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Note for: Thomas Buckner, -
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Individual Note: Thomas was a Citizen of London.
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Note for: Francis Holt, -
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Individual Note: Francis was living in 1567, during the reign of Elizabeth I.
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Note for: John Holcroft, -
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Individual Note: John Holcroft was a Knight of Holcroft, Lancashire.
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Note for: Thomas Holt, -
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Individual Note: Sir Thomas Holt was a Knight. He might have lived during the reign of Henry VII. His great, great grandson, also Sir Thomas Holt was born 1612. Using the average of 25 years per generation, Sir Thomas could have been born about 1437. It makes one wonder if Sir Thomas Holt ever met the King.
Date of birth and death are not known to this researcher at this time. More research is needed.
If Sir Thomas was born about 1437, that would mean he was about 46 years of age when Edward IV died and his 2 sons; Edward V and Richard "disappeared" in the Tower of London. Their uncle named himself Richard III and was thought by many to have had his two nephews murdered so he could gain the throne.
In 1485, when Sir Thomas would have been 48, Henry Tudor returned to Wales, raised an army, invaded England, and defeated Richard III at the battle of Bosworth Field. Richard died in the battle and Henry Tudor became Henry VII, the first Tudor king. Could Sir Thomas have faught for Henry Tudor or Richard III ? Could he have met either or both of them? There were not a great number of knights at that time, it is possible, especially if Sir Thomas was still alive in the 1480s. Who knows, just maybe he attended the wedding of Henry Tudor to Richard's niece, Elizabeth of York, uniting the houses of Lancaster and York, thus ending the War of the Roses.
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Note for: Ralph Langford, -
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Individual Note: Ralph Langford, Kt, of Langford in Derbyshire.
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Note for: John Langley, -
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Individual Note: John Langley, Esq, of Agecroft, Lancashire.
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Note for: John Sumpter, -
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Individual Note: John Sempter was from Essex.
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Note for: Jacob Spielman, -
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Individual Note: Jacob Immigration: 1763. Came to America with his father and brother Michael aboard ship "Chance" first settling in Berks Co., PA and coming to Frederick Co., MD in 1772. email from Roger Cramer, feb. 22, 2003.
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Note for: Lucille Bernice Margaret Schram, 13 APR 1926 - 7 JUL 1973
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Individual Note: Lucille's SS# 524-28-4085, according to Susan Sparks, granddaughter to Joseph Schram.
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Note for: Sylvester Rench, 13 APR 1848 - 26 SEP 1891
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Burial: Place: Elizabethtown, IN
Individual Note: [Sylvester_Rench.FTW]
1880 Census - Indiana - Delaware County - Harrison Township shows:
341/368 Sylvester Rench, age 32, farmer
Lucinda Rench, age 31
Milton B Rench, age 6
Wm F Rench, age 5
Samuel A Rench, age 2
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Note for: William "Dode" "Bill" Theodore Rench, 1 AUG 1874 - 14 OCT 1939
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Burial: Place: Riverside Cemetery, Alma, MI
Individual Note: [Sylvester_Rench.FTW]
1900 Census - Indiana - Delaware County - Union Township shows:
123/123 Theodore Rench, born Aug 1874, age 25, married 8 months
Phebe Rench, born Dec 1882, age 17
Samuel A Rench, born Mar 1878, age 22 (Theodore's brother)
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The funeral of William T. Rench, 65, whose death at the Carney-Wilcox hospital last Thursday morning at 3:15 o'clock was noted in the Record last week, was held from the Moody funeral home Saturday at 2:00 p.m., Rev. J. W. Priest officiating. Interment was made in Riverside cemetery by the side of his wife who preceded him in death July 4, 1938.
The deceased was a member of the Alma Lodge No. 244 F&AM and he was given a Masonic burial with John S. Cnoetzer in charge of the ritualistic services.
William T. Rench was born on a farm near Muncie, Indiana, August 1, 1874, the son of Sylvester and Lucinda Rench. His boyhood days were spend in central Indiana, but soon after his marriage to Phoebe Ann Hayden in 1899, he moved to West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Rench lived there until 1915 when they came to Michigan and resided on a farm near Ithaca. After a year on the farm they moved to Alma and made this city their home. He had worked at various occupations but of late years had followed the interior and exterior painting as his trade, using a spraying machine, the only one of the kind in this vicinity, for doing this work.
He was the father of ten children, five sons and the same number of daughters, one girl, Opal, dying in 1932. The five sons are Leonard, Walter, Earl, Duane, and Dorwin. The first three named are married and reside in Alma, while the other two have lived at the parental home, 909 Pine Avenue. Three of the four surviving daughters, Mrs. Elsie Smith of Saginaw, Mrs. Freda Griffith and Mrs. Mildred Burr of Alma, are married. The other daughter, Rugy, is unmarried and lived with her parents. He had one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Markin, of Eaton, Indiana, and one brother, Samuel Rench, of Muncie, Indiana, who survive him.
Relatives from out of town attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Perry Markin, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Markin, Eaton, Indiana; Mrs. and Mrs. Samuel Rench and daughter, Nancy, Muncie, Indiana; Mrs. and Mrs. Otho Rench, Gasten, Indiana; Ohmer Rench and Kenneth Wright, Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Mrs. David Johnson, Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. R. H. Yutzey and son, Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helman, Mrs. Linton Hinton, Middleton; Mrs. Van Rench and Mrs. Ray Griffith, St. Louis.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Rench were baptized in the Baptist faith in 1898.
Pallbearers who carried the casket....."
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Note for: Leonard Ladore Rench, 1 AUG 1900 - 19 MAR 1966
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Burial: Date: 22 MAR 1966
Place: Riverside Cemetery, Alma, MI
Individual Note: [Sylvester_Rench.FTW]
From Gratiot County Herald
Leonard L. Rench passed away suddenly at Boyton Beach, Florida on March 19, 1966. With his wife, he had been spending the winter months in Florida recuperating from a heart condition. While on an outing on March 17, he suffered a stroke and was admitted to Bethseda Memorial Hospital, where death came to him.
Rench was born August 1, 1900, the first son of William T. and Phoebie Rench, at Wheeling, Indiana. With his parents at the age of three, he went to West Virginia, living in several localities unitl 1915, when the family moved to Ithaca, Michigan. In 1916 they moved to 909 Pine Avenue in Alma. He lived there until his marriage to Julia Hasbrook on May 20, 1925. They have made their home at 715 Pine Avenue since. He worked for Republic Motor Truck Company, Northern Wheel, then turned to the decorating trade, which he followed through his life. He also worked the last 16 campaigns of operation for the Michigan Sugar Company.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Masonic Lodge No. 244 F&AM, the OES Chapter No. 43, and the Alma Lions Club.
Besides his widow Julia, he leaves a daughter, Mrs. Don Alward; two grandchildren, Nancy and Kenneth Alward; four sisters, Mrs. Elsie Smith, Saginaw, Mrs. Freda Griffith, Alma, Mrs. Mildred Burr, Berkeley, Mrs. Ruby Kirkby, Hutchinson, Kansas; three brothers, Walter of Alma, Earl of Vestaburg, and S/Sgt Dorwin D. Rench, U.S. Air Force, as well as a host of other relatives and friends, one sister, Opal, and one brother, Duane, preceded him in death.
Funeral services...."
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Note for: Mary Louise Rench, 1916 - 1916
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Individual Note: According to Nancy Michael, Mary died at the age of 1 day.