The Death Certificate is on file, and indicates her date of birth as
(67Y,10M,2D) 16 Apr 1837 and date of death as 18 Feb 1905.

My uncle Hartley Wright review the death certificate and the first thing he said was that Isaac was not her father, but possibly her brother, from Crystal, and when looking at the Census Records, I agree.   Hartley who lived across the road from the old Fletcher farm, showed us the book "The 20th Century History of Allegan Co, MI".   In the book we found the history of my great grandfather Aaron Fletcher, written by Aaron himself.   Hartley Wright was a great grandson of Aaron Fletcher.

Under the name Aaron Fletcher we find: “His first union was with Miss Ann M. Morse, a daughter of Nehemiah and Olive Morse.” So from this article we have Ann Marie's father’s and mother’s name.

We are also checking into the connection of Isaac Morse of Crystal, MI.   We have located his census records for 1850 (the same county as his mother), 1860 and 1880 (in a county close to his sister Ann Marie [Morse] Fletcher).   There are some diferences with the dates of birth on these census Records.

16 Sep 1850 Chatham, Medina Co, Ohio, Page (none)
Dwelling 71 - Family 76
   Isaac Morse          28  M  [self] Farmer             OH          [1822]
     Elizabeth          19  F  [wife]                    OH          [1831]

22 Jun 1860 Crystal, Montcalm Co, MI, Page 44
Dwelling 373 - Family 25
   Isaac Morse         39   M  [self] Farmer  1500  200  OH          [1821]
     Elizabeth         29   F  [wife]                    OH          [1831]
     Lemuel             9   M  [son]                     OH          [1851]
     Sarah              7   F  [dau]                     OH          [1853]
     Eva                3   F  [dau]                     MI          [1857]
     Thomas             1   M  [son]                     MI          [1859]

14 Jun 1880 Crystal, Montcalm, MI Page 18, SD 3, ED 230
Dwelling 149 - Family 177
   Morse, Lemuel       28   M   Self   Farmer             OH OH OH   [1852]
     Sarah C           27   F   Wife   Keeping house      OH OH OH   [1853]

Dwelling 150 - Famiy 178
   Morse, Isaac        56   M   Self   Farmer             OH OH OH   [1824]
     Neomi             38   F   Wife   Keeping house      OH OH OH   [1842]
     Frederick         12   M   Son    At School          MI OH OH   [1868]
     Willis             3   M   Son    At Home            MI OH OH   [1877]

In the 1860 records above, you will note that Isaac has a son named Lemuel, and this son is living next door to him in the 1880 records. We could not find their records for 1870.   Notice that Isaac has a different wife listed in 1880.   We are not sure if it is the same person or not as their dates of birth are different.

I have on hand a copy of the death certificate of Ann Marie (Morse) Fletcher.

For the record, I am descended from Aaron Fletcher and Ann Marie Morse.

I am looking for Nehemiah and Isaac and any information you or anyone may have on him.   I did find a Nehemiah (the father) in the 1840 census, but was not sure if it was the same one I am looking for.

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