Ruth BREWSTER

[35395]

20 JUN 1700 - 25 JAN 1737

Father: Daniel BREWSTER
Mother: Hannah GAGER

Family 1 : John FOBES
  1. +Mary Gager FOBES

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 _Daniel BREWSTER ____|
| (1667 - 1735)       |
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|--Ruth BREWSTER 
|  (1700 - 1737)
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|_Hannah GAGER _______|
  (1666 - 1727)       |
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[35395] This person is from the unverified Robertson Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2013.

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Lucretia BROWN

15 APR 1809 - 17 JUN 1869

Father: Luke BROWN
Mother: Lovicy WARD

Family 1 : Israel WHITCOMB
  1.  Emerson E. WHITCOMB
  2.  Franklin Brown WHITCOMB
  3.  Albert WHITCOMB
  4.  Levi WHITCOMB

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 _Luke BROWN _________|
| (1782 - ....)       |
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|--Lucretia BROWN 
|  (1809 - 1869)
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|_Lovicy WARD ________|
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Count Wido of FRILUI

[22835]

____ - ____

Father: Eberhard, Count of FRIULI
Mother: Gisèle of FRANCE

Family 1 :
  1. +Anscarius, Marquis of IVREA

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                                                                       |                                           |___________________________________________|___________________________________________
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                              _Hunroch, Margrave of FRIULI ____________|
                             | (.... - 0811)                           |
                             |                                         |                                                                                        ___________________________________________
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                             |                                         |                                            ___________________________________________|___________________________________________
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 _Eberhard, Count of FRIULI _|
| (.... - 0864)              |
|                            |                                                                                                                                  ___________________________________________
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|                            |                                                                                      _Girard, Count of PARIS ___________________|___________________________________________
|                            |                                                                                     | (.... - 0779)                                                                         
|                            |                                          _Begue, Count of PARIS ____________________|
|                            |                                         | (.... - 0816) m 0806                      |
|                            |                                         |                                           |                                            _Carloman of the FRANKS ___________________+
|                            |                                         |                                           |                                           | (0715 - 0754)                             
|                            |                                         |                                           |_Rotrude of the FRANKS ____________________|___________________________________________
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|                            |_Engeltron of PARIS _____________________|
|                              (0776 - ....)                           |
|                                                                      |                                                                                        _Pippin III ("the Short"), King of FRANKS _+
|                                                                      |                                                                                       | (0714 - 0768)                             
|                                                                      |                                            _Charles The Great (Charlemagne), EMPEROR _|_Bertha of LAON ___________________________
|                                                                      |                                           | (0742 - 0814) m 0770                        (.... - 0783)                             
|                                                                      |_Alpais, daughter of CHARLEMAGNE __________|
|                                                                         m 0806                                   |
|                                                                                                                  |                                            _Desiderius, King of the LOMBARDS _________
|                                                                                                                  |                                           |                                           
|                                                                                                                  |_Desiderata of the LOMBARDS _______________|_Ansa, Queen of the LOMBARDS ______________
|                                                                                                                     m 0770                                                                               
|
|--Count Wido of FRILUI 
|  
|                                                                                                                                                               _Charles Martel, King of FRANKS ___________+
|                                                                                                                                                              | (0698 - 0741)                             
|                                                                                                                   _Pippin III ("the Short"), King of FRANKS _|_Rotrou of TREVES _________________________
|                                                                                                                  | (0714 - 0768)                               (.... - 0724)                             
|                                                                       _Charles The Great (Charlemagne), EMPEROR _|
|                                                                      | (0742 - 0814) m 0771                      |
|                                                                      |                                           |                                            _Canbert, Count of LAON ___________________+
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|                                                                      |                                           |_Bertha of LAON ___________________________|___________________________________________
|                                                                      |                                             (.... - 0783)                                                                         
|                             _Louis I "The Pious", King of AQUITAINE _|
|                            | (0778 - 0840) m 0819                    |
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|                            |                                         |                                            _Geroud, Count of SWABIA __________________|___________________________________________
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|                            |                                         |_Hildegard of SWABIA ______________________|
|                            |                                           (0758 - 0783) m 0771                      |
|                            |                                                                                     |                                            _Hnabi, Duke of ALAMANNIA _________________+
|                            |                                                                                     |                                           | (0708 - 0788)                             
|                            |                                                                                     |_Emma of SWABIA ___________________________|___________________________________________
|                            |                                                                                       (0736 - 0789)                                                                         
|_Gisèle of FRANCE _________|
  (0820 - 0874)              |
                             |                                                                                                                                  _Warinus of Swabia, Lord of ALTORF ________+
                             |                                                                                                                                 | (.... - 0780)                             
                             |                                                                                      _Isembert, Lord of ALTORF _________________|_Ara of SWABIA ____________________________
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                             |                                          _Guelph I, Count of ALTDORF _______________|
                             |                                         | (0787 - ....)                             |
                             |                                         |                                           |                                            _Geroud, Count of SWABIA __________________
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                             |                                         |                                           |_Lady Irmintrudis of SWABIA _______________|_Emma of SWABIA ___________________________
                             |                                         |                                                                                         (0736 - 0789)                             
                             |_Judith of BAVARIA ______________________|
                               (0800 - 0843) m 0819                    |
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                                                                       |_Edith (Hedwig) of SAXONY _________________|
                                                                         (.... - 0833)                             |
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Abijah Wheeler (Jr) HASKELL

25 AUG 1781 - 4 MAY 1872

Father: Abijah Wheeler HASKELL
Mother: Sarah COLE

Family 1 : Susanna Marshall HARDY
  1. +Elizabeth Hardy HASKELL
  2. +Susan HASKELL

                                                                                             _William HASKELL ____+
                                                                                            | (1644 - 1708) m 1667
                                                                       _William HASKELL ____|_Mary BROWNE ________
                                                                      | (1670 - 1731) m 1692  (1649 - 1715)       
                                                 _Mark HASKELL _______|
                                                | (1695 - 1775) m 1720|
                                                |                     |                      _____________________
                                                |                     |                     |                     
                                                |                     |_Abigail DAVIS ______|_____________________
                                                |                       (1672 - 1730) m 1692                      
                           _Francis HASKELL ____|
                          | (1722 - 1791)       |
                          |                     |                                            _____________________
                          |                     |                                           |                     
                          |                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
                          |                     |                     |                                           
                          |                     |_Jemima TILTON ______|
                          |                       (1699 - 1761) m 1720|
                          |                                           |                      _____________________
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                          |                                           |_____________________|_____________________
                          |                                                                                       
 _Abijah Wheeler HASKELL _|
| (1754 - 1832) m 1775    |
|                         |                                                                  _____________________
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|                         |_Elizabeth WHEELER __|
|                           (1729 - 1804)       |
|                                               |                                            _____________________
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|--Abijah Wheeler (Jr) HASKELL 
|  (1781 - 1872)
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|_Sarah COLE _____________|
  (1759 - 1833) m 1775    |
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Josie JOINER

DEC 1875 - ____

Father: Johnston Marion JOINER
Mother: Julia ("Judy") Ann TRICE


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                                                           _Moses JOINER __________|
                                                          | (1799 - 1865)          |
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                             _Moses (Jr) JOINER __________|
                            | (1824 - 1904) m 1845        |
                            |                             |                                                _Thomas MCQUEEN ________+
                            |                             |                                               | (1731 - 1765) m 1756   
                            |                             |                         _Thomas MCQUEEN ______|_Elizabeth BERRY _______
                            |                             |                        | (1761 - 1838) m 1785   (1735 - 1780)          
                            |                             |_Nancy MCQUEEN _________|
                            |                               (1796 - 1892)          |
                            |                                                      |                       ________________________
                            |                                                      |                      |                        
                            |                                                      |_Sarah Wilson VAUGHN _|________________________
                            |                                                        (1766 - 1838) m 1785                          
 _Johnston Marion JOINER ___|
| (1845 - 1915) m 1865      |
|                           |                                                                              ________________________
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|                           |                                                       _Luke BLADES _________|________________________
|                           |                                                      |                                               
|                           |                              _John BLADES ___________|
|                           |                             | (1775 - 1842)          |
|                           |                             |                        |                       ________________________
|                           |                             |                        |                      |                        
|                           |                             |                        |_Catherine OSBORN ____|________________________
|                           |                             |                          (1754 - 1824)                                 
|                           |_Lucinda BLADES _____________|
|                             (1825 - 1899) m 1845        |
|                                                         |                                                ________________________
|                                                         |                                               |                        
|                                                         |                         ______________________|________________________
|                                                         |                        |                                               
|                                                         |_Elenor STUCKEY ________|
|                                                           (1800 - 1841)          |
|                                                                                  |                       ________________________
|                                                                                  |                      |                        
|                                                                                  |______________________|________________________
|                                                                                                                                  
|
|--Josie JOINER 
|  (1875 - ....)
|                                                                                                          _John TRICE ____________
|                                                                                                         | (1720 - 1807)          
|                                                                                   _William TRICE _______|________________________
|                                                                                  | (1742 - 1812)                                 
|                                                          _Dabney TRICE __________|
|                                                         | (1784 - 1836) m 1809   |
|                                                         |                        |                       ________________________
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|                                                         |                        |______________________|________________________
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|                            _Charles Yancy TRICE ________|
|                           | (1821 - 1880) m 1841        |
|                           |                             |                                                _Samuel T. THOMASSON ___+
|                           |                             |                                               | (1722 - 1783) m 1752   
|                           |                             |                         _William THOMASSON ___|_Susanna ("Ann") PAYNE _
|                           |                             |                        | (1761 - 1795) m 1786   (1737 - 1812)          
|                           |                             |_Unity Smith THOMASSON _|
|                           |                               (1787 - 1836) m 1809   |
|                           |                                                      |                       _Prewid HIX ____________
|                           |                                                      |                      | (1707 - 1793) m 1746   
|                           |                                                      |_Unity HICKS _________|_Temperance DUMAS ______
|                           |                                                        (1760 - 1839) m 1786   (1711 - 1745)          
|_Julia ("Judy") Ann TRICE _|
  (1844 - 1922) m 1865      |
                            |                                                                              ________________________
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                            |                              _Jonas PARKER __________|
                            |                             | (1790 - 1840) m 1816   |
                            |                             |                        |                       ________________________
                            |                             |                        |                      |                        
                            |                             |                        |______________________|________________________
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                            |_Elizabeth ("Betsy") PARKER _|
                              (1819 - 1880) m 1841        |
                                                          |                                                ________________________
                                                          |                                               |                        
                                                          |                         ______________________|________________________
                                                          |                        |                                               
                                                          |_Ruth TAPP _____________|
                                                            (1798 - 1856) m 1816   |
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                                                                                   |______________________|________________________
                                                                                                                                   

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George McKenzie PALMER

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3 OCT 1846 - 23 FEB 1922

Father: George F. PALMER
Mother: Sarah Jane WATTS

Family 1 : Anna Marie WILLIAMS
  1.  Laura Neva T. PALMER
  2.  Charles Wiard PALMER
  3.  Howard H. PALMER
  4.  George Percy PALMER

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                                            |                     |_____________________|_____________________
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                       _Asher PALMER _______|
                      |                     |
                      |                     |                                            _____________________
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                      |                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                     |                                           
                      |                     |_____________________|
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                      |                                           |                     |                     
                      |                                           |_____________________|_____________________
                      |                                                                                       
 _George F. PALMER ___|
| (1818 - 1860) m 1843|
|                     |                                                                  _____________________
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|                     |                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                                                 
|                     |_Mary Ann FULMER ____|
|                                           |
|                                           |                                            _____________________
|                                           |                                           |                     
|                                           |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                     |                                           
|                                           |_____________________|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |                      _____________________
|                                                                 |                     |                     
|                                                                 |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                             
|
|--George McKenzie PALMER 
|  (1846 - 1922)
|                                                                                        _____________________
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|                                                                  _____________________|_____________________
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|                                           |                     |_____________________|_____________________
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|                      _John F. WATTS ______|
|                     | (.... - 1874) m 1818|
|                     |                     |                                            _____________________
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|                     |                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
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|_Sarah Jane WATTS ___|
  (1820 - 1864) m 1843|
                      |                                                                  _Bryant MORTON ______
                      |                                                                 | (1705 - 1793) m 1727
                      |                                            _Bryant MORTON ______|_Thankful PARKER ____
                      |                                           | (1744 - 1812) m 1766  (1708 - 1777)       
                      |                      _William MORTON _____|
                      |                     | (1767 - 1832) m 1787|
                      |                     |                     |                      _William FROST ______+
                      |                     |                     |                     | (1711 - ....)       
                      |                     |                     |_Love FROST _________|_Love BUTLER ________
                      |                     |                       (1741 - 1731) m 1766  (1713 - 1756)       
                      |_Olive H. MORTON ____|
                        (1798 - 1843) m 1818|
                                            |                                            _George STROUT ______+
                                            |                                           | (1709 - 1789) m 1730
                                            |                      _Jonathan STROUT ____|_Keziah DOANE _______
                                            |                     | (1745 - 1778) m 1769  (1714 - 1783)       
                                            |_Lydia STROUT _______|
                                              (1770 - 1842) m 1787|
                                                                  |                      _Eleazer STROUT _____+
                                                                  |                     | (1727 - 1800)       
                                                                  |_Sarah STROUT _______|_____________________
                                                                    (1751 - 1812) m 1769                      

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Virginia Horler notes:

George McKenzie Palmer was the first child born to George F. Palmer and Sarah Jane (Watts) Palmer. He was born in 1846 in Bangor, Maine. The 1850 Census lists the George F. Palmer family in both Bangor (where George F. worked as a tinner) and in Portland, Maine (where George F. was a stove dealer). The Portland listing includes his wife, Sarah, and three children: George M., Ann M., and Alpheus W. Palmer (6th Ward page 186-187). The Bangor listing includes Sarah and children George, Mary and Charles. The Bangor listing also includes George F.'s married sister, Mary Frances Pray (18). George F. and Sarah Jane had been married in Portland, and Sarah's family still lived in Portland.

The 1851 Bangor Directory lists George F. Palmer as a tin plater living on Boyd Street in Bangor.

George F. Palmer moved his family to Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick between 1850 and 1856.

George M.'s father, George F. had worked as a tin smith in Woodstock, New Brunswick and died there at age 42, between October 1860 when he had an adult baptism and November 30, 1860 when his youngest daughter Henrietta was born. In May 1864, George M.'s mother, Sarah J., died a widow, "leaving seven young children to mourn her loss."

In 1860 George F., age 14, was probably sent back to Bangor, Maine for his apprenticeship.

In 1867, when George was 21, the Bangor Directory shows that he was working at John B. Williams & Co. as a harness maker and boarding with Mrs. A. C. Smith. Two years later, George's younger brother, Alpheus W., also apprenticed with John B. Williams to learn the harness and saddle making business.

In January 1867 George moved to Oakland, California. By February, George worked as foreman for Judge Lentell who had the largest harness business in Oakland at 1058 Broadway. In 1869, the Oakland City Directory lists George M. Palmer, harness maker with J. Lentell, residing at South 12th between Broadway and Franklin. The 1870 Census for Oakland, Alameda County, lists a G. M. Palmer, age 25, a laborer, born in Indiana (page 176B). I think this must be this person with the incorrect state of birth. In March 1874, his oldest child (Laura) was born which must mean that he married Anna Marie Williams between 1870 and 1873. I think this marriage took place in Alameda or San Francisco County, California, although I have not found the record.

The 1872-73 City Directory gives a change in address to the Brooklyn District. In 1874, he went to work for his brother, A. W. Palmer, who had moved out from Maine with his wife in 1872 and established the Palmer Harness Factory at 424 Eleventh Street in Oakland. After four years, his brother-in-law, Frank Marston (married to Annie Mary Palmer) bought out the business, and George worked for the next 10 years as Manager of the Oakland Trotting Park until 1887, when he rejoined his brother at the Harness Factory.

On April 13, 1875 the Oakland Tribune ran a legal ad concerning the formation of a partnership between George M. Palmer, Charles B. Slicer and Alpheus W. Palmer, all of Oakland, for the purpose of carrying on business as saddlers and harness makers in the City of Oakland under the name of PALMER BROS & CO.

On January 11, 1876 the Oakland Evening Tribune ran an ad for "Frank A. Marston, Importer, Manufacturer, and Dealer in Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Trunks, etc., respectfully announces to the citizens of Oakland that he has bought out that old stand, Corner Broadway and Eleventh Street, Where he will be pleased to see old and new customers. Mr. A. W. Palmer will continue to have full supervision of the manufacturing department.

George's wife's mother, Mary Jane (Burke) Williams Colcord, had married "Captain" Edward Wiard in San Francisco in 1867. "Captain" Wiard owned the Oakland Trotting Park and the adjacent Shellmound Park, which made "Captain" Wiard George M.'s employer from about 1877 to 1886 when "Captain Wiard" died. "Captain" Wiard and his family lived on the grounds of the Oakland Trotting Park, which was located in what is now the City of Emeryville between San Pablo Avenue and the San Francisco Bay. According to George Wiard, Jr., son of "Captain" Wiard and Mary Jane, his mother operated a hotel on the grounds of the trotting park. George Jr. also related that his father had lost ownership of the trotting park when he defaulted on a mortgage. The new owner, Judge Mee, also employed George Palmer as manager of the trotting park.

According to the Oakland Tribune, June 5, 1886 and an illustrated edition of the same newspaper in January 1888, the Palmer Harness Factory "manufactured all kinds of harness and saddles, using nothing but the finest Moffatt leather for fine work. ... they also manufactured boots for all deficiencies of horses and all kinds of racing boots, etc. for fast horses." The January 1888 Oakland Tribune article contains an artist's sketch of George M. Palmer.

The 1880 Census shows that George, his wife, and their three oldest children were living in Oakland along with six grooms, a horse trainer and a jockey. The family grew to four children and lived in several rented houses in Oakland including 662 Sycamore, 1517 Curtis, and 525-32nd Street. The California 1890 Great Register of Voters lists George, saddler, age 45, living in Oakland. According to the Oakland Directories, George moved out of the family home by 1897 and continued to live and work in Oakland. In 1900 he was living on Fruitvale opposite Pleasant Street, in 1901 at 215-1/2-12th Street, in 1903 at in 1106 East 21st Street.

By 1920, George was renting a room at 310 Warren Avenue in the Eden Township of San Leandro, Alameda County, and was still working as a harness maker in his own shop according to the Census. According to his death certificate, he died at the home of his son, George P. Palmer, where he had been living for two years at the age of 76 and was still married to Anna.
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Note: Find A Grave memorial 175038092 shows the grave marker of a George Palmer (1854-19250 and wife Helen Virginia Burke (1864-1912) in the Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA.

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