Category: Granny’s Ancestors

People from my family

Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan – Block B Lot 10

This entry is part 23 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

Maple Hill is a larger city cemetery, located on the south side of Cadillac, Michigan. I have collected a number of photographs from this cemetery and will post my photographs by lot number. Lot 10, Block B was purchased by William Garvin on 5 March 1883 according to the printout I consulted at the Cadillac …

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Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan – Block 10 Lot 48

This entry is part 22 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

Maple Hill is a larger city cemetery, located on the south side of Cadillac, Michigan. I have collected a number of photographs from this cemetery and will post my photographs by lot number. More members of the Cowin family are resting peacefully in a newer area of the cemetery. W. Guy Cowin, son of William …

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Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan – Block T Lot 486

This entry is part 21 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

Maple Hill is a larger city cemetery, located on the south side of Cadillac, Michigan. I have collected a number of photographs from this cemetery and will post my photographs by lot number. Some members of the William W. Cowin family are memorialized on this lot, which was purchased on 1 September 1916 by W.W. …

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Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan – Block P Lot 390

This entry is part 20 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

Maple Hill is a larger city cemetery, located on the south side of Cadillac, Michigan. I have collected a number of photographs from this cemetery and will post my photographs by lot number. Lot 390, block P was purchased by Alice e. Miller on 29 April 1903, according to a printout at the Cadillac-Wexford Public …

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Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan – Block O Lot 352

This entry is part 19 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

Maple Hill is a larger city cemetery, located on the south side of Cadillac, Michigan. I have collected a number of photographs from this cemetery and will post my photographs by lot number. Lot 352, block O was purchased by Henry C. Ballou on 18 August 1893, according to cemetery records. Everyone buried here seems …

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Maple Grove Cemetery (new), Hoosick Falls, New York

This entry is part 18 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

The “new” portion of Maple Grove is across the road from the “old” sections. The hill continues, from the top of the new section to the bottom of the old section is a considerable drop. buried part way up the hill in the new section is my grandmother’s twin sister, her husband and their son. …

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Maple Grove Cemetery (old), Hoosick Falls, New York

This entry is part 17 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

Maple Grove is divided into “Old” and “New”. This cemetery is located within the city limits of Hoosick Falls. The old and new sections are on opposite sides of the street. Here is a picture of the old section as it looked in the fall of 2003 when we visited. Through the gate, down the …

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Lakeview Cemetery, Howell, Michigan Fred and Maybelle Yournd

This entry is part 16 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

Lakeview Cemetery 920 Roosevelt, Howell, Michigan, 48843. One of my grandfather’s brothers also chose burial in Lakeside Cemetery. Frederick, Fred, Freddie Yournd/Yearnd and some of his family are buried in section A lot 183. Fred and Mabelle (Daley) Yournd. If the flag was placed correctly, there may be a military record for Fred. Maxine Yournd, …

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Lakeview Cemetery, Howell, Michigan – Charles and Lena Yournd

This entry is part 15 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

Lakeview Cemetery 920 Roosevelt, Howell, Michigan, 48843. I asked as a child where the Yearnds came from, and the answer was “Howell”. When we moved to Detroit in, one of the first things I did was make the short drive to Howell to see what I could find out. I found the Yearnd family, spelled …

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Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huron County, Ontario — Johnston

This entry is part 14 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

The members of the my great-grandmother’s family who died in or near Grey Township are also buried at Knox Presbyterian cemetery. John Johnston was a taxable resident of Grey Township by 1866; I do not know the exact date he arrived there. Just two members of John’s family survived and migrated to Michigan, his children, …

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