VAN-EVERY-L Archives

From: (Bob McBride)
Subject: Re: [VE] Fw: Request about meeting with you this Friday
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 00:29:36 -0400
References: <000a01bfb48a$014be1e0$a6c3a4cf@heydon.com> <390F650D.62D1BF37@northcoast.com>

Dear Sharilyn,

Am most concerned to hear about your son. Hope things improve. I
have wondered about your absence from the Van Every discussion group
for the past number of weeks (although there certainly hasn't been the
flurry of interactions that we all enjoyed so much a few months ago)
and, now knowing the cause of your absence, will remember you and your
son in our prayers.

Hope you don't mind my posting your message on the Rootsweb site
for the Van Every family. You have a number of Van Every genealogical
researchers who thoroughly enjoy hearing from you.

By the way, the spring issue of the "Loyalist Gazette" is just now
being distributed to the members of the UELAC. I received my copy on
Friday and was very gratified to see the manner in which my article
was published - complete with no less than eight photographs. Will
make enquiries as how to order copies if you're interested in
obtaining one.

Am meeting with Professor Hughes on Friday at 1:00 p.m., in his
office at Brock University, St. Catharines. We had a most friendly
conversation on the phone tonight. When I mentioned the fact that Mary
Ann Little had attended a conference wherein someone had spoken about
the farming practices of McGregory Van Every between 1782 and 1784, he
was most interested as he recalled the conversation (but quickly
stated that he couldn't remember if this to-him-unidentified woman had
indicated that McGregory Van Every was a blacksmith) as he felt that
he had inadvertently not taken advantage of following up his
conversation with her by obtaining her mailing address. Thus,
hopefully, my meeting with him on Friday will spark a renewed interest
on his part in examining the early records of Niagara Township (then
known only as Township I) and in particular, the references to
McGregory Van Every.

Cheers to all,

Bob McBride.

----- Original Message -----
From: Sharilyn Whitaker <>
To: Bob McBride <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [VE] Fw: Request about meeting with you this Friday


> Bob,
> Interesting bit of information! Since Burger Myndertse was a
> blacksmith, this might have been a trade
> taught to one of his family members.
>
> I will be anxiously awaiting news of how this fellow came to
> this bit of information!
>
> My son has been very critically ill, and I have done nothing at
> all related to genealogy for over six weeks.
> I will try to get the copies made of the
> photo of the stone house of Burger Myndertse in Newburgh which
> was used by George Washington as his
> headquarters. I apologize for the delay in sending this out.
>
> Sharilyn
>
>
>
> Bob McBride wrote:
> >
> > Dear Folks,
> >
> > As promised last week, I've been researching the comment made
by
> > Mary Ann Little that she had attended a lecture in which the
presenter
> > made the statement that McGregory Van Every UE probably wasn't a
very
> > good farmer, based on the census return of 1782 as compared with
that
> > of 1784. I'm in the process of composing a "paper" that will
address
> > this comment and which will provide a hypothesis not considered by
> > this lecturer quoted by Mary Ann.
> >
> > I was able to find the article that Professor Alun Hughes, of
> > Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, composed (that was
> > published in 1997) in which he makes the same comment as quoted by
> > Mary Ann. Last night I e-mailed Professor Hughes and asked if my
wife,
> > Grietje, and I could visit him in his office at Brock University
this
> > coming Friday when we're in Niagara Falls attending the annual
weekend
> > UELAC convention. Professor Hughes very graciously responded today
> > with the following reply (only partially quoted below as I have
> > removed reference he made to his home phone number for me to
contact
> > him this evening to arrange for a time to meet on Friday).
> >
> > It raises an interesting hypothesis, not the one that I'm
> > including in my "response paper" to his article, and I would be
most
> > interested in getting your collective reaction to his thoughts
about
> > McGregory Van Every UE being a blacksmith. This is a completely
new
> > concept for me, and I wonder from whom Prof. Hughes received this
> > information.
> >
> > I will provide you with my "response paper" which I hope to
> > complete either tonight or tomorrow night, in preparation for our
> > meeting with Prof. Hughes on Friday. Again, your reaction to my
own
> > hypothesis that helps to explain the concept that McGregory Van
Every
> > UE wasn't a good farmer (Hughes, 1997, p. 70) would be most
> > appreciated prior to our meeting with Prof. Hughes on Friday. I
would
> > be premature to give you my thoughts in this e-mail, so ask for
your
> > patience while I "line up my cards" of reasoning for my own
hypothesis
> > that attempts to address Prof. Hughes' comment about the farming
> > abilities of McGregory Van Every UE.
> >
> > In the meantime, any responses you could provide to this new
> > thought that McGregory Van Every UE was involved in the
blacksmithing
> > trade would be most appreciated. (See Prof. Hughes' e-mail to me
below
> > my signature)
> >
> > Sincerely and loyally yours,
> >
> > Robert "Bob" C. McBride, B.Sc., M.Ed., M.M., UE,
> > First Vice President & Newsletter Editor,
> > Kawartha Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of
Canada
> > (proven fourth great grandson of McGregory Van Every UE)
> > e-mail:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Alun Hughes <>
> > To: Bob McBride <>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 11:23 AM
> > Subject: Re: Request about meeting with you this Friday
> >
> > > Hello Bob.
> > >
> > > I'll be very happy to meet with you on Friday.
> > >
> > > When I gave my talk at the conference someone in the audience
> > mentioned
> > > that McGregor Van Every was a blacksmith, which might explain
his
> > lack
> > > of interest in farming, but I missed the chance to obtain
further
> > details.
> > > You may well mention this in your article, but I haven't read it
> > yet.
> > >
> > > Look forward to seeing you on Friday.
> > >
> > > Alun Hughes

This thread:

• [VE] Fw: Request about meeting with you this Friday by (Bob McBride)
  • Re: [VE] Fw: Request about meeting with you this Friday by Ruth Whitehead <>