WMGS-Blog

Western Michigan Genealogical Society
RSS

WMGS Sites

About

The Western Michigan* Genealogical Society (www.wmgs.org) was founded in 1954 with the purpose of preserving and making available for genealogical research the records of our ancestors; encouraging and assisting members in genealogical research; promoting the exchange of knowledge and encouraging the deposit of genealogical records in established libraries and archives.

*Includes Kent County and the counties immediately surrounding; namely Ottawa, Muskegon, Newaygo, Montcalm, Ionia, Barry and Allegan Counties. There is some extension beyond these counties into other areas of the Western Lower Peninsula.

Browsing Posts tagged newaygo

Wives of William C. Bryant, Part 2 of 4

May 29, 2009 No comments

William BRYANT was undoubtedly devastated after the death of Nellie, his first wife. He was introduced to Evalena TINDALL. A family member states that William’s sister Gertrude thought Eva, a “society girl,” would be good for William dealing with his loss and so encouraged the marriage. Eva TINDALL was born 15 Aug 1871 in Algansee, Branch […]

General Genealogy , , , , ,

Wives of William C. Bryant, Part 1 of 4

May 27, 2009 No comments

My great-grandfather was named for a distant cousin, William Cullen BRYANT the poet and editor of the New York Evening Post. Though the conclusive proof has not been found, family tradition is pretty consistent about this relationship. Acknowledging that there is a tendency in families to claim a connection to a famous person without much […]

General Genealogy , , , ,
Powered by WordPress Web Design by SRS Solutions © 2023 WMGS-Blog Design by SRS Solutions