Re: Hetrick's in Michigan
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Re: Hetrick's in Michigan
Sarah Ambrose 12/07/01
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I'll find out what I can from my Da...here's what I know...oh, and what are your relatives names? My paternal grandparents Bernard "Gale" Hetrick and Bessie A. Miles were from Distant...as were their families. Gale's sisters were Peggy and Carol, his brother was Keith. Bessie's brothers were Jack and (I think) John. The Mileses and the Hetricks were mildly related (2nd/3rd cousins and such) and they were also greatly tied in with another influential family in Distant...the Shumakers. Gale worked closesly with the Church of God--Anderson, IN synod--and Keith was, I believe, a Methodist minister. The family's German immigrant roots tied them in very closely with Appalacian religions like those of the Quakers, Amish, and Mennonites--and many family members spoke Pensylvania-Deutsch and wrote in Frakterschriften... They were also tied in with the coal industry, and the local firefighting and funeral home businesses...More later...Elizabeth
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