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From: "Susan Marston" <>
Subject: [RICHMOND-L] William Richmond - Elizabeth Towns, ENG>Chicago>Eaton Co, Michigan
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 23:20:09 -0600


>Is everyone on this list linked to
>http://www.geocities.com/~richmondfamily/


Not I. My Richmond family is from England > Chicago (abt 1870) > Eaton Co,
Michigan (abt. 1887)
William Richmond m. Elizabeth Towns; children of this marriage were:
1) William; 2) Tom 3) Sarah, m. Charles Curtis, lived near Concord, Mich,
and had two daughters, Mabel and Jessie; 4) Elizabeth, m. Jeff Saurman;
children: Frank (who lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan) and Eva; 5) Emma, m.
Adam Abfalter and lived in Millett, had several children; 6) Alva Robert; 7)
Richard; 8) Frank; 9) Robert Joseph. There was also a half-brother named
Jack, who was William Richmond’s son by a previous marriage; he was about
three years old when Elizabeth and William Richmond were married, and always
spelled his name "Richman".

Alva Robert Richmond (b. Oct. 21, 1868 in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England)
m. Ina Lucretia Harpster (b. Mar. 8, 1874) on March 31, 1892, at Grand
Ledge, Michigan; children:

1) Ferne Olive, b. April 10, 1894 Lansing, Mich.; m. Harold DeCrick
2) Ila May, b. May 12, 1899 Lansing, Mich.
3) Helen Elizabeth,b. October 8, 1901 Lansing, Mich.; m. Elwood Joseph
Anderson (my line) on June 22, 1921
4) Donald Alva, b. April 25, 1907 Kalamazoo, Mich.; m. Myrna N. Merrifield
(no issue)
5) Edith Eloise, b. November 12, 1908 or 1909 Kalamazoo, Mich.; m. Dwight
Tiefenthal
6) Richard Eugene, b. August 23, 1911 Kalamazoo, Mich.; m. Cora Sundquist

Susan Marston (nee Anderson)

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