One of the three copies of the Order of Adoption, Milwaukee County Court in Probate, is in the possession of her son, Richard. The form has the name of the Children's Home Society of Wisconsin, Loan and Trust Building, Milwaukee at the top. It states, in part, "Upon reading and filing the petition of Faith Norma Helsom by Frank Calligan and Julia W. Calligan his wife, from which it appears that the said Faith Norma Helsom is a child of Charlotte Helsom, that said Faith Norma Helsom is an infant under the age of fourteen years, and was born on the 16th day of March AD 1904 in Eau Claire Wisconsin, not in lawful wedlock, that said Frank Calligan and Julia W. Calligan his wife, who are inhabitants and residents of the county of Milwaukee desire to adopt said infant as their child; That the said Charlotte Helsom the mother of said child, did by an instrument in writing bearing date on the 18th day of April AD 1904 lawfully assign and commit said child to the care and custody of the Children's home Society of Wisconsin, ... It is ordered and adjudged that the allegations in said petition are proven and true, and that from and after the date hereof said Faith Norma Helsom shall be deemed to all legal intents and purposes the child of the petitioners Frank Calligan and Julia W. Calligan, his wife, and that the name of said child shall be Margaret Suzayne Calligan according to the prayer of said petition. Dated this 21st day of September, 1905 By the Court, ????? ?. Carpenter, County Judge". Attached to the order is an office memo on the stationery of the Children's Home Society, which includes the statement "Mother's residence was Menomonie, Dunn County, Wis. Was of very good family I am told by the Dr. who attended her. The Dr. took the necessary papers for ?? and there is no way that the child can be traced." Suzayne Margaret Calligan was born on 16 March 1904 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.¹ She was the daughter of Charlotte M. Helsom. Suzayne was adopted on 21 September 1905 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, at age 1.¹ She married LeRoy Adams Cleaveland, son of John Monroe Cleaveland and Sarah 'Sadie' Arphina Pease, on 25 November 1925 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.      
Suzayne was a member of the faculty of the Voice Department of the Wisconsin College of Music in the 1931-1932 season. The announcement contained the following text and photo:
     "SUZAYNE C. CLEAVELAND is well known in Milwaukee as an accomplished and versatile musician. She has a B.A. degree from Milwaukee-Downer College. She studied voice with Adele Strohmeyer for a number of years and has been a pupil of Frederick Carberry for the past three years. She received an Associate Teachers Certificate from the Wisconsin College of Music in June, 1931.
     "Mrs. Cleaveland is a member of the MacDowell Club and has appeared often on club programs as soloist and in ensemble numbers.
     "She won first place in voice in a musical contest sponsored by the Wisconsin College of Music in 1930. She was soloist at All Saint's Cathedral for a year and a half, has sung at Plymouth Congregational Church, Fourth and Second Churches of Christ, Scientist, and other city churches, frequently"
     "Her beautiful voice, musical temperament and sympathetic nature, all combine to equip her strongly for her work as a teacher."²

Suzayne and LeRoy were divorced on 21 September 1933 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Suzayne, as the mother of the groom, attended Ethelene Ann Johnson and Richard Grant Cleaveland's wedding on 9 April 1949 in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.³ She died on 25 December 1977 in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. She was buried in Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin.⁴

Suzayne was born Faith Norma Helsom, the daughter of Charlotte Helsom of Menomonie, Dunn County, WI. She was adopted by the Calligans as Margaret Suzayne Calligan on 21 September 1905; later she informally reversed the order of her first two names - she was known as Suzayne M. Calligan on her marriage license.

She received a BA degree from Milwaukee-Downer College, and an Associate Teachers Certificate from the Wisconsin College of Music, Milwaukee. Her divorce from LeRoy (aka Leroy) Cleaveland entered on September 21 1933. She worked as a bookkeeper at the Atlantic Laundry, Ryerson & Sons, Arthur Young and Co. and The Milwaukee Broadcasting Company, all of Milwaukee. She became Treasurer of the broadcasting company, which operated radio station WEMP. For several years she was an active member of the Quota Club (women's equivalent of the Chamber of Commerce) and later a member of the Milwaukee Athletic Club. She was active in the Christian Science church, and for a time performed as soloist at the Fourth Church in Milwaukee.

Her residence from 1933 to about 1975 was 1625 E. Marion St, in Shorewood; upon retirement she moved to Cedar Ridge, a Christian Science retirement home, in Oconomowoc, WI.

     Pearl Ann Miller was born on 25 October 1912 in Athens, Marathon County, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Charles Herman Miller and Emma Marie Gauerke. She married LeRoy Adams Cleaveland, son of John Monroe Cleaveland and Sarah 'Sadie' Arphina Pease, on 26 September 1937 in Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland.² Her husband LeRoy died on 1 September 1999; of stroke.³ Pearl Ann Miller died on 29 May 2004 in the Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.⁴

LeRoy and Pearl had one additional child, not listed below, who prefers not to have her relationship to the remainder of the family published on the interenet.

     Esther Mildred Cleaveland was born on 6 January 1903 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of John Monroe Cleaveland and Sarah 'Sadie' Arphina Pease. She died of diphtheria on 3 July 1909 in Flint, Steuben County, Indiana. She was buried in Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin.

     Jerome Lincoln Cleaveland was born on 12 February 1906 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He was the son of John Monroe Cleaveland and Sarah 'Sadie' Arphina Pease. He married Edna Martha Fischer, daughter of William Fischer and Martha Winter, on 3 October 1931 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. His wife Edna died on 10 August 1980. He died on 11 September 1993 in his home, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

He graduated from Riverside High School in Milwaukee in 1925. For the next year and a half he attended the University of Wisconsin extension in Milwaukee. From 1927 to 1935 he worked at the Pere Marquette Line Steamship Company and part time at the East Side Radio Company with his brothers Earl and LeRoy. He spent the next three years with ACME Fast Freight as a salesman, then in 1938 went to work for Transamerican Freight Company.

He had been a member of the Naval Reserve from 1923 to 1931, and applied for and received a commission as Lt. Junior Grade in March of 1943 (his military service number was USNR 271084). In October of that year he joined the USS GEORGE, a Destroyer Escort, where it was being built in Bay City, Michigan. The GEORGE was 309 feet long, had a complement of 213(info). As Engineering Officer, he stayed with the ship for the next 14 months, traveling through the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi, through the Panama Canal, and operating out of New Hebrides and Manus, where he was when promoted to Lieutenant. In May of 1944 the GEORGE joined the RABY and ENGLISH for what was later termed the most successful anti-submarine action in the Pacific during WWII; during the next 30 days the team sank seven Japanese submarines. The GEORGE was sold for scrap in 1970 for $36,000.¹ Select for a 45 second video of Jerry telling of the expedition that sank the submarines. Note: this is an 800 KB file; it requires Real Player on your system.

Jerome left the ship around Christmas of 1944 and was subsequently assigned as Engineer Officer to the USS HARRY L. CORL, a destroyer-sized ship used for support of SEABEE and FROGMAN activities (info). The war ended before the CORL saw any action; Jerome was aboard while the SEABEEs aboard constructed a weather station in Petropavlosk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Jerome was taken off active duty in November of 1945, and returned to work for Transamerican. He worked himself up to the position of Wisconsin District Manager before retiring in July of 1971. A longtime member of Luther Memorial Chapel in Shorewood, Wisconsin, Jerome held the positions of Elder and Financial Secretary and was active on the evangelical committee.²

     Ethel Maurine Cleaveland was the daughter of John Monroe Cleaveland and Sarah 'Sadie' Arphina Pease. She married Earl Russel Chandler, son of Earle Wilson Chandler and Grace S. Russell, on 19 September 1931 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Her husband Earl died on 11 December 1975. She died on 6 June 2008 while residing in the Harbor House, 3712 Damon St., Augusta, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Ethel and her husband had one additional child who prefers to remain anonymous for fear of identity theft. He also wishes not to have his mother's birthdate listed.
According to Earl Cleaveland, her brother, Ethel was saved from a serious - if not deadly - accident by the family dog, Champ. The home on Farwell Avenue in Milwaukee was on the side of a hill, and the streetcar line ran down in front of the house. One day her mother heard a great clamoring of the emergency bell of one of the streetcars and rushed to find the toddler Ethel being held back from the street she was trying to cross (in front of the streetcar) by faithful Champ who had her dress in his teeth. As Earl puts it, from that day on Champ was a real member of the family.⁴

Ethel had wanted to be a nurse, but her mother forbid it, so she attended a business school, later working for the University Club and the Pere Marquette Lines as an office clerk, later as an operator for the telephone company. As a youngster she had a one cylinder Harley-Davidson motorcycle. She met her husband-to-be Earl while working at the University Club. During and following World War II she accompanied her husband to various posts while he was on active duty with the Army Reserve, except that while he was on duty in England she worked as a lead welder on glider landing equipment in DeLand, Florida. After her husband left the service they went to Florida to live, spending some time in Avon Park and Daytona Beach, retiring to Fort Myers. She was an avid golfer, and prepared several very attractive decorative ceramics.

She continued to live in Fort Myers after her husband's death, but failing health prompted a move to an assisted living facility in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, to be near her daughter. Unfortunately that facility was demolished during the 2005 hurricane Katrina, and after being evacuated to several temporary facilities her son transported her to a similar facility near his home in Wisconsin. During her later years both in Fort Meyers and Bay Saint Louis she was active in using a computer to email friends and relatives, but gave that up shortly before the hurricane struck. To see a letter describing some of the events in Ethel's and Earl's life see the appendix "A Letter from Ethel Chandler." On-line viewers select . A marker was placed in Arlington Cemetery commemorating Earl Chandler and his wife Ethel Cleaveland.

For the story of an amusing episode at the family home on Farwell Avenue in Milwaukee, see the appendix "The Fruit Juice Fiasco." On-line viewers select .

     Earl Russel Chandler was born on 12 November 1903 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. He was the son of Earle Wilson Chandler and Grace S. Russell. He married Ethel Maurine Cleaveland, daughter of John Monroe Cleaveland and Sarah 'Sadie' Arphina Pease, on 19 September 1931 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He died on 11 December 1975 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. Earl and his wife had one additional child who prefers to remain anonymous for fear of identity theft. He also wishes not to have his mother's birthdate listed.
Earl was a 32nd degree Mason, and a Shriner. He attended Rollins College in Winter Park, FL for two years; he was fond of saying that he majored in "underwater basket weaving". His father and mother were divorced, and his stepfather sent him to school.

He was the Manager of Columbia Hospital in Milwaukee then later went on active duty with the Army Reserve. He was a reserve officer in the Army and served in England in 1944. He returned after that war and was discharged. He later reenlisted as a sergeant and was sent to Korea where he served from 1950 to 1953. He completed, in all, 22 years of service and received: Medical Badge Par 3, so 200 HQ 8th Cau, Korean Service Medal with 5 bronze stars and the Republic of Korea Presidential Citation. He worked for the Florida Industrial Commission in the Employment Office Daytona from 1955-1965. From 1965-1974 he and his wife managed postage stamp vending machines in about 100 motels and stores in the Daytona area. He and his family went on assignment to Nagoya, Japan in 1948.

Earl retired as a LtCol in the Army Medical Administration Corps. His father had been a LtCol in the Cavalry, and his son continued the tradition of having an army career. To see a letter describing some of the events in Ethel's and Earl's life see the appendix "A Letter from Ethel Chandler." On-line viewers select .

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     Nancy Ann Chandler was born on 27 April 1932 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. She is the daughter of Earl Russel Chandler and Ethel Maurine Cleaveland. Nancy Ann Chandler graduated circa 1954 from Universary of Iowa in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, with a B. S. in Nursing degree. She married James Elton McCardell, son of Etson James McCardell and Margaret Almira Payne, on 9 July 1955 in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida.

Nancy is an artisan. She studied ceramics and sculpturing at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C, Newcomb and Delgado Colleges in New Orleans and at the Colegio dos Artes in Brazilia, Brazil. Her products, as a partner in Clay Creations, include replicas of historic buildings and homes in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. She markets them at craft shows throughout the Southeast. Some of her work may be seen at http://jazzystuff.com/ccreations3.html.

Unfortunately, her home in Pas Christian was demolished in the 2005 hurricane Katrina, as was the building housing a condo they owned on the beach there.

     James Elton McCardell was born on 22 January 1931 in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida. He is the son of Etson James McCardell and Margaret Almira Payne. He married Nancy Ann Chandler, daughter of Earl Russel Chandler and Ethel Maurine Cleaveland, on 9 July 1955 in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida. James Elton McCardell graduated in June 1965 from the Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey, Monterey County, California, with a BA in Political Science degree.

James attended the University of Florida, entered the Navy in 1951 as a Naval Aviation Cadet and was commissioned Ensign in 1952. He was associated with Naval aviation most of his career, primarily as a fighter pilot. He commanded Fighter Squadron 114 flying F-4 Phantom aircraft from the carrier Kitty Hawk, and during 1967-9 he flew 222 combat missions over Southeast Asia. Other tours of duty include command of Fighter Squadron 101 at Virginia Beach, VA; Executive Officer of the USS Forrestal; Director of Air Readiness on the staff of the Chief of the Naval Reserve in New Orleans; Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida; Chief of Staff of the Chief of Naval Reserve Staff; Defense and Naval attaché in Brazil (1981-3); and Director of the Inter-American Defense College in Washington, DC. (1983-5).

He retired in September 1985 with the rank of Rear Admiral; he was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, Two Legion of Merit Medals, the Bronze Star, 13 Strike/Flight Air Medals, The Navy Commendation Medal, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Gold Star, the Brazilian Order of Naval Merit and various other campaign and unit commendation medals. He and his wife Nancy designed their retirement home in Pas Christian on the Gulf coast in Mississippi. Unfortunately, this home was demolished in the 2005 hurricane Katrina, as was the building housing a condo they owned on the beach there.

     Jenise Marie McCardell was born on 18 April 1958 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. She is the daughter of James Elton McCardell and Nancy Ann Chandler. Jenise Marie McCardell graduated in June 1980 from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, with a B.A. in Fine Arts degree. She married Mark Rodney Weston on 6 May 1989 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.¹ Jenise and Mark were divorced on 19 May 1993 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.² She married Mark Currier on 5 July 2002 in Saint Louis Bay, Hancock County, Mississippi, The marriage took place aboard a yacht in the bay.³

Jenise is partner in Clay Creations, Inc., designing, manufacturing and marketing ceramics, primarily images of New Orleans Architecture. Some of her work may be seen at the internet site Clay Creations.

     Earl Grant Cleaveland was born on 26 January 1908 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He was the son of John Monroe Cleaveland and Sarah 'Sadie' Arphina Pease. He married Catherine Sarah Fenlon, daughter of John Fenlon and Mable Anna Cavanaugh, on 28 May 1932 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. His wife Catherine died on 15 August 2003.¹ He died on 2 March 2005 in Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin.² Was buried on 4 March 2005 in in Nora Cemetery, Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, the funeral was at the Appleyard Funeral Home in Rice Lake.

Earl lived in early days with his parents on North Farwell Ave, Milwaukee. He graduated from Riverside High School in 1926. He established East Side Radio Company (North Avenue) and operated it during the period 1926 to 1938 then moved to Rice Lake, Wisconsin in October of 1938.

During WWII he worked for Pan American Airways doing contract electrical maintenance on military aircraft in Africa, mostly Ghana. At the conclusion of the war he returned to Rice Lake to establish a radio store. As television became popular, he created a cable television system which served a portion of Rice Lake, then sold it in December of 1965. For a transcript of his description of the cable system see the appendix "The Rice Lake Cable System." On-line viewers select .

An avid hunter and fisherman, he took the opportunity to hunt whenever possible, including while in Africa. Active most of his life as a (tenpin) bowler, he won several tournaments and in 1932 set the Wisconsin State record for a nine game score with 2141 and set the world doubles (three-game) record of 1482 with his team mate Charlie Ciardo³.

An excellent story teller, he has recorded several audio tapes of his experiences for posterity. For some of his stories, see the appendix "Close Calls." On-line viewers select . Select for a 45 second video of Earl describing an experience when racoon hunting. Note: this is a 500 KB file; it requires Real Player on your system;

In August of 1994, after a lengthy development cycle, he was granted patent number 5,338,239 for an automatic inflatable life jacket having the unique characteristic of being extremely comfortable in any weather, which would encourage fishermen and sailors to wear it when other automatic life jackets would not be worn due to discomfort.

Earl and Catherine spent their summers in their home in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and wintered in Englewood, Florida for several of their later years.

For the story of an amusing episode at the family home on Farwell Avenue in Milwaukee, see the appendix "The Fruit Juice Fiasco." On-line viewers select .

     Ethelene Ann Johnson was born on 6 June 1932 in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan. She is the daughter of Ralph Johnson and Pluma Della Bellows. She married Richard Grant Cleaveland, son of LeRoy Adams Cleaveland and Suzayne Margaret Calligan, on 9 April 1949 in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.¹ Ethelene and Richard were divorced on 8 April 1965 in Prince Georges County, Maryland.

     Thomas Alan Cleaveland was born on 22 February 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the son of Richard Grant Cleaveland and Ethelene Ann Johnson. He married Jo Ann Glaser on 16 June 1979 in Mundelein, Lake County, Illinois. He married Terry Jeanine Bergland, daughter of Robert Francis Bergland and Peggy Joanne McAdams, on 9 July 1983 in Mundelein, Lake County, Illinois. Thomas and Terry were divorced on 23 August 2001 in Cook County, Illinois.¹

Tom has worked extensively as a carpenter and contractor. He currently supervises construction teams engaged in building luxury homes on the Chicago North Shore. He plays banjo and guitar.

     Jo Ann Glaser was born on 21 January 1959 in Quito, Ecuador.² Jo Ann Glaser was also known as Jodi. She married Thomas Alan Cleaveland, son of Richard Grant Cleaveland and Ethelene Ann Johnson, on 16 June 1979 in Mundelein, Lake County, Illinois. She was born while her father worked for the Agency for International Development, part of the State Department. She also lived in Saigon, Vietnam; Cali, Colombia; and Mexico City, Mexico. While she was growing up in Colombia and Mexico her father worked for Eli Lilly. She moved to the States when she was 16.³

     Terry Jeanine Bergland was born on 23 September 1954 in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois. She is the daughter of Robert Francis Bergland and Peggy Joanne McAdams. She married Thomas Alan Cleaveland, son of Richard Grant Cleaveland and Ethelene Ann Johnson, on 9 July 1983 in Mundelein, Lake County, Illinois. Terry and Thomas were divorced on 23 August 2001 in Cook County, Illinois.¹

     Thomas Joseph Cleaveland was born on 9 June 1984 in Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois. He is the son of Thomas Alan Cleaveland and Terry Jeanine Bergland. Tommy plays softball.