Re: MELCHI relatives....Anything New???
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Re: MELCHI relatives....Anything New???
Bonita Rankey 2/20/02
Hi - hate to intrude but I think I may have some information that would help fill in the pieces.Harvey Milton Melchi and Laura Cobb were my great grandparents.Word of mouth in the family says that they were born in or grew up in Ohio.Sometime in early adulthood they moved to Lenawee County MI (near Adrian in the Southern part of MI) and some if not all of their children were born there.Their children were Charles, Harvey (known as Vern), Cloyd, Norman, Dorothy (married name Wolfy), Ola (married name Mudd), Grace (2nd married name Giffels, not sure of 1st marriage), and Marguerite (married name Riest).Charles was my grandpa.I don't know of any daughters named Mary.Somewhere along the line when the kids were young, they moved to Midland MI and that is where most of them lived.I don't know much about Cloyd, Norman, Dorothy, or Ola.Grace and Marguerite are the only 2 still surviving.Charles died in 2001, Harvey in the late 1990's.The gravestone that Bonita saw in Homer Twp Cemetary for Norman would be the Norman that is one of these children.I believe that Harvey and Laura are burried there too.
I think there is more family history somewhere at my parents house and I know that there are some pictures of Harvey and Laura.Not sure if we have anything going back further than that or not.If this helps anyone, let me know and I can look further into our records and see if there's anything else that may be of help to fill in the blanks.
Dawn