The Lasley Family of Old Mackinac
Book by Corey C. Lasley

Published on January 12th, 2012
Hardcover / 478 pages
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The Lasley Family of Old Mackinac covers the generations of Samuel C. Lasley, a post-Revolutionary War American soldier, turned business man, who first arrived on Mackinac Island (Michilimackinac) in 1796 during his military tour, and later took up permanent residence several years prior to the War of 1812. Samuel C. Lasley’s five known sons: Samuel Jr., William, George, John, and James were notable figures of the Mackinac region in both business and politics during the height of the North American Fur Trade, and are the patriarchs of hundreds (and possibly thousands) of people who are alive today.

This work was an effort to try to understand just who these men were, as well as to chronicle their descendants into modern times as they could be found. Many such descendants, who have kept the Lasley name throughout the generations, remained in the Mackinac region and surrounding vicinities over the centuries, with a few branches still remaining in the area to this day. Other Lasley branches migrated west in the mid-19th century, most notably to Kansas, and in the 20th century, as far west as Oregon and as far south as Florida.

One focus of this work concerns the patriarchs’ marriages into the Odawa and Chippewa of northern Michigan, the Menominee of north eastern Wisconsin, and the Potawatomie of north western Indiana who were forced into Kansas. A large portion of the book is dedicated to the direct line of decent from Samuel C. Lasley down to the author, with special attention given to the author’s grandfather, George Henry Lasley, and George’s descendants. It was the author’s intention to bring to life, in historical context, the forgotten memory of his forefathers and distant relatives of a family that began over 200 years ago on Mackinac Island.

(1) Samuel C. Lasley : 1775 - 1846
    (2) Samuel Lasley Jr. : 1800 - 1839
        (3) Edward Lasley : 1822 - 1896
            (4) Louis Lasley : 1850 - 1919
                (5) Henry Louis Lasley : 1875 - 1944
                    (6) Leo J. Lasley : 1900 - 1994
                    (6) Edward Lloyd Lasley : 1902 - 1985 
                    (6) Melvina Rose Lasley : 1905 - 1994
                    (6) George Henry Lasley : 1913 - 1996
                        (7) James G. Lasley
                            (8) Allison N. Lasley
                            (8) Justin J. Lasley
                        (7) Theodore D. Lasley
                            (8) Janelle L. Lasley
                            (8) Scott R. Lasley
                        (7) Andrew J. Lasley
                        (7) William J. Lasley
                            (8) Corey C. Lasley
                            (8) Carlynn C. Lasley
                        (7) Robert A. Lasley
                            (8) Breinne Lasley
                            (8) Blake Lasley
                        (7) Deborah S. Lasley
                    (6) Olive Lasley : 1915 - 2009
                (5) John Paul Lasley : 1892 - 1962
            (4) Samuel Lasley : 1863 - 1920
                (5) Edward Norman Lasley : 1885 - 1973
                    (6) Edward Norman Lasley Jr. : 1929
                (5) Samuel Lasley Jr. : 1891 - 1919 * 
                    (6) Roland Lasley/Leslie
    (2) William Lasley : (circa) 1800 - 1865
        (3) Peter Lasley : 1850 - 1917
    (2) George Oliver Lasley : 1804 - 1863
        (3) George Edward Lasley : 1840 - 1896
        (3) Henry "Sino" Lasley : 1855 - 1934
            (4) Arthur Richard Lasley : 1887 - 1958
            (4) Michael George Lasley I : 1894 - 1975
    (2) John D. Lasley : 1805 - 1872
    (2) James Lasley : 1816 - 1893
        (3) Oliver John Lasley : 1842 - 1914
            (4-5) John Lasley (Mystery) : 1873 - ?
        (3) Harriet J. Lasley : 1852-55 - 1923

* = Currently, not enough information about this individual is known to warrant a separate chapter. What is known about the person is summarized in the chapter about his father.

Included are mini-ancestral summaries of the the Lasley's spouses (when known). Chapters also include information on the title person's descendants. When enough information was gathered, descendants were broken out into their own chapter.