Hello, It seems that most people on this list have HARPERS in the South. Mine came from Canada. I have a Stuart Sylvester HARPER, b. Abt. 1875, Hamilton, Ontario, d.Aft. DEC 1915, Nova Scotia, or at sea, m. Mabel Clare BLOOD, 1 MAY 1899. His parents: (2) William Frederick Henry HARPER, b.26 MAY 1849, Bath, Ontario, d. ?, m. Sarah SYLVESTER, 1873, Hamilton, Ontario. (3) Rev. William Frederick Stuart HARPER, b.1810, England, d. 15 JAN 1875, Kingston, Ontario, m. Eliza Emily HARPER, dau. Capt. James HARPER, RN (b. Abt. 1793, England , d. 1848, Kingston, Ontario.), 12 JUL 1857, Spencer, Ontario. Rev. HARPER was pastor at St. John's, Bath, for about 40 years. (4) Lt. Col. John HARPER, R.E., b.Abt.1790, d. 28 DEC 1837, Isle of Guernsey. Lt. Col. John had three other shildern: Isabel Julia,m. Rev. Jonathon SHORTT, 15 AUG 1850, Kingston, Ontario; Lt. Frederick Henry HARPER, RN; and Lt. George HARPER, RN. Stuart, above, was my grandfather, who ran away with the circus and ended up in the States. After a bad fall from a horase, which he rode bareback, he became a traveling photographer, and met Mabel in charles City, IA. Dose anyone else have any of these HARPERS among their ancestors? I'd like to find out for sure where John and James were b., and who their parents were, etc., in England. I'd also like to find the descendants of some of Rev. HARPER'S kids, and/or Wm. F. H. HARPER and Sarah SYLVESTER's kids. Sarah's parents were: thomas and Jane SYLVESTER, of Hamilton, Ontario. I'd like to know if they had any other kids, etc. Thanks for reading this, Betty (HARPER) SULLIVAN