MY GREAT GRANDPA ROSSMAN USED TO BE A LOGGER IN THE U.P. AND NORTHERN MICHIGAN IN THE EARLY 1900'S....HE MARRIED SARAH WEISSKIRCH IN 1910...AND THEY HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD IN 1911..THEY NAMED HER LOLA V. ROSSMAN...SHE WAS MY LATE GRANDMA BLISS...AND THEY ALSO HAD A SON NAMED CARL ROSSMAN....WHO DIED IN THE 60'S FROM AN HEART ATTACK...HE WAS MY GREAT UNCLE..GRANDPA DIVORCED MY GREAT GRANDMA SARAH IN 1935. AND HE MOVED AND RESIDED IN JACKSONVILLE,FLORIDA BACK IN THE 50'AND 60'S...I CAN REMEMBER VISITING HIM IN FLORIDA WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS OLD..HE WAS OVER 6' TALL...HE TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG,IF YOU SEE A PENNY,IT CAME FROM HEAVEN FROM THE ANGELS FOR DOING A GOOD DEED AND THAT SOMEONE LOVES YOU..I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THAT...I AM HIS 1ST BORN GREAT GRANDCHILD.HE WAS LOVED VERY MUCH..HE HAD A HEART OF GOLD..I AM THANKFUL THAT HE WAS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER..HE IS BURIED NEAR HIS DAUGHTER LOLA BLISS AND KITTY CORNER FROM HIS GRANDAUGHTER MARGOT FRICK MY MOTHER.. FOUND SOME INTERESTING THINGS ABT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER JUST RECENTLY..ALBERT WAS THE MAIN COOK FOR THE UP DEER CAMPS & HE DRILLED A WELL IN CLARKSTON,MI.FOR HENRY FORD NEAR A DAM BY HAND IN THE 30'S..HE WAS BORN IN KINGSTON,MI..IN 1887..HE MET MY GREAT GRANDMA SARAH WEISSKIRCH WHILE FARMIMG..HE FARMED ALL OVER PERRY RD IN PONTIAC,MI BIRMINGHAM,MI METAMORA AND HADLEY..HE WAS THE MAIL CARRIER FOR LAPEER COUNTY,MI AND HE RETIRED FROM THE NATIONAL TWIST DRILL COMPANY IN ROCHESTER,MI IN 1955.. ALBERT'S LAST NAME WAS CHANGED FROM ROSCHMANN TO ROSSMAN.HIS FATHER JAMES WAS THE STATE OF MICHIGAN INSPECTORS FOR BEES IN THE 19TH CENTURY..