Re: Bay City, Michigan Huskins Boat Works
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Re: Bay City, Michigan Huskins Boat Works
Ronald Huskins 10/09/00
Great Grandfather: Ben Huskins - b. 1895
Great Grandmother: Leah - b. 1897(?)
Grandfather (only child): Norbert - b. 1922
[He married a Gougeon, the folks that now run the former Huskins Boatworks.]
Father (only child): Robert - b. 1942
I was told that the original spelling meant "shipwright" from someone who speaks modern Dutch pretty well.I know a "huskin", in old English, is a light archer's helmet, but I suspect that this is dumb luck.(I have a reference for the later, but not the former.)
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Re: Bay City, Michigan Huskins Boat Works
Ronald Huskins 10/13/00