Cooke And Langworthy In Watkins' Probate

Michigan, Probate Records, Bay Estate files...:

Thomas Watkins, Deceased

Bay County, Michigan

Probate File 111

1 September 1868 (date on a document)

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Bought of Cooke & Langworthy

Archibald (Archie) McMillan Probate

Michigan Probate Records, Bay Estate files 1858-1900...:

File# 3974

Archie H. McMillan

[Image 962] 

Heirs (Theresa, widow, age 62; Archie Harold McMillan, son]

9 February 1901 Image 963 [Last Page]

Census 1900

Bay City Ward 3, Bay, Michigan

HOUSEHOLD

Archibald Mcmillan Head M 63 Michigan

Theresa A Mcmillan Wife  F 62 Michigan

Archie H Mcmillan Son M 24 Michigan

Clara We*Per Servant F 19 Michigan

FindAGrave memorial of Archibald McMillan.

Advertised In Bay City Directory

Source

Moulthrops Of Bay County

Michigan, Probate Records, Bay Estate files 1858-1900...:

Bay County, Michigan

Probate File# 199

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Image 144  8 July 1872

Census 1870

Event Place Michigan [Bay County, Bay City]

Gannid Moulthrop M 45 Connecticut

Mary Moulthrop F 31 Michigan

Flora Moulthrop F 10 Michigan

Guy Moulthrop M 6 Michigan

William Moulthrop M 1 Michigan

Guy Henry Moulthrop, son of Granas and Mary Clay Moulthrop, was named in the Tracy Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy...:

Misfiled Probate Record

File #3874 was misfiled and found in the 3939-3977 group (Michigan Probate Records, Bay Estate files 1858-1900 no 3939-3977).

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#3874

Karl E. Kuntz

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The Freeman Children

From Michigan, Probate Records, Bay Estate files:

Petition For The Appointment Of A Guardian of George Allen, for Lizzie Freeman, age 12, child of John and Catherine Freeman, both dead; John it  is believed a soldier in the late war...dated February 17, 1873.

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[Monies received by Lizzie C. Beach from Geo. Allen, her guardian, 6 June 1896]

Michigan, State Census, 1894

name: Lizzie C Beach

event place (original): Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States

birth year (estimated): 1860

event year: 1894

relationship to head of household: Wife

Household Gender Age Birthplace

husband Horace G Beach M 45

wife Lizzie C Beach  F 34

son Horace R Beach M 14

son Frederick A Beach M 12

son Royal W Beach M 10

daughter Ella C Beach F 6

daughter Kate Beach F 2

1900 MI Census

United States Census, 1930

name: Horace G Beach

event place: Commerce, Oakland, Michigan

marital status: Widowed

birthplace: New York

estimated birth year: 1848

relationship to head of household: Father

father's birthplace: Connecticut

mother's birthplace: New York

  Household Gender Age Birthplace

head Kathryn Bargeon F 38 Michigan

father Horace G Beach M 82 New York

Eldridge M. Fowler In A Bay City Directory

Eldridge M. Fowler of Fowler and Chapman and Bay City Lumber Co. (residence Detroit) from the 1884 Bay City, Michigan, City Directory:

1884 Bay City, MI, Directory

A probate file for Eldridge M. Fowler's son, Melzar, was found in nearby Arenac County, Michigan.

Enderlin Probate

Michigan, Probate Records, 1797-1973 Bay Estate files 1858-1900 , Probate File #198:


Peter Enderlin and Gustava Enderlin, his wife lived in Bay County, Michigan.  Peter's will, dated 16 March 1872, can be found here online.  This document stated that the couple had no children*.  One of the documents was dated 20 January 1873.

*There was a son, Charles H. Enderlin, who was born in 1870.

From Early Bay County Marriages:
235 October 31, 1869 Bay City Peter Enderlin (W)   Gustava Behrendt (W) Bay City

Gustava remarried (Jacob Grenter/Grenta/Kriter/Rider) on 13 April 1873.

United States Census, 1880

Event Place:  Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Self Jacob Rider M 51 Switzerland

Wife Gustavie Rider F 44 Germany

Daughter Anna M.C. Rider F 4  Michigan

The Death Of Young Melzar Fowler

A Fowler record found in the Arenac Co., Michigan, Probate Records (FHC #1006677):

FOWLER, Melzar M., deceased
Testimony of: 3 December 1894: Eldridge M. Fowler, of Chicago, IL, age 61, lumberman, father of Melzar
Melzar Fowler’s age at time of death: 20 years 2 months 11 days (died November 4, 1879)
Never married
Melzar’s mother [Mary Louise Skinner] died 20 September 1882

Source (Nettie Fowler McCormick)

United States Census, 1870

Michigan, United States [Bay Co., MI]

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Eldridge Fowler M 36y New York

Mary Fowler F 34y New York

Melzar Fowler M 11y New York

*Clara Fowler F 4y Michigan

Margaret Kinney F 22y Canada

Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995

Name: Melzar M. Fowler

Gender: Male

Death Date:  04 Nov 1879

Death Place: Pennington-New York [or New Jersey]

Age: 20

Birth Date:  1859

Birthplace:  New York

Marital Status: Single

Father's Name: Eldridge Fowler

Mother's Name: May L. Fowler

*Melzar Fowler's sister, Clara Huntington Fowler, married Arthur H. Fleming, of Detroit, per the Chicago Tribune, 1 December 1892, edition. 

William Boys' Bay County Probate File

As seen on FamilySearch, Michigan, Probate Records, Bay Estate files 1858-1900:

Bay County, Michigan, Probate

William H. Boys

File #201

Image 164

July 30, 1872

Source

William Boys of Adrian, Michigan and Sarah Boys of Adrian.....

Not related; no further information.

Eliaha Wells' Children

Elisha Wells married Lucinda VanPatten in New York, where most of their children were born.  Elisha, a soldier in the Civil War, contracted a disease and died in Mississippi.  His children were subsequently eligible for pension benefits based upon their father's military service.

On March 29, 1866, the names and ages of the minor children, who resided in Attica Twp., were: Helen Wells, age 11; Henry Wells, age 10; Alminy Wells, age 8; Ida Wells, age 5.  These children were named in a Lapeer County, Michigan, Probate Case as the minor children of Elisha Wells.  There was an infant, Wallace Wells, whom Lucinda, Elisha's widow and the mother of the children, was not able to care for; he was not named in the probate hearings. [Lucinda also had two daughters, Lucy Della Johnson and Margaret Halpin, who were not the children of Elisha Wells].  A daughter, Sarah Amanda Wells, died in 1864.

At age 90, Lucinda had two sons, three daughters, 12 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren [Bay City Times article]. Lucinda's 90th birthday celebration was chronicled in the Bay City Times published on July 19, 1919.  She was born in Syracuse, New York, on July 18, 1829.  Lucinda was known by the surnames of VanPatten, Wells, Johnson and Halpin in her lifetime.

Helen Wells:

Helen Wells Daley, the oldest surviving daughter of Elisha Wells, married Hamilton Black in Bay City, Michigan on May 26, 1910.  Helen's first marriage, to James Daley, took place in Lapeer on October 28, 1883.

In December of 1891 Hamilton Black, an alleged counterfeiter, was bound over for trial (his wife at the time was named Sarah (Atkins) Armstrong Black).  Hamilton Black's mother's name was Sarah and he also had a sister named Sarah; they both testified on his behalf.  His mother also mentioned a son, Frederick.  In 1910 Hamilton married Mrs. Julia St. Germain.  When Hamilton Black married Helen Wells, his parents' names were Andrew and Sarah Lucas.

Henry Wells....:

This one?

Michigan, State Census, 1894

name: Henry M Wells

residence: Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States

estimated birth year: 1860

Household Gender Age Birthplace

husband Henry M Wells M 34

wife Sadie Wells F 21

Almina Wells.....?

Ida Wells:

In 1900 Ida Belle (Wells) Hooper was living in Bay City with her husband, Arthur, and daughter, Bessie A. Hooper, age 14, her mother, Lucinda, two boarders and a servant.

Ida Wells Hooper was living in Bay County in 1920 with her husband, age 63, who was born in England, and her mother, Lucinda Halpin, age 91.  Ida died in 1926.

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947

name: Ida B. Hoofer [Hooper]

death date:  25 Apr 1926

death place:  Maywood, Cook, Illinois

birth date:  02 Oct 1860

birthplace:  LaPierre, Michigan

father:  Elisha Wells

father's birth place:  New York

mother: L. Vanpatton

mother's birth place:  Syracuse, New York

spouse: Arthur E. [Hooper]

burial date:  28 Apr 1926

burial place:  Bay City, Mich.

Wallace Wells:

A child named Wallace Wells born May 11, 1862, is mentioned here. He was "given away" to Mrs. Diana Lawrence as an infant.  His marriage record names his parents as Elisha Wells and Lucinda Halpin.

On 27 Oct 1886, Wallace Wells married Mrs. Margaret Porritt in Saginaw, Michigan.

United States Census, 1920

residence: , Genesee, Michigan

estimated birth year: 1865

marital status: Widowed

Household Gender Age Birthplace

self Wallace E Wells M 55y Michigan

dau Adell M Wells F 34y Michigan

Miles Hudson M 27y Michigan

dau Rosa R Hudson F 28y Michigan

James R Mcgregor M 65y Canada

On June 24, 1922, Wallace E. Wells married Mrs. Hattie Willson Perritt.  He had one prior marriage and she was married twice previously.

Margaret Halpin Auger, who was NOT Elisha Wells' daughter died May 10, 1892.  Her obit was published in the Bay City Times on Wednesday, May 11, 1892.  She died at the Hooper residence in Bay City.  Her siblings were identified as Henry Wells and Mrs. A.E. Hooper of this city; Wallace Wells of Lapeer; Mrs. T. J. Taylor of Sarnia, Ont.; and Mrs.James Daley of Syracuse, N.Y.  She leaves a husband and three week old babe.  She would have been 19 years old today (May 11, 1892).

Lucy Della (Johnson) Taylor, also NOT Elisha Wells' child, lived in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.  Her mother stayed with her occasionally.

I am NOT related to this family; stumbled upon the original information while rooting around in the Lapeer County, Michigan, probate files online.

Probate Of Arthur Moiles

Online, at FamilySearch, are Bay County, Michigan, Probate files, including File #195 for Arthur Moiles:

Some of the pages from Mr. Moiles' file:  Image 94, Image 95, Image 98*, Image 104

United States Census, 1870

home in 1870: Michigan, United States

  Household Gender Age Birthplace

Arthur Moiles M 29y New York

Kate Moiles F 27y New York

Maggie Allen F 27y Ireland

*Arthur Moiles' parents and siblings:

United States Census, 1870

home in 1870: Michigan, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

George Moiles M 60y Ireland

Catharine Moiles F 45y Ireland

James S Moiles M 22y Ireland

Anna A Moiles F 19y Michigan

John C Moiles M 17y Michigan

Bartholomew Moiles M 15y Michigan

George W Moiles M 9y Michigan

Charles B Moiles M 7y Michigan

Index: SAGINAW DAILY COURIER

Wednesday, June 05, 1872 (2)

Name: MOILES, ARTHUR

Child Of: OLDEST SON OF GEORGE & CATHARINE B.

Age: 29

Death Date: 06/03/1872

Death Place: BAY CITY, MI

Miscellaneous

Church: ST. PAUL EPISC.

Death of George Moiles, Arthur Moiles' father:

February 5, 1891, at the home of his son-in-law, Hugh Jenkins, George Moiles completed the journey of life and was gathered to his fathers. He was eighty-two years of age. Deceased had been in feeble
health for some time, but the immediate cause of his death was heart failure. He was one of Saginaw's oldest settlers, coming here with his wife in 1850, and residing here continuously since. His wife Catherine
B. Moiles, died in May, 1883. He leaves five sons, James, John, Bart, George and Charles Moiles, and one daughter, Mrs. Hugh Jenkins.

Isaac Wolcott Probate In Bay County, Michigan

Bay County, Michigan, Probate files are online at FamilySearch.  I randomly checked files; the first file found was extensive and belonged to Isaac Wolcott.  His was Probate File #194a,  from Microfilm #946805, Files #194a - 223.

Isaac Wolcott, deceased, heirs-at-law were his father and mother, both dead.
Also named were a brother, Zachariah Jackson, of Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan; a sister, Mary M. Wood, of Bronson, Branch County, Michigan; Lydia A. Smith family, Bronson, Branch County, Michigan; Juliette Jump, Bronson, Branch County, Michigan; Jane Ann Johnson, Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan; Children of Mrs. Youngs, seven of them, one minor, Port Huron.
Adna A. Smith, attorney for Mary Wood, Juliette Jump and his wife, Lydia A. Smith, P. O. Box Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan.

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Some randomly selected pages in the Wolcott file:

Image 32, Image 48, Image 64, Image 75, Image 80, Image 84, Image 90, Image 93

One date in the immense file was January 14, 1874.

When Isaac Wolcott's brother, Zachariah Jackson, was remarried in 1894, his parents were listed as Peter Jackson and Phebe Mills.  Zachariah's death record named the parents as Peter Jackson and Charlotte Mills (Charlotte was the name of Zachariah's 1st wife). The parents listed on sister Juliette's death record were Peter Jackson and Phebia Mills.

Frances (Freeman) Seeley of Genesee Co., MI

The death notice of Frances Seeley in the Flint Journal dated 21 March 1923, was found in the same column as a relative of mine. [Mrs. Seeley was not related to me]


Her parents were Chester & Ellen (Davis) Freeman and can be found on the 1880 census below:

1880 MI Bay, Bay City
Chester FREEMAN 58 NY Lawyer NOVA SCOTIA NY
Ellen O. FREEMAN Wife 55 NH At Home MA MA
Hellen O. FREEMAN Dau 30 NY At Home NY NH
Haydena E. FREEMAN Dau 20 NY At Home NY NH
P. May FREEMAN Dau 17 NY At Home NY NH
Isabell R. FREEMAN Dau 12 NY At Home NY NH

Marriage of Edward F. Seeyle & Frances C. Freeman can be found here.

1880 MI Genesee, Forest
Frank E. SEELY Self M W 27 MI Laborer OH MI
Frances C. SEELY Wife M W 27 NY Keeping House NY NY
Ella L. SEELY Dau S W 5 MI MI NY
May V. SEELY Dau S W 11M MI MI NY

Oldest daughter , Ella, married Willis Carr 10 April 1895 in Genesee Co., MI. Daughter May married Charles Lown on 20 November 1901 in Davison, Genesee Co., and daughter Eunice married Henry G. Dickinson on 6 Nov 1907.

Frances (Freeman) Seeyle's mother's obituary:

Index: SAGINAW COURIER HERALD
Tuesday, May 06, 1902 (7)

Name: FREEMAN, ELLO
Maiden Name: DAVIS
Spouse's Name: CHESTER H.
Child Of: JEREMIAH
Birth Date: 00/00/1825
Birth Place: TEMPLE, NH
Death Date: 05/00/1902
Miscellaneous
Misc: WIDOW/HUSBAND WAS BAY CO. PIONEER ATTY.

The death record of France's sister (Mrs. Stuart B. Warren):
Name: Magdelena S. Warren
Death date: 20 Jul 1884
Death place: Bay City, Bay, Michigan
Gender: Female
Age at death: 24 years
Estimated birth year: 1860
Birth place: Michigan
Father name: Chester H. Freeman
Mother name: Ellen Freeman
Occupation: Housewife
Film number: 2363673
Digital GS number: 4207813
Image number: 195
Reference number: p 77 rn 439
Collection: Michigan Deaths 1867-1897

The marriage record of another sister:
Groom name: Franklin B. Smith
Groom age: 38 years
Groom birth year: 1851
Groom birth place: Waterford, Oakland Co.
Bride name: Pendita M. Freeman
Bride age: 28 years
Bride birth year: 1861
Bride birth place: Bay City
Marriage date: 28 Aug 1889
Marriage place: Bay City, Bay, Michigan
Father of groom name: Dudley J. Smith
Mother of groom name: Martha Windiate
Father of bride name: Chester H. Freeman
Mother of bride name: Ellen O. Davis
Film number: 2342486
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4207809
Image number: 96
Reference number: v 3 p 168 rn 1371
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925

Obituary of Frances Seeyle's brother-in-law:
Index: SAGINAW COURIER HERALD
Sunday, November 28, 1915 (1)
Name: SMITH, F. BRUCE
Spouse's Name: MAY F. FREEMAN
Married: 00/00/1899
Spouse's Death: 06/26/1913
Child Of: DUDLEY J. & MARTHA
Birth Date: 08/27/1851
Birth Place: WATERFORD, OAKLAND CO., MI
Death Date: 11/28/1915
Death Place: SAGINAW, MI
Miscellaneous
Year Moved to US/Saginaw: TO SAGINAW 05/00/1861
Misc: BLIND /GRADUATED SAGINAW HIGH 1872/NEWSPAPERMAN/STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE DRIVEN BY ROBERT PETERS