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From: Lauretta Niles <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Edwin Niles
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 02:58:17 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <ab.32abfdb4.2cace481@cs.com>


Thank you so much Joyce Bowman for responding.Wow! The Rosanna Derbyshire who married The Towne man is in the family tree of a guy I went to school with, and is buried here in Lenawee County. Rosanna Derbyshire was my father's mother. I am not sure which one it would be. I did not know about Rosanna Wood. Any information that you
could send to me would be greatly appreciated. That sounds like the same Quaker Book that I looked at.

Lauretta Niles
419 N. Dean St.
Adrian, michigan 49221

wrote:
In a message dated 10/1/2003 6:16:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

> Am looking for information on my grandfather, Edwin Niles. He was a Quaker
> minister in the state of Michigan. His name is listed in the Quaker Book In
> the Adrian Public Library in Adrian, Michigan. However his wife, the former
> Rosanna Derbyshire is never mentioned. They are my father's parents. Any
> informatioin on them would be greatly appreciated.

When you refer to the "Quaker Book" in the Adrian library, are you referring
to the book of Michigan Quaker records that was published by Conrad and Ann
Burton? In that book there are several mentions of a minister by the name of
Edwin Niles or Edwin J. Niles--usually to mention that he has visited some other
Meeting. In 2 places it mentions the names of Edwin J. Niles and Ida Ryan
Niles. The way I read it, it sounds like they are husband and wife, and both
recorded ministers. The first 2 mentions of Edwin & Ida are in 1901 and
1906--then in 1912, they are shown as having gotten a certificate to move to
Washington State and transfer their membership there. Is it possible that Ida Ryan
was a 1st wife and Rosanna
Derbyshire was a 2nd wife?

Actually the name Rosanna Derbyshire is in the Michigan records (Adrian &
Rollin Meetings) but from an earlier time period. In the 1840's a Rosannah
Derbyshire was disowned for marrying someone named TOWN and in the 1860 there was a
Rosannah WOOD who married someone named DERBYSHIRE.

If any of this sounds interesting, contact me directly and I can copy the
specifics for you.

Joyce Overman Bowman
Indianapolis, IN


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