Jacques Mete' Descendants

As noted earlier, Arthur and Josephine were married on June 2nd, 1936 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Currie, Murray, Minnesota. Their first of three sons was born on April 14th, 1939 on a farm approximately one and three quarter miles south of the village of Currie. They named me Cleo Francis. My maternal grandfather was named Francis, so my middle name of Francis is understandable, but I never heard my parents nor anyone else mention how the name Cleo was selected. It is rather interesting to note that several persons of both sex in the Currie area bear the name Cleo. I was christened on April 23rd, 1939 in the same church where my parents were married. Their second son followed on January 2nd, 1943. By this time our parents had relocated to another farm approximately five miles southeast of the village of Currie and it is here that Ronald Arthur was born. He too was christened at the same church and that event took place on January 10th, 1943. Their third an...

Ever wonder what became of Rose following the death of George! She is listed in the Rural Directory for St. Joseph County (period 1919-1924) as Metey, Rosa May owns 100 acres, 1 horse, 4 cattle. Well recently I discovered the obituary for Rosie May Flach published on 23 November 1973 and it reads as follows: Sturgis Daily Journal Mendon; Mrs. Rosie May FLACH, 88, died Thursday morning in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Raymond BERGHUIS, on Flach Rd., Rt. 1. She had been in failing health for several years. Mrs. FLACH was born near Fulton, Jan. 15, 1885, a daughter of Henry and Samantha (STILWELL) SHYER. She was married first to George METTY, who later died. She later married Leo FLACH on Sept. 27, 1920. They made their home on Flach Road. He died April 27, 1954. Surviving besides Mrs. BERGHUIS, are another daughter, Mrs. Bernadette MOYER, Constantine; a son, Willard FLACH, Vicksburg; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. One son, William, a brother, George and a sister, Do...

Several years ago, I contacted the U. S. Naval Academy and here is a summary of the history of the USS WAKIVA II. USS WAKIVA II (Yacht: t. 853 (gross); l. 239'6"; b. 30'6"; dr. 15'0" (mean); s. 15 k.; a 4 3", 2 .30-cal. mg) WAKIVA II - a steel hulled steam yacht built at Leith, Scotland, by Ramage and Ferguson - was launched on 3 February 1907 for Lamon V. Harkness. The graceful yacht served the Harkness family - first for Lamon V. and then for his son Harry - and ranged from the North Sea to the Netherlands East Indies in the halcyon days before the first World War. After the United States entered this conflict on the side of the Allies the Navy acquired WAKIVA II on 20 July 1917 and commissioned her on 6 August at the Boston Navy Yard, Lt. Comdr. Thomas R. Kurtz in command. While shipwrights were still laboring to complete the conversion of the erstwhile pleasure craft to a man-of-war for "distant service," Capt. Thomas P. Magruder hoisted ...

Margarete was born Dec. 28, 1852 at Indianapolis, Hancock County, Indiana, the daughter of James Andrew McKown and Maria Louisa Priddy. James Andrew was born May 1822 in Pennsylvania. His father was James Thomas McKown born 1787 Ireland and came with his father Thomas, to the United States around the age of 10 & settled in Pennsylvania. He moved to Indiana after Thomas’s death ca 1841. James Thomas McKown married Margaret McClelland who was also born in Ireland 1787 & came to U.S. about age 4. Interesting note: there is a picture of Margaret McClelland in the book "Any Given Day" written by Jessie Lee Brown Foveaux, a descendant of a sister of Margarete’s. Maria Louisa was born Jan. 1830 in Hancock Co., Indiana & died April 1858 when Margarete was about 5 years old. The McKown family came to Kansas in an ox wagon when Margarete was four years old &amp settled in St. George, Pottawatomie County. In the 1870 census Maggie was age 17 & was a milliner. Margar...