Migrations to Osceola County

To submit your ancestor's name to the project send an email message to Elna Wilder with the information outlined below on the oldest member of the family that moved. Please put Osceola migration in the subject. You may enter as many surnames as needed. Your ancestors will be added to the Osceola County Migration Page and a link to the World GenWeb or USGenWeb area where they came from will be included. Thank you for your participation!

NAME	BORN YEAR/ PLACE	MIGRATED THROUGH	ARRIVED IN OSCEOLA CO. YEAR/PLACE	DIED YEAR/ PLACE	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	YOUR SOURCE	CONTACT
CUSTER, Judah	1830 Brookfield, Trumbull, OH	Trumbull Co. OH	1878, Evart Twp.	1909, Evart Twp.	1884 State of MI census has Charles J. Custer Wife Nancy & five children	1884 MI Census Brigham, E., From Whence We Came	Norma Rice
GAIRNS, Patrick Henry	1849 Elora, Wellington, Ontario, Canada	Wellington Co. & Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada	1882, Evart Twp.	1929 Evart Twp.	married 1867 Marion TEMPLETON children: Margaret, Janet, Mary Jane, James Henry, Jessica,William, Anne, Harry, Nellie, Marion, David	naturalization and census records	Norma Rice
WILLIAMS, John Anderson	1828 Crawford County, PA	Trumbull Co. OH	1867 Rose Lake Twp.	1910 Rose Lake Twp.	brother Uriah and family also came to Rose Lake Twp.	census and pension records	Norm Williams
ALLEN, Robert Henry	12 Feb 1855 Taunton, Somerset, England	New York,New Jersey	Bef. 1884 LeRoy	7 Jan 1918 LeRoy, Osceola, Michigan		Obituary, Grandmother, Census, Death Cert.	Susan M. Gates Davis
RIGGS, John	14 Feb 1834 Maysville, Bourbon Co, Kentucky	Ohio (Auglaize Co,Piqua, Mercer Co.)1840-1869	1869 Paris, then LeRoy	12 Dec 1911 Gr. Rapids, Kent, MI at Old Soldiers' Home		Chapman Bio, Civil War Pension File, Census, Death Cert., Marr. Cert., etc.	Susan M. Gates Davis
SUNDQUIST, Pehr August	30 Dec 1861 Tjerntjernsliden, Burtrask, Sweden	Sweden	1883 LeRoy	LeRoy	brother Karl Henrik SUNDQUIST also came, as well as the family of his wife Maria Kristina Lofquist.	Family genealogy at LeRoy Museum	Gary Sundquist
LOFTQUIST, Lars	Tjerntjernsliden, Burtrask, Sweden	Sweden	1883 LeRoy	LeRoy	wife Maria Helena and 8 children also came	Family genealogy at LeRoy Museum	Gary Sundquist
STEINHOFF, George B	1847, Markam Twp, York Co, Ontario, Canada	York Co, Ontario, Canada	1866 settled in Hersey Township by 1900.	1943 Hersey Twp. bur. Oakdale Cem.	wife Catherine known children George B, John P. Margaret C. Guy, Warren, Olive, Frank C, Letha, Myrtle	census 1900, 1910, 1920 and cemetery - Flint, MI Library	Marg Hutton
STEINHOFF, Marshall	1856, Markam Twp, York Co, Ontario, Canada	York Co, Ontario, Canada	1882 Hersey Township	1925 Hersey Twp. bur. Oakdale Cem.	wife Isabelle Gates and children Arthur J. & Milton A. came	census 1900, 1910, 1920 and cemetery - Flint, MI Library	Marg Hutton
McKAY, Angus	1854 West Zorra Twp, Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada	Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada	1882 Hersey Twp	1940,Hersey Twp.	m.1 Annie McKay m.2 Louisa Hines: children Angus, George, Anna, Mable, Marjorie, Bruce, John G.	census 1900, 1910, 1920 cemetery - Flint, MI Library & Portrait & Bio Album of Osceola County.	Marg Hutton
BRECHNER, John	18 Oct 1845 Stark Co. Ohio	Wabash Co., Indiana	1866 Evart Twp.	1828 Hastings, Nebraska	Homesteaded 2 m. S of Evart G.	Homestead Cert., 1870 census	Jerry Hansen
BURDICK, Silas	1807 New York	Wayne Co. NY and Kalamazoo Co. MI	1880 Hersey, Hersey Twp.	1892 Hersey, MI	wife Laura d. Hersey 1884, son William Wells homesteaded in the county d. Hersey 1904	vital records, census	Sandy Burdick

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