Ada's Children
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Ada Grace (Snyder)
SHECKLER
Our 6th Generation Grandmother
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was born 26 Sept. 1881,  in Union Co. PA
d/o Ethel Grace BENNET & Levi SNYDER
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She married Linn E. Sheckler on 31 Aug. 1904
in Colon, Michigan.
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Ada died 31 July. 1919
Buried in Lakeside Cemetery
Colon, St. Joseph Co., Michigan
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..Merril Sheckler
was born  31 May, 1906
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When Ada died, he boarded on a dairy farm south west of Colon.
The farm on Fairfax Rd. was rented by Joseph L. Perry
Joseph L. was born about 1877, in Canada. His wife, Anna,  was born in Ireland about 1874.  They had three children Thomas James born about 1908, John Joseph born about 1912, both born in Maine, and Alice born in Michigan about 1904.  The 1920 Census lists Merril as a border, 13.   All of the children including Merril had attended school since September, 1919.
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Lester Sheckler
was born  Sept. 1908
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When Ada died, he to boarded on a dairy farm south west of Colon.

Lester, was living within 5 families from his sisters who were at Samuel Bower's in the 1920 census at the home of Alfred Yeatter.  


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Teressa Sheckler
was born  19 Feb.,   1913
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When Ada died, she  boarded on a farm northeast of Colon.
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Tressa lived with her sister Lois on the Bower homestead on Wattles Road.
After about a year Teressa and Lois were taken in by their Uncle Alvin who
had just been married and lived in Battle Creek.

Lois Marie Sheckler
was born  21 Mar., 1916
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When Ada died, she  boarded on a farm northeast of Colon.
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Lois lived with her sister Teressa on the Bower homestead on Wattles Road.
After about a year Lois and Teressa were taken in by their Uncle Alvin who
had just been married and lived in Battle Creek.

Read the "Memories of  Lois"

In 2003, Lois and her son Laverne were in Colon where Lois was trying to remember who lived where.  She was searching in the north east part of town.
It is apparent  now that they should have driven out on the Wattles Road.

Baby
 was born and died on  July 31, 1919

the baby's mother, Ada Grace passed away during this birth.


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