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From: "Jan Reuther" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Garret Van Sickle
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:32:56 -0500
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I'm sorry...there's no mention of a VanNoy.

Jan


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Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Garret Van Sickle


> Hi
> I am interested in this, I have a Andrew Vannoy VanNoy) who moved to
Senca
> Co. NY from Hunterdon Co. NJ. I do not know his wifes maiden name.
>
> Dennis
>
> > Hi, folks...
> >
> > Today I had one of those truly weird genealogical coincidences happen.
> >
> > Mind you, I'm living near Buffalo, NY, 400 miles from NJ, and over 100
miles
> > from Seneca Lake, NY.
> >
> > A woman whose desk is 6 feet from mine had with her the title search to
her
> > property on Seneca Lake, NY. I asked if I could look at it, since old
> > documents are often a fun read.
> >
> > One of the previous owners of the land on which the cottage sits was a
man
> > named Garret Van Sickle. He owned the property from 1858 until his
death in
> > 1898. I've typed the name Van Sickle (or Van Syckle) many times for my
web
> > site, so I did a search...and I found Garret! He was originally from
> > Baptistown, and he's on the "Recollections of Baptistown" page at
> > http://raub-and-more.com/baptown/baptown8.html. This page says, "Garret
> > Vansyckle born Aug 5, 1811. He married Sarah J. Smith Dec 22, 1836.
Garret
> > is still living on his farm at Seneca Co., N.Y. They had 6 children:
Sarah
> > C., Daniel McP., Mary J., John P., Lydia and George W." At the time of
his
> > death, all 6 of these children were still living, and the married names
of
> > his daughters matched those on the Baptistown page!
> >
> > There are several pages in the title search about Garret Van Sickle; if
> > anyone is interested in this line, please email me and I'll be happy to
> > share.
> >
> > Jan Reuther
> > http://www.RAUB-and-more.com
>
>
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