Pamela Sue Erskine [1745] ^36,130,398

  General Notes:

Most of my life I have lived in North Liberty or South Bend, IN, but did spend a few years in Washington, DC, Fairfax, VA and 4 years in Cleveland, TX. The prior locations were as a young child and TX as an adult. After thinking I would never be able to attend college, due to lack of finances, a friend, neighbor and artist, Jake Webster, was helping me work on getting my GED at the local neighborhood center. He told me about government grants for low income families and I decided to see what I could find out about them. In the long run, I atteded college for 7 years over a 20 year span and received various associate degrees. At Ivy Tech, I received Associate degree in Small Business Management and one-year certificates in accounting and industrial management, with a minor in public relations and advertising. Some years later, at Davenport College (which then became a university), I received associate degrees in PC Technician, Marketing, and Computer Networking; as well as a certificate, with Honors, in Software Applications Specialist (using Microsoft Office) and certificates of preparation for certification (preparing to take exams) for Novell Netware Administrator and A+ Certification (exams never taken). I also taught myself entry-level web site design.

After researching my family history for nearly a year now, and having learned so much about our local history, I am attempting to hire in as the archivist at Center For History and am currently doing volunteer work in the Local History Department at the St. Joseph County Public Library. My ideal job would be as a research assistant in local history for the museum (Center For History). I have met several relatives that I didn't know were even related to me, and have also located graves for approximately 200 graves of ancestors buried in St. Joseph County. It's been exciting to find new family members and meet with them, to learn of stories as various ones have grown up, or just to find a bit of information that other historians in the family have not yet found!

Jesus Christ is the center of my life and He is my Lord and Savior. I accepted the Lord at the age of 7 years old, and was filled with the baptism of the Holy Ghost, at the North Liberty United Pentecostal Church and was baptized by Rev. Donald L. Miller, at the North Liberty Church. As an adult, I got away from God, but in 1995, I started back to church. In February 2001, my best friend, Cami Amendt, took me to a Bible Study, where I stayed on. Eventually, in October 2001, a church grew out of the Bible Study, with Pastor Patrick Blevins. Today he is my pastor at One Accord Christian Fellowship. I also have completed classes in "Understanding the Endtimes", Levels 1 & 3, by Brother Irvin Baxter, of Richmond, IN. These are classes in understanding the signs of the endtimes and Bible prophecies...what the Bible says about things happening in the last days before the Rapture occurs.

  Medical Notes:

arthritis in both knees, worse in the left knee.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptism: UPC Church North Liberty, IN, by Rev. Don L. Miller, Abt 1962. ²²⁴

• Degree: Bachelor of Science, General Business w/ Computer Concentration; Davenport University, Granger, IN, Aug 2003. ³⁹⁹

• Graduation: South Bend Adult Education General Equivalency Diploma, Jun 1983. ²²⁴

• Fact 1: Was named the Whiteman Family Historian at the 87th Annual Henry Parker Whiteman Reunion, Plymouth, Marshall Co., IN, 7 Aug 2004. ³⁹⁸

Pamela married Henry Thomas Barnes [2357] [MRIN: 10557], son of Richard Max Barnes [26230] and Peggy Ruth Morrison [26231], on 18 May 1974 in First Church of the Brethren, South Bend, St Joseph, IN ³⁹⁵.^,396 (Henry Thomas Barnes [2357] was born on 27 Dec 1954 in Pomona, Pomona, CA ²²⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Fact: South Bend, St Joseph, IN, 19 Dec 1988.

Pamela next married Lawrence Alvin Grant [22241] [MRIN: 10558] on 14 Jun 1990 in South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States of America.³⁹⁵ (Lawrence Alvin Grant [22241] was born on 27 Oct 1971 in Elkhorn, WI.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Fact: Elkhart, Elkhart, IN, 20 Jan 1995.

Pamela next married Michael Lynn Garber Sr. [22242] [MRIN: 10559], son of Ralph Carlton Garber [22245] and Lois Irene Leedy [22246], on 30 Dec 1995 in Community Brethren Church, Mishawaka, St Joseph, IN ³⁹⁵.^,397 (Michael Lynn Garber Sr. [22242] was born on 17 Jan 1970 in South Bend, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, United States of America.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Married by: Rev Gene A. Eckerly, 30 Dec 1995.