Newcomer Entered Canada

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11th--"To-day I entered Canada, crossed the Niagara river at Black Rock, and lodged with Jacob Miller, in Lincoln county." [Christian Newcomer of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]

History Of The German Struggle For Liberty

See Johan Phillip Palm, A Martyr For Liberty, at my Detour Through History blog.

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"The body of John Palm died in the summer of 1806, but, like John Brown of Ossawatomie, 'his soul goes marching on."' [Source]

A Diplomat From Jonesville

"The Political Career of William Walton Murphy...".

Jonesville, Michigan, On The Map [Source]

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Appointed By President Lincoln

From the Michigan Historical Collections:

Johann Jacob Palm

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This branch of the Palm family....

More about the Palm family here (translated version):

"Johan Jacob Palm (1750-1826), the youngest of 14 children of Jacob Christoph, the first surgeon, has established itself as a bookseller in Erlangen, Bavaria, where from 1779 until his death published 793 works."

A Texas Pioneer

A Texas Pioneer: Early Staging and Overland Freighting Days on the Frontiers ...,  By August Santleben

The author's Civil War participation was verified in the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State Of Texas    NARA:

 

August Santleben's Texas death record:

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General Sir Alex Taylor's Family And Early Life

Excerpts from the book, General Sir Alex Taylor, G. C. B., R. E.: His Times, His Friends, And His Work, by his daughter, Alicia Cameron Taylor.


"Early in the last century three soldiers of Scotch extraction--Major Alex Taylor, R.E.; Major Archibald Taylor, H.M. 81st Regiment; and Captain George Taylor--were living in Dublin.. They owned property in its neighbourhood, and received tolls--which had been granted them as rewards for their services during the rebellion of 1798...". They were born in Aberdeen, in the years 1746, 1747, and 1748, and were able, strong-headed, strong-tempered, adventurous men."

"The career of the youngest of these brothers, George (1748-1836), the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, is a characteristic outcome of the family temperament."

"[George Taylor] had three sons : -- Archibald, who entered the Army, George, and William. The latter--the father of the subject of this monograph--was brought up to no profession, it being understood that he

was to inherit the fortune of his uncle, Alexander Taylor, R.E."

William Taylor had a petty dispute with his uncle and was disinherited.

"His [William Taylor's] house...was no home for little children. His eldest son, Alexander, the subject of this memoir (born 27th January 1826), who was seven years old at the time of his mother's death, never forgot the atmosphere of the big motherless building in which he and his brothers and sister lived, in fear, almost, of their inaccessible, irritable father, who understood nothing of their lives, and whose tense nerves were exasperated by the smallest noise. He was not always at home, however, and in his absence the boys ran riot over the house."

Alexander Taylor was educated in Germany, among other venues.

"In the autumn of 1844, the year in which he left Chatham, Alex Taylor embarked for Calcutta, in one of Green's sailing ships, the Windsor Castle (800 tons), a voyage which then took three months to perform."

"In July he received orders to join the headquarters of the Sappers at Meerut."

[There was a long discussion of religious and political turmoil in the region between Afghanistan and India.]

"It fell to Alex Taylor's lot, therefore, not only to convert the 250 Native Sappers of his Company into
efficient bridge-builders, but into practical oarsmen and watermen. No inconsiderable task for a lad of nineteen." 

There's much more rich detail about the history in India and the surrounding area.

Note:  I'm curious as to why General Taylor's daughter's middle name was Cameron.

Suter And Sutter

Sutter of California is a biography of Johann Augustus Suter who was born February 23, 1803, in the village of Kandern to a family of paper-makers.  Note: According to Wikipedia, Kandern is near a landmark...from which one can see parts of Germany, France, and Switzerland.

After noticing that the surname was also spelled SUTER, I remembered that my niece and nephew's step-grandfather was a Suter.  Was there a relationship with Sutter of gold rush fame?

Hans Suter, Johann's grandfather, lived in Basle at one time.  Hans' son, Johann Jakob Suter and his wife, Christine Wilhelmine Stoberin (Stober) Suter, moved to Neuchatel from Kandern about 1819.

After four years of attending a military academy, Johann A. Suter, along with his younger twin brothers, Heinrich and Friedrich, were apprentices in Basle.  Johann A. also served as an officer in the reserve corps of the Swiss Army.

Johann, who met and married Anna Dubelt in 1823, had Johann Augustus, Jr., Anna Elisa, Emil Victor and William Alphonse.

Dreams of the United States were beckoning.  In July of 1834 Johann landed in New York with the promise of sending for Anna and the children whenever possible (it was 17 years later except for the oldest son).  He changed his name to John A. Sutter.  His adventures had just begun.

General John A. Sutter died June 18, 1880, in Washington, D.C., and is buried in Pennsylvania.

Included in Sutter of California were diary entries by Mr. Sutter.  Some of John Sutter's diary entries are online as well.

No connection between the step-grandfather Suter, son of George and Lucille (Cross) Suter of Vermont, and John A. Sutter was found (though Switzerland is a common denominator).  George Suter's ancestor, Samuel Suter, was born in Ober-Entfelden county, Aaran, Switzerland.

King George's War

From The Plains of Abraham:

In Paris there sat, locked in seeming interminable wrangle, the British and French commissioners who had been appointed to determine the rights and frontiers of their respective nations in this disputed territory. They had been at it for five years, ever since the signing of the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle in October 1748. This had terminated the War of the Austrian Succession, between Britain and Austria on the one side and France on the other. It is probably best remembered for the diversion attempted by the unfortunate Prince Charles Edward in Scotland during the abortive '45 insurrection, which ended so disastrously at Culloden, and for the Battle of Dettingen, in which George II was the last British monarch personally to lead his troops into battle. In America, where he was probably the only Hanoverian to be held in any respect, it was known as "King George's War."