My paternal step-great-grandpa Jim.
James "Pappy" Henry Geering b. 16 JAN 1903 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; d. 04 APR 1985 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; m. 11 SEP 1920 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; divorcee Laura Jane "Jennie" (nee Schuler) Murdock b. 23 JUN 1888 Paulding Co., OH; d. 22 JAN 1978 Troy, Oakland Co., MI. Both buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland Co., MI.
NOTE: Jim was 15 years younger than his wife Jane, my paternal great-grandmother!
PARENTS: Jessie L. Brown b. APR 1879 MI; d. 15 FEB 1917 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI [suicide, drank carbolic acid]; buried: 19 FEB 1917 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; m. 1896 (place unknown); Fredrick William Geering [AKA Fred Geering] b. 09 DEC 1877 St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada; d. 19 JAN 1955 Detroit, Wayne Co, MI; buried: 22 JAN 1955 Roseland Park Cemetery, Section 34, Lot No. 215, Grave No. 7, Berkley, Oakland Co., MI.
SIBLINGS (All born Detroit, Wayne Co., MI):
1) Harvey "Pete" Alvin Geering b. 03 MAR 1897
2) Samuel William Geering b. 15 APR 1899
3) Mabel b. 24 SEP 1900
4) Hellen Geering b. 19 DEC 1901
5) James Henry Geering b. 16 JAN 1903 [SELF]
6) Harry Geering b. 14 APR 1909
7) Grant Geering b. 14 FEB 1911
8) female Geering b./d. 07 JUN 1913
9) ____ Geering LIVING
Great-grandpa Jim used to "pull" a quarter or a fifty cent piece out of our ears as children...and we got to keep it! I can't recall his being without a mustache & glasses. He was rather tall (or maybe it just seemed that way since I was just 14 when I last saw him in 1969.
James "Pappy" Henry Geering b. 16 JAN 1903 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; d. 04 APR 1985 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; m. 11 SEP 1920 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; divorcee Laura Jane "Jennie" (nee Schuler) Murdock b. 23 JUN 1888 Paulding Co., OH; d. 22 JAN 1978 Troy, Oakland Co., MI. Both buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland Co., MI.
NOTE: Jim was 15 years younger than his wife Jane, my paternal great-grandmother!
PARENTS: Jessie L. Brown b. APR 1879 MI; d. 15 FEB 1917 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI [suicide, drank carbolic acid]; buried: 19 FEB 1917 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; m. 1896 (place unknown); Fredrick William Geering [AKA Fred Geering] b. 09 DEC 1877 St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada; d. 19 JAN 1955 Detroit, Wayne Co, MI; buried: 22 JAN 1955 Roseland Park Cemetery, Section 34, Lot No. 215, Grave No. 7, Berkley, Oakland Co., MI.
SIBLINGS (All born Detroit, Wayne Co., MI):
1) Harvey "Pete" Alvin Geering b. 03 MAR 1897
2) Samuel William Geering b. 15 APR 1899
3) Mabel b. 24 SEP 1900
4) Hellen Geering b. 19 DEC 1901
5) James Henry Geering b. 16 JAN 1903 [SELF]
6) Harry Geering b. 14 APR 1909
7) Grant Geering b. 14 FEB 1911
8) female Geering b./d. 07 JUN 1913
9) ____ Geering LIVING
Great-grandpa Jim used to "pull" a quarter or a fifty cent piece out of our ears as children...and we got to keep it! I can't recall his being without a mustache & glasses. He was rather tall (or maybe it just seemed that way since I was just 14 when I last saw him in 1969.
My paternal step-great-grandpa Jim.
James "Pappy" Henry Geering b. 16 JAN 1903 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; d. 04 APR 1985 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; m. 11 SEP 1920 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; divorcee Laura Jane "Jennie" (nee Schuler) Murdock b. 23 JUN 1888 Paulding Co., OH; d. 22 JAN 1978 Troy, Oakland Co., MI. Both buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland Co., MI.
NOTE: Jim was 15 years younger than his wife Jane, my paternal great-grandmother!
PARENTS: Jessie L. Brown b. APR 1879 MI; d. 15 FEB 1917 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI [suicide, drank carbolic acid]; buried: 19 FEB 1917 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; m. 1896 (place unknown); Fredrick William Geering [AKA Fred Geering] b. 09 DEC 1877 St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada; d. 19 JAN 1955 Detroit, Wayne Co, MI; buried: 22 JAN 1955 Roseland Park Cemetery, Section 34, Lot No. 215, Grave No. 7, Berkley, Oakland Co., MI.
SIBLINGS (All born Detroit, Wayne Co., MI):
1) Harvey "Pete" Alvin Geering b. 03 MAR 1897
2) Samuel William Geering b. 15 APR 1899
3) Mabel b. 24 SEP 1900
4) Hellen Geering b. 19 DEC 1901
5) James Henry Geering b. 16 JAN 1903 [SELF]
6) Harry Geering b. 14 APR 1909
7) Grant Geering b. 14 FEB 1911
8) female Geering b./d. 07 JUN 1913
9) ____ Geering LIVING
Great-grandpa Jim used to "pull" a quarter or a fifty cent piece out of our ears as children...and we got to keep it! I can't recall his being without a mustache & glasses. He was rather tall (or maybe it just seemed that way since I was just 14 when I last saw him in 1969.
James "Pappy" Henry Geering b. 16 JAN 1903 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; d. 04 APR 1985 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; m. 11 SEP 1920 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; divorcee Laura Jane "Jennie" (nee Schuler) Murdock b. 23 JUN 1888 Paulding Co., OH; d. 22 JAN 1978 Troy, Oakland Co., MI. Both buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland Co., MI.
NOTE: Jim was 15 years younger than his wife Jane, my paternal great-grandmother!
PARENTS: Jessie L. Brown b. APR 1879 MI; d. 15 FEB 1917 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI [suicide, drank carbolic acid]; buried: 19 FEB 1917 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI; m. 1896 (place unknown); Fredrick William Geering [AKA Fred Geering] b. 09 DEC 1877 St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada; d. 19 JAN 1955 Detroit, Wayne Co, MI; buried: 22 JAN 1955 Roseland Park Cemetery, Section 34, Lot No. 215, Grave No. 7, Berkley, Oakland Co., MI.
SIBLINGS (All born Detroit, Wayne Co., MI):
1) Harvey "Pete" Alvin Geering b. 03 MAR 1897
2) Samuel William Geering b. 15 APR 1899
3) Mabel b. 24 SEP 1900
4) Hellen Geering b. 19 DEC 1901
5) James Henry Geering b. 16 JAN 1903 [SELF]
6) Harry Geering b. 14 APR 1909
7) Grant Geering b. 14 FEB 1911
8) female Geering b./d. 07 JUN 1913
9) ____ Geering LIVING
Great-grandpa Jim used to "pull" a quarter or a fifty cent piece out of our ears as children...and we got to keep it! I can't recall his being without a mustache & glasses. He was rather tall (or maybe it just seemed that way since I was just 14 when I last saw him in 1969.
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