William Meier

Searching for proof or evidence for Cynthia Johnson who is said to have been born Dec 30, 1778 in possible Dutchess Co, New York.

She is said to have married Joseph Cowell Feb 22, 1800 in Ballston,  New York.  They were living in Holland Vt. around 1800-1804. They moved to  Albany by 1811. This information all gleamed from a family tree that was done in the late 1800's early 1900's that has been passed down

Ancestors of Hattie Johnson

 

Generation No. 1

 

      1.  Hattie Johnson¹, born January 21, 1867 in  Possibly  Dutchess Co., New York²; died December 18, 1926 in Jersey City Hudson County New Jersey.  She married (1) Marvin Killmer³ 1885 in Dutchess Co., New York⁴.  He was born April 1858 in Clinton Corners, Dutchess Co., New York⁴, and died December 23, 1928 in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.  He was the son of Hiram Killmer and Elizabeth Pulver.

 

Notes for Hattie Johnson:

 

 

Hattie Johnson might have been born in Dutchess County, New York

 

More About Hattie Johnson:

Burial: December 21, 1926, Evergreen Cemetery, Pines Plaines, Dutchess County, New York

Census: January 13, 1920, Listed as Mother⁵

 

Notes for Marvin Killmer:

Mervin Killmer born in Dutchess County, New York

 

In the 1920 Census

Mervin, Hattie, Ward, and Myrtle live at

38 West Twenty-Second Street

Bayonne, NJ

 

More About Marvin Killmer:

Burial: January 05, 1929, Evergreen Cemetery, Pines Plaines, Dutchess County, New York

Census: February 13, 1920, Listed as Father⁶

Occupation: January 13, 1920, Farmer, Livery Stables⁷

Property: June 02, 1900, Rented 371 Grand Ave Jersey City New Jersey⁸

 

More About Marvin Killmer and Hattie Johnson:

Marriage: 1885, Dutchess Co., New York⁸

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Death Certificate for Ward Killmer, February 19, 1944,  (Certified copy in possession of author).

2.  1900 Federal Census of the United States, New Jersey, Hudson County, Jersey City.

3.  Death Certificate for Ward Killmer, February 19, 1944,  (Certified copy in possession of author).

4.  1900 Federal Census of the United States, New Jersey, Hudson County, Jersey City.

5.  State of New Jersey, 1920 State Census for Hudson County, Hudson County Jersey City Sheet 11B.

6.  Ancestry.com, 1920 Federal Census of the United States, New Jersey, Hudson County,  Jersey City Sheet 11B.

7.  Ancestry.com, 1920 Federal Census of the United States, New Jersey, Hudson County, Jersey City.

8.  1900 Federal Census of the United States, New Jersey, Hudson County, Jersey City.

 

(Reverend) NEHEMIAH JOHNSON married LOIS before 1812.   Nehemiah was a convert of Elder John Lawrence and was eventually ordained and commenced preaching at the Pawling Church (located in the town of Pawling, Dutchess Co., NY) as its minister for fifty-three consecutive years (from 1788-1841)  Nehemiah and Lois had 13 children in all but I only have information about 4 of them:  Milton Johnson (born 1812), Cornelius Johnson, a daughter who married a Mr. Pierce, and a daughter who married a Mr. Carey.

 

MILTON JOHNSON, son of Nehemiah Johnson, was born in New York in 1812 and married CATHARINE ALLEN MILLER, daughter of Levi Miller and Sally Ann DeForest.  Milton and his family were found in only one census:  the 1860 Bedford, Westchester Co., NY federal census.  After Milton died of scarlet fever in 1862, his wife moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut with some of the children.  The children of Milton and Catharine Miller were:  Georgiana, b. abt. 1847, William Henry Armfield Johnson, b. 1848, Emily Johnson, Henry Johnson, Mary Eliza Johnson, and Charles Lewis Johnson, b. abt. 1854.

 

WILLIAM HENRY ARMFIELD JOHNSON, son of William H. A. Johnson, was born August 29, 1848 in Bedford, New York. He married SUSAN EMILY GREEN, daughter of James Green and Alice Peck, in 1870.  William died about 1914 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.   Their children were:  Minnie Catherine Johnson, b. Jan. 4, 1872, Georgianna Johnson, b. Mar. 10, 1875, William Henry Johnson, b. Apr. 3, 1877, Susie May Johnson, b. June 29, 1879, Harry DeForest Johnson, b. Jan. 3, 1887, and Marion Ruth Johnson, b. Aug. 1898.