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Surnames: Carlisle, Archer, Powers
Classification: Query
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I've come to a dead end and need some help. My GGG Grandmother Catherine Carlisle and
her daughter Catherine (Carlisle) Archer are found Central Lake, Antrim County, Michigan
at the home of Mary M. Powers in 1880. There is also a James Archer and an Ebenezer
Carlisle (who I suspect is Catherine Archer and Catherine Carlisle's sons) in the
area. I've found record of James Archers wife Helen and Ebenezer's death in the
area but have not found any record of either Catherine or James Archer to date.
I've recently run across a document indicating that Helen Archer's maiden name was
Powers which links her to Mary, but nothing more.
I am primarily interested at this time in finding any additional information concerning
Catherine Carlisle and Catherine Archer location and solidifying the tie to the James
Archer in Antrim County.
The Carlisle family originally settled in Hillsdale and most stayed in that area until
after 1870. Catherine's husband had passed away and several of her sons moved out of
the area between 1862 and 1872.