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- possibly related?? EMAIL Date: 10/29/2003 3:45:50 PM Pacific Standard Ti me From: mvayer@comcast.net MARIEJay, Here is what I have on the Melody Family from the generation that imm igrated to WI through my father (Giles Rupert Melody). Let me kn ow if we have any connection.MarieDescendants of Michael Melody1. MICHAEL MELODY (THOMAS) was born February 02, 1821 in Tynaugh, Galw ay Co., Ireland, and died August 27, 1895 in Rockland Township, Brown C o. WI. He married ANN GARRIGAN Bet. 1844 - 1847 in New York. She was bo rn Abt. 1822 in Nothern Ireland, and died in Rockland Township, Brown C o. WI.
Children of MICHAEL MELODY and ANN GARRIGAN are:2. i. JOHN A MAINE, b. April 1844, NY; d. March 20, 1926, Taco ma WA; Adopted child. ii. MARGARET MELODY, b. Abt. 1847, NY; d. Bef. 1860. iii. MICHAEL MELODY, JR, b. April 26, 1849, NY; d. May 17, 193 5, Marinette, Athelstane, WI3. iv. WALTER MELODY, b. February 28, 1851, NY; d. July 15, 192 7, Tacoma, WA
v. MARY MELODY, b. Abt. 1854, NY. vi. JOANNA MELODY, b. Abt. 1856, NY; d. November 26, 1882, Mor rison, Brown Co, WI.
vii. ANNA MELODY, b. June 27, 1859, Brown Co. WI. viii. CATHERINE ELIZABETH MELODY, b. Abt. 1860, Rockland, Bro wn County, WI.4. ix. THOMAS LUKE MELODY, b. October 22, 1865, Rockland Townshi p, Brown Co. WI; d. May 14, 1927, Oconto, WI.
Generation No. 22. JOHN A MAINE (MICHAEL MELODY, THOMAS) was born April 1844 in NY, and d ied March 20, 1926 in Tacoma WA. He married HEARIAT (HATTIE) Bet. 18 70 - 1880 in WI. She was born January 1855 in Mass, and died April 13, 19 38 in Tacoma WA.
Children of JOHN MAINE and HEARIAT (HATTIE) are:
i. LUCY MAINE, b. March 1893, WI. ii. ETHNA VERONICA MAINE, b. February 24, 1896, Green Bay, Roc kland, Brown Co., WI; d. July 25, 1960, Tacoma, Wa; m. PATRICK JOSEPH CAR R; b. June 29, 1884, Carrick County, Ireland; d. May 29, 1962, Tacoma, WA.3. WALTER MELODY (MICHAEL, THOMAS) was born February 28, 1851 in NY, a nd died July 15, 1927 in Tacoma, WA. He married CATHERINE O'DONNEL.
Children of WALTER MELODY and CATHERINE O'DONNEL are: i. MARY MELODY, b. August 03, 1881, WI; d. August 24, 1965, T acoma, WA; m. WILLIAM A. MCCARTHY, 1904; b. 1881, Little Wolf, WI; d. Octo ber 31, 1954, Tacoma WA. ii. ROSE MELODY, b. March 02, 1883, Ripon, WI; d. September 19 75, Depere, WI; m. HENRY SCANLAN, April 23, 1901, DePere, Brown Co., W I; b. Wrightstown, WI. iii. CELIA KATHRYN MELODY, b. May 10, 1885, Iowa; d. Septemb er 09, 1945, Los Angeles, CA; m. DEWEY.
4. THOMAS LUKE MELODY (MICHAEL, THOMAS) was born October 22, 1865 in Rock land Township, Brown Co. WI, and died May 14, 1927 in Oconto, WI. He marr ied EVA ELGOLDA SMITH November 21, 1911 in Oconto, WI, daughter of BENJAM IN SMITH and MARY LAUGHLIN. She was born July 30, 1880 in Brookside, Ocon to Co., WI, and died March 27, 1961 in Maywood, Cook County, IL.
Children of THOMAS MELODY and EVA SMITH are: i. THOMAS NORBERT MELODY, b. August 28, 1912, Abrams, W I; d. May 10, 1946, Kern County, CA. ii. MICHAEL CLAIR MELODY, b. August 31, 1914, Abrams, WI; d. M ay 14, 1994, Garden Grove, CA; m. (1) RUTH MAY; m. (2) HELENA LOOMAN S; b. October 31, 1922; d. July 07, 1998; m. (3) MARCELYN JEWEL FERRIES, A ugust 30, 1952, Illinois; b. March 29, 1921, Oak Park, IL; d. January 2 9, 1994, Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA; m. (4) ELSIE MARIE CALIGIURI, September 0 6, 1963, Garden Grove, CA; b. December 27, 1919, Hackensack, NJ. iii. WALTER BENJAMIN MELODY, b. September 09, 1915, Abrams, W I; d. October 21, 1981, Colorado Springs, CO; m. LOIS MARIAN DRAEGER, Febr uary 14, 1948, Oconto, WI; b. October 26, 1917, Oconto, WI; d. January 0 3, 1999, Fayetteville, AK. iv. MARY LORRAINE MELODY, b. July 27, 1918, Brookside, W I; d. September 09, 1989, Byran, OH; m. CHESTER JOHN HENNING, January 0 5, 1946, Maywood, IL; b. April 27, 1918, Chicago, IL; d. June 26, 1978, By ran, OH. v. GILES RUPERT MELODY, b. April 17, 1925, Oconto, WI; d. Feb ruary 16, 1989, Twin Falls, ID; m. ESTHER MAE HUMBERT, December 31, 195 3, Long Beach, CA; b. November 11, 1931, Topeka, KS; d. January 02, 200 3, Twin Falls, ID.
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