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From: "John Merz" <>
Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] General Kuester,
Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 18:52:12 -0400
References: <000c01c42f97$aa05f1e0$5329c5d1@moecd0003>

Dear Ingrid, and dear Hessians;

A small correction seems to be in order -
General CUSTER, the one who died at Little Big Horn, does not descend
from a Hessian soldier named KUESTER, although his grandfather
John CUSTER, born 26.Feb.1782 married the daughter of a Hessian soldier
named Johannes VALENTIN, from the Waldeck Regiment. Her name was
Catherine Valentin, and she was born 10.Oct.1783 in Pennsylvania.

You find a short Ahnentafel in our mail list archives dated 9. Aug.2003, in
an e-mail by our subscriber K. Varden Leasa.
Hope that clears this issue,
John Merz,
signing off for a good week.


From: "Ingrid Briles" <>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 12:16 PM
Subject: [HESSIAN] Kuester


> Hello everyone. While searching old Philadelphia Newspapers, I found a
link on Pa.German Facts that I thought you might be able to use.
> The German Hessian, Kuester, who settled in Pennsylvania after the Rev.
War, was the Immigrant Ancestor for General George Armstrong Custer of the
Little Big Horn.
> http://www.dank-erie.org/Penna%20Facts.html
> Ingrid
> Good hunting.
>
>
> ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ====
> HETRINA - "Hessische Truppen im Amerikanischen Unabhaengigkeitskrieg"
> Six Volumes covering Hessen-Kassel, Hessen-Hanau, and Waldeck.
> HETRINA does not cover Braunschweig/Brunswick, Ansbach-Bayreuth or
Anhalt-Zerbst. Those are partly covered by other publications.
> You'll find information in the keyword archive 1999 "26 feb 1999"
>

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