Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMillie Emily Jane FALL 
, 2996
, 2996Birth20 August 1846, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA3452
Census18 June 1880, Brighton, Livingston, Michigan, USA3445 Age: 33
Census24 January 1920, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA3446 Age: 73
BurialMilford Oak Grove Cemetery, Milford, Oakland County, Michigan, USA3456
OccupationHousekeeping 18803445
FatherStephen S FALL , 3001 (1822-1877)
MotherLaura HAWLEY , 3002 (1825-1878)
Spouses
1John DUCKERING Jack , 1320
, 1320Birth15 May 1841, Cammeringham, Lincolnshire, England3442
Census6 June 1841, Cold Harbour, Cammeringham, Lincolnshire, England3424 Age: <1
Census30 March 1851, Dogdale, Fillingham, Lincolnshire, England3443 Age: 9
Emigration1851, England to USA Age: 9
Census20 July 1860, Waterford, Oakland County, Michigan, USA3444 Age: 19
Census18 June 1880, Brighton, Livingston, Michigan, USA3445 Age: 39
Census24 January 1920, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA3446 Age: 78
FatherSamuel DUCKERING , 1315 (1809-1899)
MotherHannah FOSTER Anna , 1319 (1815-1886)
ChildrenWilliam Samuel , 3003 (1869-1954)
George Henry , 3005 (1871-1934)
Laura Ann , 3009 (1875-1957)
Mary Jane , 3015 (1878-1970)
Fanny Mae , 3032 (1881-1966)
Jennie Jeanette , 3034 (1887-1974)
Notes for Millie Emily Jane FALL
While the storm was raging in Mrs. Emily J. Duckering Mrs. Jane Duckering, 75, died at the home, S19 Jf. Logan, Monday afternoon after a lingering illness. Emily Jane Fall was born in Oakland county. August 20. 1846. and was married to John Duckering., Oct. 10, 1817, and spent most of her life on a farm in Livingston county, coming to Lansing five years ago. She leaves besides her husband. John Duckering, 2 sons, William Duckering and George Duckering, both of Milford. Mich., and four daughters. Mrs. Samuel McClements, of Detroit, Mrs. William Bidwell of Brighton, Mrs. Harry Richmond of Lansing and Mrs. Harry Hughes of Highland Park. The funeral will be held from the home at 10 o'clock Thursday. Interment will be at Milford, Michigan. 3459
Notes for John (Spouse 1)
No record with St Catherine's House.
BRIGHTON AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PO BOX 481, BRIGHTON MI 48116-0481, NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #303 BRIGHTON, MI
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
AREA FARMS C. 1900
RESEARCH OF LOCAL FARMS AND FARMERS, LISTED IN THE BRIGHTON ARGUS, THEIR BACKGROUND AND LOCATION CONTINUES. JOHN DUCKERINGS" YAZOO FARM IS THIS ISSUE'S SUBJECT.
THE 1880 CENSUS IS THE FIRST THAT RECORDS THE JOHN DUCKERING FAMILY IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. BY THEN THEY ARE WELL SETTLED INTO THEIR HOME ON PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD SOUTH OF HYNE ROAD. THE HOUSEHOLD INCLUDES JOHN (38), HIS WIFE EMILY (OR ERMA, 33) AND FOUR CHILDREN, TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS AGES 2-10. (TWO MORE DAUGHTERS ARE BORN LATER.)
JOHN WAS TEN WHEN HIS PARENTS EMIGRATED FROM ENGLAND IN 1851, SETTLING IN NEIGHBORING OAKLAND COUNTY. THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF SIBLINGS BUT OUR LIMITED RESEARCH MATERIALS PROVIDE FEW DETAILS.
JOHN AND EMILY PURCHASED THE E1/2 OF THE SE1/4 AND THE NW1/4 OF THE SE1/4 OF SECTION 11 IN BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP, 120 ACRES, IN 1876; AND AT THE SAME TIME, 40 ACRES IN SECTION 35, APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 MILES DISTANT IN HARTLAND TOWNSHIP. BOTH PARCELS WERE SOLD TO THEM BY AARON AND SARAH PALMER WHO HAD MOVED CLOSER TO MILFORD SHORTLY BEFORE.
THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THESE TWO PIECES HAD HELD THEM FOR ONLY A FEW YEARS; PROBABLY BOUGHT ON SPECULATION IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY'S PIONEER DAYS. JOHN VANLEUVEN, IN 1834, COMBINED THESE TWO SEPARATE PARCELS AND SOLD TO PHILLIP AND EXPERIENCE CRIPPEN IN THE 1850s. THE PALMERS HAD PURCHASED BOTH PIECES FROM THE CRIPPENS IN 1867.
THE 1859 MAP INDICATES A STRUCTURE WHICH WAS PROBABLY BUILT BY THE CRIPPENS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DUCKERING HOME C. 1900 WHEN THE YAZOO FARM IS LISTED IN THE BRIGHTON ARGUS. THE UNUSUAL NAME MAY HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATION TO THE DUCKERING FAMILY HERITAGE, SERVING AS A LINK TO THE PAST. IT MAY HAVE BEEN INDICATIVE OF THE SLANG OF THE TIMES OR JOHN DUCKERING HAD A WELL DEVELOPED SENSE OF HUMOR.
TWO OF THE DUCKERING DAUGHTERS MARRIED LOCAL RESIDENTS. LAURA MARRIED SAM MCCLEMENTS, SON OF JOHN WHO CAME TO MICHIGAN C. 1870 FROM IRELAND. MARY MARRIED W. L. BIDWELL, GRANDSON OF PIONEER SETTLER SETH BIDWELL. SON GEORGE IS THE ONLY CHILD STILL ON THE FARM AT THE TIME OF JOHN DUCKERING'S DEATH IN 1923.
SHORTLY AFTER JOHN'S PASSING (EMILY DIED IN 1922), GENERAL MOTORS WAS PURCHASING LAND ON PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PROVING GROUND FOR THEIR MOTOR CARS. THE 80 ON THE EAST SIDE OF PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD IS NOW BEHIND AN ENCLOSURE, OUT OF VIEW. THE OLD FARM HOUSE WAS SOON REMOVED. ON THE WEST SIDE OF PLEASANT VALLEY THE ONCE PRODUCTIVE FARM NOW CONSISTS OF SMALL PARCELS WITH MORE HOMES AND FAMILIES. (COMPILED BY MARIEANNA BAIR FROM EARLY ATLASES; EARLY LAND OWNERS AND SETTLERS OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY AND OBITUARIES COMPILED BY MILTON CHARBONEAU. PLEASE CONTACT US, 810/229-6402, WITH ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS.)
USA Army record. DEAD, name of soldier: Duckering, John, Service: 5 reg Mich Cav., Date of filing: 1887 Nov 14, Class invalid, application no. 628,904, Law J Certificate no. 487315. Died May 5, 1923 at Highland Park, Mich. See copy on file.
(1890) Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines and Widows etc. Minor Civil Division Brighton Township. House no. 85, Family no. 86 Duckering, John, Rank Private, Company 7+ Name of regiment5 Mich, ? Date of enlistment May 1862, Date of discharge July 1863, Length of service 1 yr 1 mos. See copy on file
USA Army form records: Name: Duckering, John, 5956, Certificate no. 487315, Army Invalid, Law Acot May 11, 1912/Act of May 1, 1920, Service: Pr A 5 Mich Car., Date of Commencement 23 July ’90, date of Certifcate 29 Dec ’90, rate 32, date of commencement Jun 10 1918. Date of commencement May 27 1912, Date of Certificate Jan 15 1913, Class Inc. rate 50, Date of commencement May 1 1920. Date of commencement May 16 1916, Date of certificate Mch 31 1917. Transferred from Detroit, Died Mar 5 1923. 37081 (D). But date notified Jun 13 1923. See copy on file.
John’s death certificate records: State of Michigan, John Duckering residence 2927 Hothrop, male, white, widowed, husband of Emily Fall, date of birth May 16 1841, age 81, months 9, days 19, occupation of deceased retired farmer, birthplace England, father Samuel Duckering, birthplace of father England, maiden name of mother unknown, birthplace of mother, England. Informant Mrs J McClements address 2927 Hothrop. Date of death Mar 5 1923. Place of burial Milford, Michigan Mar 8 1923. - See copy
BRIGHTON AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PO BOX 481, BRIGHTON MI 48116-0481, NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #303 BRIGHTON, MI
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
AREA FARMS C. 1900
RESEARCH OF LOCAL FARMS AND FARMERS, LISTED IN THE BRIGHTON ARGUS, THEIR BACKGROUND AND LOCATION CONTINUES. JOHN DUCKERINGS" YAZOO FARM IS THIS ISSUE'S SUBJECT.
THE 1880 CENSUS IS THE FIRST THAT RECORDS THE JOHN DUCKERING FAMILY IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. BY THEN THEY ARE WELL SETTLED INTO THEIR HOME ON PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD SOUTH OF HYNE ROAD. THE HOUSEHOLD INCLUDES JOHN (38), HIS WIFE EMILY (OR ERMA, 33) AND FOUR CHILDREN, TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS AGES 2-10. (TWO MORE DAUGHTERS ARE BORN LATER.)
JOHN WAS TEN WHEN HIS PARENTS EMIGRATED FROM ENGLAND IN 1851, SETTLING IN NEIGHBORING OAKLAND COUNTY. THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF SIBLINGS BUT OUR LIMITED RESEARCH MATERIALS PROVIDE FEW DETAILS.
JOHN AND EMILY PURCHASED THE E1/2 OF THE SE1/4 AND THE NW1/4 OF THE SE1/4 OF SECTION 11 IN BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP, 120 ACRES, IN 1876; AND AT THE SAME TIME, 40 ACRES IN SECTION 35, APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 MILES DISTANT IN HARTLAND TOWNSHIP. BOTH PARCELS WERE SOLD TO THEM BY AARON AND SARAH PALMER WHO HAD MOVED CLOSER TO MILFORD SHORTLY BEFORE.
THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THESE TWO PIECES HAD HELD THEM FOR ONLY A FEW YEARS; PROBABLY BOUGHT ON SPECULATION IN MICHIGAN TERRITORY'S PIONEER DAYS. JOHN VANLEUVEN, IN 1834, COMBINED THESE TWO SEPARATE PARCELS AND SOLD TO PHILLIP AND EXPERIENCE CRIPPEN IN THE 1850s. THE PALMERS HAD PURCHASED BOTH PIECES FROM THE CRIPPENS IN 1867.
THE 1859 MAP INDICATES A STRUCTURE WHICH WAS PROBABLY BUILT BY THE CRIPPENS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DUCKERING HOME C. 1900 WHEN THE YAZOO FARM IS LISTED IN THE BRIGHTON ARGUS. THE UNUSUAL NAME MAY HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATION TO THE DUCKERING FAMILY HERITAGE, SERVING AS A LINK TO THE PAST. IT MAY HAVE BEEN INDICATIVE OF THE SLANG OF THE TIMES OR JOHN DUCKERING HAD A WELL DEVELOPED SENSE OF HUMOR.
TWO OF THE DUCKERING DAUGHTERS MARRIED LOCAL RESIDENTS. LAURA MARRIED SAM MCCLEMENTS, SON OF JOHN WHO CAME TO MICHIGAN C. 1870 FROM IRELAND. MARY MARRIED W. L. BIDWELL, GRANDSON OF PIONEER SETTLER SETH BIDWELL. SON GEORGE IS THE ONLY CHILD STILL ON THE FARM AT THE TIME OF JOHN DUCKERING'S DEATH IN 1923.
SHORTLY AFTER JOHN'S PASSING (EMILY DIED IN 1922), GENERAL MOTORS WAS PURCHASING LAND ON PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PROVING GROUND FOR THEIR MOTOR CARS. THE 80 ON THE EAST SIDE OF PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD IS NOW BEHIND AN ENCLOSURE, OUT OF VIEW. THE OLD FARM HOUSE WAS SOON REMOVED. ON THE WEST SIDE OF PLEASANT VALLEY THE ONCE PRODUCTIVE FARM NOW CONSISTS OF SMALL PARCELS WITH MORE HOMES AND FAMILIES. (COMPILED BY MARIEANNA BAIR FROM EARLY ATLASES; EARLY LAND OWNERS AND SETTLERS OF LIVINGSTON COUNTY AND OBITUARIES COMPILED BY MILTON CHARBONEAU. PLEASE CONTACT US, 810/229-6402, WITH ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS.)
USA Army record. DEAD, name of soldier: Duckering, John, Service: 5 reg Mich Cav., Date of filing: 1887 Nov 14, Class invalid, application no. 628,904, Law J Certificate no. 487315. Died May 5, 1923 at Highland Park, Mich. See copy on file.
(1890) Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines and Widows etc. Minor Civil Division Brighton Township. House no. 85, Family no. 86 Duckering, John, Rank Private, Company 7+ Name of regiment5 Mich, ? Date of enlistment May 1862, Date of discharge July 1863, Length of service 1 yr 1 mos. See copy on file
USA Army form records: Name: Duckering, John, 5956, Certificate no. 487315, Army Invalid, Law Acot May 11, 1912/Act of May 1, 1920, Service: Pr A 5 Mich Car., Date of Commencement 23 July ’90, date of Certifcate 29 Dec ’90, rate 32, date of commencement Jun 10 1918. Date of commencement May 27 1912, Date of Certificate Jan 15 1913, Class Inc. rate 50, Date of commencement May 1 1920. Date of commencement May 16 1916, Date of certificate Mch 31 1917. Transferred from Detroit, Died Mar 5 1923. 37081 (D). But date notified Jun 13 1923. See copy on file.
John’s death certificate records: State of Michigan, John Duckering residence 2927 Hothrop, male, white, widowed, husband of Emily Fall, date of birth May 16 1841, age 81, months 9, days 19, occupation of deceased retired farmer, birthplace England, father Samuel Duckering, birthplace of father England, maiden name of mother unknown, birthplace of mother, England. Informant Mrs J McClements address 2927 Hothrop. Date of death Mar 5 1923. Place of burial Milford, Michigan Mar 8 1923. - See copy
Notes for John & Emily Jane (Family)
Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card file: Fall, emily Jane, b. Oakland co., 21 y and John Duckering, b. England, farmer, 26 y, both of Saginaw co., m. 10 Oct 1867 by Rev J H McCarty; witnesses: S S Fall and E K Bullock vol VI p 7. Jefferson Ave. Meth. Marriages, Timbertown Log. - see copy