Ray, there are lots of Ohio and Indiana Oyler's listed, but in checking the
index, I don't show an Mary Ellen, nor a William Kirkendall.
Sorry.
Byron
-----Original Message-----
From: RKIRKE(a)prodigy.net [mailto:RKIRKE@prodigy.net]
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 9:23 PM
To: INMIAMI-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: [INMIAMI-L] FW: Miriam Fredrick's passing Oyler / Orpurt Family
Is there an Ohio Oyler's in your book? I am looking
for Mary Elen Oyler,b 8/22,1822 Hawking County. She
was daughter of Jacob Oyler. Mary married my geat
grandfather, William Kirkendall. In about 1856, they
moved to Rochester,Fulton, Indiana. Maybe some of her
family went on and settled in Miami County. Do you
think there are any connections here with your family?
Ray Kirkendall
rkirke(a)prodigy.net
--- Original Message ---
From: "Byron" <byron(a)voyager.net>
To: INMIAMI-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: [INMIAMI-L] FW: Miriam Fredrick's passing
Oyler / Orpurt Family
Richard, she attended the Mishawaka Presbyterian
Church in
downtown
Mishawaka
To All,
The memorial service is going to be at Miriam's old
church in Mishawaka, IN
on Monday June 10. The service will be at 1 PM at
the
Mishawaka
Presbyterian Church in downtown Mishawaka.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Smith [mailto:richard.c.smith@gte.net]
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 6:57 AM
To: INMIAMI-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INMIAMI-L] FW: Miriam Fredrick's
passing Oyler / Orpurt Family
That was a very nice piece on Miriam. I am sure she
appreciates it.
I would be very interested in a copy of her book. By
the way, which church
in Mishawaka did she attend?
Richard Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Byron" <byron(a)voyager.net>
To: <INMIAMI-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:29 PM
Subject: [INMIAMI-L] FW: Miriam Fredrick's passing
Oyler / Orpurt Family
> During the past couple of weeks there several of
the researchers have
talked
> about their Oyler connections. My great Aunt
Marian, who stared
researching
> the Oyler family many many years ago passed away on
Tuesday, just months
shy
> of 100. One of her favorite research locations was
the Allen County
> Library, though she spent a great deal of time in
various
courthouses.
>
> Her mother was an Oyler.
>
> Byron
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Gamble [mailto:w0alc@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 3:47 PM
> To: Byron
> Subject: Re: Miriam Fredrick's passing
>
> Byron,
> to our immediate knowledge there will be a memorial
service sometime in
the
> future at Timbercrest. Olive, Miriam's daughter
cannot leave Germany for
> several months
> so those plans are up in the air!
> go ahead and post the msg on the web sites. Miriam
was born in Miami
county
> as
> you know! She was extremely weak and you could
hardly hear her voice the
> last
> couple of weeks. Curt
>
> Byron wrote:
>
> > I am sorry to hear that Miriam has passed away.
What are the
> arrangements?
> >
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Curt Gamble [mailto:w0alc@mindspring.com]
> >
> > To All,
> >
> > Miriam Orpurt Fredrick co-author of our family
history book "North
> > Carolina Oylers and their Descendants" passed on
yesterday afternoon
> > less than two months shy of her 100 birthday.
Carol
& I with our
> > daughter and grandchildren last saw her about 3
weeks
ago and we
> > knew her time here was short.
> >
> > We enjoyed spending countless hours with her
analyzing our genealogy
> > finds
> > from
> > libraries, court houses and also from many
cousins close and quite
> > distant. Carol and I learned a lot from her and
thought of her more
> > as an aunt than Carol's first cousin once
removed.
She was without
> > a knee joint after failed replacement surgery but
never complained
> > and enjoyed life to it fullest.
> >
> > During our forays we many times used cramped 2
person elevators in
> > small libraries and courthouses . Once to visit a
relative in Peru, IN
> > I pulled her backwards up steep grassy bank in a
wheel
chair while
> > her eyes got as big as saucers.
> >
> > While it was lots of work for me taking along a
wheel chair and/or her
> > electric
> > cart which each trip I disassembled and re
assembled many times I
> > thoroughly enjoyed taking out someone so
appreciative
of Carol & I. Over
> > the
> > 8 or so years we did research together we made
almost 60 trips of one
> > sort or another with her and many other distant
trips
without her for
> > the books research in our quest to find all the
needed
information.
> >
> > As sisters Miriam's Oyler mother married an
Orpurt while Carol's
Oyler
> > grandmother married a Gilbert. In addition Miriam
lived with Carol's
> > mothers Gilbert family during her teen years in
order
to attend
> > school in town at Peru, Indiana. Hence she has
always
been a close
> > cousin to Carol.
> >
> > Having an interest in genealogy since the 1930's
Miriam also did
> > research
> > on the DeMuth, Kinsey, Orpurt & Wissinger lines
and being almost 100
> > yrs old knew many of the relatives we researched
and
wrote about in our
> > book.
> > Many of her remembrances of the old days are
preserved in the Oyler
> > book. Of the dozens of first cousins of Sarah
Wissinger and Henry
> > Oyler's 14
> > children there are now only three left. The
youngest is 78 and the
> > oldest is also 99 with Carol's mother in the
middle at age 87.
> >
> > Our goal was to complete the book while Miriam
was still alive and for
> > that
> > we are thankful as she got to enjoy it her last
year. Last fall at age
> > 99, we took
> > a very frail Miriam back to see her old church in
Mishawaka, Indiana
> > where she had
> > been a member of the board. She was able to tell
us the route from her
> > head
> > for the 1-1/2 hour drive which to me was amazing
for someone in their
> > 100th year.
> > Miriam was however finding it difficult to accept
the changes that had
> > taken
> > place in the churches physical building over the
10+ year period since
> > she had
> > moved to the Brethren Retirement Home in North
Manchester, Indiana.
> >
> > I once saw a sign that said "When a person dies
we lose a
library". In
> > Miriam's
> > case we have preserved as much of that as we
could in our Oyler
> > family
> > history book. All the cousins are blessed for
her abilities and early
> > efforts to document their genealogy from times
past.
> >
> > For the cousins receiving this email letter we
have plenty of books left
> > for $32 so contact us for one.
> >
> > Sincerely, Curt &
Carol Gamble
>
>
>