Arthur Henry Barker & Jennie Augusta Bennett My maternal grandparents, Arthur & Jennie, married 19 March 1905; he was 23, she 20. My Mother, Lena Mae Barker was their second child born 29 September 1907 at Sodus Township, Berrien County,
Pommern Province, Prussian Ancestors
In the late 1800’s several of our Loraff, Reischke, Schultz, Tollas ancestors emigrated from the Prussian Province of Pommern located on the southern border of the Baltic Sea to Berrien County, Michigan, USA. Pommern was within the Kingdom of Prussia, that
Discovering a local piece of history
Old estate restored in Royalton By CAROL KNAPP H-P Special Correspondent What began as a business venture for two property developers three years ago quickly turned into a labor of love when they began to restore and make improvements to
Hadleigh Hill Farm
Our First Homeplace – Margie (Tollas) Bernard “Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.” -Helen Keller Whenever I get a whiff of boxwood, daffodils, curry spices, or geraniums
The Tollas~Schultz Family
My father, Alfred Ewald Richard Tollas, was born 26 March 1904 in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan to William & Hulda (Schultz) Tollas. William was twenty when his parents, Albert and Albertina ‘Tina’ (Reischke) Tollas, emigrated in 1892 from Gross Tuchen, County
The Bernard~Fein Family
We were both born in Chicago, Illinois. Burton was born July 30, 1932. Elaine was born November 2, 1933. We spent each summer in a rented cabin on the beach in South Haven, Michigan. Our dad would drive up every weekend
Our Families
This was the neutral site for our American Melting Pot Lutheran~Jewish marriage. Although our marriage ended due to ‘unhappy differences’ in 1973, we remain friends, delighted & proud to have produced two sons; four grandsons; one great-grandson with a second