tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.comments2023-08-25T09:02:27.163-05:00Bushwhacking Genealogy: Kalamazoo and BeyondSonja Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03882161369011476773noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-2286385803105360492022-09-01T21:29:42.017-05:002022-09-01T21:29:42.017-05:00Hi Julie, I would recommend contacting the Zhang L...Hi Julie, I would recommend contacting the Zhang Legacy Collections Center at WMU. They have all sorts of regional records. If anyone can point you in the right direction it would be one of the archivists there. Good luck! SonjaSonja Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882161369011476773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-38314145333658079092022-09-01T16:07:16.168-05:002022-09-01T16:07:16.168-05:00Hi Sonya. I am trying to figure out where my gran...Hi Sonya. I am trying to figure out where my grandmother (Mary Emma Trafford) spent almost a year in an orphanage in 1914--Her brothers went to Lake Farm for Boys (Lakeside) and she said she went to a place on Gull Road--that is now the Kalamazoo Juvenile Home. Do you know the name of the orphanage?<br />thanks, Julie SharpJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360890252901749549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-68980243337393686892021-09-04T20:17:22.502-05:002021-09-04T20:17:22.502-05:00Cant find my fathers grave in veterans section ric...Cant find my fathers grave in veterans section richard fay byersAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621787010769841248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-78598503362246972342020-09-16T15:03:19.962-05:002020-09-16T15:03:19.962-05:00Thank you for the information. I have been lookin...Thank you for the information. I have been looking at family history and found that 2 children had died form "Teething." Seemed silly to me, but after reading you page, I can understand the Dr's mis-diagnosis You blog is very informative and interesting. JannJciaosUtahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05332913735763743777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-10923765216050494582020-08-16T21:59:13.259-05:002020-08-16T21:59:13.259-05:00Great post. My grandmother and her sisters were th...Great post. My grandmother and her sisters were there in 1930s. Lakeside is gone now, I wonder where the records ended up...<br />Chris Conwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733033227237922906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-62663004206821501352020-06-06T05:56:45.241-05:002020-06-06T05:56:45.241-05:00I too came here to learn more about the disease th...I too came here to learn more about the disease that took two of my great-great grandparent's children in October of 1885. So sad. Thank you for posting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776151034662193460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-24025699275908010372020-03-24T12:07:13.280-05:002020-03-24T12:07:13.280-05:00Thank you for such a thoughtful response. Based o...Thank you for such a thoughtful response. Based on the other information I have on Salpatrick, including newspaper articles, his criminal past (multiple misdemeanors before this), and information from his time spent at the Ionia facility (where he demonstrated no signs of insanity and was described as a model prisoner -- according to the doctor's summary in his file at the court) I don't believe that he had any mental illness. I think he was scared of being drafted, infuriated that Mildred dared to leave him, got drunk and shot her. Maybe he didn't intend to kill her, but just wanted to scare her into going back to him, but either way, he did kill her. Clearly he had problems from at least the time he was a juvenile, but mentally ill, no.Sonja Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882161369011476773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-53558879793046399322020-03-23T19:57:19.401-05:002020-03-23T19:57:19.401-05:00I just discovered that I am a distant cousin (1C3R...I just discovered that I am a distant cousin (1C3R) to the defense attorney, Bernard Moser, the one who helped to release Salpatrick. I found your blog while seeking more info about Moser, so thank you for both your rigorous courthouse research and then taking the time to post it here.<br /><br />The irony is that only weeks prior, I found a different distant cousin (2C3R) on the opposite of the fence. He was the victim of a triple homicide by a husband who experienced a fit of rage, also after his wife filed for divorce and moved out. He killed his 27-year-old wife, her 12-year-old sister, and my 27-year-old cousin as they were setting up a swimming pool for the young girl. He then attempted to shoot both in-laws but was unsuccessful. <br /><br />This occurred during the 1970s with the murderer found guilty on all charges, but the charges then being acquitted due mental disease or defect. The murderer was committed to a state mental institution and released after 5-6 years, the same as Salpatrick. However, his release only happened after he filed an appeal that reached the Wisconsin Supreme Court, ref. State v. Gebarski, 90 Wis. 2d 754, 280 N.W.2d 672 (1979). <br /><br />Given Salpatrick’s lack of a jury, you may find it interesting that the appeal was for a jury trial. The appeal maintained that those individuals who were previously acquitted for mental disease or defect should have the legal right to request a jury trial to determine whether or not they should be recommitted. The trial judge had previously ruled a jury was not required for recommittal due to prior case law. The Wisconsin Supreme Court subsequently ruled for the defendant and he was released. <br /><br />As a point of reference, Jeffrey Dahmer would fail in his attempt to be found not guilty due to mental disease or defect just a little over a decade later. As for my cousin’s murderer, he seems to have lived a fairly productive life upon release and his obituary at age 58 featured the usual phrases of "beloved brother" and "loving uncle", but also the superlatives "a man of modest means, giving to those less fortunate and in need" whose "friendliness, kindness and encouragement will be greatly missed by many". Just not to the family and friends of those whose life he irrevocably changed forever. It’s a bittersweet outcome in that our society seeks justice, while also desiring rehabilitation. <br /><br />I’d like close with several thoughts, based on your rebuttals to the trial transcript. The first is a caution about using logic and rationale for an illogical and irrational person. Salpatrick was clearly a damaged human being, and attempting to understand his actions through our own lens is largely useless. Given the time, psychiatry was still in its infancy and the diagnosis of manic-pressive, psychotic, or borderline were still far off, as were proper treatment. His vacant stare may have been less coaching than an injection of whatever medical depressant a doctor chose as his “treatment”. <br /><br />Attorney Moser graduated from Marquette School of Law, a Jesuit (Catholic) institution that I also briefly considered attending. During my visit there, the Dean of MU Law discussed how to reconcile the situation that Moser faced; that of being a Roman Catholic who helps to free a person who committed an act of horrific brutality. It was the same belief I already held: There is that which is legal, and that which is moral. The moral hurdle is the higher to cross and that to which we should always aspire, while that which is legal is the bare minimum. Salpatrick was not found innocent much less moral, but simply not guilty of a criminal charge due to a legal ruling on a particular day, before a single judge. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-77162301059640721322019-12-20T19:33:19.108-06:002019-12-20T19:33:19.108-06:00Thank you! So informative. Thank you! So informative. deerfieldmomNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12762300702553293244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-51900000991974535772019-03-17T09:51:41.068-05:002019-03-17T09:51:41.068-05:00Thank you for the insight and the look back in tim...Thank you for the insight and the look back in time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349036469354602837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-43356204315694971672019-01-02T02:54:02.366-06:002019-01-02T02:54:02.366-06:00In researching my family history, I discovered tha...In researching my family history, I discovered that the family of a great-aunt lost five children to diphtheria -- four within the space of three weeks in 1886. I can't imagine how horrible that must have been for their parents.Wage Slavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08442453611075302201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-87454096925719099492018-09-25T08:01:05.278-05:002018-09-25T08:01:05.278-05:00A great post!A great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-58071807093913592302018-02-06T21:42:35.172-06:002018-02-06T21:42:35.172-06:00I'm so glad I could provide you with some info...I'm so glad I could provide you with some information about what it was like at Fort Custer then.Sonja Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882161369011476773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-38741170959132144902018-02-06T21:04:37.137-06:002018-02-06T21:04:37.137-06:00My Great Uncle died there in 1918. Malcom McDonald...My Great Uncle died there in 1918. Malcom McDonald. side by side quilt laddarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163094738587342670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-34424398042295932052017-09-26T13:05:15.345-05:002017-09-26T13:05:15.345-05:00Thank you for this informative article. I've b...Thank you for this informative article. I've been researching my family genealogy, and was sad to discover my great grandmother lost 2 daughters within a week of each other, and a 2 month old baby just a month later (near Boston in 1897). I'm not sure how parents coped with such inexplicable loss - "contagion which lurks in the air" is not an easy thing to guard your children from. <br />I am so thankful for today's vaccines and antibiotics - hopefully my children will never encounter diphtheria or the other horrible killer diseases from the past. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-36086606695384378342017-09-21T11:50:30.165-05:002017-09-21T11:50:30.165-05:00Sometimes it seems miraculous to me than anyone su...Sometimes it seems miraculous to me than anyone survived doctoring prior to, say, the middle of the 20th century. Maybe one of the hardest things to bear is the thought that a child's death due to "teething" might be ascribed to the mother not being "tranquil" enough during pregnancy.<br /><br />I found your post while searching "cause of death teething" after coming across it on the 1870 mortality schedule in Pittsburgh. Poor lamb, six months old.Jeannehttp://mathomhouse.typepad.com/bluestocking/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-51076850851063136552017-09-13T20:24:03.842-05:002017-09-13T20:24:03.842-05:00I recently ran across "teething" as a ca...I recently ran across "teething" as a cause of test while looking through records of Death in Dennis, Massachusetts in 1853. I was considerably confused and your articles helps understand it. All children who died from teething" were between 11 and 24 months old. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966359210208032178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-34361640185819525472017-05-16T07:37:49.394-05:002017-05-16T07:37:49.394-05:00Thank you!!!Thank you!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847525829051522800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-24657112057324152512017-05-15T21:38:30.358-05:002017-05-15T21:38:30.358-05:00I would try calling the Wayne county court clerk&#...I would try calling the Wayne county court clerk's office. Depending on the year of the divorce you are looking for records may be on site, in storage or transferred to an archive.Sonja Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882161369011476773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-42274833216840777402017-05-15T17:33:08.789-05:002017-05-15T17:33:08.789-05:00Very interesting!! Any chance you know a way to g...Very interesting!! Any chance you know a way to get Wayne county records? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847525829051522800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-65253848203467245162016-12-22T20:54:48.522-06:002016-12-22T20:54:48.522-06:00Good luck and just be patient. Just remember that...Good luck and just be patient. Just remember that you can undo one or more coloring steps if you mess up or delete an entire layer. I also, this time around, did a white layer in the whites of the eyes to mask the gray and around the teeth inside the mouth I did a tone between the lip and skin color (again to mask the gray). It looks much more natural. Sonja Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882161369011476773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-84945692269063131542016-12-22T07:28:15.977-06:002016-12-22T07:28:15.977-06:00I haven't tried this . . . but now that I see ...I haven't tried this . . . but now that I see the results here on your blog, I will put it on my 2017 list. Thanks for the idea!Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-38497028896584378282016-12-21T17:06:16.599-06:002016-12-21T17:06:16.599-06:00Yes, it is. I think there are a couple of his pho...Yes, it is. I think there are a couple of his photos in my album. Sonja Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882161369011476773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-53466387196636521702016-10-04T01:03:10.372-05:002016-10-04T01:03:10.372-05:00Thanks for your hard work! It makes finding the da...Thanks for your hard work! It makes finding the dates for my pictures much easier.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589784869732726193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497392509515586999.post-48729258367189885632016-02-29T18:54:53.057-06:002016-02-29T18:54:53.057-06:00Ptomaines are actually non-toxic, though in the pe...Ptomaines are actually non-toxic, though in the period that Vaughan lived in, most people thought they were. This coined the phrase ptomaine poisoning (which makes sense because ptomaine's root word means corpse). Ptomaines are found near poisons because the disease-inflicting bacteria produce it. Bacteria in our stomachs create promaines as well, and are harmless.Jeremyhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS_cHiJUuvfgY_kKL1V6z9Anoreply@blogger.com