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From: Anthony Bentivegna< >
Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] MYERS living with BAKER
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 18:29:45 -0500 (EST)


At 11:13 AM 2/9/0, Marge DuPrey wrote:
>Hello, all!
>
>I have a poor copy of a census page 1900/M620 on series & roll # T623-1387
>which lists my grandfather, Chester MYERS (age 14) listed as a border with
>William BAKER, farmer, in Allegheny Twp. It appears that Mr. BAKER's wife
>was Catherine, and his daughters were Minnie? and Mary (as I said it's a
>poor copy).
>
>My grandfather's mother, Ellen SHARP MYERS, died when Chester was about 4.
>His stepmother put out Ellen's children after my g-grandfather, Samuel
>Augustine "Gus" MYERS, died. Chester then went to live with a prominent
>family in the area that made prosthetics primarily for Civil War amputees.
>Then Chester was placed with the BAKER family.

I do not have info on the BAKER family you seek but am interested in Samuel
Augustine "Gus" MYERS. Could he have been Augustine Myers, born 9 Dec 1827
to Joseph and Rebecca (Gardner) Myers?

Thanks.

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Anthony Bentivegna
68 Lynch Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Researching McGUIRE, BENDER, FARABAUGH
and early families of Loretto, Pa.
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