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ESTHER HERSHEY::

Oct.

marr.

-ï¿½ï¿½.

Children

1801.

5th.

daughter of
burr: Minn .

d.

July

(

Benjamin

Sherk.

1879.
JI98-1ï¿½4ï¿½w

lï¿½th.

Christian Hershey
Cemetery Sherkston

(

...

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1796-1873)

of Esther Hershey:
1.

Rebecca

b.

1821.

d.

1873.

2.

Jonathon

b.

1823.

d.

1846.

3.

Christian

b.

1827.

d.

1839.
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4.

Peter

b.

1829.

d.

1839.

5.

Esther

b.

1831.

d.

1903

6.

Mary

b.

1833.

d.

1912.

1Â·

Benjamin

b.

183 6.

d.

1863.

s.

Abraham

b.

1838.

d.

1860.

9.

Sarah

b.

1841.

d.

1903.

10.

Martha

b.

1843.

cj., 192a.

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A-M ï¿½1-1A

Amillia,

b.

1845.

d.

1845.

1 845

d.

1870.

â€¢

i2.

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bï¿½

â€¢

.,;

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â€¢

MARGARET HERSHEY DUNN: :

Margaret Hershey

d.

b.
marr;

WILLIAM HENRY DUNN:

1+/4/ 1806.

d.

1/11/1852

bur:
property

Erie
Margaret Hershey

&amp; Wm.

c om pos ed

of land later used

Downs Golf Course &amp; Fort

Henry Dunn had 13, children:

1

for

Erie Race Track.
di e d young.

William Walter D un n
Eliza

J"ane
Margaret Dunn

b.

Jan 20,

marr.

1838

Sylvestor

Jansen

bur:
SIMEON
JOHN

$TEWART

Mï¿½ry ï¿½deline Dunn

b
b.

1843
Apr. 14,

marr;

1836

d.

Dec

16, 1926.

Alexander Lee Jansen

:

Nov.

13, 1859

by Rev,. John Baxter,.
Alexander Iï¿½. Janse.n b,. Sept 7, 1832: d Febl5, 1909

�7. MARGARET

HERSHEY:

B.

Ja n . 28t h. 1809 d. Jan. 7th. 1879.
daughter of Christian ( 1781= 1843) 'l Mary .
burr:
William Henry

marr.

Dunn;(

b.
d.

Apr.
Jan.

4. 1806.
11. 185 2.

Home and property site oii Erie Downs.Gilmore
children:

â€¢

13 in

no

â€¢

lt d

.

�HERSHEY

.
.

.
.

BERTIE TOWNSHIP

.
.

of Fort Erie.

â€¢

B.E .

:

book E page 415.

Village

Registry office

Welland

s.

July 13, 1837

Christian Hersï¿½ey eldest son and heir

( 11644 )

ï¿½enjamin

Hersï¿½ey,deceased

150 acres

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HERSHEY::

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--

-

Hershey:

of lot

# 3

in

1st

con .

of l o t

# 3 in

the

2nd.

N.R.
con.

N.R.

---- ---ï¿½------ ï¿½ -- ï¿½
----ï¿½
-

property leter ovmed by the Fort Erie Race Track;;;

Lot

B.&amp;.s.
Jan.

W/t
W/t

to John

of

# 4

â€¢

N.

s.

of Catherine st.

Thomas Dixon &amp; wife to

Lot

j,2nd Con. Nr.

Benjamin Wintemute.

27,

1818
etc.

etc.

B.&amp; S.

July 13,

Christian Hershey eldest
Hershey to John Hershey

1837.
etc.

etc.

B.&amp;.

s.

John B.

Dec.

26, 1876.

of lot

son

150

and heir .of

Benjamin

acres.

Hershey &amp; wife to William Allan

t pt.

# 3.

( 2865 )
etc.

etc.

Grant:

1964.

Sept.l

Frank M.

Allen &amp; wife to the Fort

Club Limited

:

Erie Jockey

i
v
llage of ï¿½ï¿½idgeburg

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