Jennifer L. Dayton

Writer | Investigator | Archivist




A collection of essays, investigations, archival discoveries, and family histories from Michigan.

FAMILY HISTORY

Austin-Sill House, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Built by Benjamin Miller Austin, a direct ancestor of Jennifer L. Dayton. Photo by Bill Dolak

■ ARCHIVE IN PROGRESS ■

This family archive is currently being researched and assembled.

Records, photographs, probate files, newspaper archives, family documents, and other historical materials are being reviewed as I reconstruct the people, places, and stories within my family history.

New discoveries and family lines will be added as the research continues.

Michael Shoemaker Dayton | Paternal Grandfather

October 8, 1921 – July 8, 2003

Grandpa Dayton, visit to Richland, Michigan
Grandpa Dayton & Grandma Frannie.
Grandpa Dayton & Great Aunt Sally Dayton
Grandpa Dayton & Grandma Frannie, Thanksgiving 1987
Grandpa’s U.P. Cottage in Gulliver, Michigan.


William Harrison “Willie” Peck | 2nd great-grandfather

June 24, 1865 – July 4, 1945

Birthplace: Kalamazoo, Michigan

Hon. George William Hare, DVS | 2nd great-granduncle

November 9, 1862 – February 14, 1961

austin
burdick
Dayton
fitch
hare
hoyt
Peck
pETER THE GREAT
shoemaker
streeter

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