FAMILIES OF THE PICKFORD AREA |
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George Patton was born in Goderich, Ontario, in 1860. In 1884 he married 22-year-old Mary Meylan. In the next two years Nina and John M. were born and in 1887 the family moved to Michigan.
Mr. Patton settled on a homestead four and one-half miles south of Pickford on which he built a log cabin that Mrs. Patton always referred to as "The Shanty" While living in their "shanty" their next two children were born: George Edward in 1888 and Margaret B. in 1893. Mr. Patton cleared land with oxen and lumbered and in 1895 they built a new home. In this home were born Reno M. in 1897, Wilmer R. in 1901 and Opal M. in 1903.
At this time Rockview consisted of a post office, a union church, and a small store. Often Mr. Patton served as a substitute minister. The children walked two miles to the Maple Leaf school west of Rockview.
During the summer of 1906 and 1907, the family, with the exception of John and Ed, who stayed home to run the farm, "touristed" on the Les Cheneaux Dairy Farm and supplied dairy products to the tourists on Marquette Island.
In 1916 Mr. Patton rented the farm and moved to the Soo where Wilmer and Opal graduated from high school. Wilmer graduated from Alma College Summa Cum Laude and taught for over 2O years in Utica, Colgate, Ohio, Grosse Point, Lake St. Claire, and Constantine. Opal and Margaret selected the teaching profession also, attending Ferris Institute. Margaret retired in 1960 after 30 years of teaching, the last eleven in the Raber system. Opal taught a few years and was cashier at War Memorial Hospital in the Soo. Reno farmed and was the caretaker of the Kinross 4-H building. He was in the service in 1918.
NINA married Herb Bawks in 1905. They had 12 children, 5 of whom died in infancy. Clifford married Leota Pennington. They live in Sault Ste. Marie and have two children, Gerald and Joan. Gerald married Ina Winger and they live in the Soo with their four children: Debra, Wallace, Bonnie, and Lori*. Joann married Clarence Wagner, Jr. and they live in Fayetteville, N.C., and have four children: Linda, Donna, Larry, and Pam*. Raymond married Irene Pudelko and they live in Pickford. Their son, Raymond, married Judy Cabanaugh and live in Muskegon with their twins, Steven and Sally*. Effie married Ivan Leach. They live in Pickford and have 6 children: John, William, Lila, Ivana, Richard, and Duane. John married Ruth Finlan (deceased 1972) and had 5 children. William married Karen Huyck and they live in Lennon, Michigan and have three children, Duane, Joan, and Amy*. Lila married Gary Williams and they live in Muskegon and have four Marty, Julia, Robin, and Todd*. Ivana married Robert Jones and they live in Pickford and have three children, Robert, Jr., Pauline, and Roger*. Richard married Judy Palmroy. They live in Muskegon and their children are Patti, Faye, and Allan*. Duane died in 1948 at the age of 5. Violet married Sam Cruickshank. They lived at Rockview. Sam died in 1957. Violet lives in Pickford and they have five children. Theora married Robert Bosley. They live in Stalwart and have five children: Frances, Harrison, Penny, Bobby, and Cheryl*. Wanda married Vern Saywers. They live at Donaldson and have three boys: Jeff, Steven, and Douglas*. Seward and they live in Texas with one son, Billy*. Donald married Kathryn LaPoint. Deborah graduated from Pickford High School in 1972. Vern married Irene Rose and they live in Mt. Clemens. Their two children are Carol and Wayne. Robert married Bertha Kramer. They live in Hessel and have two boys, James and Ronald. Ronald is married to Darlene Hardy. Dean married Mae Huyck and they live in Pickford. Their three boys are Larry, Jerry, and Bruce.
JOHN and EDWARD both farmed. JOHN died Feb. 14, 1915 at the age of 28 and EDWARD on March 15, 1920 at the age of 31.
MARGARET married Ford Bawks, June 24, 1926. They live in Pickford and have two children, Eldon and Helen. Eldon married Marion Wise. He lives in Brighton and they have a daughter, Marjorie (Margie). Margie married David Templeton and they live in Brighton. They have a son, Scott Bryan*. Helen married James Crisp. They live in Newaygo and have four children: Marcy, James, Jr., Ricky, and Brian.
RENO married Beulah Smith June 4, 1924. He died June 3, 1970. Beulah died in 1972. They had five children. Clare married Louise Dahlam. Clare is a minister and they live in Wisner, Michigan, and have three boys: Steve, Brian, and Terry. Grant married Sylvia Johnson. They ahve six children: Doreen, Larry, Cindy, Carla, Drew, and Timmy. Avis married Orvan Alcorn. They live in Brimley and have three children: Lawrence, Karen and Jeffrey. Karen married Richard Ladd and has one son, Richard, Jr.* Wilda married James Edward, Jr. They live in the Soo and have a son, Jimmy Joe, Heber married Nancy McCloskey. They live at Birch Run and have four children: Richard, Darrell, Rebecca, and Caroleta.
WILMER married Mary Winegar June 16, 1926. They live in Three Rivers and have two children, Kathleen and Jack. Wilmer died October 6, 1948. Kathleen married Richard Myer. They live in Madison Heights and have two children, Richard and Mary Ann. Jack married Loretta Welty and they live in Lansing. Their four children are Dennis, Kathryn, Patricia and Brian.
OPAL married Norman Pennington June 24, 1926, a double wedding with her sister, MARGARET. They lived in Sault Ste. Marie. She died October 25, 1968. They had two daughters, Margaret Joy and Norma Jean. Margaret Joy married William Smith and they live in Toledo, Ohio. Their four children are Norman, William, Jr., Cindy, and Mark. Norma Jean married Fredrick Schmitz. They live in Milton, Florida, and have a daughter, Michelle.
Mr. Patton died February 23, 1934 and Mrs. Patton on August 20, 1928. NINA died on April 16, 1928. Descendants of the original Patton family, besides the 7 children, are now 118: 18 grandchildren, 54 great grandchildren, and 39 great great grandchildren.
The Patton house stands much the same today as it did over 60 years ago. It has had a face-lifting with a new roof, siding, and electricity. Even the original cement walk from the house to the road is still in use. Mr. Patton sold his property to Frank Taylor. Harold Taylor, Sam Cruickshank, and Clark Taylor have lived in the house since that time.
James Peffers was born in Scotland on April 9, 1859. As a boy, he came from Scotland with his family and settled in Ontario, Canada. Around 1882 James and his wife, Armina Honsinger Peffers, came to Pickford and settled on the huckleberry plains four miles north and three miles west of Pickford, bordering on the south side of the school forest. Frank was born in 1882. They went back to Canada where William, Gordon, Fred, and Maude were born. About 1899 they returned to Pickford and settled on the SW quarter of SW quarter of Town 44 Notrh, Range 1 West of Section 1 West of Section 13, which we refer to as the Otto Graham 40, now owned by Frank Rike.
In 1907, he bought 80 acres, W 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Town 44 North, Range 1 West, of Section 26, from Hugh Carr. It is now the Alex Anderson farm. He spent the remainder of his life there as a farmer.
WILLIAM HENRY PEFFERS was born in Ontario Sept. 8, 1888 and died Jan. 10, 1968. He was married Feb. 5, 1913, to Pearl Jennett Ferrish, daughter of Jennett Smith Ferrish and Henry Ferrish (born June 8, 1895, in Pickford). Mrs. Peffers now resides in Baca Baton, Florida. She and William had 10 children: Jennie Elizabeth, Ervadene Pearl, Henry Emerson, Harvey James, Albert Roy, Freda Laverne, Opal Mae, Ernest William, Floyd Earl, and Emily Joy.
Jennie married Everett McConkey (deceased 1963) and now risides in Sault Ste. Marie. Her children were as follows: Arla Mae married Russell McDowell and their children Larry (deceased 1968); Betty, Alan, and Evan*; Betty Lou (deceased 1954); Evelyn married Peter Bush and their children are, Terri Lynn, Pamela Jo, Susan Kay, Peter William, and Diana Marie*. Everett Henry married Jacklyn Izzard and they had one daughter, Debra*. His second marriage to Arlene Black resulted in four children: Laurie Kay, Perry Everett, Josephy Melvin, and Judy Elizabeth*; Francis married Sandra Riley and their children are David Francis, Daniel Willard, Doreen Elizabeth (deceased), and Christopher Michael*. Janette married James Hamel and their children are Rhonda, Brent (deceased), Raya, Robin, and James Robert*.
Ervadene Pearl married Leonard Jenks (deceased). They had two children, Ladell and Frederick. Ladell married William Frazer and their children are Claudia (married with one child), Robert, James, Richard and Timothy*. Frederick and his wife, Vivian, are the parents of Wanda, Mike, Penny, and Tina*. Ervadene remarried to George Iwanski and now lives in Belen, New Mexico and has one son, Thomas, from this marriage.
Henry Emerson is unmarried and lives in Boca Baton, Florida.
Harvey James married Marion Reiss and now resides in Leslie, Michigan. Their children are Oscar, Terry, Doyle, Merry Sue, Nancy, and Linda.
Albert Roy married Marjorie McCullam and lives in Costa Mesa, California. They have two daughters, Diane and Gail.
Freda Laverne married David Richard and now lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Their children are Richard (he and his wife, Jill have two children), Sandra (she and her husband, Butch, have one child), Jeffery, Dana, and Barbara
Opal Mae married Francis Gagnon and now lives in the Soo. Their children are Jane (she and her husband, Richard Chadineau, have three children), Frances (she and her husband, James McCall have two children), Gene, and Penny (she and her husband, Richard Payment, have one child).
Ernest, William married June Morrison and lives in Pickford. Steven Ernest, in college, Marcia Kay, Neil William and Joel Clayton.
Floyd Earl married Jerry Esson and now lives in the Soo, and their children are Rodney and Randy (twins) and Kelly. an
Emily Jo married Randy Mundt (deceased) and had two children, Gary and Sherri. She later married Louis Pinto and has a stepdaughter, Lisa, and a son, John.
Charles, Tom, Bill, Jim, and John Pennington were brothers born in Devonshire, England to Ann and John Pennington. They also had one sister, Margaret (Mrs. Tom Hare), whose son, Cyril Hare, still lives in Sault Ste. Marie.
Their father operated a stone mill, grinding flour. Charles helped his father run the mills, staying home from school. He would cough from the dust of the mill and go to the door for fresh air. His father would tell him to take a puff of his pipe. Eventually, Charles decided to get a pipe of his own (he was then about 12 years old). He smoked a pipe until he was 75.
Charles, Tom, Bill, and Jim came to Canada to work. Charles signed up to work on a farm for three years. One month before his time was up, Tom, Bill, and Jim came to see if he wanted to go back to England. They had arranged to work their way back on a livestock boat. To break his contract for the remaining month, Charles hired a "Williams", giving him $16 for the month, while Charles had been earning only $15 per month.
The livestock boat was half-full of wheat. On the way, they were caught in a storm. The boat went on its side as the wheat shifted. The wheat kept the boat from righting itself. There were also 500 sheep and hundreds of head of cattle on the top deck as well as those on a lower floor. The animals piled up on one side of the boat and took the railing off. The 28-man crew was ordered to throw the livestock overboard, as they had to drown in order to collect the insurance. As the men waited out the storm, they could see cattle swimming "in the air" as they were in the trough of the sea. As they went up, the cattle could be seen as far down as they could see. For several days, with engines working, they sat in one place, holding their own until the storm ceased.
At a family reunion, Charles was able to show $300 in gold that he had saved. The brothers stayed in England for some time, but eventually Charles married Melinda and brought his wife to Canada, where he cut cordwood for seven years. At about the age of 28, he came to Stirlingville by way of Sault Ste. Marie, with 2 teams of horses (either his or some he had borrowed). On the way, he upset the furniture into a creek, breaking all the glass. His brother, Bill, had arrived earlier and settled two miles east and one-half mile north of Pickford (on the hill). Jim had homesteaded two miles east, one mile north, and one and one-half miles east of Pickford.
Charles lived in Stirlingville for a while until he purchased 80 acres two miles east of Pickford from the railroad (about 1890). He walked on downed pine logs 1 1/2 miles, from one tree to another between Stirlingville and his farm. He built a home of lumber and pole rafters which he added to later. This house stood until it burned in 1949. Charles worked in lumber camps during the winter at Prentiss Bay, and cleared his own land during the summer. He also cleared land for Bill (a bachelor) to get money to live. He farmed for a living after clearing the land.
Saturday night was saved for going to Stirlingville for groceries. Supplies came there by boat. It was expected at that time that the town would be in Stirlingville.
Fresh beef could only be kept in the winter. The summer menu relied on salt pork. Homemade bread and butter were popular. Pigs and chickens were raised to provide meat and eggs.
Diphtheria struck and took the lives of three of his children: Fred died Feb. 18, 1889 (2 years). George E. died March 3, 1889 (6 years old), and Margaret A. died March 4, 1889 (5 years old.) His wife had diphtheria, but survived until Oct. 18, 1899, when she died of spinal meningitis. She was 37 years old.
Charles sold the farm to Bill Darcy, had an auction sale, and returned to England with his four surviving children, Maria, Hulda, Frank, and Melinda. He had difficulty getting through customs with crowds of people. He got some cardboard boxes piled together and put the children inside, so they wouldn't get trampled. The customs officers had to see the children before they would check the trunks and allow them to proceed. After his return to England, Charles stayed one year. He married Mary Jane Dunn during this time. He couldn't make a satisfactory living there after being in America, wages were so cheap ($0.50 a day), and he preferred the climate in North America, so with his family and new wife, he returned to Stirlingville and repurchased his farm from Bill Darcy in 1900 or 1901.
Shorlty after returning to America, Charles and Mary Jane began their family with Norman,
Charles, Leota, Howard James, Harvey Edwin, Doris Mae, and John Henery. died of a stroke. Charles lived until March 20, 1935. Harvey and Howard purchased the farm from their father and Howard continues to live there.
MARIA married Russel Hope. Their children are Dorothy (Mrs. James Lind), Wanda (Mrs. Edward Quinn), Willard, Kenneth, Wallace, and Fred.
HULDA (1893-1970) married Robert Roe, Jr. Their children are Evelvn (Mrs. Donald MacKenzie),Jean (Mrs. Reid Crawford), Helen (Mrs. Jack McLean), Willis and Morris who are twins, Bernard and Clayton.
MELINDA married Reuben Hunter. Their children are Pauline (Mrs. Basil McCulligh), Beverlv (Mrs. Lorne Sibbald), Donna (Mrs. Bruce Martyn), Marilyn (Mrs. Will Frederick), Shirley (Mrs. Gerald Maleport), Clark and Charles.
FRANK (1891-1948) married Margaret Nelson. Their children are Maitland who married Patricia Roe, their children are Ron, Marsha, Dennis and JoAnn. Edna married Jack Roe, their children are Jim, Roger and Francis. Dean married Patricia Johnson, their children are LynnDean, Pamela, Franklin and Carol.
LEOLA married Clifford Bawks and they live in Sault Ste. Marie. Their son, Gerald, and his wife, Ina, have four children: Debbie, Wally, Bonnie, and Lori. Their daughter, JoAnn, married Al Wegner and lives in North Carolina. Their children are Linda, Donna, Larry, and Pam.
NORMAN married Opal Patton (died in 1968) and lives in Sault Ste. Marie. Their daughter, Margaret Joy, married Bill Smith and lives in Ohio. Their children are Norman, Bill, Cindy, and Mark. Another daughter, Norma Jean, married Fred Schmidt and lives in Florida, they have a daughter, Michelle.
HOWARD married Eleanor Abbott (deceased 1968) and lives in Pickford with his children, Mary Jane and Charles.
HARVEY married Lois Ryan and lives in Pickford.
DORIS married Manford Holter and lives in Dearborn. Their daughter, Patricia Anne, and her husband, Ulysses, live in Lansing. Their children are Katherine Ann, Nancy Lorraine, Matthew Curtis, and and David Alloysius. Their son, Ronald Colin, married Iona Mae Johnson and they live in Detroit. Their children are John Colin, Tina Mae, and Karen Ann.
JOHN married Helen Harrison and they live in Westland. Their daughter, Bonnie, married Dave Beck, and they have a son, John Henry, Jr., (Bud)
The first settler in the Pickford area, Charles W. Pickford, came to this area from Ontario. He had kept a small store in Huron County near Goderich. He had a 100-acre farm where the village of Pickford now stands. His home was near the present Skinner house next to Ken Smith's. Almost as soon as he got here, he started a store. It was built where the Pickford Grocery stood. He also built the Pickford Hotel on the present site of the General Telephone Company.
Charles W. Pickford furnished the money for the erection of a grist mill. The settlers furnished the timber grates. A man named Ruggles operated the mill. He later took on a partner, Thomas Motrison (Clayton's father). When the mill did not prove a financial success, Pickford took it over himself. After doing this, he hired a man named Allen to operate the mill. Later he sold it to Griffith and Waltz.
Hank Pickford, Charles's son, built a sawmill shortly after his arrival.
C. W. Pickford's children included CHARLES, WELDON, WILLIAM, HANK, and SAMUEL by his first wife. His second wife was Mary Jane Clegg and they had four children, BERT, FRANK, GERTRUDE , and MYRTLE.
George Portice came to Canada from Ireland at the age of 16. He settled near Owen Sound. He worked on the farm in Canada during the summer and in the woods near Fife Lake, Michigan, in the winter.
He came to the Pickford area and bought a farm, but continued to work in the woods for 7 years.
He was married to Esther Barber June 9, 1887. The log house where they started their married Here he started farming and continued until his death in 1925. Ervin is still living on the home place. To this marriage were born 6 boys and 6 girls: Tim, George, Jim, Andrew, Ervin, Webster, Mary, Selena, Margaret, Janice, Esther, and Frances.
TOM is deceased.
GEORGE (deceased) married Martha Walker and they had three children, Thomas, Elsie, and Irene. Thomas married Helen Cruickshank. Their children are George, Robert, Nancy, Linda, and Thomas Webster. Irene married Dave Martin and live in Sault Ste. Marie. Their children include David and Donna.
James married Ethel Walker. Their children are Margaret, Cecil, and Roberta. Margaret married Curtis Bolyn and their children are Alice Ann, James, and Bruce. Cecil married Arlene Wice. Their children are Mary Jane, Jimmy, and Calvin. Roberta married Calvin Hall and their children are Robert, Randy, and Joyce.
ANDREW (deceased) married May Macamb and they had two sons, John and George.
ERVIN married Priscilla Howard. Their children are Eileen (Mrs. Belonga) who has Ervin, Keith, Kathy, and Sandy; Helen Jane (Mrs. Novak) of Owosso,who has four children; Malcolm who married Evelyn Lundy and whose children are Malcolm, Jr., Mark, Janet, Connie, and Karen; Josephine (Mrs. Gary Howard) who has two children, Bryan and Stacy.
WEBSTER lives in Benton harbor. He has three boys and a girl, Esther, Evangeline, Ethlyn, and Webster, Jr.
MARY (Mrs. Sandy Hanna, deceased) had three children, Melvin, Esther, and Kermit.
SELENA married Bert Nixon.
MARGARET (Mrs. - Monck - Anderson) has three children, Jennie, George, and Quinton Monck.
JANICE (Mrs. Arthur Davis) had a boy and a girl.
ESTHER (Mrs. John Campbell, deceased) had two girls and a boy.
FRANCES (Mrs. Jim Whittington) has one daughter.
Thomas and Rebecaa Potter arrived at Rudyard in the spring of 1897. They spent two weeks at the home of Hiram McDowell on the "pealine," then rented a farm from Thomas Mark. Later a farm was purchased in Pickford Township and they moved into the new home in 1908. In 1920 Thomas was born in Ontario and married Rebecca McDowell, 15 years before coming to Michigan. At the time their two sons, Hiram and William James were 13 and 10 years old, respectively. Thomas died on June 12, 1926, and Hiram died on March 16, 1959.
HIRAM had 9 children: Albert, Marvin, Ralph, Ronald, Mrs. Jewel Lavigne, Mrs. Donna Young, Mrs. Bernice McDonald, Mrs. Isabell Hamilton, and Floyd (deceased).
Albert and Marvin still live in Pickford. Marvin married Patsy Batho and they live one-half mile north of Pickford. They have one son, Audie. Albert married Shirley Fountain and their children are Tom, Gary, Carol, Dean, and Danny.
One of the early pioneers was Arthur Quinnell. He and his brother, William, emigrated from England in 1879. Arthur homesteaded the farm in Stirlingville which is now owned by Charles Quinnell. At that time, the river afforded the best means of transportation, so the first small dwelling was erected relatively close to the banks of the Munuscong River for convenience to the river.
In 1881 Arthur Quinnell was married to Elizabeth Jenney, who died when their son, Arthur, was born. Mrs. Quinnell is one of the first persons to have been buried in the Bethel Cemetery.
The infant, ARTHUR, was taken into the home of William Gough and reared by the Goughs until about the age of 16. Because of his fondness for horses, he took up blacksmithing. He also trained racing horses and took many prizes at the County Fairs, both here and in Canada, as harness racing was the sport of the day at that time. He married Agnes McDonald (Patterson). She had one son, Neil, whom Arthur adopted. They made their home in Dafter until Neil was of high school age; then they moved to the Sault. Arthur found a job at the Tannery where he worked until he reached retirement age. Agnes was a lively, energetic person and was very instrumental in bringing the little mission Sunday School on the corner of Greenough and Cedar Streets up to its present status as the Presbyterian Community Chapel. She passed away Oct. 19, 1965, and Arthur died one month later. They are buried in Oaklawn Cemetery. Their son, Neil, and his family reside in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Six years after the death of his wife, Elizabeth, Arthur, Sr., married Miss Marion Campbell from Glasgow, Scotland. She had arrived in Collingwood, Canada, three years previously. Their first child was a son whom they named Jon Everard. After helping his parents on the farm, he purchased a hay-baling machine and went into business for himself baling hay, as hay was the major crop grown on the farms in the surrounding area. After a number of years in that business, he went back to school and studied to be a mortician. In obtaining his license, he took over the funeral directing business from Mr. Fred Taylor. In the course of time, he built the funeral chapel beside his home on Main Street. John served on the Pickford School Board for a number of years. He also served as Chippewa County Coroner for 20 years. He was married to Miss Violet Rudd of Cedarville.
One son, James, is now proprietor of the Quinell Funeral Home. He married Elizabeth (Beth) Wallis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wallis, Jr. Their three children are Pamela, Jacqueline, and Michael*, all at home.
John died Nov. 16, 1961, and Violet on May 29, 1970.
The second son born to Arthur and Marion was named GEORGE CAMPBELL. After leaving the area schools, he enrolled in Ferris Institute at Big Rapids, Michigan, from which he graduated Cum Laude. He then went into the teaching profession. He left teaching to enter the armed forces in World War I and became an aviator. On returning to civilian life, he entered the University of Michigan to study law. He married Evelyn Pace of Port Huron. They moved to Marquette where George opened a law office. Besides his general practice, he has been Referee in Bankruptcy fot the Upper Peninsula for many years. They had three children: Marian, George Willis, and Edward. After graduating from high school, Marian entered the University of Michigan where she met Wesley Peterson whom she later married. They had three children: Billy, Lynn, and Peggy. Marian is now teaching English in the University of Hawaii.
George and Evelyn's second child, Georne, served two years in the Korean War and then teentered college. Upon obtaining his B.A. degree, he was granted a Fulbright Scholarship which entitled him to a year's study of Germanic linguistics in the University of Graz Austria. He married Carol Kemp of Marquette and they had two children, David and Kaarina.
Edward, the youngest in George and Evelyn's family, studied law and graduated from the University of Michigan. Aftet passing his bar- exams, he entered his father's law firm. He is also Prosecuting Attorney of Marquette County. He married Nancy Slick of Marquette. Their three sons are Steve, Bruce, and Timothy.
Evelyn Quinnell was an accomplished musician. She played organ in the churches of Marquette and taught piano in her home until the time of her death in 1962. George, Sr., is now married to Sybil Guilland who is the Court Recorder for the Marquette Judiciary.
A daughter named ALMA ELIZABETH was the third ehild of the Quinnell family. She attended Ferris Institute and majored in business. She then accepted a position as bookkeeper for Mr. F. J. Smith, a Pickford businessman whom she later married. Mr. Smith had 6 children by his former wife who died when Lorraine was an infant. There were 3 boys: Arthur, Glen, and Norman; and 3 girls: Alice (Mrs. Rudy Cusino), June (Mrs. Donald Smith of the Soo), and Lorraine (Mrs. Elmer Newman) of Pickford and Raber Bay.
Two daughters were born to ALMA and Fred. Marian, the older, married Glen Taylor. They had four children, David, Fred, Colleen, and Elizabeth. She later married Jim Garlick of Bellville. They had a son, Donald. Arlene married Ted Rocowicz of Chicopee, Massachusetts. He is a dentist and they have five children: Mark, Joel, Ann Clare, and Phillip.
A son named CHARLES was the next child born to Arthur and Marion. He married Ethel Page of Roanoke, Virginia. They had two daughters, Betty and Virginia. Betty married Wallace Skewes of Ctystal Falls. Virginia married Gordon Burton, an Elder in the Seventh Day Adventist Church and is presently pastoring a church in Portalis, New Mexico. They have four children: Glenn Lenora, Charlene, and jay.
ESTHER and SELENA were the youngest of the Arthur Quinnell family. ESTHER attended Fenis Institute and became a teacher. She married Dewey Morrison who had moved to Michigan from Iowa. They had four sons: Webster, Bernard (Bud), Ronald, and Glenn. The two oldest graduated from Pickford High School, Webster with the Class of 1939 and Bud with the Class of 1942. Webster married Kathryn Pearson of Marquette and they have six children: Carol. Richard, David, John Donald and Roger. Webster was named to the U.P. Sport's Hall of Fame March 17, 1973.
Upon graduating from high school, Bud enlisted in the Army and served with the 15th Air Force in the European Theater. He was a radio operator on a B-17 Flying Fortress. He had also flown 33 missions as tail-gunner. He was manning the tail guns when they were engaged in an air battle over southern Germany in which he lost his life. The Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart was awarded to him posthumously. He is buried in Bethel Cemetery.
Ronald married Joan Nystrom of Bessemer. They moved to Kingsley where Ronald was teacher and basketball coach. Three years later he accepted a position as Assistant Coach in the New Buffalo High School. After two years as assistant, he became Head Coach and his basketball team won the Class C State Championship. He is now Principal of the New Buffalo High School. They have six children.
Glen graduated from Graveraet High School in 1955. He then enrolled in Chicago Tech where he majored in atchitectural drafting. He is now a partner in the Dolkey Company. He married Arlene Wilkins, of Marquette. They have two daughters, Sydney and Leslie, and live in Itasca, Illinois.
SELENA, married Earl Henderson of the Soo and they have two children, Carolyn Kay and Stephen Earl. Carolyn graduating from nursing school, became an an anesthetist, and is now on the staff at Grace Hospital. Stephen studied at L.S.S.C. where he was active in R.O.T.C. He went into the Army and is now serving in the 23rd Infantry Division in South Viet Nam.