[WED] re Popham

[Len and Phyll Pearson]

Thank you Mary Jacks...very interesting..
Phyllis Pearson




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From: "Mary Jackes" <mjackes@telusplanet.net>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: [WED]contacts Som-US


> I've just learned something that gives a fresh picture of continuing
> contacts between the Somerset colonies in the US and 'home'.  The man
> referred to in the following is not a Wedmore area emigrant - he came from
> closer to Bristol.  But the general picture is informative:
>
> Charles Hardwick emigrates to St. Charles, Minnesota in 1857 with his
wife,
> Elizabeth Baker.  She dies and he returns to Somerset to marry his
> sister-in-law, Hester Baker, in 1864.  SHE dies and he returns to marry a
> relative of the Baker sisters, Jane White, in 1873.  SHE dies and he
> returns to marry Ann Wedlake, who outlives Charles.  All four wives, and
> Charles, are buried in St. Charles, Minnesota, and are recorded as
follows:-
>
> HARDWICK, ELIZABETH      died 06-13-1863:aged 46 yr:wife of CHAS
> HARDWICK, HESTER         died 07-29-1872:aged 55 yr:wife of CHAS
> HARDWICK, JANE           died 12-12-1879:aged 55 yr:wife of CHARLES
> HARDWICK, C.             died 07-19-1888:aged 76 yrs
> HARDWICK, ANN            died 03-12-1892:aged 70 yr 26 days:wife of
CHARLES
>
> Thus he crossed the Atlantic 7 times between 1857 and 1880. He was an
> ordinary farmer (but apparently told by his doctor to take sea air for the
> good of his kidneys!)......
>
> Added for Phyllis Pearson:-
>
> I note you mentioned Popham - that name appears in the Dubuque County,
Iowa
> records,
> see the Wedmore list archives for some census information on Henry Popham
> and see also
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadubuqu/townships.html
> for several more mentions of Henry Popham
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> Mary Jackes
> Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 0N8, Canada.
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