In message <35AD58D5.5008C012@itsnet.com>, Jerry & Laurie E. Castillo <lcastillo@itsnet.com> writes >George Brewer wrote: > >> If you have some spare summer over there please share a bit >> with us UK cousins (;-)) What's it like to have heat to complain >> of???? >> >> Been 'lurking' for a couple of months, because I lost my dear wife, >> but hope soon to get the old enthusiasm revived. Reading all your >> chat has been a great help. >> > >Dear George, > >My condolances on the loss of your sweetheart. > >I wrote because I visit teach a lady who in to family history and I have >heard her speak of her grandmother Paskett from Henefer. I went to >Hennefer on a pioneer trail tour last Summer. >It is a neat little place with a DUP Museum and all. > >This friend of mine is not on E-mail but has all her stuff on PAF. I >will print your message and give it to her and see if she has info on >your Uncle and family. > >Take Care, > >L:aurie Werner Castillo lcastillo@itsnet.com By the way, we are in >Orem, UT! > Dear Laurie, Most grateful for your prompt response. Thank you for your kind thoughts and for your help. I'll let you know of any future developments that may come about. Best wishes George >> When did 'Handcarting' end? >> As far as I can discover, my earliest immigrant relative was GG-Uncle >> William BREWER:- Emigrated from Essex, ENG to UT in March 1857 - >> probably on board the George Washington - with wife, Jane, and church >> leader James P. Park. William died, childless, 20 Nov 1878 at >> Henneferville having been joined, I believe, by two teen-aged nephews >> from Essex during the 1870s. Would William and Jane have been >> Handcarters? >> >> Was William the William BREWER who "....was chosen (with William F. >> PASKETT) to go to Great Salt Lake to purchase a new organ for the >> branch......William BREWER was selected as ward organist in 1877" >> (quotation from D.U.P. Our Valley Home - kindly sent to me by Kathy >> Willett) >> >> Are any of the 2 nephew's descendants still in Hennefer or Morgan or >> Ogden? >> I have names and dates for many of their children and some G-children. >> >> Have sent details before (and will gladly do so again) but to no >> avail. >> >> Hope you all enjoy your vacations - despite the heat!!!! >> -- >> George Brewer >> Hayling Island >> Hampshire, UK > > > -- George Brewer