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The “Other” Burdick Family

December 4th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors | Somebody's Ancestors - (2 Comments)
This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series Deeds from other families

When I began my search for Papa’s Burdick ancestors, It only took a couple of census searches to find some unfamiliar names. How were the unfamiliar, and why did I wonder how they fit into our family puzzle? I had a family history which was written by a cousin of Papa’s. I guess the document I had could be best described as interview results, recorded in family groups, typed, copied and distributed. There are no sources, but there were stories of the cousin visiting everyone and recording what they had to offer. I never met that particular cousin, but I wish I had, since I would have been interested in the sources of the information. Included were transcriptions of a group of letters, and it would be nice to know if there were more letters, and if they were in a public or private archive.

In any event, I began to find information on people with the surname Burdick who did not appear to belong to our family. I started collecting information on these individuals in an effort to prove and document their relationship to our family. Or, to prove and document that a relationship does not exist. While the family members mostly claimed New York births, as did our ancestors the similarity ended there. I documented the family and it’s members, but have yet to connect them in any way to our ancestors.

I noticed that land transactions seemed to parallel family lines, in other words, families bought and sold among families. I carefully searched all the deeds I located for the two Burdick families that lived side by side in Colfax Township, Wexford County, Michigan. I found no land transaction between the two groups, not even a member of one group witnessing a deed transacted by the other group. This finding added to my growing pile of evidence that the families shared a surname, but did not have a relationship with the other group, and did not think of themselves as related.

For the record, I am listing the names of the two Burdick groups in Colfax, Wexford County, Michigan here.

Papa’s Burdick ancestors:

George Washington Burdick, b. 1827, Berlin, Rensselaer, New York, head of the family.
Mary Jane Abbott Burdick, b 1836, New York, George’s wife.
Susie Melissa Burdick, b. 1856, Andover, Allegany, New York, daughter.
Fink Clement Burdick, b. 1860, Andover, Allegany, New York, son.
Mable Genevieve Burdick, b 1868, Eleven Mile, Potter County, Pennsylvania, daughter.

Other surnames associated with this family:

Abbott, Erasmus, brother of Mary Jane Abbott.
Fenton, John P., husband of Susie M. Burdick.
Hall, Cora, wife of Fink Burdick.
Jones, Milo, husband of Mable Burdick.

The “Other” Burdick names I have found in Wexford County records:

Harrison H. “H.R.” Burdick, b. 1824, New York.
Martha A. Martin Burdick, b 1828, Ohio, his wife.
Cassius A. Burdick, b 1853, Indiana, son of H.H. and Martha
Cena Osborne Burdick, b. 1861, Indiana, wife of Cassius.
Charles A. Burdick b. 1880, Michigan, son of Cassius and Cena.
Adrian R. Burdick, b 1883, Michigan, son of Cassius and Cena.
Edgar Burdick, b 1887, Michigan, son of Cassius and Cena.
George M. or George Mark Burdick, b. 1863, Michigan son of H.H. and Martha.
Jessie Babcock Burdick, wife of George M., and subsequent to his death married his brother Harrison R. Burdick.
Harrison R. Burdick, b. 1874, Michigan, son of H.R. and Martha.

Other Associated names:
John Salisburg, husband of Almina Burdick.  Almina was a daughter of H.R. and Martha.

I will begin a series tomorrow for the deeds of the group which is apparently unrelated, or at least not closely related to our group.

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

August 17th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Cemeteries | Granny's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
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 to have some relationship to the Ballou family.

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There are a number of burials on the lot, my photos are linked. There was one listing with no birth, death or burial dates for “Ballou, Baby” in a computer printout of burials in the Cadillac Wexford Library at the time I did my search. A small marker with the name “Elton” on the front may mark the baby’s grave. I cannot read the back of the marker from the photos I have, and cannot find any record for his birth or death. However, on the 1900 U.S.census of Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan Sarah A. Ballou, wife of Henry C. Ballou is listed as the mother of 5, 4 living. I can account for her four children alive at that census, so perhaps Elton was the fifth child.

Ballou, Elton
Ballou, Henry, 1854-1926. was the son of Byron Ballou and Hannah Eldred.
Ballou, Sarah (Cornwell), 1860-17 July 1906 was the wife on Henry Ballou.
Ballou, Byron, ca 1827-11 January 1901
Ballou, Hannah (Eldred), ca 1828-27 December 1915, wife of Byron Ballou
Ballou, Henry Cornwell, 3 Nov 1892 – 3 Dec 1965 was the son of Henry and Sarah Cornwell
Ballou, Bertha Kaiser, 21 Feb 1893-11 June 1981 was the daughter of William Kaiser and Delia Conway and wife of Henry C. Ballou.
Ballou, Elizabeth Ann 21 May 1917 – 18 Feb 1922 was the daughter of Henry C. Ballou and Bertha Kaiser.
Ballou, Lornezo D., 24 Jan 1852 – 5 July 1905, was the son of Byron and Hannah (Eldred) Ballou.
Hall, Hattie Ballou, 1867-1896, was the daughter of Byron Ballou and Hannah Eldred. Her death record is here.
Brown, Martha Thompson, September 11, 1905 – 21 May 2008, was the daughter of Maude Ballou and her husband Howard M. Thompson.
Brown, Frank

My connection to this family is Bertha Kaiser Ballou. She was my grandmother’s half-sister.

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Grace Cemetery, Harmony, Pennsylvania

January 5th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Cemeteries | Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 6 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

This cemetery is located just outside Harmony. It is adjacent to the old Mennonite meeting house, and was the burial place for a number of the Mennonite community in Harmony. The cemetery is sometimes called the Old Mennonite Cemetery

Here is view of the older portion of the cemetery.
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A restoration project was underway when we visited, but many of the markers in the old section appeared to be beyond repair.

Emanuel Bixler. Emanuel was a great-grand uncle of Papa
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Fred H. Foreman and wife Adaline Hall. Frederick Henry Foreman was the son of Isaac Foreman and Elizabeth Bixler Foreman; a sibling of Papa’s Grandmother, Susan Amelia Foreman.
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Isaac Foreman and wife Elizabeth Bixler, Papa’s great-grandparents.
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Mary Ziegler Foreman, wife of John Foreman. John S. Foreman married Mary Pauline “Polly” Ziegler about 1852. Polly was a daughter of Andrew Shelly Ziegler and his wife Anna “Nancy” Ziegler. John and Polly were the parents of at least eight children. John remarried after Polly’s death.MaryZieglerForeman

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