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, a child who died in 1919 at the age of 7 months and 15 days. Her death record is among those posted at Seeking Michigan. I found her death certificate was using the advanced search, and putting Maxine as first name criteria, 1918 as birth year criteria, and 1919 as death year criteria. Searching on the last name “Yournd” produced no results. She is indexed as “Yoarnd”, the “u” must have looked like an open “a” to the person who indexed the record.

Use every option when searching indexes. Try everything you can think of, and then try some more. Yoarnd. Hmmmm.

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 Yournd in the cemetery indices at the library, so off I went, to section A, lot 17:

The smaller stone is Lizzie, then in order: Charles, Lena, Augusta, here is a close-up view of each.

Lizzie, daughter 1878-1890

Augusta Yournd, my grandfather’s sister, my great aunt.

My great-grandmother, Lena Detman Yournd.

My great-grandfather, Charles Yournd.

You can see my reflection on these photos. I do have some from the side where my presence isn’t quite so evident. I’m posting these, to show that everyone can learn something. Since the day I took these I have learned how to keep most of myself out of most photos!

I have also learned how to look for every possible spelling of a surname. Every one, and lots that I would never think of. My story of looking for more information on this family is posted here.