 1813 - 1839 (25 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Eliza Henzel* was born on 06 Mar 1813 (daughter of John Hansel and Catherine Wilkerson*); died on 10 Feb 1839. Notes:
Dale 13
Eliza was the daughter of John Hensel and Catherine Wilkington. Her father was shot defending Fort George in May 1813 and died from his wounds at DeCew a few days later. Eliza was 2 months old. Her mother remarried and became the first wife of Richard Tunks. [Sid Prior notes]
Apparently Eliza's grandfather, Andrew Hansel (d. 1818) had a will in Thorold Twp; among other things, he left "to my grand daughter only daughter of my son John deceased two hundred acres in the Township of Uxbride being Lot 4 in Concession 4" [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NIAGARA-ONT/1999-05/0926876842]
Her marriage to Jacob Dale was witnessed by Calvin Burtch & Richard Tunks
-she probably died in childbirth when son John was born 1839
Eliza married Jacob Dale* on 25 Mar 1835 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario. Jacob (son of Jacob Dale* and Anne Landos*) was born in 1806; died in 1896. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Jacob Dale was born in 1837; died in 1913 in Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
- John Dale* was born in 1839; died in 1845.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | 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]
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| 3. | Catherine Wilkerson* was born on 14 Jan 1791 in Thorold, Lincoln, UC (daughter of Robert Wilkerson and ?); died on 18 May 1829 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario. Notes:
- Two of Catherine's brothers - Jacob and Robert were also in the 1812 war; Jacob died of a wound received during the battle of Chippawa in 1814 - list of pensions paid on this site: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/mil/1812/data_widows.shtml
Children:
- 1. Eliza Henzel* was born on 06 Mar 1813; died on 10 Feb 1839.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | 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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| 5. | Christina Maria Flach was born about 1753 in Germay, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died in 1829. Children:
- George Hansel
- 2. John Hansel was born about 1785 in New Jersey, USA; died on 29 May 1813 in DeCew, Upper Canada.
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| 7. | ?Children:
- Jacob Wilkerson was born in 1778 in Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 05 Jul 1814 in Chippawa, Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
- Sarah Wilkerson was born about 1790 in Thorold, Lincoln, UC; died in 1845.
- 3. Catherine Wilkerson* was born on 14 Jan 1791 in Thorold, Lincoln, UC; died on 18 May 1829 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario.
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