JAMES DELFORD & CORA (SPILLMAN) MERICLE FAMILY PAGE
WELCOME !(02-26-11 Updated
Version)
(Added link WWII Willow un Bomber Plant Film link,
just below)
(Added Bill & Hope Gregg Christmas Gazette - Family
Update for 2010)
(Added links to article about Blanche's Rosie Event at Grosse
Ile Municipal. Airport)
(Added photo album link & WXYZ TV Detroit Pre-Announcement
Video of Greatest Generation's,
....WWII Gala Veteran's & Rosie's night of 09-10-2010,
in which Blanche Berkey Mericle was honored.)
(Added Hoyt-Mericle Family
Recipies Page link)
(Edited names on the Mericle Belt Family Gatherings images)
(Added World's Royalty, links directly below, related thought
the Mericle & Belt Families)
(Privacy Changes)
(Added H. & B.'s Christmas 'Gregg Gazette' letter)
(Added Loralee A. Mericle's Headstone, "Angel"
image)
(Added James D. Mericle's WW I Draft Card Reg. image)
(Added 2 Cem Tombtones images)
(Added photo of about 1901 added)
(Added Thumbnail Gallery Links to Watkins Diary & History
Box)
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Author's Family is a Direct Descendant of a Mayflower Pilgrim, Magna Charta Barons & Emperor Charles Charlemayne & Roman Emporer's Marc Anthony & Tiberius Claudius "Nero" & Joseph* of Arimathea & Most of World's Royalty; See our, LARGE PEDIGREE TREE MAP. (Start below from my Mother's Mericle's, James & Cora (Spillman) Mericle, Jacob F. & Gertrude (Kaveman) Mericle, to Elmer Mericle & Charlotte Ann (Belt), upwards to right). Click here to View DESCENDANCY LINKED LISTS / (.RTF) - (.PDF) formats Outline Ancestors Map / Pedigree Chart of World's Royalty to John E. Hoyt Line (.rtf) - (.htm) |
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WWII WILLOW RUN - BOMBER PLANT FILM 1940'S
Our Hoyt's & Mericle's worked here to help war efforts
WWII Willow Run Bomber Plant-B-24 Film.wmv
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We have 3 Mericle relatives that are living: Blanche (Burkey) Mericle, age 93, (Husband Ken Mericle & Dau. Loralee both dec'd) Helena (Mericle) Phetteplace, & Husband C.W., and daughter below; Hope Phetteplace (Gregg), & Husband Bill. Bill & Hope's - Christmas Gregg Gazette 2010 |
Blanche (Berkey)
Mericle honored as a "Rosie-the-Riveter"
\a WWII Worker at Willow Run airport from 1942-1946
(Also, see below images of WWII Bombers at Willow Run Air Festival August 2010 located 3/4's down page.)
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Click here to view webpicasa photo album
View the below WXYZ TV Detroit Pre-Announcement Video of this Gala Event for Veteran's & Rosie's
http://www.topix.com/city/grosse-ile-mi/2010/09/honoring-the-greatest-generation
An Article on Sep. 22nd after the Gala WWII Event took place, in below link:
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/09/22/ile_camera/localnews/doc4c925b1d876bc638905322.txt
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Hoyt - Mericle Family Recipies
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JAMES-JD-DELL & CORA MERICLE FAMILY TREE CHART
New Page - James brother, JACOB F. & GERTRUDE (KAVERMAN) MERICLE FAMILIES PAGE
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(Privacy Protection Now in effect for persons
born after 1930, unless death date in below descendants files)
John
MERICLE / MERKEL / MERIKLE Families Tree
(.rtf format)
John MERICLE / MERKEL / MERIKLE Families Tree (.pdf format)
VIEW
The Blanche R. (BERKEY) MERICLE ANCESTORS & DESCENDANTS of the
BURGI,
BUERKI, BERKEY Families Tree - 11 Generations
/ (.rtf format)
/ (.pdf format)
VIEW the DESCENDANTS of WYMAN PHETTEPLACE - 4 Generations / (.rtf format) / (.pdf format)
MERICLE
ZIP FILES FOR DOWNLOADING
AND INDEX IMAGES PAGES FOR VIEWING ONLINE IMAGES
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(to 'Find' Yourself, go to your Web Browsers top tab 'Edit', then go to
'Find' line & 'Enter", & type in your name,
if your related, I hope you are in this Mericle descendants page, if not,
let me know, my e-mail is below)
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Dorothea Spillman & |
Elsie (Foster) & Milan Spillman's 75th B-day & Anniversary |
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OUR 'SIMON HOYT' BRANCH IMMIGRATION from ASIA-MIDDLE EAST-N.AFRICA to ENGLAND & to AMERICA to CT, NY, MI, OH, WA & OTHER STATES (1. List of Hoyt Names & Dates Where they lived) (2. Map of what Hoyt lived where in MI) (3. Timeline Table #1- Imigration in MI & to Other States) |
LOOKING FOR FAMILY PICTURES
Hoyt-Watkins Cousins meet in Rockford, MI 12-28-06;
Patricia Watkins from Prescott Valley, AZ, and her brother,
Robert Watkin's from Roseville, MI
drove up to compare and give John Hoyt documents and Histories of the
Watkins Families,
relationship to my Grandmother who was 'Cora' Spillman, and their Grandma
"Dot', a sister Spillman.
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Daniel H. Spillman, wife Polly
died
dau. Bertha-Cora-Iva-Dot-Earnest |
B. Watkins, J. Hoyt, P. Watkins
Rockford, MI 12-28-06 |
Watkins Histories & Narratives - Image Index
of pages
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"My Grandparents" - Frank & Anne Watkins Narrative by Ray Homer (Fritz) Watkins Jr. |
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by Homer (Edward Lewis) Watkins b. 1826 (150 hand-written pages, w/ some missing pages) |
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A typed short Version of above Edward Lewis
Watkins's Journal/Diary by Betty (Dane ) Watkins
Watkins Journal/Diary #2 (10 Pages, and some pages have been left out for Privacy Protection) |
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SPILLMAN
- WATKINS FAMILY HISTORY
Written by Betty (Dane) Watkins of her Mother's Family Dorothea Ellen (Spillman) Watkins |
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ABOUT 1901
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James D (JD) Mericle's WW I Draft Card Registration 1917-1918
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4 of Henry Spillman Daughters
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Cora Ann - Spillman Side
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Earnest L. Spillman Selects Army
Camp Custer, MI WWII |
Bertha-Marcile-Dorothy
& Floyd Spillman |
Milan & Wife Spillman
Jennings, KS |
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Daniel Henry Spillman Obit
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Earnest L. Spillman Memorial Obit
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Iva Ora (Spillman) Deal Memorial Obit
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Hugh Huntington Hoyt, Paul Millard Hoyt, Charlotte Pauline Mericle, Helena Mericle
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JD & Cora Mericle Photo's
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Cora (Spillman) Mericle
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Assorted Photos of Helena
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JD & Cora Mericle Farm -US 20 Swanton
OH
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P. & H. & H. Phetteplace
with Cora Mericle & Pauline (Mericle) Hoyt - Clinton, MI Sept. 1965 |
Assorted Mericle Photos
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Mericle Grill
Picacho, AZ - 1950's |
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JD & Cora Mericle Families
Cora with 4 Grand Children
Don Hoyt, Loralee Mericle, Jim, & John Hoyt)
(Click above photo to view larger image)
JD & Cora Mericle Farm location
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here to view the MERICLE FARM MEMORIES PAGE
About
The CHARLOTTE PAULINE (MERICLE) HOYT FAMILY :
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FAMILY 1
The pictures below is of THE CHARLOTTE PAULINE (MERICLE) HOYT FAMILIES
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| D. & M. & P. J. Hoyt Tucson, AZ |
J. & sons, J., Ja, & Ju. Hoyt
taken at J.P. Hoyt & S. Ablak Wedding Pittsburgh, Pa. |
J. & D. 's son, M. , &
D. Hoyt
Rockford, MI |
J. Hoyt w/ sister, M. Vandenberg
September 26, 2003
Tucson, AZ |
FAMILY2
The pictures below is of The KENNETH & B. MERICLE FAMILIES:
LORALEE MERICLE'S FRIENDS NORTH CAROLINA
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LORALEE WITH |
PRODUCTION JULY-02-2004 |
About
The KENNETH & B.
(BERKEY) MERICLE FAMILIES
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LORALEE MERICLE
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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MERIKLE, MERICLE DESCENDANTS OF MR. BURGI, BERKEY - 11 Gen |
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Kenny & B. (Berkey) Mericle |
Loralee Mericle - 1964 |
Loralee with her black Kaiser Darien
View these NC Auto Club's Newsletter pages on Loralee's passing: Page 19, Page 20. Page 21
HAPPY MOTORING LORALEE!
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View
62 Images Thumbnail Files Page of 08-07-2005 of
Mericle
Kaiser Cars at Heritage Museum in Ypsilanti
& Belleville Cemetery with Blanche Mericle
*WW II Bomber Fly-Over at Yankee Air Museum
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* (Incidentally, B. (Berkey) Mericle was a "Rosie the Riveter" she worked in the "cell" (a B-24 bombers engine cowling, electrical areas, & in the wings of WWII bombers, being built at Willow Run Airbase in Ypsilanti, MI, because she was so petite.) Blanche was Honored as a "Rosie" at the Gala WWII USO Style Big Band & Swing Dance Sep. 10, 2010 at Grosse Ile Munipal Airport, article link: http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/09/22/ile_camera/localnews/doc4c925b1d876bc638905322.txt
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Kenneth & B. Mericle have been involved with their love of Kaiser Frazer Antique Automobiles, and both have held held positions as Kaiser Frazer Owners Club International, and Blanche, as a Regional President of the Seaway Club, throughout the past few years. MANY OF KENNETH'S & B. 'S KAISER'S ARE SHOWN AT YPSILANTI AUTOMOTIVE HERIATAGE MUSEUM, Ypsilanti, Depot Town, MI |
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Rare 1951 Kaiser Traveler
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B/ with Darien - storage
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P.J. Hoyt with Henry J car
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Inside Heritage Museum -
Ypsi
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B. Mericle with her prized 54' Kaiser Darian at a rent Michigan
car show - Summer 2006 |
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FAMILY3
The pictures below is of The H. & P. PHETTEPLACE
FAMILIES
D. & C. Hoyt, a Collage of photos; Arch National Park, Black Canyon, Aspen, and visit Uncle P. & Aunt H. Phetteplace in Ignacio, CO.
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image - October 2007)
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B. Gregg with H. &
P. Phetteplace
Traveling w/ Fifth Wheeler - Dec 2003 Quartzite, AZ |
H. Phetteplace & B. Gregg
Valentines day 2004 Fort Collins, Colorado |
H. at Family
Farm & Home near Swanton, OH along US 20, circa 1950's |
H. PHETTEPLACE & B. GREGG WEDDING 05-01-2004
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H. & B. GREGG |
B.'s Parents B. & A. Gregg |
H. 's Parents P. & H. Phetteplace |
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"LEST WE FORGET"
M-MERICLE-List,
Walnut Grove Cemetery, Liberty Twnshp, Allen Co., Ohio
M-MERICLE-List, St. Johns CC Cemetery, Liberty Twp., Allen Co., Ohio
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(Courtesy of Dennis Buttelwerth) |
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Elmer & Charlotte (Belt) Mericle
Walnut Grove Cemetery, Delphos, OH (See above List) No Photo |
James Delford & Cora (Spillman)
Mericle
Walnut Grove Cemetery, Delphos, OH |
Jacob Frank & Gertrude (Kaverman)
Mericle
St. Johns CC Cemetery, Delphos, OH |
Paul & C. Pauline (Mericle) Hoyt
Riverside Cemetery, LenaweeCo., Clinton, MI |
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Kenneth Bernard Mericle |
Loralee Ann Mericle |
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: Thank You, J. E Hoyt, Web Master & Hoyt Family Historian
Credit
& Contact to a Mericle Family Historian, J. E. Mericle,
Email:
jemericle@warpdriveonline.com
J. E HOYT .