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