GENAW, JOHN (b. 1889, d. ?)

Note: HA AND MAY HAD 2 GIRLS AND 4 BOYS.

Source: (Birth field)
Title: FROM MOTHERS BIBLE IN HER HANDWRITING. IN POSSESSION OF BILL MONTNEY
Note: ABBR FROM MOTHERS BIBLE IN HER HANDWRITING. IN POSSESSI

Note: JOINED THE 3RD VIRGINIA REGIMENT AND SERVED IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.
HE LATER ENLISTED IN THE MARINE SERVICE, WHICH BECAME THE MARINE CORPS,
AND WAS STATIONED AT CAVITE, PHILLIPINES. HE SAW ACTION IN THE BOXER
REBELLION. AFTER HIS STINT IN THE MARINE SERVICE HE TRANSFERRED TO THE
ARMY'S SPECIAL FORCES. HE WAS A PRISON GUARD AT JACKSON STATE PRISON
IN MICHIGAN FOR MANY YEARS. WAS COMMANDER OF CAPT DAVID L. KIMBALL CAMP
NO. 61 OF VETERANS OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR AT ONE TIME. HEIGHT, 69
1\2 IN. WEIGHT 135LBS. BROWN EYES AND HAIR. LIVED AT CLEVELAND, OHIO AT
TIME OF ENLISTMENT.

Note: DIED FROM DIPTHERIA.

Note: A QUIET MAN. HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION. TALENTED AT
FIXING THINGS.

Note: DIED FROM DIPTHERIA

Note: HIS THIRD WIFE WAS ZOE GENAW, THUS HE BECAME HIS DAUGHTER'S BROTHER

Note: STEP CHILD OF IRENE MITTI.

Note: STEP CHILD OF IRENE MITTI.

Note: STEP CHILD OF IRENE MITTI.

Source: (Name field)
Title: HER OBITUARY.
Note: ABBR HER OBITUARY.

Source: (Birth field)
Title: HER MOTHERS BIBLE IN MOTHERS HANDWRITING.
Note: ABBR HER MOTHERS BIBLE IN MOTHERS HANDWRITING.

Source: (Death field)
Title: OFFICE OF ST CLAIR COUNTY CLERK AND ELMWOOD CEMETERY RECORDS.
Note: ABBR OFFICE OF ST CLAIR COUNTY CLERK AND ELMWOOD CEMETE

Note: SHE WAS TALENTED AND WELL LIKED. WAS A JUNIOR IN YALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SHE SANG SOPRANO IN THE METHODIST CHURCH CHOIR.

DIED OF FACIALERYSIPELAS AFTER A 2 WEEK ILLNESS.

Note: HIS OBIT REFERS TO JULIE AS HIS SOUL MATE. MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MARRIED.THE
CHILDREN ARE LISTED AS HIS STEP CHILDREN.

HE WAS A FOSTER CHILD WHO STAYED WITH MENZO AND EDNA. THEY ADOPTED HIM
WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 12.

Note: LIVES IN FOSTORIA, MI AND WORKS AT BUICK MOTOR CO. IN FLINT, MI.

Source: (Name field)
Title: 1850 CANADA CENSUS OF FULLERTON, PERTH COUNTY, CANADA
Note: ABBR SOURCE #134
Media: Book

Source: (Name field)
Title: FAMILY BIBLE OF FRANCIS AND DONNA FINCH
Note: ABBR SOURCE #131

Source: (Name field)
Title: FAMILY BIBLE OF FRANCIS AND DONNA FINCH
Note: ABBR SOURCE #131

Source: (Name field)
Title: FAMILY BIBLE OF FRANCIS AND DONNA FINCH
Note: ABBR SOURCE #131

Source: (Name field)
Title: FAMILY BIBLE OF FRANCIS AND DONNA FINCH
Note: ABBR SOURCE #131

Source: (Name field)
Title: FAMILY BIBLE OF FRANCIS AND DONNA FINCH
Note: ABBR SOURCE #131

Source: (Birth field)
Title: FROM HIS MOTHERS BIBLE IN HER HANDWRITING. CEMETERY SHOWS 1892
Note: ABBR FROM HIS MOTHERS BIBLE IN HER HANDWRITING. CEMETE

Note: CALLED HIM KENO. HE WON A LOT. WAS A PAINTER AND LABORER. LIVED MOST
OF HIS ADULT LIFE IN ALGONAC, MICHUGAN.

DIED OF LIVER FAILURE. WAS A HEAVY DRINKER AT TIMES. ONE SOURCE LISTS
DEATH AS 1944
.

TRANSCRIPTION OF OBIT

ALGONAC RESIDENT FOR 43 YEARS DIED SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1948, C. WINSLOW
MONTNEY, 55, PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME HERE AT 530 ORCHARD ST.LAST SATURDAY
MORNING, MAY 15, FOLLOWING AN ILLNES OF SEVEN MONTH DURATION. HE HAD
SPENT TWO MONTHS IN ANN ARBOR AND TEN DAYS IN PORT HURON GENERAL HOSPITAL
DURING THAT TIME.

BORN IN YALE, MICHIGAN,NOV. 11, 1893, HE HAS RESIDED IN ALGONAC SINCE HE
WAS 12 YEARS OF AGE. HE WAS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MISS GRACE BROWN IN
1919. MR. MONTNEY HAD SAILED THE GREAT LAKES FOR 30 SEASONS AND THE LAST
TWO YEARS HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AS A PAINTER AT THE CHRIS CRAFT CORPORATION.

FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT THE GILBERT FUNERAL HOME MONDAY
AFTERNOON BY THE REVEREND LOTRIDGE OF YALE, FORMER PASTOR OF ALGONAC
CHURCH OF CHRIST, ASSISTED BY THE REVEREVD WALTER FRIEDN, PRESENT PASTOR
OF THE LOCAL CHURCH.MEMBERS OF THE ALGONAC VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF
WHICH MR MONTNEY WAS A MEMBER FOR 35 YEARS, ACTING AS PALLBEARERS WERE
JACK SCHRAM,BERT LANRIDGE,TED KANE, HENRY LAKE, HENRY SMITH, BOB
CARTWRIGHT, AND CLETUS FLANAGAN.

Event: Type: Military
Date: BET. 1941 - 1945
Place: US NAVY WAVE