genealogy

1300 BC Gathylos (Gaoidhal, Gaodhal Glas, Gathyelus, Gadelius) when a child in Egypt has his life saved by Moses and by him was promised a serpentless land in the West for his descendants, symbolized on the familial banner of a dead serpent and the rod of Moses, though quite spiritually blinded for 15 centuries, Menepthah rules

400 BC Ith is murdered by the Tuatha de Danaan and avenged by his son Lughaid, his nephew Mileadh, the son of Bile (Miled, Milesios, Milesius ["from Miletos"]); his followers, the Milesians, including Eidersceal ["interpreter, storyteller"], another uncle, travel from Spain to reach S. Ireland (named for Milidh's second son, Ir), the Land of Destiny; the Tuatha De Danaan, who with the Firbolgs ["men of the bags", escaped Greek slaves] are ruled over by the three grandsons of Dagda; descendants of Lughaidh become Corca-Laidh (Corcalee)

250 Lughaidh MacConn, son of Lughaidh-Laidhe MacNaid ["hero's son"]and Princess Sadhb ni Conn (daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles) is banished after losing fight in County Limerick against his uncle Art MacConn and step-father King Oilioll Olum of Munster, but later returns to kill Art and is in turn killed by Cormac MacAirt, his cousin

1642 Teig O'Driscoll of Collymnore and Donogh O'Driscoll of Inniskerkin lead 200 men in unsuccessful attack of castle at Baltimore; many O'Driscolls are declared outlaws: Dermot of Ouldcourt, Donagh of Glounyfeen, Teige and Fineen of Ballymacrown, Donagh and Cornelius of Downelong, Florence of Ballyieragh (Cape Clear)

1763-67 John and Moses Porter worked on surveying Mason-Dixon line between Maryland and Pennsylvania (John settling on the Md. side and Moses on the PA, near what would become Wellersburg, Somerset Co., PA; Moses had sons John, grandsons Evan and Henry, great grandchildren Leonard, John, Moses, David, Catherine, Ellen, Samuel, Margaret and Joseph, great great grandchildren Elizabeth, Lucinda, Isaac, Margary and Emmanuel)

1772 (or 1765) second child, Samuel Porter (would marry Jane, daughter of Thomas Anderson, and have children, Elizabeth (married Mr. Devore and went west), two daughters, William, Benjamin (went to New Orleans), John of S., Michael, become known as one of best rifleman in Allegheny Mts., built cabin on Play Place where four animal trails crossed) and third child, Thomas (or 1766), born to John and Nancy (McKenzie) Porter

1783 seventh child, John "Squire Jack", born to John and Nancy Porter 1764 Michael born to Denis O'Driscoll, would succeed as "the O'Driscoll" upon death of his brother Matthias' son's death in a duel in America, would marry Helena O'Driscoll, daughter of T. J. O'Driscoll and a great aunt also an O'Driscoll

1810 John Porter, 73, (father of Michael, Samuel, Thomas, Gabriel, Henry, Moses, John and Nellie) died at Rose Meadows near Eckert Mine and Clarysville, Md, succeeded by his son "Squire Jack" Porter, 27, who would marry Catherine Glisson (children, Dr. William who married Mary Ellen Gibson, Rebecca McCarthy and Sally A. French (children, writer Glisson (son Jim)), William "Cream Billy" who married a Miss Browning, John who married Mils Bush

1816 first child, Sarah, born of Squire Mike and Elizabeth Porter (would marry distant cousin Josiah "Si" Porter, children Josiah who married Mary Lewis and had 14 children including Hattie who married Vincent Engle, Elizabeth who married Joseph Tibbots, Jane who married Andrew Nelson, Maria who married William Anderson and then George Carter, sister's brother-in-law and had children, Willa Anderson who married James Gracie (children, Dr. William Gracie) and Joseph (son, Joseph, Baltimore lawyer) and Charles Carter (son, Elmer Cumberland lawyer)), Catherine who married Joseph Carter, who was killed in a mine, her sisters' brother-in-law, and then John Sharpe and had children, including Josephine Carter who married William Bennet and William Sharpe, a Chatanooga meat merchant, Dock who married Ann Repham, his brother-in-laws' sister, Harriet who married her sisters' brother-in-law, James Carter and had 6 children, Matilda "Tillie" who married Justus Repham, her sister-in-laws' brother, and had a daughter and a son William, a mine foreman, William who married Maggie Rephem, his brother-in-laws' sister, Emla who married John Lear)

1833 eleventh child, Nancy, born to Squire Mike and Elizabeth Porter who would marry Confederate John Kimberley (children Jane and Lewis who married respectively William and Lucinda Porter, distant cousins) and George Porter, her nephew, with whom she went to WV

1850 MAR. 4 William Porter, 29, preacher like his brother Samuel, dies, leaving widow Susan with 5 children, JULY Anne Downey [Dunadhaig, "young fortress dweller"], daughter of Mary Curran [Corrain, "spearman"], born with twin sister in London; Emma Line born to John and Eliza (Porter) Hardin; Samuel Sylvester born to Susan Porter, widow of William

1851 over previous 5 years 1,000,000 more Irish emigrated to U.S., most through Cork harbor; Ann's father is assumed to have fallen overboard while painting a ship, but Anne's mother, Mary, takes her twin to U.S. to look for him, (the "stronger" twin died in route) leaving Anne with the Currans near the Lakes of Killarney, County Kerry, possibly her uncle Tady who raised geese, Anne lives with her father's family in London and attends a convent school; Ancient Order of Hibernians is founded in New York

1853 James Driscoll joins British army, lying about his age, serving out two years, amid "hardship and misery" including the Crimean War; "We young fellows thought it was a smart trick to go to war, but before we were through we changed our minds. Half of our army, it seems, was frozen to

death. Our horses, the finest in the world, died and had to be replaced by Spanish mules. We slept in tents in that bitter climate." his brother, Dan, deserts to New Jersey while on furlough with aid of mother Anne who burned his uniform and denied having seen him; John Wesley born to John and Eliza (Porter) Hardin

1855 The three Driscolls travel seven weeks across the Atlantic in a sail boat to Canada, but James rejects the offered 160-acre Canadian land grant to work in Toronto until he, his mother, Anne, and sister, Jane, had passage to cross the Niagra to settle near Bellevue, OH; not knowing his birthday James chooses Independance Day, July 4

1856 anti-immigrant Know-Nothing party is defeated; first child, Mary, born to Dan and Catherine either near Little Rock, Ark. (or Pierce City, Mo.), would become a school teacher and marry Jacob Stautzenberger and Mike Doyle, and have 2 children -- Mary and Catherine Doyle who live in Toledo, Oh. -- and for a while lived in Chillicothe and near Pierce City, Mo, Richard Porter, 39, went to St. Charles, Mo.; Sarah Rebecca born to John and Eliza (Porter) Hardin

1860 (?) Elizabeth born to John and Eliza Hardin, James Albert born to John and Eliza (Porter) Hardin, second child, Ellen, born to Dan and Catherine Driscoll; Jane Driscoll, "the most beautiful woman in Northern OH", marries her brother-in-law James Bowe and they have at least seven children -- Dannie, Lydia, Katie, Janie, Johnnie who would live in Oklahoma, Ella who would be shot and killed by a jilted suiter at 18 and Catherine who would marry a Hornbostee and have two children: Peggy, who would become a dance teacher in California and James, an attorney in Springfield, Mo.,

1862 Samuel born to William and Elizabeth (Rizer) Porter on Place Place, Pine Mt., Md. would marry Anne Engle FEB. 17 John of S. dies near Horseshow Run, Preston Co., WV, MAR. 22 third child, Julia Ann, born to Dan and Catherine Driscoll, would marry William Washburn

1870 Anne Downey comes to America after hearing that her mother had died (having abandoned her quest for her husband and remarried a Quinn), and after working in the east settles with her aunt Katie who had married John Kirwin and had a son John, in Bellevue, OH; Dan moves his family to Chillicothe, Mo.; James Albert Hardin, 10, dies; John Franklin Porter and Harriet Harvey-Wiles marry; James Henry Porter and Olive Shaffer marry

1872 sixth child, Josef, born to Florian and Maria Anna Halm in in Kreis Frankenstein, Schlesien, (would marry Anna Gerlich), MAY 13 James Driscoll, 35, marries Anne Downey, delicately built, with exceptionally sweet disposition and only 22, Bellevue, OH, buys a house in Bellevue for $1000, 4 years' farmhand wages; Susan (Sell) Porter dies

1876 James Henry and Samuel Sylvester Porter move families to Ogden, Lnawee Co., MI, DEC. 11 third child, Josephine "Josie", born to James and Anne Driscoll; four or five of the youngest children of Dan and Catherine Driscoll, John, Katie, Maggie, Sarah and another daughter all die of diphtheria, just five years after their father

1877 FEB. 15 "Squire Mike" died on Play Place, Pine Mt., Md. (had prepared for priesthood but married protestant Elizabeth Devore, brother-in-law's sister, who died of snakebite, became Methodist, hunted with Mesdick Browning, author of 42 Years a Hunter, children Sarah, Richard, Emla, Suzanne who married George Gliss, Rebecca, Catherine who died young, Thomas who died in infancy, Thomas who married Mary Ann McKenzie, Mary Ann, John, Nancy, William)

1882 JAN. 10 sixth child, Gertrude "Trudy", born to James and Anne Driscoll, family moves to near Deerfield, MI, selling the farm on Woodpecker Road, 3 miles from Bellevue, which had been bought with the money from selling the land and the house in the city to the railroad for $800 each, FEB. 7 Maria Clara born to Peter and Helen Herberger in Saginaw, MI

1884 John "Bob" Porter dies (married distant cousin Rebecca Porter, children Margaret, John Wesley, William Ward, Josiah J., Michael, Margaret who went insane during a forest fire when young, later burned grandfather Mike's books in fireplace), AUG. 30 Julia, first child, born to Ellen and John Walsh, Bellevue, OH

1890 FEB. 28 fourth child, Catherine, born to Ellen and John Walsh; Richard Wilson, second husband of Catherine dies; JUNE 9 Moses Porter died Tyrone, Fayette Co., PA, (15 children by Any (Wade): Margaret, Rebecca who married John Keyser of Tyrone, Fayette Co., PA, James Dennis, Dr. G. Ellis of Lonagoning, Samuel Smith of Westmoreland Co., George Westley of Westmoreland Co., Elisha of Tyrone, Lydia of Tyrone, Dr. Lutellus Lindley of Boone Co., Io. and Washington state, John, William, Michael, Martin, Elizabeth), DEC. 19 Elfrieda born to Florian and Maria Anna (Hernberger) Halm

1892 Frank Porter marries Jean Williamson and left Pine Mt.(children teacher Jean and Lloyd of Pontiac, MI), JAN. 21 fifth child, Hazel, born to Ellen and John Walsh; Catherine, Daniel Driscoll's and Richard Wilson's widow, dies near Monroeville, OH, AUG Marie Kaufield born to Carl and Mary Kaufeld (married Al Schwartz)

1902 15 MAR 1902 Florian Halm, 72, in Kreis Frankenstein, Schlesien, it is said, of burst blatter, (children, August, Hattie, Ida, Bertha, Otillie, Mary, Josef, Wendelin, Hermann Joseph), AUG. 8 first child, Julia Elizabeth, born to Rev. George and Maretta Towe, Springfield, Mo.; AUG. 26 eighth child, Ellen, born to John and Ellen Walsh; Samuel Porter's homestead Place Place, Pine Mt., sold after about 112 years

1903 JUNE 2 Wendelin Halm, 30, and Maria Clara Hernberger, 21, marry, Saginaw, MI, AUG. 4 Trudy Driscoll marries Alvin Eaton in Deerfield, MI, then lives in Monroe for about 5 years, then for awhile in Blissfield and near Palmyra; Mary Ellen Hardin, 68, dies

1904 Samuel, last Porter on Pine Mt. leaves, FEB. 29 first child, Ira Mae, born to Alvin and Trudy (Driscoll) Eaton, Monroe, MI, who would marry Jack Coehrs, Toledo meat market owner; MAR. 8 Paul J. born to Bruno and Otillie (Halm) Klieneidam, JULY 29 second child, William Odel, born to Maretta and Rev. George Towe; FALL James Aloysius Driscoll, farm worker, and Gola Mae "Goldie" Amberson, teacher, met and went out a few time but then, according to Goldie, "I forgot all about him."

1906 MAR. 17 Alfred Wendell born to Herman and Amelia Halm at Saginaw, MI, MAY James Driscoll retires, moves to Hudson, MI; daughter, Josephine and husband take over farm for about next 5 years; JUNE 5 George Welzel, 24, and Frances Catherine Doerr, 22, marry, JULY 28 second child, Frances Leland, born to Art and Theresa Atkin; SUMMER James Aloysius Driscoll, working at Blissfield sugar beet factory, and Goldie become serious -- about her converting and marrying after 4 generations as Protestants

1907 JAN. 28 second child, Walter Theodore, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; FEB. 12 James Aloysius Driscoll marries Goldie Mae Amberson, (a ninth-generation American, she's descended from Dempseys [Diomasaigh "proud one"] as well as English, French, German and Scotch) St. Alphonus Church, Deerfield, MI and then they move to farm a mile or so east-southeast of Homer, MI; APR. 17 third child, Alma Anna, born to Trudy and Alvin Eaton, Monroe, MI (second child, Haywood Daniel, had been born prematurely while she was visiting her sister in Toledo and did not survive) MAY 20 Julia Walsh marries William Addis, OCT. 23 Donald Robert born to Wendelin and Maria Clara Halm at Saginaw, MI,

1909 Rebecca (Porter) Hardin, 89, dies (had married first cousin's brother, James), most of her 14 children having died of diptheria in childhood, except son Michael of Frost, Mo., who married Barberry Shartzer APR. 4 Elfrieda Marcella Kaufield born to Carl and Mary (Halm) Kaufeld, SEPT. 4 fourth child, Clarence Henry, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; SEPT. 18 second child, Harold Aloysius "Hal", born to James and Goldie Driscoll; Catherine Walsh marries C. W. Kindred, Bellevue, OH

1911 FEB. 23 Herman F. died at less than 8 months old, buried from Sacred Heart, APR. 22 fifth child, Lyle Joseph, born to Trudy and Alvin Eaton (fourth child, Rita Gertrude, died in infancy); SEPT. 8 third child, Dorothy Mae, born to James and Goldie Driscoll; OCT. first child, Stewart, born to Hazel and Delbert Zerwin; Lyle, second child, born to Ellen and John Walsh, Bellevue, OH

1913 JAN. 14 third child, Lynn, born to Ellen and John Walsh, Bellevue, OH; MAR. 9 fourth child, Grace, born to Theresa and Art Atkin (would marry Clifford Sulier and have daughter Teresa); MAY 21 sixth child, Madonna Cecilia, born to Trudy and Alvin Eaton, near Palmyra, MI;

AUG. 26 second child, Romaine, born to Hazel and Delbert Zerwin; James and Goldie Driscoll move family to Church's Corners, MI, and started grocery store (a business his sons would continue in); APR. 23 fourth child, Atheline Alice, born to James and Goldie, Church's Corners, MI

1914 JAN. 10 first child, Orrin Ellsworth, born to Alice Washburn Rumfelt; APR. 27 Atheline dies of pneumonia just 4 days after first birthday, is buried in Calvary Cemetary, Hudson, MI; Anne becomes ill so she and James Driscoll move in with their daughter Josephine in Adrian, MI; seventh child, Lawrence Stanley, stillborn to Trudy and Alvin Eaton near Palmyra, MI; Amby starts school at 5½, JUNE 30 Herbert Welzel and Agnes Bourbannais marry at Holy Family, Saginaw, MI

1915 FEB. 8 fourth child, Beatrice, born to Julia and William Addis, Bellevue, OH; Hal Driscoll starts school at 6; MAR. 9 Helen T. born to Herman and Amelia Halm at Saginaw, MI, JULY 9 James H. born to Herbert and Agnes Welzel, JULY 21 Peter born to Wendelin and Maria Clara Halm at Saginaw, MI, NOV. 21 eighth child, Audrey Lois, born to Trudy and Alvin Eaton

1916 Vincent and Hattie (Porter) Engle, move back to John Porter's Rose Meadows after its being 53 years outside of family JAN. 21 fifth child, James Clarence, born to James and Goldie at Church's Corners, MI; MAR. 17 fifth child, Kathleen, born to Julia and William Addis, Castalia, OH; JUNE 28 sixth child, Georgie Eugene, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe;

1917 JUNE 18 James and Goldie Driscoll move family to Homer, MI, and did well selling feed and coal, but not as well as at Church's Corners, MI; after seven doctors and five weeks of in-home nursing Dorothy was healed of acute Bright's disease and by Fall well enough to go to school; NOV. 9 sixth child, Verne Vincent, born to James and Goldie Driscoll , Homer, MI; Trudy and Alvin Eaton move to Toledo, OH

1919 Levi Hardin, 79, dies, MAY 31 seventh child, Virginia Jane, born to James and Goldie Driscoll, Hillsdale, MI; JULY 18 seventh child, Raymond Dail, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; JULY 30 first child, Kenneth, born to Ann and Ed Murphy

1920 John Franklin Porter, 74, dies (children by Harriet (Harvey-Wiles), Herbert, Lora who married William Spaulding of Toledo, OH, William of Cleveland, OH, and by second wife,Addie and Elva), and Friday JAN. 13 Virginia Jane dies of pneumonia at 7½ months; OCT. 29 Audrey Eaton dies at 4, Hudson, MI; NOV. 20 Wallace James born to Wendelin and Maria Clara Halm and died 4 days later, Christmas DEC. 25 first child, Johnnie Franklin, born to Clarence Ernest Washburn, (had a brother Clarence Dean who lived in Embree, Mo.; James and Goldie Driscoll move family to Jackson, MI

1921 JAN. third child, Audrey Ellen, born to Alice Washburn Rumfelt; MAR. 18 first child, Margery, born to Ellen Walsh Burgraff; MAR. 17 St. Patrick's Day eighth child, Marian Patricia, born to James and Goldie Driscoll; MAR. 29 second child, Jack, born to Ann and Ed Murphy

1922 FEB. 6 eighth child, Mary Aldean, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; APR. 14 ninth child, Regina, born to Trudy and Alvin Eaton, Toledo, OH; AUG. 15 third child, Eileen, born to Ann and Ed Murphy; DEC. 26 Julia Elizabeth Towe marries Ermal Joplin; Daniel Driscoll, 43, dies

1925 FEB. 8 fourth child, Beatrice, born to Julia and William Addis, Bellevue, OH; FEB. 16 ninth child, Paul Franklin, born to Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe; APR. 29 Ann dies at age 75 at Adrian after three-years' illness, is buried in Calvary Cemetary, Hudson,

1926 APR. 26, third child, Helen, born to Hazel and Delbert Zerwin, but neither mother and daughter survive; MAY 1 third child, Kitty, of Catherine and C. W. Kindred dies after two boys had died in infancy; JUNE 26 first child, Conrad Clement, born to Alma (Eaton) and Clement Kirsch; Amby Driscoll gets to know future wife Genevieve O'Connor, though families had known each other while in Church's Corners, Hillsdale and Jackson (Genevier's sister had made her first Communion with Dorothy and Harold and her parents were Marian's godparents); OCT. 30 second child, Wilma Dean, born to Julia Elizabeth and Ermal Joplin

1928 JAN. 16 second child, Carrine Ann, born to Alma and Clement Kirsch; JUNE 16 Cecile Addis marries Carl Martin, Norwalk, OH; NOV. 1 third child, Bonna Jean, born to Julia Elizabeth and Ermal Joplin; JULY 5 Amby Driscoll marries Genevieve O'Connor, Ottawa, Ill., lives in Morris, Ill.; Cecile Addis marries Carl Martin; 27-year-old bachelor Ormond Atkin mades a round-the-world trip

1930 APR. 4 William Odel Towe marries Minnie Cox, Ozark, Mo.; JULY 19 Doris Nadean Towe, fifth child of Julia Elizabeth and Rev. George Towe, marries Guy Massey, Springfield, Mo.; DEC. 23 third child, Lila Mae, born to Alma and Clement Kirsch

1931 James Henry Porter, 82, dies (children, Oscar, Cora, Albah, Howard, Ernest, Stanley, Maurice, Gladwin, Grace), FEB. 5 Donald born to Donald Robert and Jennie Halm, MAR. 14 Lyle Addis marries Pearl Ebersole, Bellevue, OH; MAR. 23 Alfred J. born to Alfred W. and Mary Ann Halm, APR. 20 first child, Ernest Alford, born to Doris Nadean and Guy Massey; MAY 27 first child, Clair Eugene, born to Amby and Genevieve Driscoll, Jackson, MI; JULY 31 F. Leland Atkin (who had attended MI State College and Notre Dame to become a chemist) marries convert Clara Fracker of Michigan Center, MI, at St. Mary's Church, Jackson, MI.; AUG. 31 Richard, first child, born to Cecile and Carl Martin, Cleveland, OH; SEPT. 29, fourth child, Lawrence Jay, born to Alma and Clement Kirsch, Toledo, OH

1932 FEB. 3 Amelia Halm, 52, died at the dinner table in Saginaw, MI, OCT. 1 Hal Driscoll, proprietor of a fruit market, marries Isabel Marie Tracy, who had been a student nurse at Mercy Hospital with his sister Dorothy, at St. John's Jackson, MI; OCT. 5 Marjorie born to Louis and Margaret Gawne), OCT. 20 first child, Amoretta "Amo", born to Leland and Clara Atkin

1934 Samuel Sylvester Porter, 84, dies (children, Stella Mae who married Fred Wiltres, Carrie who married W. H. Howland of CA, Iva who married Joel Iffland of Adrian, MI, Lela who married Preston Luke of Palmyra, MI, Wilma who married Archie Bruce of Ogden, MI, Margaret who married A. Bruce, Clemintina of PA) , FEB. 8 second child, Betty Ann, born to John Ellsworth Washburn; MAY second child, Harold Tracy, born prematurely to Hal and Isabel Driscoll; JUNE 12 Clair, daughter of Hal and Isabel Driscoll dies of acute appendicitis at 3; AUG. Harold Tracy dies at 3 months, both buried at St. John's Cemetary, Jackson, MI; SEPT. 1 second child, John, born to Leland and Clara Atkin; SEPT. 15 Howard C. Berry and Helen T. Halm marry, NOV. 30 second child, James, born to Josie and Edward McNulty (would marry Marie Henzie and have a son, Patrick James, and live in Adrian, MI whose first child, Wayne, and fifth, Camillus, die young; third, Sylvester and fourth, Mary survive); Dorothy Driscoll graduated from nursing training school, had studied with future sisters-in-law Isabel Tracy and Isabel Warfield (Dorothy and Isabel would work together at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Monroe, MI, and at Bixby Hospital, Adrian, MI

1935 AUG. 14 Sylvia Walsh marries Donald Pugh and first child, Kenneth Lyle, born to Lyle Eaton and Mildred (Evans); OCT. 14 Trudy Eaton dies at 53 of cancer in Toledo; NOV. 16 third child, David James, born to Hal and Isabel Driscoll with Dorothy as nurse; NOV. 28 Thanksgiving Day, Amby Driscoll and family move to Saginaw, MI where he ran a grocery store in partnership with his brother James

1936 FEB. 21 third child, William Wallace, born to John Ellsworth Washburn; MAR. 1 Patrick born to Amby and Genevieve Driscoll; MAR. 15 first child, William P., born to Peter and Ann Halm at Saginaw, MI, JUNE 28 first and second children, Raymond W. and Richard, born to Gladys (Atkin, who like her mother had taught school before marrying) and Raymond Cousineau, but Richard did not live; JULY 4 first child, William Arron, born to William Odel and Minnie Towe; AUG. 18 third child, Glenn, born to Leland and Clara Atkin; OCT. 26 second child, Dawn, born to Lyle and Pearl Addis, Bellevue, OH

1937 JUNE 28 second child, Charleen Gertrude, born to Lyle and Mildred Eaton (third child, Gary Thomas, lives in Toledo, OH); AUG. 19 third child, Dolores, born to Gladys and Raymond Cousineau; SEPT. 16 Lynn Addis marries Julia Phillips, Almsted Falls, OH; Louis Attenbaugh, husband of Madonna (Eaton) dies, (she would remarry Mike Padis)

1939 MAR. 14 second child, Alan, born to Cecile and Carl Martin, Almsted Falls, OH; MAR. 15 twins, third and fourth children, Kathleen Ann and Dorothy Mae, born to Amby and Genevieve Driscoll with aunt Dorothy as nurse (one named for nurse and one by her); JULY 11 James born to Donald and Jennie Halm, JULY 27 fourth child, Yvonne, born to Gladys and Raymond Cousineau; SEPT. first child, Bettie Jean, born to Georgie Eugene and Margerie Towe; second child, Patrick Lee, born to Amby and Genevieve Driscoll, Saginaw, MI; OCT. 21 Dorothy Driscoll marries Donald Warfield, St. John's Church, Jackson, MI; Ann J. Murphy dies; first son, Brian, born to Sylvia and Donald Pugh, 11 NOV. 11 Paul A. Wetzel, 83, died in Schlesien, Germany, survived by Bertha (Halm) Wetzel

1940 JAN. 20 Beatrice Addis marries Robert Fenderbush; SEPT. 26 second child, Mary Irene, born to Georgie Eugene and Margerie Towe; fourth child, Daniel, born to Leland and Clara Atkin; fifth child, a son, born to Gladys and Raymond Cousineau

1941 Herbert Halm and Mary Virginia Stephenson marry, JAN. 14 fourth child, Richard Tracy, born to Hal and Isabel Driscoll with Dorothy and Donald Warfield as godparents; FEB. 4 Timothy James born to Dorothy and Donald Warfield, nurse Isabel Warfield, godparents uncle James Driscoll and aunt Patricia Warfield; Verne Driscoll goes into army and brother Hal joins brother James at Albion fruit market

1948 Martha Ann Eberle widowed, first child, Linda, born to Amby and Anita Delma (Greieve); JAN. 8 third child, Jon Edward, born to Peter and Ann Halm, JAN. 31 Leonardo H. born to Joseph and Margaret (Halm Gawne) Lopez, MAY sixth child, Timothy, born to Leland and Clara Atkin, OCT. 6 fourth child, a son, born to Peter and Ann Halm and died 2 days later

1952 Dennis born to Amby and Del Driscoll; Daniel born and soon dies; Amo Atkin marries Ralph, JUN. 30 Jon Edward Halm, 4, dies, SEPT. Bertha (Halm) Wetzel, 94, died in Kreis Frankenstein, Schlesien, Germany (children Martha Ann, George Sylvester, Herbert J., Elfreida, Ida Lucy)

1960 Herbert Halm and Mary Virginia (Stephenson) divorce, third child, Dianne, born to David and Stella Driscoll; JAN 3 John E. Neuenfeldt dies (married Mary Lou (Kleineidam) who later married Pierce, children, Catherine Ann (married Thomas B. William), Michael John, Cindy Lou, Linda Sue), JUNE 18 Kathleen Driscoll married Edward Eisch at Saginaw, MI

1961 fourth child, Cindy, born to Joan Canull; JUNE 17 Dorothy Driscoll married Richard Douglas at Mt. Pleasant, MI; OCT. 20 James Aloysius Driscoll dies at 78 at son Verne's, Jackson, MI; DEC. 9 fifth child, Kathleen Marie stillborn to Lucille and Joseph Halm;

1984 APR. 3 third child, William, born to Dennis and Beth Droiscoll; Linda K. Driscoll, 26, marries Robert M. Waldo; JAN. 3 James Clarence Driscoll dies at 68 at Jackson, Mich, survived by "Peat" Athena (Panagokas).; JULY 28 Terrence Halm marries Karen Ann Martin, Queen's, Jackson, MI

1986 third child, Samuel, born to Maureen and James Howell; second child, Tyler, born to Jeff and Hannah Driscoll; O'Driscoll registry started in Baltimore, Ireland, with clan gathering in August, JULY 18 Harold R. Delaney, 76, dies, survived by Rosemary T. (Halm) and children, Harold Jr., Daniel Herman and Judith Gibson Shilling, NOV. 6 Elfreieda Marcella Kaufield dies

1995 first child, Robert "Robby" Howell Boyes born to Heather (Driscoll); MAY 31 Linda Nichols, 47, dies of cancer; JULY 27 Walter P. Halm dies 2 days before his 87th birthday, AUG. 2 Donald Halm, 64, dies, OCT. 3 Jordan Reane born to Tracy Zurn; OCT. 28 Clare married Wesley Shin at Trenton Falls, NJ; NOV. 4 Joseph J. Halm remarries to Frances "Fran" Thrush (having met in a divorced support group)

1996 Maxine (Driscoll) Solomon dies at 73; FEB. 21 Elsie (Kaufield) Harms, 104 5/6, dies, MAR. 22 Alfred J. Halm dies 1 day before his 65th birthday, MAY 23 Herbert Halm, plumber, 77, dies in Bushnell, FL, APR. 16 Marjorie (Gawne Wing) Lopez, 63, dies (daughter Cecilia Gawne), JULY 16 Jeff Nichols marries Carol Foess; AUG. 22 Josef Bachmeyer, 68, dies, (widow, Christa Schmidt, children, Johannes (married Gabriele Rolf, children Sebastian, Dominik), Doris (married Christian Dragomir, children, Stefan))

1998 MAR. 14 Colleen Nichols marries David Curry; Dennis and Beth Driscoll divorce, JUL 26 Rosemary T. (Halm) Delaney, 86, dies, (children, Harold Jr., Daniel Herman, Judith Gibson, Shilling), SEPT. 22 Anna (Lorenzo) Halm, 76, dies (son, Walter J. and granddaughter, Katie)