Location: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies Michigan United_States


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Roosevelt Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan One Place Study
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This WikiTree Project is for the One Place Study on the Grand Rapids, Michigan neighborhood of Roosevelt Park. We have a blog where we share the information we've compiled, but we wanted to start a WikiTree Project so we can have another location for our information and so we can organize the profiles of former residents of the neighborhood.
Name
Roosevelt Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Roosevelt Park Neighborhood is in southwest Grand Rapids, Michigan. The area has had people living in it for much longer than Grand Rapids has even existed. This project will include some pre European history that can be found as well as up to today.
The neighborhood boundaries are Wealthy to the North, Burton to the South, Clyde Park and Godfrey to the West, and Century Avenue to the East.
Geography
- Continent: North America
- Country: United States
- State/Province: Michigan
- County: Kent
- City: Grand Rapids
- GPS Coordinates: 42.5629, -85.4057
- Elevation: 207.04 m
- Water Ways: Plaster Creek wiki
Project Goals
Some of the goals of the project are:
- Indexing all US Census records from the neighborhood. This would be from the 1860 Census for part of the neighborhood (Wealthy to Hall) and the 1900 Census onward in other areas (south of Hall).
- Looking at the history of businesses that were and are still there.
- Tell the family history of past residents. This will include creating WikiTree profiles so it is easier for people to access genealogy documents.
- Indexing sources about locations, businesses, people, etc in the neighborhood.
- Recording personal histories from any past residents.
- And more.
To Do
Here are some of the tasks that I think need to be done. I'll be working on them, and could use your help.
- Creating profiles for former residents families (well sourced)
- Creating histories for different buildings in the neighborhood.
- Something else you are interested in contributing to the project.
Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, or send me a private message. Thanks!
History
Population
Former Residents WikiTree Profiles
- James Rumsey and Cornelia Stone Rumsey More work needs to be done on these profile.
- Caleb Brice and Lucy Brice.
- Gladwyn Clark and Gaynell Clark
Notables
Sources
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- Private Messages: Contact the Profile Managers privately: One Place Studies Project WikiTree and Colleen Jousma. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
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