[WED]Skaneateles, New York

[John Hayward]

Hi Mel

The first that occurs to me is, have these tombstones been recorded and
transcribed? These would be of tremendous interest to those of us with
Wedmore relations and we know many went to the States.

John V Hayward
in The Heritage Coast, Suffolk, England.

----- Original Message -----
From: "lader" <lader@gwu.edu>
To: "post, Wedmore list" <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: [WED]Skaneateles, New York


> Hello List,
>
>     One of my Lader/Larder cousins, Jan Larder-Davis and her family from
> Kidderminster, England has been visiting us for the Christmas holidays.
> We drove up to my hometown, Skaneateles, New York, where my great
> grandfather Paul Larder and my grandmother Eliza Phippen settled in c.
> 1855-56.  Walking through Lakeview Cemetery, we were struck by the large
> number of Wedmore names that appeared on the tombstones.  I've often
> wondered why so many from the Somerset area were attracted to
> Skaneateles.  Certainly the availability of the land, the abundance of
> teasels grown there, the general "climate" of the area would be some
> reasons.  But does anyone on the list know of any types of "advertising"
> in the 19th century that would perhaps have mentioned this otherwise
> quite small town?
>     Best to all--
>
> Mel Lader
> Alexandria, VA
>
> Larder/Lader/Leader, Phippen, Tincknell and others.
>
>
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