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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2621, Date of Import: Aug 30, 1998]
!CENSUS: 1860 Federal Census. Bloomer Township, Montcalm County,
Michigan. Page 739, Dwelling 499, Family 97. Enumberated 11 July
1860. Microfilm M653, Roll 555.
!CENSUS: 1870 Federal Census. Bloomer Township, Montcalm County,
Michigan. Page 11, Dwelling 156, Family 156. Enumerated 18 August
1870. Microfilm M593, Roll 692.
!CENSUS: 1880 Federal Census. Bloomer Township, Montcalm County,
Michigan. Page 33, Dwelling 357, Family 360. Enumerated 21 June
1880. Microfilm T-9, Roll 596.
!CENSUS: 1870 State Census. Bloomer Township, Montcalm County, Michigan.
Enumberated August 18, 1870. Copy obtained from the Michigan
Historical Commission, State Archives, 3405 N. Logan St., Lansing,
Michigan 48918. Copy dated June 10, 1971.
!DEATH: Certificate and Record of Death, Michigan Department of State,
Division of Vital Statistics. Number 745.
!DEATH: County Record of Death; Montcalm County, Michigan. Book B, Page
137, Number 153. LDS Genealogical Society Microfilm 1295523.
!HISTORY: "American Boyers", published by the Association of American
Boyers. 1940 Edition. Chapter 77, Page 571.
!HISTORY: "The Descendents of John and Katherine Drushel Family", by
Raymond Drushal. Page 30.
!HISTORY: "History of Ionia and Montcalm Counties, Michigan", by John S.
Schenek. Philadelphia. D.W. Ensign & Co. 1881. LDS Genealogical
Society Microfilm 1000088. Page 418 (Jonathan Boyer and A. Boyer
resided in west end of township.
Migrated from Holmes County, Ohio to Montcalm County, Michigan in 1852.
"On May 1, 1852, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Boyer and three children, Jake,
John, and Susan left their homestead in Holmes County, Ohio. They came to
Michigan by covered wagon and a span of colts, two and three years old.
They were the only horses here at that time.
"The family located in what is now Bloomer Township, cutting the road
through the woods 3 1/2 miles east of what was known as the James Clock
farm on what is now Senator Road. Three years later a son, Eli, was born
and on January 6, 1861, the stork brought a baby girl, Mary Jane. Part of
Mary Jane's schooling was in what was known as Mitchell School.
"They brought all they had in the covered wagon except an old bureau, an
old cook stove and a port barrell packed full of pork, which got waylaid.
Mr. Boyer walked to Detroit and found it in a warehouse.
"In 1880 Mary Jane was united in marriage to William H. Huyck, a neighbor
boy, son of Samuel T. Huyck and Rebecca Burras Huyck. To this union eleven
children were born. Four of them are still living. Mr. Huyck passed away
December 8, 1938, at the age of 89, and Mrs. Huyck passed away January 23,
1956, at the age of 95 years. A son, Clifford Huyck, and his wife live on
the family centennial farm, and also own the original farm which Mrs.
Huyck's parents staked out in 1852.
"The 50th annual reunion of the William Huyck family was held on Sunday,
July 20, at the East Lansing City park with 57 descendants and two
visitors attending and enjoying the picnic dinner. The two visitors were
Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Milne of St. Marys, Ont., Canada. Mr. Milne is a
descendant from another branch of the Huyck family.
"President Noel Huyck of Rochester, MI, called the meeting to order and
the minutes of last year's reunion were read by secretary Mrs. Noel Huyck.
At the election of officers, Mr. and Mrs. Huyck were chosen to preside for
another year.
"Those attending were from Flushing, Clio, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Harper
Woods, Kalamazoo, Ithaca, Ferndale, Delaware, OH, Stanton, Greenville,
Rochester, Seattle, WA, Canada and Carson City."
from The Carson City Gazette, Thursday, July 24, 1975.
Jonathan Boyer 
- b.WFT Est. 1699-1728 d.~ 1761 in Hellam Twp, York, Pennsylvania
- b.WFT Est. 1751-1778 d.WFT Est. 1805-1868