Jean M. Fox. Farmington Centennial Families. The Farmington Hills Historical Commission, 1978.
| 1 | SARMINGTON'S L ENTENNIAL ' AMILIES Published by The Farming |
| 2 | THE FARP"'NCTON nC^l,'NlY ' t-.RARY 1|1|||IlIl1|1|||lI 3-7S |
| 3 | jARMINGTON'S CENTENNIAL FAMILIES By Jean M. Fox 3 9082 0349 |
| 4 | JABLE OF (ONTENTS Introduction -- -- --- --- i I. They Came |
| 5 | INTRODUCTION In a mobile age when use of movement seems the |
| 6 | Introduction Dommers from Vermont. New York State sent the f |
| 7 | Introduction They are involved in anecdotes of the times. O |
| 8 | Introduction Indeed, there has been a quality to life in Mic |
| 9 | Introduction That 90 of these certificates passed through F |
| 10 | HEY CAME TO FARMINGTON... and here they stayed |
| 11 | RIGGS, Kathryn (Mrs. Robert) Cox and Rupert Families 21615 |
| 12 | · PI SlrPI r I I IJ*rS.IB·ah --i Ir-·F,r ·I-· - |
| 13 | Briggs A brother of Benjamin's served in the famous Michiga |
| 14 | ( OOK FAMILY (and the Laphams and Thayers) ROBERT COOK 2355 |
| 15 | Cook - Lapham - Thayer In 1826 the father, Rufus, Sr., with |
| 16 | Cook - Lapham - Thayer office which in time became the State |
| 17 | Cook - Lapham - Thayer Edward Thayer, still lives at the co |
| 18 | 'ENDT, Junior L. 34440 Bridgeman The Fendt family still liv |
| 19 | Fcndt son Heinrich, ' ~ ', ca. 1875. Cheese Factory, also k |
| 20 | Fcn dt In 1883, when the Cheese Factory closed, the Fendts p |
| 21 | I('Fcndt Detroit and travelled several times a week on the |
| 22 | ERRIS, Inez I. 25731 Kilreigh Drive The Westons, ancestors |
| 23 | IBB, Margaret J. 33354 Kingslane Court Margaret Gibb's fami |
| 24 | /ALSTED, Dr. Lee 23802 Farmington Road The Halsted family, |
| 25 | Halsted MIGRANT WORKERS as well as local farm youths were h |
| 26 | Halsted James, born in 1875 and 1873. Originally the farm pr |
| 27 | Halsted V * APPLE CRATES piled waiting their harvest on the |
| 28 | fJOWARD Family Ray Howard 28519 Grayling Floyd Howard 26940 |
| 29 | tHoward But the family roots actually go back to an early m |
| 30 | Howard WINTER SCENE of the Howard Home at Howard road, still |
| 31 | Howard Floyd Howard, Ray's brother, has his home still on s |
| 32 | ( OTIS, Winifred B. 22823 Lakeway It was 1830 when five mem |
| 33 | TREASURED PIONEER OX-YOKE -Mr. Winifred Otis, Lakeway Avenu |
| 34 | CHROEDER, John Roy 33922 Grand River avenue L The Schroeder |
| 35 | (TADLER, Shirley lean 26615 Westmeath David Parkhurst, with |
| 36 | Stadler descendants, was looking for new farmland. He settle |
| 37 | t)ARNER FAMILY 33805 Grand River The large white Civil War |
| 38 | Warner Legislature from the Fifth District in Oakland County |
| 39 | Warner FRED M. WARNER Born July 21, 1865 in Hickling, Notti |
| 40 | Warner t The Warner Home 33805 Grand River Oakland County a |
| 41 | Warner Harley Davis and Helen Rhoda. All are still living, |
| 42 | windows, as well as Italianate brackets under the overhangi |
| 43 | C'yA IXo0 - STEELE FAMILIES JAMIESON, Adaline Wixom 21640 H |
| 44 | Wixom - Steele He returned three years later to Farmington w |
| 45 | Wixom - Steele decorator in Farmington, living his entire m |
| 46 | Wixom - Steele WIXOM FAMILY HISTORY Robert Wixom was the fir |
| 47 | Wixom - Steele They are Dorothy Wixom Smith, Adaline Wixom |
| 48 | HEY CAME TO MICHIGAN 100 years ago (or more) . . . and then |
| 49 | ILLYN, Mrs. George Albert 28454 Quail Hollow Charles Fredri |
| 50 | /HAMPEAU, Shirley 29140 Millbrook The Champeaus' ancestor, |
| 51 | LARK, Erwin 0. 32407 Old Forge In August, 1836 ten persons, |
| 52 | AMMAN Family, LeeAlan 0 20832 Tuck Road The Damman family c |
| 53 | OMMER, Delores Hoxsey 31275 Carriage Hill Fred Hoxie served |
| 54 | RMATINGER, Russell Edward 27302 Skye Drive East The Ermatin |
| 55 | LEMING, Gertrude S. 27463 Nine Mile Road Fugitives from a p |
| 56 | qORSYTHE, Mrs. Edna Harmon 31575 Rocky Crest Mrs. Forsythe' |
| 57 | Forsythe Forsythe writes. "My Grandpa Harmon and my father |
| 58 | /HARRISON, Fred 22588 Whittington Richard and Elizabeth Har |
| 59 | H arrisonl Y / Zif~~~~~',I A PRE-WORLI) I photo, shotcing a |
| 60 | A LAY, Barbara Mae 23875 Beacon Timothy Rice Amsden and Abi |
| 61 | Hay He died in a fight in a saloon in Ann Arbor. An article |
| 62 | ASHUBOSKY, Mary Ann 23404 Larkshire Thomas Welsh and Ellen |
| 63 | 'EEGAN, John Thomas, Jr. 28120 Thornybrae The weather was t |
| 64 | Keegan manufacturing company in Detroit, and hard work enabl |
| 65 | EPLEY FAMILY LEPLEY, Marian Celia (Prindle) 302451 Thirteen |
| 66 | A AGEE, Betty Yates y 29000 Drake Road Ancestors of Mrs. Ma |
| 67 | A/AHONY, Grace Delaney 32244 Bonnet Hill Pierre Labadie cam |
| 68 | AIER FAMILY 1A/ 1 MAIER, Mrs. Alvin (Marion Robin) 23623 La |
| 69 | Maier MRS. MAIER holds the Civil War medals which were earn |
| 70 | Maier Gen. Winfield Scott was sent from Buffalo via steamboa |
| 71 | Maier HIS SON-IN-LAW, William Duncan, financed a brewery, t |
| 72 | ARX, Hubert J. / J 20909 Pearl Street The Marx family has b |
| 73 | AM cDOWELL FAMILY GUERTIN, Judith McDowell 21515 Waldron SA |
| 74 | ENO, George L. III 33999 Glouster Circle Antecedents of the |
| 75 | IILEY, Shan Bret J 28400 Hawberry Drive The Rileys are desc |
| 76 | OWE, Robert D. 24770 Powers Road John Henry Rowe came to Mi |
| 77 | Rowe John Rowe worked at the Minong Mine for five years, th |
| 78 | CHLESINGER, Arthur W., Jr. 5 31500 Franklin Fairway In 1842 |
| 79 | HERWOOD, Donald Charles J 31964 Staman Court The ancestors, |
| 80 | MITH, Richard B. 20896 Botsford Drive GEN. JOSEPH R. SMITH |
| 81 | Smith During the Civil War he was mustering and disbursing |
| 82 | Smith a member of the Michigan Legislature in 1837 and 1840; |
| 83 | Smith -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AN UNUSUAL NINETEENTH c |
| 84 | Smith GEN. JOSEPH SMITH married Juliet Philippse De Hart, a |
| 85 | Smith Fame touched another branch of the family. Second Lt. |
| 86 | Smith * * * A LATER JULIET DE HART christened the celebrated |
| 87 | 5TANNERS, Mrs. Mary Claire Simmons 33426 Colony Park Drive |
| 88 | TRYE, Stella Vanderburgh 22141 Hamilton Antecedents of the |
| 89 | Styre The Nelson Vanderburghs came to Detroit following the |
| 90 | Styre out of the city to seek home sites. The Vanderburghs w |
| 91 | Strye Stella went to City College of Detroit (now Wayne Sta |
| 92 | EEPLES, Earl Joseph 30155 Fourteen Mile road The Teeples fa |
| 93 | C )AN DORPE, Betty Jean Linn 23700 Ely Court From Scotland, |
| 94 | h ]AN TASSEL, Mrs. Loren (Etta) 21745 Green Hill Mrs. Van T |
| 95 | AN WAGNEN FAMILY VAN WAGNEN, William 22998 Warner BAST, Luc |
| 96 | Y\/ELTI, Marguerite (Mrs. Carl) 26154 Westmeath Mrs. Welti' |
| 97 | A\/lIGHTMAN, Robert B. 32968 Hargrove Court Ancestors of Ro |
| 98 | ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN the intention of the Historical Commis |
| 99 | /NDEX of Farmington Families and Family Names -A- -E- Page |
| 100 | -J- -R- -I-~-- Jamieson -......... 35 Reno ...........-68 R |
| 101 | Van Tassel - - 88 Van Wagnen -------------- 89 -W - Warner |