Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:15:52 -0600
From: Nancy <NLake@wi.rr.com>

    I've been trying and trying to get my family tree back farther.  My father
is getting old and I'd love to be able to connect some dots for him before
he passes.  His name is Dale Joe Lake, his father is John Leamond (spelling
could be wrong) Lake, who's father was John who come over to Michigan from
Ontario Canada.  We believe that he enter through Port Huron, Michigan,
because we heard stories of dances on the white rocks, and before that they
had settled in Tillensburg Canada..  So, the story goes that John Lake's
father was Edward Colburn (again spelling could be wrong) Lake remembered
coming over on the boat with his father from England, when he was just a
little boy. This is just how the story goes I don't know the truth. There is
trouble with the timing. I'm finding it hard to trace anything in Canada.
Supposedly, the man who came here from Liverpool, England was a twin.
He headed for America and his brother went on to Africa.  The one that went
to Africa was never heard from again. We have twins in every generation
in our family.  My brother was working one day in the oil fields, and a
salesman came up to him and asked him if his name was Lake.  He never meet
him before or anything.  Jim said yes why do you ask? The man said he knows
two Lake brothers from Battle Creek who are twins and they look just like him.
    Okay, I'm from Traverse City, Michigan and you can find some family trees
there but they aren't really accurate.  I have correct date of when certain
people where born, and even some of them are with the wrong families. I went
around to all of my relative that were living, my father came from a family
of thirteen, he was the youngest, and I got stories to include in our family
tree because I loved the stories.  Anyhow, my life changed and I'm living
in Wisconsin now.  Do you believe you could shed some light on this for me.
    My great grandfather was involved with an Anne Sullivan, the sister to
John L. Sullivan, the famous bare fisted fighter. That is wear my Grandfather
got his name from.  My Grandfather had a sister Ida, who married a Addison
Storres (Spelling) and they had a baby who was a midget. I have stories
of her.  Ida moved to Tupperware, New York, with the company she worked
for. My Grandfather's wife where my family comes from name was Hannah Stalks
(Spelling).  She was of Irish decent we believe. I have a letter that was
written to one of my Uncles stating all of the names in that family.  I have
all of this written down somewhere with correct spelling, but I'll have to
do some digging to get it out.  Which I will do, if your willing to help me.

    Will what do you think, Am I crazy?

    If you think this is bad, you should see where my mothers family 
tree takes me................... Jesse James! (maybe)

Thanks so much for listening,

Nancy Lake