The work that I do, sometimes leads me find unexpected connections. One of the trees that I created from a random newspaper obituary, gave me many other obituaries and a connection to my own family.
I found the Prendergast item by chance and then created a tree in hopes of finding his own Family Tree. As I built the tree I found many other newspaper items and one of these items was about a Priest named Thomas J. Cain. When I contacted family tree owners who had Cain on their trees, one of the owners told me that Father Cain had been the pastor of a church in Livonia, Michigan. The church name looked familiar so I did a Google Map search and found that the church was two blocks from where my sister used to live. I called her up and asked if she knew a Father Cain and she went on to tell me that she knew him quite well and told me stories about having worked with him at the church. I sent a message to the tree owner who had giving me the location and it turns out that my sister and this tree owner knew each other.
The Prendergast obituary was in the same state but not really close to where Father Cain had lived. Also his family line was on a totally different branch of the family than Father Cain’s.
I picked the Obit by chance never remotely thinking that it would lead back to my family. If I had created the tree and stopped once I had completed the Daniel Prendergast profile page then I would never have found all those other obituaries nor would I have connected personally with the family tree.
I put this full list of people on this public web site so others may find the information.
I hope the list’s information will help other Family Tree owners fill in some gaps.
Thank You.
Jose from Clarkston, Michigan
Daniel “LaVern” Prendergast Obit 1981 – Family Tree
| Name | Birth | Death |
| Cain, John | 22 Mar 1835 – Ireland | 09 Apr 1902 – Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA |
| Cain, Joseph A | abt 1881 – Michigan | – |
| Cain, Marcella | 7 Apr 1914 – Michigan | 16 Oct 1988 – Detroit, Wayne, Michigan |
| Cain, Monica E | 11 Sep 1911 – Owosso, Michigan | 17 Dec 1988 – Owosso, Michigan |
| Cain, Thomas J | 7 Jan 1919 – Michigan | 1 Oct 1984 – Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, USA |
| Cain Caroselli, Barbara | – | – |
| Cain Chester, Rita | abt 1917 – Michigan | – |
| Carey, Anna | abt 1912 – Michigan | – |
| Carey, Clifford W | abt 1904 – Michigan | – |
| Carey, Daniel | 1876 – Michigan | – |
| Carey, Helen | abt 1914 – Michigan | – |
| Carey, Michael | abt 1939 – Michigan | – |
| Carey, Nancy Lean | abt 1929 – Michigan | – |
| Carey, Thomas | 29 Aug 1905 – Michigan | 14 March 1988 – Lincoln, Isabella, Michigan |
| Caroselli, | – | – |
| Chester, Paul P. | – | – |
| Dailey, Catherine | May 1845 – Ireland | – |
| Depuy, Anna J. | Jan 1854 – Ohio | 17 Mar 1924 – Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| Farrell, Mary Elizabeth | abt 1875 – Canada | abt 1943 – Michigan, USA |
| Forster, James M. | – | – |
| Garvin, Bernadette | Oct 1892 – Michigan | – |
| Garvin, Louisa Mary | 20 Aug 1876 – Union, Isabella Co, Michigan | – |
| Garvin, Mabelle Anna Mabel | 3 Sep 1884 – MT Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan | – |
| Garvin, Michael Sweeney | abt 1845 – Ontario, Canada | 13 Dec 1895 – Mt Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, United States |
| Garvin, Nellie | Oct 1881 – Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, United States | – |
| Garvin, Rose Ann Rosa P | 29 Dec 1879 – Union, Isabella Co, Michigan | 04 Nov 1943 – Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan |
| Garvin, Thomas | – | – |
| Garvin, William E | Dec 1882 – Michigan | – |
| Grant, Mr. | – | – |
| Gross, Catherine | – | – |
| Gross, George E. | – | before Dec 1988 |
| Holleran, Eleanor (Nora) G | abt 1879 – Michigan | 03 Sep 1942 – Michigan |
| Holleran, John | abt 1839 – Ireland | abt 1919 |
| Holleran, John | 17 Apr 1871 – Owosso, Michigan | 05 Mar 1948 – Corunna, Shiawassee, Michigan, USA |
| Holleran, John J | abt 1909 – Michigan | – |
| Holleran, Julia | abt 1860 – Michigan | – |
| Holleran, Kate (Katherine) Cecilia | abt 1876 – Michigan | – |
| Holleran, Margaret (Mag) Maggie | abt 1865 – Michigan | – |
| Holleran, Mary | abt 1876 – Michigan | – |
| Holleran, Mary Beatrice | abt 1911 – Michigan | – |
| Holleran, Thomas | abt 1867 – Michigan | – |
| McKenzie, | – | – |
| O’Toole, Mary | abt 1840 – Ireland | abt 1880 |
| Prendergast, Bernard | abt 1910 – Michigan | – |
| Prendergast, Daniel Lavern | 28 Jul 1907 – Michigan, USA | 12 November 1981 – Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan |
| Prendergast, James | abt 1916 – Michigan | – |
| Prendergast, Janie | abt 1921 – Michigan | – |
| Prendergast, Martha M | abt 1940 – Michigan | – |
| Prendergast, Patty | – | – |
| Prendergast, Rita | – | – |
| Prendergast, Rose | abt 1912 – Michigan | – |
| Prendergast, Wm Eugene Gene | 1905 – Michigan | – |
| Prendergast Grant, Colleen | – | – |
| Pundergast, David M | Sep 1887 – Michigan | – |
| Pundergast Prendergast, Daniel Timothy | 2 Aug 1873 – Michigan | abt 1922 |
| Pundergast Prendergast, Jas. | Dec 1832 – Ireland | – |
| Raen, Cora | abt 1870 – Pennsylvania | – |
| Sands, | – | – |
| Slocum, Fred L. | – | before 1920 |
| Slocum, Lulu | abt 1904 – Illinois, USA | – |
| Stilgenbauer, Nora | abt 1906 – Michigan | – |
| Thompson, James M | abt 1911 – Michigan | abt 1942 – Detroit, Wayne, Michigan |
| Thompson, James M. | – | – |
| Thompson, Judith A. | – | – |
Here is the link to original Prendergast obituary:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tkMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Uq0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3058%2C1082976
Here is the link to Ancestry.com Tree – works only if you have an account with Ancestry.com: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/40983533/family
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