genealogy

c. 1300 BC Gathylos (aka Gaoidhal, Gaodhal Glas, Gathyelus, Gadelius) when a child in Egypt has his life saved by Moses and by him was promised a serpentless land in the West for his descendants, symbolized on the familial banner of a dead serpent and the rod of Moses, though quite spiritually blinded for 15 centuries, Menepthah rules

c. 400 BC the Milesians, including Eidersceal ["interpreter, storyteller"] travels from Spain to reach S. Ireland (named for Milidh's second son, Ir, the Land of Destiny;) with his nephew Mileadh, the son of Bile (Miled, Milesios, Milesius ["from Miletos"]); and his Egyptian wife Scota, daughter of pharoah Nectaneboand Ptolemais, daughter of Khabrias, Ith murdered by the Tuatha de Danaan and avenged by his son Lughaid, conquer the Tuatha De Danaan and the Firbolgs ["men of the bags",]

697 N. Ireland submits to Roman rite, discontinuing the Celtic rite, calculating Easter from March 21 not 25 as the vernal equinox (which had been universal between A. D. 325 and A. D. 343); king of Dal Riata Ferchar dies; king of Argyll Eochaid MacDomangart dies

942 Ederscel MacFinn succeeds Finn MacMutan, Lord of Corca-Laidh, slain by the Feara-Muighe-Feine, becoming 129th high king of Ireland; prince Erik Svyatoslav Rurik born; Idwal Foel ap Anarawd and Meurig ap Idwal Foel die; DEC. 17 Guillaume William Longsword Rollosson killed in Picardy, France, by count Arnulf van Vlanderen

1100 O h-Eidirsceoil are beaten by O Donnabhain ["young, tanned, black-haired", Donovan], O Mathghamhna and O Suileabhain ["black-eyed", Sullivan, and so no longer lords of Carberry, Beare Island or Bantry Bay; JAN. 10 baron St. Floren Flaad FitzAlan dies

1214 Alexander FitzWalter born; queen of France Constanza de Castilla dies; Gregory le Grant born; APR. 25 St. Louis born; SEPT. 22 Blanche de Navarre rey Sancho III (48) and reina de Castilla die; OCT. 31 Eleanor Plantagenet reina de Castilla dies

1537 Henry VIII declares himself Supreme Head of Church of England and Ireland, outlawed Eucharist; Waterford men burn Sherkin Island abbey and castles in Baltimore and Ringaroga after O'Driscolls try to steal cargo of 100 tons of wine

1600 all but Dublin now freed from English control, then Lord Mountjoy begins destroying crops and with the aid of Hugh's cousin, Niall Garve , recapturs Donegal monastery; Lord Castlehaven captures Driscoll castles: Dun na Sead ["fort of the jewels"] (Baltimore), Dun na Long ["fort of the ships"] on Sherkin Island, Dun na Oir ["fort of gold"] on Oilean Chleire (Cape Clear), Dun na Cloghane on Lough Ine island, Dunagoul on Reengaroga island, Oldcourt, Castlehaven, Ardagh and Rincolisky at Whitehall, Dun na nGall whose stones were used in Pro-Cathedral in Skibbereen

1642 Teig O'Driscoll of Collymnore and Donogh O'Driscoll of Inniskerkin lead 200 men in unsuccessful attack of castle at Baltimore; many O'Driscolls are declared outlaws: Dermot of Ouldcourt, Donagh of Glounyfeen, Teige and Fineen of Ballymacrown, Donagh and Cornelius of Downelong, Florence of Ballyieragh (Cape Clear)

1763-67 John and his brother Moses Porter worked on surveying Mason-Dixon line between Maryland and Pennsylvania (John settling on the Md. side and Moses on the PA, near what would become Wellersburg, Somerset Co., PA; Moses had sons John, grandsons Evan and Henry, great grandchildren Leonard, John, Moses, David, Catherine, Ellen, Samuel, Margaret and Joseph, great great grandchildren Elizabeth, Lucinda, Isaac, Margary and Emmanuel)

1765 John. Porter (28) and Nancy McKenzie (20) marry and buy home at Carrolton, Md., from Charles Carrol, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; Rhinehart Dumire born in Germany (had Charles (preacher), John (had Ada, daughter (who would marry Ephraim James), Jacob, Daniel K.), Daniel (had William, Elmer, Anamelia (who would marry a Mr. Mason), Benjamin Franklin), daughter, Rhinehart Jr., Daniel, Frederic)

1772 Samuel Porter (would marry Jane, daughter of Thomas Anderson, and have children, Elizabeth (married a Mr. Devore and went west), two daughters, William, Benjamin (went to New Orleans), John of S., Michael, become known as one of best rifleman in Allegheny Mts., built cabin on Play Place where four animal trails crossed) and Thomas, born to John and Nancy (McKenzie) Porter

1800 Irish parliment dissolved; Rhinehart Jr. born to Rhinehart Dumire (would marry Catherine (daughter of Stephen Loseh, mother of Serena, Washington (who married a Miss Rinehart, had 2 boys, 5 girls, including Mary (who would marry George Fansler and live in Hendricks, WV)), Stephen (who would marry a Miss Judy, have 4 daughters and 4 sons, Fred, Rhinehart, George, Oliver), Reuben (would marry a Miss Mathews), Sarah (who married her brother-in-law, a Mr. Rinehart and had 12 or more children), a son (who died young), Dick (would marry Mill Fansler, have a son), Mary (would marry her brother-in-law, a Mr. Mathews, moved to Whiteside Co., IL), Abraham))

1801 United Kingdom formed by annexing Ireland to Great Britain; JULY 22 John Bolton born near Harmony, PA (had a sister, Lucinda, who married a Mr. Harris (had Charles Wesley who married a Miss Phoebe (had James, Lucinda who married a Mr. Gray)), Hallie, Byron, Verne, Edward, Joseph, Thomas, Arnette, Glen)) and a Mr. Ruby (had Caleb, William and 2 daughters) and other sisters, Peggy who married a Mr. Mayberry, Polly who marriede a Mr. McGuiness, one who marriede a Mr. Gray and had Absolon)

1810 John Porter, 73, (father of Michael, Samuel, Thomas, Gabriel, Henry, Moses, John and Nellie) died at Rose Meadows nr. Eckert Mine and Clarysville, Md, succeeded by his son "Squire Jack" Porter, 27, who would marry Catherine Glisson (children, Dr. William who married Mary Ellen Gibson, Rebecca McCarthy and Sally A. French (children, writer Glisson (son Jim)), William "Cream Billy" who married a Miss Browning, John who married Mils Bush

1816 Sarah, born of Squire Mike and Elizabeth Porter (would marry distant cousin Josiah "Si" Porter, children Josiah who married Mary Lew and had 14 children including Hattie who married Vincent Engle, Elizabeth who married Joseph Tibbots, Jane who married Andrew Nelson, Maria who married William Anderson and then George Carter, sister's brother-in-law and had children, Willa Anderson who married James Gracie (children, Dr. William Gracie) and Joseph (son, Joseph, Baltimore lawyer) and Charles Carter (son, Elmer Cumberland lawyer)), Catherine who married Joseph Carter, who was killed in a mine, her sisters' brother-in-law, and then John Sharpe and had children, including Josephine Carter who married William Bennet and William Sharpe, a Chatanooga meat merchant, Dock who married Ann Repham, his brother-in-laws' sister, Harriet who married her sisters' brother-in-law, James Carter and had 6 children, Matilda "Tillie" who married Justus Repham, her sister-in-laws' brother, and had a daughter and a son William, a mine foreman, William who married Maggie Rephem, his brother-in-laws' sister, Emla who married John Lear)

1826 Mary Ann, born to Squire Mike and Elizabeth Porter who would marry cousin Levil Porter APR. 20 Moses Porter, 22, married Any Wade of Frostburg (had Margaret, Rebecca (who married John Keyser, farmer from Tyrone, PA), James Dennis (farmer in Tyrone), G. Ellis (physician in Lonagoning), Samuel Smith (teacher and farmer in Westmoreland Co., PA), George Wesley (farmer in Westmoreland Co., PA), Elisha (farmer in Tyrone), Lydia, Lutellus Lindley (physician of Boone Co., IO and Washington), John, William, Michael, Martin, Elizabeth)

1829 APR 11 Catherine Ann born to John and Nancy (Dempsey) Bolton, PA; The Catholic Emancipation Act restores most of Catholics' civil rights after 300-year persecution; Frederic Domire married Mary Ann Loughry of Holly Meadows, (W)V (had Emily, Daniel L., Samuel R., Alfred, Elizabeth (who would marry George Shelby, have Melissa, Emma, Tina, Alec, Joe, many of whom died young with TB)); William born to John and Nancy (Dempsey) Bolton

1832 Daniel "Dan" born to John and Ellen (Callahan ) Driscoll near Cork; Mary born to John and Nancy (Dempsey) Bolton (married Ed Shayes, had twin daughters who died in infancy, adopted Etta Robinson and Grace Palmer (who married Ed Smith, lived in Ann Arbor, Mich.), divorced in 1880s)

1833 Nancy, born to Squire Mike and Elizabeth Porter who would marry Confederate John Kimberley (children Jane and Lew who married respectively William and Lucinda Porter, distant cousins) and George Porter, her nephew, with whom she went to (W)V; William born to Charles Dumire (had James M., Lucinda R., Mary Ann, Ruth J., Virginia F., John L., William E.), John Amberson dies Conoquenessung, PA

1839 widower Cudberth Combs moves family to Washington Co., PA along with granddaughter Eliza and John Hardin; Levi and James (who would marry Olive Sheldon, have Berton (musician who would marry Hettie Miller of Blissfield, Mich., and have Glenadine (who would marry Tracy Lassey and have John and Doris)) and Nathan (musician who would marry Mary), wounded at Battle of Chickamauga) born to John and Nancy (Dempsey) Bolton

1840 Cork second largest city in Ireland, total population 8,196,000; John' s 90-year-old mother walks 12 miles from Cork to visit; Levi D. born to John and Eliza (Porter) Hardin; Frederic and Mary Ann (Loughry) Domire move family to Lead Mine (W)V and Samuel R. is born

1842 APR. 20 Gabriel "Kinney" McKenzie Porter died at his son Moses'; Jacob Dumire married Elizabeth (daughter of Emmanuel Pifer, mother of Florence, George M., Minerva J., Oliver K., John W., Andrew "Yoman"); Abraham born to Rhinehart Jr. and Catherine (Loseh) Dumire, Horse Shoe Run, (W)V; Frederic Domire builds mill; Elizabeth born to John and Nancy (Dempsey) Bolton (would marry Ed Welch (have Alta (who would marry Harry Parks), Owen, Myrtle(who would marry a Mr. Pfaff), Laura (who would marry a Mr. Ristow), Georgia (who would marry aMr. Jerrolds), Elizabeth "Libby" and Ed)

1845 father of Dan, James and Jane Driscoll, dies young (24+) while James and Jane play marbles; over previous 20 years 700,000 Irish emigrated to U.S.; APR. 2 Helen (Mrs. Peter Hernberger) born in Germany; DEC. 11 Samuel Porter and Elnore Rudolph marry; Andrew "Yoman" born to Jacob Dumire

1850 MAR. 4 William Porter, 29, preacher like his brother Samuel, dies, leaving widow Susan with 5 children, JULY Anne Downey, daughter of Mary Curran, born with twin sister in London; Emma Line born to John and Eliza (Porter) Hardin; Samuel Sylvester born to Susan Porter, widow of William; Rhinehart Dumire takes ill for first time and dies in 80s

1851 over previous 5 years 1,000,000 more Irish emigrated to U.S., most through Cork harbor; Ann's father assumed to have fallen overboard while painting a ship, but Anne's mother, Mary, takes her twin to U.S. to look for him, (the "stronger" twin died in route) leaving Anne with the Currans near the Lakes of Killarney, County Kerry, possibly her uncle Tady who raised geese, Anne lives with her father's family in London and attends a convent school; Ancient Order of Hibernians founded in New York; John M. L. Porter married Emily Domire

1853 James Driscoll joins British army, lying about his age, serving out two years, amid "hardship and misery" including the Crimean War; "We young fellows thought it was a smart trick to go to war, but before we were through we changed our minds. Half of our army, it seems, was frozen to

death. Our horses, the finest in the world, died and had to be replaced by Spanish mules. We slept in tents in that bitter climate." his brother, Dan, deserts to New Jersey while on furlough with aid of mother Anne who burned his uniform and denied having seen him; John Wesley born to John and Eliza (Porter) Hardin; Dr. Ellis Porter married Aleinda Gibson (had Muscoe S., John St. Pierre, Robert S., Lindley), AUG 8 Mary Catherine born to John M. L. and Emily (Domire) Porter

1855 The three Driscolls travel seven weeks across the Atlantic in a sail boat to Canada, but James rejects the offered 160-acre Canadian land grant to work in Toronto until he, his mother, Anne, and sister, Jane, had passage to cross the Niagara to settle near Bellevue, OH; not knowing his birthday James chooses Independance Day, July 4; SEPT 13 Almeda born Ogden, Mich., to John M. L. and Emily (Domire) Porter; Oliver born to Stephen and Judy Dumire

1856 anti-immigrant Know-Nothing party defeated; Mary, born to Dan and Catherine Driscoll either near Little Rock, Ark. (or Pierce City, Mo.), would become a school teacher and marry Jacob Stautzenberger and Mike Doyle, and have Mary and Catherine who lived in Toledo, OH. -- and for a while lived in Chillicothe and near Pierce City, Mo, Richard Porter, 39, went to St. Charles, Mo.; Sarah Rebecca born to John and Eliza (Porter) Hardin; Rhinehart born to Stephen and Judy Dumire; John and Nancy (Dempsey) Bolton moved to Mich.; Jerome Amberson and Catherine Ann Bolton married

1857 James and Jane Driscoll and their mother reunite with brother Dan; Dan marries Catherine Bowe in Sandusky, OH, and they live in a log house 7 miles southeast of Bellevue; mother Anne lives with Dan until her remarriage to John Hyde; John William Dumire married Margaret Gray (had Francis P., Addeline, Harriet, Susan, William, Martha, Priscilla, John); FEB 23 Clarence born to Jerome and Catherine (Bolton) Amberson, Knight's Crossing, Mich.; George D. born to Daniel Dumire

1858 OCT 14 Newton born to John M. L. and Emily (Domire) Porter; Cyrus F. born to Benjamin Franklin Dumire; Francis P. born to John and Margaret (Gray) Dumire; Daniel L. Domire married Susan Spessert of Horse Shoe Run, (W)V (had Margaret E., Mary Isabel)

1860 (?) Elizabeth born to John and Eliza Hardin, James Albert born to John and Eliza (Porter) Hardin, Ellen, born to Dan and Catherine Driscoll; Jane Driscoll, "the most beautiful woman in Northern OH", marries her brother-in-law James Bowe and they have at least seven children -- Dannie, Lydia, Katie, Janie, Johnnie who would live in Oklahoma, Ella who would be shot and killed by a jilted suiter at 18 and Catherine who would marry a Hornbostee and have two children: Peggy, who would become a dance teacher in California and James, an attorney in Springfield, Mo.,; Henry born to Daniel Dumire; Catherine Ann (Bolton) Amberson married James Harrington (born in Bastard, Ont. in 1811, married Mary Hause, had Samuel P., John Taylor, Caroline, James Frank, Stephen Harris)

1862 Samuel born to William and Elizabeth (Rizer) Porter on Place Place, Pine Mt., Md. would marry Anne Engle FEB. 17 John of S. dies near Horseshow Run, Preston Co., (W)V; MAR 14 Addah Elzira born to James and Catherine Ann (Bolton) Amberson Harrington; MAR. 22 third child, Julia Ann, born to Dan and Catherine Driscoll; Dick Dumire died of typhoid; Stephen Harrington (stepson of Catherine Ann (Bolton) Amberson Harrington) died

1863 "Squire Jack" Porter, 80, dies (married Catherine Glisson, had Dr. James who married Ellen Gibson, Rebecca McCarty, and Sally A. French), had sons Glisson (writer), William "Cream Billy" married a Miss Browning, sold Rose Meadows after about 80 years in family and moved to Oregon) William Dumire married Rebecca Pifer (daughter of Jacob Pifer) MAR 9 Anzonetta Jane "Nettie" born to John M. L. and Emily (Domire) Porter, Lead Mine, (W)V; SEPT 19 Florence born to John M. L. and Emily (Domire) Porter (would marry Leo Wolford, live in Blissfield, Mich.); DEC 5 Mary Catherine Porter died at 10 of diphtheria, saying that she saw a vision of heaven

1864 Jane Bowe and family move to Pierce City, Missouri, when James returns; John Wesley Hardin, 11, dies; Samuel Porter and his brother-in-law Peter Heckert move families to Ogden, MI; Abraham Dumire married Ann Sophia (Shaffer), who had children, Edgar J., Janet Catherine, Melissa, Ellen, Joseph Pierce; JUNE 24 Daniel Bolton born to James and Catherine Ann (Bolton) Amberson Harrington

1865 (?) George Gliss dies in Civil War, leaving widow Suzanne (Porter) with 12 children; Andrew "Yoman" Dumire married Anamelia (daughter of John Miller, mother to Jasper F., Jacob H., Virginia M, Anne Elizabeth); JAN 19 Mary Isabel born to Daniel L. and Susan (Spessert) Domire; FEB 27 Edgar J. born to Abraham and Ann Sophia (Shaffer) Dumire

1866 APR 8 Martha Agnes born to John M. L. and Emily (Domire) Porter; Frank born to William and Elizabeth (Rizer) Porter on Play Place, Pine Mt., MD; Otillie born to Florian and Maria Anna Halm in Kreis Frankenstein, Schlesien (would marry Bruno Kleineidam); Samuel R. Domire married his first cousin Serena Dumire (later married Sarah O'Donnel) (had Letta Mae, Anna Emma)

1870 Anne Downey comes to America after hearing that her mother had died (having abandoned her quest for her husband and remarried a Quinn), and after working in the east settles with her aunt Katie who had married John Kirwin and had a son John, in Bellevue, OH; Dan moves his family to Chillicothe, Mo.; James Albert Hardin, 10, dies; John Franklin Porter and Harriet Harvey-Wiles marry; James Henry Porter and Olive Shaffer marry

1872 sixth child, Josef, born to Florian and Maria Anna (Kunarth) Halm in Kreis Frankenstein, Schlesien, (would marry Anna Gerlich), MAY 13 James Driscoll, 35, marries Anne Downey, delicately built, with exceptionally sweet disposition and only 22, Bellevue, OH, buys a house in Bellevue for $1000, 4 years' farmhand wages; Susan (Sell) Porter dies

1875 William Dumire's wife, Rebecca (Pifer), died, he married Mary Hibb, JULY 23 second child, Teresa, born to James and Anne Driscoll; Samuel Sylvester, 25, and Harriet Wotring marry, SEPT. 13 nineth child, Hermann Josef, born to Florian and Maria Anna (Kunarth) Halm born at Moschwitz, Kreis Frankenstein, Schlesien,

1876 James Henry and Samuel Sylvester Porter move families to Ogden, Lnawee Co., MI, DEC. 11 third child, Josephine "Josie", born to James and Anne Driscoll; four or five of the youngest children of Dan and Catherine Driscoll, John, Katie, Maggie, Sarah and another daughter all die of diphtheria, just five years after their father; DEC 24 Aleda Porter married Henry Houghtby (minister)

1877 FEB. 15 "Squire Mike" died on Play Place, Pine Mt., Md. (had prepared for priesthood but married Elizabeth Devore, his brother-in-law's sister, who died of snakebite, became Methodist, hunted with Mesdick Browning authored 42 Years a Hunter, children Sarah, Richard, Emla, Suzanne who married George Gliss, Rebecca, Catherine who died young, Thomas who died in infancy, Thomas who married Mary Ann McKenzie, Mary Ann, John, Nancy, William)

1879 JAN 1 Clarissa Porter married Delormah Brown, Adrian, Mich. (had Alice (who married a Mr. McCourt and had Marian), Leona, Lucille in Coldwater, Mich.); fourth child, Daniel, born to James and Anne Driscoll; Edna born to Henry and Aldena (Porter) Houghtby (would marry a Mr. McComb); George D. Dumire married Anamelia Shook (had William A., Henry, Clarinda Fanny)

1880 fifth child, Margaret, born to James and Anne Driscoll, dies in infancy; Serena Dumire died; JAN. 1 Amelia born to Peter and Helen Hernberger at Saginaw, MI, MAR. 9 Ellen marries John Walsh of Wexford, Ireland (both buried in St. Mary's cemetary, Bellevue, OH); APR. 19 Martha Ann born to Paul and Bertha Welzel (would marry Carl R. Eberle), Julia Ann marries William Washburn, Avalon, Mo.; Oliver Dumire married Sophia Lonsberry (had Agretta, Elizabeth, Abraham, Orvis); Henry Dumire married Mary (daughter of David Harsh, mother of Lulu Virginia)

1881 JUNE 26 first child, Maretta, born to Julia Ann and William Washburn, SEPT 2 Addah (Harrington) married William H. Marshall of Seneca, NY, in Blissfield, Mich.; OCT. 15 second child, George Sylvester, born to Paul and Bertha Welzel; Grace Emily born to Henry and Emily (Porter) Houghtby (would marry Eli Fairbanks, have Dorothy, Marie and Eli Jr.); DEC 3 "Nettie" Porter married Clarence Amberson

1882 Rhinehart Dumire married Anna (daughter of James Evans of Ohio) JAN. 10 sixth child, Gertrude "Trudy", born to James and Anne Driscoll, family moves to near Deerfield, MI, selling the farm on Woodpecker Road, 3 miles from Bellevue, which had been bought with the money from selling the land and the house in the city to the railroad for $800 each, FEB. 7 Maria Clara born to Peter and Helen Herberger in Saginaw, MI; SEPT 23 Newton Porter married Nellie Randall (had Bessie, Geddis, James and Blanch, moved to CO then CA)

1883 APR. 30 seventh child, James Aloysius, born to James and Anne Driscoll, 2½ miles southwest of Deerfield, MI; JUNE 5 Verne born to Clarence and "Nettie" (Porter) Amberson (would marry Helen Komer, become attorney in Detroit); AUG 12 Mary Isabel Domire married George Shaffer (had Edna R. (who would marry a Mr. Evans), Clyde R., Jay, Julius V., Bessie. E.(who would marry a Mr. Bradford of Parsons), Gertrude R. (who would marry a Mr. Smith), Silvia Ruth (who would marry a Mr. Lipscomb of Leadmine), Claude G., Hester A. (who would marry a Mr. McDonald of N. Bessemere, PA), Grace (who would marry a Mr. Pifer), Susie B. (who would marry a Mr. Knotts), Arnold); SEPT 8 William Hal born to William and Addah (Harrington) Marshall (who would marry Edith Baldwin of Palmyra, Mich); Emily (Domire) Porter died; Emily (Domire) Porter died of cancer

1884 John "Bob" Porter dies (married distant cousin Rebecca Porter, children Margaret, John Wesley, William Ward, Josiah J., Michael, Margaret who went insane during a forest fire when young, later burned grandfather Mike's books in fireplace), AUG. 30 Julia, first child, born to Ellen and John Walsh, Bellevue, OH

1885 Emma Line Hardin, 35, dies; Mary Elizabeth (Porter) Wotring, 37, dies in Barry Co., MI (children, Agnes, Herbert, Etta, Fred, John, Lena, John Wotring who married Sophie Woolett); MAR 16 Gola Mae "Goldie" born to Clarence and "Nettie" (Porter) Amberson, Blissfield, Mich.; Martha Porter married Al Bailey of Tulare, CA (had William, Hazel (who married a Mr. Phillips, lived in Ogden, Mich), Pearl (who married a Mr. Nash, lived in Fairfield, Mich.), Paul, Harrison)

1890 FEB. 28 fourth child, Catherine, born to Ellen and John Walsh; Richard Wilson, second husband of Catherine dies; APR 10 Vera Catherine born to William and Addah (Harrington) Marshall; JUNE 9 Moses Porter died Tyrone, Fayette Co., PA, (15 children by Any (Wade): Margaret, Rebecca who married John Keyser of Tyrone, Fayette Co., PA, James Dennis, Dr. G. Ell of Lonagoning, Samuel Smith of Westmoreland Co., George Westley of Westmoreland Co., Elisha of Tyrone, Lydia of Tyrone, Dr. Lutellus Lindley of Boone Co., Io. and Washington state, John, William, Michael, Martin, Elizabeth), DEC. 19 Elfrieda Halm born; Daniel Bolton Harrington married Mary Ann Engle of Palmyra, Mich.; DEC 12 Harold Leontine born to Daniel and Mary Ann (Engle) Harrington (got PhD, married Edith Timmonds)

1892 Frank Porter marries Jean Williamson and left Pine Mt.(children teacher Jean and Lloyd of Pontiac, MI), JAN. 21 fifth child, Hazel, born to Ellen and John Walsh; Catherine, Daniel Driscoll's and Richard Wilson's widow, dies near Monroeville, OH, AUG Marie Kaufield born to Carl and Mary Kaufeld (married Al Schwartz); Bessie born to Leo and Florence (Porter) Wolford (would marry a Mr. Whitman)

1896 Maria Anna (Kunarth) Halm died in Kreis Frankenstein, Schlesien, JULY 31 Martha (Porter) Bailey died at 30; NOV. 7 sixth child, John P., born to John and Ellen Walsh (who didn't marry); Margery born to Fred and Nora (Porter) Wilcox (who would marry James Thompson)

1902 15 MAR Florian Halm, 72, died in Kreis Frankenstein, Schlesien, it was said, of burst blatter, (children, August, Hattie, Ida, Bertha, Otillie, Mary, Josef, Wendelin, Hermann Joseph), AUG. 8 first child, Julia Elizabeth, born to Rev. George and Maretta Towe, Springfield, Mo.; AUG. 26 eighth child, Ellen, born to John and Ellen Walsh; Samuel Porter's homestead Place Place, Pine Mt., sold after about 112 years

1903 JUNE 2 Wendelin Halm, 30, and Maria Clara Hernberger, 21, marry, Saginaw, MI, AUG. 4 Trudy Driscoll marries Alvin Eaton in Deerfield, MI, then lives in Monroe for about 5 years, then for awhile in Blissfield and near Palmyra; Mary Ellen Hardin, 68, dies; Levi Bolton died unmarried

1904 Samuel, last Porter on Pine Mt. leaves, FEB. 29 first child, Ira Mae, born to Alvin and Trudy (Driscoll) Eaton, Monroe, MI, who would marry Jack Coehrs, Toledo meat market owner; MAR. 8 Paul J. born to Bruno and Otillie (Halm) Klieneidam, JULY 29 second child, William Odel, born to Maretta and Rev. George Towe; FALL James Aloysius Driscoll, farm worker, and Gola Mae "Goldie" Amberson, teacher and a ninth-generation American, met and went out a few time but then, according to Goldie, "I forgot all about him."

1906 MAR. 17 Alfred Wendell born to Herman and Amelia Halm at Saginaw, MI, MAY James Driscoll retires, moves to Hudson, MI; daughter, Josephine and husband take over farm for about next 5 years; JUNE 5 George Welzel, 24, and Frances Catherine Doerr, 22, marry, JULY 28 second child, Frances Leland, born to Art and Theresa Atkin; SUMMER James Aloysius Driscoll, working at Blissfield sugar beet factory, and Goldie become serious -- about her converting and marrying after 4 generations as Protestants; Earl born to Fred and Nora (Porter) Wilcox; Etta Robinson, adopted daughter of Ed and Mary (Bolton) Shayes, died in asylum in Kalamazoo, MI

1907 JAN. 28 second child, Walter Theodore, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; FEB. 12 James Aloysius Driscoll marries Goldie Mae Amberson, at St. Alphonus Church, Deerfield, MI and then they move to farm a mile or so east-southeast of Homer, MI; APR. 17 third child, Alma Anna, born to Trudy and Alvin Eaton, Monroe, MI (second child, Haywood Daniel, had been born prematurely while she was visiting her sister in Toledo and did not survive) MAY 20 Julia Walsh marries William Addis, AUG Catherine Ann (Bolton) Amberson Harrington died; OCT. 23 Donald Robert born to Wendelin and Maria Clara Halm at Saginaw, MI, ; William Bolton died unmarried, Ogden, Mich.

1908 MAY 10 Cecile, first child, born to Julia and William Addis, N. Monroeville, OH; first child, Amberson Martin "Amby", born to James and Goldie Driscoll near Hudson, MI; JULY 30 Newton Porter died, Oakland, CA; OCT. 31 Julia Ann Washburn dies; Elizabeth (Bolton) Welch Parks died

1909 Rebecca (Porter) Hardin, 89, dies (had married first cousin's brother, James), most of her 14 children having died of diptheria in childhood, except son Michael of Frost, Mo., who married Barberry Shartzer APR. 4 Elfrieda Marcella Kaufield born to Carl and Mary (Halm) Kaufeld, APR 15 Marian Catherine born to William and Addah (Harrington) Marshall; SEPT. 4 fourth child, Clarence Henry, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; SEPT. 18 second child, Harold Aloysius "Hal", born to James and Goldie Driscoll; Catherine Walsh marries C. W. Kindred, Bellevue, OH; Gale born to Leo and Florence (Porter) Wolford (would marry a Mr. Mable)

1910 Hazel Walsh marries Delbert Zerwin; JAN. 26 third child, Gladys, born to Theresa and Art Atkin, JUNE 10 Walter P. born to Herman and Amelia Halm, JUNE 30 Herman F. born to Herman J. and Amelia Halm at Saginaw, MI; James Bolton died

1911 FEB. 23 Herman F. died at less than 8 months old, buried from Sacred Heart, APR. 22 fifth child, Lyle Joseph, born to Trudy and Alvin Eaton (fourth child, Rita Gertrude, died in infancy); SEPT. 8 third child, Dorothy Mae, born to James and Goldie Driscoll; OCT. first child, Stewart, born to Hazel and Delbert Zerwin; Lyle, second child, born to Ellen and John Walsh, Bellevue, OH

1913 JAN. 14 third child, Lynn, born to Ellen and John Walsh, Bellevue, OH; MAR. 9 fourth child, Grace, born to Theresa and Art Atkin (would marry Clifford Sulier and have daughter Teresa); MAY 21 sixth child, Madonna Cecilia, born to Trudy and Alvin Eaton, near Palmyra, MI;

AUG. 26 second child, Romaine, born to Hazel and Delbert Zerwin; James and Goldie Driscoll move family to Church's Corners, MI, and started grocery store (a business his sons would continue in); APR. 23 fourth child, Atheline Alice, born to James and Goldie, Church's Corners, MI

1914 JAN. 10 first child, Orrin Ellsworth, born to Alice Washburn Rumfelt; APR. 27 Atheline dies of pneumonia just 4 days after first birthday, buried in Calvary Cemetary, Hudson, MI; Anne becomes ill so she and James Driscoll move in with their daughter Josephine in Adrian, MI; seventh child, Lawrence Stanley, stillborn to Trudy and Alvin Eaton near Palmyra, MI; Amby starts school at 5½, JUNE 30 Herbert Welzel and Agnes Bourbanna marry at Holy Family, Saginaw, MI; Henry Houghtby (husband of Aleda (Porter)) died; OCT 6 Vera Marshall married Robert Bruce King of Adrian, Mich.

1915 FEB. 8 fourth child, Beatrice, born to Julia and William Addis, Bellevue, OH; Hal Driscoll starts school at 6; MAR. 9 Helen T. born to Herman and Amelia Halm at Saginaw, MI, JULY 9 James H. born to Herbert and Agnes Welzel, JULY 21 Peter born to Wendelin and Maria Clara Halm at Saginaw, MI, NOV. 21 eighth child, Audrey Lois, born to Trudy and Alvin Eaton

1916 Vincent and Hattie (Porter) Engle, move back to John Porter's Rose Meadows after its being outside of family 53 years JAN. 21 fifth child, James Clarence, born to James and Goldie at Church's Corners, MI; MAR. 17 fifth child, Kathleen, born to Julia and William Addis, Castalia, OH; MAR 27 Robert Bruce, Jr., born to Robert and Vera (Marshall) King; JUNE 28 sixth child, Georgie Eugene, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; AUG 8 Ellen Mary born to Robert D. Bruce and Anna (Harrington) Bruce (would marry Harold Obee of Cincinnati, OH); Charles Harris died; Mary (Bolton) Shayes died Ogden, Mich.; Ellsworth Marshall married Mildred Weter of Richmond, Mich.

1917 JUNE 18 James and Goldie Driscoll move family to Homer, MI, and did well selling feed and coal, but not as well as at Church's Corners, MI; after seven doctors and five weeks of in-home nursing Dorothy was healed of acute Bright's disease and by Fall well enough to go to school; NOV. 9 sixth child, Verne Vincent, born to James and Goldie Driscoll , Homer, MI, also Robert born to Robert D. and Anna (Harrington) Bruce; Trudy and Alvin Eaton move to Toledo, OH

1918 MAR. 10 second child, Dorman Alfred, born to Alice Washburn Rumfelt; Ann J. Walsh marries Ed Murphy; James and Goldie Driscoll move family to Hillsdale, MI, start meat market; William Marshall died Adrian, Mich; Mildred (Weter) Marshall died

1919 Levi Hardin, 79, dies, MAY 7 William Hal Jr. born to William Hal and Edith (Baldwin) Marshall; MAY 31 seventh child, Virginia Jane, born to James and Goldie Driscoll, Hillsdale, MI; JULY 18 seventh child, Raymond Dail, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; JULY 30 first child, Kenneth, born to Ann and Ed Murphy

1920 John Franklin Porter, 74, dies (children by Harriet (Harvey-Wiles), Herbert, Lora who married William Spaulding of Toledo, OH, William of Cleveland, OH, and by second wife,Addie and Elva), and Friday JAN. 13 Virginia Jane dies of pneumonia at 7½ months; JUNE 28 William Wallace born to Robert and Vera (Marshall) King; OCT. 29 Audrey Eaton dies at 4, Hudson, MI; NOV. 20 Wallace James born to Wendelin and Maria Clara Halm and died 4 days later, Christmas DEC. 25 first child, Johnnie Franklin, born to Clarence Ernest Washburn, (had a brother Clarence Dean who lived in Embree, Mo.; James and Goldie Driscoll move family to Jackson, MI

1921 JAN. third child, Audrey Ellen, born to Alice Washburn Rumfelt; MAR. 18 first child, Margery, born to Ellen Walsh Burgraff; MAR. 17 St. Patrick's Day eighth child, Marian Patricia, born to James and Goldie Driscoll; MAR. 29 second child, Jack, born to Ann and Ed Murphy; Delormah Brown died; JULY 23 Dan born to Robert and Anna (Harrington) Bruce; DEC 2 James Timmons born to Harold and Edith (Timmonds) Harrington

1922 FEB. 6 eighth child, Mary Aldean, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; APR. 14 ninth child, Regina, born to Trudy and Alvin Eaton, Toledo, OH; AUG. 15 third child, Eileen, born to Ann and Ed Murphy; DEC. 26 Julia Elizabeth Towe marries Ermal Joplin; Daniel Driscoll, 43, dies

1925 fourth child, Beatrice, born to Julia and William Addis, Bellevue, OH; ninth child, Paul Franklin, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; APR. 29 Ann dies at age 75 at Adrian after three-years' illness, buried in Calvary Cemetary, Hudson,

1926 Peggy Ann born to Ellsworth and Sybil (Kirkham) Marshall, third child, Helen, born to Hazel and Delbert Zerwin, but neither mother and daughter survive; third child, Kitty, of Catherine and C. W. Kindred dies after two boys had died in infancy; first child, Conrad Clement, born to Alma (Eaton) and Clement Kirsch; Amby Driscoll gets to know future wife Genevieve O'Connor, though families had known each other while in Church's Corners, Hillsdale and Jackson (Genevier's sister had made her first Communion with Dorothy and Harold and her parents were Marian's godparents); second child, Wilma Dean, born to Julia Elizabeth and Ermal Joplin

1927 MAR. 29 James Driscoll dies at Adrian, MI, still active in 90s, buried Calvary Cemetary, Hudson; fourth child, Keith, born to Ann and Ed Murphy; first child, Retta Elizabeth, born to Walter Theodore and Purley Towe; Daniel Bolton born to Harold and Edith (Timmonds) Harrington

1928 second child, Carrine Ann, born to Alma and Clement Kirsch; JUNE 16 Cecile Add marries Carl Martin, Norwalk, OH; third child, Bonna Jean, born to Julia Elizabeth and Ermal Joplin; JULY 5 Amby Driscoll marries Genevieve O'Connor, Ottawa, Ill., lives in Morris, Ill.; William Kirkham born to Ellsworth and Sybil (Kirkham) Marshall; Cecile Add marries Carl Martin; 27-year-old bachelor Ormond Atkin mades a round-the-world trip

1930 APR. 4 William Odel Towe marries Minnie Cox, Ozark, Mo.; Dor Nadean Towe, fifth child of Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe (would marry Guy Massey, Springfield, Mo.); third child, Lila Mae born to Alma and Clement Kirsch; Marian Catherine Marshall married John D. Campbell of Dundas, Ont. in Toledo, OH

1931 James Henry Porter, 82, dies (children, Oscar, Cora, Albah, Howard, Ernest, Stanley, Maurice, Gladwin, Grace), FEB. 5 Donald born to Donald Robert and Jennie Halm, MAR. 14 Lyle Add marries Pearl Ebersole, Bellevue, OH; Alfred J. born to Alfred W. and Mary Ann Halm, first child, Ernest Alford, born to Dor Nadean and Guy Massey; first child, Clair Eugene, born to Amby and Genevieve Driscoll, Jackson, MI; JULY 31 F. Leland Atkin (who had attended MI State College and Notre Dame to become a chemist) marries convert Clara Fracker of Michigan Center, MI, at St. Mary's Church, Jackson, MI.; Richard, first child, born to Cecile and Carl Martin, Cleveland, OH also David born to John and Marian (Marshall) Campbell, fourth child, Lawrence Jay, born to Alma and Clement Kirsch, Toledo, OH

1932 FEB. 3 Amelia Halm, 52, died at the dinner table in Saginaw, MI, Nancy Isabel born to John and Marian (Marshall) Campbell; OCT. 1 Hal Driscoll, proprietor of a fruit market, marries Isabel Marie Tracy, who had been a student nurse at Mercy Hospital with his sister Dorothy, at St. John's Jackson, MI; Marjorie born to Lou and Margaret Gawne), first child, Amoretta "Amo", born to Leland and Clara Atkin

1934 Samuel Sylvester Porter, 84, dies (children, Stella Mae who married Fred Wiltres, Carrie who married W. H. Howland of CA, Iva who married Joel Iffland of Adrian, MI, Lela who married Preston Luke of Palmyra, MI, Wilma who married Archie Bruce of Ogden, MI, Margaret who married A. Bruce, Clemintina of PA) , second child, Betty Ann, born to John Ellsworth Washburn; second child, Harold Tracy, born prematurely to Hal and Isabel Driscoll; JUNE 12 Clair, daughter of Hal and Isabel Driscoll dies of acute appendicit at 3; AUG. Harold Tracy dies at 3 months, both buried at St. John's Cemetary, Jackson, MI; second child, John, born to Leland and Clara Atkin; SEPT. 15 Howard C. Berry and Helen T. Halm marry, second child, James, born to Josie and Edward McNulty (would marry Marie Henzie and have a son, Patrick James, and live in Adrian, MI whose first child, Wayne, and fifth, Camillus, die young; third, Sylvester and fourth, Mary survive); Dorothy Driscoll graduated from nursing training school, had studied with future sisters-in-law Isabel Tracy and Isabel Warfield (Dorothy and Isabel would work together at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Monroe, MI, and at Bixby Hospital, Adrian, MI

1935 AUG. 14 Sylvia Walsh marries Donald Pugh and first child, Kenneth Lyle, born to Lyle Eaton and Mildred (Evans); OCT. 14 Trudy Eaton dies at 53 of cancer in Toledo; third child, David James, born to Hal and Isabel Driscoll with Dorothy as nurse; NOV. 28 Thanksgiving Day, Amby Driscoll and family move to Saginaw, MI where he ran a grocery store in partnership with his brother James

1936 third child, William Wallace, born to John Ellsworth Washburn; Patrick born to Amby and Genevieve Driscoll; first child, William P., born to Peter and Ann Halm at Saginaw, MI, first and second children, Raymond W. and Richard, born to Gladys (Atkin, who like her mother had taught school before marrying) and Raymond Cousineau, but Richard did not live; first child, William Arron, born to William Odel and Minnie Towe; third child, Glenn, born to Leland and Clara Atkin; second child, Dawn, born to Lyle and Pearl Addis, Bellevue, OH

1937 second child, Charleen Gertrude, born to Lyle and Mildred Eaton (third child, Gary Thomas, lives in Toledo, OH); third child, Dolores, born to Gladys and Raymond Cousineau; SEPT. 16 Lynn Add marries Julia Phillips, Almsted Falls, OH; Lou Attenbaugh, husband of Madonna (Eaton) dies, (she would remarry Mike Padis)

1939 second child, Alan, born to Cecile and Carl Martin, Almsted Falls, OH; twins, third and fourth children, Kathleen Ann and Dorothy Mae, born to Amby and Genevieve Driscoll with aunt Dorothy as nurse (one named for nurse and one by her); James born to Donald and Jennie Halm, fourth child, Yvonne, born to Gladys and Raymond Cousineau; first child, Bettie Jean, born to Georgie Eugene and Margerie Towe; second child, Patrick Lee, born to Amby and Genevieve Driscoll, Saginaw, MI; OCT. 21 Dorothy Driscoll marries Donald Warfield, St. John's Church, Jackson, MI; Ann J. Murphy dies; first son, Brian, born to Sylvia and Donald Pugh, 11 NOV. 11 Paul A. Welzel, 83, died in Schlesien, Germany, survived by Bertha (Halm) Welzel

1940 JAN. 20 Beatrice Add marries Robert Fenderbush, second child, Mary Irene, born to Georgie Eugene and Margerie Towe; also Mary Isabel (Domire) Shaffer died with 52 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren; fourth child, Daniel, born to Leland and Clara Atkin; fifth child, a son, born to Gladys and Raymond Cousineau

1941 Herbert Halm and Mary Virginia Stephenson marry, fourth child, Richard Tracy, born to Hal and Isabel Driscoll with Dorothy and Donald Warfield as godparents; Timothy James born to Dorothy and Donald Warfield, nurse Isabel Warfield, godparents uncle James Driscoll and aunt Patricia Warfield; JULY 6 Edith Marshall married Gene Morris of Columbus, OH; Verne Driscoll goes into army and brother Hal joins brother James at Albion fruit market

1948 Martha Ann Eberle widowed, first child, Linda, born to Amby and Anita Delma (Greieve); third child, Jon Edward, born to Peter and Ann Halm, J Leonardo H. born to Joseph and Margaret (Halm Gawne) Lopez, sixth child, Timothy, born to Leland and Clara Atkin, OCT. 6 fourth child, a son, born to Peter and Ann Halm and died 2 days later

1952 Denn born to Amby and Del Driscoll; Daniel born and soon dies; Amo Atkin marries Ralph, JUN. 30 Jon Edward Halm, 4, dies, SEPT. Bertha (Halm) Welzel, 94, died in Kreis Frankenstein, Schlesien, Germany (children Martha Ann, George Sylvester, Herbert J., Elfreida, Ida Lucy)

1960 Herbert Halm and Mary Virginia (Stephenson) divorce, JAN 3 John E. Neuenfeldt dies (married Mary Lou (Kleineidam) who later married Pierce, children, Catherine Ann (married Thomas B. William), Michael John, Cindy Lou, Linda Sue), JUNE 18 Kathleen Driscoll married Edward Eisch at Saginaw, MI; third child, Dianne, born to David and Stella Driscoll

1961 fourth child, Cindy, born to Joan Canull; JUNE 17 Dorothy Driscoll married Richard Douglas at Mt. Pleasant, MI; OCT. 20 James Aloysius Driscoll dies at 78 at son Verne's, Jackson, MI; fifth child, Kathleen Marie stillborn to Lucille and Joseph Halm;

1981 Verne Driscoll, 64, dies; FEB. 16 James Welzel, 65, dies, JUNE 20 Joseph H. Halm, 60, marries Opal A. Smith, 55, and so becomes stepfather to Roger Harrell, Ruth Wilson and Karla Embody, stepgrandfather to Brenda, Paula and Jerry and stepgreat grandfather to Jennifer

1984 third child, William, born to Denn and Beth Driscoll; Linda K. Driscoll, 26, marries Robert M. Pierce; JAN. 3 James Clarence Driscoll dies at 68 at Jackson, Mich, survived by "Peat" Athena (Panagokas).; JULY 28 Terrence Halm marries Karen Ann Martin, Queen's, Jackson, MI

1986 third child, Samuel, born to Maureen and James Howell; second child, Tyler, born to Jeff and Hannah Driscoll; O'Driscoll registry started in Baltimore, Ireland, with clan gathering in August, JULY 18 Harold R. Delaney, 76, dies, survived by Rosemary T. (Halm) and children, Harold Jr., Daniel Herman and Judith Gibson Shilling, NOV. 6 Elfreieda Marcella Kaufield dies

1992 first child, Katie Lyn, born to Jayne and Tony Jessop; Daniel Driscoll marries Nancy Ewing; Amy L. born to Daniel and Nancy Driscoll; Heath Jacob born to Christopher and Staci Zurn; Anthony John born to John and Nancy (Driscoll) Amato

1994 FEB. Mary Virginia Halm, 71, dies, survived by Herbert, MAR. 28 Margaret (Halm Gawne) Lopez, 71, dies (children Walter, Mary Ann, Jerry, Marjorie Gawne and Virginia, Delores Leonardo H. Lopez); Joe D. born to Jeff and Dianne Zottoli

1995 first child, Robert "Robby" Howell Boyes born to Heather (Driscoll); MAY 31 Linda Nichols, 47, dies of cancer; JULY 27 Walter P. Halm dies 2 days before his 87th birthday, AUG. 2 Donald Halm, 64, dies, Robert Boyes born to Heather and Samuel Howell; Jordan Reane born to Tracy Zurn; OCT. 28 Clare married Wesley Shin at Trenton Falls, NJ; NOV. 4 Joseph J. Halm remarries to Frances "Fran" Thrush (having met in a divorced support group)

1996 Marian (Driscoll) Solomon dies at 73; FEB. 21 Elsie (Kaufield) Harms, 104 5/6, dies, MAR. 22 Alfred J. Halm dies 1 day before his 65th birthday, MAY 23 Herbert Halm, plumber, 77, dies in Bushnell, FL, APR. 16 Marjorie (Gawne Wing) Lopez, 63, dies (daughter Cecilia Gawne), JUNE Maxine (Driscoll) Krause, 72, dies; JULY 16 Jeff Nichols marries Carol Foess; AUG. 22 Josef Bachmeyer, 68, dies, (widow, Christa Schmidt, children, Johannes (married Gabriele Rolf, children Sebastian, Dominik), Dor (married Christian Dragomir, children, Stefan)) Alisha Yvonne born to Jeff and Carol Driscoll; OCT. 19 Joseph H. Halm, 74, dies at Hillsdale Hospital, MI after a year of chemotherapy; Joseph Patrick born to John and Nancy (Driscoll) Amato

1997 FEB. 28 Hal Driscoll dies; Shawn Driscoll married in Ireland, APR. 9 James Halm, 58, dies, OCT. 6 Margaret (Wieczorick) Kleineidam, 92, dies (children, Elizabeth (married Robert Carey), Mary Lou (married John E. Neuenfeldt and a Mr. Pierce), Daniel Hyunchul born to Wesley and Clare (Driscoll) Shin

1998 MAR. 14 Colleen Nichols marries David Curry; Dennis and Beth Driscoll divorce, Annabelle born to Heather and Robert Boyes; JUL 26 Rosemary T. (Halm) Delaney, 86, dies, (children, Harold Jr., Daniel Herman, Judith Gibson, Shilling), Mitchell born to Daniel and Nancy Driscoll; SEPT. 22 Anna (Lorenzo) Halm, 76, dies (son, Walter J. and granddaughter, Katie); Nicholas J. born to Jeff and Dianne Zottoli; Kiana born to Lisa and Michael Sawtelle

2006 APR 23 Robin (Canull) Brooks dies at 56; SEPT 28 "Bernie" Bettendorf dies on his 85th birthday, Eli Amerson born to Anthony and Rebecca Wolf, Calvin John born to Daniel and Carol (Washburn) Bonn; James Clair born to Brian and Kamie Washburn