[WED]Skaneateles, New York

[lader]

Hi John,

    The Skaneateles Historical Society has transcribed the tombstones from
1796-1988.  The website address is:
www.skaneateles.com/historical/index.shtml
I notice that on a number of the notations state the birth place as England.
    The historical society also has an index to marriages and deaths from
some of the early Skaneateles newspapers on the website.
    Just a few of the names I recall from the cemetery visit:  Badman, Dando,
Isgar, Coombes, Mapstone, Pimm, Sweet, Church(es), and Millard, in addition
to my Lader/Leader/Phippen ancestors.
    I hope this helps some of you.

Mel Lader

John Hayward wrote:

> 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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