Sunday, December 15, 2013

John Green

Son of Joseph and Elinor Brown Green was married to Esther Glick at Stanton, Isle of Mann, on October 2, 1834.  They resided on Queen St. in Castletown where he was a cabinet maker.  He had ten children christened as follows-
John Robert 18 March 1836, Edwad Thomas 1 July 1838, William Baylis 1 April 1840, Sarah Ellen 14 Sept 1842, Eleanor Glick 28 June 1846 (who married Percy Stilburn), Joseph Henry 26 July 1848, George Samuel 1 May 1850, Alfred William 10 July 1848, Edwin Titus 24 Oct 1855

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Alexander Guillet

Alexander Guillet (1843-?) was born in France.  He married Adelaide Abbott.  They moved to the US and lived in Boston, MA.  He had five children Rose (named after her Grandmother),  Victor, William,  Edward Henry Guillet (b. 1874), and Eugenie.

George Green

NEEDS REVISED
Presumably born on the Isle of Mann, Great Great Great Grand Father of Lillian Hoyt.  George Samuel Green had 2 brothers and 5 sisters.  He had 4 children who lived to adulthood.
1. George S. Green Jr. (1881-?) father of George Stanley Green III (1925-?)
2. Mary Louise Green (1875-1919) mother of Adelaide (1896-1987), Stanley (1903-1954), Ross (1910-1996), and Mary Lou Guillet (1911-1964)
3. Helen Florence Green (1875-1973) mother of Otis Ross.  Married George Ross. Mary's twin,
4. May E. Green (1875-1981) mother of Kathryn and Jean.  Married Howard Evarts.
He also had 3 other children that likely didn't live to adulthood - Mary Elizabeth b. 1874, John Loftus b. 1877, Francis Josephine b. 1886, and Edwin Bernard b. 1888

Friday, December 6, 2013

James Edward Roach 1870 - 1840

Ed Roach born 1872 in Michigan married Lydia Caley 26 Feb 1896 in Tuscola, Michigan.  He adopted Lydia's daughter Bernice (My great grandma).  They had two more children:  Mildred and Glenn. (See Lydia for details of Ed's kids)

Father's Name: Frank Roach
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Schermahorn or Shermerhorn

Mary Docherty (Recknor)

Mary Recknor married Thomas Docherty .  She came to Canada from Germany and moved to Michigan.  Mother of Edward Docherty (b 1869).  Grandmother of Bernice McCallister.  Great Grandmother of Wilda Hoyt.

Name also appears as Racknor.

The following information is from her Great great Granddaughter Ronda Wickham.

Birth: Jan. 26, 1851
Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Death: Aug. 18, 1949
Dayton (Tuscola County)
Tuscola County
Michigan, USA

Mary (Recknor) Docherty was daughter of Peter and Barbara (Ackermann) Regenauer/Racknor and was born was born 26 Jan 1851 at Otterstadt, Pfalz, Bayern (on the Rhine River). [Near Heidleberg in Germany.]

She married Thomas Docherty, Sr. on October 29, 1867 in East Zorra, Ontario, Canada.

Children:
Edward "EJ" Docherty
Thomas Docherty, Jr.
Anna Barbara Docherty Laur (1873 - 1930)


[Headstone] Inscription:
Docherty, Mary 1851-1949
Burial:
West Deerfield Cemetery
North Branch
Lapeer County
Michigan, USA
Plot: Lot O295 - Plot A w/Husband & Grandson

Created by: Ronda (Johnson) Wickham

Thomas Docherty

Thomas Docherty born Mar 1841.  Married Mary Recknor.  He came to North America from Isle of Mann.  Father of Edward Docherty (b 1869). Grandfather of Bernice McCallister.  Great Grandfather of Wilda Hoyt.

The following information is from Ronda Wickham his Great Great Grand daughter:

Birth: Mar., 1841
Ayre, Isle of Man
Death: Apr. 14, 1919
Lapeer County
Michigan, USA

Thomas Docherty, Sr. ... was born in Isle of Man of Irish decent.
He married Mary "Maria" Recknor on October 29, 1867 in East Zora, Ontario, Canada.
 Children
(1) Edward "EJ" Docherty
(2) Thomas Docherty, Jr.

Daughter Anna Barbara Docherty Laur (1873 - 1930)*
 *Calculated relationship

[Headstone] Inscription:
Docherty, Thomas 1845-1919
Burial:
West Deerfield Cemetery
North Branch
Lapeer County
Michigan, USA
Plot: Lot O295 -Plot B w/wife & Grandson

Created by: Ronda (Johnson) Wickham

Sarah Caley (Looney)

Sarah Looney came to the US as an infant from the Isle of Man.  She married Thomas Caley also from the Isle of Mann.  It is clear they raised Lydia Caley but not likely that these are her parents.  It is more likely that Lydia was orphaned at age 3 but the Evos. Sarah and Thomas either legally or informally adopted Lydia.  She is the Grand Mother of Bernice McCallister.

See Lydia Caley for details.


Thomas Caley

Thomas Caley married Sarah Looney.  They came to US from Isle of Mann.  Father of Elizabeth (Lydia) Caley (b 1871). Grandfather of Bernice McCallister.  Great Grandfather of Wilda Hoyt.

Lydia Roach (Caley, Evo) 1871-1945

Lydia Roach was born in Michigan 18 Oct. 1872.  Her parents were listed as Thomas Caley and Sarah Looney from the Isle of Mann on her marriage licenses to first and second husbands as well as census data.

On the 1880 Census and first marriage license she lists her name as Elizabeth L instead of Lydia E. and as the daughter of the Caleys.

However, it is likely she was adopted by the Caleys and was actually the daughter of George and Elizabeth Evo from Canada (census records state they are of  English descent but other descendants claim they are of French descent.)

I can find no birth certificate for Lydia Caley but there is a Lydia Evo born 18 Oct 1871.  The 1900 census Lydia E Roach lists birth as Oct 1871.  Lydia E/Elizabeth L Caley/Roach always lists parents as Thomas Caley and Sarah (Looney) Caley.  It is likely that she was adopted by the Caleys after her parents died.  She was born after the 70 census and adopted before the 80 census which explains lack of census record.

She Married Edward John Docherty 17 Sep. 1891.  They had a daughter, Bernice Irene, in 1896.  After Edward left, she married Ed Roach.  Bernice was legally adopted by Roach.  She had two more children with Ed:  Mildred (1897 - 1976) and Harold Glenn (1880 - ?). Mildred married Claude Brace and lived in Texas.  Mildred had 3 children: Kenneth, Douglas, and Larry.  On Milfred's Texas death certificate she lists her mother's name as Lydia Elizabeth Evaux.

After Docherty left Lydia, he had eleven more children (7 whole lived to adulthood) from Rose Watz (1878 - 1939).  No reason has been found to explicitly state why Docherty left. My grandmother -his biological granddaughter said she did not know.  However, the fact that he had  a baby with Rose in May of 1896 suggests that an affair was at the heart of it.

Lydia died in 1945. 

Edward Docherty

Edward (also known as Edmond and E.J.) Docherty born Aug., 1870, Canada (also known as Edmond and E.J.)  (name on 1890 US census as Edwin Docherly) was born in 1869 in Michgan. His father Thomas Docherty Edward's father was Thomas Docherty and his mother was Mary Recknor/Racknor.  Thomas and Mary came to the US from the Isle of Mann.
He married Elizabeth (Lydia) Caley 1896.  They had a daughter Bernice Irene in 1896.
He left Lydia and Bernice.  Why he left is unknown.

He then married Rose Watz on March 26, 1896 in Deerfield Township, Lapeer County, Michigan. and had 11 children with her
(1) Christie Docherty (1896-1896)
(2) Leo Docherty (1897-1959)
(3) Mildred B. Docherty (1898-1899)
(4) George W. Docherty (1900-1961)
(5) Louis "Lou" James Docherty(1902-1996)
(6) Caroline (Docherty) Johnson (1905-1987)
(7) Laurence E. Docherty(1907-1987)
(8) Katherine R. (Docherty) McMullen/Rogers (1910-1985)
(9) Harold Keith Docherty (1912-1919)
(10) Neil Docherty (1915-1985)
(11) Leland Docherty (1919-1922)

Ed died 1933.

Burial:
West Deerfield Cemetery
North Branch
Lapeer County
Michigan, USA
Plot: Section R, Lot O252 - Plot C w/Wife, Son and Grandson

Formerly the family's name was spelled Daugherty and likely came to the Isle of Mann from Ireland.  Edward and Rose's biological grand daughter, Ronda (Johnson) Wickham (daughter of Caroline), was able to piece together the missing and errant details.  Info above is from her work.  She has more Docherty family history posted here.

Benjamin Everett Caudill

Everett Caudill (1877-1939) married Lillie Swift.  He is father of Louise Caudill.

Rosa Belle Lowrie

Rosa Belle Lowrie was born 1885.  She was the second wife of Samuel Joseph Watson.  They married in 1910. 

They had seven children: John James Watson (1911-1966), Virgil Dexter Watson (1913-1949), Stuart Lansing Watson (1915-?)(He was alive in 1983), Herbert Hoover Watson (1918-1940), Clifford Joseph Watson (1921-? He was alive in 1986), Austin Ray Watson (1924-? He was alive in 1986), Thomas Freeman Watson (1927-? He was alive in 1986).

She died in 1963.