I have decided to take on the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks challenge, as laid out by Amy Johnson Crow on her website. The theme for the first week of this challenge is “Beginnings”. This week I have decided to write about my ninth great grandparents, Jean Royer and Marie…
Edouard Joseph Royer, my 2nd great grandfather, passed away on August 22nd, 1939 in Rudyard, Chippewa County, Michigan at the age of 77. Edouard’s obituary was published in The Evening News, published in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan on Tuesday, August 22, 1939. I have transcribed the obituary below: Obituary Edward…
I always find it interesting to follow a single family through the census records. It is interesting to see what has changed? Did they move? have more kids? lose a child? Buy a home? Change professions? In this blog, we are going to follow the family of Edouard Royer, my 2nd…
