Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Brewer Family Tree on Smith side

Here is what I found on the net:

Mehitable Hooker, born 5/10/1704, (descendant - 4th Generation - of Rev. Thomas Hooker (born 1586 in in Marfield, Leicestershire, England) married Rev. John Smith, born in 1702 in Newport, England. They had a son named William Hooker Smith in March, 1725 who became a surgeon in the Revolutionary War. As a point of reference, George Washington was born 7 years later in 1732!

William Hooker Smith lived in NYC and married Sarah Browne. They had 10 children and he lived to be 90. He was 64 when Washington was sworn in as our first President. His son James (born 1757) was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Sarah lived to be 77.

James Smith married Deborah Reynolds and lived in White Plains, NY. On April 18, 1775, he was 17, days shy of his 18th Birthday. On this date in history, Paul Revere (age 40) made his famous midnight ride from Boston and the American Revolution started the next day! James lived to be 84. Deborah lived to be 84 also.

They had a son named William Smith (born Nov. 1778 Note: Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776). He married Catherine Butler in 1814. William lived to be 87. There are no records, DOB or DOD, for his wife.

William and Catherine had a son on April 6, 1826 named Elihu Barker Smith. He married Rachel Ann Ammerman. His second wife was Rose Bell Dimick. With Rose Belle, he had a son named William Elmer Smith. Elihu lived to be 68. Rose Belle died on April 5, 1937 in Dundee, Yates County, NY at the age of 85.

William Elmer Smith, born on June 7, 1872 in Mitchellsville, Steuben County, NY married Ida Joanne Jack on August 19th, 1894 in Bath, NY.
They lived in Hammondsport, NY and on December 8, 1913, Ida gave birth to Sarah Bell Smith (Grandma). Ida died on Dec. 14, 1938 and lived to be 64. Elmer died on March 23, 1957 and lived to be 84.

Sarah married Marion Lewis Brewer on June 23, 1935 in Cameron, NY!

Monday, February 07, 2005
family history

Karl, sent you an E-Mail about Brewer info. I also need some info from you, for my address
book. Keep June 25, 2005 open for the Brewer Family picnic, more info to follow: Between the
blog and the E-Mail maybe you get this message. I'm new at this computer.
Dondee

This is Karl. Hey, I need your help. I am trying Ancestry.com to try to find info on old relatives (Family Tree stuff). Can someone please send me the following info: Grandma (Sarah) Brewer's date of birth and death. I also need Grandpa (Marion) Brewer's dates. If you have other relatives names and dates of birth/death, please forward. It helps to have city's also, if known. I will let you all know what I come up with in a few weeks. My home e-mail is KJBrewer@frontiernet.net.

Tuesday, February 01, 2005
The Family in England

Christmas in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 2004. We had a great time spending the holidays with our children, grandchildren, our good friend Arthur, and the dogs. Our daughter Clare is missing from photo.