Kalamazoo County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Giem, Albert 
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Cemetery:           Sand Lake Cemetery, Pavilion Township
Name:               Albert Giem

Date Of Photograph: May 28, 2002
Photo can be seen at:
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Albert Giem  Father  1833 - 1896   Albert emmigrated from Saxony,Germany to New
Philadelphia,Ohio with his parents,John Christian and Dorothea, and his
siblings, William, Karl (Charles) and Maria in 1837.  Albert married Sara Ann
Rigby (also buried in Sand Lake)on Sept. 9,1855 in New Philadelphia.  On April
15, 1889, Albert and Julia paid $600 for an 11 acre farm from A. C. Boone.  The
farm was located on the east shore of Austin Lake, Portage Township, Kalamazoo
County, Michigan - the farm is still owned by a Giem descendent.  See Sara Ann
Giem for a list of their children.  Four of the sons became railroad engineers,
Frank, William Charles, Edwin John (aka John Giem), and Archie Clyde. Three
worked for the Grand Rapids and Indiana that ran through the Austin Lake farm.   


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