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[Ian Fisher]

Awesome! I wonder if our ancestors knew of eachother.
Small chance but you never know (perhaps we never will
either).

His last name was Steinbrecher. It was later shortened
to Steiner and became Stoner (hahaha) at some point
down the line.

Cape May is beautiful. I spend a lot of time there
with my girlfriend. I wish I could afford real estate
down there.

Ian

--- James White <greensho@crown.net> wrote:

> I only have fond memories on New Jersey.  One of my
> college GF was 
> from Brooklyn and we managed to send several days at
> her family's 
> summer home on Cape May...
> 
> But also I am the ancestor of a Hessian mercenary. 
> One Theo (maybe 
> Theodore?) Baum.  He made and signed (as did all of
> the other ancestors) 
> a small table that I still have.  
> 
> regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net
> 
> At Monday, 12 December 2005, Ian Fisher
> <dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> >Yes I know, I checked a map. The point that I used
> to
> >cross was a fairly small body of the Delaware so it
> >never registered.
> >
> >I know about the Crossing of the Delaware, thank
> you.
> >An ancestor on my father's side was a Hessian
> >mercenary who was captured by George Washington's
> men.
> >He later settled in PA (PA Dutch country) after the
> >war and that's how my father's side of the family
> >ended up here.
> >
> >So my ancestors didn't fight for this country. They
> >actually fought against it. =)
> >
> >Ian
> >
> >--- Bill Murray <fordsho@cloud9grafx.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Um, Ian I hate to break it to you, but when you
> take
> >> 95 from NJ to PA, no
> >> matter if you do it north at Trenton, or South
> near
> >> the Salem power plant,
> >> you always cross water.  You may have heard of
> the
> >> Delaware River?  George
> >> Washington crossed it on Christmas day during the
> >> Revolutionary War.  You
> >> can come watch a reenactment of it if you'd like,
> >> they do it every year on
> >> Christmas morning.
> >> 
> >> Bill
> >> From the GREAT STATE of NJ
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