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The French Family of Wakeman, Ohio Updated September 30, 2006	Richard Wayne French 1048 Cornell Drive Decatur, IL 62522 A-United States 217-428-5899 wrfrench@springnet1.com
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Genealogy of French family arriving at Wakeman, Ohio from Connecticut in 1817. Decended from the line including Thomas French and Majery Knights of England. Erastus, Silas and Joseph French were the first of the family to arrive at Wakeman. Other family names in the area include Shepard, Waugh, Beecher, Canfield, Beardslee, Shelton, Treat, Deming and Pierce. Wakeman is located in the Firelands of the Western Reserve.


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Winthrop Beecher French & Ethelberta French (776 KB) Photo take about 1907, probably in Wakeman, Ohio Todd School House about 1911 (419 KB) Todd School stood on the Southeast corner of Ohio State Route 303 and Butler Road in Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio. Winthrop French is shown 6th from left in the back row. Todd School about 1914 (477 KB) In this photo of Todd School, once located on the Southeast corner of present day Ohio State Route 303 and Butler Road, Winthrop French is shown 3rd from left, back row A.J. French Family about 1915 (421 KB) Leland (aka Tix), Lucie (Wiese), A.J. (Alvah Joseph), Dorothy (Granger)and Blanche French on the porch of their house. The house, now extensively changed, now is located as the 2nd house southeast of the Vermilion River Bridge east of Wakeman on State Route 303. The house, at the time of the photograph, sat where the 3rd house east is now located, but was moved sometime in the late 1940's or early 1950's.

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The French Family of Wakeman, Ohio

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