Harry from France

Harry Schuler, my second great grandfather was born on this day in 1842 in Paris, France.  I refer to him as Harry from France to differientiate him from the other Harrys in my family, of which there are many and because he is my Schuler, who got on a boat, from France and came to America. 

Harry did not come alone, he was about 2 years old and travelled with his mother, the elusive Catharina Blick and his older sister Leonie.  Catharina was 25 and Leonie was 4.  They reunited with Louis Schuler and settled for several years in New Orleans, where Louis and Catherine had seven more children.   There is a lot more research to be done (isn't there always?) but I am confident in saying that all but three of their children reached adulthood and all but one, stayed in New Orleans, while all the others moved north to New York. 

Harry's first New York address is Clinton Street, where he lived with his brother Louis and his wife Ellen.  Soon Harry meets Elizabeth Cassidy, who lived on Mulberry Street and they are married at St. Mary Grand.  They move to Corona, Queens and then to the Rockland Lake section of Congers.  Their third child is William Schuler who when he marries Anna Clark in 1901, moves from Congers to Haverstraw. They are my great grandparents. 

Harry, Elizabeth and several of their children are buried in Gethsemene Cemetery beside Rockland Lake.