Ethel M Hagadone

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• Civil: Michigan, USA
• Ethnicity: American
• Race: White
• Name: Ethel May (Haggadone) Van Kirk
• Name: Ethel M Vankirk
• Reference Number: 6739
• Residence: Oxford, Oakland, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan, USA; 14 Age: 14; At School Occupation: At School; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; AttendedSchool: 1; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0030; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter
• Residence: 1920, Avon, Oakland, Michigan, USA; StreetAddress: South St; 35 Age: 35; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 159; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
• Residence: 1935, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
• Residence: 1940, , Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA; StreetAddress: Homedale Street; 55 Age: 55; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 20; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 84-1332; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; Respondent: Yes; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
• Residence: 1950, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA; StreetAddress: Homedale; 65 Age: 65; Seamstress Occupation: Seamstress; ClassofWorker: Private; EnumerationDistrict: 85-1976; HoursWorked: 40; Industry: Cleaning Plant; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Working; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; Head RelationToHead: Head; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed

Family/Spouse: William VanKirk. William was born on 29 Apr 1881 in Pahaquarry, Warren County, New Jersey, United States of America; died on 30 May 1949 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America; was buried in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lizzie Belle Van Kirk was born on 3 Sep 1905 in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA; died on 10 Oct 1905 in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA; was buried in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA.
2. Virgil E Van Kirk was born on 2 Aug 1906 in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA; died on 10 Aug 1930 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America; was buried in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA.
3. Kenneth John Van Kirk was born on 7 May 1908 in Oxford, Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America; died on 8 Oct 1990 in Wayne, Michigan, USA; was buried in Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America.
4. Gladys Luella Van Kirk was born on 16 Jul 1909 in Oxford, Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America; died on 11 Sep 1999 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America; was buried in Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America.
5. William Glenn Van Kirk was born in 1913 in Michigan, USA.
6. Margaret Vankirk was born on 5 Jan 1915 in Oxford, Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America; died on 4 Oct 1976 in Wayne, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America; was buried in Holly, Oakland County, Michigan, United States of America.
7. Living

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• Ethnicity: American
• Race: White
• Name: John Haggadone
• Reference Number: 5815
• _EMPLOY: Employer: Wage Earner
• Residence: 1900, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan, USA; 44 Age: 44; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0030; HomeOwnership: Rent; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; OwnsFarm: F; YearsMarried: 17; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
• Residence: 1910, Imlay, Lapeer, Michigan, USA; StreetAddress: Fifth Street; 54 Age: 54; Carpenter Occupation: Carpenter; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0044; HomeOwnership: Rent; Industry: House; LiveOnFarm: House; NativeLanguageCode: English; OutOfWork: N; WeeksOutOfWork: 0; YearsMarried: 27; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head

John married Mary A. DeGroat on 31 Dec 1883 in Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, USA. Mary (daughter of Anson Henry DeGroat and Mary Mills) was born on 12 Jun 1866 in Goodland, Lapeer, Michigan, USA; died on 3 Apr 1948 in Avon, Oakland, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Ethnicity: American
• Race: White
• Name: Mary A (DeGroat) Haggadone
• Name: Mary Haggedone
• Reference Number: 6667
• Birth: 1867, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan, USA; 31 Age: 31; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0030; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 6; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 6; YearsMarried: 17; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife

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• Race: White
• Name: Anson De Groot
• Name: Anson DeGroat
• Name: Anson H Degroot
• Reference Number: 6684
• Birth: 1833, Canada
• Birth: 1834, Canada
• Birth: 1834, Canada
• Birth: Feb 1834, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Dorchester North, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; Age: 18
• Arrival: 1855; Age: 21
• Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1870, Dayton, Tuscola, Michigan, USA; Post Office: Vassar
• Residence: 1872, Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, USA; Age: 47; Occupation: Farmer; EnumerationDistrict: 112; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Self
• Residence: 1900, Algoma, Kent, Michigan, USA; Age: 66; Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0033; HomeMortgaged: M; HomeOwnership: O; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; NaturalizationStatus: Na; OwnsFarm: F; YearsInUS: 45; MaritalStatus: Divorced; R
• Residence: 1910, Algoma, Kent, Michigan, USA; Age: 76; MaritalStatus: Divorced; RelationToHead: Head
• Residence: 1920, Kent, Michigan, USA; StreetAddress: Frances Avenue S. E.; Age: 86; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 91; LanguageSpoken: French; RelationToHead: Grandfather; MaritalStatus: Widowed

Anson married Mary Mills on 28 Sep 1857 in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Amasa Chase and Hannah Mills) was born in 1839 in Canada; died between 1866 and 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6529
• Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

The Mary Mills who appears on the 1861 Census in Southwold appears to be a different Mills family.

Notes by Kristin Schwark on findagrave.com:
Very little is known of my 3x great grandmother. I was able to connect with someone in North Dorchester, her only confirmed place of residence, and her marriage info was found. Mary Mills & Anson DeGroat wed on September 28, 1857 in Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario. On the 1861 Census of Canada her estimated birth year was 1839 (Anson's was 1836, but actual year is 1833. I'm calculating that hers may have been fudged as well, at 1836). They had a daughter, Anna (1859). 4 years later, still in Canada, they had Lydia (Aug 1863). The family moved to Goodland, Lapeer, Michigan sometime between September 1863 and May 1866. Their daughter Mary was born there on June 12, 1866. Sometime between Mary Jr's birth, and Anson's next marriage on January 18, 1869, Mary Mills had died or abandoned her children. On the 1870 US Census, the 3 girls were with foster parents. Anna & Lydia were with the Carpenter's, and Mary Jr was with the McConnell's. Michigan death records were not kept formally until beginning in 1867, and fully by 1868. It is my conclusion that Mary did indeed die in Lapeer County. I will keep digging, and not let her slip through the cracks!!

A few notables from my ONLY record:

Born abt 1839 in Canada West (possibly fudged like Anson)
Religion: WM (living with/near Anson's family who were all listed as CPM)

In my search for Mills in or around North Dorchester (Middlesex County) and their marriage location (Elgin County) on the 1852 Census, I found a Mary Mills, born abt 1835, listed as Baptist, who was NOT living with her parents in 1861. Jesse, Matilda, Mary & siblings were in Southwold, Elgin County. Although the birth years are off (common occurrence), and the religion is different (she may have conformed to Anson), it seems to be the first real possibility I've found to who she is. I hope she didn't abandon these girls, and, I hope her death was not caused by Anson. (He remarried and abandoned a few times). I also thought she may have been buried in the local family plot on Henry Ruiter DeGroat's farm, but there seems to be no record of it. That burial ground was also known as Lum Cemetery, and is now Arcadia Township Cemetery. My guess is she is there with no record or headstone, or was returned to Canada. Her possible parents are in Iona Cemetery, but again, no record of her there either. The family had moved to Lambton County sometime between 1861 and 1871, so she may be buried in Lambton. She was so young and unexpected, they may have just buried her local to their current residence, versus going back to Elgin County, where Iona Cemetery and most of the family are.

1870 living in residence of Alexander and Phoebe Carpenter. Phebe is the daughter of Abner Chase and Lydia Upton. Also next door on the census is Sharley Wilson, another daughter of Abner and Lydia. Abner and Lydia are quakers in Yarmouth, Elgin County Ontario. We have multiple autosomal dna matches with Abner & Lydia although we do not know the exact relationship. Also both sisters had either a son or grandson of John Mills/Abigail Minard as a witness at their weddings in Canada. We also have multiple autosomal dna matches to John Mills/Abigail Minard, although we do not have the exact line fleshed out. Mary may be a granddaughter to them.

Based on numerous DNA matches we believe that Amasa Chase was the illegitimate father of Mary Mills. He was living in Yarmouth at the time. Numerous matches show that his DNA goes through Mary Mills line to her descendants. After Mary died, two of her children were 'adopted' by Amasa's sister, Phoebe Carpenter in Lapeer, Michigan. We believe Mary's mother was a child or grandchild of John Mills & Abigail Minard. Again, numerous DNA matches to Mills/Minard come through Mary's line. Mary would have grown up in one of the Mills households. Unfortunately, the 1851 census for the section of Yarmouth that the Mills family lived in is missing. The 1841 census was head of household only, and we cannot identify Mary. The 1861 Census shows Mary living with her husband, Anson Degroat.

A review of probate records shows that there is no record of probate for Mary or record of conservatorship for any of the children in Lapeer County.

A probate file at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SC-B6MF for Sharley Chase WIlson, daughter of Abner Chase and Lydia Mills refers to Anna Degroat Phelps (daughter of Mary Mills) as her niece. Niece would not be possible, however if Anna Degroat was her grandniece that would mean that a parent of Mary Mills would have been a sibling of Sharley. Thus, Mary Mills would be granddaughter of Abner Chase and Lydia Upton. The 1842 census of Yarmouth https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-VQCT-P?i=4&cc=1834342 shows 1 female under the age of 5 in the household of Abner Chase.

Died:
child born 1866-not on1870 census and children split up.

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• Birth: Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
• Race: Dutch
• Name: Peter
• Name: Peter Degroat
• Name: Peter Degroat
• Reference Number: 6796
• Residence: Middlesex East
• Birth: 1792, Canada
• Birth: 1 Dec 1793
• Residence: 1852, Dorchester North, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; Age: 60
• Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Ontario, Canada; Age: 77
• Residence: 1871, Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; Age: 77; Marital Status: Married

Notes:

Peter Degroat Will
Middlesex County, Ontario probate book G, P315. FHL img 472
Date: 13 May 1878 (he died in June 1878).
Residence: North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario.
Executors: Samuel Whaley and John Dafoe
Wife: Harriet
Sons: Bradford and Jonathon
Daughters: Jane Furney and Catherine Schall.

Son Henry not mentioned, perhaps deceased. However, Anson and Elias, definately not deceased, but not mentioned.


Birth:
Jan 1852 be 60 on 21 Nov

Birth:
calculated from gravestone

Peter married Harriet Rebecca Van Norman on 8 May 1828 in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Harriet (daughter of John Van Norman and Rebecca Unknown) was born on 3 Jul 1809 in Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Mar 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Race: German
• Name: Hariet Degroat
• Name: Harriet R
• Name: Harriet Rebecca VanNorman
• Name: Harriet Vanorman
• Reference Number: 6532
• Birth: 25 May 1806
• Birth: 1807, Ontario
• Residence: 1861, North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Dorchester North, Middlesex East, Ontario, Canada; Age: 74; MaritalStatus: Widowed

Notes:

Harriet's maiden name (Van Norman)appears on the death records for at least two of her children, Jane Furney and Jonathan Degroat.

Birth:
from 1851 census. jan 1852 b3 43 on 3 Jul

Birth:
death of child

Birth:
from gravestone calc birth date 84-9-17

Died:
Avon United Cemetery, Avon, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Married:
St Thomas Church

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• Ethnicity: American
• Race: White
• Name: John Chars
• Reference Number: 6720
• Residence: 1835, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; based on Quaker meeting records
• Residence: 1860, Pittsfield, Otsego, New York, USA
• Residence: 1861, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1870, Fulton, Schoharie, New York, USA
• Arrival: 1873; 10 Age: 10
• Residence: 1880, Paradise, Rooks, Kansas, USA; Age: 57; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
• Residence: 1 Mar 1885, Paradise, Rooks, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1900, Angleton, Brazoria, Texas, USA; 36 Age: 36; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0001; HomeOwnership: Own; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; NaturalizationStatus: Naturalized; OwnsFarm: F; YearsInUS: 27; YearsMarried: 14; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head
• Residence: 1910, Dawson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Notes:

per Canadian Quaker records Abner Chase along with his son Amasa and other children joined the Yarmouth, Ontario congregation in 1835. Based on numerous DNA matches to the Amasa Chase line, the John Mills/Abigail Minard line and the Isaac Huff/Sarah tripp line (all residents of Yarmouth Township) we believe that Amasa Chase was the illegitimate father of Mary Mills. The mother of Mary Mills would then have to be the daughter of James Mills (son of John/Abigial) and Jemima Huff (dau of Isaace Huff/Sarah Tripp). This is the only plausible scenario which explains the huge number of DNA matches to these 3 lines in Yarmouth Township and also explains Mary Mills using the Mills name. It also gives reason as to why Amasa Chase's sister, Phoebe (who lived in Tuscola County, Michign) took in two of Mary's daughters, Anna and Lydia Degroat, after Mary died in Tuscola, Michigan. I have been unable to find any record of a probate action filed in Tuscola County in regards to Mary's three 'orphaned' children. The father of Mary's three children, Anson Degroat, apparently abandoned the children. He remarried and moved to Kent County without them!

The 3rd daughter Mary ended up in the household of Eli McConnell, who had earlier moved from Yarmouth Township, Ontario to Lapeer County, Michigan.

Amasa married Hannah Mills. Hannah (daughter of James Mills and Jemima Huff) was born on 12 May 1822 in Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Apr 1856 in Canada; was buried in 1856 in Elgin, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Hannah Moore
• Reference Number: 7337
• Birth: 1821
• Residence: May 1830
• Residence: 13 Jan 1841, Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, Canada; Disowned from Society of Friends
• Death: 1856

Notes:

Death:
Age: 35

Buried:
Sparta South Cemetery