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                  <text>Hershey: : :

Margarett

Hershey:::

They lived

in
General st0re

a

married

where Mr.
Lee had a
and at the time owned

Marshville
ont.,
and a Grist Mill,

great deal

of the land

They had

boys and

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,

on which the
girl

MAli?.bA-i2ET.

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Mrs.

of#

lee was the grandmother of
12 Emerick Ave. Fert
Erie.
born
born

Edword lee
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Mrs.

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Hershey

WectGr

in Dunville.

( Hershey)

Margaret

Lee

town was situated.

Edward: Dod:
ï¿½ï¿½ ....,.T.

Dod became manager of the Bank

Warren

Lee.

Edward

;

whds husband

1811

c1ie:d
died

owned the

1887
1874

0biginal

was

Hershey befQre

FE nnie

Hershey mc rried

henry Emerick.

Henry Emï¿½rick

1849

c1 ied

1924

Fannie(Hï¿½Emcrickl851

died

1941

race

track

marriage.

I

\

1ï¿½he Emerick' s ci:,me to Bridge burg when the town wï¿½_s just
beine, laid out. JÂ·- rvis had laid out from Courtwrieht to
Phipp ,ï¿½,hat hetd been known .--s Victori"', the land north of
th::,t w&lt;r,s Elmost ell fe_rml&amp;.nd. r.::r. Emerick built a large
frame home on the rive:rr Road Â·1t tbP corner of the '3T. thi: t
W'" s to tï¿½ ke his n12':me:::
Emerick. He ovâ€¢ned :=;. c;reat dePl of
the lHnd '111est of this home, .-_nd the si'te for ST .. maryrs
church rlall wÂ· s aquired from him.
g:r. Emerick
for many yea rs.

we_s

postmaster of the Tovm of Brideeburg

,-

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