Seeking information on captioned family - George 1868-1942 in Haldimand township of Northumberland county, Ontario, Canada, son of Alexander Baptist and Mary Wilson. He married Esther Ann Mark (1874-1922) June 22, 1898, daughter of Elisha Mark and Esther Carew in Fenelon Falls, Victoria County, Ontario.
Moved to Rochester c 1900 and raised family George Jr, Ethel and Marion.
Seek info on descendents and localities after 1900.
Thank you for all information received.

George Baptist and Esther Ann Mark are my maternal grandparents. Their daughter, Ethel (married to Edward Charles Gantert), is my mother. Esther and George continued to live in Rochester, NY until their deaths in the years you have recorded.

Marion Baptist Benson had one son, Jack, who died several years ago. Jack had 4 or 5 children. Unfortunately, I don't have info on them.

George Jr never married.

Ethel had two children, my younger brother Alan, and I.

Are you related to the Batists? The Marks?

Sorry that it's been so long since your message posted. Hope you get this. Would love to exchange info.

Thanks, Judy Gantert Schuster

Hi Judy:

What a very pleasant surprise to hear from you. Yes, I am a grandson of Esther Ann Mark's younger brother George Caleb Mark. I can remember as a child listening to his stories about visiting Rochester and his relatives there. If I remember he continued to visit the area until the mid 1960's.
The notice was originally posted before marriage registrations and the like were available on-line. Was attempting to gather additional info about George Baptist. We have pictures of Esther Ann and the children at a very young age. Would certainly enjoy corresponding.

Mark Ranson

Hi Mark (and you have the famly name!),

What a pleasure to hear from you, also. I obtained George Mark's name, along with the other children, from one of the Canadian Censuses. His middle name is new to me! Unfortunately, I started this research long after people were alive that could fill me in, so every bit of info is a treasure! But many of the childrens' names were familiar.

My Aunt Marion (Baptist Benson) was 10 years older than my mother. Esther Mark died when my mother was 10; Marion was 20 at that time, and married, and I think had traveled to Canada more. She maintained contact with the Mark family. I remember as a child her mentioning Uncle George, Uncle Tom, Uncle Wes, Aunt Millisa. I imagine that your grandfather visited Marion and Roy when he came to Rochester.

Esther and George's sister Ethel lived right next door to Esther and George (Batist) on Alexander Street in Rochester. Her husband was (James Franklin?) Johnstone. I know the last name is correct, but dont know where I got his first and middle names. Their son was also named Mark, and was very close to my mother.

I have recently begun (again) researching the Canadian branches of my family. What a difference to have so much available online. I originally researched them in the early 80's, but gave up.

I have an album of unlabeled pictures that I'd love to share with you. Some are Baptists, but who knows? I've long been meaning to scan the pictures, and this could give me incentive to do so, and send them online, or on CD. Maybe you could help me figure out some of the people.

I would love to learn more about the family--have almost no original/official documents.

Shall we correspond via this Board, or directly through email? My email address is judysarts@earthlink.net.

Judy Schuster

Mark:

What information are you looking for re: George Baptist. George's father Alexander and my ggrandfather were brothers. I have information on the family if I can be of any help let me know.
Jeannette