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    1. [CANAL-PEOPLE] Canal People
    2. Dianna Sherburn
    3. My gggrandfather, Matthew Robinson, was born in 1815 somewhere in England. I do not know when he came to the United States. I found him on the 1850 Census from Mercer Co. PA, Pymatuning Twop. His occupation is listed as a Boat Builder. By 1860 he was living in Delphos Ohio and was a Boat Builder and Canal Boat operator on the Miami Canal between Delphos and Toledo Ohio. He had a drydock in Spencerville, where he was burned to death while repairing a canal boat. I am assuming he came from a family of boat builders, and wonder if anyone recognizes the name. Diana S.

    12/06/2001 09:47:17