FREDERICK N. ROYLE born July 22, 1860 Waterloo, New York, married in 1888 to FLORENCE M. KEECH born March 1869 in Michigan. Fred and Florence had eight children, all born in Michigan:
1. IRENE VICTORIA born April 1889, 1/10/1910 in Hart, married JESSE POE 31, a painter living in Greenwood, his parents were Leland Poe and Bell Swinehart.
2. CLARA ESTELLA born October 1890, died 10/10/1918 married JAMES EDWARD PHILO on 9/22/1913
3. ARTHUR O. born April 1892
4. JENNIE born Sept. 1894. On June 2, 1915 in Hart, married George F. Stiver 21 of
Colfax, parents Jerry Stiver and Susan McCumber
5. WILLIAM F. born 1896
6. RACHAEL ELIZA born September 1898. On Feb. 26, 1916 in Hart she married William Simmons 18 a farmer from Otto, parents Edward Simmons and Hattie Beamus.
7. SYLVIA born 1903 married Henry Kuiper born in 1896 near Rothbury to Fred G. Kuipers and Reintje De Voss who came from Amsterdam, Holland. After Sylvia and Henry married they moved to Muskegon.
8. ERMA born 1906 married Montie Roger
Oldest Man Dies at 102 - Fred Royal , who would have marked his 103rd birthday next month, died at the White Lodge Nursing Home today after a long period of failing health. He was believed to be the county's oldest resident. Born July 22, 1860, in Waterloo, N.Y., he came to Michigan with his parents as a boy and has made his home in Muskegon and Oceans counties since. He left school as a boy to work in the shingle mills of Montague and Whitehall and as an adult, was part of the lumbering industry of Western Michigan for many years. He later farmed and was a township official of Otto Township, Oceana County for a number of years. He married the former Florence Keech in 1888 and the couple made their home here until Mrs. Royle's death in 1955. In remarkably good health in his later years, Fred was a favorite at the nursing home where he regaled fellow residents and nurses alike with his songs; many of them from his lumberjack days. He had traditionally attributed his longevity to "working hard, smoking a pipe and keeping my sense of humor". Surviving relatives of the community's senior citizen were not immediately known, but include a number of sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with whom he has celebrated each of his last birthdays. (The Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, MI, Friday, July 14, 1963; pg 17)
1. IRENE VICTORIA born April 1889, 1/10/1910 in Hart, married JESSE POE 31, a painter living in Greenwood, his parents were Leland Poe and Bell Swinehart.
2. CLARA ESTELLA born October 1890, died 10/10/1918 married JAMES EDWARD PHILO on 9/22/1913
3. ARTHUR O. born April 1892
4. JENNIE born Sept. 1894. On June 2, 1915 in Hart, married George F. Stiver 21 of
Colfax, parents Jerry Stiver and Susan McCumber
5. WILLIAM F. born 1896
6. RACHAEL ELIZA born September 1898. On Feb. 26, 1916 in Hart she married William Simmons 18 a farmer from Otto, parents Edward Simmons and Hattie Beamus.
7. SYLVIA born 1903 married Henry Kuiper born in 1896 near Rothbury to Fred G. Kuipers and Reintje De Voss who came from Amsterdam, Holland. After Sylvia and Henry married they moved to Muskegon.
8. ERMA born 1906 married Montie Roger
Oldest Man Dies at 102 - Fred Royal , who would have marked his 103rd birthday next month, died at the White Lodge Nursing Home today after a long period of failing health. He was believed to be the county's oldest resident. Born July 22, 1860, in Waterloo, N.Y., he came to Michigan with his parents as a boy and has made his home in Muskegon and Oceans counties since. He left school as a boy to work in the shingle mills of Montague and Whitehall and as an adult, was part of the lumbering industry of Western Michigan for many years. He later farmed and was a township official of Otto Township, Oceana County for a number of years. He married the former Florence Keech in 1888 and the couple made their home here until Mrs. Royle's death in 1955. In remarkably good health in his later years, Fred was a favorite at the nursing home where he regaled fellow residents and nurses alike with his songs; many of them from his lumberjack days. He had traditionally attributed his longevity to "working hard, smoking a pipe and keeping my sense of humor". Surviving relatives of the community's senior citizen were not immediately known, but include a number of sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with whom he has celebrated each of his last birthdays. (The Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, MI, Friday, July 14, 1963; pg 17)
FREDERICK N. ROYLE born July 22, 1860 Waterloo, New York, married in 1888 to FLORENCE M. KEECH born March 1869 in Michigan. Fred and Florence had eight children, all born in Michigan:
1. IRENE VICTORIA born April 1889, 1/10/1910 in Hart, married JESSE POE 31, a painter living in Greenwood, his parents were Leland Poe and Bell Swinehart.
2. CLARA ESTELLA born October 1890, died 10/10/1918 married JAMES EDWARD PHILO on 9/22/1913
3. ARTHUR O. born April 1892
4. JENNIE born Sept. 1894. On June 2, 1915 in Hart, married George F. Stiver 21 of
Colfax, parents Jerry Stiver and Susan McCumber
5. WILLIAM F. born 1896
6. RACHAEL ELIZA born September 1898. On Feb. 26, 1916 in Hart she married William Simmons 18 a farmer from Otto, parents Edward Simmons and Hattie Beamus.
7. SYLVIA born 1903 married Henry Kuiper born in 1896 near Rothbury to Fred G. Kuipers and Reintje De Voss who came from Amsterdam, Holland. After Sylvia and Henry married they moved to Muskegon.
8. ERMA born 1906 married Montie Roger
Oldest Man Dies at 102 - Fred Royal , who would have marked his 103rd birthday next month, died at the White Lodge Nursing Home today after a long period of failing health. He was believed to be the county's oldest resident. Born July 22, 1860, in Waterloo, N.Y., he came to Michigan with his parents as a boy and has made his home in Muskegon and Oceans counties since. He left school as a boy to work in the shingle mills of Montague and Whitehall and as an adult, was part of the lumbering industry of Western Michigan for many years. He later farmed and was a township official of Otto Township, Oceana County for a number of years. He married the former Florence Keech in 1888 and the couple made their home here until Mrs. Royle's death in 1955. In remarkably good health in his later years, Fred was a favorite at the nursing home where he regaled fellow residents and nurses alike with his songs; many of them from his lumberjack days. He had traditionally attributed his longevity to "working hard, smoking a pipe and keeping my sense of humor". Surviving relatives of the community's senior citizen were not immediately known, but include a number of sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with whom he has celebrated each of his last birthdays. (The Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, MI, Friday, July 14, 1963; pg 17)
1. IRENE VICTORIA born April 1889, 1/10/1910 in Hart, married JESSE POE 31, a painter living in Greenwood, his parents were Leland Poe and Bell Swinehart.
2. CLARA ESTELLA born October 1890, died 10/10/1918 married JAMES EDWARD PHILO on 9/22/1913
3. ARTHUR O. born April 1892
4. JENNIE born Sept. 1894. On June 2, 1915 in Hart, married George F. Stiver 21 of
Colfax, parents Jerry Stiver and Susan McCumber
5. WILLIAM F. born 1896
6. RACHAEL ELIZA born September 1898. On Feb. 26, 1916 in Hart she married William Simmons 18 a farmer from Otto, parents Edward Simmons and Hattie Beamus.
7. SYLVIA born 1903 married Henry Kuiper born in 1896 near Rothbury to Fred G. Kuipers and Reintje De Voss who came from Amsterdam, Holland. After Sylvia and Henry married they moved to Muskegon.
8. ERMA born 1906 married Montie Roger
Oldest Man Dies at 102 - Fred Royal , who would have marked his 103rd birthday next month, died at the White Lodge Nursing Home today after a long period of failing health. He was believed to be the county's oldest resident. Born July 22, 1860, in Waterloo, N.Y., he came to Michigan with his parents as a boy and has made his home in Muskegon and Oceans counties since. He left school as a boy to work in the shingle mills of Montague and Whitehall and as an adult, was part of the lumbering industry of Western Michigan for many years. He later farmed and was a township official of Otto Township, Oceana County for a number of years. He married the former Florence Keech in 1888 and the couple made their home here until Mrs. Royle's death in 1955. In remarkably good health in his later years, Fred was a favorite at the nursing home where he regaled fellow residents and nurses alike with his songs; many of them from his lumberjack days. He had traditionally attributed his longevity to "working hard, smoking a pipe and keeping my sense of humor". Surviving relatives of the community's senior citizen were not immediately known, but include a number of sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with whom he has celebrated each of his last birthdays. (The Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon, MI, Friday, July 14, 1963; pg 17)
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