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- November 7, 2004
Source: Email from Phillip Bedient, pbedient(at)berkshire.rr.com
Phillip E. Bedient
65 Beverly St.
Dalton, MA 01226
Georgia Pangborn, whose mother was Elizabeth (Hoar) Schmalzried, wrote a paper which she entitled "Hoar Family History" some time in the 1950's. She had lived all of her life in the Levering, Michigan area and was personally acquainted with most of the Hoar family members who lived in the vicinity of Levering. We begin this collection of Hoar family material with her paper.
HOAR FAMILY HISTORY
Written by Georgia (Schmalzried) Pangborn
John Hoar was born in England, May 24th 1836. His father was Samuel Hoar, and his mother was Elizabeth Bunsell Hoar. Samuel Hoar was a sailor and engaged on a Man of War vessel. He and Great grand mother came to Canada with their children and there John Hoar married Caroline Wakefield, Feb. 26, 1862. Caroline Wakefield was also born in England, May 1st, 1843 and had come to Canada with her parents as a young girl. Her fathers name was Thomas Wakefield.
To John and Caroline Hoar were born eight children, Elizabeth (my mother), January 23rd, 1863, Henry, Andrew, Hannah, Emma Jane, Mary Ann, Maude and Ralph.
Their home was a farm, near Walkerton Ont. Can., until about 1871 when Grandfather Hoar decided to move to North Carolina. They left their pleasant home in Can., much against Grandmother's wishes and sound judgement, and went into N. C. The effects of the Civil war were still so acute and poverty was on every side. So, being unfamiliar with crops and climate Grandfather was very unsuccessful, and was soon ready to move.
In 1876 they came to Michigan. Arriving by boat at Cross Village, they found the dock washed out, so had to come ashore in rowboats (manned by Indians). Two other families came with them, Stephen Cosens and Henry Luesings, and it must have been with many misgivings that these women climbed the steep bank, with their babies in their arms, to the boarding house, which was run by a Frenchman named McTeavy.
After staying a few days they walked to a small cabin about four miles from the Village, where they lived for four weeks.
The men had in the meantime gone to Traverse City, where they had taken out proper papers for homesteading claims, and the three families started their homes just East of the Village. Here they built their cabins, cleared land, made fences and put down wells, only to be told at the end of one and a half years, that a mistake had been made, and they would have to move. The Luesings and Cosens then went into Bliss Township, while the Hoars settled in Center Township on new homesteads.
A very substantial log home was built and things progressing in quite a satisfactory manner when my Grandfather was struck by a falling timber and died in a few hours. This was Dec. 4, 1883.
However, Grandmother was not completely dismayed, and, with her family, worked on. My mother as a very small girl worked in boarding houses both in Harbor Springs and Cross Village. Very little schooling was obtainable, but they got what there was in the little country school.
I have often heard Mother tell of walking from their home to Harbor Springs, a distance of 14 miles; and a walk to Cross Village to work (for one dollar per week) was taken in the course of events. However, mother made many friends and was happy.
One small item stands out in memory. While working at Harbor Springs she bought barrel of apples and accompanied them by stage to within a mile and a half of home, hurrying home on foot to tell the family, and how quickly the brothers ran with their cart to haul home the barrell.
Eleven years after Grandfather's death, Grandmother returned to Canada and married a man she had known in girlhood, George Cooper. She lived there until he died. At that time he was considered wealthy, and as I recall, her share, among brothers, sisters and children (by a former marriage) was around 10,000 dollars. She returned to Michigan to be near her children.
My mother married George Schmalzried when she was twenty-four, and although life was filled with hard work, sickness, hardship, a large family and the death of three children, mother maintained a true English courage and fortitude. Always rising above circumstances and making the most of what she had. Dressing her children neatly in garments made from clothes given her. Although I do remember, perhaps my first boughten dress. Sometimes I feel that my unusual love for red dresses goes back to my first red dress. A few dozen eggs had been brought to town and in making her purchases, mother found a remnant of red calico. Three yards at 3 cents per yard. She decided that as one dozen eggs brought 12 cemts she could afford to buy that piece of material. True, it was narrow, but by piecing out with narrow strips of black, it would do. I am certain that no dress in my life ever brought the joy of that one, and although I have had dozens of red dresses, I never buy one without thinking of my first, the one my mother made with nine cents worth of material.
Dad was a gentle, quiet, man while mother was quick, sharp, and determined. There were six of we children, Earl, Anna, Della, Ethel, Georgia (myself), and Lyle, and we owe much to both our parents. Dad bequeathed us the sweetness, (that none of us seem to possess), and mother gave us the urge and ambition, that in her expression would "keep our heads above water".
Mother died in my home April 13th 1949 after a long illness.
Bible Record from the family Bible of John Hoare printed 1843 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge:
sunday school prize January 22, 1843.
John Hoar was b. May 24, 1836
Caroline Hoar was b. May 1, 1843
Elizabeth Hoar was b. Jan. 23, 1863
Henry Hoar was b. Aug. 24, 1864
Hanner Hoar was b. Oct. 12, 1866
Andrew Hoar was b. Sept. 8, 1870
Emer Jane Hoar was b. Apr. 7, 1876
Mary Ann Hoar was b. Apr. 7, 1876
Maud Hoar was b. Aug. 28, 1878
Ralph J. Hoar born July 4, 1882
emer Jane Hoar dide october 30, 1874
John Hoar died Dec. 4, 1883
Ralph J. Hoar died February 10, 1887.
Our Family Record
Copyright 1887
[In possession of Mrs. M. C. Pangborn, Levering, Michgan, in 1957.]
Grandparents Born Married Died
Samuel Hoar June 21, 1802
Elizabeth Hoar April 25, 1804
Thomas Wakefield September 18, 1811
Caroline Wakefield January 29, 1807
Parents
John Hoar May 24, 1836 February 26, 1862 December 4, 1883
Caroline Hoar January 29, 1807 August 28, 1914
Children
Elizabeth Hoar January 23, 1863 June 7, 1887 April 13, 1949
Henry Hoar August 24, 1864 March 27, 1890 March 13, 1950
Hannah Hoar October 12, 1866 February 15, 1888 April 23, 1943
Andrew Hoar September 8, 1874 August 9, 1897
Emer Jane Hoar September 1, 1874 October 30, 1874
Mary Ann Hoar April 7, 1876 October 13, 1907
Maud C. Hoar August 28, 1878 September 15, 1909 August 26, 1944
Ralph J. Hoar July 4, 1882 February 10, 1887
All of the dates up to June 7, 1887 appear to have been in the original hand and done at the same time. The one date, March 27, 1890, is probably in the same hand but is with a slightly different color of ink. All subsequent dates were filled in by Mrs. Gladys Reed in 1957 at the request of Georgia Pangborn.
The following is an abstract of Deed No. 1829, dated July 8, 1870, made in Bruce County, Ontario. A photocopy of the original with the signature of John Hoare and the mark of his wife Caroline are in the Hoar file of Phillip E. Bedient. The original is in the Land Registry Office in Walkerton, ON.
This Indenture made in duplicate the eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy---between John Hoare of the Township of Brant in the County of Bruce and Province of Ontario, yeoman of the First Part, Caroline Hoare of the same place his wife of the second part and George Lambertus of the Township of Normanoy in the County of Grey, yeoman of the third part---for one thousand four hundred Dollars of lawful money of Canada---grant to the party of the third part---all that tract of land and premises---in the Township of Brant---containing---fifty acres of land---being composed of Lot number Thirtyfive in the second concession South of the Durham Road---subject to the reservations---in the original grant thereof from the Crown.
John Hoare Caroline Hoar, her mark
Registered in the Registry Office for the County of Bruce, in Book B for the Township of Brant at 10 o'clock AM of the 9th day of July 1870. Number 1829.
The Land Registry Office for Brant Twp., Bruce Co. has the following registry for Lot 35, Concession 2, S.D.R. (South of the Durham Road)
Patent Aug. 26, 1856 to John Hoare 50 acres.
#1829 July 8, 1870 Jno Hoare & ux to George Lambertus 50 acres
#3171 Oct. 26, 1874 George Lambertus to Jos. Lambertus
#11147 Mar. 14, 1899 Joseph Lambertus to Samuel H. Hessenauer
#14113 Feb, 15, 1909 Samuel H. Hessenauer to Joseph L. Tanner
#20973 Mar. 14, 1946 Joseph L. Tanner to Donald Tanner
John Hoare also owned Lot 36, Concession 2, S.D.R., by purchase from his parents on June 20, 1870. The Land Registry has the following record for this lot:
Patent Aug. 26, 1856 to Samuel Hoare, 50 acres.
#2029 June 20, 1870 Samuel Hoare et ux to Jno Hoare.
#2030 Dec. 26, 1870 Jno Hoare et ux to Martin Hessenaur
#10036 Mar. 20, 1895 Martin Hessenauer to Peter Hessenauer
#11182 Quit Claim to Peter Hessenauer
#14101 Mar. 1, 1909 Peter Hessenauer to Joseph L. Tanner
#20973 Mar. 4, 1946 Joseph L. Tanner to Donald Tanner
A photocopy copy of instrument #2030 is in the Hoar file of Phillip E. Bedient. This deed bears the signature of John Hoare and the mark of Caroline his wife. Samuel Hoare (probably John's brother) also signed as a witness to the deed. On Dec. 26, 1870 when this deed was signed, John and Caroline Hoare were residents of Guilford Co., North Carolina. An abstract of the deed follows:
This Indenture made in duplicate the twentysixth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy---between John Hoare formerly of Brant in the County of Bruce and Province of Ontario but now of the County of Guilford in the State of North Carolina---yeoman of the first part. Carolina Hoare of the said County of Guilford in the state aforesaid his wife of the second part and Martin Hessenauer of the Township of Carrick in the County of Bruce---yeoman of the third part---for five hundred dollars of lawful money of Canada---grant Lot number Thirtysix in the second Concession South of the Durham Road containing fifty acres---subject to a certain mortgage made by Samuel Hoare and Elizabeth Hoare to George Jackson for the sum of six hundred an twenty dollars.---
Signed sealed in the presence of John Turner and Samuel Hoare by
John Hoare and Caroline Hoare, her mark
County of Guilford, State of North Carolina. I John Turner of Greensboro, State of North Carolina, Farmer (1) That I was present and did see the within Instrument and Duplicate duly signed---by John Hoare and Caroline Hoare his wife (2) That the Instrument---were executed at the Town of Greensboro--- (3) That I know the said parties who executed the same (4) That I am a subscribing witness to the said Instrument. John Turner Sworn before me at Greensboro in the County of Guilford this 26th day of December---1870. Abram Clapp, Judge of Probate which is a court of record.
1880 Federal Census, Center Twp., Emmet Co., MI:
Hoar, John 44 Farmer b. Eng. fath b. Eng. moth. b. Eng.
Hoar, Caroline 37 Wife b. Eng. fath b. Eng. moth. b. Eng.
Hoar, Henry 15 son b. Can. fath b. Eng. moth. b. Eng.
Hoar, Hannah 13 dau b. Can. fath b. Eng. moth. b. Eng.
Hoar, Andrew 9 son b. N.C. fath b. Eng. moth. b. Eng.
Hoar, Mary Ann 4 dau b. N.C. fath b. Eng. moth. b. Eng.
Hoar, Maude 1 dau b. N.C. fath b. Eng. moth. b. Eng.
In 1884, the widow Caroline Hoar received a Homestead grant from the USA:
(abstract) Homestead No. 5739 to Caroline Hoar, widow of John Hoar, deceased; for the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 2 and the N 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 11 in T37N R5W [Center Twp.] containing 160 acres. Dated Dec. 20, 1884. By Chester A. Arthur. Recorded Vol. 12, p. 141 at Reed City.
Footnotes:
Emmet Co., MI, Death Records. John Hoar, d. Dec. 4, 1883, married, age 47-6-10, Center Twp., fracture of skull by falling limb, b. England, farmer. Parents: Elizabeth Hoar, res. Canada.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/old8.htm
[Marriage] 26 February, 1862, John HOAR, bachelor, and Caroline WAKEFIELD, spinster, both of Brant.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3JR-68Q
Name: John Hoar
Death date: 04 Dec 1883
Death place: Center, Emmet, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age at death: 47 years 6 months 10 days
Estimated birth year: 1836
Death place: Center, Emmet, Michigan
Marital status: Married
Father name:
Mother name: Elizabeth Hoar
Occupation: Farmer
Film number: 2363672
Digital GS number: 4207810
Image number: 92
Reference number: p 207 rn 5
Collection: Michigan Deaths 1867-1897
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