A history of Pickford Area Pioneer Families Daniel Morrison

ANDERSON (JOHN)

John Anderson and his wife, Annie McDonald, homesteaded 160 acres five and a half miles north of Pickford in 1881 or 1882. They had two children, WILLIAM and HAZEL. Hazel died when a freshman in high school.

WILLIAM married Margaret Wilson and lived one mile north of Pickford. He had three children, Lionel, Anilee, and William.

Lionel is the only one of the three generations still living. He married Frances Stanawey and they have three children.

Anilee (deceased) married Orvid Lawson. They had a daughter, Carol, and a son, Timothy. One child died as an infant. Carol married Jack Parker and has a son, Daniel.

William (deceased) and his wife, Margaret, had one son, William.

ANDERSON (ROBERT)

Robert Anderson and Katie McLarty were married in St. Helen, Ontario, in Huron County in 1885. They moved to the Pickford area called Mackville shortly after they were married. They had five children: ALEX, and MARGARET (twins), JAMES, NELLIE, and HUGH. Mrs. Robert Anderson died July 4, 1932, and Robert died May 14, 1940.

MARGARET died at the age of 18. ALEX (1888-1964) married Maude Stevenson (died Jan. 20, 1957) and lived five miles west and one mile north of Pickford. He then moved to the farm where his son, Howard, lives. They had four children: Lillian, Thelma, Howard, and Frederick. Lillian married George Beamish. Their children are Roger and Roberta (Mrs. Rodney Pearce.) The Pearces have three children, Randall, David and Pamela. Thelma married Vern Rye and they have two children, George and Marilyn (Mrs. Marshall Crisp). George has one son, Vern Henry. Howard married Betty Leach. Their children are Donna, Diane, and Debra. Diane married David Firack and has one son, Jason. Frederick Lives in Detroit and has two children, Margaret and Lawrence. Donna married John Wiggins. Their children are Victoria and Joel.

JAMES (deceased) was born September 13, 1891. He married Nesta Cottle (deceased 1971). Their children are Orvell, Elizabeth, and Robert. They moved to Sault Ste. Marie.

NELLIE was born September 28, 1893, and married Henry Smith. They lived on the Fish place for several years, then moved to Brimley. They had two children, Basil and Fay.

HUGH (Aug. 1989 - June 1940) married Mary Nettleton. Their children are Laurel, Ferne, Hugh, Grace, Pearl, and Violet. They are all married except Violet. After HUGH's death, Mary married Herman Anderson. They had two sons, Herman and Harold, both married.

ANDERSON (WILLIAM)

William Anderson and his wife, Mary (Edmuston), came with their children, WILL, MINNIE, JENNETTE, MARGARET, WEST, and RHODA to Sault Ste. Marie in November, 1888, from Wingham, Ontario. In the spring of 1889 they came to Pickford and lived on the Henderson farm east of Pickford. Later they moved to the present Leo Nettleton farm. Mr. Anderson worked at the feed mill in Pickford for many years. He then purchased the farm west of Pickford where his son, ARCHIE, and grandson, Clifford, live. Mr. Anderson died May 9, 1929. His wife and two children predeceased him.

His daughter, Mrs. Matthew Lockhart (deceased), lived west of Pickford. RHODA (Mrs. Robert Whitford) is deceased. MARGARET (Mrs. John Cramer) lives in Middleville, Michigan. WILL and WEST returned to Canada and died there. MINNIE (Mrs. John Cowell) is deceased but lived in Gladstone. ARCHIE married Ethel Nettleton and they had one son, Clifford.

Clifford married Mae Lordson. Their children are David, Beverly, and Brenda.

BATHO

The Bathos originated in England. William James Batho, the first to come to this continent came to Ontario. There he married Agnes Isabelle Brown. In 1881 he came to Pickford and homesteaded a farm. His homestead was located four miles north and one-half mile east of Pickford. William came alone to Pickford to find a homestead for his family. After he found his homestead, he brought his wife here. He farmed his land until later years when he sold his farm to Joe Payne and moved into town in the house now owned by Mrs. Hazel Hillock. For many years he served as Justice of the Peace in the Pickford area. Many will remember him as Judge Batho. William was born September 26, 1956, and died April 25, 1937. His wife, Agnes, was born December 26, 1852, and died May 5, 1925. They had six children.

JEAN BATHO was the first child born. She married Bill Elliott. They had no children and both are deceased

DAVID THOMAS BATHO was born July 17, 1887, and died June, 1952. He married Elsie Louise Graham and lived on a farm two miles north of Pickford. They had eight children. Wilna Agnes married Melbourne McDonald. Their daughter Maxine died in 1946. A son, Robert, married Beatrice Nayback and they have five children: Daniel, Kathleen, Keith, Bonnie, and Dean. Another son, David, married Shirley Haske and their children are Thomas and William. Irene married Leo Nettleton and their children are Raymond, Ronald, and Marlene. Barbara Jean died in 1940 at the age of 3 1/2. Beatrice married Eldred Rye and lives in Pickford. Their daughter, Donna married Duane Clegg and they live in Westland, Michigan, with their four children: Jill, Chris, Scott, and Todd. Sandra married Fredrick Sill and they live in Jackson, Michigan with their children Susan, Elizabeth and Debra. Marcia married Joe M. Woods and lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with their sons, Darrell and Kenneth. Patricia married James Strickler and lives in New York with their sons, Jeffery and Brian. Betty married Gerald T. Harrison and lives in Pickford with their children, Rhonda and Michael. Isabell Irene (deceased 1943) married Lloyd McDonald. Their daughter, Vera Mae, married Clark Taylor and their children are Dennis, Joan, Victoria, Mark, and Angela. William married Yvonne Izzard and they live north of Cedarville. Their children are Rhonda, Randy, Shelly and Tracy. Corrinne married Roger Fountain and lives southeast of Pickford with their children Debra, Scott, and Sandra. Janice married Melvin Lockhart and they live west of Pickford. Their son James married Nancy House and they had two daughters: Shelly (deceased Sept. 1972) and Sherry. Their son William married Virginia Splan and they live in Rudyard. Their daughter, Judy, married Frank Nixon and their children are Richard, Lori Ann, and Randall. Shirley married Clifford Harrison and they live north of Pickford. Their son, Wayne, married Marilyn Ross and they live in Colorado with their three daughters, Gina, Amy, and Nicole. Dennis married Sharon Snorf and lives in Rapid River. Thomas married Janis Hopkins and lives in Algoma, Wisconsin, with their daughters, Joan and Christine. Neil married Sue Ann McHaney and they have both graduated from Lake Superior State College and are living in Pickford. William David died in 1943 during World War II in a plane crash in North Africa. Phyllis married Orries Huyck and they live on Huyck's Poultry Farm two miles north of Pickford. Their son, Stephen, married Marilyn Adams; they have one child and live in Lansing. Catherine married Greg Young and they live in Mt. Pleasant with their child, Chris. Bernard married Marion Skinner; they have three children and he is stationed near Detroit with U. S. Coast Guard. JoAnn married William Bawks and they live in Pickford. Doris (Mona Lou) married Wayne Storey and they live west of Pickford. Their daughter, Beverly married Robert Huyck and they have one child. Their son, Martin, is attending Spring Arbor College. Amy is at home.

AGNES ISABELLE BATHO (BELLE) was born August 14, 1884 and died May 28, 1961. She married Joseph Taylor and later Charles A. Vetter. She had two children. Her daughter, Dorothy Estelle Ann Taylor, married Earl Mowry. Their two children were Dorothy Ann (Mrs. Gerald Schreiber) and Roger. Her daughter, Donna Louise Vetter married Donald Strong and their children were Barbara Ann, Donna Gayle, Michael David, and Gary Brian.

JAMES DOUGLAS BATHO was born September 22, 1891. He married Nina Mae Bentley and lived on the farm across the road from the farm his father homesteaded which formerly belonged to his mother. They had seven children. Kenneth Morrill married Frances Lapish and they live four miles north and one-half mile west of Pickford. They have seven children. Judith Ann married Dick Landers and has two children. Robert James married Deloras Klosterman and they have one son. William Frederick married Susie Sodergren. Donald Kenneth married Kathy Becks. Mary Alice married Richard Storey. Frances Ann and Larry Bruce are at home. William Adelbert Batho (Mike) was born in 1919. He married Betty Chapaskey. They have no children. They live in Sault Ste. Marie where he is employed with the Soo Line Railroad. Eva Jane Batho was born in 1921 and married Elmer Eagle. They have six children and live in Berkley, Michigan. Their daughter, Connie, married Donald Tate and they have two children. Their daughter Karen Ann married Ed Applegate and they have two children. Their son, Elmer Lawrence married Judy Kliensaucer, and they have four children. Charles Edward, Donald James, and Donna Jean are at home. June Evelyn was born in 1925 and married Ted McGlinch. They have three children. Marilyn Kaye married Bill Emerich and they have two sons. Ted McGlinch, Jr., married Barbara Nettleton and they have one son. Robert is the other son. Dorothy Mae was born in 1933 and died that same year Geraldine was born January 8, 1935, and married William Wise. Their four children are Michael Lawrence, Gary William (deceased), Beth-Anne and Kelly Jean. James Grant was born May 3, 1941, and married Donna Lundy. They live on M-129 and he is employed with the Soo Line Railroad. They have three children: Rodney James, Randall Scott, and Rhonda Michelle.

HELEN BATHO married Edward Turner (deceased) and lives in Detroit. They had no children.

WILLIAM (PADDY) BATHO (deceased) married Lottie Lougheed (deceased January, 1970) and they had three children. Douglas married Jean Allen and they own and operate the Pickford Dry Goods Store. Patsy (Mrs. Matvin Potter) has one son, Audie. They live on the Paddy Batho farm and Patsy works for the General Telephone Company in Pickford. Bernice (Mrs. Joel Littlefield) lives in Sault Ste. Marie has has one daughter. Gwen (Mrs. Richard Michel) lives in Plainwell, Michigan.