Last updated on 01/20/08

1891 PEW RENTAL BOOK
Gratiot TOWNSHIP, Macomb County, MI

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NAME

AGE WHEN MARRIED BAPTIZED CONFIRMED EASTER
COMMUNION
OCCUPATION CIRCUMSTANCES DUES OR PEW
RENT PAID
MONTH DAY YEAR
Father Henry Elspas 64 Nov 11 27 yes yes yes Cigar Maker Fair Yes
Mother Josephine 41 April 11 50 yes yes yes      
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Father Frank Brohl 53 June 10 39 yes yes yes Farmer Good Yes
Mother Catharine 48 Jan 28 43 yes yes yes      
Children Frank 23 Dec 23 68 yes yes yes      
Page 2 John 20 Mar 16 72 yes yes yes      
  Louis 18 Oct 5 74 yes yes yes      
  Kate 14 Jan 13 78 yes   yes      
  Gertrude 10 Sept 9 81 yes          
  Michael 12 Aug 12 80 yes          
  Mary 8 Oct 15 83 yes          
                       
Father John Beste 28 Dec 25 64 yes yes yes Gardener Fair Yes
Mother Caroline 22 May 8 70 yes yes yes      
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Father Joseph Brohl 50 Aug   40 yes yes yes Farmer Fair Yes
Mother Anna 44 Aug 16 47 yes yes yes      
Children Maggie 21 July 15 71 yes yes yes      
Page 4 Joseph Brohl 19 June 27 70 yes yes yes      
  August 18 Sept 8 79 yes          
  Christine 14 Jan 1 78 yes          
  Christopher 11 Feb 6 82 yes          
  Alice 9 April 15 83 yes          
                       
Father Henry Diegel 52 June 15 40 yes yes yes Farmer Good Yes
Mother Catherine 47 May 27 40 yes yes yes      
Children Lena 20 Feb 19 72 yes yes yes      
Page 5 Anna 15 Oct 3 77 yes   yes      
  Joseph 13 Nov 26 79 yes   yes      
  Mary 10 Feb 22 82 yes          
  Henry 5 Sept 18 87 yes          
  Frank 2 Oct 20 89 yes          
                       
Father Bernard Decker 61 June 16 31 yes yes yes Farmer Good Yes
Mother Mary 54 June 22 38 yes yes yes      
Children John 34 June 10 58 yes yes yes      
Page 6 Katie 20 Mar 12 72 yes yes yes      
  Agnes 15 Nov 6 77 yes          
  Frances 12 Aug 28 80 yes          
  Tony 9 Nov 1 82 yes          
  Emma 4 Oct 24 87 yes          
                       
Father Henry Dietz 63 Dec 17 29 yes yes yes Shoemaker Fair Yes
Mother Annie 49 Oct 28 39 yes yes yes      
Children John 26 Dec 25 66 yes yes yes      
Page 7 Anna 17 Nov 18 72 yes yes yes      
  Henry Dietz 14 July 27 77 yes   yes      
                       
Father Louis Girardy 29 Mar 31 62 yes yes yes Farmer Good Yes
Mother Josephine 26 May 6 66 yes yes yes      
Children Josephine 3 July 2 89 yes          
Page 8 Louis 1 Feb 1 71 yes          
  Rose (grandmother) 68 Feb 2              
                       
Father Dead                    
Mother Catherine Kerwin 66 Jan 13   yes yes yes Homemaker Fair Yes
Children Theresa 31 Jan 10   yes yes yes Teacher    
Page 9 Sarah 27 Aug 12   yes yes yes      
                       
Father Nicholas Amis 30 July 14 62 yes yes yes Agency Fair Yes
Mother Mary 30 Aug 1 62 yes yes yes      
Children Katie 5 Jan 31 87 yes          
Page 10 Mary 3 Aug 30 89 yes          
  Rosa 1 Nov 21 90 yes          
  Stella   Jan 29 92 yes          
                       
Father Bernard Decker 29 Nov 1 63 yes yes yes Mason Fair Yes
Mother Anna 27 July 10 65 yes yes yes      
Children Herbert 2 Feb 26 89 yes          
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Father John Schuster 61 April 27 31 yes yes yes Farmer Fair Yes
Mother Dorothea 44 Jan   47 yes yes yes      
Children Frank 29 Jan 24 69 yes yes yes      
Page 12 Rosanna 12 Oct 2 89 yes          
                       
Mother Catherine Connolly 66 Feb 2 36 yes yes yes Farmer    
Children William 38 April 12   yes yes yes      
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Father Herbert Juip 59 May 3 37 yes yes yes Farmer   Yes
Mother Anne Maria 52 May 3 39 yes yes yes      
Children Stephen 25 May 17   yes yes yes      
Page 14 John 23 Aug 6   yes yes yes      
  Emma 18 May 2   yes yes yes      
  Henry 16 Aug 4   yes yes yes      
  Jacob 14 Jan 14   yes   yes      
  Clara 12 April 6   yes          
  Rosa 8 July 8   yes          
                       
Father Anton Oberiseu 59 Mar 22   yes yes yes Farmer Good Yes
Mother Theresa 50 May 2              
Children Anton 25 Aug 26              
Page 15 Henry & John 18 Nov 11              
  Mary 22 Feb 27              
                       
Father Peter Louflo 68       yes yes yes Farmer Good Yes
Mother Ann 60 Mar 13   yes yes yes      
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Father John Salter 41 May 18   yes yes yes Farmer Good Yes
Mother Theresa 31 Jan 22   yes yes yes      
Children Frank 9 Aug 11   yes          
Page 17 Rosa 8 April 11   yes          
  Emma 6 Feb 13   yes          
  Willie 3 Nov 5   yes          
  George 1 Feb 22   yes          
                       
Father John Kranz 76 July 5 16 yes yes yes Farmer    
Mother Catharine 71 Aug 7 21 yes yes yes      
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Father Gerald Wermerskirk 48       yes yes yes Laborer Poor  
Mother Petra 45       yes          
Children Willie 13       yes          
Page 19 Peter 10       yes          
  Jan 6       yes          
  Cornelia 2       yes          
                       
Father Henry Kranz 39 Oct 8 52 yes yes yes Farmer Fair Yes
Mother Catherine 33 Oct 26 58 yes yes yes      
Children Olive 3 July 31 88 yes          
Page 20 Julia   Oct 28 90 yes          
                       
Father Antony Piscopiak 40       yes yes yes Farmer Poor Yes
Mother Josephine 31 June 28   yes yes yes      
Children Antony 5 Aug 9   yes          
Page 21 Rosa 3 Dec 11   yes          
  Cecilia 1 Feb 17   yes          
                       
Father Frank Ternes 46 Aug 30   yes yes yes Farmer Good Yes
Mother Helen 46 Oct 22   yes yes yes      
Children Caroline 18 Sept 13   yes yes yes      
Page 22 Tony 17 Mar 29   yes yes yes      
  Rosa 14 Nov 29   yes          
  Emma 11 Oct 28   yes          
  Peter 9 May 20   yes          
  Lena 3 Feb 11   yes          
                       
Father Peter Madeline 38 June 29   yes yes yes Farmer Good Yes
Mother Adeline 28 Sept 9   yes yes yes      
Children Harry 3 April 30   yes          
Page 23 Lauretta   Sept 7   yes          
                       
Father Cyril Lefrevre 26 April     yes yes yes Farmner Fair Yes
Mother Emma 20 Aug 22   yes yes yes      
Children Frank 1 Oct 4   yes          
Page 24 Edwin   Aug 15   yes          
                       
Father Louis Rivard 42 Feb 14 49 yes yes yes Farmer Fair  
Mother Christine 26 Dec 13   yes yes yes      
Children Patrick 15 Oct 22   yes   yes      
Page 25 Charles 13 Oct 17   yes   yes      
  Columbus 7 Sept 23   yes          
  Richard 5 Mar 2   yes          
  Adelia 3 Mar 9   yes          
  Gilbert   Jan 17   yes          
                       
Father Henry Demyers 40       yes yes   Gardener Fair  
Mother Julia 32 June 28   yes yes        
Children George 13 Dec 22              
Page 26 Julia 11 Dec 28              
  Frank 9 Nov 17              
  Eddie 7 Oct                
  Murella 5 Oct                
  Rosa 3 Nov 17              
  Letty 2 Jan 16              
  Jessie   Jan 16              
                       
Father David Vermass 55 Dec 31   yes yes yes Farmer Comfortable Yes
Mother Sophie 57       yes yes yes      
Children Paul 21 Dec 30   yes yes yes      
Page 27                      
                       
Father Henry Carreyn 43 July 14   yes yes yes Farmer Good Yes
Mother Eufrhasyne 40 Dec 31   yes yes yes      
Children Charles 9 Aug 27   yes          
Page 28 Edmund 7 Nov 10   yes          
  Bruno 5 Jan 30   yes          
  Mary 3 Oct 9   yes          
  Henry 2 Jan 26   yes          
                       
Father Dead                    
Mother Bridget Coon 60       yes yes yes      
Children Williamn 40       yes yes yes Laborer    
Page 29 James 28       yes yes yes Laborer    
                       
Father Dead                    
Mother Mary Redmond 35 April 15   yes yes yes Farmer   Yes
Children MaryMargaret 8 Jan 22   yes          
Page 30 Thomas James 6 Jan 11   yes          
  Isabella Alice 4 Aug 4   yes          
  Stella 2 Dec 4   yes          
                       
Page 31 Daniel Cosby 50 Aug 22   yes yes yes Farmer Good  
  Michael Welch 40 Oct 11   yes yes yes Gardener    
                       
Father Charles Peters 46 Sept 6   yes yes yes Carpenter   Yes
Mother Delia 44       yes yes yes      
Children Addie 18       yes          
Page 32 Agnes 16       yes          
  Julia Sophie 9       yes          
  Emma Winifred 4       yes          
                       
Father Victor Trombley 28 Aug 9   yes yes yes Gardener    
Mother Elisabeth 23 Aug 21   yes yes yes      
Children Alfred   July 4   yes          
Page 33                      
                       
Father Charles Verner 68 May     yes yes yes Farmer   Yes
Mother Natalie 54 Jan 9   yes yes yes      
Children Charles 29 Nov 30   yes yes yes      
Page 34 Sidney 24 Jan 24   yes yes yes      
  Henry 22 Oct 29   yes yes yes      
  Emil 19 June 29   yes yes yes      
  Joseph 17 Oct 19   yes yes yes      
  Mary 13 Feb 10   yes yes yes