When Jennie Lucy Schermerhorn was born on 8 December 1863, in Schenevus, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, George Schermerhorn, was 35 and her mother, Mary Jane Fields, was 24. She married Henry Billlings Johnston on 27 April 1884, in Schenevus, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Afton, Chenango, New York, United States in 1910 and Herkimer, New York, United States in 1920. She died in 1942, at the age of 79, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton, Chenango, New York, United States.
Dutch: habitational name from a place so named in the area of the Schermermeer of northern Holland.
History: This was a prominent surname in Schenectady, NY, from the 17th century onward; Ryer Schermerhoorn made a celebrated ride from Schenectady to Albany in 1690 to warn of an impending Indian attack.
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