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---- ------- --------------------------- --------------- Â·

.8. Michael HARP
est 1775
Germany
8 children Mary
Christiana
Henry A.
Ellen
Margaret
Anna
John
Jacob
7

. 7.

&gt;

est 1880

&gt;

--------- - ------ - ---- Â· ---- ---------------- - - Â· -

-

--Â·

Â·

-Â· Â· Â· Â· Â·

-Â·

Â· - Â· -- Â· Â· Â· -

Charlotte (ARMSTRONG) HARP
est 1780
est 1850
Ireland

est 1802&lt;
U.S.

born
1800-1810 (est 1804)
5/18/1806 - see below
1810-1820 (est 1811)
1810-1820 (est 1813)
1810-1820 (est 1815)
1810-1820 (est 1817)
1810-1820 (est 1819)
aft 1820 (est 1821)

Samuel QUACKENBUSH
est 1810
?

(

est 1845

-:;- -:Ma::rr--ra.ge--&lt;--

*
.

7

.

George STEVENS

*
*
*
*
*
*

*see World Family Tree
Volume 1, Tree #2270 and
Volume 9, Tree #1766

est 1835&lt;

Margaret (
) QUACKENBUSH
est 1815
burial
1/ 5/1854
St Paul's Anglican-Fort Erie

children - Samuel, ?

â€¢

George STEVENS/farmer
Christiana (HARP) STEVENS
8/ 2/1802
7/21/1865
&gt; 7/11/1825&lt;
5/18/1806
4/17/1888
NYS
*
Bertie/Curtis Rd Cem
Bertie or N.Y.S.
NYS
*
Bertie/Curtis Rd Cemetery
died
born
12 children *
religion-Wesleyan Methodist
10/14/1826
see below
Joseph
4/21/1828 Canada - see below
6
John QUACKENBUSH
Charlotte
6
Henry M DAYTON
4/12/1830 Canada - see page 2 Sophia
6
Samuel QUACKENBUSH
12/18/1831 Bertie - see page 3 Bridget
John B
4/13/1834 Bertie - see page 3
4/17/1836 Bertie - see page 3
George Jr
9/13/1838 Bertie
9/28/1860 - Bertie/Curtis Rd Cemetery (STEVENS)
William
11/26/1840 Bertie
see page 3 - .6. Henry BENNER
Almyï¿½a
2/15/1843
8/26/1847 - Bertie/Curtis Rd Cemetery (STEFFENS)
Nancy Jane
8/ 1/1867 - Bertie/Curtis Rd Cemetery (STEVENS)
7/26/1845 Bertie
Martha
6
James BURKE
1/26/1848 Bertie
see page 3 Edna
5/15/1850 Bertie
8/16/1853 - Bertie/Curtis Rd Cemetery (STEFFENS)
Helen E

6

Joseph STEVENS
10/14/1826
? children - Harvey

est 1895

Harvey STEVENS/R R switchman
1859
est 1930
Canada

5

&gt;12/26/1857&lt;

&gt; 2/22/1883&lt;
Riverside M.E.

Margaret (NEAR)
est 1830

Emily (PLATO)
ca 1867

STEVENS
est 1900

STEVENS
est 1940

Canada

6

John Z QUACKENBUSH
5/22/1830
8/15/1870
&gt; 2/ 7/1853&lt;1
NYS
Buffalo/Forest Ln
Bflo J of P
3 children - George, Edith, Oriole - Gen # 5

Charlotte (STEVENS) QUACKENBUSH
4/21/1828
(see page 2)
Canada
(6 - Andrew PHILLIPS)

5

George E QUACKENBUSH
ca 1854
12/21/1921
Lewiston, NY

Lisette (? RAYMOND) QUACKENBUSH
es.t 1860
12/18/1918-12/21/1921

&gt;

aft 1878&lt;

..

(1st marriage - step family)
Catherine (JONES)
5s Richard HUMPHREY/flour merchant
3/29/1844
3/
/1849 US-1868
ca 1868&lt;
1&gt;
Wales
see page 2
Wales
3 children - William, Mary, Catherine - Gen # 4s

HUMPHREY
11/29/1880
Forest Lawn

4s William G HUMPHREY/coal merchant
&gt; 6/26/1895&lt;
9/
/1869
12/ 2/1942
Dearborn St Bapt
Buffalo/For Ln
Alexander,NY
1 child - Roger - Gen # 3s

Sarah E (DeWITT) HUMPHREY
9/
/1870
6/14/1930
Buffalo
359 Dearborn/Forest Lawn

3s Roger Kenneth HUMPHREY/claim auditor
&gt;11/30/1929&lt;
5/
/1897
[80 S Irving Terr]
Buffalo
[Kenmore in 1943] St Stephen's Un Ev

Kathryn M
ca 1904
Buffalo

Â·

{

(YOX)

HUMPHREY/steno

�:sTEVENS - August 02,

1999

Â·-- ------------- ----- -------------------- -------------------------------- -

4s John A HARP/farmer
ca 1866
Aylmer,Ont

:; .Marr--ra.&lt;:ie &lt;
--

__

___ ----- -------------- ----- - --------------- --

est 1935
&gt; 3 / 15/1900&lt;
Dearborn St Baptist

-

PAGE 2 OF 3
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Mary J (HUMPHREY) HARP
ca 1872
bef 1924
Alexander,Gen. Co.
[Aylmer,Ont]

4s Daniel Clinton PIERCE/banker
Katherine Ann (HUMPHREY) PIERCE
ca 1874
bef 1959
&gt;12/19/ 1901&lt;
1/
/ 1874
3/ 27/ 1959
Dearborn St Baptist
Buffalo
Hamburg,NY/Prospect Lawn Cem
Hamburg,NY
2 children - George M - 9/ 3 0/ 1903-4/
/ 1987-Hamburg,NY 14075
Daniel C - 4/ 28/ 1907-5/
/ 1985-Delray Beach,FL 3 3444
2 grandchildren as of 1959 - George M,Jr, Daniel C,Jr
5

Richard HUMPHREY/ flour &amp; feed merchant
Edith Z (QUACKENBUSH) HUMPHREY
3/
/ 1849
**
7/ 20/193 2
2&gt; 1/ 6/ 1881&lt;
6/
/ 1855
*
9/ 1 3 / 1924
1858 Niagara/ Forest Lawn
Wales
1858 Niagara/ For Ln
Dearborn St Baptist
Canada
Dearborn St Baptist
Dearborn St Baptist
4 children - Edith, Richard, Harold, Helen - Gen # 4
* US-1856
** US-1868, naturalized 10/ 8/ 1878
- lived with Henry Dayton in 1880

4

Herbert Sinclair COLE/ farmer
ca 1876
est 1945
&gt; 4/ 20/ 1905&lt;
Dearborn St Baptist
Port Dalhousie,Ont

4

Richard C HUMPHREY
1/
/ 1884
NYS

4

. 3

4

aft 1953

Edith Charlotte (HUMPHREY) COLE/
2/
/ 1882
aft 1959 teacher
Buffalo
[St Catherines,Ont 1924-53]

[Detroit,Mich 1924]
[Buffalo,NY
1932]

Harold H HUMPHREY/ boat builder,truck driver
Loretta (SHEEHAN) HUMPHREY
10/
/ 1885
3 / 11/1953
&gt; 8/ 26/ 1913&lt;
ca 1890
aft 1953
Buffalo
383 Dearborn/ For Ln
St John's Germ Ev
Buffalo
- 2/ 12/ 1915 - see below
3 children - Richard J
-10/ 18/1916 William H
6/
/ 1977 - Buffalo 14207
Katherine AYER ca 1921
3 grandchildren in 1953
Bernice M (SCHWEITZER) HUMPHREY
Richard J HUMPHREY/Erie County Parks Dept
2/ 12/ 1915
3/ 23/ 1999
&gt;
est 1940&lt;
est 1920
3 children - Suzanne (Thomas) HALLUM, Loretta (Richard) MEADE, Richard W (Nancy)
7 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild in 1999
HUMPHREY
Robert B JONES/ machinist
4/ 24/ 1886
1/
/ 1968
NYS
Buffalo 14215

&gt;

aft 1910&lt;

Helen G (HUMPHREY)
3/
/ 1888

JONES/steno, bank
aft 1959
teller

NYS

5

Oriole S (QUACKENBUSH) HUNT
William A HUNT/machinist
ca 1860
est 1930
&gt; 5/ 15/ 1884&lt;
ca 1864
1899-1921
Dearborn St Baptist
US
US
[in Walla-Walla, Washington in 1899]
5 children
Address in 1922
Wichita, Sedgwick Co, Kansas
Llewellan HUNT
William A HUNT, Jr
Wichita, Sedgwick Co, Kansas
7/ 13 / 1888 - 12/
/ 1965 - Wichita, Kansas
752 Heliotrope Dr, Los Angeles, Cal
Helen Marjorie HUNT
2/ 22/ 1890 7/
/ 1971 - Glendale, CA 91205
706 East Pike St, Apt A, Seattle, King Co, Wash
W Walter HUNT
133 0 South Flower St, Los Angeles, Cal
George B HUNT/
engr on steamer "H F Alexander" - Los Angeles to Seattle

6

Andrew W PHILLIPS
ca 1809

1/ 25/ 1887
&gt;
Buffalo/Evans
Dearborn St Baptist

6

aft 1871&lt;2

Charlotte (STEVENS) QUACK./PHILLIPS
4/ 21/ 1828
1/ 3/ 1899
Buffalo/Forest Ln
Canada
Dearborn Street Baptist

Henry M DAYTON/ foreman-Gilberts Starch Factory
Sophia (STEVENS) DAYTON
11/ 24/ 1824
12121;1909
&gt; 3 / 28/1854&lt;
4/ 12/ 1830 usï¿½1852
3/ 28/ 1915
Erie Co.
216 Dearborn/For Ln *
Buffalo
Canada
216 Dearborn/Forest Lawn
2 children - Lewis, Franklin
*from Dearborn St Baptist
from Lafayette Baptist

�Â·---------------- -------------------- - - --- - - - - - ---------

:s TEVENS -

August

02,

1999

- - - --

--

--

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5

Lewis P DAYTON/bookkeeper
ca 1858
aft 1928
Buffalo

- - - - ..
--

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---

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-------

;;; M:a::i:: r: ag e &lt;
I
--

-

-

--

&gt; 9/22/1891&lt;
Riverside M E

5

Franklin H DAYTON/telegraph operator
ca 1860
8/10/1928
Erie Co
Soldiers Home-Dayton,Ohio

6

Samuel QUACKENBUSH/carpenter,boat builder
ca 1842
&gt;12/29/1857&lt;
aft 1876
USA
(Baptist)
in Buffalo in 1863
in Bertie
in 1871
(5)
**
4/13/1834
&gt;
est 1864&lt;
aft 1880
Bertie
5 children born
Willert
ca 1865 Erie Co
or Willard Mary
ca 1867 Erie Co
3/
Julietta
/1870 Erie Co
"Julia"
Mathew
ca 1871 Erie Co
"Mattie"
/1875 Erie Co
son
5/
**
US before age 18 - naturalized
5/ 1/1865

. 6.

George STEVENS,Jr/farmer
4/17/1836
10/24/1879
Bertie
Plato Cem
5 childr.en born
died
1863
Miza May
1865
1866
1867
Annetta
1868
1874
Laura
1870
1885
Caroline
Georganna BURK 11/ 5/1873
1954
Henry BENNER/farmer
3/ 7/1809
8/23/1881
Bertie
Ridgeway/Zion Cem
born
6 children Gerald E
9/26/1867
Misa May HAYNER
11/
/1869
Warren William
6/10/1870
Martha STEINMANN
3/ 9/1872
Christiana Grace
2/ 6/1874
Maude Etta TRAPP 10/
/1876

(5)
&gt; 1/19/1863&lt;
Buffalo j.p.
Plato
Plato
Plato
Plato
(see

(see BENNER &amp;
6

James BURKE
est 1845

est 1915

&gt;

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-----

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--

Bridget (STEVENS) QUACKENBUSH
3/26/1876
12/18/1831
Bertie,Welland Co.
Bertie
will-1/10/1876, probate-5/16/1876
no children in will
Ellen (BENNER) STEVENS
5/ 1/1841 "Helena"
aft 1892
Bertie
died
aft 1880
aft 1880
aft 1880
aft 1880
bef 1880

Julia Ann Elizabeth (BENNER) STEVENS
3/24/1926
1/28/1840
*
Canada
Plato Cem

* lived with Sophia
Cem
Cem
Dayton at 216 Dearborn
Cem
in 1910 census,
in Bertie 1/ 6/1880
Cem
Philip BENNER book - pages 51 &amp; 52)

&gt; 1861-1867&lt;

Bertie
Bertie
Bertie
Ridgeway
Bertie
Bertie

--------

Lillian W (HOUSE) DAYTON
ca 1869
[619 13th St]
est 1940
Buffalo
[Niagara Falls,NY in 1928]
[Suspension Bridge in 1891, 1909, 1915]

(6) John B STEVENS/engr on boat

( 6)

--

Almyra (STEVENS) BENNER
11/26/1840
6/ 2/1877
Bertie/Zion Cem,Ridgeway
Bertie

died
10/ 4/1927 Overholt-Bethel
4/ 1/1936 Greenwood Cem
9/28/1946 Fort Erie/Greenwood Cem
12/18/1876 Zion Cem

ï¿½TEINMANN trees)

ca 1867&lt;

Edna (STEVENS)
1/26/1848
Bertie

BURKE
est 1915

NOTE - The STEINMANN/BENNER Family Bible lists the early (1825-1865) STEVENS
information, apparently copied from a previous source. However, the name is spelled
STEFFENS.
The marriage announcement on April 5, 1854 in the Buffalo Daily Courier
shows Sophia STEPHENS.
1862 Bertie land map shows George STEPHENS. All other civil and
published records used STEVENS.

(

Dearborn Street Baptist Church Dedicated 1886 - Burned February
Strohï¿½.uer-across the street from
.location of records has not been

-

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234 Dearborn St. - Buffalo, New York
22, 1975.
Record books were at the home of Mrs Flora
the church at the time of fire so were saved but
determined at this time.

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                  <text>746

LA SALLE AVE
BUFFALO NY 14215-1230

â€¢

rlhennesen@wortdnet.att.net

Tuesday, August.03, 1999
MR LOUIS Mc PERMOTT
108 HIGH ST
FORT ERIE, ONTARIO
CANADA
L2A 3P7

I

Ir

Dear Mr. McDermott,

I would like to thank you for recognizing the name of Ora Douglas as being from Fort
Erie. As Ollie Benner might have mentioned, the picture with her and my mother, Ida

Â·-8tlinma1lrPWl:i$Pï¿½'1l1a'rewettparty inÂ·191'9 when

Curtiss Aeroplane

was

eliminating its war time office force. Anyway, I am trying to get it published in the' Buffalo
News, hoping that.some one will see their mother or grandmother in it and help me fill in
the 111 issing blanks. My current problem is trying.to obtain more information on my
HARF:&gt; and STEVENS families. Hopefully, you might be able to point: me.in the right
direction. Please see the enclosed STEVENS family sheets, p... 1 through 3.
.

â€¢

The first point of interest is the marriage of John A. HARP and Mary J. HUMPHREY
as sbQwn at the top of page 2 of the STEVENS' sheets: Mary was the stepÂ­
grandda1,1ghter of Charlotte (STEVENS).QUACKENBUSH/PHILUPS. Charlotte died in
1899 and 14 months later this farmer came all the way from Aylmer, Ontario to get
. mï¿½rried in Black Rock. Even though he probably came by train, it still would have an
arduous journey by today's standards, so he must have been related somehow. His
parents were listed on the marriage license as John HARP and Mary GRANL (?-that's
what it looked like). Do you have the name and address of a historianÂ· or genealogist in
Aylmer who might have more information on this John A. HARP and his ancestors?
Bridget (STEVENS) QUACKENBUSH, along with her Bertie property, inherited property
way out in Sombra, Ontario (near the St. Clair River) so the family must have really
spread out.
Ha;zef Sauer of Welland (her husband, Merritt, is my 2"d cousin on the STEINMANN

side} just sent

me

information on land grants and early settlers of Humberstone

Township. The list includes Edward HARP and his wife, Angelica KETTLE, and John
HARP and his wife, Elizabeth FEERO. Here again, I would appreciate a name and
address of someone knowledgeable of the descendants of these HARP families in
Humberstone. Of course, this is contrary to the 1851 census for Bertie Township that
indicates that George STEVENS and Christiana HARP were born in the U.S. Also, in
the 1880 U.S. census, both Sophia (STEVENS) DAYTON and John STEVENS
indicated that their parents were born in New Yor k State and it was the same for Sophia
in the 1900 U.S. census. I could not find any record of the John B. STEVENS family
after 1880.

�..

'

I still have ï¿½to try to get copies of the marriage records from Toronto, hopefully, to
find the names of the parents of George STEVENS. There was an Aaron STEPHENS
living near HARP families in Schoharie County in the early 1800's so it is possible that
George STEVENS and Christiana HARP met there or on the trail going West towards
Buffalo and then crossed the Niagara River into Fort Erie, Bertie Township. If the
birthplaces for Michael HARP and Charlotte ARMSTRONG and the estimated birth

.

dates are correct then these two families would not have been involved in the
Revolution, but I don't know when the STEVENS family emigrated to North America.
However, since the family migrated to Canada, they could have had Loyalist sympathies.
The first land purchase that could be found for George STEVENS was in 1842 (50
acres, W Y2, Lot 5, Concession 5 in Bertie) but, from the birth dates of his children, he
would have been in Canada before 1828. Perhaps he rented land prior to 1842.
I do not have any dates or immigration data for Michael HARP and Charlotte

ARMSTRONG. I obtainedjust theï¿½names and birthplaces frorn.the"World Family Tree"
Volume 1, Tree#2270 (Max B. Reitz) and Volume 9, Tree#1766 (ClarkD. Holloway). I
haven't been atne to find a current address for Clark and Max hasn't responded to my
request for:.tMs sourcesr-They disagreï¿½ on the order of the children soÂ· 1 used Clark's
which better fits the pllJll&gt;le entries in early New York censuses.
Â·

I hope you are able p rovi de the names I need to continue my search and I would be
grateful for any other information you could Â·provid e. I am Â·enclosing a return envelope
and two International Re ply1Coupons. I would be happy to pay any other costs for
mailing and copying material.that you think might be helpful to me.
Â·

Robert L. Hennesen

1S

1'
. . Â·Â· ' Â·, Â·
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LA SALLE AVE
BUFFALO NY 14215-1230

â€¢

rlhennesen@wortdnet.att.net

Tuesday, August.03, 1999
MR LOUIS Mc PERMOTT
108 HIGH ST
FORT ERIE, ONTARIO
CANADA
L2A 3P7

I

Ir

Dear Mr. McDermott,

I would like to thank you for recognizing the name of Ora Douglas as being from Fort
Erie. As Ollie Benner might have mentioned, the picture with her and my mother, Ida

Â·-8tlinma1lrPWl:i$Pï¿½'1l1a'rewettparty inÂ·191'9 when

Curtiss Aeroplane

was

eliminating its war time office force. Anyway, I am trying to get it published in the' Buffalo
News, hoping that.some one will see their mother or grandmother in it and help me fill in
the 111 issing blanks. My current problem is trying.to obtain more information on my
HARF:&gt; and STEVENS families. Hopefully, you might be able to point: me.in the right
direction. Please see the enclosed STEVENS family sheets, p... 1 through 3.
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The first point of interest is the marriage of John A. HARP and Mary J. HUMPHREY
as sbQwn at the top of page 2 of the STEVENS' sheets: Mary was the stepÂ­
grandda1,1ghter of Charlotte (STEVENS).QUACKENBUSH/PHILUPS. Charlotte died in
1899 and 14 months later this farmer came all the way from Aylmer, Ontario to get
. mï¿½rried in Black Rock. Even though he probably came by train, it still would have an
arduous journey by today's standards, so he must have been related somehow. His
parents were listed on the marriage license as John HARP and Mary GRANL (?-that's
what it looked like). Do you have the name and address of a historianÂ· or genealogist in
Aylmer who might have more information on this John A. HARP and his ancestors?
Bridget (STEVENS) QUACKENBUSH, along with her Bertie property, inherited property
way out in Sombra, Ontario (near the St. Clair River) so the family must have really
spread out.
Ha;zef Sauer of Welland (her husband, Merritt, is my 2"d cousin on the STEINMANN

side} just sent

me

information on land grants and early settlers of Humberstone

Township. The list includes Edward HARP and his wife, Angelica KETTLE, and John
HARP and his wife, Elizabeth FEERO. Here again, I would appreciate a name and
address of someone knowledgeable of the descendants of these HARP families in
Humberstone. Of course, this is contrary to the 1851 census for Bertie Township that
indicates that George STEVENS and Christiana HARP were born in the U.S. Also, in
the 1880 U.S. census, both Sophia (STEVENS) DAYTON and John STEVENS
indicated that their parents were born in New Yor k State and it was the same for Sophia
in the 1900 U.S. census. I could not find any record of the John B. STEVENS family
after 1880.

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I still have ï¿½to try to get copies of the marriage records from Toronto, hopefully, to
find the names of the parents of George STEVENS. There was an Aaron STEPHENS
living near HARP families in Schoharie County in the early 1800's so it is possible that
George STEVENS and Christiana HARP met there or on the trail going West towards
Buffalo and then crossed the Niagara River into Fort Erie, Bertie Township. If the
birthplaces for Michael HARP and Charlotte ARMSTRONG and the estimated birth

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dates are correct then these two families would not have been involved in the
Revolution, but I don't know when the STEVENS family emigrated to North America.
However, since the family migrated to Canada, they could have had Loyalist sympathies.
The first land purchase that could be found for George STEVENS was in 1842 (50
acres, W Y2, Lot 5, Concession 5 in Bertie) but, from the birth dates of his children, he
would have been in Canada before 1828. Perhaps he rented land prior to 1842.
I do not have any dates or immigration data for Michael HARP and Charlotte

ARMSTRONG. I obtainedjust theï¿½names and birthplaces frorn.the"World Family Tree"
Volume 1, Tree#2270 (Max B. Reitz) and Volume 9, Tree#1766 (ClarkD. Holloway). I
haven't been atne to find a current address for Clark and Max hasn't responded to my
request for:.tMs sourcesr-They disagreï¿½ on the order of the children soÂ· 1 used Clark's
which better fits the pllJll&gt;le entries in early New York censuses.
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I hope you are able p rovi de the names I need to continue my search and I would be
grateful for any other information you could Â·provid e. I am Â·enclosing a return envelope
and two International Re ply1Coupons. I would be happy to pay any other costs for
mailing and copying material.that you think might be helpful to me.
Â·

Robert L. Hennesen

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