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Post by junius on Dec 10, 2003 12:32:02 GMT -5
Sorry to barge in to your new forum. Am posting from the UK.
Whilst reseaching some family history discovered that a great uncle of mine ( I think) resided for a short time in your city. Unfortunately during the time he was there he died suddenly (aged 30). Here in Nottingham there is little family recollection of him as any one who remembered anything about him has long gone and it is even difficult to pin down the year he died - at a wild guess around 1900. I just have a very tiny old faint newspaper press cutting concerning his death, the clue that it was this Bay City is that on the reverse side there is a portion of an advert for a doctor in East Saginaw. There are other details in the cutting- ie; his place of work, address where he passed away. I don't think that there is anything earth shattering to discover about his life only that unlike any other member of his family he upped sticks to look for work firstly in Canada then ended up in Bay City, leaving a wife in Nottingham. One thing, there was no money to pay for his funeral so his fellow workmen had a whipround so it says - a nice touch. Could anyone point me through the medium of this discussion in the direction of an address where official archive records are kept, so I can continue my search.
Best of luck with your new boards, your website is very informative.
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Post by B-J Forum Admin on Dec 10, 2003 18:23:05 GMT -5
Glad you made a posting about your Bay City connection. Base on the newspaper clipping, I'm guessing your great uncle was living in Saginaw at the time. If so, the the following link to the Saginaw Co. Library website may be of assistance to you. It includes links to various sources, including the genealogical society. Go to: www.saginaw.lib.mi.us/Genealogy_History/Genealogy/genealogy.htmlAlso, on the Bay-Journal website you'll find a page devoted specifically to genealogy and provides additional website links to this area and the state of Michigan (including census data online). Go to: bay-journal.com/bay/1in/webgen.html Hope this helps you advance your data on your great uncle. Don't hesitate to let me know if I can be of any further help. I'm interested in the details of his obit, that is if you don't mind sharing it?
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Post by junius on Dec 11, 2003 9:19:48 GMT -5
B-J
Thanks for your prompt reply and hello from Nottingham. Looking at the weather charts today probably a whole lot milder than you are experiencing.
I will follow up on the info you kindly linked me to.
I probably emphasised the Saginaw reference too much - it was just a clue for location - as I read from the actual cutting that the place of death was Water Street, I believe you have one in your city. He was employed in Bay City at Mckinnon Manufacturing Co, but I can find no reference to this company or the cemetary he was interred - the Eichemeyer.
Rather than clog this post with the full obit I am sending you by email (hopefully) - I have no objection to it being displayed anywhere if it helps in this search.
regards
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Post by B-J Forum Admin on Dec 11, 2003 12:30:11 GMT -5
Thanks ... I look forward to reading the obit. Yes, Water Street was the main street in Bay City and was name such because it runs along the east side of the Saginaw River. History books recount how many hotels and taverns were located on Water Street to accomodate the people who worked in the lumbermills or the lumberjacks who came to town on the weekends for a little rest and relaxation. The were sure to avoid the district at those times. The city didn't have many cemeteries back then. The three oldest cemeteries are Oak Ridge on the west side of the river and on the east side, Pine Ridge and Elm Lawn. Once I have the obit data, I'll see if I can find out if he is buried at one of these.
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Post by junius on Dec 5, 2004 12:48:35 GMT -5
I have not forgotten my family link here.
Just circumstances have prevented me from carrying out any more family research in 2004 until now.
I am awaiting documents I have ordered from the English General Registry Office which should help me -assuming I used the correct vol/page numbers I found in our county archives. Further on I may be able to track down my great uncles death certificate in London as any UK citizen who expires overseas should be registered.
There has been an increase recently in the number of people tracing their ancestors in the UK due to a series of programmes on the BBC where well known 'celebreties' have revisited their roots with interesting results. Therefore the GRO must be inundated.
My family are grateful for your kind help.
Rgds
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Post by junius on Feb 13, 2005 3:20:42 GMT -5
Update - Further to previous messages regarding my Gt Uncle (almost certain)- He is recorded on both 1871 & 1881 censuses. On the England & Wales 1891 census there is a record of a wife & 2 children living at the family address in Nottingham. This would tie in with his absence in Canada & USA. I am almost certain that this was his family, unfortunately they seem to disappear on the 1901 census, even looking under another name. Without a name & address it is not easy to persue any further.
Rather oddly there is no record of his death in Bay City in the UK Consular Death Indices I would have thought that without this and therefore no death cert issued would complicate matters for his survivors. However strange things happened in Victorian times, as I have found out in this exercise. His paternal grandfather was another Thomas Hall & his maternal grandfather was Michael Litchfield who I suspect was of Irish descent.
Research continuing.
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Post by sharonlinaresholz on Jan 5, 2010 23:06:38 GMT -5
Dear Junius,
I believe you are referring to the McKinnon Boiler Company. My great grandfather and great, great grandfather worked there also. They were both Irish. If your Thomas Hall was Catholic, he might have been a member of St. James Catholic Church. The old St. Patrick's Cemetery, now called St. Stanislaus has cemetery records back to 1896. I can give you the address if you are interested. Or I can find addresses for Protestant churches that were there at the time. Many are still operating. My great great grandfather lived in London, England for about 10 years. He came to Bay City in 1880 and my great grandfather came to Bay city in 1865. They both lived in Canada before coming to Bay City also. In Canada, they had regular hiring posts set up to bring men to work in the lumber industry or logging camps. Maybe that is how he got to Bay City, too. What part of Canada did Tom Hall Live in?
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