[WED]Re: Wedmore to Iowa

[John V Hayward]

Good on you Mary

More and more slowly coming out about Wedmorians to Iowa.

Hazel Hudson's new book "The New Wedmore Chronicles" arrived this morning.

Should be compulsive reading for those with Wedmore families.

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: "Mary Jackes" <mjackes@telusplanet.net>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [WED]Re: Wedmore to Iowa


> Carol Raithel,
>
> Fascinating information, thank you.  Every bit adds to the story.  Jordan
> is just near Skaneateles, NY - we've heard about that as a destination for
> Wedmore area people.  Who went there first - was it because of dairy
farming?
>
> We hear about Burlington, Wisconsin quite often.  Who went there first?
> What did they do there? Here's a quote from an account of the life of a
> Chapel Allerton man who went first to Canada and then down to Burlington
> "where he was employed at building operations in that then-growing town,
> assisting in the building of two mills on Fox river there". Then on to
> Dyersville in early 1851.
>
> Who first went to the Dyersville area?  So far the best guess seems to be
> the Radfords.
>
> Wedmorians certainly had the pioneering spirit, but a strong tendency to
> seek out their own.
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> Mary Jackes
> Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 0N8, Canada.
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