I do not expect this information will be of immediate or constant interest to you, but if the occasion arises, I will record what I know off the top of my head.
My parents are Larry Gordon Babcock and Maureen Lynn DeMott. They are both oldest children and born in 1950.
My Father is the son of Edward Gordon Babcock and Eileen Lou Seifferlein. Grandma was adopted by Walter Seiferlein, her biological Father was William? Hoxey. Her mother was Myrtle Mae Therrin. Edward had piercing blue eyes! and was also the oldest child of Ada McMann and Ardell Babcock, also first born and piercing blue eyes. He lived to be quite old. My grandmother used to joke that he would outlive her. Mostly, I remember his incredible memory and vitality! He claimed his longevity was due to routine which gives your life purpose. He also was firm about the idea of moderation.
Much else on that line would be speculation. I do know that Anna Maria Andersen came to America from Gottberg, Sweden and Grandma says she met her husband on the boat to America. It has been said that I resemble her almost to a T. I have never been to Sweden but, I like ABBA. :)
My mother is the daughter of Fred N. DeMott and Donna June McGregor. There is a town in Michigan named after her father's general store there. Her parents were John McGregor (decended from Rob Roy) he came from Edinburgh, Scotland. His wife was Elizabeth Gray who is Irish, making you very Irish, who Isn't, huh? I could speculate as others had to me about how this family traveled from Rhode Island, to Vermont, New York, Canada and eventually settling in Michigan, and supposedly somwhere along the way they organized a religion, though I can offer no evidence or particulars.
So, there you have what I know. I have a lot of stories, but ought not insert too much speculation here a more ideal record is already kept elsewhere. But, should you ever wonder what I know, this much is certain.
Ooops! Realized that I published prematurely, without including Grandpa DeMott's parents. His father was Norman DeMott and his mother was Edna Louella Eagling. That name seems as PoshEnglish as you can get so it suprised me to learn that we have French ancestry. Edna's Father was a Joseph Lewin Eagling (Gavin, Dad wanted to name you Lewis).
