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From: Jill L <>
Subject: [UNITED-EMPIRE-LOYALIST] WILLIAM VANHORN & ELIZABETH MCLEAN
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:03:39 -0700
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To Marleen Van Horne.

Sorry to the other members of the UEL group, I'm just interested in
asking Marleen a question :)

I see your last name is the same as one of my ancestors: Citney Ann
Vanhorn born in Pittsburgh, Frontenac, Ontario in 1833, daughter of
William Vanhorn, born in Ohio abt 1802. I have often wondered if he
was UEL because he came from the States and his parents were from New
Jersey, which from the very little amount I've read about UEL's, it
is very probable. His wife Elizabeth McLean was born in Pittsburgh
Frontenac Ontario in 1810 and apparently her father Joseph McLean was
a UEL, but I haven't found that out for sure yet.

There is quite a bit of information on this family in the LDS
Pedigree Resource File, and I contacted the submitter, but he didn't
know what UEL was let alone if the Vanhorn family fit into the category.

Since your last name is Van Horne, do you know if you are a
descendant of the same William Vanhorn & Elizabeth McLean? Were they
UEL's?

Thanks.
Jill in Alberta, Canada




On 11-Dec-07, at 3:15 PM, Marleen Van Horne wrote:


> Having read the article on loss of Canadian citizenship, I guess that
> means that most, if not all of the descendants of Sir John Johnson who
> still live in Canada are not Canadian citizens. The would certainly
> cause havoc with their UE status.
>
> The only lines of descent from Sir John Johnson, that I am aware of,
> that still remain in Canada, are from his second child, William
> Johnson,
> born to him and Clarissa Putman in 1771, I think that is the year.
> William was brought to Canada by his father as a teenager. He was
> educated in Canada, and became the lock master at Cascades, Lower
> Canada.
>
> The pedigree on him published in Loyalist Lineages of Canada is
> inaccurate in that it implies Mary Watts was his mother, but she
> and Sir
> John did not marry until June of 1773. William Johnson was born about
> 1771 at Fort Johnson, New York, and was the son of Clarissa Putman.
>
> William Johnson was definately born out of wedlock, as was his older
> sister, Margaret Johnson, my ggg-grandmother. So, it seems to me that
> under the Canadian citizenship law, neither William, nor his
> descendants
> from his marriage to Margaret Clarke can be Canadian citizens.
>
> Very, very interesting.
>
> Marleen Van Horne
>
>
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