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Documented Families of Michigan

Real Michigan families reconstructed from county histories and obituaries, organized by county.

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90Biographies
62Family records
7Counties

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Michigan family histories

Generation-by-generation histories built from the original county biographies, every fact cited.

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The Cox Family

of Michigan · documented from the public record

William Henry Cox 1862 – 1918

William Henry Cox ⚭ Maud B. Hawks
childrenMyrtle B. Cox · Howard W. Cox
  • Born July 10, 1862.
  • Died Jan 12, 1918, aged 55y 6m 2d.
  • Married Maud B. Hawks of Michigan, Jan 30, 1912.
  • Five children, three predeceased him.
  • M.E. church member and Sunday school superintendent at Prairie Cottage.

Source: The Beatrice Daily Express, 1918-01-16

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The Hubbard Family

of Michigan · documented from the public record

Alonzo Hubbard

Alonzo Hubbard ⚭ Elvira P. Hubbard
childrenGeorge E. Hubbard
  • Of English descent.
  • Removed from New York to Detroit, Michigan, then to Cleveland in 1847.
  • Father of hardware merchant George E. Hubbard of Grand Haven, Michigan.

Source: Representative Men of Michigan

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The Phelps Family

of Michigan · from Coeyman's, New York · documented from the public record

Philip Phelps b. 1789

parentsJohn Sawyer Phelps
Philip Phelps ⚭ Hannah Marcroft
childrenPhilip Phelps, Jr.
  • Father of Philip Phelps, Jr.
  • Born July 4, 1789 at Coeyman's, New York.
  • Son of John Sawyer Phelps of Hebron, Connecticut (a Revolutionary War soldier and lineal descendant of William Phelps, pioneer settler of Windsor, Connecticut).

Source: Representative Men of Michigan

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