Forwarded by permission of the original author: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Eamer" <eamermp@sympatico.ca> To: "'John Merz'" <hessian@sympatico.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 3:30 PM Subject: RE: I have a Hesse-Hanau Jaeger Corp Ancestor You can post it. I have the book for any lookups. All names after his is a surname of Tinkess/Tinkes/Tinkis/Tinkes which is what he changed his name to. Born 15 April 1753 Hanau, Germany. He married Mary Gill (b.Scotland) daughter of Revenerent W. Gill (Scottish Presbyterian). They had three sons John L.Tinkes (m. Ellen Beckstead = 9 Children [my line and the one which the book follows]), Henry Tinkis/Tinkiss (m. Mary Jane Cairns =12 children) and Barney Tinkis/Tinkess(m. Devina Bush =14 children) Loyally yours, Michael C Eamer,CD,UE Past President/Treasurer, St. Lawrence Br UELAC http://www.ripnet.com/sites/uelstlawrencebr/ -----Original Message----- From: John Merz [mailto:hessian@sympatico.ca] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:45 AM To: Michael Eamer Subject: Re: I have a Hesse-Hanau Jaeger Corp Ancestor Thank you, Sir, Bernhard Doenges came from my hometown Hanau, but I myself have not found a connection to him in my tree. Would you mind if I post your letter to the AMREV-HESSIANS mail list? I am sure there are others very much interested in this name. Would appreciate, Sincerely John Helmut Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Eamer" <eamermp@sympatico.ca> To: "'John Merz'" <hessian@sympatico.ca> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 3:49 PM Subject: I have a Hesse-Hanau Jaeger Corp Ancestor Dear Sir My ancestor is listed in your books as Doenges, Bernhard on page 194 of "The Hessians Of Upper Canada". I only wish to thank you for publishing your information as it is of interest to me. I was first referenced to this book by Gavin K Watt and everything makes sense. Where he settled etc. I also have todate four KRRNY 2nd BN ancestors who probably knew him as an attachment to the KRRNY as a Jaeger. Approx 1991 James R. Tinkess from BC publish our family history of Barnhard (Donges) Tinkes (why is it that the most interested family members are the farthest away in distance to the physical geographical source? I grew up passing the land every school day by bus.) But his best guess is that he was a KRRNY due to where he had settled. His references only mentioned that he served the king as a soldier and not the regiment. The book is hard covered but is lacking in organizational skills as it doesn't have an alphabetized list of family members and does not give the date of publishing or who printed it. It was published just after the Tinkess Reunion -Morrisburg,Ont 16-17-18 Aug 1991 as it is mentioned in the Preface. Again thank you for putting a piece of the puzzle together. Loyally yours, 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/