[WED]Skaneateles, New York

[John Hayward]

Hi James

I have all these names at various stages in my tree. How on earth can all of
us from Wedmore tie ourselves together?

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Ridley" <ridleyjames@hotmail.com>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [WED]Skaneateles, New York


> Mel,
>
> I know what you mean.  My Wedmore ancestors arrived in 1861 and migrated
to
> Cayuga County.  They lived primarily in the Port Byron area.  The family
> surnames were Day, Willis, Bunn and Allen.
>
> Jim Ridley
>
>
> >From: lader <lader@gwu.edu>
> >Reply-To: wedmore@lists.tutton.org
> >To: "post, Wedmore list" <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
> >Subject: [WED]Skaneateles, New York
> >Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:16:16 -0500
> >
> >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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