[WED]Wedmore to Iowa

[John V Hayward]

Hi All

It was at John's Creek that Robert Lee Pitmans's family farmed when he
married my grandfather's sister in 1895.

Go into www.rootsweb.com and do a Search family Trees, then look for Robert
Pitman, born 1865 and you see a very nice description of the wedding.

I see 3 people now have him on there, I know of Martha but not Laurie!

Regards

John V Hayward
john@hayward2.fsnet.co.uk
In The Heritage Coast, Suffolk
Protected by Nortons SystemWorks
Look at names on <www.rootsweb.com>
Look for John Haward, born 1722 and then to Index.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Karla VF Staudt" <staudt@cptelco.net>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:53 AM
Subject: [WED]Wedmore to Iowa


> I think John is correct about there not being a specific settlement in
Iowa.
> One of the men, Richard "Dickie" Baker came over early, about 1850 and
from
> what I've seen written encouraged, and helped financially, many other
> friends and relatives to make the move in the 1860's to the "Johns Creek"
> area south of Dyersville, Iowa could by providing work on his large farm
and
> a place for them to stay until they were ready to do so on their own.  It
is
> in our family record that he did that to help my g.g.grandfather William
> Wall and his family in the middle 1860's.
>
> Karla
> Ticonderoga, NY
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John V Hayward" <john@hayward2.fsnet.co.uk>
> To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [WED]Wedmore WARDS in New Zealand
>
>
> To all Wedmorerians
>
> I don't think there was a specific Wedmore Settlement in Iowa. I suspect
two
> or three families went over and then reported back on the opportunities.
> Others followed, perhaps meeting up, and then doing their own thing,
usually
> farming. I don't doubt many keep in contact for a generation or two as we
do
> nowadays and then contact was lost until family historians came around en
> masse!
>
> John V Hayward
> john@hayward2.fsnet.co.uk
> In The Heritage Coast, Suffolk
> Protected by Nortons SystemWorks
> Look at names on <www.rootsweb.com>
> Look for John Haward, born 1722 and then to Index.
>
>
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