Birth:  ABT 1797  Silvermine, Fairfield Co, Connecticut

Marriage:  ABT 1816 to Catherine Anna Rittenburgh

Birth of Son:  27 APR 1818
Name:  Sulvester St. John
Place:  Essex, Essex Co, Ontario, Canada

Birth of Son:  16 DEC 1822
Name:  Harvey Nelson St. John
Place:  Ontario, Canada

Birth of Daughter:  13 FEB 1826
Name:  Susan Ann St. John
Place:  Saltford, Ontario, Canada

Education:  1833
Note:  Attended Casnovia Seminary in New York

1840 Census:  Cato, Cayuga Co, New York
Note:  Several other St. Johns also on this page

Birth of Son:  22 APR 1840
Name:  Russell St. John
Place:  Stoney Creek, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Family Lore:  Separated from wife and children

1850 Census:  Chardon Twp, Geauga Co, Ohio
Note:  Working as a cooper

1860 Census:  Victory Twp, Cayuga Co, New York
Note:  Working in agriculture

Death:  1881  Newfane, Niagara Co, New York

Click to see parents:  Nehemiah Seymour St. John and Mary Aiken

Catherine Anna Rittenburg

Birth: 17 NOV 1798  Albany Co, New York

Family Lore:  Harvey took off and left the family.  Catherine drove a wagon with the children back to Canada where her family was and lived out her remaining years in Ontario just across the line from New York.

 

1861 Canadian Census:  Saltfleet, Wentworth Co, Canada
Note:  Listed as a widow.  Her son, Russell, is also in household.

 

1871 Canadian Census:  Saltfleet, Wentworth Co, Canada
Note:  Listed as a widow.  

 

Death:  20 FEB 1879  Stoney Creek, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Burial:  Stoney Creek Cemetery, Stoney Creek, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Click here to see parents:  Michael Reiffenberg and Mary Antje Van Dusen

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