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.