Ancestry of
Taylor Lautner

TV and Movie Actor

John Giles Akers

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Taylor Lautner — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 22 
  • Father:
  • Frank Akers 
  • Mother:
  • Louise Gearing   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Oct 1885 
  • Birth Location:
  • Bingham, Leelanau, Michigan 
  • Christening Date:
  • 5 Oct 1886 
  • Christening Location:
  • Trinity Lutheran Church, Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan 
  • Death Date:
  • 1974 
  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Evergreen Cemetery, Kingsley, Grand Traverse, Michigan 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Ruth French
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Nov 1913 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan 
  • Child:

  Bernetta J. Akers (Ahnentafel No:11 )

  • Notes: 

  • John Giles Akers's middle name is also seen as Gile and Guil.

• Sources for John Giles Akers

  • ¹ Federal Census, MI, Grand Traverse County, 1930, Paradise, E.D. 28-12, Sheet 4B, Image 7 of 13.
  • ² Federal Census, MI, Leelanau County, 1900, Bingham, E.D. 17, Sheet 6A, Image 11 of 18.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/20/2024).
  • ⁴ Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Marriage certificate for Howard J Pickard and daughter Bernetta J Akers.
  • ⁵ Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Marriage record for John G Akers and Ruth French.
  • ⁶ Missouri Synod, U.S., Lutheran Church records, 1851-1872, Birth and baptism record for John Giles Akers, gives father as John A Akers.
  • ⁷ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for John Giles Akers.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Draft registration for John Guil Akers.

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