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THE DOWNRIVER SEEKER Published Quarterly by the Downriver Genealogical Society, Lincoln Park, Michigan 48146 A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME NOVEMBER 2019 Rana Willit Member # 1302 VOLUME 39 We all know how important it is to get the names correct in genealogical research. We go on the hunt armed with the name, date of birth, and No. 4 date of death of each person we are researching. But sometimes we are stopped by seemingly incorrect details. Don’t let one detail stop you. IN THIS IS- The facts might be wrong! SUE: rd My 3 great grandmother died when she was two years old. It was there A Rose by any in black and white. The right name, the right two parents, and the right other Name time frame. Of course, the French were known to give the same name to PAGES 37, 39 multiple siblings. My 3rd great grandmother had an older sister of the same name who was born in 1776 and died in 1777. My Cecelia LABADIE Dianne Batch PAGE 40 was born in 1778 and lived a long and fruitful life. nd Library Notice My 2 great grandmother was a mystery. We knew her name to be Eliza PAGE 40 SANTURE. It was on her death record, it was on her tombstone, it was Faith of our Fa- what all the family said she was named. In searching for her marriage thers PAGE 41- record, we found her father’s name to be Dominic TESSIER; her moth- 42 er’s name was correct. Who was Dominic? We couldn’t find any other records linking him to our tree until one late night web session when we Genealogy Limer- ick PAGE 42 made the connection. My sister and I yelled so loud in jubilation that her husband came barreling down the stairs sure there was something wrong! Fascinating Nope, we just found out for sure that Great Great Grandmother Eliza People PAGE 43 was named Euphrosine TESSIER. Then she became known as Eliza SAN- West Mound TURE dit TESSIER, then just Eliza SANTURE. Having the correct Cemetery PAGE name, I was able to find a baptismal record in a book that had been on 44-45 my shelf since 1975! (Bay Settlement by Father Lavoie). Although she Family Recipe was born to parents who attended St Antoine Church in Monroe, MI she PAGE 46 was christened at St Joseph Church in Erie. MI. (Continued on PAGE 39) UPCOMING MEETINGS & TRIPS December 2019. No meeting January 15, 2020: Chris Hensley: The Hello Girls February 19, 2020. Dennis Skupinski: Michigan Military Heritage Museum March 18, 2020. Speaker not confirmed April 15, 2020. James Jackson: Researching the War of 1812. May 20, 2020. Potluck. Elizabeth Clemens: Poletown BOARD OF DIRECTORS WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Valerie Jambeau, Member #1019 Sherry Huntington, President (313) 382-3229 Vice President of Membership [email protected] Christine Hensley, Vice President of Programs #1347 James MCMURDO (734) 365-9815 [email protected] 803 Mt. Vernon Blvd., Royal Oak, MI 48073 Valerie Jambeau, Vice President of Membership [email protected] (734) 283-4514 [email protected] Researching: MCMURDO, DUGUAY, SAN- Recording Secretary - Position open TORO, GAWRONSKI (GARON) Gloria Saluk,Corresponding Secretary #1348 David R. 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Oct 15, 2019. See PG. 40. Newsletter Editor - Linda Tilley TO SUBMIT ARTICLES FOR THE Newsletter Circulation - Position Open DOWNRIVER SEEKER: Ancestor Charts - Linda Tilley Please email to Linda Tilley Master of Sound - Jim Barringer [email protected] Girrbach-Krasun Funeral Home —Judy Bratcher Include name and Member number Newspaper Digitizing Committee— (if you have no access to email you may mail arti- Sherry Huntington, Carol Dobos, Lugene Flores, cles to DRGS or give to any officer) Gary & Kathy Gibson, Tom Koselka, Sarah Lange, Dave & Kay Warren, Colleen Wilkin. Obituary Scanning Project—Lugene Flores & Gloria Downriver Seeker Saluk ISSN 152308277X Page 38 THE DOWNRIVER SEEKER A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME (Continued from PAGE 37) My grandmother (Eliza’s granddaughter) was named Eliza Paulina RIVARD, but was always called Lena. The only record calling her Eliza Paulina was her baptismal record. Her school records, birth record with the state, marriage record, death certificate and tombstone call her Lena. My other grandmother was named Michelina LYSKAWA. Most of her records, except her immigration record, marriage record, and tombstone called her Lena. When I named by daughter after my two grandmothers, I stuck to the simple--she is just Lena. My dad’s name was Aloysius Joseph JOBLINSKI, according to his baptismal record. He was always called Allie or Alec. A home birth, he needed an official birth certificate to get a pilot’s license. He had to present two witnesses who knew him and could verify his birth to get a delayed Certificate of Birth. He took two elderly neighbor ladies to testify they'd known him since birth, declaring his name to be Allie. So, Allie he became and remained the rest of his life. (He offered to take the two ladies up in his plane when he got his pilot’s license, but only one would do it. He said she screeched and laughed and had a good time, especially when he buzzed the home place!) All his records report his name to be Allie: his new birth certificate, marriage license, death certificate, and tombstone. Only the baptis- mal record uses the name Aloysius. My brother was named Charles August JOBLINSKI when he was born, but no one outside of the immediate family knows his name is Charles. My Grandmother took one look at the newborn and declared “He looks just like Gus.” So, Gus (or Gussie) he became, a reminder of my Grandfather August WICKENHEISER. Thus while all legal documents call him Charles, he has always been, and always will be Gus. Don’t go looking for Gus’s records--not a single document will have that name. Maybe “Gus” will go on his tombstone eventually, but that will be his wife’s call. Now back to a more recent find in the search for my ancestors. I wanted to get a copy of my Great Grandmother’s baptismal record. The daughter of Eliza (aka Euphrasine) SAN- TURE and the mother of Lena (aka Eliza Paulina) RIVARD, I should have known it wouldn’t be that easy. But I had irrefutable proof her name was Rose or Rose Anna. It was on her marriage papers, death certificate and tombstone. There are six generations of little girls named Rose in her honor, and certainly her own mother and daughter knew her name! Nope. Her name wasn’t Rose. On the microfiche copy of her baptism, there she is, right parents, right parish, right date of birth. Her name? Catherine Rosalie LEDUC! Well, it is Cathe- rine Rosalie, but still, it is Catherine. A name I had never heard associated with my great grandmother. The point to all this? Don’t insist that the facts fit your perception of things. Names were changed, nicknames were used on official documents, middle names were used, and the orig- inal first names forgotten in time. Before the advent of Social Security and the proper documentation required today, our ancestors played fast and easy with names, and even in my generation sometimes the nickname became the only name the person was ever known by. Of course, getting the name correct is vital in citing our research. But that correct name we could swear by may not be correct after all. Just keep an open mind. Happy re- searching! NOVEMBER 2019 PAGE 39 ____________________________________________________________________________ MY THOUGHTS ON THE DEATH OF DIANNE BATCH Sherry Huntington, Member #10 Dianne was friendly, kind, and very funny. She genuinely loved people. She joined the Downriver Genealogical Society in 2008. Dianne became our Recording Secre- tary in January 2011 and stayed in that position until her recent death. Our society was given 60 years of old Mellus & News-Herald Newspapers in November of 2012. We formed the Newspaper Digitizing Project (NDP) in early 2013. Dianne also served as Recording Secretary of this important committee. She was a volunteer scanner and digit- ized many newspaper pages. She truly enjoyed doing this. Several months ago we purchased a larger format scanner. All scanner volunteers had to be retrained on the new scanner. I only heard Dianne complain once. She said, “the new scanner is so fast I don’t have time to read the articles!” There was always a smile on her face. It made me feel good just being around her. More than anything, Dianne was my friend and I will truly miss her.

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