WINIFRED AND HARRY WERTS

                                   WINIFRED AND HARRY WERTS AND THEIR NEW CAR

Winifred Rogerson Werts, sister of Clarence Allen Day, Jr., was born October 6, 1900 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She attended the University of Toledo. She married Harry Werts and they lived in Chicago. Harry worked for Graybar Electric. They lived in Clam Lake, Wisconsin in the summers where they fished and visited with family and friends. After Harry's retirement they moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. They spent times traveling to the islands like Havana, Cuba and Hawaii.

Harry died in April of 1966 in St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida. Winifred died April 29, 1996 also in St. Petersburg. She lived to be 96.

SAMUEL HULETT AND EMILY DAY HULETT

Samuel and Emily lived in Armada, Michigan where they had a fine brick residence and a good farm and windmill. Many stories were told about this couple who were lovers of animals.

Samuel had a family horse which was more than thirty years old. He also had a "pug" dog Tricksey D. Samuel was rarely seen when not accompanied by his dog.

One day Emily had just finished baking bread. Some Indians came into the house and took all except for one loaf. Later that year, the same Indians came back and dropped off a hind quarter of smoked venison.

Although Samuel was a successful farmer, you would never have known it by looking at him. He cared little about his appearance, and so was often mistaken by strangers as a pauper. Once after a cattle drive to Richmond, he stopped at a hotel for refreshments. A well meaning man took pity on Samuel, buying the poor man a substantial lunch. The stranger was dumbfounded when informed that the man he had just helped was one of the richest in the area and could buy and sell the whole works.

Samuel had plenty of daring as evidenced by the following accounts. One New Year's Day Samuel won a bet by stacking straw all day in his bare feet. Another time while in Detroit, he feet began to ache, so he removed his shoes and walked the streets barefoot. He is also said to have once put a salt barrel on a wagon with his teeth.

Samuel Hulett and his wife Emily Day Hulett are buried in the Bruce-Armada Cemetery along with many of their children.

JOHN EMORY DAY

John Emory Day, son of Erastus and Betsy Day Day, was born January 11, 1838 in Macomb County, Michigan. He married Sarah C. Judson. She was born at Wakeman, Huron County, Ohio. John Emory and Sarah had five children: Flora, Nelllie, William Erastus, Fannie, and Grace E.

John E. Day was elected School Inspector in 1859. He held that office continuously until the Inspectorship was abolished. In 1877 he was elected Township Supervisor of Schools. He was trustee of the first religious society of Ray. He later beame County Superintendent of the Sunday School of Macomb, Michigan. He represented Bruce and Armada Schools in 1878. In 1881 John E. Day prepared a history of the churches of Macomb County, Michigan. The Macomb County History published in 1882 was also largely his work.

In addition he had a lot of poetry published including the following few verses:
APRIL STORMS
Leaden clouds are o'er us hanging,
Gloomily the rain comes down,
And the winds are sadly wailing
Nature's universal frown.

Hushed the cheerful hum of business,-
Not a wagon on the street,
Nought overhead but wind and water-
Mud and water under feet.

So the storm of life may gather,
Darkly o'er my onward path
And around my heart may linger,
Signs of elemental wrath.

THE DONNELLY FAMILY OF IRELAND

This is the story about the red hand of Ulster being on the Family Crest. Two rival families, one of which being the Donnellys, were in a race from the Aran Isles across the sea to the mainland at Donegal. Whichever clan chief touched the soil first could claim the land for his family. As they approached the land the Donnellys were losing. The clan chief needed some quick thinking and acting. So he chopped off his hand and threw it onto the approaching beach thus winning the contest and the land. Hence the red blood stained hand on the crest.

My mother was a Donnelly and spent many fun summers at her grandfather John Donnelly's farm in Kansas. He was born in Ireland and had many stories to tell her.

THE ROPERS OF ENGLAND

James Roper was born February 3, 1822 in Bilston, Staffordshire, England. He married Mary Ann and they had seven children: four sons and three daughters. They were married in 1841 in Wolverhampton. They were listed there in the 1841 census. Thomas was born in 1842, Mary Jane in 1846*, George (1846), William (1850), Ann (1854), Peter (1856), and Emma (1858). James and his wife both lived into their late 70's and died in West Bromwich, a neighboring town.

As the Roper children were growing up there were eight places of worship in the area. The Roman Catholic Church was a handsome Gothic structure erected in 1833. The Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1800 and enlarged in 1840. The New Connexion Methodists had small places of worship here, and in Pipe's Meadow was a small Welch Chapel, built in 1845, for the accommodation of the Welch families employed in the coal and iron works. The Independents had a large chapel in Oxford Street, and the Baptists had one in Wood Street. There were also many Anglican churches. Christian worship began in the area in 1090. The Ropers were Protestant but some of the children attended other of the churches.

Many of the men and boys worked in the coal mines and in the factories. Bilston Steelworks opened to the west of the town center in the 1800's and was the most prominent factory in the town. James was a blacksmith but some of his sons worked in the mines.

THE CHAMBERLAIN FAMILY

Our Chamberlain line begins in 1772 in Connecticut when Daniel Day marries Elizabeth Chamberlain. She is the daughter of John Chamberlain and Eunice Johnson. The line continues back from Connecticut to Massachusetts and then Oxfordshire, England.

The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Henry le Camberlain, which was dated circa 1154, in "Documents illustrative of the Social and Economic History of the Danelaw" by Stenton, during the reign of King Henry, known as the Builder of Churches. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax.

A Coat of Arms granted to a family of the name in London depicts on a red shield witih a silver orle charged with eight blue mullets a gold armillary sphere. Chamberlain was originally the name of an official in charge of the private chambers of his master. Notice the change below from Count and Earl to the surname of Chamberlain. This ancient family of the Chamberlains is descended from John Count de Tankerville, of Tankerville Castle in Normandy, who came into England with King William the Conqueror, but returned again into Normandy. The direct line is shown below.

John, Count of Tankerville (1040) Tankerville Castle, Normandy, France
John, Earl of Tankerville (1070)Lord Chamberlain to King Henry the First.
Richard Chamberlain (1120) Lord Chamberlain to King Stephen
William Chamberlain (1160) Lord Chamberlain to King Henry the Second and Miss Clyfton
Robert Chamberlain (1200) England
Richard Chamberlain (1230) and Jane Gatesden
Robert Chamberlain (1260) and Miss Griffeth
John Chamberlain (1292) and Margaret Jane de Morteyn (1303) Wickham, Oxfordshire, Eng.
Richard Chamberlain (1324) and Joan Reyns (1333)
Richard Chamberlain (1356) and Margaret de Lovaine (1366)
Richard Chamberlain (1392) and Margaret Knyvett (1412)
Richard Chamberlain (1439) and Sybil Fowler

THE MARTIN FAMILY

A book written at this time period about Cavan says: County Cavan is one of the better parts of Ireland, what with the Erne River feeding Upper Lough Erne to the East, Lower Lough Erne to the North, and plenty of rain, but not always wet like the coastal regions. But County Cavan is in a particularly hilly area of Ireland. The only animals fit for this area are sheep and wolves.Alexander Martin was born in 1760 in County Antrim, North Ireland. He had a son Nathaniel who was born 8 May 1788 in Derry, Cavan, Ireland. Alexander and his son came to Pennsylvania and settled in Mifflin, Juniata County. Here Nathaniel met the Patton family and here he married Mariah Patton about 1816. They had six children: William Patton Martin (June 2 1817), Belle Martin (1819), Margaret Silvers Martin (March 21, 1820), Mary Ann Martin (5 May 1823), Rebecca Jane Martin (1825), and Emily W. Martin (August 27 1834)*.

Alexander, the grandfather, died while they still lived in Mifflin, Juniata, Pennsylvania-about 1830. Nathaniel and Mariah went on to Carrollton, Carroll, Indiana where Nathaniel died in 1845. Mariah Patton Martin died December 18, 1876 in Rock Creek, Carroll, Indiana.

WILLIAM PATTON-VETERAN OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR

William Patton was born April 10, 1758 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. (Same place my sons Michael and Scott were born). He served in the Revolutionary War while a young man. He married Margaret Silvers in Mifflin, Pennsylvania in 1786. They had ten children: Elizabeth (1787-1855), Mary P. (1789-1798), Margaret (1791-1821), John (1793-1794), Jane (1795), John (1796-1811), Mariah (1798-1876),* Sarah (1802-1805), and James Silvers Patton (1804-1874).

After the death of Margaret in 1804 William married Isabella Young Patterson and they had three children. He lived in Mifflin in the 1790's, Cumberland in 1800, Mifflin in 1810, 1820, 1830, and Juniata in 1840. William Patton died in Spruce Hill, Juniata, Pennsylvania March 20, 1848. His memorial is in the Lower Tuscarora Presbyterian Cemetery, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.

DANIEL CLAYTON DAY

Daniel Clayton Day, son of Russell and Charlotte Smith Day, was born in Bruce Township, Macomb County, Michigan December 9, 1849. He was married January 14, 1880 in Armada, Macomb, Michigan to Mary Belle Quick, daughter of Henry and Charlotte Arvilla Russell Quick. Daniel and Mary Belle Day had five children: Clarence Allen Day*, an unnamed baby girl, Arvilla Belle Day, Charlotte Mary Day, and George E. Day.

The Day family resided in the village of Armada. They managed a small farm and engaged in the packing and sale of small fruit. Daniel also sold machinery.

Daniel died May 26, 1916 in Armada, Macomb, Michigan. Mary Belle died September 6, 1931 in Armada, Macomb, Michigan. They are both buried in the Willow Grove Cemetery. Daniel Day was my great grandfather.

ROBERT FOOTE

Robert Foote, son of John Foote, was born in 1558 in Shalford, Essex, England. His father was a tallow chandler. A yoeman in old England was a freeholder, next under the rank of Gentleman, and in the early times one who owned a small landed estate. Robert of Shalford was such a man. He owned property in Shalford and Royston. He married Joane Brooke June 18, 1576 in London. Joane was born June 18, 1554 in London, Middlesex, England. She was a member of the leatherseller company of London. She and Robert had 12 children.

Their eighth child Nathaniel was born in 1593 in Colchester, England and came to Hartford, Connecticut. When Nathaniel was 15 he ws an apprentice to Samuel Croyle, grocer of Colchester. He married Elizabeth Deming in 1615 in Colchester, England. He came from England to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630. Nathaniel brought from England his wife Elizabeth and children Nathaniel*, Elizabeth, Mary, Robert, Frances, and Sarah. Rebecca was born in America. Nathaniel became a Freeman September 3, 1634. He removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1636. He was a representative of the General Court in 1641.

Nathaniel died before November 20, 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Elizabeth died July 28, 1683 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut as widow of Governor Thomas Wells. Nathaniel was my 10th great grandfather.

JAMES DONNELLY AND JUDITH BRIEN

James and Judith Brien Donnelly were the ancestors of our family. They lived in the parish of Bannow and of Taghmon in County Wexford, Ireland. They had three sons and three daughters.
It has been established that the area comprising the village of Taghmon had been inhabited since at least as early as 595 A. D.

Martin Donnelly, son of James and Judith Brien Donnelly, was born in 1802 in Taghmon, Wexford, Ireland. He lived in Ardinagh and Knocknamarshall in the parish of Taghmon. Martin Donnelly married Catherine Colfer. They had two sons: James and Moses.

Catherine Donnelly, daughter of James and Judith Brien Donnelly, was born in 1805. She married William Coady. They had five children: Edward, Margaret, Edward, Joanna, and Bridget.

Margaret Donnelly, daughter of James and Judith Brien Donnelly, was born in 1808. She married Gregory Neville. They had one son: John .

Walter Donnelly, son of James and Judith Brien Donnelly, was born in 1810. He married Mary Kennedy. They had four sons and one daughter: Joanne, James, William, Joseph, and Martin.

James Donnelly, son of James and Judith Brien Donnelly, was born in 1811.

Judith Donnelly, daughter of James and Judith Brien Donnelly, was born in 1815. She married Patrick Walsh.

IRMA MARIE DONNELLY DAY

Irma Marie Donnelly was born September 12, 1908 at Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas. She had a brother Harry, two years older. Her sister Agnes had died shortly before the birth of Harry. Her parents were Dennis and Christina Fleischer Donnelly. Irma grew up in Kansas until her father was transferred to Chicago with the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe railroad. Harry and Irma went back to Kansas in the summers and stayed with their grandparents. Irma met her future husband Clarence Day at Hyde Park High School in Chicago and they were married March 19, 1928.

Clarence and Irma lived in Chicago for a short time and then moved to Clam Lake, Wisconsin. They returned to Chicago for the birth of their first child Diana in 1929 and then back to Clam Lake. Their second child Judy was born in 1935 in Clam Lake. A CCC doctor delivered her at their home. Clarence worked for the CCC, built and managed a gas station and hardware store, and eventually became Register of Deeds. Their third daughter Wendy was born in Ashland, Wisconsin in 1946.

Clarence was Register of Deeds for 16 years and worked at the court house in Ashland. He also worked for Civil Defense for the State of Wisconsin. He died March 2, 1966 in Ashland, Wiconsin. Irma was secretary for the Presbyterian Church for 26 years. She died June 1, 2003 in Ashland. These were my parents.

ERASTUS DAY

Erastus Day, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Chamberlain Day, was born August 4, 1780 in Dalton, Massachusetts. He was a farmer (see story at bottom of the page). While still young he moved with his parents to Otsego County, New York. There he married Lucy Willard in 1807. Lucy was born August 22, 1780 in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1812 Erastus, with his family, moved into Canada where he refused to join the British troops. He remained in Canada for several years. He next made his home at Lima, New York for a few years. He came to Michigan in May of 1826, locating lands in Bruce, where he resided until he died July 12, 1836 in Romeo, Macomb, Michigan. He was buried July 14, 1836 in the Bruce-Armada Cemetery in Macomb County, Michigan.

The children of Erastus and Lucy Willard Day: Erastus Day, John W. Day, Russell Willard Day*, Daniel Willard Day, Levi Day, Lucinda Day, and Lucy Day.

This interesting account of Erastus Day appeared in the History of Macomb County, Michigan: Erastus Day, one of the first settlers in the eastern part of Armada, was also one of the first to take sheep to that part; having a few sheep to increase as his cleared area increased. He kept them in a stockade made of palings, close by the barns; but one night he forgot to enclose them in the year. That night a wolf selected three of the best for his own use. Ira Phillips killed this wolf shortly after and with the bounty purchased a silk dress for Mrs. Phillips.

JOHANN MICHAEL BRIGHT

Strahlenburg Castle at Schriesheim. The Lords of Strahlenberg built a castle at the edge of a vineyard in 1237. Along with the Bergfried, the mighty remains of the walls of the Palas with their striking window fronts to the west and south are Schriesheim's conspicuous landmark.

Johann Michael Bright was born May 30, 1706 in Schreisheim, Mannheim, Baden, Germany. He came to the United States in October 1726 with his mother, Anna Kathrine and brother Stephen. They came from Schreisheim after the death of his father, Johannes. They had the surname of Brecht in Germany but it was changed to Bright when they arrived in America.

Johann met Margareta Simone in Berks County, Pennsylvania and they were married in 1728. Margareta was born in Worgaboson, France and was the daughter of Jacques and Agnes Braun Simone.

Johann and Margareta Simone Bright had ten children: Jacob, George, Michael*, Catherine, John, Peter, David, Maria, Sarah, and Christiana. Johann lived to be 88 years old and died in 1794 in Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania.

EMILY MARTIN WIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON KISTLER

Emily was the daughter of Nathaniel P. Martin and Mariah Patton. They were from Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Emily was born August 27 1834 in Juniata, Blair, Pennsylvania. Her family moved to Indiana about 1850. Here she met George Kistler. They were married August 27, 1856 in Carroll County, Indiana. They moved shortly after this to Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas.

Here their eight children were born. They had two sets of twins. Frances Martha and Mariah were born May 4, 1857. Mariah only lived a month. Next came Lewis Cass in 1859. Next another set of twins were born November 1, 1861. Elnora Mary and Alvaretta were their names. Alveretta only lived a few days. Then Ida was born in 1863, Charles Sherman in 1864 and Emily in 1868. Most of these children spent their lives in Shawnee County, Kansas and are buried in the Rochester Cemetery.

Emily died October 27, 1868 in Shawnee County following childbirth. Her husband George remarried and lived until 1900. Emily's mother in Indiana lived ten years after the death of her daughter.

ROBERT DAY 1604-1648

Robert Day was born in 1604 in England. He immigrated to Boston from England in 1634 at age 30. His wife, Mary, age 28 also came. They sailed on the Bark Elizabeth, out of Ipswich, England. Robert settled first in Newtown, now known as Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mary died shortly after they arrived. Robert was made a freeman in Cambridge on May 6, 1635. He was granted three acres in Westfield, Cambridge on August 4, 1634 and in the August 20, 1635 division of meadow, he received a proportional share of 1/2. In the Cambridge land inventory on October 1635, he held two parcels: in Westend one house with backside about two acres and in Westend Field about three acres. In the Feb. 8, 1635/36 list of those "who have houses in town" he was credited with one house in Westend.

By 1636 Robert had moved to Hartford, Connecticut as one of the first settlers. He went with the original 100 settlers, led by Reverend Hooker into the wilderness in 1636. The Founders Bridge commemorates these settlers who founded the City of Hartford. By this time he had married Editha Stebbins, born 1613 in Woodhaven, Essex, England, daughter of Deacon Edward Stebbins. Editha's brother also held land in Hartford. Robert died September 4, 1648. His will was dated May 20, 1648. His estate was valued at 142 pounds, 71 pounds of this was real estate.

Robert Day and Editha Stebbins Day had four children: Thomas who married Sarah Cooper, Sarah who married Nathaniel Gunn, Mary who married Samuel Ely, and John Day who married Mary Gaylord.

FRANCES M. KISTLER FLEISCHER

Frances Marie Kistler was born in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas May 4, 1857. Her parents were George and Emily W. Martin Kistler of Cass and Carroll Counties in Indiana.

She married William Alexander Fleischer March 17, 1875 at Indian Creek, Jackson, Kansas. She was 17 years old at the time. William and Frances had ten children: Mabel Elnora, Christina Frederica*, William Frederick, Myrtle Isadore, George Washington, Evalene, Pearl Agnes, Elmer Clyde, Anna May, and Frances Marie. Christina was my grandmother.

Frances M. Kistler Fleischer died February 16, 1940 and is buried in the Hoyt Cemeter, Jackson County, Kansas, aged 83. Her husband William Alexander Fleischer had died in 1931.

THE QUICK FAMILY-FROM HOLLAND TO AMERICA

We have record of our Quick family back to Naarden, North Holland, Netherlands in 1529. Our ancestor's name was Thomas Van Cuyck (Quick). His great grandson Theunis (Thomaszen) Quick was born about 1597 in Naarden, Netherlands and died April 19, 1666 in New York City, New York.

New York was originally settled as a colony of the Netherlands following Henry Hudson's exploration in 1609 of the river later named for him. In 1624 the Dutch established Fort Orange at modern Albany as the first permanent settlement in New York. One year later, New Amsterdam was established at the foot of Manhattan Island. To legalize the settlement, Peter Miniut, the Dutch governor, paid the Indians in merchandise worth 60 Dutch guilders (about $24.)

The Dutch established several settlements along the Hudson, mostly for the purposes of trade. However, they recognized the need to establish farms to support the trading industry. The first families that the Dutch West India Company brought to settle in New Amsterdam were primarily Huguenots. The Dutch West India company recognized that the head of a household was willing to work harder and defend the town if he had an interest in his residence. Thus Company issued land patents to families provided they met certain requirements. At the end of a period, the man could hold title to land. This was not possible in Europe at this time.

Theunis (Thomaszen) Quick married Belijtgen Jacobus Van Vlechtenstyn March 9, 1625 in Naarden. They had seven children including our ancestor Thomas Theunissen Quick who was born April 24, 1644 in New Amsterdam, Dutch Colony, New York and died in 1698 in Orange County, New York. He was the first Dutch ancestor to be born in the United States. .

BENJAMIN SANDERSON

Benjamin Sanderson was born May 15 1817 in Ohio and died April 15, 1902 in Holton, Jackson, Kansas. He married Lucinda Bright October 26, 1841, daughter of George Bright and Frances Bowman. Benjamin and Lucinda had nine children: George E., John, William, Simeon, Frances, Nancy Mary*, Noah, Amanda and Margaret from 1842 to 1860.

Lucinda Bright Sanderson was born in 1817 and died July 4, 1861. Her memorial says: Leaving a sorrowing husband and nine children , the youngest 6 months old. She was a consistent member of the United Brethren in Christ church for 15 years. She died of typhoid fever as did many others in the Ohio Valley at this time.

On October 26, 1862 Benjamin marries another Lucinda. This Lucinda Fickle has been previously married to Basel Richards and has three children: Leora, Clara, and Elatha. In 1868 this new family unit moves to Kansas. They settle some miles west of Holton. Here Benjamin joined the Methodist Church and remained a faithful member until his death.

Benjamin Sanderson and Lucinda Fickle Richards have five more children: Henry, James, Alice, Minnie and Maud. The first three are born in Ohio and Minnie and Maud in Kansas. This gives Benjamin a total of seventeen children.

DENNIS ELMER DONNELLY

Dennis Elmer Donnelly was born April 3, 1875 at Straight Creek, Jackson, Kansas. His father was from Ireland and his mother from Hocking County, Ohio. Dennis married Christina Fleischer January 28, 1899 in Mayetta, Jackson, Kansas. They had three children: Agnes, Harry, and Irma, my mother.

Dennis was a conductor on the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe Railroad. The railroad broke ground in Topeka in 1868 and started building westward and it was a big employer for young men growing up in Kansas.

Dennis and Christina moved to Chicago with their small family following the progression of the railroad. They lived in Hyde Park.

They eventually moved to Koontz Lake, Indiana where they lived until their death. Dennis lived to be 94 years old.

RODERICK THE GREAT

Roderick the Great, called Rhodri Mawr in Welch, was King of Gwynedd from 844 until his death about 878. He was the first Welsh ruler to be called "Great" and tghe first to rule most of present-day Wales.

He was the son of Merfyn Frych, King of Gwynedd, and Nest Ferch Cadell of the Royal ine of Powys. He was born in 820 and inherited the Kingdom of Gwynedd on his father's death in 844. When his maternal uncle Cyngen ap Cadell, ruler of Powys, died on a pilgrimage to Rome in 855 Rhodri inherited Powys. In 872 Gwgon, ruler of Seisyllwg in southern Wales, was accidentally drowned, and Rhodri added his Kingdom to his domains by virtue of his marriage to Angharad of Seisllwg, Gwgon's sister and heiress. These peaceful inheritances made him the ruler of the larger part of Wales.

Roderick or Rhodri, as he was called in Wales, was killed by the English about 878. His son Gwriad was killed in the same battle. He left three other sons, his heir, Anarads ap Rhodri, Cadell ap Rhodri, and Merfyn ap Rhodri. His son Cadell, our ancestor, conquered Dyfed, which was later joined with Seisiyllwg by Rhodri's grandson Hywel Dda, the good, to become Deheubarth. Like his grandfather, Hywel would come to rule most of Wales.

Cadell died in 909. His child was Hywel ap Cadell, b 887 and died 948. Hiywel married Elen Verch Llywarch. They had Owain ap Hywel, born 913 in Dyneor, Wales, and died 987.

Owain ap Hywel married Angharad Verch Llewelyn.
Einion ap Owain b 933 d 984 in Gwent, England
Cadell ap Einion b 953. He married Elinor Verch Gwerystan
Tewdwr ap Cadell b 977 of Dyneovr, Wales
Rhys ap Tewdwr b 997 in Carmathenshire, Wales d 1093 in Brecon, Wales
Gruffudd ap Rhys b 1081 d. 1136 married Gwenllian Verch Gruffudd
Rhys ap Gruffudd b 1127 in Wales
Rhys ap Rhys b 1167 married Gwerfyl Verch Maelgwn
Madog ap Rhys b 1225 d 1292 married Tanglwyst Verch Gronwy

After this the line goes into the Dee family and then Day.

JOHN KISTLER-FARMER, PIONEER, SOLDIER, FATHER, GRANDFATHER

John Kistler was born in 1795 in Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Jacob Kistler and Catherine Bausch Rothrock. His family moved to Ross County, Ohio and then Marion County, Ohio. About 1825 he purchased land (19 May 1825) in Carroll County, Indiana and he is listed on a voter registration April 28, 1828. By 1840 he was in Cass County, Indiana. At that time he had two young sons and four daughters. His three oldest daughters marry in the 1840's-Martha Jane to Alexander McMasters, Marilla to William H. Standley, and Sarah Ann to Thomas Jackson Pasley. A son Benjamin Franklin Kistler married Sarah Ann Bickle February 13, 1849. Two of his daughters die in childbirth by 1850 and John has taken their children in to raise as his own. Other children born to John and Frances Kistler were George Washington Kistler, Cyrus M. Kistler, Catherine Kistler, and Lewis Cass Kistler.

John married three more times and had children by all of these wives-three by Martha Bookwalter, three by Susan Vanmeter Hood, and three by Harriet King Houk. These children were: Stephen A. D. Kistler, Volney Kistler, John N. Kistler, Malinda Kistler, Mary C. Kistler, Robert McClelland Kistler, Clement V. Kistler, Daisy Kistler, and John Newton Kistler. These wives also had children by their previous marriages whom John has taken into his family.

John Kistler died in 1870 and is buried in Jebemoth Monument, Cass County, Indiana. Most of the graves have been removed from this site. John left over 50 grandchildren and many of his 20 children were still living.

PHEBE BECROFT SMITH BARNES

Phebe Becraft was born December 15, 1792 in Augusta, New York. Her parents were Moses Becroft and Margaret Fenton. Phebe married first Isaiah Smith (1789) of Orange County, New York. They had seven children including Margaret Ann Smith and Charlotte Smith. Margaret Ann was born December 26, 1811 in New York. She married Nathan Adams and they settled in Macomb County, Michigan. They had ten children including Edward, Cynthia, Valina, Henrietta, and Eliza. Margaret died December 27, 1880. Another daughter of Isaiah Smith was Charlotte. She was born September 15, 1815 in Lima, Livingston, New York. She married Russell Willard Day March 1, 1841 in Romeo, Macomb, Michigan and they had eight children: Elizabeth Clarissa, Eliza R., Olive L., Charles R., Phebe W., Daniel Clayton, Francis Leroy, and Ellen. Charlotte died in 1882.

Phebe's second marriage was to Daniel Barnes. He was born July 1, 1797 in Vermont and was the son of Simon and Rachel Shriver Barnes. They had children Allen, Truman, and Curtis and three others. They were married August 11, 1824 in New York. They lived in Conesus, Livingston, New York in 1830 and in Armada, Macomb, Michigan in 1850.

The Becraft family were from Kettlewell, Yorkshire, England. Here one of our ancestors Thomas Becraft married Anne Strapper. They had George Becraft who married Elisabeth Lisabet. They had Moses Becraft who married Margaret Fenton and were the parents of Phebe.

JOHANN GEORG WEIN

Johann Georg Wein was born in Rittershoffen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France in 1715. He married Margaretha Horn May 8, 1741 in Worms, Germany. (Worms was the famous town of Martin Luther's edicts.) Margaretha was also born in Rittershoffen. She was the daughter of Heinrich Horn and Eva Humbert. Johann Wein was the son of Jacob Hans Wein and Eva Suss.

Rittershoffen was a small village of 900 inhabitants located in the northern parts of France on the German border. Because of the many wars the area was sometimes part of France and sometimes Germany. The family had seven children: Catherine, Michael, Adam, Anna Martha, Frederick, Christian, and Mary. The last few were born in Frederick County, Maryland. The family arrived in America on October 25, 1748, on the ship Elliot.

Their oldest child, Catherine Wein, was the grandmother of all of our Fairfield County Ohio Brights and Bowmans. She lived first in Rockingham, Virginia where she was married to Jacob Bowman. After his death she moved to Ohio. Jacob Bowman and Catherine had three children: Benjamin (1785), Frances (1787), and Joseph (1788).

The Wein family were active in the German Baptist Dunker religion. It later became known as the "Church of the Brethren:. These church bodies became commonly known as Dunkers and more formally as German Baptist Brethren.

CLARENCE ALLEN DAY, JR.

Clarence Allen Day, Jr., son of Clarence and Fanny Edith Allen Day, was born June 5, 1907 in Armada, Macomb, Michigan. In 1927 Clarence Day, his mother Edith Day, and his aunt Winifred Allen purchased 160 acres of land in the Town of Gordon-Clam Lake, Wisconsin. The land was purchased from Weyerhauser Land Company-the big land company that had logged thousands of acres in northern Wisconsin. Clarence and his mother had moved to Clam Lake on Halloween in 1926. They had a house, garage, and barn built across from the old Post Office.

Clarence then returned to Chicago. He married Irma Marie Donnelly December 19, 1928 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Clarence and Irma lived for a short time in Chicago and then moved to Clam Lake, Wisconsin. They fenced a large swampy area on their land for the raising of muskrats. Pens were also built for the raising of fox and chinchilla rabbits. Later they operated a gas station and hardware store. Clarence worked in Civil Defense for the State of Wisconsin and also was Register of Deeds for Ashland County, Wisconsin. Clarence and Irma had three daughters: Diana, Judy, and Wendy.

In July of 1943 Clarence enlisted in the Navy Seabees and was inducted in Milwaukee. He first served at Gulfport, Mississippi, then in Honolulu, and was then shipped to Saipan. He helped with surveying and built airstrips in the Mariana Islands. He returned home in 1945.

RUSSELL WILLARD DAY

Russell Willard Day, son of Erastus and Lucy Willard Day, was born May 24, 1813 in Leeds, Elizabeth County, Canadian Wilderness. The family made but a short stay in Canada and then moved to Genesee County, New York. In 1828 the family moved to Macomb County, Michigan and settled on land near Romeo.

Russell married Charlotte Smith May 1, 1841. She was born September 15, 1815 in Lima, Livingston, New York and was the daughter of Isaiah Smith and Phebe Becraft Smith of New York. Russell and Charlotte had eight children. All of them were born in Macomb County, Michigan: Elizabeth Clarissa (1842), Eliza R. (1843), Olive L. (1844), Charles R. (1845), Phebe W. (1848), Daniel Clayton (1849), Francis Leroy (1852), and Ellen (1857).

The sixth child Daniel Clayton Day was my great grandfather. He was born in Bruce Township, Macomb County, Michigan December 9, 1849. He married January 14, 1880 to Mary Belle Quick, daughter of Henry and Charlotte Arvilla Russell Quick. The Day family resided in the village of Armada. They managed a small farm and engaged in the packing and sale of small fruit. Daniel also sold machinery. Daniel died May 26, 1916 in Armada and is buried in the Willow Grove Cemetery. Mary Belle died September 6, 1931.

MARY JANE ROPER ALLEN

Mary Jane Roper, the daughter of James and Mary Pitt Roper, was born in 1847 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. She married George Allen November 4, 1867 at Handsworth, Staffordshire, England. George and Mary Jane lived at 23 Tunnell Road in West Bromwich. Her parents lived on the same street. George was a laborer in the ironworks. He was born about 1845 in Golds Hill, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England.

In 1888 Mary Jane and the children came to the United States. They came into the port of Philadelphia and then went to Chicago. Mary Jane made the long ocean voyage with George, Arthur, Mary Alice, Annie Winifred, Fanny Edith, and Charlotte Maud, an infant. The children ranged in age from 11 to 1. Three of her sons had died as babies. They arrived October 17, 1888 on the ship "British Prince". Mary Jane Roper died May 27, 1892 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Her husband George came to the United States at a later date after the death of Mary Jane. He died July 8, 1917 in Glenwood, Cook, Illinois.

Children born to George and Mary Jane Allen included: James Francis (1869), George Henry (1870), Harry (1871), George (1874), Arthur Thomas (1876), Mary Alice (1877), Annie Winifred (1879), Albert Edward (1881), Fanny Edith (1883*), and Charlotte Maud (1885).

Fanny Edith Allen, my grandmother, married Clarence Allen Day, Sr. They lived in Armada, Michigan, the home of several generations of Days. After they parted ways Fanny Edith went to live in Clam Lake, Wisconsin with her son (my dad). They had a fur farm and raised fox, mink, and chinchillas.

Fanny's sister, Annie Winifred Allen also lived in Clam Lake. She lived with my aunt Winifred and Uncle Harry Werts in a lakeside home that my dad built for them. She had a big garden and raised chickens.

FREDERICK WILHELM THEODORE FLEISCHER

Frederick Fleischer was born in Culmintz, Germany on March 7, 1824. His parents were Johann Gottfried Fleischer and Wilhelmine Friedericke Ruhl. The family was from the area of Leipzig, Germany. Leipgzig is one of the larget cities in the federal state of Saxony. It is about a hundred miles south of Berlin.

Frederick came to America by himself in 1850. He had four brothers and two sisters but most of them remained in Germany. He came on the ship "Queen" and landed at New Orleans June 10th, 1850. He met his future wife, Christiana Kahler, also from Germany. They were married in New Orleans on July 17, 1850. Christiana was not yet nineteen having been born in Dresden, Germany on September 27, 1831.

The first two children, William Alexander and Mary Ann, were born in Greenwood, Mason, Kentucky. The other seven, that we have record of, were born in Shawnee County, Kansas. In the 1900 census Christiana says she had 12 children so some must have died young. Frederick Wilhelm Fleischer first came to Kansas in the fall of 1854, but did not remain. The following year he returned, being employed as house carpenter at Fort Riley nearly a year. He left there during the winter of 1855/56 and located in Soldier Trownship, Shawnee County, Kansas.

Christiana stayed in Kentucky during this period living with a lady who taught her English. Mary Ann was a year old before she saw her father. Christiana and her two small children traveled down the Mississippi River on a steamboat to meet Frederick in Kansas. They settled in Topeka where Frederick had forty acres. They raised apples, peaches, grapes, and other fruits.

The Fleischer's spent the remainder of their lives in Topeka, Kansas. Here Christiana died on May 20, 1905 and Frederick Wilhelm on September 18, 1905. They are both buried in the Rochester Cemetery in Topeka.

MARGARET MURPHY DONNELLY

Maggie Murphy was born in 1809 in County Wexford, Ireland. Her husband Richard Donnelly was born in the same county in the town of Ardinagh Little in 1799. They were married October 7, 1829 in the parish of Taghmon, County Wexford, Ireland. Richard operated a brick yard and owned a home. He did not appear to own other land according to the Griffith's Valuation of Tenements.

Richard and Margaret Murphy Donnelly were Catholics. They had eight children-all born in Taghmon parish. The children were Patrick, James, Bridget, William, Denis, Mary, John, and Margaret. One son, also named Denis, died as a baby. The father Richard died in 1848 in Ardinagh Little, County Wexford, Ireland. He was kicked in the head by a horse. Maggie and the children all went to Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. Patrick and James left in 1849 and worked to earn the money for the rest of the families' passage. They landed at New York and walked to Niagara. They worked for a time near Cayuga on the Grand River. The 1851 census of Ontario, Canada shows Patrick (23) and James (19) Donnelly working as servants in Cayuga, Oneida Township, Haldimand County. They spent three years in Haldimand county. From there the two brothers made their way north to the Queen's Bush (as Bruce County, Canada was then called).

Meanwhile the two brothers accumulated sufficient money to send back to Ireland to enable their mother and six younger siblings to travel to Canada (1954). James built a small house on his property for his mother, Margaret Murphy Donnelly. She lived there with her unmarried daughter Bridget until her death. Maggie died May 8 1895, aged 86 years. She is buried in the Chepstow Cemetery, Greenock Township, Ontario, Canada.