From: <hessian@sympatico.ca> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:44 PM > Source: CAN-ONT-PRINCE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Township No.5, Bay of Quinte.- Rose House Museum > Surnames: Bongard, Rose, Minaker, Klapproth, Heinemann. > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hQC.2ACI/819.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Just looking at the postings on this Message Board and > Mailing List, I found an old posting of mine dated 8.Jan.2003 > with a listing of names of Hessian settlers in Ts.#5 acc. > to microfilm H-1655 (Haldimand Papers) of the National > Archives of Canada. > > I was looking because we are celebrating the arrival of > those men in October 1784 at the Rose House Museum > on Saturday, 21 August 2004 on the grounds of the Museum. > Big Tent, music, food and fun, and the descendants of > Hessian soldiers and their associated families will meet > and get together and celebrate. Myself will present a > bronze "Hessian Soldier' plaque, and corresponding lapel > pins are available for descendants. Also a booklet > "The Hessians of Marysburg" will be offered. All in all > a funfilled and exciting event, a chance to meet new and > old cousins. For more information contact me direct or > e-mail Mrs. Susan Rose, curator of the Rose Museum at > rosemuseum@pecounty.on.ca > > You'all are invited to come and celebrate with us, > John Helmut Merz e-mail hessian@sympatico.ca > Researcher of Hessian Soldiers of the American Revolution > http://www3.sympatico.ca/hessian/plakette.htm