Conrad Staker UE (1768 - 1848)

Born 4 Jun 1768 in Kassel, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany

Husband of Cornelia (Schnuck) Staker UE — married about 23 Feb 1801 in Kingston, Frontenac, Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1848 at age 79 in Kingston, Frontenac, Canada West

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Conrad Staker UE has German Roots.

Biography

Conrad Staker was born on June 4 1768, in Kassel, Hesse-Nassau, Preußen. He was the son of Nathan Staker and Ann Elizabeth Rapp. Conrad had a twin brother named Nathan. Conrad's father brought his grandparents, mother and his sister Margaret with him, from Preußen, in about 1776. His father was a United Empire Loyalist. After his father's death his mother, Ann Elizabeth Rapp, took the family to Kingston, Ontario (then called Upper Canada). Kingston was expressly designated as a settlement for Loyalist veterans. Proximity to her father may have been a motivating factor, along with the Royal promise of free land grants to the family of any soldier who had served the crown.^[1] They filed for those lands in 1797.^[2][3]

Conrad married Cornelia Rachel Snook on 23 Feb 1801, she was just 17 while he was past 30. He died Feb. 21, 1848, in Augusta Township, Leeds and Grenville County, Canada West (now Ontario) and is buried in the Kingston Cemetery - Augusta Township, Augusta, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada. (Note that the Kingston Cemetery in Augusta is located approximately 100 km East of Kingston, Ontario.)^[4]

Notes

1. Orders in Council on 13 Nov 1797, show Conrad as the son of Elizabeth "Stalker", widow of Nathan a United Empire Loyalist.^[2]

Children

Cornelia Rachel Snook and Conrad Staker had 11 children:

1. Nathan Staker (1801 - 1884)
2. Elizabeth Staker Draper (1805 - 1888)
3. Cornelia Staker Porter (1811 - 1850)
4. Mary Cornelia Staker Draper (1813 - 1849)
5. Martines Staker (1803-1873)
6. Conrad (1808-1873)
7. Hannah (1815-bef 1820)
8. Henry (1818-1873)
9. Margaret (1824-1862)
10. Jane (1826-1850)
11. John (1829-1873)

Sources

1. ↑ Notes on the family of a soldier from Hessen-Kassel. [1]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The Loyalists in Ontario by William D. Reid. Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. page 306 (Stalker)
3. ↑ Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865 [2]
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 November 2020), memorial page for Conrad Staker (4 Jun 1768–21 Feb 1848), Find A Grave: Memorial #71815023, citing Kingston Cemetery - Augusta Township, Augusta, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Aunt Bobbity (contributor 47384370) .

Acknowledgements

• Staker-39 was adopted by Tom Quick, Quick-803 00:43, 22 February 2017 (EST).