Hello Cousins,
I sent for my husband's great, great grandmother's death certificate and I
don't believe they sent the right one
and I'm hoping someone can help me find this person. The person in question is:
Merial SHEPAN. She was
born in Germany 6 Dec 1823 and died in St. Charles, MI, 16 Apr 1880. The DC says she was
married and
was a housekeeper, but gives no other pertinent information.
The great, great grandparents were: Carl SHEPAN, b. Germany 27 Apr 1825, d. St. Charles
27 Dec 1907.
He married C. Augusta UNKNOWN in 1847. They came over here in 1856. I know nothing of
Augusta other
than birth and death dates: 2 Feb 1827 - 23 May 1880.
I would love to find more information on Augusta, but she is one of my brickwalls.
I'm thinking this Merial
was married to a brother of Carl's, but have found nothing to corroborate this. I
just don't think there were
that many Shepan's in St. Charles at the time.
Any help is most appreciated.
Sue Schroeder