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Generation No. 2


2. ELIZABETH3 LOFTUS (WILLIAM2, MICHAEL1) was born Sep 01, 1854 in New York23,24, and died Dec 22, 1884 in North Plains Twp., Ionia Co, Michigan25. She married JAMES HERALD Apr 28, 1873 in Hubbardston, Michigan25, son of EDWARD HERALD and MARY COOK. He was born Jun 05, 1845 in Elmira, New York26, and died Sep 16, 1910 in McBride, Montcalm Co., Michigan27.

Notes for ELIZABETH LOFTUS:
Census Record;
1860 Census - MI, Ionia County, Ionia Township, Ionia, Series M653, Roll 546, Page 617, Page No. 99, family 707; Elizabeth, age 5
1870 Census - MI, Ionia County, North Plains Township, Series M593, Roll 676, Page 543, Page No., family 122; Elizabeth, age 16

More About ELIZABETH LOFTUS:
Burial: St. John The Baptist Cemetery, Hubbardston, Michigan28
Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Notes for JAMES HERALD:
Most of my information on the descendants of James Herald I owe to my first cousin Gayeanne Stilwell and her wonderful book "The Heralds". JJF Jr.

NOTE: The following information can be found in book, "The Heralds", by Kathryn Gayeanne Stilwell, 1978, page 8,
"James Herald was born on June 5, 1845 in Elmira, New York. His parents, Edward and Mary Ann (Cook) Herald, came from Ireland (county and date unknown,) It is not been determined how many brothers or sisters he had. It is known that James had an older brother, Edward, born in 1841 and a sister (name unknown) who were also born in Elmira, New York. James' sister married a man names Healey and it is known that they had at least two daughters, Mary and Helen. They lived in Binghamton, New York. (Mary and Helen were born between 1865 and 1875. They were school teachers in Binghamton, and on their summer vacations they would travel to Hubbardston, Michigan to visit their uncles, James and Edward.)"
"When James was eighteen years old, he was five feet seven inches tall, had blue eyes, brown hair, a fair complexion, and was a farmer by occupation. The Civil War had been in progress for three years when he enlisted in the Union Army in Livingston, New York on February 23, 1864. He was mustered in at Rochester, New York on March 8, 1864."
"James Herald was now a private in the Union Army, Company D, 22nd Regiment of the New York Cavalry under the command of Colonel Crooks. He had served four months when he was captured by the Confederate Army at Stony Creek, Virginia on June 29, 1864. James was held as a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Georgia."
"After ten months of being a prisoner of war, James was paroled from Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland on April 30, 1865. He was treated in a hospital by Union Army doctors for three or four weeks. He was then given the sum of $7.65, for transportation and a four-week furlough, so that he could return to his home in Riga, New York." "It is not known what year James' parents moved to Riga from Elmira, but it is known that they were living in Riga when he enlisted in the Army." "After he returned from his furlough, James rejoined his regiment, and was discharged at Winchester, Virginia on June 28, 1865. He returned to his home in Riga and stayed there until the following spring."
"In 1866, James left New York State to go to Hubbardston, Michigan. Traveling with him was his brother Edward, Edward's wife, (Mary Ann Curry,) their one-year-old daughter, Mary and their infant son Thomas. The reason for their decision to settle in Hubbardston is unknown."
"James' bachelor days ended seven years later when he married Elizabeth Loftus, a girl of nineteen. Their wedding took place on April 28, 1873.'
" Elizabeth's parents, William and Sarah Loftus, were both from Ireland. Their two oldest children, Elizabeth and John, had been born in New York State. They settled on a farm in Hubbardston."
"James and Elizabeth's first child, a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, was born shortly before they purchased their first parcel of land on February 28, 1874. These twenty acers were located on Beahan Road in Hubbardston, Michigan." "On October 17, 1879, James and Elizabeth bought forty acres from the State of Michigan. Not only were they the first owners of this virgin land in Michigan, but they now had sixty acres to give them the means to support their growing family."
"In the late fall of 1884, lighting struck James and Elizabeth's home, burning it to the ground. ___ Although they all escaped, the fire was indirectly the cause of Elizabeth's death. She had fled out of the house into the snow in her bare feet, dressed only in her nightclothes. Elizabeth Herald died of pneumonia December 22, 1884, at the age of thirty."
"James was now thirty-nine years old and a widower with six children to raise. When their mother died, Mary Elizabeth was 10, Edward 9, William 8, James 6, John 4, and Micheal 2. The neighbors helped with the building of a new home for them. James hired a fourteen-year-old neighbor girl, Nettie Lassiter, to help with the chores and care for the children. Nettie became very attached to the Herald children and remained with the family for five or six years, until she married."
"A year after Elizabeth's death, James married Elizabeth's cousin, Mary E. Maher, on November 26, 1885 at St. John The Baptist Church."
"James had lived in Hubbardston, Michigan for thirty-two years when he decided to move his family to McBride, Michigan. The move of 40 miles was made on September 28, 1898. His hopes of becoming a successful celery grower on this farm never materialized. The land proved to be very poor, and he was still plagued with heath problems."
"Jame Herald died on September 16, 1910, in McBride, Michigan at the age sixty-five. He was brought back to Hubbardston, Michigan to be buried at St. John The Baptist Cemetery. He had lived in Michigan for forty-four years. His descendents number in the hundreds."

Census Records:
1870 Census - MI, Ionia County, Lyons, Roll 676, Page 511, schedule page 22, family 191 (last name Hurle - living with brother Edward)
1880 Census - MI, Ionia County, North Plains Township, Roll 583, Page 17, schedule page 33, family 327
1900 Census - MI, Montcalm County, Day Township,
1910 Census - MI, Montcalm County, Day Township, Series T624, Roll 665, Page 111, ED ?, Sheet No. 4 A, family 81(James with wife Mary M. & children, Francis J, Harry A, George, Charles W, Elizabeth J, Walter, Richard, Benjamin, & Robert A)


Witnesses to James Herald and Mary E. Mahar marriage were James and Margaret Fitzpatrick

St, John's 1882 & 83 Pew Rent Record: Jas. Hearl and Wm Loftus shared pew # D 15

Registry of Electors for North Plains - 1882, Nov. 4 - Herrald, James - N.P. R. 1900 JWMc

Land Deed State of Michigan to James Heral, October 17, 1879; The SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 16, T. 8 N., R, 5 W.

Carson City Gazette, Friday, September 23, 1910 -- Hubbardston
James Herald died at his home in McBride last week and his body was brought here for burial Saturday. Mr. Herald was a resident of North Plains in years gone by.

PERSONAL NOTES by John J. Fahey Jr.

My wife, I and family have spent a number of hours on the original James Herald Homestead. We went snowmobiling, with a pair of Moto Skis, from 1969 though the early 80's. It provided nice area, because the land was in set aside. Since 1980,we have spent many hours cross-country skiing and snowshoeing on this rolling country side. I have often thought about what it was like for my grand-dad growing up, those many years ago, in this area. Our home is less than a half mile, from both the Herald Homestead and the Loftus Homestead.

More About JAMES HERALD:
Burial: Sep 17, 1910, St. John The Baptist Cemetery, Hubbardston, Michigan29,30
Military service: Mar 08, 1864, Civil War Union Army
Occupation: Farmer/Grocery Wagon Driver

More About JAMES HERALD and ELIZABETH LOFTUS:
Marriage: Apr 28, 1873, Hubbardston, Michigan31
     
Children of ELIZABETH LOFTUS and JAMES HERALD are:
  i.   MARY ELIZABETH4 HERALD, b. Feb 02, 1874, Hubbardston, Michigan32; d. Feb 22, 1932, Kalamazoo, Michigan; m. (1) RALPH J SKELLENGER, May 11, 1891, Ionia, Michigan; b. Dec 27, 1865, Smyrna, Michigan; d. Jun 26, 1906, Kalamazoo, Michigan; m. (2) ISAAC NEWTON MCCURTAIN, Sep 12, 1908, Rensselaer, Indiana; b. Dec 08, 1872, Rensselaer, Indiana; d. Dec 05, 1933, Menomonie, Wisconsin.
  Notes for MARY ELIZABETH HERALD:
Source unknown; Hubbardston
Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary McCurtain of Kalamazoo were held from St. John's church, Wednesday morning, February 24th at 9 o'clock, Rev Fr. Flannigan officiating. Mrs. McCurtain is a sister of Ned Hearld of Hubbardston.

  More About MARY ELIZABETH HERALD:
Burial: St. John The Baptist Cemetery, Hubbardston, Michigan

  More About RALPH SKELLENGER and MARY HERALD:
Marriage: May 11, 1891, Ionia, Michigan

  More About ISAAC MCCURTAIN and MARY HERALD:
Marriage: Sep 12, 1908, Rensselaer, Indiana
  ii.   EDWARD HERALD, b. Mar 16, 1875, North Plains Twp., Ionia Co., MI32; d. Feb 20, 1960, Hubbardston, Michigan33; m. GEORGIA MARY GILLEO, May 12, 1908, Hubbardston, Michigan34; b. Feb 14, 1883, New Haven Twp. Gratoit Co., Michigan35; d. Nov 17, 1949, Hubbardston, Michigan35.
  Notes for EDWARD HERALD:
Census Record:
1880 Census - MI, Ionia County, North Plains Township, family 327, (Edward, 5 years of age, living with James and Elizabeth Hearl)
1910 Census - MI, Montcalm County, Bloomer Township, Roll 665, ED 143, Sheet 10A, family 200
1920 Census - MI, Ionia County, North Plains Township, Village of Hubbardston, Ed 86, family 88
1930 Census - MI, Ionia County, North Plains Township, Village of Hubbardston, ED 34-26, Page 3A, family 79, ( Edward Herald with entire family listed)

Rural Directory of Ionia County; 1917-1922: Hearld, Ned (Georgia), 5ch farming T 80 a, 4h 4c, Hubbardston, N Pla 72

Burns Funeral Home; In Memory of Edward Herald, born March 4, 1875

Register of Electors for North Plains Twp.; 1896, April 4 - Herald Ned - N.P. - R. 1902 P.P.M.
Registry of Electors in the Township of North Plains; (1913-1932) Hearld, Edward - Hubbardston - 4/3/19

St. John's Parish Record, dated Dec 7, 1916, Page 5
Herald Edw, Hubbardston - Mrs Edw Herald, Georgie Gilleo, Carson - convert, 1906 - 3 1/2 miles from church, 140 acres, Mrs Cusack's farm

Ionia County News, April 20, 1922, Page 5
George Hearld, of Edmore, spent a few days of last week at the home of his brother. Saturday he motored to Ionia, accompanied by Mrs. Ned Hearld, and Miss Eliazbeth Loftus and Martha Hearld.

Carson City Gazette, Friday, August 25, 1922 -- Hubbardston
Walter Herald of Chicago has been enjoying the hospitality of Ned Herald.

Carson City Gazette, Friday, October 20, 1922 -- Hubbardston
Mrs. John Rickerd and her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Herald, and children of Edmore visited at the home of Ned Herald Friday.

Carson City Gazette, Thusday, July 26, 1923 -- Hubbardston
Fred Smith and Adrian Herald of Chicago, James Cusick of Carson City, Jack Herald and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Herald of Edmore were quests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Herald Sunday.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, August 14, 1924 -- Hubbardston
Ben Herald and Fred Smith returned to Chicago Friday. They were accompanied by Ned Herald, who intends to spend a week in the "windy city".

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, November 20, 1924 -- Hubbardston
George Herald of Greenville visited Mr. and Mrs. Edward Herald Sunday.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, August 26, 1926 -- Hubbardston
Charles Herald returned to Chicago Monday, having spent his vacation with his brother, Ned Herald and family.
William Herald of Mayville was in town last week renewing old acquaintances. This was his first visit here in twelve years. He was the quest of his brother, Ned Herald. (Note: Misses Healeys of New York were visiting Tom Hearld, about the same time.) JJF Jr.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, December 1, 1938 -- Hubbardston
Junior Kelly of Ionia was a dinner quest of the home of Mr and Mrs. Ed Herald, Sunday.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, April 27, 1939 -- Hubbardston
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Dyke and family spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Hearld.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, December 3, 1942 -- Hubbardston
Miss Betty Herald of Detroit and Miss Jewel Herald of St. Joe spent Thanksgiving week with their parents Mr and Mrs. Ned Herald

Carson City Gazette, Thursday December 27, 1942 -- Hubbardston
Christmas holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ned herald were Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Dyke and family, Miss Betty Herald and friend, Lee Kelly of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly Jr. and family of Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. Clare Herald of Saginaw, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Herald and family of Carson City and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fahey and family.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, July 8, 1943 -- Hubbardston
Mr. and Mrs. Clare Herald and daughter of Saginaw, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly Jr., of Lansing, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Herald.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, February 28, 1946 -- Hubbardston
Miss Jewel Herald of Jackson, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Herald

Source Unknown:
Ned Herald was a guest of honor at a birthday dinner on Sunday, May 4, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fahey. He is 77 years old. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Dyke and family of Detroit; Jim Herald and daughter, Sandy of Ionia; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Herald and family of Carson City; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly and family of Lansing; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kelly of LaPorte, Indiana; and Mr. and Mrs. Al Cunningham and family of Hubbardston.

Obituary, Source Unknown; EDWARD HERALD
HUBBARDSTON -- Edward Herald , 84, died Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Al Cunningahm in Hubbardston.
He was born May 5, 1875, the son of James and Libby Loftus Herald, and was married in 1907 to Georgia Gilleo, She died in 1949.
Surviving are three sons, Edward of Carson City, James of Ionia and Clair of Saginaw; five daughters, Mrs Rose Dyke of Detroit, Jewel Herald of St. Joseph, Mrs. Donna Kelly of Lansing, Mrs. Betty Kelly of Phoenix, Ariz., and Bernita Cunningham of Hubbardston; 39 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; and seven brothers, George Herald of Frankfort, Jack of Marion, Micheal of Stanton, Charles of Sharon, Pa., Francis, Richard and Benjamin of Chicago, Ill., and Adrian of Prophetstown, Ill.
A daughter, Martha , died in October 1957.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at St. John The Baptist church. The Rev. Fr. Eugene Fox will officiate and burial will be at St. John The Baptist cemetery.
The body will remain at Burns funeral home in Carson City until time for the service. Rosary will be recited Monday and Tuesday evenings at 8 o'clock. Bearers will be grandsons.

The Clinton County - Republican-News, St. Johns, Michigan, February, 26, 1960 -- West Hubbardston
Funeral services for Edward Herald, 84, were held from St. John the Baptist church at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning with Father Fox officiating.
He was born on a farm near Hubbardston and spent his entire life in the community.
In 1908 he married Georgianna Gilleo and to this union nine children were born; three sons, James of Ionia, Edward of Carson City and Clare of Saginaw; six daughters, Matha Fahey, deceased, Rose Dyke of Detroit, Jewel Herald of St. Joseph, Betty Kelly of Phoenix, Ariz., Donna Kelly of Lansing and Billie Cunningham, Hubbardston.
He died suddenly Sunday night. He was in failing heath but was able to get out so his death came as a surprise to members of his family.
Always active he will be greatly missed by relatives and friends.
He was a member of St. John the Baptist and of the Holy Name Society.
Interment was in St. St. John the Baptist cemetery.

The Clinton County - Repubican-News, St. Johns, Michigan, March 3, 1960 -- West Hubbardston
Those attending the funeral of Edward Herald were his brothers Francis, Walter, Benny, from Chicago; Adrian from Prophet Town, Illinois; Jack Herald, Marion and Mike of Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Herald, Edmore; Mrs. Glen Ackley and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ackley Jr., of Greenville.
Monsignors Coyle and Hackett and Father Timmons of St. Joseph called at the home Wednesday. His granddaughter, Miss Sheila Fahey of Pontiac; Mr. and Mrs. Libby Thomson and son Alex of Detroit.
Miss Jewel Herald returned to St. Joseph, Friday and Mrs. Lee Kelly to her home in Phoenix, Arizona, Sunday.



  More About EDWARD HERALD:
Burial: Feb 24, 1960, St. John The Baptist Cemetery, Hubbardston, Michigan36
Occupation: Farmer/Caretaker of St. John The Baptist Parish

  Notes for GEORGIA MARY GILLEO:
Carson City Gazette, Friday, July 14, 1922
Ned Herald and family were in Carson City last week Thursday to attend the golden wedding of Mrs. Herald's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Gilleo.

Carson City Gazette, Friday, March 30, 1923 -- Hubbardston
Mrs. Ned Herald was in Carson City Wednesday.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, August 23, 1923 -- Hubbardston
Mrs. Edward Herald arrived home Wednesday after a two weeks vacation in Chicago. She was accompanied by Miss Marion Gaughan and Richard Herald of Chicago.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, September 4, 1924 -- Hubbardston
Mrs. Edward Herald spent several days of the week with Greenville relatives.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, November 13, 1924 -- Hubbardston
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ackley and Mrs. George Cusick and daughters of Greenville and Mr. Gilleo of Carson City were quests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Herald Sunday.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, August 23, 1928 -- Last Page.
Mrs. Gilleo is spending a few days with her daughter in Hubbardston.

The Clinton County Republican-News, St. Johns, Michigan, February 19, 1948, Page 2, column 4
The family gathered at the home of their mother, Mrs. Georgia Herald in honor of her birthday Saturday, Feb 14th. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly and family of Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ackley and Junior of Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. James Herald of Ionia and Fred Herald of Lansing.

Carson City Gazette, November 24, 1949 -- MOTHER of LOCAL MERCHANT DIES
Funeral services were held on Monday morning at St. John the Baptist church in Hubbardston for Mrs. Georgianna M. Herald, who passed away Thursday, November 17th. Rev. E. R. Fox officiated at the rites. Interment was made in the St. John the Baptist cemetery. Arrangements in charge of the Burns Funeral Home of Carson City.
Mrs. Herald was born February 14, 1882 in North Shade township, Gratiot county and spent all her life in this area.
Surviving are the husband, Edward Heald, Sr.; three sons, James of Ionia, Edward Jr., co-owner of the Carson City Lockers, Carson City, and Clair of Saginaw; six daughters, Mrs. Martha Fahey of Hubbardston, Mrs. Rose Dyke of Detroit, Miss Jewel Herald of Jackson, Mrs. Donna Kelly of Lansing, Mrs. Betty Kelly of Flint, and Mrs. Bernita Cunningham of Hubbardston; a brother Melvin Gilleo of Ferndale and tow sisters, Jessie Cusack, and Carol Ackley of Greenville.


The Clinton County Republican-News, St. Johns, Michigan, December 1, 1949, Page 13
SERVICES NOVEMBER 21 FOR MRS HEARLD -- HUBBARDSTON
Mrs. Georgianna Herald, 67, died at her home Nov. 17. She had resided in and near Hubbardston nearly all her life. She was born in Gratiot County, Feb. 14, 1882.
She was a member of St. John the Baptist church, the Rosary Alter Society, and the Ladies Auxiliary. Besides her husband, Edward, she leaves six daughters and three sons.
She was buried Monday, Nov. 21, at 10 a.m. Rev, Eugene Fox officiated at the requiem high mass. Interment was in the parish cemetery.
Bearers were Thomas Herald, John Kohn, Erwin Roach, Pat Cunningham, James McKeone, and Richard Couzzins.

  More About GEORGIA MARY GILLEO:
Burial: Nov 20, 1949, St. John The Baptist Cemetery, Hubbardston, Michigan37,38
Occupation: Seamstress

  More About EDWARD HERALD and GEORGIA GILLEO:
Marriage: May 12, 1908, Hubbardston, Michigan39
  iii.   WILLIAM MICHAEL HERALD, b. Dec 24, 1876, Hubbardston, Michigan40; d. Nov 12, 1950, Mayville, Michigan; m. ORAL MAUDE CRANSON, Aug 28, 1900, Hubbardston, Michigan; b. Jan 10, 1883, Hubbardston, Michigan; d. May 19, 1959, Mayville, Michigan.
  Notes for WILLIAM MICHAEL HERALD:
Ionia County Records has the marriage on Aug 29, 1900 in North Shade

Register of Electors for North Plains Twp. - 1898, April 2 - Hearld, Wm. - N.P. - R. 1901 H.J.H.

Carson City Gazette, Friday, November 3, 1899 -- Hubbardston
The smiling countenance of William Hearld was seen on our streets.

Carson City Gazette, Friday, July 19, 1901
Wm. Hearld is doing the cobbler act in John Churchill's shoe shop.

Carson City Gazette, Friday, April 4, 1902 -- Local Items
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Herald of Sisco, Ionia Co. are quests of Mrs. Herald's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Cranson this week.

Carson City Gazette, Friday, July 3, 1904 -- Middleton
Wm. Herald and family of Smyrna are visiting at C. S. Cranson's.

Carson City Gazette, Friday, July 8, 1904 -- Hubbardston
Will Herald's familiar face is again seen upon our streets.

Carson City Gazette, Thursday, February 4, 1930 -- Hubbardston
William Harold of Mayville was here to attend the funeral of James Loftus

  More About WILLIAM HERALD and ORAL CRANSON:
Marriage: Aug 28, 1900, Hubbardston, Michigan
  iv.   JAMES HERALD, b. Oct 20, 1878, Hubbardston, Michigan40; d. Dec 11, 1958, Traverse City, Michigan.
  Notes for JAMES HERALD:
The Ionia County records lists birth as September, 28, 1978

As related by Ed Herald, son of Ned Herald; October, 1976 -- The HERALDS by Kathryn Gayeanna Stilwell
James was very sick with Typhoid Fever at the age of eighteen. His temperature went so high, that it affected his mind. His father found him in the barn, chasing his brother Ned with a pitch fork. Although his father and brothers tried to reach him and visit him often, James never spoke another word for the rest of his life. He was in Traverse City Sanitarium, Traverse City, Michigan until his death, December 11, 1958. Eighty years of age. After he died, his brother Ned had the wake for him. James is buried in Ned's family plot, at St. John the Baptist.

Ionia Sentinel, February 16, 1899
James Herald was brought to the Ionia County Jail Monday from North Plains by deputy Sheriff Grove. An application will be made to the probate court for investigation as to his sanity. Herald is a young man 20 years of age, and has formerly been a motorman on the Grand Rapids street railway. He is a talkative enough in the afternoon, but all the forenoon it is impossible to get word out of him.

The Clinton County - Repulican-News, St. Johns, Michigan, Thursday, December 18, 1958, page 2
SERVICES TUESDAY FOR JAMES HERALD, 78
Hubbardston -- Funeral services were held at St. John the Baptist church Saturday a. m. at 10 for James Herald, 78. He was born and raised on a farm west of town. Surviving him are ten brothers, Edward, Mike, John, George, Francis, Walter, Charles, Richard, Robert and Benny -- Interment was in the St. John the Baptist cemetery.

  More About JAMES HERALD:
Burial: Dec 12, 1958, St. John The Baptist Cemetery, Hubbardston, Michigan
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
  v.   JOHN HERALD, b. Nov 09, 1880, Hubbardston, Michigan41,42; d. Dec 30, 1964, Marion, Michigan; m. LENA MAY JENNINGS, Jun 15, 1912, Saginaw, Michigan; b. Jun 25, 1890, Stanton, Michigan; d. Sep 29, 1969, Cadillac, Michigan.
  Notes for JOHN HERALD:
"THE HERALDS" by Kathryn Gayeanne Stilwell

JOHN HERALD: Son, J.C.

"My Dad (John) was interested in sports. Worked (spare time) in a gym in Battle Creek. Was one of Wolgast's sparing partners at one time. Gave me a real good lesson when I was about seventeen or eighteen. I didn't care about boxing after that."

"Dad was definitely not of a mechanical nature. He learned to drive a Model T Ford, but would not learn to drive the conventional shift when the Model T was retired."

"Dad and Mother both loved people, and their modest home was always a meeting place for any one they had known, at any time in their lives, right down to baby sitting for all the babies in town, right up to their very last."

JOHN HERALD: Daughter, Mary

"John Herald was born November 9, 1880 in Hubbardston, Mich. He attended the parochial school of that locality for a few years (to fourth or fifth grade).

While still very young he started working at neighbors farms and earned money for some clothes. From the age of fourteen he supported himself. As he grew older and made better money wages at various kinds of labor, he was happy to be of some help financially with the younger children. All though the years a brotherly love and affection held them together. They were always willing to help one another in the need arose.

He loved athletic sports. Baseball and boxing were favorites and he enjoyed pitching horseshoes too. I can not remember when he did not smoke a pipe. As for music, he played (by ear) the violin, mouth organ, and the dulcimer. A favorite pastime was playing cards."

"The Dopp School House, a rural one room school, on the corner of Cedar Lake Rd. and Kendaville Rd. about three and a half miles north and east of McBride, was located on the south west corner of the Herald farm. This farm was referred to as the Herald Homestead by the Herald Brothers. Dad met Mother in the autumn of of 1911 when she was a teacher there. They were married June 15, 1912. Walter, Ben, and Adrian were students of the Dopp School at that time. Bessie Naute was too young to enter classes (about four years old), but she managed to escape the watchful eyes of her mother and grandmother, and visited the school children sometimes. Alice watts, who later married Uncle Harry, was also a student at the time."

"Dad owned and operated a bakery in Edmore for a few years. After the illness of Flu in 1919, dad and Mother with their three children, settled on a farm near Edmore, and about three miles from the Herald Homestead. Harry and Alice bought the Herald Homestead where their four children were born and grew up. We children, J.C., Lena Rea, and myself (Mary) attended a one room, eight grades, rural school."

"In 1934 we moved to Marion, Mich. where Dad owned and operated a bakery until he retired. Uncle George was a frequent visitor during the 1950's, as he had a bakery business in Northern Michigan. They delighted in comparing pasteries."

"My parents celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1962, and were in good health at the time."

  More About JOHN HERALD and LENA JENNINGS:
Marriage: Jun 15, 1912, Saginaw, Michigan
  vi.   MICHAEL JAMES HERALD, b. Oct 09, 1882, Hubbardston, Michigan43,44; d. Feb 27, 1964, Lakeview, Michigan; m. EDNA LAURA STEWART, Jul 03, 1919, Greenville, Michigan; b. Apr 11, 1897, Stanton, Michigan; d. Mar 12, 199045.
  Notes for MICHAEL JAMES HERALD:
1910 Census - MI, Ionia County, North Plains Township, ED 25 Page 3A, family 85 (Hearld, Michael, Servant age 24, S.; with George Utter Family)

Carson City Gazette, Friday, August 21, 1914 -- Hubbardston
Michael Herald and Miss Catherine Healy went to Lakeview Monday to visit John Herald

Register of Electors for North Plains Twp. - 1904, April 2 - Hearld, Michael - N.P. - R. 1912 F.S.C.

"THE HERALDS" by Kathryn Gayeanne Stilwell

MICHAEL JAMES HERALD: Son, Clare

"My father had a store on Main Street where he repaired clocks and watches. The store also included several showcases and a couple of display cases. He sold new matches with gold and silver cases. The store was heated with a coal and wood stove. There were several chairs where people would sit and visit. My father smoked a pipe at times, and I remember he liked musical instruments and he could play and repair most of them."

"Dad always walked to work and would be there by 6:00 in the morning. He always said he could get more done in the first hours of the morning."

"We had a Model T Sedan we used mostly on Sunday's to go to my Uncle Harry's in McBride or to uncle Jack's in Cedar Lake. Uncle Jack and my father played violins and dulcimers. Sometimes they would have a house dance."

MICHAEL JAMES HERALD: Son, Jim

"My dad, Micheal Herald, was born October 9, 1882 at Hubbardston, Mich. He attended the Catholic School in that area. while still young he worked on a farm and went to Barber School. He worked as a barber in Chicago awhile and later in Montcalm County, Michigan. He also learned the jewelry business in which he later made his living. One could call him a "jack-of-all-trades". He would often travelled around the country with a screw-driver and scissors, fixing clocks and the like and cutting hair for friends and neighbors."

MICHEAL JAMES HERALD: Granddaughter, Sheila

"Grandpa lived a very simple life. He was not at all materialistic. He really enjoyed living."

"As a child I thought it strange that he preferred to live without the comvenience of nicer furnishings or better clothes. But now I realize such things didn't mean that much to him. There were more import matters in life than such things could offer. Grandpa was very philosophical about life."

"When I think of Grandpa I'll always think of violins. He used to bring his fiddle with him and Mon would play piano and we would all sing songs like "My Wild Irish Rose" and "When Irish Eyes are Smiling." His favorite song was "Red River Valley."

Tombstone for Michael J Herald, 1882--1964, and Mitsie Ann, 1923--1925, at Forest Hill Cemetery. There are also a stones for Merle Stewart, 1903--1986, and Cecil, 1906-- 1953, in the same area.

  More About MICHAEL JAMES HERALD:
Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery, Stanton, Michigan

  More About MICHAEL HERALD and EDNA STEWART:
Divorce: Abt. 1932
Marriage: Jul 03, 1919, Greenville, Michigan

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