primarily researching in the North Branch Village area of Lapeer County. One of my lines moved down from Ontario to this area around 1886, naturalizing in 1895. My great-grandmother Ada Ella Evans was the youngest in the family and, as far as I can tell, the only one born in Michigan. Her siblings moved out to Dakota Territory while she was still young and she ended up moving out there as well and meeting my great-grandfather there. Her parents (Joseph John Evans and Mary Adams) appear to have continued to live in North Branch but they disappear from the census after 1920, and I've found no other records of them after this point. Joseph's brother Samuel Evans also moved down from Ontario to North Branch, where he married a woman named Ida (maiden name unknown) and they were still living there in the 1930 census, the last record I've found for them. Both of Samuel and Ida's children died, so their line stops with them.

This family has been one of the hardest for me to trace in both directions! I knew Ada's father likely came form England based on multiple records in Canada and the US, but it took me years to finally trace them back to England (thanks in part to the ideas of some people on this site) and even so, with such a common surname I'm only 95% sure I've found the right family in England. Ada's mother's name is so common and I've never found any relative of hers in Canada, so I've been completely unsuccessful at tracing her back to England, though records in Canada indicate her parents' names were William and Elizabeth. And I still haven't found any records of Ada's parents' deaths or anything else about them after 1920, nor any clues as to what happened in Samuel's and Ida's lives after 1930.

Comment by James P. LaLone on February 8, 2010 at 8:51am

Couple of announcements:
Review of the Lansing Centennial book:
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201020...


State of Michigan Archives now under the Dept. of Natural Resources:
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_19313---,00.html

NOTE: Effective February 1st, the Archives of Michigan reading room hours will be:
Mon.-Fri. 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Comment by James P. LaLone on January 28, 2010 at 9:02am

Library of Michigan status update:
Below is the board Granholm appointed for the future of the Library building. I do not have contact info for any of these people yet but if you know of their addresses or emails please let us know. My questions would be that 1) since the Library is not self-substaining is the proposed venture self-substaining (by this I mean that there are NO government funds going to the maintenance for it such as the Library) & how will this be done? 2) What will happen to the Library collection? 3) What guarentee is there that the new project will work indefinately and not end up an empty building in a few years? There are many more questions, but I will leave those up to you.

Granholm names four Lansing residents to innovation board
Four Lansing residents are among nine appointments announced today for a board designed to advise Gov. Jennifer Granholm on a proposed state museum in Lansing.
The governor created the board to evaluate Michigan State University’s proposal to transform the building now housing the Michigan Library and Historical Center into the Michigan Center for Innovation and Reinvention. MSU proposed the museum last year.
The new center would be a partnership between MSU, the state, the city of Lansing and other entities to deliver state library services and showcase state and MSU museum exhibits. The board is expected to issue its recommendations to Granholm by June.
Appointees are
Gregory Eaton of Lansing, partner with Karoub Associates;
Michael Flanagan of Lansing, state superintendent of public instruction;
Michael D. Moore of Lansing, president of Moore & Associates, chair of the Delta Township Library Board and member of the Historical Society of Michigan;
Bob Trezise of Lansing, president and CEO of the Lansing Economic Development Corp.;
Kate Pew Wolters of Grand Rapids, president of the Kate and Richard Wolters Foundation and chairperson of the Steelcase Foundation Board;
Ron Boji of Orchard Lake, president of the Boji Group;
Nancy Skowronski of Detroit, former director of the Detroit Public Library and member of the Michigan Library Association;
Rebecca Humphries of Lowell, director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment; and
Michael O. Smith of Farmington, director of the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University.

Comment by James P. LaLone on January 27, 2010 at 2:51pm

As Michigan turns 173, you're invited to the birthday party! Find out more about the Michigan Historical Museum's Statehood Day celebration when you discover your connections at www.michigan.gov/michiganhistory.

Comment by James P. LaLone on January 27, 2010 at 2:50pm

If you are an officer in a genealogy or history society the the following may be of interest. Contact Connie for more info:

The Michigan Genealogical Council is planning a workshop for society officers on Saturday, May 15. The areas of focus for officers will be programs and president. A combination of one-person and panel presentations will be used in the workshop. From the Council: The program details are not yet final but we will keep you informed as they develop. And you can help. If you or someone in your society is able/willing to be part of a panel on program or presidential ideas, or you have other suggestions, let us know. Comments, suggestions, and ideas may be sent to Connie Olson at cbk53@hotmail.com. Although we refer to this as an officer workshop, any society member is welcome to attend. The goal is to help each society to be as effective as possible. In the past we have found that the program presentations plus the exchange of ideas and networking have been very worthwhile. So mark your calendars for May 15 and plan to come. The more the merrier.

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