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 Abt 1785 - 1813 (28 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | John Hansel was born about 1785 in New Jersey, USA (son of Andrew Hansel and Christina Maria Flach); died on 29 May 1813 in DeCew, Upper Canada. Notes:
[Sid Prior]: John Hansel was shot while defending Fort George in May 1813; he died from his wounds a few days later at DeCew, near Thorold. He is buried at Beaverdams Methodist Church
John married Catherine Wilkerson*. Catherine (daughter of Robert Wilkerson and ?) was born on 14 Jan 1791 in Thorold, Lincoln, UC; died on 18 May 1829 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Eliza Henzel* was born on 06 Mar 1813; died on 10 Feb 1839.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Andrew Hansel was born in 1747 in Ducy of Pau, Hessen-Cassel, Germany; died in 1818 in Thorold, Lincoln, UC. Notes:
He immigrated from New Jersey, USA in 1787 with 4 siblings and their families. They probably left in the summer of 1787 and travelled up the Hudson River to Albany. From here they turned west and followed the Mohawk River Valley and then Indian trails to Niagara, where they crossed the border into Upper Canada
Over his lifetime he acquired some 1000 acrtes of land in Lincoln, now called Welland County. It was on part of his property that the battle of Beaverdams was fought during the War of 1812.
Andrew married Christina Maria Flach in 1780 in Oldwick, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA. Christina was born about 1753 in Germay, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died in 1829. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Christina Maria Flach was born about 1753 in Germay, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died in 1829. Children:
- George Hansel
- 1. John Hansel was born about 1785 in New Jersey, USA; died on 29 May 1813 in DeCew, Upper Canada.
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