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Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Livingston County, Michigan.The county was formally organized in 1836. As one of Michigan's "Cabinet counties", a group of ten counties whose names honor members of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet, it is named after former US Secretary of State Edward Livingston. Adjacent Counties * Genesee County * Oakland County * Shiawassee Cou...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Missaukee County, Michigan.= Official Website =The county was established in 1871 and may be named after a prominent Ottawa chief, Nesaukee, who signed the treaties of 1831 and 1833. However, it is also said that "Nesaukee" could be interpreted as 'large mouth of the river.' Adjacent Counties * Kalkaska County * Crawford County * Ros...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Arenac County, Michigan . Official Website History Arenac County was organized in 1883. The name Arenac, coined by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft , US Indian Agent and ethnologist, is a derivation of the Latin arena and the Native American. The combined words mean “A sandy place for a good footing.” The county includes some off-reservati...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Mackinac County, Michigan.= Official Website =Formerly known as Michilimackinac County, in 1818 it was one of the first counties of the Michigan Territory, as it had long been a center of French and British colonial fur trading, a Catholic church and Protestant mission, and associated settlement.The county's name is believed to be sho...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Oceana County, Michigan.= Official Website =The county was founded in 1840 and organized in 1855. Two possibilities have been put forward to explain the county's name: Oceana County may have been named for Lake Michigan, a freshwater "ocean," which forms its western border; or it was named for the book Oceana, written by English auth...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Oscoda County, Michigan. Official Website The county was established on April 1, 1840 by act of the Michigan State legislature. However, its governing structure was not completed until 1881. The name is a Henry Rowe Schoolcraft neologism, thought to be a combination of two Ojibwa words, "ossin" (stone) and "muskoda" (prairie) -- hen...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Osceola County, Michigan. Official Website When established by the Michigan Legislature on April 1, 1840, it was named Unwattin County, after Chief Unwattin of the local Ottawa people. As a representative of the Ottawa nation, he participated in negotiations for the Treaty of Washington (1836) that granted a vast expanse of Michigan...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Roscommon County, Michigan. Official Website The county was formed by the Michigan Legislature in 1840 as Mikenauk County, then renamed Roscommon County in 1843. It was named for County Roscommon in Ireland. Adjacent Counties Crawford County Oscoda County Ogemaw County Gladwin County Clare County Missaukee County
We are the oldest continuously operating, non-denominational cemetery in Detroit. The cemetery was established in 1846 and incorporated in 1849 as a non-profit corporation by an act of the Michigan Legislature. Founded by some of early Detroit’s leading citizens, Elmwood quickly expanded from its original 42 acres to its current size of 86 acres and became the final resting-place of tycoon and ...
This cemetery was established in 1853 and is located on 10th Street (County Road 45), Wayland, Allegan County, Michigan. This cemetery is also known as East Elmwood Cemetery and West Elmwood Cemetery . Find a Grave
Avondale Cemetery resides in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. There are many reinterments here from other cemeteries in the area. The oldest standing stone is from 1829. Though "operated and cared for" by Covenant Cemetery Services, the burying ground is full of broken stones and disrepair. "This sad, haphazard cemetery is full of crumbling headstones and toppled monuments that no one cares en...
This cemetery was established in 1810 and is located on Saint Clair Highway, St. Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan. Find a Grave USGW Archives
Calvin College is a liberal arts college located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin College is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed tradition of Protestantism. Calvin College is named after John Calvin, the 16th-century Protestant Reformer. Notable Alumni
This cemetery is located on Hubbardston Road, ¼ mile north of Colony Road in Lebanon Township, Michigan. Find a Grave
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from Michigan .
This dedication speech was delivered by the Founder, Gloyd F. Stadel, of East Lawn Memory Gardens at the time of dedication of this cemetery on November 12, 1961, while standing in front of the devotional bible in the Garden of Prayer. (The following is also inscribed on Gloyd F. Stadel's headstone.) The idea for this cemetery was conceived a number of years ago. After an extensive search for ...
This cemetery is located on South Portage Road, Leoni, Jackson County, Michigan. Find a Grave MI Gen Web
This cemetery is located on Rome Road in Rome Township, Lenawee County, Michigan. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located in Quincy, Branch County, Michigan. Find a Grave
The Sunset View Cemetery was the third burial site used by the early settlers of Jonesville. The first person was buried there in 1831. The land was later deeded to Fayette Township in 1839. The remains of those buried in the first two burial sites were then re-interred in the new Cemetery. The Cemetery has been expanded over time and now occupies approximately 16 acres. Following incorporatio...
Originally developed in 1839, the Oakridge Cemetery property is 65 acres in size and composed of four developed sections and is the second oldest operating cemetery in Michigan. Oakridge Cemetery has approximately 11,000 burials and is one of the oldest and historic operating cemeteries in Michigan. Many of Marshall's pioneers and founders are buried at Oakridge Cemetery including Sidney Ketchu...
A city's history is most often reflected in its cemeteries. The ground now known as Oak Grove Cemetery was purchased on June 6, 1854, by George A. Coe, who organized a company known as Oak Grove Cemetery Association, for the purpose of platting a cemetery and selling lots there for burial purposes. On July 11, 1855, the Village (now City) of Coldwater purchased the property rights and title of ...
This project is for those buried in Riverside Cemetery, Tekonsha, Calhoun County, Michigan. Find a Grave MI Gen Web
This cemetery is located on 1310 Cameron Road, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 7500 West Carlton Road, Dover Township, Michigan. Find a Grave