Berrien County family index

Families of Berrien County, Michigan, from the County Histories

544 people from the county histories of Berrien County, Michigan: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.

From A twentieth century history of Berrien County, Michigan (1906). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

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Everyone in the Berrien County index, A to Z (544)

Adams

Alden

Alexander

Allen

Allmendinger

  • John M. Allmendinger (b. 1845, Montgomery county); child of John M. Allmendinger and Mary M. (Frank) Allmendinger

Archer

  • Davis Archer (b. 1853); child of John Archer and Sarah Archer

Arford

Arnt

Atkinson

Aumack

  • Jacob Aumack (b. 1821, Montgomery county); married Harriet Lewis

Austin

Backus

Bacon

Badger

Bainton

Baitenger

Bakeman

Baker

Baldwin

Ballard

Bardelmeier

Barkhouse

Barmore

  • Salma Barmore (b. 1849, Laporte county); child of Nathaniel Barmore and Mary (Tate) Barmore; married Martha E. Richards

Barnes

  • John E. Barnes (b. 1842, Penn township); child of John E. Barnes and Anna (Ross) Barnes; married Susie J. Perrott

Batten

Beall

Beaver

Becht

  • William Becht; child of Christian Becht and Louise Amelia (Mitchell) Becht

Bedford

Bedinger

Behel

Beistle

Belknap

Bell

Beyrer

Birdsey

Birkholm

Bishop

Bither

  • Anson F. Bither; child of John Bither and Frances (Spath) Bither; married Rachel Mangold

Blake

Bliss

Boardman

Bonine

Bort

Bostick

Bowe

Boyer

Bracelin

Brammall

Brant

Bremer

  • William D. Bremer (b. 1856); child of Frederick Bremer and Katharine (Frees) Bremer; married Bertha Wischmann

Brenner

  • Jacob Brenner (b. 1836, Dauphin county); child of Peter Brenner and Rebecca (Zimmerman) Brenner

Brewer

  • Frank Brewer (b. 1856); child of William Brewer and Elmira (Allen) Brewer; married Minerva Salesbury

Briggs

Brodrick

Brooks

Brower

Bruce

Bullard

Burg

  • John Burg (b. 1840, Stark county); child of Lewis Burg and Rebecca Ann (Sumrill) Burg; married Juliette Hadley

Burke

Burkhart

  • John Burkhart; child of John Burkhart and Christina (Hahn) Burkhart

Burton

Bury

Butts

Butzbach

Cady

Caldwell

Camfield

Campbell

  • Harvey J. Campbell; child of Charles W. Campbell and Sarah (Jones) Campbell; married Mary Denny

Carey

Case

Cassiday

Chamberlain

  • William Chamberlain; child of Jacob Chamberlain and Abigail (Hasey) Chamberlain; married Caroline S. Chamberlain

Chapin

Chauncey

Childs

  • Theron D. Childs; child of Francis E. Childs and Amanda (Dyer) Childs; married Wilhelmina E. Schelley

Clark

Clarke

  • Ernest P. Clarke (b. 1862, Berrien township); child of Daniel Edward Clarke; married Elnora Wheeler

Clawson

  • S. M. Clawson (b. 1848, Trumbull county); child of Hiram Clawson and Esther (Bestwick) Clawson

Claypool

Close

  • Charles Close; child of Peter Close and Caroline (Hecker) Close; married Caroline Cablin

Collins

Cook

Coolidge

Copeland

Corell

Crall

Crandall

Cranson

Crawford

  • Andrew Crawford; child of Andrew Crawford and Janet (Hay) Crawford; married Sarah Louise Baxter

Cribbs

Cryan

Cupp

  • Frank P. Cupp (b. 1859, Fairfield county); married Eleanor Rawlings

Curtis

Cutler

  • Solon Cutler (b. 1845, Lorain county); child of Jesse Cutler and Temperance (Crawford) Cutler; married Hattie A. Gunsolus

Daigneau

Damon

Dana

Daniels

Deidrich

  • Fred Deidrich (b. 1832); child of John Deidrich and Mary (Paselt) Deidrich; married Mary Scholl

Deuel

Dix

Doane

Dockter

Dodge

Donner

  • Garey Donner (b. 1842, Montgomery county); child of Nicholas Donner and Mary (Sterns) Donner; married Thankful Snedker

Dukescherer

Dukesherer

Dunbar

Duncan

Dye

Earl

East

Edgcumbe

  • George J. Edgcumbe (b. 1844); child of William Edgcumbe and Eliza (Jayne) Edgcumbe; married Victoria C. Bolster

Eidson

Ellsworth

  • Frank H. Ellsworth (b. 1867); child of Edward W. Ellsworth and Lucetta (Beardsley) Ellsworth; married Minnie Grace King

Emerson

Emery

Emlong

Enders

Ericsson

Esper

  • George Esper (b. 1865); child of Jacob Esper and Katherine (Horger) Esper

Farnum

Feather

Felton

Ferry

File

Flewelling

Flood

Flower

Foeltzer

  • Helmath A. Foeltzer; child of Ludwig Foeltzer and Dora (Hackbusch) Foeltzer; married Lillie Dale

Forler

Foster

Franklin

Franz

  • George L. Franz (b. 1862, Wayne county); child of John G. Franz and Barbara (Smith) Franz; married Mary Brenuing

Freestone

French

Fulkerson

Gardner

Garland

Garr

  • Mabel Garr (b. 1807, Wayne county); married Harriet Storick

Gaugler

Geyer

Gibson

  • John S. Gibson (b. 1833); child of Jedediah T. Gibson and Hettie (Rollins) Gibson

Giddings

Gillam

Glavin

Goodenough

Goodwin

Gordon

  • Peter Gordon; child of Peter Gordon and Margaret (Wheeler) Gordon

Gowdy

Graham

Granger

Green

Greenfield

  • John Greenfield (Brantford township); child of Edward Greenfield and Margaret (Thompson) Greenfield; married Mattie Downey

Griffin

  • George Griffin (b. 1854, Butler county); married Elizabeth Glass
  • Edwin C. Griffin; child of Samuel H. Griffin and Maria B. (Culver) Griffin; married Jennie W. Woodruff

Griffith

Hall

Hamann

Hamilton

Handy

  • Gerald Handy; child of Leavitt Handy and Caroline Canfield. Mrs. Handy

Hanley

Hansen

Hansler

Harder

Harger

Harner

Harris

Hastings

Hatch

Heckman

Helkie

Helmick

Hemenway

Henkel

Herring

Hess

Hewitt

  • William C. Hewitt (b. 1872, Bertrand township of his county); married Elizabeth Salisbury

Hill

Hinchman

Hoadley

Hodges

  • Cyrus C. Hodges (b. 1840, Troy township near the city of Troy in Huron county); married Emma Phillips

Hogue

Holden

Holland

Hollinrake

Hoppin

House

Houseworth

Houswerth

Hoven

Howard

Howe

Hunt

Hutchinson

Ingraham

Isbell

Ives

Jennings

Jewett

Johnson

Jones

Keith

Kelley

Kelly

  • L. Kelly; child of Moses C. Kelly and Adelia A. (Nickerson) Kelly; married Ada Baker

Kephart

Kimball

Kimbel

King

Kingsley

Kless

  • Fritz Kless (b. 1857); child of Fritz Kless; married Sophia Roder

Kluth

  • Charles Kluth (b. 1841); child of Peter Kluth and Lana (Long) Kluth; married Wilhelmina Witt

Knapp

Kniebes

Knight

  • David Knight (b. 1850, Cornwall county); child of Samuel Knight and Jane (Wallace) Knight

Knisely

Knox

Kompass

Kramer

Krieger

Lardner

Lavanway

  • William Lavanway (b. 1837, Huron county); child of Charles Lavanway and Elizabeth Lavanway
  • Clark Lavanway (b. 1864); child of William Lavanway and Sarah E. (Rutley) Lavanway

Lawrence

Lee

Lemon

Light

Littleson

Lockinaw

Lovell

Lybrook

Lyon

Madison

Mangold

  • George Mangold; child of George Mangold and Louise (Harrman) Mangold; married Lola Rav

Mars

  • Thomas Mars (b. 1829, Giles county); married Margaret A. Wood
  • B. Frank Mars (b. 1849); child of Hugh Mars and Elizabeth (Hartsell) Mars
  • Guy C. Mars (b. 1871); married Edna Kessler

Martin

Martindale

Mccollum

Mccombs

Mcguigan

Mckee

Mclin

Mess

Metzger

Milbourne

Miller

Montague

Montross

Moore

Morgan

Morley

Morlock

Morris

Morrow

Morton

Moser

Mott

Moyer

Mulcahy

Mulholland

Mulliken

  • G. F. Mulliken (b. 1867); child of John B. Mulliken and Emma A. (Batcheldor) Mulliken; married Lyda B. Procter

Murphy

Musil

Mutchler

Myers

Namee

Newman

  • Wingate W. Newman (b. 1852, Madison county); child of George S. Newman and Elizabeth P. (Gear) Newman; married Rachel C. Cain

Newton

Nichols

Nixon

Noble

Nold

Nothdurft

Nott

Nowlen

Olmstead

Olsen

Ormsbee

Otwell

Palmer

Parker

Parren

  • George A. Parren; child of Joseph Parren and Mary (Tatro) Parren; married Mary Slieler

Parrish

Patterson

Paul

Pearl

Pears

Peck

Pennell

Perry

Peters

Phelps

Phillips

Plummer

Pratt

Preston

Price

Pullen

Quade

Quimby

  • Charles S. Quimby (b. 1874); child of Captain Horace Dexter Quimby and Jennie (Smith) Quimby

Randall

Ransom

Rau

Reams

Rector

Redden

Reese

Rhoades

Richards

Richter

  • Frederick W. Richter (b. 1866); child of Frank Richter and Eva (Madison) Richter; married Mattie E. Allen

Rickert

  • Louis Rickert (b. 1863); child of Frederick Rickert and Barbara (Behler) Rickert

Ricketts

Ridenour

  • Eli Ridenour (Preble county); child of Jacob Ridenour and Letitia (Brown) Ridenour

Rinkenberger

Rist

  • Mathias Rist (b. 1833); child of John Baptist Rist and Josephine (Lutter) Rist; married Theresa Friedel

Robinson

Rodgers

Roe

Rohde

Rose

  • W. A. D. Rose (b. 1843, Rosshire in the highlands of Scotland); married Isabella Monroe

Rouch

Rough

Rouse

Rush

  • Henry Rush (b. 1862, Sodus township); married Mahala Reams

Rynearson

  • Isaiah Rynearson (b. 1844, Darke county); child of Nicholas Rynearson; married Ann Drake

Ryno

Ryther

Sabin

Sattler

Sawin

Schairer

  • John Schairer (b. 1848); child of Englebert Schairer and Olive (Winston) Schairer

Schaus

Schell

  • Albert Schell; child of Daniel Schell and Dorothea (Ryther) Schell

Scherer

Schmitt

Schopbach

Schultz

  • Glaus H. Schultz (b. 1842); child of Glaus Henry Schultz and Mary (White) Schultz
  • Carl J. Schultz (b. 1873); child of C. H. Schultz and Anna M. (Holch) Schultz; married Gussie J. Tanner

Scott

Seitz

  • William Henry Seitz (b. 1854, Dupage county); child of John William Seitz; married Caroline Schuster

Sells

Shafer

Sharai

Sharp

Shearer

Shedd

Sheffield

Sherwood

Skalla

Skinner

Smith

Snuff

  • Edgar L. Snuff (b. 1851, Warren county); child of Isaac Snuff; married Sarah Foster

Snyder

Sonner

Sowers

Spading

Sparks

Spaulding

Spencer

Spink

  • Andrew M. Spink (b. 1850); child of Oresmas Spink; married Elvira Mary Lewis

Stafford

Starkwe

Starr

Stemm

Stevens

Stewart

Stoll

Storms

Stouffer

Stover

Strong

Stryker

Stuck

  • John Stuck; child of Hans Stuck; married Lena Friece

Sutherland

Taber

Tabor

Taylor

Teetzel

Tennant

Thayer

Thomas

Thomson

Thurston

Tibbs

Tichenor

Tutton

  • Henry V. Tutton (b. 1858); child of George S. Tutton and Sarah (Henry) Tutton

Ullrey

Vail

Valentine

Vanderveer

Versaw

Vetterley

Vetterly

Vincent

Vinton

Vite

Vollmann

Vranken

Walker

Wallace

Walton

  • William Walton (b. 1806, Cumberland county); married Lucincla Allen
  • Robert A. Walton (b. 1832, Sussex county); child of Joseph Walton and Eliza Ann (Houston) Walton; married Melvina Ribble

Waltz

Ward

Warren

Watson

Wees

Weir

Wellington

Wells

Wetzer

  • Rudolph Wetzer (b. 1852); child of Maximillian Wetzer; married Dominie Weizner

Whetstone

Whipple

Whitcomb

White

Whitehead

Whitney

  • Harris S. Whitney (b. 1870); child of Edward R. Whitney and Mary J. (Harris) Whitney; married Dora B. Rackliff

Whitten

Wilkinson

Willard

  • Levi Willard (b. 1838, Grafton township); child of Mr. Willard and Mrs. Levi Willard

Willming

Wilson

Winchester

Winn

Wise

Wissing

Witbeck

Witt

Wolf

Womer

Wood

Woodworth

Wright

Wyant

Yates

Yetter

Young

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