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The Earliest Everinghams of Michigan 
Page 47 This would be during the 1849 Gold Rush, In 1854 the Republican Party was founded in Jackson, MI, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 1863, the Civil War (1861-1865) - over 90,000 Michigan men were mustered into service. Parts of James and Sally Everingham's 4th generation children ended up in the United States, in Michigan. Adoram's son Lyman, ended up in Huron county where he married Angeline Horner. They also lived at Lincoln, Alcona County, and in the Upper Peninsula in Gladstone, Delta County, Michigan. Lyman's family have since moved to Canada, California, and other States. So some of the very Earliest Everinghams in Michigan, are no longer there. In fact, Lyman's descendants have run the successful business; "Everingham Brother's Bait Company" in California for generations. Lyman was a first cousin of Ira Everingham who later moved to Michigan. George (b.1815) and wife Elizabeth's first son died in Detroit. Yet another "James," a distant cousin named James Henry Everingham was born in 1850 and James, his grandson raised his family near Jackson, Michigan.
According to Barb Curtindale's research, Jesse Owen Everingham, son of Andrew Everingham (b.1808) and Susannah Dell, petitioned for U.S. Naturalization Citi- zenship in 1905 at Rogers City, MI. He lived in Cheboygan County, and later moved to Ona- way and Ocqueoc area of Presque Isle County. His papers show that he immigrated to Sault Ste. Marie aboard the ship "Atlantic" from Perry Sound, Ontario Canada, in 1892. As a note; Andrew's grandfather was James Everingham (our Generation 1). Most of the Everinghams who came to Michigan in the late 1800s to early 1900s were from Canada. Two of James & Violet's children; Ira, and Alice married into the "Norris" family. Some of the Norris family ended up in mid-east Michigan, and possibly Huron County. Ira Everingham's mother had died in 1869, a brother in 1870, his first born died in 1879, and a sister who they were raising died in 1880. Finally, in 1884, Ira's father had died and perhaps they were looking for a fresh start when they moved to Michigan in 1885. Ira's descendants lived in Arenac County and Presque Isle County, Michigan. The earliest records show them living and marrying at Maple Ridge, and Turner, Arenac County, Michigan. By late 1907, much of the family had moved to the Onaway area of Presque Isle County where they stayed for several generations. Ira and Louise died in Onaway, MI. Ira's brother Adoram was working as a Raftsman, most likely for a logging company in Michigan, in 1870, when he died in Iosco County, Michigan. Apparently, his death was regis- tered both in Canada and Michigan. see records below;
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Port Huron, St. Clair County Michigan always close to his brother Eugene's family. Henry spelled his name "IRVINGHAM", pronounced the same way brother Ira pronounced it.
Eugene Delorne Everingham died March 21, 1894 in Bay Port, Michigan of Typhoid Fever. At that time, he was only 34 years old & had a child under 2 years old. His oldest child was only about 13 years old. Harriet (Getty) Everingham went on to raise her children, and died at the home of her daughter, Esther Nelson, on Thursday, February 21, 1935 in Saginaw, Michi- gan. Her obituary in the Saginaw Daily News notes that she moved to Saginaw in 1929.
Other Michigan Everinghams (that I know of) One, was a civil war veteran, Corporal John B. Everingham. He served in Company K of the 112th Regiment of Pennsylvania in 1864, and mustered out of ser- vice Oct 1, 1865. He moved to Michigan in 1872, and in 1880 he was granted 160 acres of land in Michigan. John and Ann (Tackaberry) Everingham lived in Mancelona, An- trim County and St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan. According to the 1880 St. Jo- seph Census, They had a son named William born about 1875 in Michigan. By 1884 John's biography (below) tells us that his son William and another son Claude had both died. These are the only children mentioned. John was the son of shoemaker Enoch Everingham and Eunice Starr of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The name Enoch shows up many times in early Everingham records of New York, and New Jersey. John Everinghams nephews and nieces, children of his brother Moses, lived Near the Michi- gan State line, in Indiana. Some of those children later lived in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. This was probably due to the booming economy of Grand Rapids which eventually became the second largest city in Michigan.
been connected to our Everinghams. Ezekiel Everingham and wife Catherine Shaw had several children and not much is known about most of them at this time. Their daughter Eliza married Azro Healy a former Judge and Legislator who moved his family to Kalamazoo, Michigan. More of this family may have moved to Michigan at some point, but further research on that fam- ily has not yet been done. A few other small Everingham families probably came to Michigan in the early 1900's because of the large automobile industry in Detroit, Flint and Lansing. The 1920 Census of Lans- ing, Ingham County, MI shows a Floyd, age 21 & Ada, age 18, Everingham, living at High Street. They were both born in Ohio and came from an Ohio family. They most likely came to Michigan for the auto-workers jobs. To mention every Everingham in Michigan who was not related to our Everingham family would take much more research. More cousins of Ira Everingham in Michigan cousin of Ira's who lived in Onaway and Ocqueoc, Presque Isle County, Michigan, near Ira's family. Jesse had a brother named James Henry from Ontario who married Margaret Catherine Smith in 1873. James & Margaret's son Henry Andrew married Mary Beatrice Wheatley. When their son was born in 1914, they named him James Henry Frederick Wheatley Everingham. This 6th generation Everingham died in Jackson, Michigan in 1966. He was the father of two; James Theodore "Ted" & Linda Beth Everingham. Ted practiced law in Grosse Point, Michigan. parents of Ira Everingham of Michigan. James & Sarah had at least one more son who's descen- dants ended up in Michigan. One son, George Henry Everingham spent his life in Canada. George's son William Henry (b.1844) married Margaret Jane Long in 1871 and had 6 children; William James (b.1871), George F. (b.1874), Robert "Wesley" (b.1876), Albert Edward (b.1878), Eugene E. (b.1881), and Ella Irene (b.1891). William Sr. (b.1844) died in Detroit in 1945. Ac- cording to the 1930 Census of Wayne County, Michigan, William lived with his son Albert. Al- bert was known by his middle name; Edward, and lived at 1513 Waverly Avenue. It has not yet been determined where all of Wil- liam & Margaret's family ended
dren were living in Detroit in 1930. Another grandson of our 2nd generation James and Sally (Brooks) Everingham was Adoram D. Emmerson Everingham (b.1848), who married Harriet Adelaide Eastman. Their son Ed- ward Aljordan Everingham was born in 1874 and married Ethel Page 54
Thomas in 1906. Family notes say that Ethel was born in England in 1884, the daughter of James George Thomas. According to the 1910 census of Wayne County, Detroit, MI, Edward immigrated to the U.S. in 1902 and was an Ironworker. (census data on previous page) Edward's brother Benjamin George Everingham, mentioned in the same cen- sus data, was born in 1885, and also immigrated to the U.S. in 1902. Ben Everingham married Catherine Elizabeth Do- man in 1910. Catherine was born in 1890 at Owosso, Shia- wassee County, MI. Ben and Catherine's children were: John Theopolis (b.1911 see obituary), Roslyn (b.1916), Ivan George (b.1920), and Donald James (b.1925). Donald was a doctor who's son David James Everingham was also a doctor in general practice in Romulus, Michigan.
ras Everham who was an actor by profession. This was an era when acting was not as glamorous or profitable as it later became, and a time when actors traveled with acting groups and invested great deals of time in their work. His mother's family had theatrical connections and worked in American theatre in various capacities. Joseph's children seemed to also be very talented individuals. One worked for the newspaper in Virginia City and later became president of the Chicago News Bureau among other business accomplishments. One daughter acted on the stage with her father, but died by age 21. An- other son made his living by writing music, giving lessons and playing piano. Joseph's son Melville acted with his fa- ther & sister when he was younger, and could also play pi- ano well which he learned from his brother. Page 55
For more info on William & Lydia see page 13.
According to Jean Eaton, who was the daughter of Melville, this family came to Michigan in 1908 when they moved their family to Detroit. Melville's step-son had been working in Detroit at the rail- ways tunnel. Melville worked in the construction business Melville's children went to the University of Michigan or Olivette College. One daughter, Virginia Edith, was a teacher who became a professional genealogist and recorded much of her fam- ily's history for posterity. Her extensive genealogy records can be found in the Burton Col- lection of the Detroit Public Library. It is important to note that the Everham family of Detroit has not been proven to be related at all to any of the Everinghams of Michigan, although some of our Everingham family also lived in Detroit.
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Page 58 All family Bibles indicate that Ira was born in "York State," which we would know today as the State of New York. His father James Everingham was born in Niagara County, New York and many of his aunts and uncles were born there. From census data, we know that Ira's par- ents had probably moved to Ontario by the time he was born. This does not mean that they didn't move back from Canada to New York, and back again, but all probable evidence shows that Ira and his siblings were most likely born in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. Ira married Louisa Norris on July 1, 1876 in Onondaga, Brant County, Ontario. Ira and Louisa lived with his father James (or near him) and helped with the family farm in Onondaga. They also helped raise Ira's youngest sister after their mother Violet died in 1869. Ira was a farmer in Onondaga who took care of many of his family's matters.
3 previous generations down to the following 4th generation children of James & Violet (Burnham) Everingham;
James Henry Everingham
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death of both of his parents. In 1879, Ira's daughter died, and in 1880, his sister Mary died. After Ira's father died in 1884, Ira and Louisa began to plan to move and make a new start. Since Louisa was pregnant at the time, they may have waited until the baby was born to move. In November of 1884, baby Charles Everingham was born in Onondaga. By 1885, Ira, Louisa and their four living children; Robert, George, Belle and Charles all moved to Michigan. The earliest records found show them settling in a newly founded town called Turner, Arenac County, Michigan. Within a year, another baby was born who they named Edith in September of 1886. Their last child Alice was also born in Turner, MI. All of their children grew up in Turner and by 1907, all were married in Arenac County or the surround- ing area. Ira and Louisa moved a final time in 1906 when they moved north to Onaway, Presque Isle County, MI. Some of their immediate family also moved north to Onaway in 1906, and others followed them to Onaway by 1907. Their oldest child, Robert died of Ty- phoid fever in Onaway in 1907. The rest of their children; George, Belle, Charles, Edith and Alice had all moved with their spouses to Onaway and raised their families there. In 1911, two of Ira's grandchildren died, Freda, daughter of Charlie, and Ira, son of George. to time, as was common in those days. In 1917, Ira's grandson Hugh died. Ira lived with his daughter Edith and her husband George Graves for much of the last years of his life. Inez Graves recalls grandpa Ira getting mad at her and her brothers, and yelling; "By-Jolly Pike - you kids are driving me crazy!" Some of Ira's descendants were not so careful in choosing their words around kids. In 1922, George & Edith's 12 year old son Edward Graves died in Onaway. On January 6th, 1924, Ira died of stomach cancer in Onaway, MI. Ira had outlived his wife, several of his siblings, two of his children, and several grand children. At the time of his death, Ira only had 6 children living, and 13 grandchildren.
mate how many descendants you may have some day, and how your life may impact fu- ture generations. There is no doubt that many descendants of Ira, living today, have never heard of him. I am sure Ira didn't imagine how many descendants he would have over 80 years later, when this book was written.
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Theory and Fact about Ira's Age: When researching Ira Everingham, you will find birth dates ranging from (1849 to 1858). Strangely enough, documents exist that give several dates, and the true date is not known. It is only speculation and my personal opinion, but from the fact sources that I've seen, I believe and earlier records show that Ira was born in 1849. He and his wife, and descendants have identified his date of birth as June 16th, 1858. It seems that wife Louisa also has confusion surrounding her real date of birth. I certainly am not accusing them of knowingly misleading people, just giving a theory. As you can see on Ira's family sheet (previous page), we have several census records to help identify Ira's age. These records help establish that Ira was alive long before 1858. He first appeared as a 3 year old son of James and Violet Everingham in the 1852 census of Ontario area of Canada. This record alone shows that an "Ira" was alive in 1852 and unless this Ira died and his parents named a child born nine years later, with the same name (possible but not probable), then Ira could not have been born in 1858. No official records have been found that actually show Ira's date of birth as 1858. Two more census records exist of Ontario that also show Ira living with his parents in 1861, and 1871. Those records indicate Ira's date of birth as 1849 to 1850. This would still be consistent with the 1849 date. The 1881 census for Brant County, Ontario identified him as a "Farm Hand" age 28 and wife Louisa as age 26. This record gives the impression that Ira was born in 1853! Notice how after he was married, on July 1, 1876, his date of birth makes him suddenly 3 years younger!, and later, he is identified as four to five additional years younger! Ira who most likely was born in mid 1849, was less than a year older than Louisa who (I believe) was born in late 1849. It's quite possible that they had simply forgotten or had never known their true date of birth. When Ira died January 6, 1924, his family identified him as 65 years, 6 months, 21 days old. This meant that they believed his date of birth was June 16th 1858. Family Bibles also give this date and this is probably what Ira believed to be his date of birth. Based on my calculations, Ira was actually 74 years old when he died. The 1910 Onaway, Presque Isle County, Michigan Census shows Ira and Louisa Ervingham living at South 6th Street Onaway, MI. It indicates that they were married about 1877 and that he was born in New York, which most likely was what he thought, but probably incorrect. The Ona- way census says that Ira was working in a saw mill which was the main supplier of jobs in the Ona- way area at that time. The last bit of information from the census shows that both Ira and Louisa could read and write. Ira could read or write, but many records relating to him are very foggy and quite often misspelled. Perhaps he could not read and write well, or he just didn't pay attention to dates well. All evidence shows that he was literate. He filled out most of his family's paperwork and was the one who reported many family deaths. However, Ira & Louisa were not good at keeping track of dates. Page 62
Louisa Norris, noted in some family records as "Louise," was born September 25th or October 31, 1849. One family Bible gives the October date, but most family bible records seem to agree on the date of birth of September 25, 1857. Louisa herself believed that she was about the same age as Ira, who thought he was born in 1858. Louisa died in 1915, Presque Isle County death records Vol. 1, page 226, shows that she died April 13, 1915 in Onaway, MI. Her obituary card also gives the September date. Some help came to deciphering the true birth date of Louisa, in 2001, when researcher Roger Harris searched for Norris family Census records in Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario. If she had been born in 1857, she would have only been 3 years old by 1861, but this was not the case. Louisa is listed as age 12 in the 1861 census with her parents and siblings. This indicates a date of birth of about 1849. I tend to trust the oldest record source. This makes me fairly sure that Louisa was born September 25, 1849. From Ira and Louisa's generation, the Everingham family has been known as ERVINGHAM, in Northern Michigan. Evidence shows that Ira & his siblings also pro- nounced the name "Er-ving-ham". Ira's father often spelled the family name with an extra "Y" which is how it was spelled in ancient English records ( Everyingham ).
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