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From: "Marfy Goodspeed" <>
Subject: RE: HANN/MEIRS in Hunterdon Co., NJ
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:10:42 -0400
In-Reply-To: <42C2E419.8AB95C3A@hal-pc.org>


You wrote: I would appreciate knowing your connection or interest in
the MYERS family of Hunterdon County, NJ.
Answer: Dear Bill, I live not far from the house that Albertus Myers
lived in, and from his next-door neighbor, Peter Hann. I have a business
researching old houses for their owners, and many years ago researched
this house.

You wrote: P.S. The marriage record of Joseph GANO to Elizabeth MYERS
reflect that the parents were Samuel GANO and Peter MYERS. Your note
indicates he was the son of Charles GANO.
Answer: I got my info on the marriage from Deats, who states it was
Joseph who married Elizabeth "Mires" on 24 Jan 1867. Perhaps there was
another Elizabeth Myers who married a Samuel Gano on 27 January, but
it's not in Deats.

You wrote: Do you know WHEN Joseph GANO committed suicide?
Answer: There was an inquest, referred to in an article by John Bellis.
The date was 23 Sep 1886.

You wrote: Both Joseph and Elizabeth were 37 years of age when they
married 27 Jan 1867. He is shown as a widower and she is shown as
single. I have found them on the U.S. Census but with no children
listed. I doubt if they left descendants as a result of their union.
Answer: Well, there was more than one Joseph Gano. I found a few of them
in Hunterdon in the 1850-1880 census records, only one married to a
"Lizzie." That was in the 1880 census for "East Raritan" Twp. They were
both 48 years old (born about 1832), living alone.
Charles Gano was an overseer of roads in Delaware Twp in 1840.
His son Joseph fought in the Civil War (Co B 38 Reg NJ Vol), which may
explain why he committed suicide.
As to Samuel Gano, I have the following--
Samuel, born about 1760 to Wm Gano and Sarah Green, spouse unknown, had
8 children, including another Samuel Gano (born abt 1785). In 1804, his
mother Sarah referred in her will to his children. Plus a Samuel Gano in
Alexandria Twp who had a son Joseph who was 21 in 1850. Hm. A lot more
can be found in the census records.
Marfy



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Morrow [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:11 PM
To: Marfy Goodspeed
Subject: HANN/MEIRS in Hunterdon Co., NJ
Hi again Marfy:
I should KNOW BETTER than to write e-mails from "memory" which seems to
be getting worse by the day. Of course I know that Anna HANN married
Albertus MEIRS. I have copies of the Revolutionary War Pension
Application which contained a copy of their family bible. I am glad you
"straightened me out" on the two Peter MYERS (spelling I have adopted as
the standard although most records reflect different spellings). You
indicate that the one in Tewksbury Twp. is the son of Cornelius and I am
convinced that the one in Raritan Twp., who married Mary YOUNG is the
son of Simon MYERS whose land was divided among his children in 1814. I
notice you have been corresponding with Marilyn Jones of Yreka, CA
() re: Peter Myers, son of Albertus and Anna HANN
MYERS. Marilyn sent me an extensive (31 page) file of her research in an
e-mail dated 5 Mar 2004. This file contains information about Peter
MYERS who died 27 Oct 1874 in Nunda, Livingston, NY. According to this
file he married (1) Elizabeth HOOVER, (2) Betsey STIVERS, Nov 18, 1840
in Nunda, Livingston, NY. I have NOT verified any of this information
since I believe my only connection with the descendants of this Peter
MYERS is through his mother Anna HANN who married Albertus MYERS. I
think I will run down to the library this afternoon to look again at
Hank Jones Jrs. book "More Palatine Families" for the family of John
Johannes Albertus MYERS. When I get a little "free time" I will e-mail
you ALL of my direct line of HANN from the immigrant ancestor Peter HANN
and his wife Elizabeth HOPPAUGH to my maternal grandmother Sarah Cray
HANN WILSON JACKSON. My mother was Anna Mildred WILSON daughter of
Sarah Cray HANN and her first husband Ira WILSON who died when my mother
was a little child (age 3 or 4). Thank you again for your help on my
MYERS line. It looks as though my "speculation" that ALL of the
MIERS/MYERS men in Hunterdon County in the late 1700's were from a
"common ancestor". I would appreciate knowing your connection or
interest in the MYERS family of Hunterdon County, NJ. Regards, Bill
Morrow in Houston, TX (b. 1935 in Trenton, NJ)

P.S. The marriage record of Joseph GANO to Elizabeth MYERS reflect that
the parents were Samuel GANO and Peter MYERS. Your note indicates he
was the son of Charles GANO. Do you know WHEN Joseph GANO committed
suicide? Both Joseph and Elizabeth were 37 years of age when they
married 27 Jan 1867. He is shown as a widower and she is shown as
single. I have found them on the U.S. Census but with no children
listed. I doubt if they left descendants as a result of their union.




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