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! > 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