Frank W. Regelin was born August 22, 1888, the first son of Frederick Adolph & Hannah "Anna" (Prong) Regelin.

He married Martha (Bork) and they had two children:

  1. Margaret E. (Regelin) Kamprath
  2. Edward L. "Eddie" Regelin

Frank passed away at the age of 81 on March 24, 1970 and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Dundee, Michigan. Martha died on July 27, 1980 at the age of 87 and is also buried at Maple Grove Cemetery.

On January 10, 1921, a fire in the Commerce Department building, Washington, DC, resulted in the destruction of most of the 1890 census.
Frederick Regelin (42), a widower was living in Dundee Township with his children, Martha (14), Frank (11), Edna (9), Albert (8) and Edmont (6).
Frank Regelin listed as a farm worker boarding at the Bordine Farm in Raisinville Township.
The family was living in Summerfield, Michigan.
Frank (41), Martha (36), Margeret (16) and Edward (13) were living on Albain Road in LaSalle Township.
The family was living at 12330 Dixon Road.
The family was living at 12330 Dixon Road. Martha's 89 year old father, Fred Bork was living with them.

Ruggelin - Ruggelein - Roggelin - Roggelen
 Roglin - Roggelein - Roggelien -  Regelin

The spelling of this family's name has appeared in many different forms over the years and throughout the documents. Most of the people in rural Germany in the late 19th century were illiterate and relied on church pastors to write their names into the record books. Often, the pastor simply spelled a name phonetically to the best of his ability or just spelled it incorrectly without reference to earlier entries by another cleric.

The birth, census, marriage and death records for what we will call the Regelin family have been recorded in at least the eight variations listed at the top of this page. The dates and places match for each person but the name may be spelled differently on various forms. We will give most weight to instances where the person actually signed his or her name. Also, names chiseled onto headstones are usually creditable.

If you have some personal knowledge about this name, please let us know.

Somewhere along the line, I got 440 Nieman Road as the address for the Regelin family. I always had vague memories growing up that they lived on Nieman Road. However, the 1940 and 1950 census reports both have them living at 12323 Dixon Road which would have been somewhere on the south side of the road across from were Bob Roggerman lived at 11988 Dixon Road.

Frank Regelin died in 1970 and during the 50s and 60s I rode past what would have been 12323 Dixon hundreds of time on the school bus or in a car or on a tractor. I was never made aware that the Regelins lived there although I heard their name many times in family conversations.

If you have personal knowledge of where they lived, please send an email.