A history of Pickford Area Pioneer Families Daniel Morrison

STEVENSON

Mr. and Mrs. James Stevenson and their family of nine, one staying in Canada, came from Moskota, Canada, about 1883 and settled by the Little Munuscong five miles east and three miles south of Pickford. This farm is now owned by Gerald McCord. Their family was Jack, Jim, Bill, Susie, Bella, Bob, Nellie, Janie, and Becky.

JACK married Eleanor Jane Kelly and settled two miles south and four and one-half miles east of Pickford. They had six children: Joe, Jack, George, Alvin Esther, and Mary.

JIM married Ida Crawford and settled five miles east and two miles south of Pickford. They had 8 children: Maude,Lillie,Tom,Susie,Ida, Gordon Marv,and Tim.

SUSIE married Tom Crawford and they settled five miles east and three miles south. They had 11 children: Bill, Jim, Belle, Mary, Myrtle, Lila, Bob, Fred, Tom, Susie, and Ward.

BOB married Kate McGuire and they had no children.

BELLA married Fred Ball and settred two miles south and four and one-half miles east.

Their four children were Tim, Bill, Mable, and Edith.

NELLIE married Tom Travis, settled in Raber, then moved to Pickford and ran the hotel, then moved to a farm now owned by Leo Nettleton. They later made their home in Detroit. They had 6 children: Charlotte, Mim, Louella, Fred Russell, and Lillie.

BECKIE married Bill McKewon and she stayed in Canada.

BILL Stevenson married Annie Sims and settled five miles east and two miles south. They had 11 children. Bill and Bess (Tripp) live in Toledo and has no children. Fred and Pearl (McCleod) live in DeTour and have six children: Freda (O'Polka), Irene (LaLonde), Mary, Bill, Martha (LaPlaunt), and Catherine (deceased). Clifford(deceased) married Delphina Harrison and their two children are Elva (Sims) and David. Delphina ownes the home place. Otto married Violet Rye, their two sons are Ted and Lyle. They live near Pickford. Alex married Ellen Hill, they have one child, Paul, and they recently moved back to Pickford. Annie married Clark Allen and they lived in Cedarville. Their children are Marlene (Griffin), Laura (Sherlund), and Fred. Robert married Shirley Thompson and they have three children and live in Hawaii. Mary married Bill Cruickshank and they have two children, Ronald and Margaret (Mrs. Bury Jeske, Jr.) adn live in Pickford. Vern is deceased. Charlotte married Ernest Kaspar and tehy have two girls, JoAnn and Jeanne. They live in Detroit. Susie married Frank Coppel, they have one child, and live in Hazel Park, Michigan.

STEWART

William Stewart was botn in 1851 in West Wawanosh, Ontario. He martied Francis Andetson (born 1855) and had 9 children, 7 born in Canada and 2 in Pickford. They came to Pickfotd by way of Sarlt Ste. Marie and settled on a farm four miles west of Pickford, now known as t~ae Cleve Lockhart fatm. The farm was very low and every spring would be under water. They maved five miles west and one and three-quarters miles north to wherc Russell McCabe lives. William Stewart died in 1914.

The 9 children were: Jack (born 1882), Bill (born 1884), Margaret (born 1886), Alexander (born 1888), Elizabeth (born 1890), Janet (born 1892), James (born 1894)lthese were born in Canada and Mary (born 1898) and Elsie (born 1900), the two born in Pickford.

JACK worked as an engineer on a railroad in Indiana.

BILL went to Gladstone and married Dora Knight and worked in a paper mill. They had three girls. Mrs. Bill Stewart died in February, 1954 and Bill died in September, 1965, at the age of 81.

MARGARET married Peter McDonald and had 13 children: A baby died in infancy. Phoebe died at the age of 21. Lyle married Maxine Smith and had four children:Shirley, Phoebe, Larry, and Francis. Eva married Jim Sterling and has one son, Don. Don married Norma Kennedy and have five children: Cheryl*(Mrs. Paul Harrison, with two boys and a girl), Donna* (Mrs. Ronald Harrison), Mary Sue, George, and Jennifer*. Lloyd married Isabelle Batho and had three children: Vera (Mrs. Clark Taylor), who has Dennis, Joan, Vickie, Mark, and Angela*; Bill is married to Yvonne Izzard and they have four children: Rhonda, Randy, Shelly and Tracy*, and Corraine (Mrs. Roger Fountain who has Debbie, Scott, and Sandra*). Mrs. Isabelle McDonald died and Lloyd later married Lempi Kemp and they have three children: Sharon (Mrs. Don Thompson with two children), Gary, and Karen. Margaret married Bill Hansen and had two children, Marion and Carol. Iona died when she was 21. Irene married John Mitchell and had three children Jerry, Cleo and Sandra. Arnold is married and four children: Marty, Greg, Linda, and Ricky. has two boys, Celand and Elton. Rusty, Donna, Debbie, and Ronald.

ALEXANDER went to Manistique, married and had two childien. They all died within one week at the time of the flu epidemic.

ELIZABETH also went to Manistique and married Elmer Boal. They had two boys, Stewart and Donald. Stewart married Zelma Appleyard and they have five children: Paula (Mrs. Michael Blaricum with two children), Elmer, Alan, Richard and Jimmy. Donald married Bernice Holmman and they have two children, Harold and Cynthia (Mrs. Dean Skikking).

JANET married James Steele and they had 7 children: Isabelle, William, Dorothy, Inez, Rudy, Greely, Lorene. Isabelle married Earl Thompson and had 5 children: Phyllis (Mrs. Clarence Beacom) has three children, Joyce*(Mrs.Michael Cook with two children, Michael and Michell**), Barbara*, Frances*. Robert married Jennie Whitehead and their children are Linda, Billy, Bobbi, Billy died in 1944; Bernice married Frank Shea and their children are Kathy, Mike, Danny, Jimmy, and David; Imogean married Frances Allan and their children are Robbie, Timmy, and Pamela*. Isabelle then married Olaf Madison and they had three children: Sonja, Roger and Tommy. Sonia married Joe Rogers and their childrrn are Joseph, Cheryl, Roger and his wife, Janus, have Roger and Toni*. Tommy lives at Onaway with his parents Isabelle then married Walter Owaski and had two children, Danny nd Gayle. WIlliam married Louise Berdinneaux and has six children: Beverly,Dick,Audrey, Janet, Lavonne, and Jimmy. Dorothy married Frank Westover had they had 8 children: Judy, Janet, Joan, Patsy,Ronny, Ricky, Laurie, and Wendy. Frank died in 1957. Inez married Gunner Nordstorm and had five children: Gerry, Francis, Carolyn, John, and David.Gerry married Robert Hayes, and hastwo children, Jeffery and Lynn*. Carolyn is teaching in the Peace Corps. Ruby married Henry Rueno and has two children, Bonnie and Scott. Bonnie married Dr. Robert Johnson, a dentist, and they have two children. Scott married Toni Flowers and they have two children, Kimberly Sue and Kelly Sue*. Greely married Virginia Core and had three boys, Robert, Donald, and Billy. Robert and his wife, Linda, have four sons, Scott, Todd, Stephen, and Paul*. wife, Judy have four children, Donnie, Mickey, Kenneth, and Kelly*. Billy and his wife, Nancy, have one son, Billy*. Loreen married Verne Nunn and they have no children.

JAMES married Emma Sterling who came from Sweden when she was 6 years old. They had four children: James A., Ernest, Janette and Janice (twins). James married Ferne Bawks and their children are their children are Clark, Jack, and Jeanne Gayle. Ernest marridd Phyllis Hotchkiss and their children are Sandra, William, kathy, and Christine. Sandra is Mrs. Brock Manning and has one son, David William. Janette married Melvin Kamper and has four children: Kathleen, David, Venitta, and Reuben. Melvin died in July, 1967. Janice is not married and lives in Ludington. Emma Stewart died in August, 1972, and james in October, 1972.

MARY married Wilford Hancock and had four children: Gladys, Olive, Pauline, and Arvid. Gladys married Ben Nayback. Olive Marx has two boys. Pauline married Victor DesJardins and had me son, Vickie. Pauline died in 1951. Arvid is married. Mary died in 1961 and Wilford later married his wife's sister, Janet. Janet is deceased.

ELSIE married William Wonnacott and has six children: Levi, Merle, Calvin, Darlene, Vernus, and Wayne. Levi married Margaret Gilker. She died and he later married Gladys Rogers. They had no children. Merle married Fred Sylvester and has three boys, Jimmy, Terry, and Danny. She later married George Wilson. Calvin married Maxine Hill and their daughters are Darlene married Darald Jarvie and has four boys: Wayne, Darald, Ronald, and Randy. Vernus married Don Kelley and their children are Mike, Cindy, Candace, Donald, and Kathy. Wayne married Arlene Neilson and they have two children. He is an auctioneer.