[WED]emigration

[mcginnis]

Mary Jackes wrote:
> 
> I was searching around for some info for a Dyers' colony descendant, and
> came across another focus of Somerset settlement in the 1850 census for Iowa.
> 
> This is not from Dubuque county, but from Delaware County.  This must be
> the other Dyer Somerset colony of Manchester.
> 
> born in England and living in Iowa for the 1850 census
> first the house and family number then name age occupation and wealth
> 24 26
> Robert Whiting 30 farmer $100
> Hannah 32
> Mary A 8
> Sarah 5
> Phebe 3
> Frank 1
> 25 27
> John Ham 23 Farmer he has no personal wealth recorded
> Harriet 19
> 26 28
> George B. Gibbs 26 farmer $500
> Robert Millard 10
> John Ham 23 labourer
> 27 30 (but should be 29)
> David O'Connor 35 farmer $700 born in Ireland
> in same house but given a different family number 30
> Edwin Evens (sic) 25 born in England
> Sarah 28
> James 5
> Wm Ham 22 labourer $100
> 
> these people are surrounded by American born people - but along the way a
> little are
> 33 36
> George Hatch 26 shoemaker $100
> Hannah Hatch 22
> 
> in the other direction everyone was born in Germany.
> 
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> Mary Jackes
> Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 0N8, Canada.
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Mary,
My family, the 3 Roper sisters (George & Betsey Tinknell, James & Mary 
Ann Hole Curry & Samuel & Jane Evans--often spelled Evens)and their 
mother, Jane Davis Roper (widow of Hugh Roper of Wedmore) all settled in 
Deleware Co in 1853 moving there from Burlington, Racine Co, Wisconsin. 
They had come to Wisconsin in the late 1840's via Bristol, first 
children of the 3 couples were born between 1849 & 1851.  A brother, 
John Roper, also came to Burlington in the same time frame, but 3 of his 
4 children were born in Somerset and the family remained in Burlington.

The IA farms of these 3 couples were near Rockville, which was just west 
of Dubuque Co and Dyersville.  The 1860 census shows a number of 
additional families with English births including more Millards and 
Walls.  We looked at a general store record book at the Dyersville 
Historical Society when we were there this past July, and found our 
family members trading at the store in Dyersville even though they were 
living near Rockville.  The farms of my family were only about 5 miles 
or so from current Dyersville.  This area in Delaware Co continues to be 
beautiful, productive farmland.
Sandi McGinnis