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From: "John Merz" <>
Subject: Re Bernhard DOENGES, Hessen-Hanau Jaeger
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:09:02 -0500
References: <000001c4dece$6105dd20$6400a8c0@eamer>


Please folks excuse my ecstacy, I am so happy to see how things
work out so well. It is a Christmas present to me, I did not expect.
And all came about with one little chapter in my book
"The Hessians of Upper Canada" page 194 - DOENGES, Bernhard,
which was read by Michael Eamer, UE. and brought the connection.
I am happy for all of us, thanks to everyone,
John Helmut Merz
(and with all this excitement perhaps we'll find my little Doenges lady
from Bleichenbach b.1790)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Eamer" <>
To: <>
Cc: "'John Merz'" <>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 10:38 AM
Re Bernhard DOENGES, Hessen-Hanau Jaeger of


I too am a descendant of Barnhard (Donges) Tinkes. My Grandmother was Sadie
Ethel Tinkess dau of James Bergin Tinkess/Mary Margaret Norman Gdau of James
Nelson Tinkess/Margaret Jane Begg Ggdau of John L Tines/Ellen Beckstead
Gggdau of Barnhardt Donges/Mary(Margaret?) Gill. It would be interesting to
find out if the McDonald is true, as it shows up on my mothers side as well
and how far back the records of names can reach on any side of the family.
Just looking up the Tinkess book has your name in the first chapter second
paragraph page 1, as having traced back to 1609 in Mittelbuchen, Germany.
It would be interesting to get those names, places and dates. How far we
have come from when the book was published by James R. Tinkess in 1991 to
suspecting he was a KRRNY to now knowing he was a Jaeger.
I was never close to this side of the family growing up as my grandmother
was sick and bed ridden in a nursing home in Newington as long as I can
remember. There are cousins still living on the original homestead and my
mother does know them. I even went to the same schools but not the same
grades. Back then it didn't seam to matter growing up on a farm. My father
always said we were Dutch, to which I know now is not true. My interest in
the family happened only after he had died and a reunion of Eamers held a
year later. It is amazing how much was covered up do to hatred of our own
origins just to fit in. Gavin K Watt said that Barnhard as a Jaeger was
probably attached to the KRRNY and saying that, he most likely knew my other
German palatine ancestors of the KRRNY (Eamer, Gallinger, Shaver)

Loyally yours,

Cousin Mike

Michael C Eamer,CD,UE
Captain (SD&G Highlanders - CF Army Reserve)
Past President/Treasurer, St. Lawrence Br UELAC
http://www.ripnet.com/sites/uelstlawrencebr/

-----Original Message-----
From: John Merz [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 7:46 PM
To: Michael Eamer
Subject: RootsWeb Message Boards - Message [ Re Bernhard DOENGES,
Hessen-Hanau Jaeger of

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Subject: Re: Bernhard DOENGES, Hessen-Hanau Jaeger of the AmRev.
Author: James P. LaLone
Date: 09 Dec 2004 11:14 PM GMT
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I am descended from John TINKES (s/o Bernard & Margaret GILL) who married to
Nellie/Ellen BEDSTEAD/BECKSTED/BECHSTADT (d/o Maurice/Morris & Helena
{McDONALD?]). Barney had three sons, John being the oldest. Barney received
a 500 acre crown grant in Osnabruck Twp., Ontario where the family lived.

John TINKES was my gr-gr-grandfather. If you get on the Family Trees you
will see where a distant cousin has posted my lineage. Jim.

PS: I collect all the DINGES/DOENGES/TINKES/etc. families as it is a very
unusual surname and I am sure somewhere along the line all are connected. I
had a German neighbor when I was growing up and she said it may have been
Scandinavian in origin. I have found a spelling variation in the Netherlands
and Vicounts DONGES (forget the exact spelling) in France. There was a large
influx of people with this name that came in the 1840's and settled in the
Indiana/Illinois area that came from Darmstadt.




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