Last Meal At The New Franklin Hotel

From a history of Crawford County, Michigan:

"Last meal in New Franklin Hotel, Johannesburg, 1910.  Back of old print lists Pollie Thomas, John Norman, George Hansen, L. Rasmussen, Pearl Cleveland and Mary Bole.  John Rasmussen sold hotel to Johannesburg Manufacturing Co."

In 1900 John Rasmussen was a hotel proprietor in Crawford County, Michigan:

Census  1900
Grayling township (north side), Crawford, Michigan
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Rasmusson Head M 39 Denmark
Gristine Rasmusson Wife F 41 Denmark
Robert W Rasmusson Son M 12 Michigan
Frederick Rasmusson Son M 10 Michigan
Ludvig Rasmusson Son M 7 Michigan
Edith Sawter Servant F 22 Michigan
Martha Torichel Servant F 17 Germany
Katie Smith Servant F 19 Michigan
Nettie Baily Servant F 28 Michigan
Bridget Clune Servant F 40 Ireland
Dora Gleson Servant F 32 Michigan
John Benson Servant M 32 Sweden
Charles A Patullor Manager M 29 Pennsylvania
Amos Spalding Clerk M 24 Michigan
Danial Squires  Boarder M 60 Pennsylvania
Jerome Bucher Boarder M 42 Michigan
Mike Corbellot Boarder M 28 Ireland
Patrick Oconnor Boarder M 42 Michigan
John T Green Boarder M 22 Michigan
James Gleeson  Boarder M 25 Canada

Jim's grandmother, Hazel V. (Smith) Palm married, as her 2nd husband, Ludwig Rasmussen (thought to be in the photo above).

Charles Eickhoff, Civil War Vet, Died In Flint, MI

Found the obituary of Civil War Veteran Charles Eickhoff in the Flint Journal. Mr. Eickhoff was born in Germany, lived in the Rochester, NY, area, and also Allegany Co., NY, before moving to Grayling,Michigan, and ultimately to Flint, where he died.

Obituary from the Flint Journal, September 1920

Results of a search of the 1860 census:

1860 NY Monroe, Rochester, 5-Ward
Eggington, Jane, 63, b. Ireland
Eichoff, Charles, 21, carpenter, b. Mecklenburg

1860 NY Wayne, Arcadia, P.O. Newark
Eickough, Charles, 51, carpenter, b. Mecklenburg-Schwerin
" , Dorothy, 52, "
" , Fritz, 14, "
", Mary, 10, b. "
", Clara, 4, b. NY

Fritz (Frederick) Eickhoff, Charles' brother, is listed as "idiotic" on the 1860 census. Additional information indicates that Charles Eickhoff's son, Arlington Eickhoff, was a graduate of the Gallaudet University (a school for the deaf) and was a teacher at the Flint (MI) School for the Deaf (as was his wife, Anna (Lennon) Eickhoff; was Fritz deaf and not "idiotic"?

In 1870, Charles Eickhoff, Sr., (father of the Civil War veteran) was still living in Wayne Co., NY, with his wife Dora, and son Frederick, 22 "idiotic".

Frederick Eickhoff was living with his sister, Clara (Eickhoff) Nicols, in 1880.
1880 NY Wayne, Arcadia
Nicols, Hugh R., self, 33, Can Ire Ire
" , Clara S., 24, NY Wert Wert
" , Franklin, 5, NY Can NY
", Charles F., 3, " " "
", Theodore, 10m, " " "
Eichoff, Frederick, bro-in-law, 34, Wert Wert Wert

In 1880 Charles Eickhoff, the Civil War veteran, was living with his wife, Fanny (Dereich) Eickhoff, his children, and his father.

1880 NY Allegany Co., Grove
Charles EICKHOFF Self M W 41 PRUSSIA Farmer PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Fanny EICKHOFF Wife M W 36 NY Keeping House HESSE DORMSTADT PA
Henrietta EICKHOFF Dau S W 10 NY At School PRUSSIA NY
Arlington J. EICKHOFF Son S W 7 NY At School PRUSSIA NY
Winfield EICKHOFF Son S W 2 NY PRUSSIA NY
Katie M. EICKHOFF Dau S W 4 NY PRUSSIA NY
Charles H. EICKHOFF Father W W 71 PRUSSIA Carpenter PRUSSIA PRUSSIA

In a document found at HeritageQuest online, entitled List of Pensioners In The Roll, 1 January 1883, on an Allegany, NY, page, Charles Eickhoff was listed as follows:

#Certificate Name P.O. Address Causes Monthly Rate Date of Origin
141,145 Eickhoff, Charles E. Granger g.s.w. face $2.00 January 1874

Charles Eickhoff is also listed as a soldier here.

In 1900, the family was in Grayling, Crawford Co., Michigan; this time, Charles Eickhoff's mother-in-law, Elizabeth Dereich, is living with the family.

1900 MI Crawford Co., Grayling Twp.
Eichhoff, Charles, head, Feb 1838, age 62, m31, GER GER GER, 1852 to U.S., Na, day laborer
" , Fannie, wife, July 1844, 55, m31, 4children/3living, NY GER PA
" , Winfield, son, Dec 1877, NY GER NY
Derrich, Elizabeth, mother-in-law, May 1820, 80, wd, 3children/1living, PA PA PA

The Grayling, Crawford Co., MI Newspaper Avalanche, transcribed and online here, was a wonderful source of information for the Eickhoff family. Included was the notation that the father of Charles Eickhoff, 87, had died in Woodland, NY (18 March 1897). Since my ancestors lived in an adjacent county (Roscommon), I will be perusing the Avalanche transcriptions again.

Fannie Eickhoff's mother, who was living with her in the 1900 & 1910 censuses, was in Lyons, Wayne Co., NY, in 1880:

1880 NY Wayne, Lyons
Derrich, Elisibath, self, 60, PA PA PA
", Peter, son, 24, b. NY, harnessmaker
", Frank, son, 19, b. NY, In flour & feed store

In 1910, the Eickhoff family was in Genesee Co., Michigan:

1910 MI, Genesee Co., Flint, Oak Street
Eickhoff, Charles, head, 72, m2, 41yrs, Germany Ger Ger, 1860Na, Own Income
" , Fannie E., 65, m1, 41yrs, 4ch/2living, NY Ger PA
Dereich, Elizabeth, mother-in-law, 89, wid, 7ch/4living, PA U.S. U.S.

Living next door to the Eickhoff family was their widowed daughter, Henrietta (Eickhoff) Taylor, and her three children, Ruth, Emma, and Charles.

The Flint Genealogical Society death index (online) listed the following:

Flint Gen Soc Death Index
DEREICK ELIZABETH M. F 11/01/1911 V4 069 361

See the Eickhoff family members listed as being buried in Crawford Co., Michigan, here. Charles Eickhoff's grave is also listed here.