[WED]Cemetery Listings for Wedmore, Somerset, England

[John Hayward]

As I've said to Karla, it's a pity there's not an Association of
Somersetshire's descendants in Iowa, there must be many from Wedmore alone.

Somehow I'm certain we are all related!

John V Hayward
in The Heritage Coast, Suffolk, England.
john@hayward2.fsnet.co.uk
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----- Original Message -----
From: "mcginnis" <mcginnis@arn.net>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: [WED]Cemetery Listings for Wedmore, Somerset, England


> Hi Karla,
> I'm not going to be much help with your question--I do know that there
> are cemeteries at the Anglican St Mary's church in Wedmore and also at
> the Wedmore Methodist church.  Have you checked the parish records?
> Assume you have.  I'm sure that someone on the List will be able to help
> you more.
> Actually I have more questions about your great grandmother, Amelia Jane
> Wall.  The name caught my eye and the fact that she went from Wedmore
> area to the Dyersville area as did my family.  My great grandmother was
> Amelia Tincknell b. 1856 in Dyersville, IA of Wedmore parents.  Her
> mother was Betsey Roper Tincknell and her sister, Jane Roper Evans had a
> daughter, Amelia Jane Evans b. 1851 in Burlington, WI.  Another daughter
> of Jane Roper Evans was Abbie b. 1865 in Dyersville and she married
> Edward D. Wall (parents John & Elizabeth Wall) in Dyersville.  All of
> these ancestors I have mentioned all later moved to Alta, Buena Vista
> Co, IA starting in 1873.  I remember Abbie Wall from when I was a small
> child and knew her daughter, Maesel well.  Abbie was 9 years older than
> my grandmother.
> I am wondering if there are any relationships with your family and
> mine?  I don't have any information on Edward D. Wall's parents other
> than their names.
> Are you familiar with the book "Dyersville, It's History and Its People"
> by Rev. Arthur A. Halbach, 1939?  I have a copy and it only deals with
> the early settlers in the 1840's but does have good history of that time
> period when many came over from Wedmore area.
> Did Amelia Jane Wall marry in Dyersville?  And I am curious about where
> she lived and died.  Really interesting to find other researchers with
> family from Wedmore going to Dyersville!
> Sandi McGinnis
>
>
>
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