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Michigan Branches

My Family Tree

Many of my Michigan ancestors came from New York and Canada to reside in the "new territory" of Michigan before it became a state in 1837. This study is devoted to my family surnames of:

ARBOUR	TERRY	SHIMMEL	VINCENT
from Canada	New York	New York	New York

I'll begin with my Terry ancestors first. Biographies of the following Terry family members contain stories and/or pictures of subjects. Click on the name to view the file.

TERRY

	George Washington TERRY my great - grandfather
	Ida (TAYLOR) TERRY My "Gram"
	Rhea Lucille TERRY- my Aunt Rhea attended Ypsilanti Teachers College.
	Albert Taylor TERRY- was only 11 when he died from an accident at school in Arelius.
	Marion TERRY- my Mother also graduated Ypsilanti. Includes pictures of her as a child and young woman
	Lynette Arbour Frye Stilley - Click here to meet me and my family
Another Terry cousin has done a marvelous job presenting the Colonial New England Terry line, back to Samuel Terry of Enfield, Conn. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nyterry/ gives much information on the Oneida and Madison Co. New York branches of the family, if you are interested. 3-6-2003

Family Ties

2 pages of old Terry - Taylor family photos from Onondaga, Michigan. Click here to view and wait a few extra seconds for the pictures to load...

During WW2, we lived on Forest Avenue in Lansing. I went to Maplewood Elementary School and Walter French Jr. High School before we moved to Florida in 1948.

Click here to go to my Ingham Co. Michigan page. Stop by for a look at Eaton Rapids High School (where my Mother attended in 1929) and reminisce with me about my Sunday visits to Kinneyville when I was a kid.

Information about my Michigan ancestors who served in the Civil War is here, and links to other Civil War sites. Click on the heart to view

February 17, 2003 : Since putting this web site up last June, the Surname database has nearly doubled from contacts with new "cousins" who have responded! Nice to meet each one of you, and thanks, everyone!

SHIMMEL-VINCENT

"They came to St. Joseph..."
Photo: Langley Covered Bridge, St. Joseph Co., Michigan

A click below will take you to my new site featuring my Vincent and Shimmel kinsman and allied families who came from Jefferson Co., New York to St. Joseph County, Michigan. Some were Pioneer settlers of Michigan. There are now over 700 names in this data base.

Site contains, old letters, tombstone photographs, biographies, of these Pioneer settlers of the "new territories" that opened before Michigan became a state in 1837.

"They came to St. Joseph..." (click here to go!)

....and finally, the Arbour side of my family tree! Doing research for this study produced many Canadian and Michigan cousins I never knew I had! And one is writing a book about the Arbour family, soon to be released for publication. We have a marvelous French- Canadian heritage!

ARBOUR from Gaspé, Quebec

French-Canadian Genealogy

10 generations of my French-Canadian Arbour line from Gaspé

Click here to view

Well, that's all for now, but like all good stories, all family history is a work in progress.
I'll be adding more shortly.

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updated 3-8-2004