Betty You bring up an interesting point - about our trying to fill in the blanks of how life went for our folks past... My great grandmother, born in Boston, grew up in Solon Maine. My great grandfather grew up in Carroll County, New Hampshire. I couldn't begin to imagine how they managed to get together until I found that her uncle, who lived in the same town as my great grandfather, died a few years prior to my gr grandparent's marriage. Did she travel there for the funeral? Had she visited her uncle many times? It is interesting to try to "see" what might have happened. Do others of you find yourselves doing the same? Even trying to imagine what it was like for people such as those Betty mentioned who found they had to move to Canada - or later on had to decide which side, North or South, etc. It makes for quite the mental journey! faye > > As I'm thinking about this this morning, I'm now wondering whether Calvin > was on his way to St. Andrews to "tell" his "in-laws" about the birth !! > ?? And, there was an announcement in a local newspaper (?) about the > "Melancholy Accident." But, I now wonder whether the "birth" was > announced in the papers; it would have been Feb. 1799. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > FYI: > > Calvin was never reported to have been a Loyalist or a Sympathizer. But, > when he left New Hampshire as an 18-year-old, he traveled with other > families from NH who were Loyalists. One was HITCHINGS. And no one > really knows how he spent ~1784 to ~1797 in New Brunswick. Perhaps he > left the St. David area and went to the St. Andrews area - and that's how he > met Mercy. (guesses) Reading above, it seems most of the families > Calvin would have lived with, or met, would have been Loyalists. > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message