Meanwhile Michigan was fast becoming the most popular destination for those with a pioneering spirit, as it beckoned newcomers to a wondrous land of opportunity. This policy sparked the failed Rebellion of 1837 and resulted in further dissatisfaction with the Canadian government.
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However, even though the British achieved their settlement goal they were unwilling to grant the new Canadians the rights of full citizenship, which included voting rights. Front row, from left to right: Daniel, Henry, Betsey (Myers) Robinson (holding Mary), Henrietta, and Eugeneįollowing the American Revolution War, Britain enticed American settlers into Canada by offering them the tempting prospect of land in an effort to boost the population in what was primarily wilderness. Continuing in the back row: Benjamin, Harriet (Calkins) Myers (Andrew's wife holding John), Andrew "Dick" Myers standing on the right. Hiram and Barbara (Traxler) Myers with their family in 1890. Such was the case with Hiram's parents, as his father was born in New York and his mother in Massachusetts, while his wife Barbara's parents were both native Pennsylvanians.
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Many who relocated into Michigan from Ontario, Canada, during the 1800s had either been born in the US or their parents emigrated into Canada from the States. By 1845, the Myers families were noted to have arrived at "the river crossing" east of what would soon become Sparta Center. Shortly after Michigan gained her statehood in 1837, Hiram Myers, his family, along with some members of their extended families migrated to Port Huron, Michigan, then in 1843 the hardy pioneers settled further west in the wilds of Kent County where the soil was fertile and the growing season was favorable for most crops. Hiram married Barbara Traxler and they began their family, which would grow to include eleven children.
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He learned how to farm as he grew up and became well versed in the skills of lumbering. Born in 1814 at an "Upper Canada" frontier settlement, later to become Brantford, Ontario, Hiram was the son of Charles Fairchild and Ruhamath (Perrin) Myers.
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