• William, a minor, Quebec.1191, p 3

• The William Roberts whose namesake he was has not been identified but was certainly a close relative of the mother, Elizabeth Roberts, probably either her brother or an uncle.1188, p 1, note 10

• Was present at the burial of his youngest brother, Henry, 5 Jun 1831, in Quebec City. “While he could have been visiting, it seems more likely that this places his migration to the USA at some time after 5 June 1831.”1188, p 2, note 17

• His [George R. Eckart] father, W. R. Eckart, moved from Quebec, where his birth occurred, to Ohio when a young man, settling in Cleveland, where he was engaged in business as a miller and a commission merchant until his death. He married Eleanor Carlisle, who was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, where her father, John Carlisle, was a pioneer resident, settling there in 1798.1192

• His father [William Roberts Eckart] was a merchant, with shipping interests in vessels on the great lakes.446, P 278

• His father, William R. Eckart, was a merchant of prominence, who, at one time, had large shipping interests on the Lakes and, later, a managing interest in the Putnam Flour Mills, at Zanesville, Ohio.447

• [from] Cox and Eckart [exterior of letter]
[inside]
Chillicothe 5 November 1838
Dear Sir
Some days back we valued on you for $200 at 10 days – at maturity – you will please not pay the draft. We have had some difficulty with the party to whom we gave the same Messrs Galloway & Myers of Lancaster. You will of course write those gentlemen the reasons why you did not pay the same stating of course that it was at our particular request you did not do so. We shipped a day or two ago some whiskey to [unclear]. They will give you some of it provided you have sold the balance. Those gentlemen are under advances to us and we therefore are bound to ship our whiskey to them. But as fast as you can sell and pay them they, if they have any, will give you a portion.
Your friend,
Capt. Eckart1193
(in different hand at bottom of letter: Letter marked A and referred to in the deposition of D. Hersh (?) hereto attached. L. M. Martin)

• “I [George Armstrong] will give you all the information she [Mae Eckart Armstrong] has about the Eckart family.
Your Husband's [William Rankine Eckart] father and grandfather were born in London. They moved to “Quebec, Lower Canada” when Wm. R. (the son, was a small lad). Wm. R. was born about 1816 or 17 and died about 1876 or 1877 [sic] at Cleveland Ohio and is buried there. He lived on Euclid Ave. & I understand had a mansion which is now some kind of a Club's house. He was married may be three times:
1st at Lancaster, Ohio -- Jany 5th 1838 to Anna Maria Cox
2nd at Chillicothe, Ohio -- Aug 24 1840 to Eleanor Ann Carlisle
3rd at Chillicothe, Ohio -- Oct 18 1864 to [crossed out]
Mae's father [Isaac] was born Dec. 11 1837 & died Sept. 21st 1905 - & was married Oct. 18th 1864 at Chillicothe Ohio to Rebecca White. When Wm. R. Eckart (Mae's Grandfather) was married he wrote in the family bible that he was from “Quebec Lower Canada.” I understand that there is where his father is buried. Mrs. Armstrong's father often said that his father & grandfather had tried to trace back their family line and find out where the name came from but could not do so & that the grandfather of your husband dropped off the final letter “d” & it was changed from Eckhardt to Eckart. The name certainly sometime came from German source but it must have been back generations.
Mae sends love -- little Virginia Kerrick, Mimi's daughter, was 8 yrs old on the 19th of March.
Yours respectfully,
Geo. G. Armstrong1194

• My dear Sister -
We were greatly pleased to get your letter, as we always are to hear from you.
As regards the genealogy of the Eckart family, I don't think there is any German about it excepting the name. Father was a native of Quebec, Lower Canada, and I never heard him mention anything about any German ancestry. On the contrary I was told that his youngest Sister, Annie Winslow Eckart, had gone to London, and had the genealogy of the family looked up in England. Father and his eldest sister, whom I knew, were both fluent French scholars, but could not speak German, their knowledge of French, was I presume occasioned by their living in Quebec which was largely settled by French. The above is all the information I can give regarding the family. Of one thing I am sure, if there is any German blood in me it is most thoroughly Americanized.941

• W. R. E.’s father came to Ohio from Quebec — had a managing interest in Putnam Flouring Mills. Note also says “built(?) Bulwer Standard Mine at Bodie.” Robert Merriam who married (my Great Aunt Lillian Kindred, on my mother’s side) also worked for Union Iron Works (he knew WRE).1195

• The source of my information is actually your grandfather, Will Rankine. When I was in college, I did a short paper on the Eckart name. Not a very good one except there is some factual information. For instance, our great grandfather has Junior (Jr.) after his name. His father William Roberts Senior (1816-1876) and his father (no name or date) were both born in London. They moved to Quebec, Canada when Will Roberts Senior was a small boy. The father was buried in Quebec and Will Roberts Senior migrated to Ohio. He's buried in Cleveland.400, pp 1-2

• 1840 Census: Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio. 0010111/000011.1196
• 1860 Census: Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio. Age 51, flour mill, b Canada. Residing in hotel. No presence of spouse.423

• Is he the Eckert of Cox & Eckert Porkpackers?1197, p 224

• Cox and Eckart mentioned frequently.1198

• Have not found him in 1850 Census; Ancestry.com, 2 Sep 2009.

• Married in Chillicothe Ohio by the Revd. Wood – William R. Eckart of Quebec Lower Canada to eleanor Ann eldest daughter of John Carlisle Senior on the 27th day of August 1840.25, p 5