Tuesday Treasure | November 3, 2009

My wife’s grandmother, Zella (McConnell) LeVan, started this memory scrap book as she was graduating, in 1924, from Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The book contains pages full of well wishes from classmates and clippings of various school events. In later years, she added newspaper obituary clippings. Zella taught [...]

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This Week’s Family Anniversaries | July 5 – July 11, 2009

Elmo “Bill” Linal LeVan – Born July 11, 1903 in North Greenfield, Zane Twp., Logan Co., OH. He came to Michigan and worked clearing the land for the Ford plant in Ypsilanti. He later worked in a saw mill in Waterloo Township. He married Zella Bradley McConnell on March 28, 1925. Elmo died on February [...]

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This Week’s Family Anniversaries | June 7 – June 13, 2009

Samuel Cleveland – Born June 9, 1657 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married Persis Hildreth on May 23, 1682 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co. Samuel died on March 12, 1735/36 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut Colony and is buried in the Cleveland Cemetery in Canterbury. Samuel is my 7th great grandfather. John LeVan [...]

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This Week’s Family Anniversaries | May 10 – May 16, 2009

Laurentius “Lorenz” Hela, his wife Elizabeth Flemming and their children Anna, Andreas and Rosalia arrived at Castle Garden in New York City on May 16, 1866, on the bark Johanna from Prussia. Zella Bradley McConnell – Born May 11, 1904 in Carmel Twp., Eaton Co., MI. She married Elmo Linal LeVan on March 28, 1925 [...]

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This Week’s Family Anniversaries | May 3 – May 9, 2009

Asa Benjamin – Enlists in the Revolutionary War at Worthington, MA on May 4, 1775. He is my 4th great grandfather. Jean Pierre Romont and Marguerite Ancla’eier Eglin – married May 7, 1822 in Urcerey, Belfort, France. They are my 3rd great grandparents. Duane Max LeVan and Jeanette Rose Patores – married May 8, 1947. [...]

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