Emma Eleanor STOCKWELL

1873 - 1937  (64 years)

• Name	Emma Eleanor STOCKWELL
  Birth	23 Apr 1873	Kincardine,Ontario., Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Aug 1937	Hart, Oceana Co., MI
  Burial	Elbridge Cem, Hart, Oceana Co., MI
  Person ID	I290	Benham Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	James STOCKWELL,   b. 1843   d. 1865 (Age 22 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rebecca MORRISON,   b. 1843   d. 1929 (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John D. MCGILLIS,   b. 16 Sep 1875   d. 02 Dec 1905, Onaway, Presque Isle Co., MI (Age 30 years)
  Children	+ 1. Maude Margaret MCGILLIS,   b. 03 Aug 1899, Millersburg, Presque Isle Co. MI d. 18 Aug 1973, Hart, Elbridge Twp., MI (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Roy John MCGILLIS,   b. 20 Aug 1904, Forest, Cheboygan Co., MI d. 13 Mar 1976, Hart, Elbridge Twp, Oceana Co, MI (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Martinus Wilhelmus REINTJES,   b. 15 Sep 1851, St.Oedenrode, North Brabant, Netherlands d. 16 Sep 1913, Bay City, Bay Co., MI (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	05 Mar 1896	Bay City, Bay Co., MI   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Ethel Frances REINTGUS,   b. 24 Jul 1896, Bay City, Bay Co., MI d. 06 Dec 1951, Muskegon, Muskegon Co., MI (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Dave PERKINS,   b. 1869, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1921, Onaway, Presque Isle Co., MI (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	05 Aug 1906	Alpena, MI
  Children	+ 1. Alice PERKINS,   b. 17 Feb 1908, Onaway, MI d. 21 Jul 1990, Muskegon, MI (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 05 Mar 1896 - Bay City, Bay Co., MI  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Emma probably went to Onaway because her brother, Homer K. Stockwell was living there (until 1909). A Mr. Mulligan saw her get off the train in Onaway, with a child. Mulligan worked in a sawmill with John McGillis. Did she know John McGillis from Bay City? She may have gone to Onaway in 1898. Maude was born August 3, 1899. John and Ethel must have been together (married?) by November, 1898. In 1923 she bought a house in Hart. After she died in 1937, Roy lived there, and after Roy died, David Benham, Charles F.'s son lived there. Emma Stockwell ("Grandma Perkins") and Roy, her son, lived in an apartment above a store on Lakeshore Drive, near Ruddiman. Interview with Alice Perkins Redding. August 3, 1986 Alice said that after Dave Perkins died, Emma stayed with Roy in Onaway. Then she went to Adrian and lived with Jim Stockwell. Jim was blind, she said from his job that required hitting concrete with a sledge hamner.Then she went to Hart. At one point, Alice and Emma lived in Lakeside with Maude and Norman Russell.

  
  

• Reference

  Benham Family Tree. "Emma Eleanor STOCKWELL". Our Family History. https://ipv6.benhamfamilytree.com/getperson.php?personID=I290&tree=tree1 (accessed October 24, 2026).