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MY DORLAND FAMILY

My Dorland family is my mother's maternal side of the family. They originally came from Holland and then from Dutchess County, New York to Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada My line is like this:

Jan Dorlandt
Jans Jans Dorlandt
Gerret Janssoon Dorlandt m: Annitjen (Jasper)Dircksdocktor
Jan Gerretse Dorlandt married: 1/ Magdelena Van Der Straaten 2/ Anna Remsen Vanderbeeck
Elias Dorland m: Miriam ?
John Dorland m: Mary Bedell
John Dorland2 m: Anna Pierson
Joseph Dorlon m: Elizabeth Smith
David Dorland m: Mary Pearsall
Pearsall "Parson" Dorland m: Ora (Saunders) Matthews
John Walker Dorland m:Doborah Catherine Eckert
Ada Cleora Dorland m: Wilson Phillips
Marjorie Cleora Phillips m: Harold Murray Beemer.

MY PHILLIPS FAMILY

My great great grandfather was John Philips. He was born in 1791 and died in 1856. I believe he was born in England. He was a soldier in the 37th North Hampshire Regiment of Foot, British Army. in the War of 1812.

John married Catherine Smith, on 1 May 1821, in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario Canada. I have no information on Catherine at this stage of my research.

Children:
John Jr. m: Sarah Bacon
Mary Ann m: William Henry Saylor
Joseph m: Mary Ackers
Cornwall Smith married (My gr grandfather)
1/Lydia Bowerman.
Child: Lydia m: William Wilkins
2/Hannah Pettingall
Phoebe - died an infant.
Benjamin married Cathryn Huycke

Children of Cornwall Smith & Hannah Pettingell
Wilfred m: Susan Mary Ann Dorland
Child: Herald Evelyn m: Helen Leavens
Elizabeth Adele (Della) spinster
Mary Jane Stepleton Phillips
Wilson m: Ada Cleora Dorland (my grandparents)
Children:
Berton Smith m: Julia Blenhorn
Ernest Dorland m: Elizabeth Parmella Hodges
Fred Wilson m: Edna Florence McCreary
Edward Roy m: Marie Antoinette Carrier
Marjorie m: Harold Murray Beemer

Children of Benjamin Phillips & Cathryn Huycke
Sarah Lizette m: Alex Monahon
Wesley Briggs m: Maud Flagler

John Philips (1791) married a 2nd time to Mary Ann Dewell, the daughter of Wilbur Dewell & Keturah Richmond. John & Mary Ann had 8 children: Children:
Catherine m: John Reid
Elizabeth - nver married
Jane Ann m: William H. Murray
Amanda - never married
Margaret - no info
Henry m: Ann Jane Casey
Pheobe m: Richard Hallam
Wilbor whom I belive married Sarah Frances Ostrander.

MY BEEMER FAMILY

This family came originally from Heidelberg, Baden Germany. They immigrated to German Valley, Morris County, New Jersey to the Brant and Wentworth areas of Canada. I am doing my direct line with this one.

John Phillipus Bohmer m: Anna Marie Dewitt
Peter Beemer m: Unknown
Joseph Beemer Sr. m: Elizabeth Dean
Robert Murray Beemer m: Maria Ann Lawrason
John Wesley Beemer m: Helen Ida Smith
Children: Guy Murray m: Ada Louise Symons
Harry Albert m: Nancy Wilson
Beatrice m: 1/Tom Berton, 2/Andy Milne
Gertrude Amelia m: 1/ Herbert Fortune 2/ Unknown Curly
Roy Beemer - bachelor
Gladys Beemer - spinster
Stella Beemer, no information

Guy Murray Beemer & Ada Louise Symons are my grandparents.
Harold Beemer & Marjorie Phillips my parents.

MY SYMONS FAMILY

Alfred Robert Symons m: Alice Guinifred Bayer Child: Ada Louise Symons m: Guy Beemer I found a record for these three from the 1881 Canadain Census in St.Antoine, Montreal, Quebec.

In a record for Non-Catholic Indexes in Montreal I found the following: BIRTHS 1873 Alfred Thomas Symons at Grace Church 1880 Ada Louise Symons at Reform Episcopalian 1883 Samuel James Symons - Reform Episcopalian MARRIAGES Alfred Robert Symons to Sarah Jane Cunningham 1875 at St. George Alfred Robert Symons to Alice Guinifred Bayer 1879 Reform Episcopilian Samuel James to Isabella Livingstone 1880 Reform Episcopilian I also have Robert M. Symons m: Georgina Boyce. Do not know where they fit but my mother had their names written down. Ther is also an Ethel Symons & Boyce Symons.

Here Are Some Sites That I Think You Will Find Very Helpful In Your Genealogy Search:
www.justgen.com
http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/NationalSummary.jsp
www.archives.ca/02/02010602_e.html
www.rootsweb.com
www.familysearch.org
http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census

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