as presented by Marjorie K "Dainard" McArthur

The Descendants of Hans Nichol Danert

The Dainards, Danards, Daynards, Deinhardts, Denards etc

I dedicate this page to the memory of my grandfather

Samuel M Dainard

1862 -1927

The above is a picture of my paternal grandparents, Samuel and Cecelia Dainard on their wedding day, July 24, 1904. My history of this family dates back 328 years to 1670 and spans ten generations from them down to and including my grandchildren. As I understand the Dainard history, the first North American Dainard came from Germany and after fighting in the American Revolutionary War on the side of the British, "Jacob Danert" settled in Prince Edward County in the province of Ontario. There were several spellings of this name - from Danert, Denert, Daynard, Danard and then to our current spelling of Dainard. (Depending on which census taker was spelling the name.) Jacob married Marie Tesson deHenry and they had six sons. Their sons were

ANDREW,

BERNARD,

JOHN,

WILLET CASEY,

MARILES,

PETER,
and
SAMUEL.

Samuel was my gg grandfather.

This is a picture of the tree in Prince Edward County that Jacob and Marie are buried under with one of their son's (Marisles). Evidently the soil is erroding but you can still see the tombstone of Marie. This picture was sent to me a few years ago by the late C.S. Smith of Winnipeg, Manitoba. I have traced this line down thru the generations and marriages and their travels from Ontario to St. Hillaire, Minnesota and then on to the Granite Falls, Washington area where my father was born in Monroe, Washington. He married my MOTHER in Seattle and raised five children before his early death in 1949. Currently on my Dainard Index I have over 4385 people listed. You can view this at my Family Tree Maker web page. You can find the complete line on all my branches at that site or by clicking on the names of the sons on this page. I could not have compiled all this information without the help of the late Murray Clapp of Picton, Ontario, the late Jean Danard of Toronto, the late C K Smith formerly of Winnipeg, Dr. Paul Cole of Kingston, Ontario and numerous other family members. I thank them all. As the saying goes "I think that I shall never see ---a finished genealogy." I particularly like "I went searching for my ancestors and found friends."
I have had to delete the database that was on this page due to so many updates. Contact me by email for more information. Please understand that I only update the database when I have time to do so. The information that is on it is the best to my knowledge and I do not wish to offend anyone if there is a mistake. Please notify me if you find one so it can be corrected before the next update.
This page is here for bits and pieces of information and hopefully it will eventually include some comical or interesting facts about the family that has been passed on down though the years. The family, once in Canada, settled in the Prince Edward County of Ontario around the Milford and Picton area. I do have a copy of the original Province of Upper Canada Grant issued to John Jacob Denet (another spelling) of the Township of Marysburgh, in the County of Prince Edward in the Midland District of Ontario. This appears to read the West half of Lot No 6 South Bay and was issued in 1891 by the Surveyor General I believe that is on the Bay of Quinte and many of the family were fisherman, trappers and hunters in the early days. The Dainard's as a race are remarkable for physical courage and strength, as well as for moral uprightness. Taken from a long ago article, it stated that more than one of Jacob's sons had been known to seize a wine barrel by the chines, weighing two hundred and forty pounds, shoulder and carry it a long distance. Some of them were great fighters, and had the peculiarity of smiling queerly (SUBRIDERE MIRABILITER) as they became enraged. The old pioneer Jacob met his death in 1817 while engaged in carrying a huge log of white poplar to use at Christmas time as a Yule log. He slipped on the stone hearth of his home, fell backwards, the log falling on his chest and crushing him." This family now spreads from Prince Edward County , Ontario to all over the United States and Canada and probably the world. over the world. Much of my information has been passed down though the years and by fellow researchers, family bibles, marriage and death records. More later.

Aunt Phene wrote poems. Some are included on this page about her. She was my great aunt. Her full name was Tryphena Catherine Dainard Taylor.

LINKS TO OTHER
D A I N A R D
PAGES and genealogy researchers of our name
- if you have one that you would like to have listed please email me
You are welcome to visit my mother Margaret Katherine Nitsche Dainard line plus our connection with the Bates, my grandmother Cecelia Trodler Dainard's line, and my great grandmother Mary Ann Sayers Dainard.

PHOTO ALBUM OF 1998 DAINARD GATHERING AT BEAVERFOOT LODGE, Golden, BC

Maureen Ficek's Genealogy More Genealogy on the D's! Also has a link to her Family Tree Maker page.
Dee Angell's with pictures of Marj and Bunny Angell - Marj was a Daynard before Bunny swept her off her feet!
The Deinhard Winery
Audrey DiMarco's Art newly found 4th cousin is an artist

Terrie - also researching the Cole and Dainard names
Cynthia's page on Family Tree Maker

D A I N A R D
Piligrimage at
Beaverfoot Lodge

DAINARD LAKE
This is where Thomas Creek Trail meets the lake.

near Golden, BC in the Canadian Rockies

Named after a Manuel Dainard who was a trapper and guide in the late 1800's. Mt. Dainard is just NE of the Big Bend of the Columbia River and Dainard Creek and Dainard Lake are just north of the head of the Kootenay River. Some of us were there this summer for the second time and it is truly a magnificent and awesome place. Seen in the picture below taken September 8, 1997 after a long hike up the trail from left to right: Neil Danard, Audrey and Maurice Danard, Tara Shantz, sitting is Isabelle Ketchen and behind her is Marge McArthur. Taking the picture was Cliff McArthur who somehow always gets to take the pictures. We are, of course, toasting Dainard Lake and our ancestors with Deinhard Lila Wine. All of us are first, third or fourth cousins and most of us had just met.

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