DIED. Mrs. Metzker [sic] at her home in this city yesterday morning. She had been sick for some time and leaves several children to mourn her death.
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NOTE - Husband was John Frederick Metzger born either in Africa or Canada.
1861 Census of Canada - Woolwich, Waterloo
J. F. Metzger, Teacher, 33, b. Africa, M. religion; wife, S. A. 26, b. C.W. [Canada West], ME religion; Children: John T. 3 b. C.W.; and Jemima A. 2 b. C.W.
1871 Census of Ontario Canada
John F. Metzger 43 [Son, Tim's dc said erroneously his father was Timothy T.?]; Wife, Sarah A. 36; Children: Mary M. 14; Temotheus [Tim] 13; Jemima 11; Ezekiel 10; Harriett E. 7; Sarah A. 4; and Frederica 2
1880 U.S. Census of Franklin, Johnson, Indiana
Sarah A. Medzker 44, [marked married but no husband listed]; Children: Timothy T. 22; Jemima 21; Ezekial A. 18; Hattie E. 15; Sarah A. 12; Rebecca 10 (Sarah and all children born in Canada)
Herriott Davis 110, mother - widowed, b. MD, black
RESEARCH NOTES ON REMAINING CHILDREN:
1900 U.S. Census of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Ohio
hhd 420 - Martin Johnson 30 and wife, Gertrude M. 26
METZGER, Jemima (hhd) 41, Dec 58 Canada
Williams, Charles N.S., wife, REBECCA WILLIAMS b. Oct 1871, Canada
[All members of this household were black]
[Researched by CatheaC 47339429 and Mark McCrady]
DIED. Mrs. Metzker [sic] at her home in this city yesterday morning. She had been sick for some time and leaves several children to mourn her death.
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NOTE - Husband was John Frederick Metzger born either in Africa or Canada.
1861 Census of Canada - Woolwich, Waterloo
J. F. Metzger, Teacher, 33, b. Africa, M. religion; wife, S. A. 26, b. C.W. [Canada West], ME religion; Children: John T. 3 b. C.W.; and Jemima A. 2 b. C.W.
1871 Census of Ontario Canada
John F. Metzger 43 [Son, Tim's dc said erroneously his father was Timothy T.?]; Wife, Sarah A. 36; Children: Mary M. 14; Temotheus [Tim] 13; Jemima 11; Ezekiel 10; Harriett E. 7; Sarah A. 4; and Frederica 2
1880 U.S. Census of Franklin, Johnson, Indiana
Sarah A. Medzker 44, [marked married but no husband listed]; Children: Timothy T. 22; Jemima 21; Ezekial A. 18; Hattie E. 15; Sarah A. 12; Rebecca 10 (Sarah and all children born in Canada)
Herriott Davis 110, mother - widowed, b. MD, black
RESEARCH NOTES ON REMAINING CHILDREN:
1900 U.S. Census of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Ohio
hhd 420 - Martin Johnson 30 and wife, Gertrude M. 26
METZGER, Jemima (hhd) 41, Dec 58 Canada
Williams, Charles N.S., wife, REBECCA WILLIAMS b. Oct 1871, Canada
[All members of this household were black]
[Researched by CatheaC 47339429 and Mark McCrady]
Gravesite Details
Five unmarked burials in Section 20 Lot 10 - Charles, Marie and Belle Metzger; and Hattie Hicks and Bessie Gibbs. There are 8 burials per lot - 3 more unrecorded who are probably family
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