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