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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Genesee County, Michigan. Official Website Genesee County was created on March 28, 1835 and was named after Genesee County, New York. Adjacent Counties Lapeer County Livingston County Oakland County Saginaw County Shiawassee County Tuscola County Cities & Villages Burton Clio Davison
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Keweenaw County, Michigan. Official Website The county was set off and organized in 1861. It is believed "Keweenaw" is a Native American word that means "portage or place where portage is made". Adjacent Provinces & Counties Alger County Marquette County Province of Ontario Cook County, Minnesota Ontonagon County Ho...
This project is a sub-project of the Lake Superior Mine Fatalities, For the county of Keweenaw, Michigan. The Ahmeek Mine The Ahmeek Mining Company was organized in 1880 as an exploration wing of the Seneca Mining Co. to work the Kearsarge Conglomerate lode. The original operations consisted of two shallow shafts, but production was irregular. In 1903, with the discovery of the Kearsarge Amyg...
The Tamarack, Osceola, Tamarack Junior & Kearsarge mines- The Tamarack Mining Company was incorporated in 1882 and is opened on the underlay of the Calumet conglomerate reef, (on a tract west of land held by Calumet and Hecla) and to some extent upon the Osceola amygdaloid as well, the latter being opened by means of crosscuts run east from the openings on the conglomerate. 5 shafts were sunk...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Alger County, Michigan. Alger County was organized in 1885. The county was named for lumber baron Russell Alexander Alger , who was elected as a Michigan Governor, and US Senator, and appointed as US Secretary of War during the William McKinley Presidential administration. There are six lighthouses in the county: Grand Island Ea...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Menominee County, Michigan.The county was created in 1861 under the name of Bleeker. When county government was organized in 1863, the name was changed to Menominee - an American Indian word meaning "wild rice eater" Adjacent Counties * Marquette County * Delta County * Door County, Wisc. * Dickinson County * Marinette County, Wisc. C...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dickinson County, Michigan. Official Website Dickinson is Michigan's newest county, formed in 1891 from parts of Marquette, Menominee, and Iron counties. It was named for Donald M. Dickinson, who served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Grover Cleveland. Adjacent Counties Marquette County Menominee County Marinet...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Calhoun County, Michigan. Official Website The county was established on October 19, 1829 and named after John C. Calhoun, who was at the time Vice President under Andrew Jackson, making it one of Michigan's Cabinet counties. County government was first organized on March 6, 1833. Adjacent Counties Eaton County Barry Count...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Michigan. Official Website Before the county's formation, the primary settlement was Frenchtown, which was settled in as early as 1784 along the banks of the River Raisin. The small plot of land was given to the early French settlers by the Potawatomi Native Americans, and the area was claimed for New France. The sett...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Official Website The county is named for its rolling terrain. It was described by action of the Michigan Territorial legislature in 1829, and was organized six years later. Adjacent Counties Calhoun County Jackson County Branch County Steuben County, Indiana Fulton County, Ohio Lenawee County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lenawee County, Michigan. Official Website The county organization was created in 1826. The county's name is a Henry Schoolcraft neologism, thought to be derived from a Native American word meaning "male"—from the Delaware "leno or lenno" or the Shawnee "lenawai." Adjacent Counties Jackson County Hillsdale County Fulton Coun...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Schoolcraft County, Michigan. The county was founded in 1843 and organized in 1876. It is named in honor of Henry Schoolcraft, who explored the area with the expedition of Lewis Cass. Adjacent Counties Luce County Mackinac County Alger County Delta County Leelanau County Cities. Townships, Communities & Reservation...
This is for profiles created as part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook. The goal of the Lithuanian Heritage Project is to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members. Those wanting to join this project should be member...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kent County, Michigan. Official Website The county was set off in 1831, and organized in 1836. It was named for New York jurist and legal scholar James Kent, who represented the Michigan Territory in its dispute with Ohio over the Toledo Strip. Adjacent Counties Ionia County Montcalm County Allegan County Ottawa County B...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Baraga County, Michigan. Official Website The county is named after Bishop Frederic Baraga , a Roman Catholic Bishop & missionary who ministered to indigenous peoples of the area during the period when Michigan was obtaining statehood. The L'Anse Indian Reservation of the Ojibwa is located within this county. Villages & Communiti...
Roselawn Memorial Park, was established in 1928 on the 54 acre Betz farm. In 1958 Roselawn was turned into a non-profit cemetery and is currently governed by a Board of Directors. Planned and operated as a community oriented cemetery, Roselawn is recognized as Monroe County’s finest memorial park. An additional 26.5 acres has been added for future development. Roselawn Website This cemeter...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Macomb County, Michigan.= Official Website =The Ojibwe lived in the area for centuries before European contact, and were preceded by other cultures of ancient indigenous peoples.The first European explorers were French, and they arrived in the area during the 17th century. Other early settlers were French fur trappers, who sometimes m...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Ionia County, Michigan. Official Website The county is named for Ionia, a historic area of Greece. It was defined by act of the Territorial Legislature in 1831, and was organized in 1837. Adjacent Counties Gratiot County Clinton County Montcalm County Eaton County Barry County Kent County Cities, Villages & Tow...
History of the Copper Range Consolidated Company- The Copper Range Company (1899-1977) operated copper mines in Houghton County's South Range and in Ontonagon County. The second largest mining company in the Copper Country (after Calumet & Hecla), the Copper Range Company was the only one to survive the 1960s. In addition to mining, it owned and operated the Copper Range Railroad (1899-1973) an...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lapeer County, Michigan.= Official Website =The county was created on September 18, 1822, and was fully organized on February 2, 1835. The name is a corruption of the French la pierre, which means "the stone".The first European-American settler in Lapeer was Alvin N. Hart, who was born in Cornwall, Connecticut on February 11, 1804. He...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Iron County, Michigan. Official Website Iron County was organized in 1885 and was named for the valuable iron ore found within its borders. Adjacent Counties Houghton County Baraga County Marquette County Ontonagon County Dickinson County Florence County, Wisconsin Florence County, Wisconsin
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chippewa County, Michigan. Official Website The county is named for the Ojibwe (Chippewa) people, and was set off and organized in 1826. Adjacent Counties & Provinces Province of Ontario Presque Isle County Mackinac County Luce County Cities, Villages &Townships Bay Mills Bruce Chippewa Dafter DeTour Vi...
The Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company was the most successful corporation to have mined native copper in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Through nearly a century of mining activity, the company produced in excess of 4.5 billion pounds of refined copper and issued over $200 million in shareholder dividends. Unlike many of its competitors along the Keweenaw Peninsula, Calumet and Hecla su...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Clinton County, Michigan. Official Website The county was created in 1831 and organized in 1839. It is named after early American politician DeWitt Clinton. Adjacent Counties Saginaw County Gratiot County Montcalm County Shiawassee County Ionia County Ingham County Eaton County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Flint, Michigan. Flint is the county seat of Genesee County and lies on the Flint River. Official Website Wikipedia The region was home to several Ojibwe tribes at the start of the 19th century, with a particularly significant community established near present-day Montrose. The Flint River had several convenient fords which beca...