Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hi, my name is Ron Raleigh, and I have been involved in the search for my Raleigh Roots. If Genevieve is in your Tree, then there is an intersection for each of us here.
Genevieve was married to Carman R. Wessels of Brockport New York. In actual fact, he was my Step-Uncle. Carman had a half-brother by the name of Wyatt G. Raleigh. I didn't know if this is news to you, or not but, Carman was born Carman Raleigh, then soon after adopted by Mattie and Norris Wessels. This adoption may have taken place so fast that he was never a Raleigh. There were no Birth Certificates at that time. To put things in perspective, my father Wyatt was born about 1906, and Carman was born in 1909.The same Mother, Pearl Raleigh (unwed). Mattie Wessels was Mattie Raleigh, Pearl's sister, before she married Norris. She and Norris were childless; they took Carman.
As I said, Wyatt was my dad, and knew Carman and Genevieve. I had been to their house in Lockport a few times when I was young. I do remember that Aunt Gene (I thought it was Jean) was a School Teacher, and Carman looked a lot like my father.
I hope you get this and respond.
Ron - 3/28/2007 - ronr@netacc.net

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 11/18/1963

LOCKPORT -An employe
of Harrison Radiator Division,
General Motors Corp.
Carman R. Wessels, 54, of 759
Walnut St., died Sunday (Nov
17, 1963) at Mount View Hos-
pital after a two year illness.
Mr. Wessels was born June
8, 1909 In Brockport and lived
in Lockport the last 25 years.
He was employed as a test
operator at Harrisons. An ar-
dent sportsman, he was a
member of the Lockport Rifle
Association and the National
Rifle Association. He was a
World War II veteran and a
member of B. Leo Dolan Post
No. 410, American Legion.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Genevieve Wessels and
several cousins.
Services will be held at 2
p.m. Wednesday at the Joseph
M. Kennedy Funeral Home,
Inc. Rev. Donald M. Peck, of
Emmanuel Methodist Church,
will officiate. Burial will be
in Riverdale Cemetery, Niagara
Falls. The family said
Memorials to the American
Cancer Society are acceptable
as tribute.

Family/Spouse: LAMPKINS, Genevieve. Genevieve (daughter of LAMPKIN, David W and SHIRE, Madeline) was born on 5 Aug 1909; died on 18 Feb 1976; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]