My grandfather was Cosmos Philotus Gardner. Beat that! Marilynn IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Potatoes > They must have been a colorful bunch, Ben. One of my oddest names for an > ancestor was "Mercy Wealthy Goff"....covering several bases, I think. > > Marilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Barr" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:18 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Potatoes > > >> No, Marilyn, those are real names and real people in my history. >> >> Cousin Ben from North-central Maine where the leaves are falling.... >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:41 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Potatoes >> >> >>> Ben, did you make those names up? I got a kick out of Ms. Lovely and >>> her >>> daughter marrying somebody named "Nimrod." >>> >>> Cousin Marilyn >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Ben Barr" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:36 PM >>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Potatoes >>> >>> >>>> This discussion about potatoes and who grows them would actually be >>>> part >>>> of >>>> the geneaological discussion, as the DeMerchant that I mention married >>>> an >>>> Armstrong. >>>> >>>> Elizabeth Armstrong, daughter of Stillman Armstrong and Maria Lovely, >>>> married Nimrod DeMerchant circa 1860 in Perth, New Brunswick. >>>> >>>> Cousin Ben in North-central Maine where the leaves have begun to fall >>>> upon >>>> the potatoe fields >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Robyn Leeds" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:30 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Potatoes >>>> >>>> >>>>> "I can remember my cousin (1st-once removed) bringing a 50-pound sack >>>>> of >>>>> DeMerchant potatoes every time he came for a visit to our area." >>>>> >>>>> This is bringing back memories for me too. I remember my big brother >>>>> Joe, >>>>> oldest of 4 brothers, bringing me a bag of Tassie potatoes when he >>>>> went >>>>> home to visit Mum and Dad. I couldn't bring myself to eat them all, >>>>> or >>>>> to >>>>> waste them either, so I planted them and grew my own!! ;D >>>>> >>>>> Take care, >>>>> >>>>> Rob. >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >