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l . l l itcu%Ylr." qrrV . _ "if Criiiii trrcriTf rrsTrr1,',?rr-rc"="rT"": 'rt $1.. g 'iticatiiuii A“"'l:r',,‘l '1' l _ __ ', . A . _ I "r."', rman~Famfi ‘4th Iit'g lit these days there were two -e _ “a; ' ', l T . T l.' ' '1 A other families by, the name Ger.. , fa ‘ . ___ , " a 'V.' . _ man living in British North l _ rr-. a l irst , ' it - . - t ttll" America. According to official . , 5 _ " ' , _ L _ _ 5. records one Christopher German, ;' -' ' o ie _ o a shoemaker, resided in New a Resi In In . N lssourl _ York City and was an aged man ) , l _ r,:' _ id _ ' ' g l ., T _ in 1811. Christopher had two sons f v ", . _ .. . _ . Lewis, born in either 1776 or its story of thd'pionser settle- Of James Ger _ _ 1783 and, George. Of George . , T man w . "mt Md development of tNr yet little information ','d'gi,'d there It' ohly evidence that he - 'lttattsri district i, one ot pretrt who his parents were or where was heir to his father in the . _ .- __a' ext-yet one of the least he came from, bffore settling mutterw ot iGFfairrir' lot. Re: e '." m general, even among near rLakeside In East Nis- the people who'now inhabit this gem, According to most my. tpsrdiug Lewis there is 'ome in. morons . dad progressive ily stories he settled there about formation but nothing pertinent region. While J have quite a 1808 though it may have been to James ot East Nissourl. Des- i",',',',',':",',': tte,'",', I', my Jointly before or later. We do' know eendants of Christopher now live fro!'?: e. MWe of PT“ erman however that James and Betsy at st, George may Paris the " yyts? the present It " "W hope German had 10 children and they ' that J may receive additional ins all resided in East Nissouri at tario. F formation me some family . very early ;rr'iid,"iiifiiii'."tiii There was also the famil 1,1'J'tet" or t,'tp2rt'd Iontlre population of Upper Can- t Jt,thtt German who pioneers racer a , e 13- ha w 1 f com-i. district. Much information . tr as only athew .thousand._ - at; Elwin finishes A i t of the early days in the district Jam , wi r r war pr or o must be stored away in attic daughtesr :i/ig,t',d't'C,',,tei.; the American Revolution. None trunks; old letters and diaries. Hannah Spencer. Thomas Brow"; of the five children in this family ' fthe,',' my: low mtcrsated came from a New England mm. bore the name J smash John and “‘59 n en 8 we informatwn as ily and fought with Washingtoi. his elder sons fought for the I have gathered dunng the past _ during the American Res/old, - . few years. Address, William M. tion.. Thomas lived in the Ma: British cause during the revolu- . . _ ' Petertoro, Ontario. . souri district for some iilru/Sii' tion and after settled in Adoplius- . . * . later moved. to New York State town “e" Belleville. .. BY W. M. Gannon near Buffalo, where he received . ' . . .- .-' the American Revolution . a pension for his service to the There was a. James German x wed a period during which t,tt,t'tl CtM1tM5 during the revo- who was apparently successful migration was fostered by Gov- u on. e fled feartBuffaJo. as an importer of rum in York, element; effort and Land Com- Thomas' Brown and Hannah (Toronto) in pm. His c0nnec-_ James German mm d . , _ games and, as well, in both the Spenoer were the parents of six tions Itatre not yet been traced! Nissouri on (Wile) Lot 'il 3038*" British Isles and the United children, Varnum Brown, James Such a man could have been aion 11. According to records”; States by individual promoters. grown. MBetsy Brown, Abigail born in 1782 and be in business thc Historical Society a stream, F Finally individuals, single term 'ttwg,,:,',',',":,),"',',?,,') 1',f it; 'at the age of 20, but it hardly $2323 J,", "Gernian Creek", is”?! and tana11 8’01le “their life. Abigail did not marry and seems prolsable. A more or'1ess James Ge',',',":,",? Tlfsecrefagm ot own initiative, came to Canada there is a stone in ‘Lakeside tsugoesstu1 spirit merchant would branch of Gregory’s a','),'),'. E a to out new homes out of the Cemetery markings her grave. ‘hardly forsake his business in a . . . wilderness. ‘They did not come x231“: 1:31?“ sewed in the growing community to undertake A', old map in the Department - .howfever in sufficient numbers, Thomas had a brother Joseph a homestead in the wilds of 1u,i,'T/1de,t'; tee, Shows ”transform the new land into Brown. Joseph and his wife re. East Nissouri. It would seem new, Betrand 282:23;Banfolgz" a compact settlement but they . mined loyal to the British King .more probable that James of of Lot 29, East Nissouri. It would pertainlydid {tend the frontiers. and during the revolution dV Nissourl may have been a "son appear therefore that James Ger- . s . . o- . . ig1,,'T,1,idat,2tfeteir, left the coun- of the York merchant. man left Lot 29 sometime before 7 It was not until 1791 that the ti? 1'l eitzufid auctiadg, .,',e,",,t, . . _ . 18213. It is stated that James ac- _ Constitutional Act gave Canada v“ Be,',',',':',',',"; undulater 1:651: . Some day however, as the flfgd ie,',,t, 26, concession '18, ' . . . lssourl sometime in [ the status of a Crown Colony, East Nissouri district. search continues, the identity of..1818. This lot has been in the " [A "t i more frontier of the Empire . . . James of East Nissouri may be German-Seaton families since I l -__ 2 and it was in the early 1800’s. id,':"',", it}? Betsy German would uncovered and he most likely will pioneer days and remains so to- that the, Pioneer settlers pushed ',t,Tpoi',"t't1 tur,',,','," J', iPe’Sgga; be related to either John Ger- tg; f,tf', then passed on from 1 7 th. frontier northward into Nite when families like her parent’s man pf Adolphustown or Chris- in tiara Ide' gull1 Francis, who i . soar! to obtain land grants' in were split over their loyalty a; $phlfr'cfhe Itrt1g',uf if” Beaten. ll",,, 05:25; tdt.",' , . promising for those -of,initiative. I frineiple. They were but chil- . “:31” tidel','tgl'li'g," main]; Francis German’s daughter, J i l, , It ite of James German and His dren when the loyalists began, names being common 'to both R. German. " ,3 .'. tom" htily that I write, they being t',, Easinedathsr 33:13:33 11:13:23: such as John, William (the writer 1 , a“ when: the earliest white settlers en endere durin th Revolu- being the third generation Wil.. I . ") in alaat Nissouri. James and this: wouldqbe somgewha: lessened Ham), Hannah, Ellen, Eliza- I .. y Betsy Brown German were my b the time the reached a may bath (Betsy), Jacob and Jane . I ~peat-great grandparents. 'l%'l'ldl a e Where. the Were and Christian names were usually ' ' _ . . C . born wheres the met whzn the chosen for a very definite pur- ~‘ Pe' German was born Jan-_ iiiiii' married r, at, resent I pose in the days of those hardy , l in}? I, 1782 and his wife Betsy [ matter of ure' iii, , “I; F’om pioneers. The physical features _ ‘ 7 'ttown May , 1784' This we' the evident: at hag; it :sehnzwn of the different family descend- l 'know from the faded writing thou h that th were married ants also show as close resem- l ' Ie?, appears in their spn _ ”on: 1805 a." . blends. . , ( 'boots'))" The old brown ink 's a s . . , T . . I We faded is guite legible. ' 25'.