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The Costello family history hunt

Found this out on the Ancestery.com board This is the obituary of my grandfather Williams brother "Patrick" providing a lot of names and places to look.. Here's what I found: COSTELLO, Patrick Joseph From the scrapbook of Bessie Townsend, Page 117, located in the Lyons, Michigan Museum. Patrick Joseph Costello, 67, of VanderHeyden Court, Ionia. Funeral at SS Peter and Paul church, Rev. Fr. John S. Fons officiating; burial in Mt. Olivet cemetery. Pallbearers: Timothy Sullivan, C. J. Sullivan, ,Michael Egan, Herbert Slowinski, Gerald Brown, Frank McCarthy. Born March 29, 1877 in Parnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Patrick Costello. Married 45 years ago to Nellie Byrne of Parnell; lived in Belding; moved 25 years ago to Ionia. Survived by: wife, Nellie; sons, Joseph Costello, Pontiac; Leo, Trufant; three granddaughters; four brothers, John Costello, Sault St. Marie; James Costello, Belding; Frank Costello, Flint; William Costello, Los Angeles, two sisters, Mrs. Edwar...