Ralph A. Young Courser Family Genealogy Collection, 1870, 2012, and undated

Summary

Creator:

Young, Ralph A., 1943-

Abstract:

Collection includes genealogical information on the Courser, Richardson, and Kuiphof families.

Extent:

2 cubic ft. (in 3 boxes, 6 Oversized folders)

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by M. Prindiville, A. Halula, M. Matyn

Background

Scope and Content:

This is a dense genealogy collection mostly about the Courser family, with some information on the Kuiphof and Richardson families. A number of older photographic images are scans. Two photographs and the large ancestry chart are laminated. Three oversized items are acidic and two are framed with glass.

Researchers may also be interested in the Elaine Coraleen Smith Courser Papers, [circa 1981], which is also housed in the Clarke Historical Library.

Biographical / Historical:

Biography:

Ralph A.Young is a descendant of the Courser family of Isabella County (Mich.). Some of his ancestors moved from Maine and Massachusetts westward to Isabella County, Michigan, and one, Ephraim Carter Courser, Sr. (1832-1915), relocated from Canada. Ephraim married twice and had seventeen children, whose descendants still hold reunions. In 2015 Ralph A. Young lived in Conklin (Mich.). (This information is from the collection and donor form.)

Acquisition Information:

Acc# 74700

Arrangement:

Arrangement is by size, then alphabetical and chronological.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Genealogy--Michigan--Isabella County.

Names:

Courser family--Genealogy.
Kuiphof family--Genealogy.
Richardson family--Genealogy.
Young, Ralph A., 1943-

Places:

Isabella County (Mich.)--History.
Isabella County (Mich.)--Genealogy.