The Moore History

                THE MOORE FAMILY HISTORY   c1850 - 2002

         The family’s documented ancestry is traced back to London, Ontario, Canada with the marriage of William Moir and Catherine Woodward in St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica on 20 July 1850.  

          Witnesses to the marriage were Daniel Woodward (probable father of Catherine) and Margaret Moir (probable mother of William).   The spelling “Moir” is recorded in the church’s record of marriages but appears as “Moore” in other records. They were married by Tht Kirwan, Royal Dean and pastor.   The parish register records “Were married after the publication of one ban William Moir and Catherine Woodward.”

          William Moore was born in Scotland in 1819 or 1820.  Where and to whom is not known.   He died in London of “inflammation” in December 1861.   Catherine Woodward was born in Clonmel centre, County Tipperary, Province of Munster, Ireland. The year is not confirmed but likely c1828.   Her obituary notes she was 67 years of age at her death in 1896.

          Catherine’s parents were likely Daniel and Mary Woodward.   Daniel died 21 Mar 1851 and is buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery in London.  He was 57 years old when he died.   Mary Woodward was likely born c1798 and lived in London at least until 1861 when she is recorded in the Ontario census as living with her daughter Mary and farmer son-in-law William Dwyer and family in a one-story log home, aged 63.   

          No facts are yet known as to when William and Catherine emigrated from Scotland and Ireland to Ontario -- then known as Upper Canada or Western Canada.    Since their parents and siblings are known to have been living in London, it is assumed that the two families came to London sometime before 1850 to settle.    Canada was not yet independent and British subjects were not required to enter through formal customs, etc.   

          In London in the early 1850s, neighborhoods were predominantly immigrant in nature, and Irish and Scots Catholics lived in close proximity to one another.    Censuses indicate, for example, that it’s probable at least three Moore sons and their families lived within blocks of one another.   William’s brothers may have been named Alexander and James.   They are listed as living in London in the same ward in the 1861 Ontario census, all married to Irish women and having 4-6 children each at the time. 

          Within this small area the Woodwards must also have lived.    It’s likely that Daniel and Mary Woodward and their children Daniel Windman (b. Ireland 1832), P. Woodward (brother), and Mary Dwyer (b. Ireland 1823) lived together until father Daniel’s death in 1851.    It’s clear that mother Mary was living with her daughter Mary a decade later.

          The 1861 Ontario census (signed over on 12 February 1861) for London City, Middlesex County, 1st ward, records William, age 43, living with Catherine, age 33, and six children, all born in Upper Canada, in a one-story frame, single-family house.   William was literate.  Catherine could do neither.   No occupation is listed for William, although it can be assumed he was a laborer as most of his fellow neighbors were.  

          The six children were as follows:    Isabelle - 10, John and Daniel - 7, William (Jr.) - 5, Alexander -2, and Patrick - 1.   John and Daniel were apparently twins.  Church parish records record Isabella and Daniel’s baptisms:

            15 June 1851 - Was baptized Isabella born 10th June of the lawful marriage of William Moir and Catherine Woodward.

                                  Sponsors were John Woodward and Margaret Moir.

            30 July 1854 -  Was baptized Daniel born 23rd of April last of the lawful marriage of William and  Catherine Woodworth.

                                 The sponsors were William Dwyer and Mary McDonough.

          In 1860, London was beset with a terrible influenza and many people died during the epidemic.   The 1861 census even listed a special column to record those who died in 1860.   Listed for the William Moore family were these:

                        William, age 43 - inflammation

                        John, age 7 - sun stroke

                        Alexander, age 2 - inflammation

                        Patrick, age 1 - inflammation

          So, by the close of that year, Catherine was a widow and half of her children were dead.  She was uneducated and poor.   She was an Irish immigrant with few skills.    Her mother was herself a widow and living with a another daughter.   What was she to do?

          Many Irish were emigrating across the Detroit River at Windsor, Ontario to take positions as servants in the homes of affluent Detroiters.   Perhaps Catherine did the same.   It is known from family lore and Wayne County, Michigan, court records that Catherine was living in the county on 20 December 1863, when she married Patrick Keating, himself born in County Galway, Ireland, in 1835.

          Patrick was an interesting character from all accounts.   At age nine, his mother died and his father followed six years later.   Orphaned at 15, he enlisted in the British army and went to fight in the Crimean War for eleven years.  He was in the “Light Brigade” -- made famous in the Tennyson epic poem -- and was awarded combat hero medals by the Queen of England herself,  the Sultan of Turkey, and the King of Sardinia.  After that experience, he emigrated to London, Ontario and then on to Detroit, where he worked as a butcher until his marriage to Catherine Woodward Moore and their subsequent move to Ovid, Michigan where they both lived until their deaths many years later.  This information is included in a lengthy newspaper article in the St. Johns (MI) News, 12 November 1903, following his death.   He was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ovid.

          Catherine is listed in the 1870 Michigan census as being aged 50 and living on the Taft farm as a housekeeper.   The Taft farm was in Ovid township, Clinton County. It could be that Catherine was recorded by the census taker as she worked in the Taft house and misplaced; however, there is no listing for Patrick elsewhere in the township or Ovid village in this census.   Catherine’s granddaughter, Helen Neva Moore Newman, wrote that her father (Daniel Moore) referred to Patrick as “the drunkard”, so perhaps there was a period in which Catherine and Patrick did not live together.  The obituaries of both make mention of the fact that they always lived in Ovid from the 1865 arrival date.

          The 1880 MI census recorded Patrick and Catherine living in Ovid village.  He was 43 and she 49.   Four other people were living in the house with them:  Mary Keating (13); Catherine Keating (11); Amanda J. Emery (48); and George

Emery (4).

          The 1890 census records do not exist.  They were destroyed in a fire in 1921.  

          Catherine preceded Patrick in death, dying in her Ovid home “of brain trouble” after a short illness of several weeks on 24 August 1877.   The funeral was held in St. Johns, MI and she is buried in the Catholic grounds of Mt. Rest Cemetery.   Her obituary in the Ovid newspaper reported   “She had 15 grandchildren in attendance at her funeral.  She leaves her husband, two sons, two daughters, a sister and two brothers to mourn her.  Our loss is her gain.”   Another obituary noted that her sister Mary Dwyer came from London, a brother “P. Woodward ” and daughter Marietta came from Chicago, and her other brother Daniel Windman (living in the area) attended the service.

          Three of Catherine’s children came to Michigan with her in 1861.   Isabella married Andrew Kinney in December 1870 in Lansing.   Andrew was born in 1845 and enlisted in the Civil War with the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics on 5 January 1863.  Notes indicate he was 5’10” and a laborer.  He was involved in the infamous “March to the Sea” with General William Tecumseh Sherman.  He was discharged at Jackson, MI 1 October 1865 with the rank of Private.   Isabella and Andrew had nine children (all but one deceased when daughter Florence Mabel Scott wrote to Evelyn Harriet Newman Fero on 27 August 1988).   She was lovingly referred to by family as “Aunt Belle” or “Little Belle”.  She worked as a cleaning woman for several wealthy Ovid families and shared the clothing, shoes, dishes, etc. that these families discarded with her family.  Andrew died in February 1913 and Isabella in August 1930.  Both are buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ovid.

          William (Jr.), the youngest of the surviving Moore children is not found in any of the vital statistics or census records researched to this time.   But he is mentioned in his niece Helen Moore Newman’s personal notes:  “Bill was a tap dancer (he learned fast) and was in a theater doing just that, dancing.”

          Daniel was age 15 in 1870 when the Michigan census recorded him as working and living on the John Stanton farm in Middlebury Township, Shiawassee County, near Owosso.   His parents were listed as “foreign born” and he was attending school while working at the farm.   It was not uncommon in those times for young men to leave home to board where they could find work.   This is likely the case with Daniel. 

          Ten years later,  the 1880 Michigan census finds him living in Chapin, Saginaw County, and married to Mary Elizabeth Doughty, with 3 small children: George Emory 4, William Albert 2, and John Daniel 1.  They met in Ovid; he was 19, she 18.   Her family lived in Middlebury Township, Clinton County.

          They’d used $400 loaned to them by Mary Elizabeth’s father, Albert Doughty, to purchase 80 acres five miles northwest of the village of Chapin in 1876.  Daniel and his father-in-law cut down trees to build a one-room log shanty and the family rode by oxen to the new home.  They were married in the church rectory of the new St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Owosso on Christmas Eve, 1874.   A newspaper article from the Owosso Argus Press reported that it was the first marriage performed in the brand new church, not quite completed.

          Mary Elizabeth had two brothers Charles A. Doughty and Albert H. Doughty.  Albert ran away to join up for the Civil War at age 14, returned home only to die of the fever shortly after.   Charles married and moved to East Saginaw, where the 1870 Michigan census lists a Charles Doughty, aged 44, married to Eunice, with one grown daughter, working as a clerk in a bookstore.  Helen Neva Moore Newman’s personal notes mention that he worked at the steel mills and died of steel dust in his lungs.

          Being the only daughter, Mary Elizabeth was responsible for caring for her bed-ridden mother, Mary Jane Pitcher Doughty, after the birth of Albert.   She would prepare her mother for the day, then walk the short distance to the school for classes.   When she was needed back at home, her father hung a white cloth in the window as a sign.

          Daniel and Mary Elizabeth had thirteen children between 1876 and 1899. In addition to the first three mentioned previously, these children were:  Mary Elizabeth (1880); Charles Robert (1882); Sylvia Elizabeth (1884); Harriet Marguerite (1885); Andy Harry (1887); Orbin Elwin (1891); Anna Ida (1893); twins Hazel Eva and Helen Neva (1897); and Vern Leon (1899).

          In 1910, Daniel sold the farm in November and the family moved into Owosso on Harrison Avenue.   Annie Ida (16), Helen Neva(12), and Vern Leon (11) were still at home.  Daniel hauled bricks for the paving of Main Street and plowed gardens.  In the winter months, he rode logs down the Shiawassee River to Saginaw Bay.  He was also quite a tap dancer and known for entertaining family and neighbors with his foot moves.  

          Mary Elizabeth was literate and always read bedtime stories to her children.   She taught her husband to read and write.  Daughter Helen Neva Moore Newman wrote:  

                        “I remember my mom reading to Vern and me:  “The Girl of the Limberlost” after we moved to Owosso from the farm.  This story ran in the Argus Press and every evening after supper, Mom would corral Vern and me to come listen to her reading this story.  And she did a beautiful job of it.  And my dad could write his name and read a bit.”

           Mary Elizabeth suffered a stroke and died eight hours later on 22 November 1912. Her body was taken to the Ann Arbor train depot in Owosso where the family bordered for the trip to Elsie.   A service was held in the Methodist church there and then everyone went by horse-drawn hearse and buggy to Ford Cemetery, two miles north of Elsie for the burial.

          Daniel married a widow, Adell Hall, two years later on 25 November 1914.    

          The  15 April 1910 census also recorded Emory George Moore, aged 33, living on Young Street in Owosso with wife Flossie Vincent Moore, 22, and two children Leola (4) and Vivian (3).   Emory was a carpenter, then working in a carriage factory.   He built several houses on Young Street over the rest of the first part of the 20th century, including the house at 1432 where Helen Neva Moore and Herman Newman moved in 1922.  

          The 10 January 1920 Michigan census found Daniel and “Della” living alone at 526 Harrison Street.   Daniel was 63 and Adell 57.  Also listed as living on Corunna Avenue, in Ward 3, were Herman Newman, 26, and Helen Moore Newman, 22, with their first child Evelyn Harriet, 4 and a half.   Herman was a truck driver, delivering coal.   Other Moore children living in Owosso at this time included Orbin Elwin, 31, with wife Harriet, 30, and son Phillip, 20 months.  The family lived in Ward 3, Harrison Avenue.   Brother Vern Leon (20) lived on West Main in Owosso, with wife Nellie (16).  Vern was listed as a foundry worker.

          In 1931, Adell Hall died.   Daniel followed the next year on 8 October 1932 after injuries sustained when he fell from an apple tree in his yard at aged 78!  He is buried in Owosso.

          Daniel’s 12th child was Helen Neva Moore, one of a set of twins born on 19 October 1897, at the Chapin farm.   Hazel Eva lived only five weeks before dying of “thrush”, a throat ailment, on 22 November 1897. By the time Helen was a young girl, most of her older brothers and sisters had left the family home to “work out” as it was called, so she, sister Anna, and brother Vern grew up and went to school together.   She told a story of getting head lice while in the second grade, walking a mile and  a half to a store to get a fine-toothed comb, and then having her hair doused with kerosene to rid herself of the lice.  She contracted the lice by using a comb left in the kitchen by peddlers her parents let sleep overnight in the barn and wash up for breakfast at a basin in the kitchen.   After moving to Owosso, she attended Bryant School and graduated from the 8th grade in June, 1912.

           When her mother died in November of that year, Helen had to quit school to care for the family.  Her older sister Sylvia Elizabeth returned home from “working out” to help out.  Shortly after her father married the widow Hall, Helen moved across the street to live with her brother Charlie and wife Zelma Moore.  Charlie later served as mayor of Owosso from 1950-1955. 

          Helen married Herman Newman on 27 November 1914 in Mason, Michigan.   He was 21 and she just 17.  Herman took the Owosso to Jackson Interurban electric car which ran from Owosso to Jackson via Perry and Lansing,  to Mason in the morning, with Helen following in the afternoon.   They were married by the Reverend Maxwell and they stopped for the night at “Aunt Hattie’s” home in Morrice, MI.

       Herman drove a coal truck, delivering coal to homes and businesses. He wore a uniform and hat to drive the Republic truck, which had no springs and hard rubber tires, and cloth sides which could be tied up.

            The first of two children, Evelyn Harriet, arrived in early August of 1915.   Helen had gone to her sister Sylvia’s farm near Chapin and made this observation on her daughter’s birthday in 1985.

                        You never heard about your arrival, how Aunt Sylvia and Uncle Theo planned to visit my sister Anna who lived two miles away.  Sylvia asked, “Do you think you will need         Dr. Beal from Elsie before morning, and if so, I’ll call Fenmore phone girl to leave the switch open.”   Other-wise, Theo would have to drive to Fenmore and get the operator out of bed if you decided to join our clan in the middle of the night.  It was horse and buggy days.  Heck!!  How did I know?   So, they left and I went to bed and to sleep.   They came home about 11:00 p.m. and Sylvia came upstairs, awakened me.   I felt okay.  Then, I couldn’t get back to sleep and so I called Sylvia, downstairs, at 5:00 a.m.:  ”I think I need the dr.”   Theo had to dress, hook up the horse and drive 5 miles to Fenmore to phone Dr. in Elsie. You joined us at 8:20 a.m.   7 and 1/2 lbs.  Breach birth.  And Sylvia said you were the prettiest baby she ever saw. 

          The precise date of Evelyn’s birth is somewhat vague.   Family lore always said this Dr. Beal recorded the wrong date on the certificate -- a day earlier than fact -- and submitted it a day later; hence, Evelyn’s birthdays were August 10-11- and 12th. During the First World War, Herman went to Camp Grayling for three weeks of active duty but was not called up to regular duty.  A Dr. Arnold sent him home, apparently unsuitable for duty.  They lived in an apartment owned by a Mrs. Corey at 702 Corunna Avenue.

          Their second child, Robert Eugene, was born in Owosso 28 November 1923.  After the family moved to the new house Helen’s brother Emory had built for them at 1432 Young Street, Robert attended Roosevelt School.

          In April 1927, the Newman’s began a small business which remains in the family to this date.   Located in the 200 block of South Washington Street, it was known as Bob’s Tire and Repair Service.  A sign above the business read “US Royal Cord Tires” with a smaller one below “Bob’s Tire & Repair Service”.    Herman “Bob” had worked in several garages for some time, finally deciding it was time to branch out on his own.

          In 1928, the business moved across the street, where it remained until 1955 when it moved to 1836 Corunna Avenue, where it became known as Bob’s Tire Service.  It remains there today.    A second location operates in St. Johns.   

          Helen was the business’ bookkeeper from 1927 until her retirement in 1972.  Herman worked until his death in March of 1973, although son Robert      “ Bob”  was doing most of the work in those latter years,  as Herman “Bob” had unofficially “retired” and came to the shop daily just to “supervise” and oversee his grandsons pumping gas and washing windows.   From 1940 until 1972, Les Winterley was a partner in the business. 

          Son Robert “Bob” joined the business in 1939 and his son Robert Eugene, Jr. joined in 1959.   “Rob” continues as the owner today. 

          Herman lived one year into his full retirement before collapsing and dying of a heart attack in his own backyard on 10 March 1973 at the age of 79.   He was buried at Ford Cemetery, north of Elsie, on 13 March 1972.

          Helen remained living in their Young Street home until she became ill and unable to care for herself in the early 1990s.   She entered a nursing facility in Durand, where she died on 25 January 1994, at age 96.  She was buried beside Herman in Ford Cemetery.

          One of the family treasures that Herman and Helen bought is the cabin on  Van Ettan Lake near Oscoda in Michigan’s northeastern lower peninsula.   Purchased from a Mr. and Mrs. Tosh in 1952, the “cabin” was a place where Herman planned to be able to fish and hunt and where his family could spend time together.   Helen wrote about the cabin and her notes are included at the back of this history.

          Five generations of Moore-Newman-Fero family members have enjoyed the cabin, which now is owned by third-generation Rob Newman.    A squarish brown-shingled two-story cabin, it sits on a bluff overlooking the lake from its western shore.   A broad screened porch runs the length of its front.   Inside, the first floor is open and contains a kitchen, dining room, bathroom, and living area, dominated by a large Tennessee flagstone fireplace.   A staircase covers the back wall and leads to a balcony where three separate bedrooms are spread along the north and east walls. 

          Many decades of fond memories are captured in these walls and son Robert Eugene and daughter Evelyn Harriet’s ashes rest along side each other on the bluff overlooking the lake, a permanent family presence at this important place.

          Evelyn graduated from Owosso High School in 1932 and went on to graduate from Cleary Business College in Ypsilanti two years later.   While working in Lansing for General Motors Acceptance Company, she met Barnard Strong Fero, who was working in the laboratories of Atlas Forge Company, and they were married on Saturday, 21 January 1939, in her parents’ front room.   His father performed the ceremony.   A copy of the nuptial announcement from the Owosso Argus Press, 23 January 1939, is included at the end of this history.

          They began their married life in Lansing, living at the Washington Apartments.  The first two of their four sons were born in Lansing, Patrick Dennis Fero on 23 January 1940, and Michael Barnard Fero on 9 May 1942.   Working in defense industries during the war, Barney was exempted from service until the very last months of the war, when he was drafted, only to have the war end prior to his entering military service.   Son Timothy David Fero was born about that same time on 15 April 1945, in Owosso.

          After living in Toledo and Erie, Ohio, they purchased a house at 147 Clarence Street in Belleville, MI, west of Detroit, and lived there for several years.   In 1949, they moved to a new home at 16162 Angelique in Allen Park, a new downriver suburb of Detroit.   It was in nearby Wyandotte that their final son, Kelly Peter Fero, was born on 17 February 1952.

Robb Newman, Tim, Pat and Mike Fero in 1945.

Another move to Tecumseh -- a small rural community southwest of Ann Arbor -- in 1954 brought the family to 105 Maple Street.  Barney had taken a job at Bridgeport Brass in nearby Adrian in the forge division.   There, brothers Pat(1957), Mike(1960), and Tim(1963) graduated from high school and Kelly from grade school.  Evelyn took odd jobs -- one being a census recorder for the 1960 federal census; another as a library volunteer; another as PTA president -- until she finally went to work full time as a private secretary at the Tecumseh Products Company. 

                                                                                                                                   Tecumseh, Michigan . . . main street.        

          In June 1963, with Pat in the U.S. Air Force, Mike in college at Michigan State University, and Tim recently graduated from high school and entering the Air Force, the family took advantage of a rare opportunity to spend some time living overseas and moved to the second-largest city in Argentina, Cordóba, where Barney supervised the forge division of Industrías Kaiser Argentina (IKA), making all the dies and forms needed to produce the Kaiser/Fraser line of automobiles.    It was here that Kelly attended the American school, Academia Arguello, through the 10th grade.    

          In 1968, after living through military revolutions and continued economic and political unrest, Barney, Ev, and Kelly again moved, this time to a colonial city several hours north of Mexico City named Querétaro.  Here, Barney supervised the forge division for Tremec, Inc. -- a Michigan company manufacturing automobile transmissions -- and Kelly graduated from the JFK American high school in 1970.

          Barney and Ev remained living in Mexico until 1980 when they retired and relocated to the central Texas hill country, living first briefly in south Austin and then moving permanently to a rural enclave near Buda in Hays County.  In their retirement, Evelyn enjoyed crocheting items to be sold by consignment in a renovated stone bakery in downtown Austin called The Old Bakery and volunteered to staff the store too.    Barney still enjoys his activities with the Lions Club and local AARP chapter.

          After an extended illness, Evelyn died in an Austin hospital on 18 February 1998.   She was cremated and a portion of her remains are interred at the cabin at Van Ettan Lake in Michigan.

Mike, Mary Jo Fero, Michael Fero holding Erin Orwig with his sister, Michelle Orwig kneeling in front of him, Barney Fero, Michael’s wife, Cynthia, Patrick and Tim Fero, after interring Evelyn’s ashes in front of the cabin in Oscoda.

          Barney continues to live in their Buda home, with son Timothy. Tim has two sons, Ted Fero(wife Jen), of Austin, and Tony Fero, of Ann Arbor, MI.   Kelly and wife, Mary Duhé Fero, live in north Austin.  They have two daughters, Caitlin Newlands, of Seattle, WA, and Kate Riggleman (husband Nathen), of Austin, and two grandchildren Isaiah Newlands and Skyla Delilah Riggleman.   Pat and wife, Mary Jo Tressler Fero, live in Glen Rock, PA.  They have two children, Michael Patrick Fero(wife Cynthia), of Morongo Valley, CA, and Michelle Ann Fero Orwig(husband Toby), of Rinely, PA, and two grandchildren Kev and Erin Orwig.   Mike lives in Lakewood, CO.

          Robert “Bob” Newman  graduated from Owosso High School in 1941 and attended Bay City Junior College before entering the service on 23 January 1943. He married Agnes D. Huber, of Owosso,  in Lexington, S.C. on 5 February 1944.  He served the U.S. Army as a turret gunner during World War II with the 12th Air Force B-25 Billy Mitchell bombardment group in Corsica and flew 65 successful missions over northern Italy, France, and the Balkans, receiving many commendations and medals of bravery.  He was furloughed home in early 1945 at the rank of staff sergeant.

          An excerpt from the Owosso Argus Press, January 1945, reads in part:

                        Most of his flights were over northern Italy from a base in Corsica -- with the exception of aerial support given troops over southern France during the invasion last June -- and the fighter opposition from the Nazis was surprisingly light, he said.   In fact, during the entire series of 65 missions, not a single enemy fighter plane got within reach of Sgt. Newman’s gun.   It seems that the B-25’s are too well armed and the Nazis apparently are aware of this fact.

                        The 65th mission was marked by an occurrence which could easily have ended in disaster.  returning home from a run over the Adriatic coast, the men found one of their two engines shot out from flak and were forced to limp for the nearest emergency landing field with the remaining engine, which wasn’t in any too good condition.   While the ground crews rebuilt the damaged engine, Sgt. Newman and his companion returned             to their home base with another ship and later returned to bring back “Sad Sack”, which, incidentally, was the name of their plane.

          After the war ended, Bob and Aggie lived in Owosso at 1030 East Main Street and he returned to work at Bob’s Tire with his father.   Later, they moved to 1412 Young Street, and then to 700 North Chipman Street.

          The couple had two sons.  Robert Eugene Newman, Jr.  was born 6 November 1944, in Owosso.  This occurred while his father was overseas and the news was received by radiogram.   Scott E. Newman was born in Owosso on

16 May 1957.

Mary Jo and Patrick Fero, Helen Newman, Aggie, Scott and Bob Newman:

Owosso, September 1963.

          Bob retired in 1986 and died at Memorial Hospital in Owosso on a Saturday morning, 7 July 1990, at the age of 66.   He was cremated and his ashes interred on the bluff overlooking Van Ettan Lake.

          Aggie continues to live in their home along the Shiawassee River on North Chipman Street.

          Rob lives in Henderson, MI, with wife Kathy Newman.  Their son Christopher Newman lives in Owosso.

          Scott lives and works in Washington, D.C.

                               ********************

                    (Written April 2002 by Michael Barnard Fero, Lakewood CO)

                                      Sources:

            Personal letters and notes of Helen Neva Moore Newman

            US Census data, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920

            Ontario, Canada Census data, 1861

            Parish Records, St. Peter’s Basilica, London, Ontario, Canada, Index of Burials, 1852-1861

            Court Records, Middlesex County, Ontario, 1858-1874

             Ontario Province, Middlesex County Census, Index,  1852

            Researcher Gloria Stennett, London and Middlesex County Branch, 

                        Ontario Genealogical Society

            Research documents prepared by Evelyn Harriet Newman Fero

            Obituaries and Articles from the St. Johns News and The Clinton Republican newspapers

            Obituaries, Articles, and Photographs from the Owosso Argus Press

            Mt. Rest Cemetery records, St. Johns, MI

            Family oral history

            State of Michigan Library, Lansing, MI

            Vital records, State of Michigan, counties of Wayne and Clinton

            Online  Michigan County Websites: Clinton, Ingham, Shiawassee, Saginaw, Gratiot, 

                        Livingston Counties, MI

            Elsie Historical Society, Elsie, MI

            Researcher Allen Martin, Ovid Historical Society, Ovid, Mi

            Researcher Bonnie Burkhardt, Clinton County, Elsie, Mi

            Cemetery Books: Ford Cemetery; Middlebury Cemetery; Maple Grove Cemetery; South                        

Ovid Cemetery, Elsie Historical Society

            Researcher Bill Serviss, Clinton County, Dewitt, MI

            Letter, Donna Moore Sanford-Heberts, July 1983

            Letter, Helen D. and Phillip D. Moore, Sea Island, SC, 1 March 2002