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Belle’s Box – 2-33

April 2nd, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 187 of 342 in the series Belle's Box

Read about this series of posts, regarding items in a box originally owned by Belle (Lamunion) Fellows Tinker here. The cast of characters is located here. And, there is an accounting of people about whom I have little information here.

The numbering of these posts had been modified to signify that I am posting items from my archival book two, hence the 2-xx numbering.

Greetings

2-33a

May your
CHRISTMAS
be rich in
BLESSINGS
and the
NEW YEAR
bring you
EVERY HAPPINESS

2-33b

Harry & Vernice Burdick

Hope you are both well

and enjoying the winter

Harry L. Burdick was the son of Fink Burdick, Susie M. Burdick’s brother.  Two of Susie’s children married Belle’s children; Susie’s son Ross P. Fenton married Edna Fellows, and Susie’s daughter Lila M. Longstreet married Frank A. Fellows. Harry and Vernice didn’t have any direct relationship to Belle, but the families were inter-married, lived in the same area, and were well known to each other.

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Fairveiw Cemetery, Manton, Michigan

January 7th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Cemeteries | Papa's Ancestors - (5 Comments)
This entry is part 8 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

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Fairview cemetery is in the city of Manton,Michigan. A transcription which resides in the Cadillac-Wexford Library, Cadillac Michigan says Gertie W. Burdick is the oldest burial found in the cemetery.

On lot 373, section 1, owner L.T. Fenton, according to the book, the remains of Papa’s earliest Michigan ancestors are interred. The lot was probably owned by Allen Lane Fenton, son of the John.

Gertie W. Burdick was the infant daughter of George Washington Burdick and Mary Jane Abbott. She would be a great grand-aunt of Papa, a sister of his great-grandmother, Susie Melissa Burdick. This is a thumbnail, you may see a larger view by clicking.
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“John Fenton 1802-1872, A Kind Neighbor, Indulgent Father an Affectionate Husband, a Perfect Christian.” This transcription is in the book at the library. The stone was somewhat readable when I visited and photographed it in September, 2003.

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Irving W. and Ethel M. Fenton were children of John P. Fenton and his wife Susie Burdick. Of the Fenton’s five known children, three survived to adulthood.  The stone has been repaired.  This is a thumbnail, click for a larger view.

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Greenwood Township Cemetery, Wexford County, Michigan

January 3rd, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Cemeteries | Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 4 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

Greenwood Township Cemetery is three miles north of M-42 in Section 36, Greenwood township. M-42 was recently reclassified as a Wexford County road, 16 mile road, rather than a State highway. Some of these burials are distant cousins of Papa, some may be distant cousins, and some just names that seemed important when I visited the cemetery.

BURDICK

George M. Burdick
George Mark Burdick was the son of Harrison H. Burdick and Martha A. Martin. Although many of the Burdicks that originated in New York are related, I have not documented any relationship of this family to Papa.

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Harrison H. Burdick, born in New York and died in Wexford County. The first Michigan record I’ve found for him is in Constantine Township, Cass County, Michigan. He later resided in Lagrange County Indiana; Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan; Colfax Township, Wexford County, Michigan; and finally in Greenwood Township.
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Harry Burdick, wife Jesse B. Burdick, and baby Gracie. This was Harrison R. Burdick, son of Harrison and Martha. He married Jessie Babcock; Jessie married Harry’s brother, George M. Burdick, after Harry died.
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Harry L. and Vernice Burdick. Harry LaVille Burdick, 1890 – 1965, was Papa’s first cousin, once removed.
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Helen Burdick Johns and husband F. Russell Johns. Helen was the daughter of Harry L. Burdick and Vernice, Papa’s second cousin, once removed.
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Martha A. Martin Burdick, wife of Harrison R. Burdick, no documented relationship.
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Gordon Russell Johns, Papa’s third cousin. He was a son of Helen M. Burdick and F. Russell Johns.
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KETCHAM an older large stone. I took the “Ketcham” photos because a cousin of Papa’s has Ketcham’s in her tree.  We have no relationship to these people, and she may or may not.
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Ada Ketcham
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Jane and Eugene Ketcham
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William
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Belle’s Box – 41

October 6th, 2008 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 43 of 342 in the series Belle's Box

Read about this series of posts, regarding items in a box originally owned by Belle (Lamunion) Fellows Tinker here.

The cast of characters is located here.

Best Wishes

41f

Postmark, Boon, Mich, April 19, 1917 Addressee:

Mr and Mrs. Charlie Tinker
Manton, Mich
RR #1

A return address, Boon RR1, C/O ???? is written under the postmark

41b

Hello! Ant on top yet
Have things so they
look far different they
did Saturday. Mrs.
Boyd hasn’t called on me
yet ??? Laila says she will
pretty soon. Laila is
coming for supper Wed.
night. Like it quite well
here. It is pleasant
when the sun shines.

Frank and Lila

Frank A. Fellows, Belle’s youngest child, and Lila M. Longstreet, the daughter of Harmon Longstreet and Susie Burdick married twice, according to the Wexford County, Michigan marriage records, in 1914 and 1920. They were the parents of two, one child survived to adulthood, Loren W. Fellows.

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