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Re: RIVERS FAMILY
Posted by: Jim Doran Date: January 27, 2001 at 01:28:56
In Reply to: Rivers/Larabee/Maxwell/Rockwell/Cooks by Kamerer of 55

Queenie Agnes Marcoe, daughter of Noah Marcoe & Georgianna Rivers, married Leo Thomas Doran (son of John Doran & Julia Feeney, my great-grandparents). Here is what I have for the first four generations of the Rivers Family line that I have to date. Could this be the same RIVERS family you are interested in.

Descendants of Luke Sr Rivers

Generation No. 1

1. LUKE SR1 RIVERS was born in New York.

Notes for LUKE SR RIVERS:
Early Settlers of Garden Peninsula (Source - Delta Co., GenWeb Site)
Rivers, Levi, SR
Sarah & Cynthia
New York
Woodsman
       
Children of LUKE SR RIVERS are:
       i.       LUKE2 RIVERS, b. Abt. 1812, Canada or New York1; d. 18841; m. MARY LANGLEY; b. Abt. 1836, Canada1; d. 18911.

Notes for LUKE RIVERS:
Early Settlers of Garden Peninsula (Source - Delta Co., GenWeb Site)
Rivers, Luke
Mary Langley
New York
Farmer

Land Records - Delta County, Michigan
Michigan General Land Office Records
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/miland.html

RIVERS LUKE 29 40 N 18 W 0.00 09 27 1870/07/01
RIVERS LUKE 29 40 N 18 W 0.00 09 27 1870/07/01
RIVERS LUKE 29 40 N 18 W 143.30 09 27 1870/07/01

More About LUKE RIVERS:
Burial: 1884, Rivers Family Cemetery, Garden Twp., Delta Co., Michigan1
Census: 1870, Delton Twp., Delta Co., Michigan2
Occupation: 1870, Farmer2

More About MARY LANGLEY:
Burial: 1891, Rivers Family Cemetery, Garden Twp., Delta Co., Michigan3

2.       ii.       FRANCIS RIVERS, b. Canada.


Generation No. 2

2. FRANCIS2 RIVERS (LUKE SR1) was born in Canada.
       
Child of FRANCIS RIVERS is:
3.       i.       GEORGE3 RIVERS, b. May 16, 1841, Canada; d. December 28, 1913, Brampton Twp., Delta Co., Michigan.


Generation No. 3

3. GEORGE3 RIVERS (FRANCIS2, LUKE SR1) was born May 16, 1841 in Canada4, and died December 28, 1913 in Brampton Twp., Delta Co., Michigan4. He married OCTAVIA BORGAN. She was born Abt. 18515, and died May 19115.

Notes for GEORGE RIVERS:
Delta County Hospital Patient Records 1897-1914
Name Type Date Cost Page Code Misc
Rivers, George CP 10/31/12 27.45 602 254
Rivers, George CP 7/31/12 5.75 596 245

Notes for OCTAVIA BORGAN:
Delta County Hospital Patient Records 1897-1914
Name Type Date Cost Page Code Misc
Rivers, G. Mrs. CP 5/31/11 12.90 190 199

More About OCTAVIA BORGAN:
Author's Note: May 08, 1911, Escanaba Morning Press Newspaper Index 1909 - 1919; Rivers, George Mrs., 5/18/1911, Death, Page 16
Burial: 1911, Holy Cross Cemetery, Lot 1B/5B, Escanaba, Delta Co., Michigan7
       
Children of GEORGE RIVERS and OCTAVIA BORGAN are:
4.       i.       GEORGIANNA (ANNA)4 RIVERS, b. Michigan; d. Abt. 1935, Michigan.
       ii.       GEORGE JR RIVERS, b. Abt. 1881, Michigan8; m. AGNES POLEQUIN, May 14, 1907, Escanaba, Delta Co., MIchigan8; b. Abt. 1886, Michigan8.

Marriage Notes for GEORGE RIVERS and AGNES POLEQUIN:
May 14, 1907
George Rivers, age 26, b. Michigan, occupation - Farmer
Agnes Polequin, age 21, b. Michigan
Residence: George, Schaffer, Michigan
Agnes, Escanaba, Michigan
Parents: George Rivers & Octavia Borgon
Joseph Polequin & Delima LaCombe
Married in Schaffer, Michigan
By T. V. Dasselin, Catholic Priest
Witnesses: James Papineau of Escanaba, Mich., & Denise Pepin of Schaffer, Mich.

       iii.       HENRY RIVERS9, b. Shaffer, Michigan.


Generation No. 4

4. GEORGIANNA (ANNA)4 RIVERS (GEORGE3, FRANCIS2, LUKE SR1)10,11 was born in Michigan, and died Abt. 1935 in Michigan12. She married NOAH A. MARCOE13,14.

More About GEORGIANNA (ANNA) RIVERS:
Probate: 1935, Marcoe, Georgiana 1935 Deceased File No. 683915

Notes for NOAH A. MARCOE:
Noah Marcoe Sr. is noted in the Hermansville, Menominee County, Michigan, Centennial Publication (1878-1978), page 39.
       
Children of GEORGIANNA RIVERS and NOAH MARCOE are:
       i.       NOAH5 MARCOE, b. April 15, 1890, Michigan16; d. June 1971, Escanaba, Delta Co., Michigan16; m. EVELYN LEDUC, February 16, 1915, Escanaba, Delta Co., Michigan17; b. 1895, Michigan18; d. 1949, Escanaba, Delta Co., Michigan18.

Notes for NOAH MARCOE:
Noah Marcoe is noted in the Hermansville, Menominee County, Michigan, Centennial Publication (1878-1978), page 25.

More About NOAH MARCOE:
Burial: 1971, Holy Cross Cemetery, Escanaba, Michigan, Lot P18
Census: 1920, Noah, wife Evelyn, & daughter Georgiana, living at 325 North 11th St., Escanaba, Michigan
Occupation: 1920, Tinsmith, Hardware Store19

Marriage Notes for NOAH MARCOE and EVELYN LEDUC:
February 16, 1915
Noah Marcoe, age 24, b. Michigan, occupation - Tinsmith
Evelyn LeDuc, age 20, b. Escanaba, Michigan
Residence: Both, Escanaba, Michigan
Parents: Noah Marcoe & Anna Rivers
Edward Leduc & Not Given
Married in Escanaba, Michigan
by Emil Glaser, Justice of the Peace
Witnesses: Dr. A. J. Connelly & Jos. Fayos, both of Escanaba, MIchigan

       ii.       ELLSWORTH MARCOE, b. Abt. 1892, Michigan20; m. EDITH PARSONS, November 03, 1919, Escanaba, Delta Co., MIchigan; b. Abt. 1892, Michigan20.

Marriage Notes for ELLSWORTH MARCOE and EDITH PARSONS:
November 03, 1919
Ellsworth Marcoe, age 27, b. Michigan, occupation - Machinist
Edith Harrington (nee Parsons), age 27, b. New Jersey
Residence: Ellsworth, Escanaba, Michigan
Edith, Hermansville, Michigan
Parents: Noah Marcoe & Anna Rivers
Harry Parsons & Eva McKenna
Married in Escanaba, Michigan
by Emil Glaser, Justice of the Peace
Witnesses: Evelyn Marcoe & Noah Marcoe, both of Escanaba, Michigan

       iii.       REUBEN JAMES MARCOE, b. April 13, 1897, Michigan21,22,23; d. November 03, 1973, Hermansville, Menominee Co., Michigan24,25; m. MILDRED (MRS. REUBEN MARCOE) ???; b. 190725; d. 1969, Michigan25..

Notes for REUBEN JAMES MARCOE:
Rueben Marcoe is noted in the Hermansville, Menominee County, Michigan, Centennial Publication (1878-1978), pages 39, 56 & 64.

More About REUBEN JAMES MARCOE:
Author's Note: 1973, Last place of residence was Hermansville, Michigan.26
Burial: November 1973, Holy Cross Cemetery, Escanaba, Michigan, Lot D27
Military service: World War I27
Occupation: November 27, 1936, Employed by the Wisconsin Land and Lumber Company, Hermansville, Michigan28
Residence: November 27, 1936, Hermansville, Menominee Co., Michigan28

       iv.       QUEENIE AGNES MARCOE, b. March 05, 1900, Hermansville, Menominee Co., Michigan29; d. March 1979, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota29; m. LEO THOMAS (TOMMY) DORAN, July 1923, Hermansville, Menominee Co., Michigan30; b. May 28, 1897, Menominee, Menominee Co., Michigan31; d. August 01, 1963, Hermansville, Menominee Co., Michigan32.

More About QUEENIE AGNES MARCOE:
Burial: March 08, 1979, Riverside Cemetery, Section B, Menominee, Michigan33
Occupation: October 28, 1955, Employer - Hermansville Public School34

Notes for LEO THOMAS (TOMMY) DORAN:
Leo T. Doran is noted in the Hermansville, Menominee County, Michigan, Centennial Publication (1878-1978), page 56. Hermansville is in Meyer Township.

August 4, 1963 - Menominee Herald-Leader, Menominee, Michigan
"Leo T. Doran, 66, Dies Unexpectedly

Leo T. Doran, 66, a prominent Hermansville resident, died unexpectedly this morning at his home.He was discovered on the floor of his home by his wife when she returned from mass this morning. Mr. Doran had driven his wife to church and had returned home. A native of Menominee, Mr. Doran was born here March 28, 1897. He attended the local schools and was graduated from Menominee High School. Prior to World War I, he worked for some time in Ohio. He enlisted in the U. S. Army at Camp Custer in 1918 and was discharged in 1919. Mr. Doran, who was employed in the office of Furblo Co. of Hermansville, had been employed by the former Wisconsin Land & Lumber Co. He was a member of St. Mary's Church, Hermansville, the Menominee County 40 et 8, Leo Floriano Post, American Legion of Hermansville. Survivors include his widow, the former Queenie Marcoe whom he married 40 years ago in July; two sons, Jay of California and Thomas L. of Minnesota; a daughter, Miss Sue Beth Doran of Minneapolis; eight grandchildren; a brother, Floyd Doran of Menominee; a sister, Mrs. Agnes McCrory of Green Bay. The body is at the Kell-Tondin Funeral Chapel in Spalding."

More About LEO THOMAS (TOMMY) DORAN:
Burial: 1963, Leo was originallly buried in Hermansville; when his wife died his remains were relocated to Riverside Cemetery, Sect. B, where he was interred on May 25, 197935
Military service: Leo served in World War I as a Corporal in the Signal Corp
Occupation: Last occupation was Sales and Traffic Manager for the Wisconsin Land & Lumber Co. in Hermansville, Michigan
Residence 1: September 06, 1945, Hermansville, Michigan
Residence 2: April 17, 1957, Hermansville, Michigan

       v.       PEARL MARCOE, m. RAY CARLEY.
       vi.       REENE MARCOE.


Endnotes

1. Rivers Family Cemetery, Garden Twp., Delta Co., Michigan, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/cemrivers.html.
2. 1870 Census - Delta County, Michigan.
3. Rivers Family Cemetery, Garden Twp., Delta Co., Michigan, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/cemrivers.html.
4. Delta County Clerk (Main Author), Delta County, Michigan, Birth, marriage, and death records, 1867-1928, (FHL Microfilm Numbers1310145 thru 1310150).
5. Delta County Genealogical Society, Holy Cross Cemetery Interment Records and Tombstone Readings, Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/cemeteryindex.html.
6. Escanaba Morning Press Newspaper Index 1909 - 1919, Escanaba, Michigan, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/newsindex.html.
7. Delta County Genealogical Society, Holy Cross Cemetery Interment Records and Tombstone Readings, Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/cemeteryindex.html.
8. Delta County Clerk (Main Author), Delta County, Michigan, Birth, marriage, and death records, 1867-1928, (FHL Microfilm Numbers1310145 thru 1310150).
9. Delta County Genealogical Society, Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan - Early 1900's Voters Registrations Index.
10. Copy of Original Social Security Application for Account Number for Reuben Marcoe, dated Nov. 27, 1936.
11. Copy of Original Social Security Number Application for Queenie Agnes Marcoe, dated Oct. 28, 1955.
12. Delta County Genealogical Society, Delta County, Michigan, Probate Index 1873 - 1975, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/probateinfo.html.
13. Copy of Original Social Security Application for Account Number for Reuben Marcoe, dated Nov. 27, 1936.
14. Copy of Original Social Security Number Application for Queenie Agnes Marcoe, dated Oct. 28, 1955.
15. Delta County Genealogical Society, Delta County, Michigan, Probate Index 1873 - 1975, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/probateinfo.html.
16. SSDI Record for Noah Marcoe, b. 1890, NOAH MARCOE 15 Apr 1890 Jun 1971 49829 (Escanaba, Delta, MI) (none specified) 370-05-5034 Michigan.
17. Delta County Clerk (Main Author), Delta County, Michigan, Birth, marriage, and death records, 1867-1928, (FHL Microfilm Numbers1310145 thru 1310150).
18. Delta County Genealogical Society, Holy Cross Cemetery Interment Records and Tombstone Readings, Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/cemeteryindex.html.
19. 1920 Census - Delta County, Michigan.
20. Delta County Clerk (Main Author), Delta County, Michigan, Birth, marriage, and death records, 1867-1928, (FHL Microfilm Numbers1310145 thru 1310150).
21. SSDI Record for Reuben Marcoe, b. 1897, REUBEN MARCOE 13 Apr 1897 Nov 1973 49847 (Hermansville, Menominee, MI) (none specified) 369-03-4137 Michigan.
22. Delta County Genealogical Society, Holy Cross Cemetery Interment Records and Tombstone Readings, Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/cemeteryindex.html.
23. Copy of Original Social Security Application for Account Number for Reuben Marcoe, dated Nov. 27, 1936.
24. SSDI Record for Reuben Marcoe, b. 1897, REUBEN MARCOE 13 Apr 1897 Nov 1973 49847 (Hermansville, Menominee, MI) (none specified) 369-03-4137 Michigan.
25. Delta County Genealogical Society, Holy Cross Cemetery Interment Records and Tombstone Readings, Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/cemeteryindex.html.
26. SSDI Record for Reuben Marcoe, b. 1897, REUBEN MARCOE 13 Apr 1897 Nov 1973 49847 (Hermansville, Menominee, MI) (none specified) 369-03-4137 Michigan.
27. Delta County Genealogical Society, Holy Cross Cemetery Interment Records and Tombstone Readings, Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan, http://www.rootsweb.com/~midcgs/cemeteryindex.html.
28. Copy of Original Social Security Application for Account Number for Reuben Marcoe, dated Nov. 27, 1936.
29. SSDI Record for Queenie Doran
30. Doran Family Bible, Event Dates copied by James Doran on July 11, 2000; originals kept by Helen Liegeois Doran in Marinette, Wisconsin.
31. 1910 Census - Menominee County, Michigan.
32. Family Record provided by Helen Ann Doran (nee Missos).
33. Tombstone and Cemetery Records; Riverside Cemetery, Menominee, Michigan, recorded by James M. Doran, July 1999 and July 2000.
34. Copy of Original Social Security Number Application for Queenie Agnes Marcoe, dated Oct. 28, 1955.
35. Tombstone and Cemetery Records; Riverside Cemetery, Menominee, Michigan, recorded by James M. Doran, July 1999 and July 2000.

Jim Doran
Website: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/o/r/James-Doran/


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