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Davison Walker Schryer b. 15 Jun 1849 d. 25 Apr 1877 Married: September 1869, Papineauville, Quebec, Canada Mary Anne Schryer (nèe Corcoran) b. 23 Mar 1847 d. 15 Mar 1913 Davison is the next in our family line, son of Joseph Schryer. Davison Walker Schryer and Mary Corcoran were born and married in Papineauville, Quebec.ContinueContinue reading “Davison Walker Schryer and Mary Ann Corcoran Family”

William Arthur Schryer b. 16 May 1874 d. 28 Nov 1944 Married: 28 April 1915 Emeline Schryer (nèe Egan) b. 28 Aug 1883 d. 2 Dec 1953 William Arthur Schryer is next in the direct line of our family; he is Davison Sr.’s oldest child and the second great grandson of Nicholas Schryer and MaryContinueContinue reading “William Arthur Schryer and Emeline Egan Family”

Francis William Schryer b. 23 July 1917 d. 18 June 1961 Married 18 Jan 1941 Elaine widowed 19 Nov 1961 Elaine Shirley Jackson b. 3 May 1921 d. 4 Jan 2009   Elaine and Fran met at the home of mutual friends. The teen girls were making fudge. The young men went out for theContinueContinue reading “Francis William Schryer and Elaine Shirley Jackson Family”

b. 3 May 1921 d. 4 Jan 2009 Grandma loved her children, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren without judgment and without reservation. She loved us through dreadlocks and pink hair, through piercings and tattoos, through trips to jail and trips to psychiatrists. She loved us when she threw us out of the house. SheContinueContinue reading “Grandma Elaine Shirley (Jackson) (Schryer) Hess”

Elaine’s father was Loren Darvel Jackson after whom she would name her first son (Norman Loren). Loren’s parents were both born in Ohio (1910 Census). Norm remembers how Loren, as a child, played with a local kid in Detroit whose father liked to tinker with motors. The child’s name was Edsel Ford.   Loren wasContinueContinue reading “Elaine’s Background: the Jacksons, the Quiggles, and the Rocheleaus”

Norman Loren Schryer Married:  Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan Janice Marilyn Schryer (nèe Eklund) When I asked Norm about his life, the first thing he said was that he was blessed in wooing and winning the hand of his wife, Janice Eklund. The two began dating their freshman year at the University ofContinueContinue reading “Norm and Jan Schryer Family”

Diane Elaine Fichter (nèe Schryer) b: 3 June 1946 Married: 23 Aug 1969 First Presbyterian Church, Hillsdale, Michigan Divorced: 3 June 1985 Lynn Stanton Fichter b: 24 Apr 1942 Diane had this to say when asked to share her memories in this family history: I am very fortunate to have been born into a lovingContinueContinue reading “Diane Fichter Family”