Mabel B.Goodwin had a son, Robert LaVerme Goodwin, at the age of 18. He was born in Coldwater, MI on April1,1919. Her family kicked her out of her home for the pregnacy and she was living with a family on Pearl Street as a maid, and then after the baby was born she was supposed to "give" him to that family. She could not go through with giving Robert away. She found another job and continued to care for her son. Bob was slender built, with light olive skin, big sad cow-eyes that were chocolate brown and he was medium to tall height. Bob went to school, qraduated from Quincy High, in Quincy, MI and went on to Michigan State in Lansing, where he graduated from an Agriculture program as a milk testter for the State of Michigan.
He enlisted in WWII. and served as a T-5 Sgt in the Army Corps of Combat Engineers in Europe, serving in France,Belgium and was in the Battle of the Bulge.He married Gwendolyn Eunice Buys on May23,1943.His children were Linda Lee (David Ingraham),Cheryl Sue ( divorced Gary Reish,m.Richard Thomas), Barbara Kaye (Mark Dilley) and Robert LaVerne, JR. He purchased a dairy farm in Three Rivers, MI. ( Bob died young of a heart attack.)(Bob lies in Riverside Cem. in Three Rivers,MI)
Mabel married Herbert Newton Parker, a lifelong friend , on July 22,1922 on Hamman Road at his sister's farm.
Lyle Herbert Parker was born next, an opposite of Brother Bob. Lyle was stocky built, blue-eyed and hated school. If the truth be known he was probably ADHD, but that wasn't heard of for another 40 -50 years. He quit school to join the Army, where he attained the rank of Coporal. Before he joined up he had already ran off and joined the carnival, so he could travel and get away from little Algansee.
Lyle first married Hazel Keene, from Edwardsburg,MI. They produced Lyle LaVerne Parker and Albert Lewis Parker. Lyle divorced her and married Sadie Belle Elvis, whom he introduced to the family as Betty Ellen Edwards. They had two girls, Donna June Parker and Bonnie Carol Parker. Then Sadie "disappeared" into the Carolinas. Lyle married Elida Mae Taylor, who he always called Susie. Susie and Lyle lived in Marshall, MI, They had a stillborn daughter, SueAnn. Not too long after SueAnn's death, Susie, too, died from kidney failure. Lyle worked mostly as a mechanic.(Lyle died of a heart attack ).(Lyle and Susie lie inWest  Eckford Cem, near Marshall,MI)
Next born was kind of a combo of Bob and Lyle. Dark-haired Irish looking, tall, thin Rex Charles Parker, born November 22,1924.Rex joined the army, serving as a T-4 Sergeant in Korea.He was sent home with a very bad case of malaria. While in the service, he learned the art of body work and became known as the area's best car painter/repaier. He married Eva Jeanette Boatman from Kentucky. He ran his own repair shop in Coldwater, MI, on Cutter avenue, then one on US-12.  Rex' children were Rickie Dennis Parker, Randy Dean Parker, Robin Denise Parker(Kevin Shonk) and Rhonda Delaine Parker (Brint Brinkman).(Rex died at 56 of a heart attack.)(Rex lies in Fisher Hill Cem. near Quincy,MI)
Red haired, green-eyed Juanita Ruth Parker was next in the family, born on January 6,1927.. She was short and tiny, but that does not mean she was delicate. She was very strong, and tough spirited. She married Thomas Lee Baker at the early age of 16, and they became dairy farmers. Juanita became the herd's
milker. Despite this, before the age of 19, she had 4 children under the age of 3. Patricia Ann Baker(Frank Harbaugh), Donna JeanBaker (divorced Charlie Beemer), Robert Lee Baker and David C. Baker(Juanita died of a heart attack.) (Juanita lies in Lakeview Cem,Quincy,MI)
Mavelyn Alice Parker arrived next on February 2, 1931. She, too, was tiny, but dark haired and dark eyed.She survived a bout of polio, learning to walk and talk a second time. She graduated from Reading High in 1949.She soon married Charles Richard Mundy,, known to the family as Dick. Dick and Mavelyn had 4 children:Christopher Duane Mundy, Cynthia Diane Mundy (stillborn in 1955) Marcia Joanne Mundy(Terry Baez) and Keith Dale Mundy. They lived most of their years in Coldwater, MI.( Mavelyn  died of ovarian cancer.)(Mavelyn lies in Lester Cem., near Quincy,MI)
Paul Marion Parker was born on Mother's Day,May10,1933. He was medium height, sandy haired and fair in his complexion, He possesed mechaniical ability and scholastic excellence. He graduated from Reading High in 1953. Paul married Helen Joan Kulow in 1953. They had 4 children, Steven Paul Parker,Ronald Leon Parker, Suzanne Kaye Parker(Divorced from Gordon Stroble), and John Eric Parker. Paul worked factory jobs, purchased a gas station and finally did what he had  dreamed of; purchased a concession wagon.(Paul died of stroke complications.) (Paul rests in Maplegrove, Reading,MI)
James Roland Parker arrived on June 1, 1941, shortlyl before WWII began. James was dark haired, stocky built and green eyed.  Jim worked at several things, the longest as a correction's officer at The Branch County Sheriff's  Department. Jim married Sara Jane Kulow, a sister to Paul's wife on September 16,1961. Jim has 2 children: Timothy James Parker and Julie Marie Parker.
And bringing up the rear, was Betty Carol Parker, born May 23, 1943. She had reddish blonde hair and blue/green eyes. She married Tommy Van Dove on September 17, 1961 and moved that day to Honolulu, Hawaii.Next she lived in Florida, and finally moved home  to raise her family, consisting of David Dwight Dove, Rachel Dora Dove and Wesley Andrew Dove.

Mabel was born one  glorious September morning (the 27th day) in 1900. She arrived in Algansee, MI on Grove Road in a frame house, which sat on a creek bed. Her parents were Charles Augustus Goodwin, always referred to as Charlie or Charlie Boy by his English parents, Frederick and Loretta Holley Goodwin. Charlie married Dora Mae Bickford,whose parents were Ira Purdy Bickford and Mary Craig Bickford. Dora, like Charlie, was a lifelong Algansee resisdent. Charlie was the first of his family to be born in Michigan, the older siblings were born in Marion, NY, and the little family moved here after the Civil War. Fred, Charlie's father received a Civil War pension. Fred served the entire war as a volunteer from NY. His service was a big deal to him. Fred moved here from England when he was about 9 years old.
Charlie and Dora began to farm for a living, and then, Charlie became sick.They took Charlie to the prestigious University of Michigan Hospital, but stomach cancer claimed Charlie far too early.
A big family rift came when Dora married Allen Paul, less than 30 days after his third wife died(How suspicious was that?). The family version that came through to me was she thought he had money and he thought she had money and they both were fooled. No matter what, all the Goodwins and Parkers had trouble with Allen Paul, 
Mabel was the first of the Goodwin children. Ira Frederick Goodwin arrived next on September 24,1904.Next came Marion Charles Goodwin in December of
1914, and finally the family's children were completed with Reo Ernest Goodwin, born in June of 1918. 
Mabel married her lifelong friend, Herbert Newton Parker on July 22,1922. Ira married Edith Mae Wortman in Springport, MI. Marion married Ellabelle Hall about 1942. Reo married a shirttail cousin of Ellabelle, and a niece of his step-father (Allen Willis Paul) Ruth Paul, also in 1942.  Marion served as a Sergeant in WWII in Europe in Patton's Fighting Red Devils; while Reo served in the army in the Pacific, in the Quartermaster Corps.