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 Johannes
(John) Helmut Merz, April 21, 1924 - March 24, 2006
March 2006: Researchers
across the world, interested in the Hessians of the American
Revolution, suffered a great loss with the passing of John Merz on
March 24th, 2006. With his family at his side he passed on after a
brief illness. He was in his 82nd year. Beloved husband of 60 years to
Emmi, loving father of Inge Parada and her husband Tony, Norm and his
wife Joanne, Connie Harper and John Merz Jr. Fondly remembered by his
grandchildren, Tony Jr., Vicki, Mathew, Paul Jr., Steven and Dylan.
During the celebration of his life on March 29th in Hamilton, Ontario,
it was noted that he had arrived in Canada, from Germany, with $94.00
and a family to look after. After his retirement he decided to
research the Hessians while stopping at the Rose House Museum in North
Marysburgh, Prince Edward County. John spent the next 20 years
documenting the Hessians and their settlement in North America after
the American Revolution. In 2004 John donated these records to Seventh
Town Historical Society for the Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research
Centre. The life of John Merz will live on in his work, the result of
his generosity and sense of history, as researchers continue to access
it.
Extract
from Quinte Kin, Vol. 7, No. 1 March 2006
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Support
from Bell Canada
 Oct
11, 2005: Once again Bell
Canada has made a $2,500.00 Grant to Seventh Town Historical Society,
Ameliasburg, through it's Employee Giving Programme. Diane Godbout and
Rod Green, both Bell Retirees volunteer at the Marilyn Adams
Genealogical Research Centre (owned and operated by the
Historical Society), and are both able to apply for the grant. This is the
largest grant Bell Canada makes under the program and Seventh Town has
received it for the past several years.
Pictured at left, front row: Christina Fuller, FMA volunteer, receives the
$2,500.00 Bell Canada grant from Bell retiree and Seventh Town
Historical Society Director Diane Godbout. Middle row:
FMA member Marion Powell who is the Legislative Librarian of
Saskatchewan; Rita Wright, FMA member Napanee; Jean Stather,
7th Town member and volunteer; and Fred O'Hara, FMA member
Kingston. Back row: FMA member Trevor Powell who is the Provincial
Archivist of Saskatchewan; 7th Town Treasurer
Hugh Heal; 7th Town Director Thelma Coulter; FMA member Ann Hayes from
England; 7th Town V.P. Richard Hughes; and FMA member and researcher
Don Craighead of Belleville.
Ian
E. Reilly, UE, President, Seventh Town Historical Society
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Donations
Keep Rolling In!!
June 2005: Donations have been arriving steadily in 2005, with an
average of about 20 new genealogies per month, which when added to the
over 1,500 we had at the MAGRC at the end of 2004, brings us to around
1,600. We will probably pass the 1,700 or 1,800 mark this year.
Pictures, diaries, directories, maps, bibles, and other material which
are arriving regularly, are making the Marilyn Adams Genealogical
Research Centre THE place to research your family. What
Will Happen to Your Records??? Each of us has acquired
genealogical records, family photos, old bibles, maps, wills and other
material, all of which need a home when we can no longer look after
them. Our families may not have the room or interest to look after
"our old stuff" as we like to believe they will. Protect
your records for the future by placing them in a Genealogical Research
Library like MAGRC, so your family and others will be able to see and
use them. Everyone will thank you. If you have not yet sent your
material, why not consider it to-day. Tax receipts (Canadian) are
issued by 7th Town Historical Society.
Extract
from Quinte Kin, Vol. 6, No. 2, June 2005
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 Gladys
Beryl Herrington Celebrates 100th Birthday
19 Feb 2005: Gladys Beryl Herrington celebrated her 100th birthday
at a party held at the Ramada Inn, Belleville. When asked by
Belleville Mayor, Mary Ann Sills, "How did you get to be
100?", Gladys answered "By eating--I eat like a
horse". Gladys was born on a farm, carved from the Ameliasburg
Township Wilderness by her United Empire Loyalist great-great
grandparents. On February 26, 2005, 7th Town Historical Society
honoured Gladys B. Herrington during it's regular meeting. A life
membership was given to her, and everyone sang Happy Birthday was a
100 + 7 days birthday cake was brought into the room by several
members.
Extract
from Quinte Kin, Vol. 6, No. 1, March 2005
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 Don
Dulmage Appointed Director of Hessian and German Family History
Section of MAGRC
Dec 2004: Don Dulmage, an FMA member, has agreed to become the
Director of the newly created "Hessian and German Family
History Section" of the MAGRC. Don brings a Hessian and
German family history to this volunteer position, which will be
combined with the work of John Merz to provide researchers with the
access and background they need to discover their roots. Don is the
author of "Return to Deutschland: A Canadian family searches
for and finds their German Roots some 292 years back in time".
Extract
from Quinte Kin, Vol. 5, No. 4, Dec 2004
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 7th
Town and MAGRC Celebrate Anniversaries
Nov 6, 2004: 7th Town Historical Society and the Marilyn Adams
Genealogical Research Centre celebrated their respective 35th and
10th Anniversaries at the MAGRC. Rob Leverty, Director of
Programming, Ontario Historical
Society, addressed those present,
and Jeanette
Arsenault, singer/songwriter, brought family and
friends to the party to entertain the crown. Ian E. Reilly UE, 7th
Town President, awarded certificates of recognition to Marilyn Harry
and Rod Green. Ian, Marilyn and Rod are the only people still
volunteering from the original group who opened the centre in August
1994. Gladys Herrington, a regular attendee at 7th Town meetings,
was part of the Anniversary celebrations. Gladys will be 100 on 19
February 2005.
Extract from Quinte Kin, Vol. 5, No. 4, Dec 2004
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 Rose
House Museum Donates Over 80 Genealogies of the Hessian Families of
Marysburgh
Oct
4, 2004: Stan Broadbridge, a Volunteer at the Marilyn Adams
Genealogical Research Centre in Ameliasburg, receives, from Susan
Rose, Curator of Rose House Museum, two of the more than 80
genealogies that the Community Oversight Committee of Rose House
donated to the MAGRC to become part of the Hessian Research Centre
that is now located there. Susan Rose stated "that it makes a
lot of sense to have these genealogies of the Hessian Families of
Marysburg with the other Hessian Research that is now housed in the
County".
IAN E.
REILLY UE, President, Seventh Town Historical Society
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