A history of Pickford Area Pioneer Families Daniel Morrison

Families of the Pickford Area

All families are listed in alphabetical order. The different generations of children will be color-coded.

1st generation (Capital Letters)

2nd generation

3rd generation

4th generation

5th generation

Not all of the families have been color-coded. They are presently being worked on, and will be updated as soon as possible.

ALDRICH

Aaron and Mary Jane Aldrich settled on a homestead northwest of Pickford in 1880, coming from Newbridge, Ontario. Their children were Thomas, Wesley, William, Dudley, John, Frances, Margaret and Mae.

THOMAS was County School Superintendent for twenty-four years and had one child, Paul, living in Sault Ste. Marie.

WESLEY married Jennie Wilson and lived in Pickford most of his life. They had two girls, Fern (Mrs. Ralph Orcutt) of Washington, D.C. and Alma (Mrs. Glen Taylor) of Milwaukee.

WILLIAM died when a young man and DUDLEY married Jemima McConkey and had one son, Lynn who still lives on the home place. Dudley died in 1956 and his wife the same year. JOHN lives in Virginia, FRANCES lives in Detroit. She married and has five children. Ina, the oldest daughter, married Frank Hillock and lived in the Soo until her death. Grace, the youngest child, married Russell Young and lives in the Soo. Roy, the only son, is deceased.

MARGARET lived in the Soo and MAE (Mrs. James Kemp) lives in Detroit. JOHN had three children: Lyman lives in Convinton, Virginia; Clare lives in Ohio, and Jane. JOHN ALDRICH earned a Ph. D. and was a college professor in Kansas, Georgia, and West Virginia prior to his retirement.

ALLEN

Inkerman S. Allen (English) was born in Mulmer Township, Ontario, and came to Pickford about 1892. He married Harriet R. Allen (Scottish), daughter of James Dickson Allen. She was born in Guelph, Ontario. Mrs. Allen passed away at the home of her daughter, Jessie, In 1951. Inkerman Allen was a farmer and an interior and exterior decorator. He painted four two-story houses when he was 88 years old. He was living with his daughter, Jessie (Mrs. Dan McDonald) at the time of his death in 1945.

When the Inkerman Allens first came to Pickford, they lived with Mrs. Allen's father and two brothers. The house burned and they moved to the farm house north of the spring creek on the farm later purchased by John Rowse, now owned by Orries Huyck. Later they moved to a log house on what is now known as the Robert Roe farm. He then bought an 80-acre farm on the Rudyard Road, now owned by Don Rye. He then purchased the Dudley Aldrich home in Pickford. There were six children: Percy, Meldrum, Jessie, Ada, Russell, and Mary H.

PERCY I. ALLEN (deceased 1970) married Annie E. Galer (deceased Jan., 1972). He was a decorator and lived in Grand Rapids. They had two daughters: Etta Marie (Mrs. Howard Leedle) and June E. (Mrs. Stuart Veltena).

MELDRUM (deceased 1966) was a welder and blacksmith. He married Martha Cottle and had one son, Reginald, of Flint.

JESSIE A. (deceased 1969) married Donald McDonald. They had three sons and two daughters: Emil, Lynn, Bryce, Sybile, and Adela.

ADA married Cecil McDonald (deceased) and had one son, Kenneth. Ada taught school in Pickford, Rudyard, and Waterford Townships. She earned her B. S. degree from Wayne University when she was 65 years of age.

RUSSELL married Lisabelle Galer. He is retired and lives in Garden City, Michigan. They have three daughters and one son. Jean, who married Douglas Batho, owns and operates the Pickford Dry Goods with her husband. Douglas is also an undertaker. Delores E. married Alex Cottle. They have five children and live on a farm west of Pickford: Cheryl, Dana, Allen, Martin, and Lisa. Cheryl married Edward Cote and lives near Fort Worth, Texas. She is a 1971 graduate of Spring Arbor College. Dana (Mrs. Les Beyer) lives in Burnip, Michigan. Allen married Patsy Freeman. Martin and Lisa are at home. Belva married Clayton Ball, an electrician. They live in Pennsylvania and have five children: David, Christine, Dale, Jonathon, and Laurie. Roger married Sheryl Boshart and is pastor of Clawson Free Methodist Church.

MARY H. married John V. Fleming (deceased). Mary retired in 1965 after teaching 45 years in Michigan. She lives in Detroit, Michigan, when not traveling.

AMES

Thomas Ames and his wife, Mary (Brindley), arrived in Sault Ste. Marie late in November, 1881. Very soon after their arrival, their first child, a daughter, Annabelle, was born. Her Grandmother Brindley walked from east of Pickford to the Sault on a trail through the woods to be with her daughter. When they were able to travel, they settled on a farm east of Pickford on what is now known as the Sand Ridge Road, which was the main road between Pickford and DeTour. There were nine children in the family: Annabelle, Mary Lavinia, Margaret, John, Arthur, Tom, Bill, Elmer, and Bob.

ANNABELLE married Robert McCabe and had four children: Mildred (Mrs. Otto Wallis), Irene (Mrs. Clayton Woods, deceased), Russell, and Bill. Russell married Margaret Rosing and they have three children: Russell (deceased), Mildred, and Annabelle. Bill married Leona Germain and they had five children. Bill died in 1969.

MARY LAVINIA married Bill Tripp and they moved to Cobablt, Ontatio. They had one son, Carl.

MARGARET married George Nichols and they are both deceased.

JOHN married Violet Kinnee and had four sons. Jack married Edith Rosing and they have three daughters: Eleanor, Carol, and Maria. Charles lost his life in World War II. Francis Married Lois Holmes and had two children, Charles and Diane. Thomas married Evelyn Norquist and has four children: Linda, Arlene, Robert and Cheryl. After the death of his first wife, JOHN married Barbara Kelly. He died May 20, 1971.

ARTHUR married Martha Kinnee and had three sons. Cecil married Elsie Rye and had four children Arvid, Shelva, Duane Robert, and Kathy. They all live in Flint or vicinity. They are all married except Kathy, who makes her home with Duane. Cecil and Elsie are both deceased and buried in Cottle Cemetery. Kinnee married Lita McKenzie and has three children: Frederick, Joyce, and Shelly. Lyle married Lorma Hillock and they have two children, Rodney and Cheryl.

THOMAS married Retta Belcher and had three children: Tom, Thelma, and Melbourne. Tom lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and has four children: Gay, John, Melbourne and Keith. Thelma lives in Chicago and has no children. Melbourne has three children.

BILL married Ruth Beacom and had four children: Neva, Margaret, Velma, and Bill. Neva married James Perry and had five children: Debra, Barbara, Susan, Cynthia, and Mike. Margaret married Charles Izzard and they have three children: Kimberly, Brent, and Laura. Velma married James Graham and they have three children, Jeffery, Lisa, and Steven. Bill is still in high school.

ELMER married Stella Kerr and lived in Sault Ste. Marie.

BOB married Ann McCondra.

When BOB was about a year and a half old, Mrs. Ames died. Thomas later married Brindley, a sister of his first wife, who had a daughter, Ruth. Ruth married Percy Elliott and had one son, Delwyn.

After living on the old sand farm for quite a few years, the family moved closer to Pickford on what is now the Harvey Pennington farm.

BILL is the only one left of that generation of the Ames family. He lived on the farm east of Pickford that JOHN started farming on over 55 years ago, Until 1970 when he sold the farm and moved to town. JOHN and his wife lived in Donaldson until his death May 20, 1971.