Cuyahoga County Lineage Group inducts twelve new members
Cuyahoga County Lineage Group inductees (left-to-right) Carol Schroeder, Rick Phipps, Grace Phipps, Tina Brenenstuhl, Paula Hrynik, Thomas Melter (accepting for his father Gerald), Sandra Lees, Constance McHugh and Mary Lou Bregitzer.
The Cuyahoga County Lineage Group [CCLG] induction ceremony and banquet was held on May 21, 2010 in the Colony Dining Room at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea. Cuyahoga West Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society that meets at Westlake Porter Public Library was the host chapter. Guest speaker, Dan Ruminski of Chesterland, entertained the group with the “Story of Cleveland Industrialist Thomas H. White and Family, from Sewing Machines to Automobiles.”
Each year, representatives from the five county-wide Chapters of the Ohio Genealogical Society and other related interest groups, convene to honor the memory of early residents of Cuyahoga County, by recognizing their direct line descendants. The detailed and carefully sourced documentation of lineage, that each inductee is required to submit, is intended to encourage interest in customs, culture, genealogy and history of Cuyahoga County.
The three levels of recognition are:
- Cuyahoga County Pioneers [established in 2004] for ancestors who lived in Cuyahoga County before December 31, 1850.
- Cuyahoga County Settlers [established in 2006] for ancestors who lived in Cuyahoga County between January 1, 1851 and December 31, 1880.
- County Centurions [established in 2009] for ancestors who lived in Cuyahoga County at any time from January 1, 1881 up to 100 years prior to the current year, or 1909.
Those inducted into the Cuyahoga County Settlers were Gerald E. Melter of Melbourne, Fla., and Constance McHugh of Mayfield Heights.
Inducted into the new award level, Cuyahoga County Centurions, were: Mary Lou Bregitzer, Mayfield Heights; Carol Jean (Hanacek) Schroeder and Glenn Edwin Schroeder, Brecksville; Lillian Szafranski, Cleveland; Grace Evelyn (Miles) Phipps, Chesterland, and her children Rick A. Phipps, Mayfield Heights; Sandra K. Lees, Highland Heights; Tina M. Brenenstuhl, Painesville; John V. Phipps, Shoreline, WA; and Paula Jeane Hrynik, Boulder, CO.
CCLG President Bill Frank remarked, “it was very gratifying for the steering committee to get such a warm response for this new level in our first year and we anticipate even higher response this next year, with the use of the 1910 Federal Census for reference.”
Since its inception, 167 ancestors have been honored. An application, including all instructions, can be downloaded at:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcdrt/members/pioneers.html
Jayne Broestl is the Banquet Chair for the Cuyahoga County Lineage Group.