Frank passed away at the age of 81
on March 24, 1970 and is buried in
Maple
Grove Cemetery in Dundee, Michigan. Martha died on July 27, 1980 at the
age of 87 and is also buried at
Maple
Grove Cemetery.
Frederick Regelin (42), a widower was living in Dundee
Township with his children, Martha (14), Frank (11), Edna
(9), Albert (8) and Edmont (6).
Frank Regelin listed as a farm worker boarding at the
Bordine Farm in Raisinville Township.
The family was living in Summerfield, Michigan.
Frank (41), Martha (36), Margeret (16) and Edward (13) were
living on Albain Road in LaSalle Township.
The family was living at 12330 Dixon Road.
The family was living at 12330 Dixon Road. Martha's 89 year
old father, Fred Bork was living with them.
The spelling of this family's name
has appeared in many different forms over the years and throughout the
documents.
Most of the people in rural Germany in the late 19th century were illiterate and relied on church pastors to write
their names into the record books. Often, the pastor simply spelled a
name phonetically to the best of his ability or just spelled it
incorrectly without reference to earlier entries by another cleric.
The birth, census, marriage and death records for what we will
call the Regelin family have been recorded in at least the eight
variations listed at the top of this page. The dates and places match
for each person but the name may be spelled differently on various
forms. We will give most weight to instances where the person actually
signed his or her name. Also, names chiseled onto headstones are usually
creditable.
If you have some personal knowledge about this name,
please
let us know.
Somewhere
along the line, I got
440 Nieman Road as the address for the Regelin
family. I always had vague memories growing up that
they lived on Nieman Road. However, the 1940 and
1950 U.S. Census reports both have them living at
12330 Dixon Road which would have been somewhere
on the south side of the road across from were Bob
Roggerman lived at
11988 Dixon Road.
Frank Regelin died in 1970 and during the 50s and
60s I rode past what would have been 12323 Dixon
hundreds of time on the school bus or in a car or on
a tractor. I was never made aware that the Regelins
lived there although I heard their name many times
in family conversations.
If you have personal knowledge of where they lived,
please send an
email.
The spelling of this family's name
has appeared in many different forms over the years and throughout the
documents.
Most of the people in rural Germany in the late 19th century were illiterate and relied on church pastors to write
their names into the record books. Often, the pastor simply spelled a
name phonetically to the best of his ability or just spelled it
incorrectly without reference to earlier entries by another cleric.
Somewhere
along the line, I got
