Olin Family Society

I've been meaning to blog about meeting my 7th Cousin (Twice Removed) LiLi Townsend of Maui, Hawaii last Saturday. She is such an amazing woman! She has travelled the world, has an interesting perspective on life and is easily the happiest and most satisfied 73 year old (she looks 2 decades younger though) I have ever met.

Barrie Bottorf and his niece, Julie Grandbouche, hold a painting of the Olin Bridge as it appeared before restoration. The bridge is in the background. The painting is part of the Olin's Museum of Covered Bridges on Dewey Road.

When Barrie Bottorf speaks of the Dewey Road covered bridge, it is always possessively, even though it is a county bridge.

“It’s our bridge,” says Bottorf, who lives along the river downstream from the Plymouth Township bridge.

When you see the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner taking off from the company's home main hangars in Everett, WA it is taking off from Paine Field (also known as Snohomish Co. Airport). Paine Field is named for a cousin of ours, John-John-John-Ezra-Ezra-George-Lucy-2nd Lt. Topliff Olin PAINE. Cool huh?

Hi All,

I'm am heading to Auckland, New Zealand in February. If anyone knows of relatives or family history they want checked or confirmed, please e-mail me at circulating@yahoo.com and I will make every effort to do so.

Sherry

At long last, I've made a change to the site that should prevent warning messages about the site security certificate. If you still observe warnings about the site certificate, or if you encounter unexpected new behavior that might have resulted from the change, please let me know.

I've been working on Caleb and Belinda (Daniels) son John and his line. I had found that after Rosanna passed, John remarried. He remarried on 15 Jan 1898 to Amelia C (Smith) Perry. I lost the trail after that as they moved. I finally found a death certificate for John C. Olin in Surrey Twp., Clare Co., MI. The informant was his son John, also residing in Surrey Twp.

Best Represented OLIN Lines by Generation on our Facebook page:

2nd Generation: The John-John OLIN branch has 34 members on the page.
3rd Generation: The John-John-John OLIN branch has 30.
4th Generation: The John-John-John-Henry OLIN branch has 27.
5th Generation: The John-John-John-Henry-Henry OLIN branch has 25.
6th Generation: The John-John-John-Henry-Henry-Thomas OLIN branch has 23.
7th Generation: The John-John-John-Henry-Henry-Thomas-Willard OLIN branch has 19.
8th Generation: The John-John-John-Henry-Henry-Thomas-Willard-Charles OLIN branch has 14.
9th Generation: The John-Joseph-Joseph-Reuben-John-Earl-Orva-George-Donald OLIN branch has 7.
10th Generation: The John-Joseph-Phillip-Benjamin-John-Martin-Franklin-Leon-Bruce-Donald OLIN branch has 4.

I have slacked on creating the Biographical Sketches and Records of the John & Susannah (SPENCER) OLIN Family, and I am sorry. I looked back and realized that I started slacking after I got laid-off earlier this year. I also decided to launch the SoCal OLIN Family Social and that became my priority #1. I have resolved though that once the 1st Social happens I'll be able to pass the helm of next year's organizing efforts to interested SoCal OLINs, and I'll be able to return to the creation of the OLIN online biography book.

This past Saturday, my elder two boys and I made a trek south to Fish Fest, a Christian concert down in Irvine, CA. We were guests of Mr. Benjamin OLIN (see HB #29), the lead singer of the Christian rock band This Beautiful Republic. The Band was great! It wasn't my typical brand of music but I really, really liked it.